Draw Players Championship 15: Opponents confirmed for Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright & more

Starting at 12 p.m UK time, the 15th Players Championship tournament of the season gets underway this afternoon in Hildesheim, Germany. Find the draw for the first round right here!

Michael van Gerwen is the only Premier League player who has traveled to Germany for the Pro Tour dual. Van Gerwen was paired with Dominik Gruellich in the draw.
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Elsewhere, the likes of Gary Anderson, Dave Chisnall, Joe Cullen, Ryan Searle, Michael Smith, James Wade and Peter Wright are all also in action. See their opponents and the full first round draw below.

A total of 125,000 pounds in prize money is distributed at each Players Championship tournament. The winner of the event will receive a cheque for £15,000.

Draw Players Championship 15

Last 128

Martin Schindler - | - Richard Veenstra

Christian Kist - | - Brendan Dolan

Dom Taylor - | - Mensur Suljovic

Andreas Harrysson - | - Sam Spivey

Raymond van Barneveld - | - Robert Grundy

Benjamin Reus - | - Sebastian Bialecki

Jermaine Wattimena - | - Pero Ljubic

Oskar Lukasiak - | - Alexander Merkx

Gary Anderson - | - Rob Owen

Matthew Dennant - | - Viktor Tingstrom

Martin Lukeman - | - Graham Hall

Stefaan Henderyck - | - Patrick Geeraets

Wessel Nijman - | - Ted Evetts

Scott Williams - | - Matt Campbell

Kevin Doets - | - Maximilian Czerwinski

Thibault Tricole - | - Florian Hempel

Ross Smith - | - Connor Scutt

Adam Lipscombe - | - Mario Vandenbogaerde

William O'Connor - | - Joshua Richardson

Jack Tweddell - | - Owen Bates

James Wade - | - Ryan Meikle

Keane Barry - | - Graham Usher

Ryan Joyce - | - Michele Turetta

Tom Bissell - | - Ricky Evans

Damon Heta - | - Jamai van den Herik

Chris Landman - | - Wesley Plaisier

Krzysztof Ratajski - | - Dylan Slevin

Karel Sedlacek - | - Jim Long

Dirk van Duijvenbode - | - Jose De Sousa

Adam Warner - | - Ian White

Ritchie Edhouse - | - Carl Sneyd

Danny van Trijp - | - Brett Claydon

Dave Chisnall - | - Berry van Peer

Leon Weber - | - Darius Labanauskas

Gabriel Clemens - | - Bradley Brooks

William Borland - | - Lukas Wenig

Luke Woodhouse - | - Adam Paxton

Martijn Dragt - | - Kai Gotthardt

Joe Cullen - | - Dennie Olde Kalter

Nathan Girvan - | - Rhys Griffin

Ryan Searle - | - Greg Ritchie

Jeffrey De Graaf - | - Mickey Mansell

Madars Razma - | - Niko Springer

Andy Boulton - | - Justin Hood

Mike De Decker - | - Danny Lauby

Tavis Dudeney - | - Kim Huybrechts

Ricardo Pietreczko - | - Dragutin Horvat

Darren Beveridge - | - Cor Dekker

Michael van Gerwen - | - Dominik Gruellich

George Killington - | - Tytus Kanik

Callan Rydz - | - James Hurrell

Cam Crabtree - | - Jelle Klaasen

Danny Noppert - | - Kevin Burness

Radek Szaganski - | - Maik Kuivenhoven

Michael Smith - | - Jitse Van der Wal

Jurjen van der Velde - | - Adam Hunt

Gian van Veen - | - Nathan Rafferty

Rusty-Jake Rodriguez - | - Stephen Burton

Alan Soutar - | - Stefan Bellmont

Marvin van Velzen - | - Darryl Pilgrim

Peter Wright - | - Jim Williams

Max Hopp - | - Thomas Lovely

Niels Zonneveld - | - Steve Lennon

Nick Kenny - | - Andy Baetens