2019 PDC Nordic/Baltic ProTour

[thegentle]

http://pdc-nordic.tv/pdcnb-pt-sweden/

List of players for PC1-2 are out, as well as the non-tour card holders who will be competing in ET4-6 qualifying. 57 players for PC1-2, less than 32 for the 3 ET qualifiers, which is a bit surprising given how much it's opened up for non-tour card holders. Seeds for PC1-2:
1.Darius Labanauskas
2.Daniel Larsson
3.Marko Kantele
4.Madars Razma
5.Kim Viljanen
6.Cor Dekker
7.Ulf Ceder
8.Johan Engström

[Safc]

Robert Wagner is back has Caris packed in?

[thegentle]

Robert Wagner is back has Caris packed in?

You'd have thought so bearing in mind he hasn't signed up to any of his home country events, though iirc he's qualified for one of the first three ET events of the year

[Dick]

The guy who wrote the preview on the PDCNB website clearly hasn't understood the rules:

"The three PDC Tour Card holders Darius Labanauskas, Madars Razma and Marko Kantele is also ready for the weekend. Common for all three players are the fact, that they have only registrered for the two Pro Tour events."

The reason is that they can't enter the NB ET qualifiers.

[thegentle]

Dennis Nilsson qualifies for ET4, played pretty well averaging night on 90 for the day, way ahead of the (admittedly depleted) field. Will fancy his chances of getting to more events with players missing again

[The Thorn]

Johan Engström qualifies for ET5

His averages today: 94.3, 70.5, 78.7, 85.5, 83.9

[thegentle]

Johan Engström qualifies for ET5

His averages today: 94.3, 70.5, 78.7, 85.5, 83.9

Good weekend for him so far, played very well just now to beat Darius. Razma up now for him, winner faces Ulf Ceder in the final

[thegentle]

Johan Engström qualifies for ET5

His averages today: 94.3, 70.5, 78.7, 85.5, 83.9

Good weekend for him so far, played very well just now to beat Darius. Razma up now for him, winner faces Ulf Ceder in the final

Loses, but puts up a good fight in a 6-5 loss, Razma started off badly but stormed back and won it on a 145 finish with Engström also on a 3 darter

[thegentle]

Razma wins the event, 6-0 win over Ulf Ceder. That's three wins on the spin on this tour, he looks a much improved player to his first 18 months on the ProTour. Excellent day for him considering the players you'd imagine would be his main rivals went out early as well

[thegentle]

Razma out first game (last 32), Darius currently in trouble, 4-3 down to Ricky Nauman who is playing some superb stuff, averaging 110 and just missed a 9 darter

[thegentle]

Labanauskas survives! Nauman dipped a bit towards the end and missed two match darts, but still ended up with a 103 average

[thegentle]

Marko Kantele-Darius Labanauskas final, so another tour card holder will win event 2. I'm not 100% sure what the rules are, but I guess if Razma/Darius/Kantele qualify through the ProTour then 3rd, 4th and possibly 5th on this tour would qualify for the Worlds? Small mercy for the likes of Larsson and Viljanen if so

[Zeyes]

Yep, Pro Tour takes precedence over regional rankings.

[thegentle]

Thanks, it's one of those things which is predictably clear as mud on the PDC website. Darius wins 6-5, which you'd have to say is a better result for the chasing pack in that case

[thegentle]

The three tour card holders can be pretty happy with that

[Greipel]

Only 2 Norwegians. Darts isn't very popular there according to this.

[thegentle]

Only 2 Norwegians. Darts isn't very popular there according to this.

And both foreign-born, no? Probably too busy living it up in their mansions to bother chucking arrows around with the plebs!

[Safc]

Only 2 Norwegians. Darts isn't very popular there according to this.

And both foreign-born, no? Probably too busy living it up in their mansions to bother chucking arrows around with the plebs!

Aye Cor Dekker born in Holland Rob Wagner born in Austria

[Dining Room Darts]

Had a couple in the World Championship, early 90s I recall.

[thegentle]

Second weekend of this tour starts tomorrow, with ET 7 and 9 qualifiers today, ET 10 qualifiers tomorrow and ET 8 qualifiers for non-Danes on Sunday (which offers 2 places). Dartconnect seems confused at the minute, but by the sounds of it, a decent enough turnout of over 50 for the ProTours, but disappointing numbers for the Euro Tour qualifiers, especially ET 8 which is just across the water for many of them