Ireland’s Willie O’Connor has replaced Brendan Dolan in the field for next month’s European Championship with two events to go before the cut off.
The European Darts Matchplay, the 11th of 13 events on this year’s PDC European Tour, took place in Mannheim this past weekend.
Joe Cullen defeated world number one Michael van Gerwen 8-5 in Sunday evening’s final, to scoop his maiden European Tour title. His £25,000 title success has pushed him up from 14th to sixth on the latest European Tour Order of Merit.
The top 32, following the 13th and final event, will qualify for the televised European Championship, in Göttingen, on October 24-27.
There was only one change to the top 32 at the weekend, as Ireland’s World Cup finalist O’Connor replaced Northern Ireland’s Dolan.
Dolan did not qualify for the European Darts Matchplay, while O’Connor had qualified through the UK Qualifiers and claimed wins against Max Hopp and Peter Wright at the weekend, to move ahead of Dolan on count back.
O’Connor is just £1,000 clear of four players, all pushing for a place in the 32-player field. Rowby-John Rodriguez, John Henderson, Michael Smith and Raymond van Barneveld all sit on £9,000 with two events to go.
The International Darts Open, the penultimate event on this year’s European Tour, takes place in Riesa this weekend.
Race to the 2019 European Championship (after 11 of 13 events – top 32 qualify)
| Position | Name | Prize Money |
| 1 | Michael van Gerwen | £135,000 |
| 2 | Ian White | £89,000 |
| 3 | Daryl Gurney | £56,500 |
| 4 | Mensur Suljovic | £55,500 |
| 5 | Dave Chisnall | £52,000 |
| 6 | Joe Cullen | £47,000 |
| 7 | Peter Wright | £45,500 |
| 8 | Gerwyn Price | £45,000 |
| 9 | Jamie Hughes | £42,500 |
| 10 | Rob Cross | £34,000 |
| 11 | James Wade | £27,000 |
| 11 | Keegan Brown | £27,000 |
| 11 | Stephen Bunting | £27,000 |
| 14 | Adrian Lewis | £25,500 |
| 14 | Simon Whitlock | £25,500 |
| 16 | Ricky Evans | £24,000 |
| 17 | Chris Dobey | £21,000 |
| 18 | Jonny Clayton | £20,500 |
| 18 | Steve Beaton | £20,500 |
| 20 | Mervyn King | £20,000 |
| 21 | Darren Webster | £19,000 |
| 22 | Glen Durrant | £18,000 |
| 22 | Jermaine Wattimena | £18,000 |
| 22 | Nathan Aspinall | £18,000 |
| 25 | Krzysztof Ratajski | £17,000 |
| 26 | Vincent van der Voort | £16,500 |
| 27 | Jeffrey de Zwaan | £15,000 |
| 28 | Ted Evetts | £13,000 |
| 29 | Ross Smith | £12,000 |
| 30 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £11,000 |
| 31 | Max Hopp | £10,500 |
| 32 | William O’Connor | £10,000 |
| 32 | Brendan Dolan | £10,000 |
| 34 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | £9,000 |
| 34 | John Henderson | £9,000 |
| 34 | Michael Smith | £9,000 |
| 34 | Raymond van Barneveld | £9,000 |
| 38 | Kyle Anderson | £8,000 |
| 38 | Kim Huybrechts | £8,000 |
| 38 | Justin Pipe | £8,000 |
| 41 | Mike De Decker | £7,000 |
| 41 | James Wilson | £7,000 |
| 41 | Gabriel Clemens | £7,000 |
| 41 | Dennis Nilsson | £7,000 |
| 41 | Danny Noppert | £7,000 |
| 41 | Karel Sedlacek | £7,000 |
| 47 | Kirk Shepherd | £6,000 |
| 47 | Scott Taylor | £6,000 |
| 47 | Luke Humphries | £6,000 |
| 47 | Steve Lennon | £6,000 |
| 47 | Josh Payne | £6,000 |
| 47 | Andrew Gilding | £6,000 |
| 47 | Ritchie Edhouse | £6,000 |
| 54 | Cameron Menzies | £5,000 |
| 54 | Wayne Jones | £5,000 |
| 54 | Ron Meulenkamp | £5,000 |
| 54 | Jose de Sousa | £5,000 |
| 54 | Mickey Mansell | £5,000 |
| 54 | Ryan Searle | £5,000 |
| 54 | James Richardson | £5,000 |
| 61 | Cody Harris | £4,000 |
| 61 | Simon Stevenson | £4,000 |
| 61 | Ryan Joyce | £4,000 |
| 61 | Wesley Plaisier | £4,000 |
| 61 | Mark McGeeney | £4,000 |
| 61 | Mark Webster | £4,000 |
| 61 | Madars Razma | £4,000 |
| 61 | Michael Rasztovits | £4,000 |
| 61 | Tytus Kanik | £4,000 |
| 61 | Boris Koltsov | £4,000 |
| 71 | Dietmar Burger | £3,000 |
| 71 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £3,000 |
| 71 | Karsten Koch | £3,000 |
| 71 | Ryan Meikle | £3,000 |
| 71 | Robert Thornton | £3,000 |
| 71 | Florian Hempel | £3,000 |
| 71 | Gavin Carlin | £3,000 |
| 71 | Matthew Edgar | £3,000 |
| 71 | Kevin Munch | £3,000 |
| 71 | Steffen Siepmann | £3,000 |
| 71 | Corey Cadby | £3,000 |
| 71 | Steve West | £3,000 |
| 71 | Ryan Harrington | £3,000 |
| 71 | Martin Schindler | £3,000 |
| 71 | Kim Viljanen | £3,000 |
| 71 | Danny van Trijp | £3,000 |
| 71 | Andy Boulton | £3,000 |
| 71 | Darius Labanauskas | £3,000 |
| 71 | Diogo Portela | £3,000 |
| 71 | Pavel Jirkal | £3,000 |
| 71 | Jyhan Artut | £3,000 |
| 92 | Adam Gawlas | £2,000 |
| 92 | Bradley Brooks | £2,000 |
| 92 | Christian Bunse | £2,000 |
| 92 | Marvin Wehder | £2,000 |
| 92 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | £2,000 |
| 92 | Krzysztof Kciuk | £2,000 |
| 92 | Stefan Bellmont | £2,000 |
| 92 | Devon Petersen | £2,000 |
| 92 | William Borland | £2,000 |
| 92 | Kevin Burness | £2,000 |
| 92 | Per Laursen | £2,000 |
| 92 | Luke Woodhouse | £2,000 |
| 92 | Alan Norris | £2,000 |
| 92 | Niels Zonneveld | £2,000 |
| 92 | Dragutin Horvat | £2,000 |
| 92 | Michael Hurtz | £2,000 |
| 92 | Dave Prins | £2,000 |
| 92 | Michael Rosenauer | £2,000 |
| 92 | Mark Barilli | £2,000 |
| 92 | Mark Wilson | £2,000 |
| 92 | David Pallett | £2,000 |
| 92 | Jerry Hendriks | £2,000 |
| 92 | Vincent van der Meer | £2,000 |
| 92 | Arron Monk | £2,000 |
| 92 | Cristo Reyes | £2,000 |
| 92 | Nathan Derry | £2,000 |
| 92 | Kevin Knopf | £2,000 |
| 92 | Mario Robbe | £2,000 |
| 92 | Mark Dudbridge | £2,000 |
| 92 | Martin Atkins (Leeds) | £2,000 |
| 92 | Adam Hunt | £2,000 |
| 92 | Matthew Dennant | £2,000 |
| 124 | Alex Stenbauer | £1,000 |
| 124 | Brett Claydon | £1,000 |
| 124 | Chrisian Goedl | £1,000 |
| 124 | Cor Dekker | £1,000 |
| 124 | Hannes Schnier | £1,000 |
| 124 | Maik Kuivenhoven | £1,000 |
| 124 | Daniel Larsson | £1,000 |
| 124 | Jan Hlavacek | £1,000 |
| 124 | Kevin Garcia | £1,000 |
| 124 | Ondrej Plsek | £1,000 |
| 124 | Sebastian Steyer | £1,000 |
| 124 | Vaclav Schieferdecker | £1,000 |
| 124 | Wessel Nijman | £1,000 |
| 124 | Jose Justicia | £1,000 |
| 124 | Mick Todd | £1,000 |
| 124 | Niels-Joergen Hansen | £1,000 |
| 124 | Reece Robinson | £1,000 |
| 124 | Teuvo Haverinen | £1,000 |
| 124 | Alexander Merkx | £1,000 |
| 124 | Erik Hol | £1,000 |
| 124 | Harry Ward | £1,000 |
| 124 | Jimmy Hendriks | £1,000 |
| 124 | Pal Szekely | £1,000 |
| 124 | Daniel Klose | £1,000 |
| 124 | Pero Ljubic | £1,000 |
| 124 | Ricardo Pietreczko | £1,000 |
| 124 | Robert Owen | £1,000 |
| 124 | Benjamin Fasching | £1,000 |
| 124 | Conan Whitehead | £1,000 |
| 124 | Jamie Bain | £1,000 |
| 124 | Johan Engstrom | £1,000 |
| 124 | Patrick Tringler | £1,000 |
| 124 | Patrick van den Boogaard | £1,000 |
| 124 | Lukas Wenig | £1,000 |
| 124 | Thomas Kohnlein | £1,000 |
| 124 | Vincent Kamphuis | £1,000 |
| 124 | Magnus Caris | £1,000 |
| 124 | Marko Puls | £1,000 |
| 124 | Maik Langendorf | £1,000 |
| 124 | Mike Holz | £1,000 |
| 124 | Fabian Herz | £1,000 |
| 124 | Jason Wilson | £1,000 |
| 124 | Nico Kurz | £1,000 |
| 124 | Ricky Williams | £1,000 |
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