James Wade kept his chances of qualifying for the Unibet European Championship alive after booking his place in the HappyBet European Darts Trophy – the last event on this year’s European Tour – last night.

The world number 10 has played in all nine European Championships to be held so far, but heading into last night’s UK Qualifier for the 12th European Tour event he found himself outside of the top 32 qualifying places.

But Wade, a guest on this week’s Weekly Dartscast podcast, squeezed through two deciding legs to secure his spot in Gottingen, as he headlined a list of 18 qualifiers at the end of play in Dublin.

Wade battled past Wayne Jones, this year’s Unicorn Challenge Tour Order of Merit winner, with a 6-5 victory in his opener, and then edged out South Africa’s Devon Petersen by the same scoreline in the final round.

Former European Championship winner Adrian Lewis, who missed the event last year, will also miss out on playing in Hasselt for a second year running after losing in the UK Qualifier last night.

The world number five, who beat Simon Whitlock 11-6 in the 2013 final, lost 6-2 to Chris Quantock in the first round which means he can no longer qualify for the European Championship, joining fellow former world champions Gary Anderson, Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld in being out of the field in Hasselt.

HappyBet European Darts Trophy UK Qualifier

Preliminary Round

Warrick Scheffer 6-4 Darren Johnson

Terry Temple 6-4 Aden Kirk

Richie Burnett 6-2 Tony Newell

Peter Jacques 6-4 Harry Robinson

Paul Nicholson 6-2 Robert Owen

Lee Bryant 6-2 Richie Corner

Craig Gilchrist 6-4 Brendan Dolan

John Norman Jnr 6-2 Wes Newton

First Round

Steve Beaton 6-1 Ryan Meikle

Andy Boulton 6-3 Dean Forde

Keegan Brown 6-4 Kyle Anderson

William O’Connor 6-5 Jamie Bain

Darren Webster 6-2 Andy Hamilton

Mick Todd 6-4 Brian Woods

Stephen Bunting 6-3 Peter Hudson

Callum Loose 6-2 Joe Murnan

Luke Woodhouse 6-4 John Henderson

Jonathan Worsley 6-5 Ross Twell

James Wade 6-5 Wayne Jones

Devon Petersen 6-4 Callan Rydz

Chris Quantock 6-2 Adrian Lewis

Mick McGowan 6-3 Steve Hine

Steve West 6-0 David Pallett

Diogo Portela 6-2 Jim Walker

Justin Pipe 6-4 Matthew Dennant

Jamie Caven 6-2 Mickey Mansell

Robert Thornton 6-2 Stephen Burton

Ryan Searle 6-2 John Part

Richard North 6-0 Ritchie Edhouse

Ricky Evans 6-4 Darren Johnson

Chris Dobey 6-3 Paul Harvey

Terry Temple 6-4 Ted Evetts

James Wilson 6-1 Kirk Shepherd

Richie Burnett 6-3 Mark Walsh

Jonny Clayton 6-3 Scott Taylor

Peter Jacques 6-3 Matt Clark

John Bowles 6-3 Mark Webster

Andrew Gilding 6-5 Paul Nicholson

Kevin Painter 6-5 Ryan Palmer

Steve Lennon 6-1 Lee Bryant

James Richardson 6-2 Simon Stevenson

Josh Payne 6-3 Craig Gilchrist

Jamie Lewis 6-2 Andy Jenkins

Nathan Aspinall 6-2 John Norman Jnr

Final Round

Andy Boulton 6-4 Steve Beaton

Keegan Brown 6-3 William O’Connor

Mick Todd 6-5 Darren Webster

Stephen Bunting 6-1 Callum Loose

Jonathan Worlsey 6-3 Luke Woodhouse

James Wade 6-5 Devon Petersen

Chris Quantock 6-2 Mick McGowan

Steve West 6-4 Diogo Portela

Jamie Caven 6-4 Justin Pipe

Robert Thornton 6-2 Ryan Searle

Ricky Evans 6-4 Richard North

Chris Dobey 6-1 Terry Temple

James Wilson 6-1 Richie Burnett

Jonny Clayton 6-4 Peter Jacques

John Bowles 6-4 Andrew Gilding

Kevin Painter 6-4 Steve Lennon

James Richardson 6-4 Josh Payne

Nathan Aspinall 6-5 Jamie Lewis