2021 European Championship (darts)

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2021 Cazoo European Championship
Tournament information
Dates14–17 October 2021
Venue Salzburgarena
Location Salzburg
CountryFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Organisation(s) PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£500,000
Winner's share£120,000
High checkout170 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Danny Noppert
(second round)
Champion(s)
Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross
«2020 2022»

The 2021 Cazoo European Championship was the fourteenth edition of the Professional Darts Corporation's European Championship tournament, which saw the top players from the two European tour events compete against each other. The tournament took place from 14 to 17 October 2021 at the Salzburgarena in Salzburg, Austria. [1]

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Peter Wright was the defending champion, having won the tournament for the first time with an 11–4 win over James Wade in the 2020 final. [2] However, he became the third consecutive defending champion to be eliminated in the first round after losing 6–3 to Florian Hempel. [3]

Rob Cross won his second European Championship title after defeating Michael van Gerwen 11–8 in a repeat of the 2017 final. [4]

In the quarter-finals, Gerwyn Price's average of 107.56 against van Gerwen became the highest ever losing average at a European Championship.

Prize money

The 2021 European Championship had a total prize fund of £500,000, the same as its previous edition. [5]

The following is the breakdown of the fund:

Position (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: £500,000)
Winner(1)£120,000
Runner-up(1)£60,000
Semi-finalists(2)£32,000
Quarter-finalists(4)£20,000
Last 16 (second round)(8)£10,000
Last 32 (first round)(16)£6,000

Qualification

The 2021 tournament continued the new qualification system used in the three previous editions: the top 32 players from the European Tour Order of Merit qualified for the tournament. [6] The Order of Merit is solely based on prize money won in the two European tour events during the season.

As with the previous tournaments, players were drawn in a fixed bracket by their seeded order with the top qualifier playing the 32nd, the second playing the 31st, and so on.

The following players qualified for the tournament:

  1. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price (quarter-finals)
  2. Flag of Austria.svg   Mensur Suljović (quarter-finals)
  3. Ulster Banner.svg   Brendan Dolan (second round)
  4. Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith (first round)
  5. Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall (semi-finals)
  6. Flag of Portugal.svg   José de Sousa (quarter-finals)
  7. Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Simon Whitlock (first round)
  8. Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen (runner-up)
  9. Flag of England.svg   James Wade (second round)
  10. Flag of England.svg   Joe Cullen (semi-finals)
  11. Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries (second round)
  12. Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Damon Heta (second round)
  13. Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski (first round)
  14. Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross (champion)
  15. Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright (first round)
  16. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg   Adam Gawlas (second round)
  17. Flag of England.svg   Joe Murnan (first round)
  18. Flag of Germany.svg   Florian Hempel (second round)
  19. Flag of Ireland.svg   Keane Barry (first round)
  20. Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Danny Noppert (quarter-finals)
  21. Flag of Germany.svg   Gabriel Clemens (first round)
  22. Flag of England.svg   Callan Rydz (first round)
  23. Flag of England.svg   Ted Evetts (first round)
  24. Flag of England.svg   Adam Smith-Neale (first round)
  25. Flag of Croatia.svg   Boris Krčmar (first round)
  26. Flag of Scotland.svg   William Borland (second round)
  27. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Lewy Williams (first round)
  28. Flag of England.svg   Mervyn King (first round)
  29. Flag of England.svg   Ryan Searle (second round)
  30. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Kim Huybrechts (first round)
  31. Flag of England.svg   Adam Hunt (first round)
  32. Flag of England.svg   Ritchie Edhouse (first round)

Draw

First round
(best of 11 legs)
14–15 October
Second round
(best of 19 legs)
16 October
Quarter-finals
(best of 19 legs)
17 October
Semi-finals
(best of 21 legs)
17 October
Final
(best of 21 legs)
17 October
               
1 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 104.536
32 Flag of England.svg   Ritchie Edhouse 86.972
1 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 102.9610
16 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg   Adam Gawlas 86.923
16 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg   Adam Gawlas 88.756
17 Flag of England.svg   Joe Murnan 87.214
1 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 107.568
8 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 107.7410
8 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 100.456
25 Flag of Croatia.svg   Boris Krčmar 92.782
8 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 98.1510
9 Flag of England.svg   James Wade 97.024
9 Flag of England.svg   James Wade 92.936
24 Flag of England.svg   Adam Smith-Neale 87.425
8 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 103.4111
5 Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall 102.2910
4 Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith 101.985
29 Flag of England.svg   Ryan Searle 101.906
29 Flag of England.svg   Ryan Searle 101.034
20 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Danny Noppert 101.2110
13 Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski 94.302
20 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Danny Noppert 102.316
20 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Danny Noppert 99.979
5 Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall 103.3410
5 Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall 90.676
28 Flag of England.svg   Mervyn King 95.204
5 Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall 100.9610
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Damon Heta 101.666
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Damon Heta 94.126
21 Flag of Germany.svg   Gabriel Clemens 96.073
8 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 93.668
14 Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 92.9111
2 Flag of Austria.svg   Mensur Suljović 90.766
31 Flag of England.svg   Adam Hunt 88.222
2 Flag of Austria.svg   Mensur Suljović 93.0010
18 Flag of Germany.svg   Florian Hempel 91.269
15 Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 92.133
18 Flag of Germany.svg   Florian Hempel 86.946
2 Flag of Austria.svg   Mensur Suljović 90.117
10 Flag of England.svg   Joe Cullen 95.3910
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Simon Whitlock 87.773
26 Flag of Scotland.svg   William Borland 87.786
26 Flag of Scotland.svg   William Borland 87.895
10 Flag of England.svg   Joe Cullen 89.2410
10 Flag of England.svg   Joe Cullen 94.936
23 Flag of England.svg   Ted Evetts 85.840
10 Flag of England.svg   Joe Cullen 87.323
14 Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 96.7411
3 Ulster Banner.svg   Brendan Dolan 95.956
30 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Kim Huybrechts 92.472
3 Ulster Banner.svg   Brendan Dolan 93.564
14 Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 97.6110
14 Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 84.506
19 Flag of Ireland.svg   Keane Barry 85.663
14 Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 93.9110
6 Flag of Portugal.svg   José de Sousa 94.705
6 Flag of Portugal.svg   José de Sousa 89.736
27 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Lewy Williams 94.514
6 Flag of Portugal.svg   José de Sousa 95.3310
11 Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries 99.088
11 Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries 94.366
22 Flag of England.svg   Callan Rydz 87.735

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