William O’Connor and Callan Rydz secured a clean sweep in the Tour Card Holder Qualifiers for European Tour Events 13-14 in Hildesheim on Thursday. The double-header at Halle 39 saw 84 players competing for ten spots per event. O’Connor, a former World Cup finalist, conceded just 11 legs across both qualifiers to book his place at the Swiss Darts Trophy (ET13) in Basel and the German Darts Championship (ET14) in Hildesheim. Rydz matched the feat, winning six consecutive matches and averaging over 101 in his ET13 shoot-out against Steve Lennon, before surviving deciding-leg ties against Niko Springer and Ricky Evans in the ET14 qualifier.
Other ET13 qualifiers for the Swiss Darts Trophy include Niko Springer, Lukas Wenig, Ritchie Edhouse, Martin Lukeman, Cor Dekker, Owen Bates, Oskar Lukasiak, and Jitse Van der Was. Springer notably defeated former World Champion Michael Smith in a winner-takes-all tie, posting a ton-plus average. ET14 qualifiers for the German Darts Championship comprise Joe Cullen, Karel Sedlacek, Tom Bissell, Christian Kist, Wesley Plaisier, Radek Szaganski, Steve Lennon, Justin Hood, alongside O’Connor and Rydz. European Tour events will feature 16 seeded players exempt to the last 32, with first-round matchups seeing ProTour qualifiers drawn against the remaining qualifiers for both tournaments.
Source: PDC.TV
