Szabo Seals World Tungsten Darts Championship Return

Rob Szabo has become the first International Qualifier to secure his place in the 2015-16 William Hill World Darts Championship, after taking victory in the Tungsten Dart Players New Zealand knockout.

Szabo came through last weekend's tough three-stage event at the Whangamata Club to book his spot at Alexandra Palace in December.

The 16-player DPNZ Qualifier saw the players initially split into four groups for the initial knockout phase, before the top two progressed to a second group stage.

A quartet of players then progressed to compete in the knockout semi-finals and final as Szabo eventually took a 9-3 win over Craig Caldwell in the final.

Szabo won two of his three games in the first Group Stage, only losing out 6-5 to Mike Day, before winning all three in the second Group Stage, before seeing off Cody Harris 8-5 in the semi-finals.

Caldwell also won two of his opening three games - losing 6-5 to Szabo - and won all three matches in the second stage before overcoming John Kelly 8-3 in the semis.

The win is Szabo's second in three years as he secured his return to the World Championship, having overcome Ian Moss in the preliminary round of the 2014 event at Alexandra Palace before losing 3-1 in Sets to Phil Taylor.

Szabo has also competed in the 2014 and 2015 PDC World Cup of Tungsten Darts events, partnering Caldwell in this year's tournament in Frankfurt last month.

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