RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD headed the list of European Qualifiers for the European Darts Matchplay in Innsbruck when he won through Thursday night's knockouts to claim a spot in the PDC European Tour event.
The Dutchman followed up his qualification for this weekend's European Darts Trophy event in Muelheim by also winning through the day's second qualifier with defeats of Magnus Caris and John Michael to earn a spot in next week's Austrian event.
German youngster Max Hopp also enjoyed double success on the day, overcoming World Cup players Nandor Bezzeg and Mariusz Paul to qualify, with Holland's Dirk van Duijvenbode, who edged out Russia's Roman Obukhov before defeating Jeffrey van de Ven.
Belgium's Ronny Huybrechts joined younger brother Kim, one of the 16 seeds, in the Innsbruck event by knocking out German duo Sascha Stein and Bernd Roith, while Croatia's Robert Marijanovic was made to work hard for his wins over Krzysztof Ratajski and Jeffrey De Zwaan.
Belgian youngster Dimitri Van den Bergh followed up wins over Dick van Dijk and Petr Hyncica with an emphatic whitewash of Christian Kist to seal his spot, with Maik Langendorf impressing with wins over Jan Dekker, Antonio Alcinas and Jerry Hendriks.
The final spot went to Germany's Stefan Stoyke, who impressed with 6-1 wins over Michal Kocik and Thomas Obstfelder before overcoming Spanish ace Cristo Reyes 6-3.
The final four places in the European Darts Matchplay will be discovered in the Host Nation Qualifier in Innsbruck on Thursday September 17.
The European Darts Matchplay will then take place from September 18-20 at the Olympiahalle in Innsbruck. For information, visit www.pdc-europe.tv.
European Darts Matchplay - European Tour Event Eight
European Qualifier
First Round
Jerry Hendriks 6-5 Rene Eidams
Antonio Alcinas 6-0 Joey ten Berge
Maik Langendorf 6-1 Jan Dekker
Thomas Obstfelder 6-4 Matthias Todtenhöfer
Stefan Stoyke 6-1 Michal Kocik
Roman Obhukov 6-0 Matthias Finger
Jeffrey van de Ven 6-5 Michael Rosenauer
Leo Hendriks 6-4 Andy Bless
Mick Hasse 6-2 Tomas Seyler
Bernd Roith 6-0 Fabian Herz
Dimitri van den Bergh 6-5 Dick van Dijk
Petr Hyncica 6-5 Daniel Zygla
John Michael 6-5 Tytus Kanik
Martin Schindler Bye (Simeon Heinz timed out)
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-0 Alexander Tauber
Robert Marijanovic 6-0 Jermaine Wattimena
Mariusz Paul 6-2 Thomasz Bozek
Pavel Jirkal 6-0 Karsten Kornath
Second Round
Jerry Hendriks 6-5 Jyhan Artut
Maik Langendorf 6-0 Antonio Alcinas
Cristo Reyes 6-0 Robert Wildgrube
Stefan Stoyke 6-1 Thomas Obstfelder
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-5 Roman Obhukov
Jeffrey van de Ven 6-4 Leo Hendriks
Ronny Huybrechts 6-1 Sascha Stein
Bernd Roith 6-0 Mick Hasse
Christian Kist 6-5 Tonci Restovic
Dimitri van den Bergh 6-1 Petr Hyncica
Raymond van Barneveld 6-1 Magnus Caris
John Michael 6-5 Martin Schindler
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-2 Vincent Kamphuis
Robert Marijanovic 6-5 Krzysztof Ratajski
Max Hopp 6-2 Nandor Bezzeg
Mariusz Paul 6-1 Pavel Jirkal
Third Round
Maik Langendorf 6-5 Jerry Hendriks
Stefan Stoyke 6-3 Cristo Reyes
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-1 Jeffrey van de Ven
Ronny Huybrechts 6-4 Bernd Roith
Dimitri van den Bergh 6-0 Christian Kist
Raymond van Barneveld 6-4 John Michael
Robert Marijanovic 6-4 Jeffrey de Zwaan
Max Hopp 6-0 Mariusz Paul
European Qualifiers
EQ1 Maik Langendorf
EQ2 Stefan Stoyke
EQ3 Dirk van Duijvenbode
EQ4 Ronny Huybrechts
EQ5 Dimitri van den Bergh
EQ6 Raymond van Barneveld
EQ7 Robert Marijanovic
EQ8 Max Hopp