The European Tour is set to return with Budapest and Gibraltar events already confirmed as the first of the Tour Card Qualifiers take place today from Coventry.

The Hungarian Darts Trophy will take place at the Papp László Sportaréna in Budapest from September 3-5, marking the start of the 2021 European Tour. This will be followed later in the month by a return to Gibraltar, an established and popular European Tour destination, for the Gibraltar Darts Trophy from September 24-26. 

European Tour 1 TCH Qualifier CLICK HERE (Budapest)

24 TCH QUALIFIERS:
Ross Smith, John Michael, Lewis Williams, Geert De Vos, Rob Cross, Keegan Brown, Joe Murnan, Simon Whitlock, Daryl Gurney, Darren Webster, Steve Beaton, Jake Jones, Alan Soutar, Madars Razma, Luke Humphries, William Borland, Adrian Lewis, Bradley Brooks, Vincent van der Voort, William O’Connor, Boris Krcmar, Florian Hempel, Geert Nentjes, Keane Barry

European Tour 2 TCH Qualifier CLICK HERE (Gibraltar)

24 TCH QUALIFIERS:
Martin Schindler, Callan Rydz, Keane Barry, Wayne Jones, Rob Cross, Simon Whitlock, Stephen Bunting, Martijn Kleermaker, Adam Hunt, Steve Beaton, Geert Nentjes, Ryan Murray, Mervyn King, Ted Evetts, Luke Humphries, John Henderson, Gabriel Clemens, Florian Hempel, Boris Krcmar, Joe Murnan, Ryan Searle, Kim Huybrechts, Ritchie Edhouse, Boris Koltsov

European Tour 3 TCH Qualifier CLICK HERE (TBC)

24 TCH QUALIFIERS:
Kim Huybrechts, Florian Hempel, Dimitri Van den Bergh, Jermaine Wattimena, Rob Cross, Luke Woodhouse, Martin Lukeman, Krzysztof Kciuk, Daryl Gurney, Jeff Smith, Ritchie Edhouse, Madars Razma, Mervyn King, Ryan Joyce, Andy Boulton, Ron Meulenkamp, Gabriel Clemens, Keane Barry, Vincent van der Voort, Lewis Williams, Ryan Searle, Wayne Jones, Simon Whitlock, Adam Gawlas

2021 European Tour Schedule

Hungarian Darts Trophy (ET1)
Papp László Sportaréna, Budapest
September 3rd – 5th

Gibraltar Darts Trophy (ET2)
Gibraltar
September 24th – 26th

The current top 16 players on the ProTour Order of Merit (as of June 30) have been confirmed as the seeded players for the two confirmed European Tour events.

Joe Cullen and Jose de Sousa – both winners of 2020 European Tour events – will be number one and two seeds respectively, with Peter Wright, Michael van Gerwen and Gerwyn Price taking the next three seedings.

PDC Tour Card Holders currently outside the top 16 on the ProTour Order of Merit will compete in Tour Card Holder Qualifiers on Friday July 9 in Coventry. As with all European Tour events, the seeded players (based on the ProTour Order of Merit at the entry deadline on June 28) will enter in the second round of each tournament.

The remaining 32 places see qualifiers compete in the first round of each tournament, including 24 players from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier. UK Associate Member Qualifiers for each event will be held on Monday August 9 in Milton Keynes, while European Associate Member Qualifiers will take place on July 5 in Niedernhausen.

The Tour Card Holder Qualifiers and Associate Member Qualifiers will be treble-headers, providing players for the Budapest and Gibraltar events as well as for any third confirmed event.

2021 European Tour Events 1-2

Seeded Players (enter in second round)

1. Joe Cullen
2. Jose de Sousa
3. Peter Wright
4. Michael van Gerwen
5. Gerwyn Price
6. Michael Smith
7. Jonny Clayton
8. James Wade
9. Devon Petersen
10. Krzysztof Ratajski
11. Dirk van Duijvenbode
12. Damon Heta
13. Danny Noppert
14. Brendan Dolan
15. Mensur Suljovic
16. Nathan Aspinall