 The day after the final, Klaasen defected to the rival Professional Darts Corporation along with two other Dutch players, Michael van Gerwen and Vincent van der Voort (both of whom had also lost in the first round).They followed the lead of Raymond van Barneveld, who had switched soon after losing to Klaasen in the previous year's BDO final and then won the PDC's World Championship at his first attempt, a few days before the BDO's tournament began.