Austrian Darts Open Schedule Of Play

THE schedule of play for the Austrian Darts Open, the first European Tour event 2012 which will be held from April 27-29, has been confirmed.

The first of five new £82,100 tournaments will be held at the Arena Nova in Wiener Neustadt, Austria and features 64 players competing for the £15,000 first prize.

The world's top 32 are drawn against 32 qualifiers from the UK, European and Home Nations Qualifiers for the first round, which will be played across two sessions and two stages on Friday April 27.

The second round will be played across two sessions on Saturday, with play only on the main stage, before Sunday sees the third round held in the afternoon session and the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final played in the evening session.

All games during the tournament are the best of 11 legs, with each game expected to last around 30 minutes.

European Tour Event One - Austrian Darts Open
Friday April 27

First Round
Afternoon Session - 1pm start

Main Stage
Wayne Jones v Gino Vos
Mark Walsh v Brian Woods
Mark Webster v Jelle Klaasen
Colin Lloyd v Ian White
Paul Nicholson v Dean Winstanley
Wes Newton v Boris Krcmar
Terry Jenkins v Dietmar Burger
Vincent van der Voort v Darren Webster

Second Stage
Richie Burnett v Michael Rosenauer
Peter Wright v William O'Connor
Steve Beaton v Mick Todd
Co Stompe v Ross Smith
Brendan Dolan v Joe Cullen
Steve Brown v Steve Evans
Dave Chisnall v Martin Kurecka
Alan Tabern v Zoran Lerchbacher

Evening Session - 7pm start
Main Stage

Gary Anderson v Scott Rand
Simon Whitlock v Mareno Michels
James Wade v Prakash Jiwa
Adrian Lewis v James Richardson
Andy Hamilton v Roland Scholten
Phil Taylor v Gaz Cousins
Raymond van Barneveld v Arron Monk
Kevin Painter v Johnny Haines
Justin Pipe v Mensur Suljovic

Second Stage
Colin Osborne v Richie Howson
John Part v Mark Dudbridge
Denis Ovens v John Scott
Jamie Caven v Michael Smith
Andy Smith v Kim Huybrechts
Mervyn King v Michael van Gerwen
Ronnie Baxter v Jim Walker

Saturday April 28
Second Round
Afternoon Session - 1pm start

Webster/Klaasen v Tabern/Lerchbacher
Walsh/Woods v Caven/M Smith
Jones/Vos v Pipe/Suljovic
Lloyd/White v King/van Gerwen
Newton/Krcmar v Brown/Evans
Jenkins/Burger v Ovens/Scott
Nicholson/Winstanley v Baxter/Walker
van der Voort/Webster v A Smith/Huybrechts

Evening Session - 7pm start
Hamilton/Scholten v Chisnall/Kurecka
Painter/Haines v Part/Dudbridge
Anderson/Rand v Stompe/R Smith
Wade/Jiwa v Beaton/Todd
Lewis/Richardson v Wright/O'Connor
Taylor/Cousins v Burnett/Rosenauer
van Barneveld/Monk v Osborne/Howson
Whitlock/Michels v Dolan/Cullen

Sunday April 29
Third Round
Afternoon Session - 1pm start

Taylor/Cousins/Burnett/Rosenauer v Nicholson/Winstanley/Baxter/Walker
M Webster/Klaasen/Tabern/Lerchbacher v van Barneveld/Monk/Osborne/Howson
Whitlock/Michels/Dolan/Cullen v Walsh/Woods/Caven/M Smith
Anderson/Rand/Stompe/R Smith v Jones/Vos/Pipe/Suljovic
Lewis/Richardson/Wright/O'Connor v Lloyd/White/King/van Gerwen
Hamilton/Scholten/Chisnall/Kuecka v Painter/Haines/Part/Dudbridge
Newton/Krcmar/Brown/Evans v Jenkins/Burger/Ovens/Scott
Wade/Jiwa/Beaton/Todd v van der Voort/Webster/A Smith/Huybrechts

Evening Session - 7pm start
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final

All competing players will be emailed with a full Players Brief of information in due course, including details of registration times.