Daryl Gurney has been called up to play at the World Series of Darts Finals in Amsterdam after visa issues led to the withdrawal of Philippines players Lourence Ilagan and Alexis Toylo from the September 17-20 event.
Northern Ireland's Gurney and the Netherlands' Maik Kuivenhoven were the highest-ranked players on the reserve list and have replaced Ilagan and Toylo respectively after the pair did not receive a decision on their Schengen visa applications before having to travel to China this week for the final two events of the PDC Asian Tour season.
Gurney will face reigning tournament champion and home favourite Michael van Gerwen in the first round at AFAS Live on Thursday September 17, while Kuivenhoven plays Jonny Clayton the following day.
Luke Littler, the 2024 champion who was beaten 11-7 by Van Gerwen in last year's final, heads to Amsterdam aiming to keep his bid for the first-ever clean sweep of majors in one year on track.
The world champion plays Danny Noppert in round one.
Luke Humphries opens against Jermaine Wattimena, while Gian van Veen will face Chris Dobey.
Thursday September 17 (1800)
Round One x8
Viktor Tingstrom vs Dirk van Duijvenbode
Rob Cross vs Ryan Searle
Karel Sedlacek vs Ben Robb
Kevin Doets vs Ross Smith
Stephen Bunting vs Josh Rock
Luke Humphries vs Jermaine Wattimena
Michael van Gerwen vs Daryl Gurney
Gian van Veen vs Chris Dobey
Friday September 18 (1800)
Round One x8
Adam Leek vs Jim Long
Motomu Sakai vs Callan Rydz
Wessel Nijman vs Simon Whitlock
Nathan Aspinall vs Raymond Smith
James Wade vs Damon Heta
Gerwyn Price vs Brody Klinge
Luke Littler vs Danny Noppert
Jonny Clayton vs Maik Kuivenhoven
Saturday September 19
Afternoon Session (1200)
Round Two x4
Van Gerwen/Gurney vs Doets/Ross Smith
Bunting/Rock vs Cross/Searle
Humphries/Wattimena vs Tingstrom/Van Duijvenbode
Van Veen/Dobey vs Sedlacek/Robb
Order of play to be confirmed
Evening Session (1800)
Round Two x4
Price/Klinge vs Leek/Long
Wade/Heta vs Nijman/Whitlock
Littler/Noppert vs Aspinall/Raymond Smith
Clayton/Kuivenhoven vs Sakai/Rydz
Order of play to be confirmed
Sunday September 20
Afternoon Session (1200)
Quarter-Finals
Evening Session (1800)
Semi-Finals
Final
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