John Henderson has replaced Max Hopp in the current line-up for the European Championship next month, as nine spots are still to be decided heading into the final European Tour event of the season.
The Scot beat Brett Claydon 6-4 in the first round of the International Darts Open, in Riesa, on Friday, before losing 6-1 to eventual runner-up Rob Cross in the last 32 on Saturday.
Friday’s win was enough to move Henderson into the 32nd and final qualifying place for the European Championship, with Germany’s Hopp falling out, with one more event left to go before the cut-off.
The Gibraltar Darts Trophy, the 13th and final event on this year’s European Tour, takes place on September 27-29, with the UK and European Qualifiers for the tournament to be held this Friday.
Gerwyn Price won his second European Tour title last night, beating Cross 8-6 in the final to retain the International Darts Open. The £25,000 prize for winning the title moves him up from eighth to third on the European Tour Order of Merit.
Cross remains in 10th spot, while beaten semi-finalists Peter Wright (seventh to sixth) and Glen Durrant (22nd to 17th) have both moved up the table.
The current top 23 on the European Tour Order of Merit have now all qualified for the European Championship, with the last nine spots still to be decided. Jermaine Wattimena, Jeffrey de Zwaan, Krzysztof Ratajski, Vincent van der Voort, Dimitri van den Bergh, Ted Evetts, Willie O’Connor, Ross Smith and Henderson currently sit in those last nine qualifying places heading to Gibraltar.
Race to the 2019 European Championship (after 12 of 13 events – top 32 qualify)
| Position | Name | Prize Money |
| 1 | Michael van Gerwen (Q) | £135,000 |
| 2 | Ian White (Q) | £89,000 |
| 3 | Gerwyn Price (Q) | £70,000 |
| 4 | Daryl Gurney (Q) | £61,500 |
| 5 | Mensur Suljovic (Q) | £58,500 |
| 6 | Peter Wright (Q) | £52,000 |
| 6 | Dave Chisnall (Q) | £52,000 |
| 8 | Joe Cullen (Q) | £50,000 |
| 9 | Jamie Hughes (Q) | £44,500 |
| 10 | Rob Cross (Q) | £44,000 |
| 11 | Adrian Lewis (Q) | £30,500 |
| 12 | Ricky Evans (Q) | £27,000 |
| 12 | James Wade (Q) | £27,000 |
| 12 | Keegan Brown (Q) | £27,000 |
| 12 | Stephen Bunting (Q) | £27,000 |
| 16 | Simon Whitlock (Q) | £25,500 |
| 17 | Glen Durrant (Q) | £24,500 |
| 18 | Jonny Clayton (Q) | £23,500 |
| 18 | Steve Beaton (Q) | £23,500 |
| 20 | Nathan Aspinall (Q) | £23,000 |
| 21 | Chris Dobey (Q) | £21,000 |
| 22 | Mervyn King (Q) | £20,000 |
| 23 | Darren Webster (Q) | £19,000 |
| 24 | Jermaine Wattimena | £18,000 |
| 25 | Jeffrey de Zwaan | £17,000 |
| 25 | Krzysztof Ratajski | £17,000 |
| 27 | Vincent van der Voort | £16,500 |
| 28 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £13,000 |
| 28 | Ted Evetts | £13,000 |
| 30 | William O’Connor | £12,000 |
| 30 | Ross Smith | £12,000 |
| 32 | John Henderson | £11,000 |
| 33 | Max Hopp | £10,500 |
| 34 | Kyle Anderson | £10,000 |
| 34 | Justin Pipe | £10,000 |
| 34 | Brendan Dolan | £10,000 |
| 37 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | £9,000 |
| 37 | Danny Noppert | £9,000 |
| 37 | Michael Smith | £9,000 |
| 37 | Raymond van Barneveld | £9,000 |
| 41 | Mike De Decker | £8,000 |
| 41 | Ritchie Edhouse | £8,000 |
| 41 | Kim Huybrechts | £8,000 |
| 44 | James Wilson | £7,000 |
| 44 | Gabriel Clemens | £7,000 |
| 44 | James Richardson | £7,000 |
| 44 | Dennis Nilsson | £7,000 |
| 44 | Karel Sedlacek | £7,000 |
| 49 | Steve West | £6,000 |
| 49 | Kirk Shepherd | £6,000 |
| 49 | Scott Taylor | £6,000 |
| 49 | Luke Humphries | £6,000 |
| 49 | Steve Lennon | £6,000 |
| 49 | Mickey Mansell | £6,000 |
| 49 | Josh Payne | £6,000 |
| 49 | Andrew Gilding | £6,000 |
| 57 | Cameron Menzies | £5,000 |
| 57 | Richard North | £5,000 |
| 57 | Michael Rosenauer | £5,000 |
| 57 | Wayne Jones | £5,000 |
| 57 | Steffen Siepmann | £5,000 |
| 57 | Boris Koltsov | £5,000 |
| 57 | Ron Meulenkamp | £5,000 |
| 57 | Jose de Sousa | £5,000 |
| 57 | Ryan Searle | £5,000 |
| 66 | Cody Harris | £4,000 |
| 66 | Luke Woodhouse | £4,000 |
| 66 | Simon Stevenson | £4,000 |
| 66 | Ryan Joyce | £4,000 |
| 66 | Andy Boulton | £4,000 |
| 66 | Wesley Plaisier | £4,000 |
| 66 | Mark McGeeney | £4,000 |
| 66 | Mark Webster | £4,000 |
| 66 | Madars Razma | £4,000 |
| 66 | Michael Rasztovits | £4,000 |
| 66 | Tytus Kanik | £4,000 |
| 77 | Joe Murnan | £3,000 |
| 77 | Harry Ward | £3,000 |
| 77 | Dietmar Burger | £3,000 |
| 77 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £3,000 |
| 77 | Karsten Koch | £3,000 |
| 77 | Ryan Meikle | £3,000 |
| 77 | Robert Thornton | £3,000 |
| 77 | Florian Hempel | £3,000 |
| 77 | Gavin Carlin | £3,000 |
| 77 | Matthew Edgar | £3,000 |
| 77 | Kevin Munch | £3,000 |
| 77 | Arron Monk | £3,000 |
| 77 | Adam Hunt | £3,000 |
| 77 | Corey Cadby | £3,000 |
| 77 | Ryan Harrington | £3,000 |
| 77 | Martin Schindler | £3,000 |
| 77 | Kim Viljanen | £3,000 |
| 77 | Danny van Trijp | £3,000 |
| 77 | Darius Labanauskas | £3,000 |
| 77 | Diogo Portela | £3,000 |
| 77 | Pavel Jirkal | £3,000 |
| 77 | Jyhan Artut | £3,000 |
| 99 | Adam Gawlas | £2,000 |
| 99 | Bradley Brooks | £2,000 |
| 99 | Brett Claydon | £2,000 |
| 99 | Christian Bunse | £2,000 |
| 99 | Davy Van Baelen | £2,000 |
| 99 | Marvin Wehder | £2,000 |
| 99 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | £2,000 |
| 99 | Daniel Larsson | £2,000 |
| 99 | Krzysztof Kciuk | £2,000 |
| 99 | Reece Robinson | £2,000 |
| 99 | Stefan Bellmont | £2,000 |
| 99 | Devon Petersen | £2,000 |
| 99 | William Borland | £2,000 |
| 99 | Kevin Burness | £2,000 |
| 99 | Per Laursen | £2,000 |
| 99 | Alan Norris | £2,000 |
| 99 | Niels Zonneveld | £2,000 |
| 99 | Dragutin Horvat | £2,000 |
| 99 | Michael Hurtz | £2,000 |
| 99 | Dave Prins | £2,000 |
| 99 | Mark Barilli | £2,000 |
| 99 | Mark Wilson | £2,000 |
| 99 | David Pallett | £2,000 |
| 99 | Jerry Hendriks | £2,000 |
| 99 | Vincent van der Meer | £2,000 |
| 99 | Cristo Reyes | £2,000 |
| 99 | Nathan Derry | £2,000 |
| 99 | Kevin Knopf | £2,000 |
| 99 | Mario Robbe | £2,000 |
| 99 | Mark Dudbridge | £2,000 |
| 99 | Martin Atkins (Leeds) | £2,000 |
| 99 | Matthew Dennant | £2,000 |
| 131 | Alex Steinbauer | £1,000 |
| 131 | Benito van de Pas | £1,000 |
| 131 | Christian Goedl | £1,000 |
| 131 | Christian Jentschke | £1,000 |
| 131 | Cor Dekker | £1,000 |
| 131 | Davyd Venken | £1,000 |
| 131 | Hannes Schnier | £1,000 |
| 131 | Jelle Klaasen | £1,000 |
| 131 | Maik Kuivenhoven | £1,000 |
| 131 | Manfred Bilderl | £1,000 |
| 131 | Mike Poge | £1,000 |
| 131 | Ole Luckow | £1,000 |
| 131 | Jan Hlavacek | £1,000 |
| 131 | Kevin Garcia | £1,000 |
| 131 | Ondrej Plsek | £1,000 |
| 131 | Sebastian Steyer | £1,000 |
| 131 | Vaclav Schieferdecker | £1,000 |
| 131 | Wessel Nijman | £1,000 |
| 131 | Jose Justicia | £1,000 |
| 131 | Mick Todd | £1,000 |
| 131 | Niels-Joergen Hansen | £1,000 |
| 131 | Teuvo Haverinen | £1,000 |
| 131 | Alexander Merkx | £1,000 |
| 131 | Erik Hol | £1,000 |
| 131 | Jimmy Hendriks | £1,000 |
| 131 | Pal Szekely | £1,000 |
| 131 | Daniel Klose | £1,000 |
| 131 | Pero Ljubic | £1,000 |
| 131 | Ricardo Pietreczko | £1,000 |
| 131 | Robert Owen | £1,000 |
| 131 | Benjamin Fasching | £1,000 |
| 131 | Conan Whitehead | £1,000 |
| 131 | Jamie Bain | £1,000 |
| 131 | Johan Engstrom | £1,000 |
| 131 | Patrick Tringler | £1,000 |
| 131 | Patrick van den Boogaard | £1,000 |
| 131 | Lukas Wenig | £1,000 |
| 131 | Thomas Kohnlein | £1,000 |
| 131 | Vincent Kamphuis | £1,000 |
| 131 | Magnus Caris | £1,000 |
| 131 | Marko Puls | £1,000 |
| 131 | Maik Langendorf | £1,000 |
| 131 | Mike Holz | £1,000 |
| 131 | Fabian Herz | £1,000 |
| 131 | Jason Wilson | £1,000 |
| 131 | Nico Kurz | £1,000 |
| 131 | Ricky Williams | £1,000 |
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