Trio Secure World Championship Spots

JERRY HENDRIKS, Dragutin Horvat and Tengku Shah have won places in the William Hill World Darts Championship.

Dutch ace Hendriks took victory in Sunday's West Europe Qualifier in Rosmalen, where 96 players were competing for a spot at Alexandra Palace.

Hendriks defeated Antonio Gisbers, John de Kruijf, Joppe Bakens, Michael Plooy, Ahmed Ahmaddy and Silko Visser before overcoming fellow Dutchman Jan Dekker 6-4 in the final.

Hendriks previously competed in the 2013 World Championship, where he defeated Wayne Jones in the first round in straight sets before losing out to eventual champion Phil Taylor, and he is also a former UK Open and European Championship qualifier.

Horvat, meanwhile, won through Saturday's Bull's Superleague Germany finals in Moenchengladbach to secure his World Championship debut.

Following victories over Martin Schindler and Sascha Stein in the group stage, Horvat then overcame Kevin Munch 8-7 in the semi-finals before seeing off five-time European Tour qualifier Stefan Stoyke 10-6 in the final.

The Croatian-born thrower has competed in PDC events in Germany across the past decade, and reached the quarter-finals of the International Darts Open in Riesa in September 2016.

Malaysia's Tengku Shah was the weekend's other player to win a World Championship place, as he came through the Asia Qualifier in Taipei.

Shah, 48, was the runner-up to Thanawat Gaweenuntawong in last year's knockout and won a Dartslive Soft-Tip event in Malaysia last month.

2016/17 William Hill World Darts Championship
West Europe Qualifier
Last 16

Jan Dekker 6-3 Wieger Boonstra
Rick Hofstra 6-5 Mareno Michels
Mario Robbe 6-3 Mark Oosterhuis
Richard Bruul 6-1 Erik Hol
Silko Visser 6-3 Kristiaan de Boer
Leroy Nieuwenhuis 6-4 Berry van Peer
Ahmed Ahmaddy 6-2 Danny Blom
Jerry Hendriks 6-1 Michael Plooy

Quarter-Finals
Jan Dekker 6-3 Rick Hofstra
Richard Bruul 6-4 Mario Robbe
Silko Visser 6-1 Leroy Nieuwenhuis
Jerry Hendriks 6-3 Ahmed Ahmaddy

Semi-Finals
Jan Dekker 6-1 Richard Bruul
Jerry Hendriks 6-4 Silko Visser

Final
Jerry Hendriks 6-4 Jan Dekker

Bulls Superleague Germany Final
Group A

Stefan Stoyke 6-3 Sascha Stein
Dragutin Horvat 6-2 Martin Schindler
Stefan Stoyke 6-5 Dragutin Horvat
Sascha Stein 6-4 Martin Schindler
Martin Schindler 6-2 Stefan Stoyke
Dragutin Horvat 6-3 Sascha Stein

Group B
Maik Langendorf 6-5 Michael Hurtz
Rene Eidams 6-4 Kevin Munch
Maik Langendorf 6-0 Rene Eidams
Kevin Munch 6-1 Michael Hurtz
Kevin Munch 6-5 Maik Langendorf
Michael Hurtz 6-4 Rene Eidams

Semi-Finals
Dragutin Horvat 8-7 Kevin Munch
Stefan Stoyke 8-7 Maik Langendorf

Final
Dragutin Horvat 10-6 Stefan Stoyke