2019 Q-School

[The Jolly Man]

Jeff Smith already out, Cody Harris will also miss out

[Zapp Brannigan]

Jeff out in the last 128 so misses a tour card

De Vos out in the 1st round

Razma in the last 32 which pretty much guarantees his card.

Sedlaek out in the last 128

and the zero leg club boys - congratulations to Malte Schleinitz and Remon Hurrebrink for winning the award. Deramoudt won 1 leg and Azzam didnt turn up

[The Jolly Man]

Razma still going, should be in now

Sedlacek and Jirkal out in L128

Kantele into L32

[The Jolly Man]

Quite a few players with a bit of pegiree left in today. A lot need to win the day to get a card

[The Jolly Man]

Koltsov gone L32 so won’t get a card. Sousa and Rastovits also fell at same hurdle

[The Jolly Man]

Labanauskas moves into L8

[Zapp Brannigan]

Last 16
Toon Greebe v Rene Eidams
John Michael v Vincent Van der Meer
v Jyhan Artut
Marko Kantele v Yordi Meeuwisse
Darius Labanauskas 5-3 Kenny Neyens
Thibault Tricole v Pauli Finnila
Kevin Munch v Pascal Wirotius
Madars Razma v Mareno Michels

[The Jolly Man]

Four of the last 8 through, Labanauskas the highest ranked on 3 points. Greebe going well, Frenchman Tricole through as is Munch.

[The Jolly Man]

Th8nk Kuivenhoven is in 4th but has just been overtaken by Meeuwisse.

Labanauskas will not go ahead of them if he gets to final and loses.

[Zapp Brannigan]

Labanauskas averaging the highest today by far

[Bram_1900]

Nothing but respect for Greebe after the year he had.

[Zapp Brannigan]

Last 16
Toon Greebe 5-2 Rene Eidams
Vincent Van der Meer 5-3 John Michael
Lukasz Waclawski v Jyhan Artut
Yordi Meeuwisse 5-0 Marko Kantele
Darius Labanauskas 5-3 Kenny Neyens
Thibault Tricole 5-2 Pauli Finnila
Kevin Munch 5-2 Pascal Wirotius
Madars Razma 5-3 Mareno Michels

Quarter-Finals
Toon Greebe v Vincent Van der Meer
v Yordi Meeuwisse
Darius Labanauskas 5-0 Thibault Tricole
Kevin Munch v Madars Razma

Semi-Finals
v
Darius Labanauskas v

Final
v

[Mensur Suljovic Fan]

Labanauskas averaging the highest today by far

Hope to fuck he wins the whole thing

[TheSportsDean]

Q School gets many of us fairly excited, but I have to say, like qualification for WSOD finals, GSOD and even the World Champs, it can come down to having a good run on the day, rather than the best players making it. The OOM does something to help level things out, but personally, I would like to see more cards via the Challenge Tour and less to Q School. Over a season, the cream will generally rise.

[Mensur Suljovic Fan]

Q School gets many of us fairly excited, but I have to say, like qualification for WSOD finals, GSOD and even the World Champs, it can come down to having a good run on the day, rather than the best players making it. The OOM does something to help level things out, but personally, I would like to see more cards via the Challenge Tour and less to Q School. Over a season, the cream will generally rise.

I agree, although this time there are fewer randomers on course to win a tour card, and the three who have won each day did well on the Development Tour which at least shows some level of consistency

[Mensur Suljovic Fan]

Admittedly, Labanauskas is probably the best player in the field on paper, and is far from certain of winning his card

[Zapp Brannigan]

2019 PDC European Qualifying School
Day Four, Sunday January 6
Last 16
Toon Greebe 5-2 Rene Eidams
Vincent Van der Meer 5-3 John Michael
Jyhan Artut 5-3 Lukasz Waclawski
Yordi Meeuwisse 5-0 Marko Kantele
Darius Labanauskas 5-3 Kenny Neyens
Thibault Tricole 5-2 Pauli Finnila
Kevin Munch 5-2 Pascal Wirotius
Madars Razma 5-3 Mareno Michels

Quarter-Finals
Vincent Van der Meer 5-3 Toon Greebe
Jyhan Artut v Yordi Meeuwisse
Darius Labanauskas 5-0 Thibault Tricole
Madars Razma 5-2 Kevin Munch

Semi-Finals
Vincent Van der Meer v
Darius Labanauskas v Madars Razma

Final
v

[TheSportsDean]

Q School gets many of us fairly excited, but I have to say, like qualification for WSOD finals, GSOD and even the World Champs, it can come down to having a good run on the day, rather than the best players making it. The OOM does something to help level things out, but personally, I would like to see more cards via the Challenge Tour and less to Q School. Over a season, the cream will generally rise.

I agree, although this time there are fewer randomers on course to win a tour card, and the three who have won each day did well on the Development Tour which at least shows some level of consistency

Something for the PDC to look at though I feel. I'd add Development Tour as one to be given more Tour Cards / promotions based on end of season rankings too. One or two "wildcards" through knock-out tournaments for WSOD Finals, GSOD, and world champs is fine, but like with Q School I believe qualification via one off events should be limited. Around one quarter of Tour Card players coming through qualifiers is quite a large proportion in my opinion.

[The Jolly Man]

Labanauskas into the final.

[The Jolly Man]

He will play Van der Meer.

Van der Meer has a card. Labanauskas needs a win to get one. If he loses he will almost certainly be short