Wellinger hits ten 180s: four Swiss players book the ET14 ticket

ET14 HN Qualifier: Stefan Bellmont, Roman Wellinger, Bruno Stoeckli and Alex Fehlmann qualify in the quarter-finals. All results, Averages, 180s and high finishes.

The ET14 HN Qualifier ends after 70 matches in the quarter-finals – four spots, four qualifiers: Stefan Bellmont, Roman Wellinger, Bruno Stoeckli and Alex Fehlmann. None of them threw the highest match Average of the tournament: Ansh Sood reached 95,80 in the last 64 against Denis Schnetzer – and was out in the last 16.

The four qualifiers of the ET14 HN Qualifier and their routes

According to the draw, the bracket ends before the final, so there is no tournament winner. The winners of the quarter-finals take the tickets.

• Stefan Bellmont (Switzerland): 6:0 against Karin Schroeder, 6:2 against Marcel Hirzel, 6:3 against Enes Yavuzcan, 6:5 against Marcel Walpen. In the tightest quarter-final he put down his best match Average with 84,58.
• Roman Wellinger (Switzerland): 6:1 against Timur Turmus, 6:1 against Pascal Goessi, 6:1 against Frank Priess, 6:2 against Janis Thomann (85,35). Ten 180s – twice as many as the next-best player.
• Bruno Stoeckli (Switzerland): 6:0 against Brian Jutzi, 6:1 against Hansi Waldmeier, 6:5 against Joel Breitenmoser (86,97), 6:1 against Elia Buehlmann.
• Alex Fehlmann (Switzerland): 6:0 against Maurizio Castrovinci, 6:4 against Silvio Thoma, 6:2 against Roger Hertig, 6:4 against Rene Kern (85,86).

How the German-speaking players fared at the ET14 HN Qualifier

The field was almost entirely Swiss. From Germany, Frank Priess (last 16) and Matthias Apitz took part, from Austria Rene Kern, who went out to Alex Fehlmann in the quarter-finals and threw the third-highest finish of the tournament with 148 points. Ansh Sood had the highest tournament Average of all starters with 82,46 – and lost the last 16 match 5:6 against Janis Thomann, who only reached 73,84 there.

The highlights of the ET14 HN Qualifier: 180s and high finishes

The highest finish of the tournament went to Sandro Egli: 170, the Big Fish – of all people the player who went out 1:6 against Joel Breitenmoser in the last 32. Marcel Walpen follows with 157, Rene Kern with 148. Dave Gerber checked out a 140 finish with a tournament Average of 53,17 and still lost in the last 128. The shortest winning leg is shared by Alex Fehlmann and Ansh Sood with eleven darts each.

The numbers of the ET14 HN Qualifier: Averages, 180s, statistics

The best Averages

The most 180s

Marcel Hirzel and Sasa Varga also threw three 180s each. In total, 58 180s were hit at the tournament.

The highest checkouts

• 170 – Sandro Egli (Big Fish)
• 157 – Marcel Walpen
• 148 – Rene Kern
• 141 – Joel Breitenmoser
• 140 – Dave Gerber
• 138 – Bruno Stoeckli
• 135 – Stefan Bellmont

The shortest legs

• 11 darts – Alex Fehlmann
• 11 darts – Ansh Sood
• 13 darts – Roman Wellinger, Rene Kern, Joel Breitenmoser

The qualifiers in numbers

Results from the quarter-finals onwards

70 matches were played, five nations are represented in the player data: Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Croatia and Italy.

Conclusion

Four qualifiers, all from Switzerland, all with tournament Averages between 80,26 and 81,91 – it hardly gets any tighter. Wellinger's ten 180s and Stoeckli's 86,97 in the last 16 against Joel Breitenmoser were the standout individual performances of the closing stage. That the highest tournament Average came from Ansh Sood, who lost 5:6 in the last 16, remains the footnote of the day.