Jurjen van der Velde

Jurjen van der Velde
Jurjen van der Velde
Personal information
Full name	Jurjen van der Velde
Born	4 December 2002 (age 22); Zevenhuizen, Netherlands
Home town	Zevenhuizen, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since	2015
Darts	23g Winmau
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Crazy Crazy Nights" by Kiss
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2018–2020
PDC	2019–; (Tour Card: 2023–2024)
WDF	2018–2022
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters	Last 32: 2022
Dutch Open	Quarter Final: 2022
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open	Last 96: 2023
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour	2022 (x2)
PDC Development Tour	2021, 2022, 2024
JDC World Ch'ship	2018
World Youth Masters	2018
German Open	2018
Next Talent of Darts	2018
West Fries Open	2018
Toon Greebe Youth Open	2018
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Netherlands
WDF World Cup
WDF Europe Cup Youth

Last updated January 14, 2025

Jurjen van der Velde (born 4 December 2002) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the 2018 JDC World Darts Championship and the 2018 World Youth Masters. Van der Velde formerly played in World Darts Federation (WDF) events and is also a multi-medalist at the boys events at each of the WDF Europe Cup Youth and WDF World Cup. In senior events he was a quarter-finalist at both the Dutch Open and World Masters in 2022. In the PDC he was the runner-up at the 2024 PDC World Youth Championship and has also won 5 titles on the Development Tour.

Career

Van der Velde was able to win a number of youth titles at the age of 15. The Dutchman made his breakthrough in 2018. He won the 2018 German Open, only losing one leg in the semi-finals, followed by a whitewash victory in the final.

Jurjen also won the singles competition at the 2018 WDF Europe Cup Youth, defeated Keane Barry in the decider leg. In the team competition and the general classification, he also won a gold medals, and in the pair competition – silver.^[1] This was followed by victory at the World Youth Masters, where he again won the deciding leg against Keane Barry. As a result, van der Velde was invited to the 2018 Finder Youth Darts Masters, but was narrowly eliminated in the group-stage.^[2] He ended the year of success with a victory in the JDC World Darts Championship against Lennon Cradock.

In 2019, he was invited by the home federation to participate in the 2019 WDF World Cup for the youth players and to participate in the 2019 WDF Europe Cup Youth. During the WDF World Cup, he won two bronze medals in youth competitions.^[3] In the singles tournament, he was surprisingly eliminated in a semi-finals match against Mehrdad Seyfi. During WDF Europe Youth Cup, he won two gold and two silver medals.^[4]

In 2019, he also plays at the PDC Development Tour and reached the last 16 on his first weekend.^[5] His results throughout the PDC Development season allowed him to take part in the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship. In the tournament, he was joined in his group by Joe Davis and Max Hopp. He was eliminated after losing to both players.

In 2020, he only made the Last 32 in ten events on the Development Tour. At the 2020 PDC World Youth Championship he was eliminated in the group stage after losing to Ted Evetts, finishing second after beating Vilém Šedivý. In 2021, he won his first Professional Darts Corporation Development Tour event and qualified for the 2021 PDC World Youth Championship. His group contained Kevin Doets, Rusty-Jake Rodriguez and Fabian Schmutzler, and van der Velde lost all three matches.

In early 2022, he qualified for the 2022 UK Open, through his Development Tour ranking, after failing to win a card at PDC Q-School. He defeated Mickey Mansell in the first round 6–4 in legs. In the second round he faced Jim Williams and lost to him 6–3 in legs.^[6] At the beginning of May 2022, he had his second victory on the PDC Development Tour before celebrating his first triumphs on the PDC Challenge Tour in July and September.^[7] Meanwhile, in June 2022, he participated in the 2022 Dutch Open and was eliminated in the quarter-finals, lost to eventual winner Jelle Klaasen 5–2 in legs.^[8]

In November 2024, van der Velde was defeated by compatriot Gian van Veen 6–5 in the 2024 World Youth Championship final, missing five match darts.^[9]

Performance timeline

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC Ranked televised events
UK Open	DNQ			2R	3R	2R
WDF Ranked televised events
Winmau World Masters	DNP	NH		3R	PDC
Dutch Open	DNP		NH	QF	PDC
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Youth Championship	RR	RR	RR	RR	3R	F
Career statistics
Year-end ranking (PDC)	–	–	–	216	114

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2023	BSD DNQ	EDO 1R	IDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	DDC DNQ	BDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDO DNQ	HDT DNQ	GDC DNQ
2024	BDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	BSD DNQ	DDC DNQ	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	FDT DNQ	HDT DNQ	SDT DNQ	CDO DNQ

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR L#	Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held	#R RR L#	Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage	NYF	Not yet founded

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References

↑ "2018 WDF Europe Cup Youth". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 23 September 2022.
↑ "Jurjen van der Velde". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 23 September 2022.
↑ "2019 WDF World Cup Youth". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 23 September 2022.
↑ "2019 WDF Europe Cup Youth". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 23 September 2022.
↑ "Jurjen van der Velde". dartsdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
↑ "Jurjen van der Velde". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
↑ "Van der Velde & Kist seal Dutch double on Winmau Challenge Tour". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 23 September 2022.
↑ "Klaasen and Greaves seal 2022 Dutch Open Darts titles". dartsnews.com. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
↑ Allen, Dave (24 November 2024). "Van Veen becomes first Dutch winner of Winmau World Youth Championship". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 24 November 2024.

External links

Jurjen van der Velde player profile at Darts Orakel

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[1] "2018 WDF Europe Cup Youth". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 23 September 2022.

[2] "Jurjen van der Velde". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 23 September 2022.

[3] "2019 WDF World Cup Youth". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 23 September 2022.

[4] "2019 WDF Europe Cup Youth". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 23 September 2022.

[5] "Jurjen van der Velde". dartsdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2022.

[6] "Jurjen van der Velde". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 23 September 2022.

[7] "Van der Velde & Kist seal Dutch double on Winmau Challenge Tour". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 23 September 2022.

[8] "Klaasen and Greaves seal 2022 Dutch Open Darts titles". dartsnews.com. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.

[9] Allen, Dave (24 November 2024). "Van Veen becomes first Dutch winner of Winmau World Youth Championship". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 24 November 2024.

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