Koltsov & Ulang Seal Qualification

BORIS KOLTSOV and Gilbert Ulang have secured their places in the William Hill World Darts Championship through the EADC and Philippines Qualifiers.

Russian ace Koltsov previously qualified for the 2015 World Championship, defeating Haruki Muramatsu in the preliminary round before losing out 3-1 to Kevin Painter in the first round.

He has now won through the EADC Qualifier to secure an Alexandra Palace return, with his latter-stages defeats of Roman Obukhov and Aleksandr Oreshkin followed by a 3-1 Sets defeat of Khundaganai Odkhuu in the final.

Ulang, meanwhile, will make his World Championship debut in December after winning through the Philippines Qualifier.

After knocking out last year's Philippines representative, Alex Tagarao, in the quarter-finals, he went on to defeat Elmer Maranan and Prussian Dela Crus to win his spot in London.

Ulang has previously competed for the Philippines in the 2015 and 2016 World Cup of Darts, and has also competed on the Dartslive Soft-Tip circuit.

Greece's John Michael also secured his World Championship return recently at the Southern Europe Qualifier, while New Zealand's Warren Parry, Canada's Ross Snook, Ireland's Mick McGowan, Finland's Kim Viljanen and Sweden's Magnus Caris are other International Qualifiers to have claimed an Alexandra Palace spot.

Further European Qualifiers for the William Hill World Darts Championship will be held as follows:
Eastern Europe Qualifier
Open to players from Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia, Serbia, Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania.
Saturday November 12, Montesino Casino, Vienna, Austria

German Qualifier
Superleague Darts Germany Top Eight Finals
Saturday November 19, Denk Mal, Moenchengladbach, Germany

Central Europe Qualifier
Open to players from the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and France.
Sunday November 20, Cafe Zaal d'n Beer, Rosmalen, Netherlands

To enter or for further information, email Carsten Arlt at PDC Europe.

2016/2017 William Hill World Darts Championship
Philippines Qualifier

Quarter-Finals
Lourence Ilagan def Val Capuyan
Prussian Dela Crus def DJ Tongkopanon
Elmer Maranan def Dixie Ybanez
Gilbert Ulang def Alex Tagarao

Semi-Finals
Prussian Dela Crus def Lourence Ilagan
Gilbert Ulang def Elmer Maranan

Final
Gilbert Ulang 4-1 Prussian Dela Crus

EADC Qualifier
Quarter-Finals

Boris Koltsov 6-0 Roman Obukhov
Aleksandr Oreshkin 6-5 Anton Grechishkin
Andrey Pontus 6-5 Anton Kolesov
Khundaganai Odkhuu 6-5 Alexey Kadochnikov

Semi-Finals
Boris Koltsov 6-3 Aleksandr Oreshkin
Khundaganai Odkhuu 6-5 Andrey Pontus

Final
Boris Koltsov 3-1 Khundaganai Odkhuu