 The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 4 March automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 11 March), eight from the European Qualifier on 22 April and five from the Host Nation Qualifier on 12 May (it was originally four, but following the withdrawal of Phil Taylor, it was increased to five.