Schindler Amongst German ET12 Qualifiers

Martin Schindler (Lawrence Lustig, PDC)

MARTIN SCHINDLER, Rene Eidams and Nico Blum were amongst the five Host Nation Qualifiers for the HappyBet European Darts Trophy.

The year's final PDC European Tour event will be held from October 13-15 at the Lokhalle in Gottingen as 48 players compete across three days, with coverage being streamed online through PDCTV-HD and bookmakers' websites.

With Mensur Suljovic withdrawing from competing in the event, an extra place was made available in the Host Nation Qualifier to see five players secure spots in the main event.

Berlin's Schindler was in fine form as he secured a first round tie with John Bowles, defeating Gino Drobick, Patrick Heitmüller and El Abbas El Amri to qualify.

Former World Championship qualifier Eidams now meets Jeffrey de Zwaan after he defeated former European Tour qualifiers Mike Holz, Fabian Herz and Maik Langendorf to seal his place ni the event.

Allenstein knocked out former World Youth Champion Max Hopp 6-4 in his decider as he progressed to play Chris Dobey on Friday, while 16-year-old Blum now takes on Vincent van der Voort after qualifying for his third European Tour event of the year.

Manfred Bilderl will make his European Tour debut after he defeated Nico Kurz in a deciding leg to qualify, and he takes on Jonny Clayton on Friday.

Defeat for Hopp ended his hopes of qualifying for the Unibet European Championship, with the top 32 from the final European Tour Order of Merit following this weekend's event progressing to compete in Hasselt from October 26-29.

HappyBet European Darts Trophy
Host Nation Qualifier
Lokhalle, Gottingen, Thursday October 12
Last 20

Maik Langendorf 6-4 Stefan Stoyke
Rene Eidams 6-5 Fabian Herz
Martin Schindler 6-0 Patrick Heitmüller
El Abbas El Amri 6-4 Kevin Knopf
Max Hopp 6-0 Helge Gross
Robert Allenstein 6-3 Michael Hurtz
Nico Blum 6-2 Steffen Siepmann
René Berndt 6-3 Marvin Wehder
Nico Kurz 6-3 Bernd Roith
Manfred Bilderl 6-3 Marvin Esser

Last Ten
Rene Eidams 6-4 Maik Langendorf
Martin Schindler 6-2 El Abbas El Amri
Robert Allenstein 6-4 Max Hopp
Nico Blum 6-4 Rene Berndt
Manfred Bilderl 6-5 Nico Kurz

Host Nation Qualifiers
HNQ1 Rene Eidams
HNQ2 Martin Schindler
HNQ3 Robert Allenstein
HNQ4 Nico Blum
HNQ5 Manfred Bilderl