The 2021 Hungarian Darts Trophy was the first
PDC European Tour
The PDC European Tour is a series of darts tournaments held across Europe organized by the Professional Darts Corporation. Starting in 2012 with five events, the number of events has steadily risen with eight held in 2013 and 2014, nine in 2015, 10 ...
event on the
2021 PDC Pro Tour
The 2021 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. There were 32 PDC Pro Tour events ...
. The tournament took place at the
László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
The László Papp Budapest Sports Arena (), also known as Budapest Sports Arena or locally just Arena, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Budapest, Hungary. It is the second biggest sports complex in the country after MVM Dome, which is also in t ...
,
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
,
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
from 3–5 September 2021. It featured a field of 47 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.
Gerwyn Price
Gerwyn Price (born 7 March 1985) is a Welsh professional darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player. He competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world ...
became the inaugural champion after defeating
Michael Smith 8–2 in the final, winning his 4th European Tour title.
This was the first PDC tournament held in Hungary; the tournament was originally scheduled to take place in 2020, but was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Prize money
This is how the prize money was divided, with the prize money being unchanged from the 2019 & 2020 European Tours:
* Seeded players who lose in the second round do not receive this prize money on any Orders of Merit.
Qualification and format
The top 16 entrants from the
PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit on 28 June automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.
The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 9 July), one from the UK Associate Member Qualifier (held on 9 August), one from the European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 5 July), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (as there are no Hungarian Tour Card holders) (held on 31 July), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held in early 2020, and carried over), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held in 2020 and carried over).
Danny Noppert withdrew prior to the tournament, which meant
Rob Cross
Robert Cross (born 21 September 1990) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number eight; he reached a peak ranking of world number two in 2018 ...
became a seed, and a random player was drawn to receive a bye to round two. That player was
William O'Connor.
The following players took part in the tournament:
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Draw
:1William Borland withdrew due to a personal issue. Therefore, Peter Wright received a bye into the quarter-finals.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hungarian Darts Trophy
2021 PDC Pro Tour
2021 PDC European Tour
2021 in Hungarian sport
Hungarian Darts Trophy
Darts competitions in Hungary