2021 Hungarian Darts Trophy

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The **2021 Hungarian Darts Trophy** was the first of two PDC European Tour events on the 2021 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest, Hungary 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 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.

## 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 ProTour 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 became a seed, and William O'Connor received a bye to round 2.

William Borland withdrew from his third round match due to a personal issue. Therefore, Peter Wright received a bye into the quarter-finals.

The following players took part in the tournament:

1. Joe Cullen  *(Quarter-finals)*
2. José de Sousa  *(Semi-finals)*
3. Peter Wright  *(Quarter-finals)*
4. Michael van Gerwen  *(Third round)*
5. **Gerwyn Price**  **(Champion)**
6. Michael Smith  *(Runner-up)*
7. Jonny Clayton  *(Second round)*
8. James Wade  *(Third round)*
9. Devon Petersen  *(Second round)*
10. Krzysztof Ratajski  *(Second round)*
11. Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(Second round)*
12. Damon Heta  *(Third round)*
13. Brendan Dolan  *(Quarter-finals)*
14. Mensur Suljović  *(Second round)*
15. Nathan Aspinall  *(Third round)*
16. Rob Cross  *(Third round)*
* Ross Smith  *(Second round)*
* John Michael  *(Second round)*
* Lewy Williams  *(Third round)*
* Geert De Vos  *(Second round)*
* Keegan Brown  *(First round)*
* Joe Murnan  *(Second round)*
* Simon Whitlock  *(Second round)*
* Daryl Gurney  *(Second round)*
* Darren Webster  *(First round)*
* Steve Beaton  *(First round)*
* Jake Jones  *(First round)*
* Alan Soutar  *(Second round)*
* Madars Razma  *(First round)*
* Luke Humphries  *(Semi-finals)*
* William Borland  *(Third round, withdrew)*
* Adrian Lewis  *(First round)*
* Bradley Brooks  *(Second round)*
* Vincent van der Voort  *(First round)*
* William O'Connor  *(Second round)*
* Boris Krčmar  *(First round)*
* Florian Hempel  *(Second round)*
* Geert Nentjes  *(First round)*
* Keane Barry  *(Third round)*
* Thomas Lovely  *(First round)*

**European Associate Member Qualifier**
* Richard Veenstra  *(Second round)*

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* Péter Strbik  *(First round)*
* János Végső  *(First round)*
* Gábor Jagicza  *(First round)*
* József Rucska  *(First round)*

**Nordic & Baltic Qualifier**
* Johan Engström  *(First round)*

**East European Qualifier**
* Adam Gawlas  *(Quarter-finals)*

## References

1. ↑ Sensational Price Scoops Hungarian Darts Trophy Title. Professional Darts Corporation.
2. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules.
3. ↑ European Tour set to return with Budapest and Gibraltar events.
4. ↑ European Tour Associate Member Qualifiers Update. Professional Darts Corporation.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 2021 Hungarian Darts Trophy draw and schedule. PDC. Retrieved on September 6, 2023.