Dennant & Griffiths amongst Final Stage qualifiers on Q Schools Day Two

Matthew Dennant (Lawrence Lustig, PDC)

 

A further 16 players have secured their place in the 2022 PDC Qualifying Schools Final Stage from Monday's second day of action in Milton Keynes and Niedernhausen.

At the UK Qualifying School, former PDC Challenge and Development Tour event winners Matthew Dennant and Shaun Griffiths were amongst the eight players to seal automatic places in Final Stage.

Scotland's Ryan Hogarth and Greg Ritchie join Ireland's John O'Shea - a former World Masters winner - in progressing, while Shaun Wilkinson, Kevin Garcia and Joshua Burksfield also progressed to compete from Wednesday onwards for PDC Tour Cards.

German trio Dragutin Horvat, Lukas Wenig and Jens Ziegler won through Monday morning's Group A at the European Qualifying School in Niedernhausen alongside Denmark's Bent Lambertson.

Group B saw a fourth German of the day, Kai Gotthardt, progress to Final Stage alongside Dutchman Ryan De Vreede, Spain's Tony Martinez and Portugal's Paulo Ferreira.

A total of 32 Tour Cards are on offer for players to secure a spot on the PDC circuit for 2022/23.

UK Q School is being played at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, while the H+ Hotel in Niedernhausen is playing host to European Q School.

First Stage, being held from January 9-11, will see up to a total of 128 players in the UK and Europe respectively qualifying to compete in Final Stage.

Eight players per day will progress from First Stage, with all further places going to players from a First Stage Order of Merit in each region, with one ranking point awarded per match from the first full round onwards.

Due to regulations in Germany, First Stage will be played as two groups per day to reduce the number of active players inside the venue at any time, meaning that four players from each group will progress to Final Stage.

Any ties in the respective Q School Orders of Merit will be split as follows based on all match results: Leg Difference, Legs Won, then DartConnect average. If players still cannot be split, a play-off would be organised.

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2022 PDC Qualifying Schools
UK Qualifying School Stage One Day Two
Last 16

Ryan Hogarth 5-3 Scott Campbell
Shaun Wilkinson 5-2 Mike Gillet
Kevin Garcia 5-4 Christopher Gilliland
John O'Shea 5-4 Chris Quantock
Greg Ritchie 5-2 Ben Hazel
Shaun Griffiths 5-4 Leonard Gates
Matthew Dennant 5-1 Simon Stevenson
Joshua Burksfield 5-2 George Killington

European Qualifying School Stage One Day Two
Group A
Last Eight

Jens Ziegler 5-4 Brian Raman
Bent Lambertsen 5-4 Gillian Koehoorn
Lukas Wenig 5-2 Maikel Verberk
Dragutin Horvat 5-2 Jani Keskinarkaus

Group B
Last Eight

Ryan De Vreede 5-4 Vincent van der Meer
Paulo Ferreira 5-4 Alexander Merkx
Kai Gotthardt 5-2 Mario Schulze
Tony Martinez 5-0 Willem Mandigers

2022 PDC Qualifying Schools
First Stage - January 9-11
UK Qualifying School

Start Time: Approx 1030 GMT
Last eight players each day progress to Final Stage
European Qualifying School
Group A
Start Time: Approx 1000 CET
Last four players progress to Final Stage
Group B
Start Time: Approx 1430 CET
Last four players progress to Final Stage
Format: best of nine legs
In addition to the daily automatic players and the players exempt to Final Stage, further players up to total of 128 will be taken from the respective UK/European Qualifying School First Stage Orders of Merit following Day Three.
 
Final Stage - January 12-15
UK Qualifying School

Start Time: 1200 GMT
Each day's winner secures an automatic PDC Tour Card
European Qualifying School
Start Time: 1200 CET
Each day's winner secures an automatic PDC Tour Card
Format: best of 11 legs
In addition to the daily Tour Card winners, further Tour Cards up to a total of 32 will be awarded on a pro-rata basis to players from the respective UK/European Qualifying School Final Stage Orders of Merit following Day Four.