Both Martin Lukeman and Martin Kuivenhoven booked places to two European Tour events, as qualification took place in Hildesheim.

Following on from Alan Soutar and Dimitri Van den Bergh winning Players Championship events earlier in the week, the qualifiers for both European Tour 9 and European Tour 10 happened in Germany producing ten qualifiers for each event.

European Tour 9 is the German Darts Championship, taking place between 30 August – 1 September in Hildesheim. The following week will see European Tour 10, tas he first ever Flanders Darts Trophy will be played in Antwerp, Belgium between 6-8 September.

Martin Lukeman playing on the European Tour
Martin Lukeman secured passage to both European Tour 9 and 10. Credit: PDC

Beaton and Whitlock back in Germany

As well as Lukeman and Kuivenhoven, big names will return to the city where they qualified in August for the first European Tour event after the World Matchplay.

Steve Beaton and Simon Whitlock will be among the names playing in the tournament, with 2020 Grand Slam of Darts winner Jose de Sousa also among the names. He produced a stunning 107.69 in his deciding game against Danny van Trijp to progress to the main tournament.

Former Lakeside champion Jelle Klassen is also in the event, along with Boris Krcmar, Mickey Mansell, Dom Taylor and Nick Kenny. In total seven different nationalities are represented among the ten qualifiers.

European Tour 9 Qualifiers

Steve Beaton

Jelle Klaasen

Maik Kuivenhoven

Boris Krcmar

Nick Kenny

Simon Whitlock

Dom Taylor

Mickey Mansell

Jose de Sousa

Martin Lukeman

View the full results from the ET9 qualifier on DartConnect.

Maik Kuivenhoven also secured a European Tour double. Credit: PDC

Soutar seals European Tour return in Belgium

Following on from his first PDC title on Tuesday, Soutar continued his impressive week by beating both PC12 semi finalist Madars Razma and ET9 qualifier Klassen to book his spot in Antwerp in September.

Gabriel Clemens, Cameron Menzies and Jermaine Wattimena posted ton-topping averages to progress, although Mike De Decker was denied a return to home soil by a clinical Robert Owen.

Kevin Doets was one of five Dutch players to progress through Thursday’s second event, qualifying alongside Kuivenhoven, Wattimena, Jitse van der Wal and Richard Veenstra.

European Tour 10 qualifiers

Kevin Doets

Robert Owen

Gabriel Clemens

Jermaine Wattimena

Cameron Menzies

Richard Veenstra

Alan Soutar

Jitse van der Wal

Maik Kuivenhoven

Martin Lukeman.

View the full results for the ET10 qualifier on DartConnect.

The Euro Tour qualifier changed from previous years in 2024. The top 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit now qualify by right for each event, along with the top 16 non qualified players from the ProTour Order of Merit.

Each event will see the top 16 players from the ProTour Order of Merit seeded for the draw, entering in the second round, with the remaining 32 players drawn at random in the first round.