Qualifying Double For Trio

Vincent van der Voort (PDC)

FORMER European Tour winner Vincent van der Voort was one of three players to enjoy a qualifying double on Thursday night in Riesa.

Van der Voort, the 2014 Austrian Darts Open winner, secured his spot in this weekend's HappyBet International Darts Open and October's HappyBet European Darts Trophy as he came through both South & West Europe Qualifiers.

Former Lakeside Champion Christian Kist and emerging Belgian Dimitri Van den Bergh also sealed spots in both tournaments.

Ronny Huybrechts joined brother Kim in the tournament in Riesa by qualifying on Thursday, while Dutch trio Jerry Hendriks, Michael Plooy and Ron Meulenkamp were joined by Greece's John Michael in securing their places in this weekend's event.

German World Cup stars Max Hopp and Martin Schindler were joined by Bernd Roith and Dragutin Horvat in coming through the Host Nation Qualifier to compete in the International Darts Open.

Thursday night also featured the South & West Europe Qualifier for next month's final European Tour event, to be held from October 13-15 in Gottingen.

Van der Voort, Kist and Van den Bergh's success was accompanied by qualification for Austria's Zoran Lerchbacher and Dutch quartet Jermaine Wattimena, Jan Dekker, Yordi Meeuwisse and Jeffrey de Zwaan.

HappyBet International Darts Open (ET11)
Host Nation Qualifier
First Round

Heiko Mey 6-0 Martin Borgwardt
Fabian Freitag 6-4 Christopher Klämt
Matthias Grube 6-0 Sven Hesse
Andreas Schnellhardt 6-1 Markus Keßler
Mike Holz 6-2 Heiko Linss
Rene Eidams 6-0 Holger Krieg
Martin Christiansen 6-1 Kevin Illge
Florian Hempel 6-0 Marcel Herrmann
Marko Puls 6-0 Paul Gommert
Rene Pohl 6-1 Toni Büttner
Michael Hurtz 6-4 Gino Drobick
Robin Beger 6-0 William Homilius
Simeon Heinz 6-2 Chris Seedorf
Stefan Stoyke 6-2 Steve Kratschmer
David Keßler 6-5 Steffen Kliesch
Tomas Seyler 6-1 Steven Reusch
Thomas Junghans 6-0 Thomas Walther
Pierre Finck 6-4 Matthias Grottke
Erik Tautfest 6-4 Kevin Knopf
Dragutin Horvat 6-0 Danny Kobus
Torsten Rädel 6-2 Keith Pätzold

Second Round
Martin Schindler 6-0 Lars Tannert
Fabian Freitag 6-0 Heiko Mey
Marvin Esser 6-0 Ramon Otte
Andreas Schnellhardt 6-5 Matthias Grube
Bernd Roith 6-1 Marcel Goldschmidt
Mike Holz 6-0 Rene Eidams
Christian Bunse 6-1 Martin Christiansen
Marko Puls 6-3 Florian Hempel
Max Hopp 6-1 Rene Pohl
Michael Hurtz 6-2 Robin Beger
Fabian Herz 6-2 Simeon Heinz
Stefan Stoyke 6-1 David Keßler
Steffen Siepmann 6-5 Tomas Seyler
Thomas Junghans 6-0 Pierre Finck
Erik Tautfest 6-1 Lutz Hegewald
Dragutin Horvat 6-4 Torsten Rädel

Third Round
Martin Schindler 6-3 Fabian Freitag
Marvin Esser 6-4 Andreas Schnellhardt
Bernd Roith 6-3 Mike Holz
Christian Bunse 6-4 Marko Puls
Max Hopp 6-4 Michael Hurtz
Stefan Stoyke 6-5 Fabian Herz
Thomas Junghans 6-1 Steffen Siepmann
Dragutin Horvat 6-4 Erik Tautfest

Fourth Round
Martin Schindler 6-5 Marvin Esser
Bernd Roith 6-4 Christian Bunse
Max Hopp 6-3 Stefan Stoyke
Dragutin Horvat 6-4 Thomas Junghans

HNQ1: Martin Schindler
HNQ2: Bernd Roith
HNQ3: Max Hopp
HNQ4: Dragutin Horvat

South & West Europe Qualifier
First Round

Christian Kist Bye
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-1 Stefan Taferner
Dimitri van den Bergh 6-5 Vincent Kamphuis
Arjan Konterman 6-4 Berry van Peer
Vincent van der Voort 6-3 Jeffrey de Zwaan
Yordi Meeuwisse 6-3 Wilhelm Schwingenschlögl
Ronny Huybrechts 6-0 Alexander Steinbauer
Willy van de Wiel 6-5 Sven Groen
Jermaine Wattimena 6-0 Hannes Mollner
Jerry Hendriks 6-0 Sedat Berisha
Mario Robbe 6-1 Zoran Lerchbacher
Michael Plooy 6-4 Gerhard Sorger
Jimmy Hendriks 6-0 Jeffrey de Graaf
John Michael 6-4 Antonio Alcinas
Jan Dekker 6-2 Mike De Decker
Ron Meulenkamp 6-5 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Second Round
Christian Kist 6-5 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-5 Arjan Konterman
Vincent van der Voort 6-3 Yordi Meeuwisse
Ronny Huybrechts 6-1 Willy van de Wiel
Jerry Hendriks 6-5 Jermaine Wattimena
Michael Plooy 6-3 Mario Robbe
John Michael 6-5 Jimmy Hendriks
Ron Meulenkamp 6-4 Jan Dekker

EQ1: Christian Kist
EQ2: Dimitri Van den Bergh
EQ3: Vincent van der Voort
EQ4: Ronny Huybrechts
EQ5: Jerry Hendriks
EQ6: Michael Plooy
EQ7: John Michael
EQ8: Ron Meulenkamp

HappyBet European Darts Trophy (ET12)
South & West Europe Qualifier
First Round

Christian Kist 6-1 Sedat Berisha
Antonio Alcinas 6-4 Willy van de Wiel
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-3 Mario Robbe
Jimmy Hendriks 6-4 Sven Groen
Jermaine Wattimena 6-2 Vincent Kamphuis
Michael Plooy 6-0 Gerhard Sorger
Vincent van der Voort 6-1 Stefan Taferner
Berry van Peer 6-3 Jerry Hendriks
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-1 Wilhelm Schwingenschlögl
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-5 John Michael
Jan Dekker 6-2 Mike De Decker
Ron Meulenkamp 6-0 Hannes Mollner
Arjan Konterman 6-3 Ronny Huybrechts
Yordi Meeuwisse 6-2 Jeffrey de Graaf
Cristo Reyes 6-0 Alexander Steinbauer
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-2 Rowby-John Rodriguez

Second Round
Christian Kist 6-3 Antonio Alcinas
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-2 Jimmy Hendriks
Jermaine Wattimena 6-5 Michael Plooy
Vincent van der Voort 6-2 Berry van Peer
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-3 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Jan Dekker 6-5 Ron Meulenkamp
Yordi Meeuwisse 6-2 Arjan Konterman
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-2 Cristo Reyes

EQ1: Christian Kist
EQ2: Zoran Lerchbacher
EQ3: Jermaine Wattimena
EQ4: Vincent van der Voort
EQ5: Dimitri van den Bergh
EQ6: Jan Dekker
EQ7: Yordi Meeuwisse
EQ8: Jeffrey de Zwaan