International Darts League Draw

THE draw for the group stage of 2006 International Darts League, which features five players from the Professional Darts Corporation, has been made.

Colin Lloyd, Phil Taylor, Ronnie Baxter, Roland Scholten and Raymond van Barneveld have been invited to take part in the tournament.

They will be apart in the group stage, which sees eight four-man pools facing each other before the top two progress.

The groups are as follows:
Pool A:
1 Mervyn King (England, 1)
2 Gary Robson (England)
3 Vincent van der Voort (Holland)
4 Raymond van Barneveld (Holland)

Pool B:
1 Simon Whitlock (Australia, 8)
2 Albertino Essers (Holland)
3 Roland Scholten (Holland)
4 Jonny Nijs (Holland)

Pool C:
1 Paul Hanvidge (Scotland, 5)
2 Phil Taylor (England)
3 Co Stompé (Holland)
4 Darryl Fitton (England)

Pool D:
1 Tony Eccles (England, 4)
2 Michael van Gerwen (Holland)
3 Colin Lloyd (England)
4 Martin Atkins (England)

Pool E:
1 Niels de Ruiter (Holland, 3)
2 Ted Hankey (England)
3 John Walton (England)
4 Ronnie Baxter (England)

Pool F:
1 Gary Anderson (Scotland, 6)
2 Brian Sorensen (Denmark)
3 Paul Hogan (England)
4 Per Laursen (Denmark)

Pool G:
1 Mike Veitch, (Scotland, 7)
2 Shaun Greatbatch (England)
3 Tony O'Shea (England)
4 Mareno Michels (Holland)

Pool H:
1 Martin Adams (England, 2)
2 Andy Fordham (England)
3 Dick van Dijk (Holland)
4 Jelle Klaasen (Holland)