Players Championship 30 takes place at the Maaspoort in Den Bosch on Wednesday, September 23, with play getting underway at 12:00 BST for viewers in the UK. Cameron Menzies lifted the first title of the Dutch double-header on Tuesday, and the complete first-round draw for Wednesday's action has been confirmed.
Michael van Gerwen is again among the headline names and opens against Benjamin Pratnemer, while Players Championship Order of Merit leader Wessel Nijman faces David Sharp. Beau Greaves, currently eighth in the season standings after becoming the first woman to win a PDC ranking title earlier this year, begins against Joe Hunt.
One of the standout first-round matches pits Mike De Decker against Peter Wright, and there is considerably more at stake than a place in round two for both. De Decker starts PC30 in 61st position on the Players Championship Order of Merit, only £1,000 above the current Minehead cut-off, while Wright is down in 89th with £20,500.
Michael Smith is another former world champion with little margin for error. He sits 62nd on £29,250 and meets Marvin Kraft, with Martijn Dragt currently holding the 64th and final qualifying position on £28,250. Directly around that line, Jim Long is 65th, Bradley Brooks 66th and Wesley Plaisier 67th, and all three are in action again on Wednesday.
Josh Rock and Nathan Aspinall have more ground to make up. Rock starts the day 71st on £26,000 before facing Mario Vandenbogaerde, himself only four places above the cut, while Aspinall is 78th on £23,500 and takes on Mervyn King. With only four Players Championship events remaining after PC30, opportunities to force their way into the top 64 are beginning to run short.
Menzies begins his attempt at back-to-back titles against Callan Rydz after climbing from 35th to 11th in the standings with Tuesday's PC29 victory. Elsewhere, Danny Noppert faces Adam Warner, Chris Dobey meets Gilbert van der Meijden, Dirk van Duijvenbode takes on Viktor Tingstrom and Raymond van Barneveld starts against Stephen Burton.
Other first-round ties include Brendan Dolan vs Chris Landman, Owen Bates vs Ben Townley, Ricky Evans vs Kai Gotthardt, Dave Chisnall vs Carl Sneyd, Jimmy van Schie vs James Beeton, Ian White vs Nathan Potter, Richard Veenstra vs Greg Ritchie, Stefaan Henderyck vs Dan Hands, Mensur Suljovic vs Scott Williams, Henry Coates vs Ritchie Edhouse, Andrew Gilding vs Maximilian Czerwinski, Tommy Lishman vs Adam Lipscombe, Mickey Mansell vs Andy Boulton, Stef Kosters vs Lukas Wenig, Kevin Doets vs Rhys Griffin, Adam Leek vs Lewis Pride, Kim Huybrechts vs Rob Owen, Bradley Brooks vs Ryan Meikle, Darryl Pilgrim vs Steve Lennon, Gabriel Clemens vs Florian Preis, Niall Culleton vs Adam Gawlas, Jermaine Wattimena vs Jim Long, Samuel Price vs Marvin van Velzen, Martin Schindler vs Matthias Ehlers, Alan Soutar vs Madars Razma, Tommy Morris vs Levy Frauenfelder, Keane Barry vs Martin Lukeman, Luke Woodhouse vs Justin Hood, Leon Weber vs Dennie Olde Kalter, Sebastian Bialecki vs Connor Scutt, Shane McGuirk vs Martijn Dragt, Niels Zonneveld vs Sietse Lap, Ricardo Pietreczko vs Stephen Rosney, Daryl Gurney vs Tyler Thorpe, Krzysztof Ratajski vs Cam Crabtree, Thibault Tricole vs Stefan Bellmont, Jeffrey de Graaf vs Alexander Merkx, Ted Evetts vs James Hurrell, William O'Connor vs Oskar Lukasiak, Filip Bereza vs Jeffrey de Zwaan, Max Hopp vs Charlie Manby, Nick Kenny vs Thomas Lovely, Christian Kist vs Arno Merk, Cristo Reyes vs Tom Sykes, Jurjen van der Velde vs Cor Dekker, Maik Kuivenhoven vs Adam Paxton, Tom Bissell vs Jeffrey Sparidaans, Archie Self vs Pero Ljubic, Karel Sedlacek vs Tavis Dudeney, Daniel Klose vs Wesley Plaisier, Damon Heta vs Dominik Gruellich and Darius Labanauskas vs Tytus Kanik.
