GERMAN stars Max Hopp and Tomas Seyler and Dutch aces Vincent van der Voort were amongst the final qualifiers for the German Darts Trophy on Thursday night.
Hopp and Seyler were the big-name German players who won through the Host Nation Qualifier for the £100,000 tournament at the Glaspalast in Sindelfingen.
Emerging teenager Hopp had to defeat Thomas Luksch and Jyhan Artut in two 11-leg battles as he won through to compete in Friday's main event, where he replaces injured Ted Hankey as Host Nation Qualifier Five against Robert Thornton in the opening game on the big stage.
Seyler, meanwhile, dropped just two legs in each of his games against Thomas Krause and Kevin Munch as he won through to meet Brendan Dolan in the main event.
They were joined in qualifying by Michael Hurtz, who reached the second round of the German Darts Championship on his European Tour debut in Hildesheim a fortnight ago, and overcame Andree Welge and Florian Walter to win through once more, earning himself a first round clash with two-time World Champion Adrian Lewis.
Dirk Becker and Peter Schöffmann were the other qualifiers as they earned European Tour debuts in Sindelfingen, with Becker to take on recent German Darts Championship winner Dave Chisnall and Schöffmann facing Terry Jenkins.
The European Qualifier saw Dutch aces Vincent van der Voort and Jelle Klaasen and Belgium's Ronny Huybrechts continue their ever-present record in European Tour events this year.
Van der Voort whitewashed Helmoed Hoppenbrouwers and then defeated Spanish star Antonio Alcinas 6-4 as he moved through, taking the place of Phil Taylor in the draw as European Qualifier Nine with a first round clash against Daryl Gurney.
Klaasen lost only two legs in wins over Vito Clerico and Leo Hendriks as he set up a first round meeting with German Darts Championship runner-up Peter Wright, while Belgium's Huybrechts meets Kevin Painter after qualifying once again.
Austria's Mensur Suljovic will meet Simon Whitlock in the first round after he defeated Zdravko Antunovic and Leon De Geus to qualify, with fellow countryman Maik Langendorf overcoming Robert Marijanovic and Jordy Terburg as he set up an opener with former World Youth Champion Arron Monk.
Youngster Ryan De Vreede's reward for qualification is a clash with world number eight Wes Newton - who won the most recent European Tour event in Sindelfingen at Easter, while Mareno Michels now meets Andy Smith, Dragutin Horvath faces Ian White, and Michael Rasztovits faces Mervyn King.
German Darts Masters - European Tour Event Seven
European Qualifier
First Round
Maik Langendorf 6-1 Robert Marijanovic
Phillipp Ruckstuhl 6-2 Magnus Caris
Mareno Michels 6-4 Stefan Couwenberg
Dragutin Horvath 6-4 Raymond Balbach
Leon de Geus 6-1 Daniel van Allmen
Mensur Suljovic 6-4 Zdravko Antunovic
Jelle Klaasen 6-1 Vito Clerico
Michael Rasztovits 6-3 Roland Scholten
Robert Wildgrube 6-4 Richard van Zijtveld
Vincent van de Voort 6-0 Helmoed Hoppenbrouwers
Antonio Alcinas 6-3 Jerry Hendriks
Second Round
Maik Langendorf 6-0 Jordy Terburg
Ryan de Vreede 6-1 Phillipp Ruckstuhl
Mareno Michels 6-4 Gino Vos
Dragutin Horvath 6-2 Tonci Restovic
Ronny Huybrechts 6-2 Leon de Geus
Mensur Suljovic 6-1 Kurt van de Rijck
Jelle Klaasen 6-1 Leo Hendriks
Michael Rasztovits 6-0 Robert Wildgrube
Vincent van de Voort 6-4 Antonio Alcinas
Qualifiers
1 Maik Langendorf
2 Ryan de Vreede
3 Mareno Michels
4 Dragutin Horvath
5 Ronny Huybrechts
6 Mensur Suljovic
7 Jelle Klaasen
8 Michael Rasztovits
9 Vincent van de Voort
Host Nation Qualifier
First Round
Thomas Krause 6-2 Carsten Strecker
Andree Welge 6-1 Marc Beckmann
Kai Gotthardt 6-1 Bernd Roith
Second Round
Kevin Münch 6-0 Mark Raffke
Tomas Seyler 6-2 Thomas Krause
Florian Walter 6-4 Alexander Schopp
Michael Hurtz 6-4 Andree Welge
Dirk Becker 6-4 Timo König
Kai Gotthardt 6-1 Sascha Schilling
Peter Schöffmann 6-3 Robin Schulz
Karsten Kornath 6-1 Oliver Scheying
Jyhan Artut 6-0 Mario Gaisbauer
Max Hopp 6-5 Thomas Luksch
Third Round
Tomas Seyler 6-2 Kevin Münch
Michael Hurtz 6-1 Florian Walter
Dirk Becker 6-1 Kai Gotthardt
Peter Schöffmann 6-1 Karsten Kornath
Max Hopp 6-5 Jyhan Artut
Qualifers
1 Tomas Seyler
2 Michael Hurtz
3 Dirk Becker
4 Peter Schöffmann
5 Max Hopp
German Darts Masters
European Tour Event Seven
Friday September 20
First Round Afternoon Session (1pm-5pm)
Main Stage
Robert Thornton v Max Hopp
Mervyn King v Michael Rasztovits
Paul Nicholson v Mark Lawrence
Brendan Dolan v Tomas Seyler
Colin Lloyd v James Hubbard
Wes Newton v Ryan De Vreede
Kevin Painter v Ronny Huybrechts
Raymond van Barneveld v Josh Payne
Stage Two
Wayne Jones v Ross Smith
Andy Smith v Mareno Michels
Arron Monk v Maik Langendorf
Ronnie Baxter v Dennis Smith
Colin Osborne v Michael Smith
Stuart Kellett v Alan Tabern
Justin Pipe v Joe Murnan
Ian White v Dragutin Horvath
Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
Main Stage
Terry Jenkins v Peter Schoffmann
James Wade v Kevin McDine
Andy Hamilton v Michael Mansell
Simon Whitlock v Mensur Suljovic
Vincent van der Voort v Daryl Gurney
Michael van Gerwen v Ricky Evans
Adrian Lewis v Michael Hurtz
Dave Chisnall v Dirk Becker
Stage Two
Gary Anderson v Andy Jenkins
Peter Wright v Jelle Klaasen
Mark Walsh v Jamie Robinson
Jamie Caven v Steve Brown
John Part v Paul Amos
Steve Beaton v Mick Todd
Richie Burnett v William O'Connor
Kim Huybrechts v Darren Johnson
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