Trio Secure European Qualifying Double

DIMITRI VAN DEN BERGH, John Michael and Jermaine Wattimena enjoyed double success as they qualified for both the Dutch Darts Masters and German Darts Masters on Saturday.

A qualifying double-header saw players from across Europe competing at the Evenementenhal in Venray in a bid to win spots in the year's first two £115,000 European Tour events.

Belgian ace Van den Bergh won through both European Qualifiers as he secured spots in next month's Dutch Darts Masters, back in Venray, and March's German Darts Masters in Munich.

Greek ace Michael also secured a place in both tournaments, knocking out Vincent van der Voort in the German Darts Masters qualifier, while the Netherlands' Wattimena kicked off his second year on the circuit by progressing to play in both events.

Van der Voort was denied a qualifying place in his home European Tour event at the Dutch Darts Masters by Remco van Eijden, while five-time World Champion Raymond van Barneveld was defeated by Jan Dekker and Mike De Decker in the day's two events as he missed out.

Dirk van Duijvenbode was the other Host Nation Qualifier for the Dutch Darts Masters, while Rowby-John Rodriguez, Mike De Decker, Zoran Lerchbacher, Martin Schindler, Andree Welge and Jyhan Artut also came through the European Qualifier.

Swiss player Thomas Junghans will make his European Tour debut in the German Darts Masters after he defeated the Dutch trio of Arjan Konterman, Jan Dekker and Ron Meulenkamp in the European Qualifier.

Spain's Cristo Reyes, Belgium's Ronny Huybrechts and Dutch duo Mike Zuydwijk and Jeffrey de Graaf - a Tour Card winner last week - were the other European Qualifiers.

The German Darts Masters Host Nation Qualifier will take place on Friday March 25 ahead of the main event from March 26-28 in Munich.

The Dutch Darts Masters main event will take place from February 12-14 in Venray.

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Dutch Darts Masters - ET1
Host Nation Qualifier
First Round

Mareno Michels 6-3 Ron Meulenkamp
Jermaine Wattimena 6-3 Sven Groen
Jeffrey van de Ven 6-2 Tommy Legius

Second Round
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-3 Ryan de Vreede
Arjan Konterman 6-1 Michel Meuten
Kevin Voornhout 6-5 Mark Oosterhuis
Mareno Michels 6-3 Michel van der Horst
Vincent van der Voort 6-0 Gilbert Heygele
Remco van Eijden 6-5 Jeffrey de Graaf
Yordi Meeuwisse 6-1 Duvaan Ata
Tony West 6-4 Jerry Hendriks
Christian Kist 6-2 Jeffrey Bekema
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-1 Michael Stoelen
Dick van Dijk 6-1 Jeffrey Mevissen
Jermaine Wattimena 6-4 Vincent Kamphuis
Raymond van Barneveld 6-0 Tom Grevink
Jan Dekker 6-3 Joey ten Berge
Berry van Peer 6-5 Mike Zuidwijk
Jeffrey van de Ven 6-1 Leo Hendriks

Third Round
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-5 Arjan Konterman
Kevin Voornhout 6-4 Mareno Michels
Remco van Eijden 6-2 Vincent van der Voort
Yordi Meeuwisse 6-4 Tony West
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-4 Christian Kist
Jermaine Wattimena 6-3 Dick van Dijk
Jan Dekker 6-2 Raymond van Barneveld
Berry van Peer 6-1 Jeffrey van de Ven

Fourth Round
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-5 Kevin Voornhout
Remco van Eijden 6-3 Yordi Meeuwisse
Jermaine Wattimena 6-3 Jeffrey de Zwaan
Jan Dekker 6-3 Berry van Peer

Host Nation Qualifiers
1 Dirk van Duijvenbode
2 Remco van Eijden
3 Jermaine Wattimena
4 Jan Dekker

European Qualifier
First Round

Olaf Tupuchis 6-1 Ronny Huybrechts
Igor Sestan 6-0 Akhan Cow
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-4 Roxy-James Rodriguez
Ronny Sonnenschein 6-2 Marvin Esser
Jyhan Artut 6-0 Mariusz Paul
Dylan Duo 6-4 Robert Grazewski
Karl Reiszner 6-5 Krzysztof Wojciechowski
Ioannis Selachouglu 6-0 Alfred Tettampel
Maik Langendorf 6-5 Marvin Wehder
Kim Viljanen 6-2 Antonio Alcinas
John Michael 6-0 Tom Heldt
Stefan Stoyke 6-3 Per Laursen
Marko Kantele 6-1 Christian Kallinger
Mike De Decker 6-0 Karsten Kornath
Magnus Caris 6-1 Antony Lopez
Robert Marijanovic 6-0 Christoph Leuker
Andree Welge 6-5 Thomas Junghans
Davyd Venken 6-0 Michael Westendorf
Tomas Seyler 6-5 Hubert Kocharski
Martin Schindler 6-0 Simon Wiessmuller
Francesco Benedetto 6-4 Tytus Kanik
Gabriel Clemens 6-0 Mick Hasse
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-1 Jörg Mitterlehner
Michael Rasztovits 6-1 Kevin Knopf
Tonci Restovic 6-5 Pierre Finck
Michael Ganz 6-2 Mustaffer Celik
Niels Heinsoe 6-1 Matthias Todtenhöfer
Martin Kersbeek 6-2 Brian Raman
Rene Eidams 6-2 Fabian Herz

Second Round
Olaf Tupuschis 6-5 Igor Sestan
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-0 Ronny Sonnenschein
Jyhan Artut 6-0 Dylan Duo
Karl Reiszner 6-4 Ioannis Selachouglu
Maik Langendorf 6-2 Max Hopp
John Michael 6-4 Kim Viljanen
Cristo Reyes 6-3 Stefan Stoyke
Mike De Decker 6-4 Marko Kantele
Robert Marijanovic 6-5 Magnus Caris
Andree Welge 6-4 Davyd Venken
Martin Schindler 6-0 Tomas Seyler
Gabriel Clemens 6-1 Francesco Benedetto
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-5 Michael Rasztovits
Tonci Restovic 6-0 Michael Ganz
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-2 Niels Heinsoe
Martin Kersbeek 6-2 Rene Eidams

Third Round
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-4 Olaf Tupuschis
Jyhan Artut 6-1 Karl Reiszner
John Michael 6-2 Maik Langendorf
Mike De Decker 6-1 Cristo Reyes
Andree Welge 6-4 Robert Marijanovic
Martin Schindler 6-1 Gabriel Clemens
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-1 Tonci Restovic
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-3 Martin Kersbeek

European Qualifiers
1 Zoran Lerchbacher
2 Jyhan Artut
3 John Michael
4 Mike De Decker
5 Andree Welge
6 Martin Schindler
7 Dimitri Van den Bergh
8 Rowby-John Rodriguez

German Darts Masters - ET2
European Qualifier
First Round

Martin Kersbeek 6-4 Tytus Kanik

Second Round
Cristo Reyes 6-2 Christian Kallinger
Magnus Caris 6-5 Mareno Michels
Jeffrey van de Ven 6-3 Tonci Restovic
Jeffrey Mevissen 6-0 Michel Menten
Christian Kist 6-4 Davyd Venken
Ron Meulenkamp 6-0 Mark Oosterhuis
Thomas Junghans 6-4 Arjan Konterman
Jan Dekker 6-4 Tony West
Krzysztof Wojciechowski 6-5 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-0 Francesco Benedetto
Marko Kantele 6-4 Per Laursen
Igor Sestan 6-2 Hubert Kochinski
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-5 Kim Viljanen
Mike Zuydwijk 6-2 Roxy-James Rodriguez
Sven Groen 6-3 Dylan Duo
Martin Kersbeek 6-5 Yordi Meeuwisse
Vincent van der Voort 6-1 Robert Grazewski
Michael Rasztovits 6-0 Florian Koller
Tom Grevink 6-5 Vincent Kampuis
John Michael 6-5 Ryan de Vreede
Jeffrey de Graaf 6-5 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Remco van Eijden 6-3 Leo Hendriks
Niels Heinsoe 6-5 Antonio Alcinas
Michel van der Horst 6-0 Michael Ganz
Ronny Huybrechts 6-4 Zoran Lerchbacher
Dick van Dijk 6-2 Joey Ten Berge
Kevin Voornhout 6-2 Robert Marijanovic
Berry van Peer (Duvaan Ata withdrew)
Mike De Decker 6-2 Raymond van Barneveld
Jermaine Wattimena 6-2 Jerry Hendriks
Mariusz Paul 6-4 Akhan Chow
Tommy Legius 6-5 Antony Lopez

Third Round
Cristo Reyes 6-1 Magnus Caris
Jeffrey van de Ven 6-1 Jeffrey Mevissen
Ron Meulenkamp 6-4 Christian Kist
Thomas Junghans 6-5 Jan Dekker
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-2 Krzysztof Wojciechowski
Marko Kantele 6-2 Igor Sestan
Mike Zuydwijk 6-3 Jeffrey de Zwaan
Sven Groen 6-3 Martin Kersbeek
Vincent van der Voort 6-1 Michael Rasztovits
John Michael 6-0 Tom Grevink
Jeffrey de Graaf 6-3 Remco van Eijden
Michel van der Horst 6-1 Niels Heinsoe
Ronny Huybrechts 6-5 Dick van Dijk
Berry van Peer 6-3 Kevin Voornhout
Jermaine Wattimena 6-4 Mike De Decker
Tommy Legius 6-4 Mariusz Paul

Fourth Round
Cristo Reyes 6-2 Jeffrey van de Ven
Thomas Junghans 6-4 Ron Meulenkamp
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-2 Marko Kantele
Mike Zuydwijk 6-1 Sven Groen
John Michael 6-2 Vincent van der Voort
Jeffrey de Graaf 6-4 Michel van der Horst
Ronny Huybrechts 6-3 Berry van Peer
Jermaine Wattimena 6-2 Tommy Legius

European Qualifiers
1 Cristo Reyes
2 Thomas Junghans
3 Dimitri Van den Bergh
4 Mike Zuydwijk
5 John Michael
6 Jeffrey de Graaf
7 Ronny Huybrechts
8 Jermaine Wattimena