Burger & Schnier Head Austrian Qualifiers

Dietmar Burger (Lawrence Lustig, PDC)

DIETMAR BURGER and Hannes Schnier were amongst the five Host Nation Qualifiers to win places in the Austrian Darts Open on Thursday night.

The final spots in this weekend's PDC European Tour event in Graz were finalised at the Host Nation Qualifier.

Former World Championship qualifier and World Cup of Dars representative Burger will compete on the European Tour for the first time since the 2012 Austrian Darts Open as he came through the knockout.

Schnier, who competed in the 2009 World Championship, will make his European Tour debut.

Roxy-James Rodriguez will compete in his third successive Austrian Darts Open, while Bastian Pietschnig and Alex Steinbauer will be making their European Tour debuts on Friday.

2018 Austrian Darts Open
Host Nation Qualifiers

HNQ1 Bastian Pietschnig
HNQ2 Hannes Schnier
HNQ3 Dietmar Burger
HNQ4 Roxy-James Rodriguez
HNQ5 Alex Steinbauer