MICHAEL VAN GERWEN will begin his defence of the Unibet European Championship title against Simon Whitlock when the £400,000 event begins on October 28, while World Champion Gary Anderson has drawn James Wade in the first round in Belgium.

COREY CADBY and Berry van Peer will contest the PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship final in Minehead next month after winning through Sunday's early rounds in Wigan.

MIKE DE DECKER won his third PDC Unicorn Development Tour title with a narrow 4-3 victory over Berry van Peer in the final of Event 19 as the 2016 season came to a close in Wigan.

ALAN NORRIS claimed his first European Tour title by defeating Jelle Klaasen 6-5 in the final of the HappyBet German Darts Championship in Hildesheim - securing a SINGHA Beer Grand Slam of Darts spot in the process.

ORDER OF MERIT leader Dean Reynolds and Australian sensation Corey Cadby shared the wins in Saturday's PDC Unicorn Development Tour double-header in Wigan.

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN held off Robbie Green's fightback to begin his bid to win a seventh European Tour event of the year with a 6-4 at the German Darts Championship on Saturday.

STEVE WEST opened his HappyBet German Darts Championship campaign in style with a classy 6-0 win over his brother Tony on day one in Hildesheim.

STEFAN STOYKE, Mike Holz, Marko Puls and Robert Allenstein were the four Host Nation Qualifiers for the HappyBet German Darts Championship.

BROTHERS Steve and Tony West will face off in the HappyBet German Darts Championship on Friday when the year's final European Tour event begins in Hildesheim.

THE entries for the year's final two Players Championship events have been confirmed ahead of the live streamed double-header on October 21-22.