Euro Tour 7 & 8 Qualifiers Report – De Graff Continues Good Form
De Graff, Bates & Taylor All Double-up in Euro Tour Qualifiers
In a format that is now starting to become familiar, two Euro tour qualifying events took place in Hildesheim in which tour card holders competed for just ten spots each in the Dutch Darts Championship and the NEO.bet European Darts open.
Jeffrey de Graff followed up what was a superb run in yesterday’s Pro Tour event by being one of three players to “do the double” in today’s qualification events. Having made it all the way to the final yesterday where he was eventually beaten by Brendan Dolan, de Graff found the finishing line twice today. A dominant 6-2 win over Karel Sedlacek secured his place in Euro Tour event 7 followed by a 6-3 victory over Dylan Slevin later in the day to secure a spot at Euro Tour 8.
De Graff was not the only player to qualify for both events today with Owen Bates and Dom Taylor also managing to come through both qualifying events. Other notable performances came from Cameron Menzies who provided two of the day’s best match averages posting a 103 average in his final match of the Euro Tour 7 qualifier followed by a massive 107 average defeating Rob Grundy in his opening match of the Euro Tour 8. The Scotsman could not sustain this level into the afternoon however and will have to settle with his spot at the Dutch Darts Championship after being defeated by Dylan Slevin in the round of 40.
The Dutch Darts Championship (Euro Tour 7) will take place at the Autotron, Rosmalen, Netherlands from 24 to 26 May 2024. Dave Chisnall will be the number one seeded player for the tournament with world number one Luke Humpries having confirmed that he won’t be participating in the event. The qualified players will be joined by 4 host nation qualifiers (to be held on 23 May)
The NEO.bet European Darts Open (Euro Tour 8) will take place at the Ostermann-Arena, Leverkusen, Germany from 21 to 23 June 2024.a
Full List of Qualifiers
Dutch Darts Championship (Euro Tour 7)
Madars Razma
Dom Taylor
Owen Bates
Mickey Mansell
Cameron Menzies
Ryan Meikle
Niels Zonneveld
William O’Connor
Jeffrey de Graaf
Haupai Puha
NEO.bet European Darts Open (Euro Tour 8)
Nathan Rafferty
Radek Szaganski
Mike De Decker
Callan Rydz
Dom Taylor
Karel Sedlacek
Matthew Dennant
Andy Baetens
Owen Bates
Jeffrey de Graaf