THE final qualifying places in the Dutch Darts Masters have been confirmed following the European Qualifier on Thursday night, with Ronny Huybrechts, Max Hopp and Mensur Suljovic amongst the eight players to secure places in the European Tour event.
The year's second £100,000 European Tour event will be held at the NH Hotel Koningshof from Friday February 14-Sunday February 16, with 48 players competing in an event to be streamed live on the OfficialPDC YouTube Channel.
Belgian ace Huybrechts joined younger brother Kim - last October's Dutch Darts Masters champion and one of the 16 seeded players who enter at the second round stage - in winning his place in the tournament as he defeated Kai Gotthardt and Maik Langendorf to qualify.
Huybrechts now plays Dutch debutant Kevin Voornhout in the first round on Friday, with the teenager having overcome Raymond van Barneveld as he won through Tuesday's Host Nation Qualifier.
Finland's Jarkko Komula, a quarter-finalist in October's previous visit to Veldhoven, will play Mark Walsh in the first round after he overcame Antonio Alcinas and Robert Marijanovic to qualify.
Austrian number one Mensur Suljovic set up a tasty first round game with Holland's former Lakeside Champion Christian Kist after his wins in the European Qualifier over Dylan Duo and Davyd Venken.
Belgian youngster Dimitri van den Bergh meets one of the UK's emerging stars Josh Payne in the first round after he saw off Tomas Seyler and John van de Weerd, while German teenager Max Hopp saw off Oliver Scheying and Michael Hurtz to qualify, and he now plays Michael Mansell on Friday.
Germany's Fabian Herz (pictured) continued his amazing introduction to the sport as he saw off Olaf Tupuschis, Alfred Tettampel and Magnus Caris to qualify for a second successive European Tour event.
Herz had never competed in a professional darts event before he won through to the German Darts Championship last month, and will return to the big stage on Friday against experienced Andy Smith.
German duo Jyhan Artut and Bernd Roith completed Thursday's European Qualifiers in Veldhoven, with Artut edging out Austrian youngster Rowby-John Rodriguez in their deciding game while Roith whitewashed Zoran Lerchbacher.
The Dutch Darts Masters begins on Friday with the first round being held in one session from 3pm local time (2pm GMT).
All games in the main Dutch Darts Masters event will be streamed LIVE & FREE exclusively through the OfficialPDC YouTube Channel, www.youtube.com/OfficialPDC.
Following Friday's first round, the 16 seeded players enter the fray in the second round on Saturday February 15, with play being held across two sessions at 1pm & 7pm local time (12pm & 6pm GMT).
Sunday sees the third round held in the afternoon session (1pm local time, 12pm GMT), with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final being held in the evening session (7pm local time, 6pm GMT).
Dutch Darts Masters - European Tour Event Two
European Qualifier
Thursday February 13
Preliminary Round
Rowdy John Rodriguez 6-3 Mick Hasse
John van de Weerd 6-3 Tonci Restovic
Maik Langendorf 6-5 René Eidams
Fabian Herz 6-5 Olaf Tupuschis
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-2 Matheus Ziolkowski
Lars Reinecke 6-5 Karsten Kornath
Davyd Venken 6-5 Robin Schulz
Michael Hurz 6-1 Holger Hentrup
First Round
Jyhan Artut 6-4 Jani Haavisto
Rowby John Rodriguez 6-3 Colin Rice
Dimitri van den Bergh 6-4 Tomas Seyler
John van de Weerd 6-3 Kenneth Ljungers
Ronny Huybrechts 6-3 Kai Gotthardt
Maik Langendorf 6-0 Lucio Rave
Magnus Caris 6-4 Andree Welge
Fabian Herz 6-0 Alfred Tettampel
Bernd Roith 6-4 Michael Rasztovits
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-3 Marc Beckmann
Jarkko Komula 6-3 Antonio Alcinas
Robert Marijanovic 6-1 Lars Reinecke
Mensur Suljovic 6-1 Dylan Duo
Davyd Venken 6-1 Kevin Knopf
Max Hopp 6-0 Oliver Scheying
Michael Hurtz 6-5 Daniele Petri
Second Round
Jyhan Artut 6-5 Rowby John Rodriguez
Dimitri van den Bergh 6-2 John van de Weerd
Ronny Huybrechts 6-3 Maik Langendorf
Fabian Herz 6-3 Magnus Caris
Bernd Roith 6-0 Zoran Lerchbacher
Jarkko Komula 6-3 Robert Marijanovic
Mensur Suljovic 6-3 Davyd Venken
Max Hopp 6-4 Michael Hurtz
Qualifiers
Jyhan Artut (now plays Richie Burnett)
Dimitri van den Bergh (now plays Josh Payne)
Ronny Huybrechts (now plays Kevin Voornhout)
Fabian Herz (now plays Andy Smith)
Bernd Roith (now plays Stuart Kellett)
Jarkko Komula (now plays Mark Walsh)
Mensur Suljovic (now plays Christian Kist)
Max Hopp (now plays Michael Mansell)