The top 32 players from the PDC ProTour Order of MeritArchived 2013-11-27 at archive.today on the 11 June 2013 automatically qualified for the event.[3] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Crawley on 21 June),[4] eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held at the venue in Hildesheim on 5 September).[5]
James Wade was replaced by an additional European qualifier, due to a PDC-banning after the draw.[6]Phil Taylor withdrew and was replaced by an additional Host Nation qualifier.[7]