2021 PDC Pro Tour

Final 2021 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit[1]
RankPlayerEarnings
1 Gerwyn Price £98,000
2 José de Sousa £76,750
3 Michael Smith £68,750
4 Peter Wright £66,250
5 Jonny Clayton £60,750
6 Joe Cullen £59,250
7 Michael van Gerwen £57,500
8 Brendan Dolan £56,750
9 Ryan Searle £54,000
10 Rob Cross £47,250
11 Dirk van Duijvenbode £46,250
12 Dimitri Van den Bergh £44,250
13 Damon Heta £43,000
14 Luke Humphries £42,750
15 Callan Rydz £41,250
16 Krzysztof Ratajski £41,000
17 James Wade £40,000
18 Nathan Aspinall £39,500
19 Ross Smith £39,000
20 Gabriel Clemens £38,500
21 Chris Dobey £36,500
22 Danny Noppert £33,000
23 Stephen Bunting £30,750
24 Dave Chisnall £28,500
25 Martin Schindler £28,000
26 Vincent van der Voort £26,250
27 Raymond van Barneveld £26,000
28 Daryl Gurney £25,750
29 Ryan Joyce £24,750
29 Mervyn King £24,750
31 Mensur Suljović £24,250
32 Adrian Lewis £24,000

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 held, 30 Players Championships and 2 European Tour events, and in a change to previous years, the Challenge and Development Tours were split with 12 UK and European editions each.

Prize money

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The prize money for the Players Championship and European Tour events was unchanged from the 2020 levels.

This is how the prize money is divided:

StageETPCCT/DTWS
Winner£25,000£10,000£2,000£1,000
Runner-up£10,000£6,000£1,000£600
Semi-finalists£6,500£3,000£500£400
Quarter-finalists£5,000£2,250£300£250
Last 16£3,000£1,500£200£100
Last 32£2,000£1,000£100£50
Last 48£1,000N/AN/AN/A
Last 64N/A£500£50N/A
Total£140,000£75,000£10,000£5,000

PDC Tour Card

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128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships events, the UK Open and qualifiers for all European Tour and select other televised events.

Tour cards

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The 2021 Tour Cards are awarded to:

Afterwards, the playing field will be complemented by the highest qualified players from the Q-School Order of Merit until the maximum number of 128 Pro Tour Card players had been reached. In 2021, that means that a total of 21 additional players will qualify this way.

Q-School

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The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School (or Q-School) were split into a UK and European Q-School. Players that are not from Europe could choose which Q-School they wanted to compete in.

In a change from previous years, Q-School were split into two stages; with all players who lost their tour cards after the 2021 World Championship and the top sixteen players from the 2020 Challenge Tour and Development Tour Orders of Merit exempted to the final stage. The first stage would consist of two blocks of three days (with a maximum of 256 players per block) with the last four players from each block qualifying into the final stage. A ranking of other players will also be produced with players qualifying via that ranking to produce a full list of 128 players for each final stage.

Stage One took place in two blocks between 8–10 February & 11–13 February; with the Final Stage held between 14 and 17 February. The winner of each day's play were given a PDC Tour Card.

The UK Q-School was held at the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England; with the European Q-School held at the H+ Hotel, Niedernhausen, Germany.[5]

UK Q-School
February 14February 15February 16February 17

 Kirk Shepherd

 Jason Heaver

 Jake Jones

 Scott Mitchell

127 players126 players124 players118 players
European Q-School
February 14February 15February 16February 17

 Geert De Vos

 Geert Nentjes

 Florian Hempel

 Boris Koltsov

128 players127 players122 players113 players

An Order of Merit was also created for each Q School. For every win after the Last 64 the players will be awarded 1 point.

To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places will be allocated down the final Qualifying School Order of Merits in proportion to the number of participants,[6] with 13 cards going to the UK Q-School and 8 going to the European Q-School.

The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:

Players Championships

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic still being active, Players Championship events were again put into blocks, this time of 4 events, as opposed to 5 in 2020, with the first 20 Players Championship events being referred to as PDC Super Series 1–5. The final 10 events were split into 3 Super Series events (6–8), with 4 events in Super Series 7 and 3 in Super Series 6 and 8.

No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Thursday 25 FebruaryBolton Whites Hotel,
Bolton
(Super Series 1)
(86.52) Joe Cullen  8 – 7  Jonny Clayton (92.83)[7]
2Friday 26 February(98.34) Callan Rydz  8 – 7  Jonny Clayton (97.03)[8]
3Saturday 27 February(94.41) Raymond van Barneveld  8 – 6  Joe Cullen (95.52)[9]
4Sunday 28 February(97.71) Jonny Clayton  8 – 6  Damon Heta (96.37)[10]
5Tuesday 16 MarchMarshall Arena,
Milton Keynes
(Super Series 2)
(97.73) Brendan Dolan  8 – 6  Michael Smith (93.80)[11]
6Wednesday 17 March(102.25) Gerwyn Price  8 – 5  Luke Humphries (97.08)[12]
7Thursday 18 March(101.42) Jonny Clayton  8 – 5  James Wade (98.58)[13]
8Friday 19 March(101.96) Peter Wright  8 – 3  Gerwyn Price (94.17)[14]
9Saturday 24 AprilH+ Hotel,
Niedernhausen
(Super Series 3)
(114.08) José de Sousa  8 – 1  Luke Humphries (93.66)[15]
10Sunday 25 April(96.95) Michael Smith  8 – 5  Ross Smith (90.07)[16]
11Monday 26 April(92.45) Dirk van Duijvenbode  8 – 6  Martijn Kleermaker (92.25)[17]
12Tuesday 27 April(95.89) Dimitri Van den Bergh  8 – 7  Dirk van Duijvenbode (92.93)[18]
13Monday 14 JuneMarshall Arena,
Milton Keynes
(Super Series 4)
(93.81) Joe Cullen  8 – 6  Gerwyn Price (90.36)[19]
14Tuesday 15 June(100.57) José de Sousa  8 – 6  Michael van Gerwen (94.99)[20]
15Wednesday 16 June(96.60) José de Sousa  8 – 7  Ryan Searle (94.21)[21]
16Thursday 17 June(108.94) Peter Wright  8 – 4  Luke Humphries (94.29)[22]
17Monday 5 JulyCoventry Building Society Arena,
Coventry
(Super Series 5)
(95.24) Stephen Bunting  8 – 4  Dimitri Van den Bergh (92.60)[23]
18Tuesday 6 July(97.06) Chris Dobey  8 – 7  José de Sousa (104.32)[24]
19Wednesday 7 July(91.48) Ross Smith  8 – 4  Brendan Dolan (90.48)[25]
20Thursday 8 July(108.84) Peter Wright  8 – 2  Michael van Gerwen (106.27)[26]
21Monday 2 AugustBarnsley Metrodome,
Barnsley
(Super Series 6)
(107.82) Gerwyn Price  8 – 7  Damon Heta (95.65)[27]
22Tuesday 3 August(94.96) Ryan Searle  8 – 7  Peter Wright (102.59)[28]
23Wednesday 4 August(97.58) Peter Wright  8 – 7  Jonny Clayton (96.26)[29]
24Tuesday 19 OctoberBarnsley Metrodome,
Barnsley
(Super Series 7)
(100.60) Dimitri Van den Bergh  8 – 5  Adrian Lewis (95.85)[30]
25Wednesday 20 October(90.99) Callan Rydz  8 – 6  Gabriel Clemens (90.93)[31]
26Thursday 21 October(97.24) Rob Cross  8 – 6  Ryan Searle (95.74)[32]
27Friday 22 October(97.06) Michael Smith  8 – 6  Ross Smith (97.07)[33]
28Tuesday 2 NovemberBarnsley Metrodome,
Barnsley
(Super Series 8)
(97.85) Chris Dobey  8 – 6  Ryan Searle (98.53)[34]
29Wednesday 3 November(102.30) Michael van Gerwen  8 – 5  Nathan Aspinall (102.57)[35]
30Thursday 4 November(96.04) Krzysztof Ratajski  8 – 7  Joe Cullen (88.01)[36]

European Tour

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The PDC announced the first (and only) two European Tour events of 2021 on 1 July 2021, with events to be held in Hungary, which was planned to make its debut as a host in 2020 before cancellation, and Gibraltar, returning after a year's absence.[37]

No.DateEventLocationWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
13–5 SeptemberHungarian Darts Trophy Budapest, László Papp Budapest Sports Arena(108.74) Gerwyn Price  8 – 2  Michael Smith (92.17)[38]
224–26 SeptemberGibraltar Darts Trophy Gibraltar, Europa Sports Park(105.47) Gerwyn Price  8 – 0  Mensur Suljović (88.47)[39]

PDC Challenge Tour

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic still being active, the Challenge Tour was split into UK and European events. The winner of each of the UK and European Orders of Merit at the end of 2021 received a PDC Tour Card, a place at the World Championships and a place at the Grand Slam of Darts.[40]

UK Challenge Tour

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Final UK Challenge Tour ranking[41]
RankPlayerEarnings
1  Jim Williams £3,950
2  Shaun McDonald £3,850
3  Martin Thomas £3,800
4  Darren Beveridge £3,400
5  Adam Smith-Neale £3,350
6  Nathan Rafferty £3,200
7  Cameron Menzies £3,150
8  Reece Robinson £3,100
9  Jamie Clark £3,000
10  Jim McEwan £2,700
No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Friday 6 AugustMarshall Arena,
Milton Keynes
(87.76) Darren Beveridge  5 – 2  Martin Thomas (92.83)[42]
2(90.60) Jim Williams  5 – 4  Adam Smith-Neale (90.04)[43]
3Saturday 7 August(87.46) Jim McEwan  5 – 4  Jim Williams (95.67)[44]
4(85.31) Adam Smith-Neale  5 – 1  Gavin Carlin (80.34)[45]
5Sunday 8 August(86.76) Shaun McDonald  5 – 4  Nathan Girvan (82.25)[46]
6(82.66) Jamie Clark  5 – 3  Ryan Palmer (88.69)[47]
7Friday 3 September(86.18) Martin Thomas  5 – 2  Shaun McDonald (90.84)[48]
8(86.04) Matthew Dennant  5 – 4  Darren Beveridge (82.59)[49]
9Saturday 4 September(86.82) Reece Robinson  5 – 4  Danny Lauby (86.69)[50]
10(90.00) Nathan Rafferty  5 – 2  Robert Rickwood (77.36)[51]
11Sunday 5 September(98.12) James Richardson  5 – 1  Jason Hogg (95.97)[52]
12(104.38) Cameron Menzies  5 – 0  Derek Coulson (86.14)[53]

European Challenge Tour

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Final European Challenge Tour ranking[41]
RankPlayerEarnings
1  Matt Campbell £6,800
2  Steven Noster £5,100
3  Rowby-John Rodriguez £4,350
4  José Justicia £3,850
5  Toni Alcinas £3,800
6  Kevin Doets £3,750
7  Kenny Neyens £3,750
8  Luc Peters £3,600
9  Jimmy Hendriks £3,350
10  Wesley Plaisier £2,850
No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Friday 2 JulyH+ Hotel,
Niedernhausen
(82.94) Matt Campbell  5 – 1  Gino Vos (81.86)[54]
2(97.08) Kevin Doets  5 – 2  Christian Kist (99.41)[55]
3Saturday 3 July(91.65) Rowby-John Rodriguez  5 – 0  Toni Alcinas (87.19)[56]
4(85.96) Steven Noster  5 – 3  Richard Veenstra (84.68)[57]
5Sunday 4 July(82.15) Matt Campbell  5 – 4  Jitse Van der Wal (82.23)[58]
6(94.16) Kenny Neyens  5 – 4  Lukas Wenig (85.56)[59]
7Friday 3 September(91.41) José Justicia  5 – 1  Niko Springer (79.58)[60]
8(90.54) Toni Alcinas  5 – 0  Jimmy Hendriks (77.08)[61]
9Saturday 4 September(89.81) Steven Noster  5 – 2  Jimmy Hendriks (84.33)[62]
10(93.71) Sebastian Białecki  5 – 4  Kevin Doets (90.49)[63]
11Sunday 5 September(90.54) Matt Campbell  5 – 0  Wesley Plaisier (82.40)[64]
12(89.28) Luc Peters  5 – 4  Kevin Blomme (84.79)[65]

PDC Development Tour

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic still being active, the Development Tour was split into UK and European events. The winner of each of the UK and European Orders of Merit at the end of 2021 received a PDC Tour Card and a place at the Grand Slam of Darts and the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship.[40]

As Bradley Brooks already qualified for the Grand Slam following his World Youth championship victory, the second placed player of the UK Development Tour, Nathan Rafferty, was granted the Grand Slam spot.[66]

The European Development Tour Winner, Rusty-Jake Rodriguez already qualified for the World Championship via Pro Tour Order of Merit, therefore the second placed player qualified instead. German player Fabian Schmutzler debuted in PDC darts tournaments at the seventh event of the European Development Tour, and qualified for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship.[67]

UK Development Tour

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Final UK Development Tour ranking[68]
RankPlayerEarnings
1  Bradley Brooks £7,900
2  Nathan Rafferty £6,650
3  Keelan Kay £6,200
4  Dom Taylor £5,900
5  Ted Evetts £5,050
6  Reece Colley £4,800
7  Liam Meek £4,800
8  Jarred Cole £2,750
9  Keane Barry £2,500
10  Cameron Anderson £2,100
No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Friday 20 AugustMarshall Arena,
Milton Keynes
(80.72) Reece Colley  5 – 3  Dom Taylor (81.98)[69]
2(87.06) Keelan Kay  5 – 4  Dom Taylor (87.91)[70]
3Saturday 21 August(83.64) Dom Taylor  5 – 4  Jack Male (72.05)[71]
4(81.65) Liam Meek  5 – 3  Dom Taylor (78.48)[72]
5Sunday 22 August(77.47) Nathan Rafferty  5 – 0  Daniel Perry (68.94)[73]
6(90.91) Bradley Brooks  5 – 2  Ted Evetts (89.46)[74]
7Friday 29 OctoberMetrodome,
Barnsley
(92.18) Ted Evetts  5 – 1  Nathan Rafferty (91.53)[75]
8(97.79) Bradley Brooks  5 – 3  Jarred Cole (95.25)[76]
9Saturday 30 October(88.54) Keelan Kay  5 – 4  Killian Heffernan (83.03)[77]
10(83.12) Reece Colley  5 – 2  Lewis Pride (71.78)[78]
11Sunday 31 October(84.69) Nathan Rafferty  5 – 4  Ted Evetts (81.55)[79]
12(88.67) Bradley Brooks  5 – 1  Keelan Kay (84.67)[80]

European Development Tour

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Final EU Development Tour ranking[68]
RankPlayerEarnings
1  Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £11,800
2  Fabian Schmutzler £6,000
3  Geert Nentjes £4,100
4  Niels Zonneveld £4,000
5  Sebastian Białecki £3,950
6  Jurjen van der Velde £3,700
7  Niko Springer £3,650
8  Kevin Doets £3,400
9  Mike van Duivenbode £3,100
10  Nico Kurz £2,950
No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Friday 20 AugustH+ Hotel,
Niedernhausen
(83.04) Jurjen van der Velde  5 – 2  Bradly Roes (84.54)[81]
2(85.78) Rusty-Jake Rodriguez  5 – 3  Jeroen Mioch (83.19)[82]
3Saturday 21 August(93.55) Kevin Doets  5 – 4  Mike van Duivenbode (80.59)[83]
4(94.81) Niels Zonneveld  5 – 3  Geert Nentjes (87.12)[84]
5Sunday 22 August(97.60) Rusty-Jake Rodriguez  5 – 0  Niels Zonneveld (84.58)[85]
6(101.19) Rusty-Jake Rodriguez  5 – 1  Niko Springer (88.34)[86]
7Friday 5 November(96.59) Rusty-Jake Rodriguez  5 – 3  Fabian Schmutzler (83.88)[87]
8(90.42) Sebastian Białecki  5 – 4  Geert Nentjes (89.33)[88]
9Saturday 6 November(96.98) Rusty-Jake Rodriguez  5 – 1  Niko Springer (92.26)[89]
10(79.27) Fabian Schmutzler  5 – 2  Marcel Gerdon (81.07)[90]
11Sunday 7 November(76.14) Fabian Schmutzler  5 – 2  Adam Gawlas (69.35)[91]
12(91.05) Nico Kurz  5 – 1  Dominik Grüllich (82.61)[92]

PDC Women's Series

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Final Women's Series rankings[93]
RankPlayerEarnings
Total1–67–12
1  Fallon Sherrock £8,150£4,300£3,850
2  Lisa Ashton £7,650£3,950£3,700
3  Deta Hedman £3,450£2,000£1,450
4  Mikuru Suzuki £3,050£1,100£1,950
5  Anastasia Dobromyslova £2,700£1,500£1,200
6  Corrine Hammond £2,450£1,100£1,350
7  Rhian O'Sullivan £2,100£1,350£750
8  Trina Gulliver £2,000£700£1,300
9  Joanne Locke £1,850£950£900
10  Lorraine Winstanley £1,750£400£1,350

The PDC Women's Series comprised 12 events held over two weekends. The woman who finishes top of the rankings and the runner-up after all 12 events will qualify for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship.

Originally, the women who finished top of Events 5–8 and 9–12 were each going to qualify for the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts.[94]

However, due to a lack of entrants for the opening weekend in Niedernhausen, the first four events were cancelled and reintegrated into the two weekends held in the United Kingdom. So, instead the winners of Events 1–6 and Events 7–12 each received a spot at the Grand Slam of Darts.[95]

With three victories in five finals, Fallon Sherrock topped the Order of Merit after the first six events to book her Grand Slam entry.[96]

After the ninth event of the series on 23 October, it was confirmed that Sherrock and Ashton, the only players to have won events thus far, were guaranteed to top the order of merit and locked in their return to the World Championship.[97] Though Sherrock also topped the Event 7–12 Order of Merit, Ashton was granted the second Grand Slam spot as the highest ranked player not yet qualified.

No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Saturday
25 September
Marshall Arena,
Milton Keynes
(84.89) Lisa Ashton  5 – 3  Rhian O'Sullivan (78.36)[98]
2(88.83) Fallon Sherrock  5 – 2  Corrine Hammond (76.65)[99]
3(97.01) Fallon Sherrock  5 – 3  Deta Hedman (91.61)[100]
4Sunday
26 September
(90.49) Lisa Ashton  5 – 4  Fallon Sherrock (90.62)[101]
5(89.70) Lisa Ashton  5 – 2  Fallon Sherrock (85.40)[102]
6(96.35) Fallon Sherrock  5 – 0  Lisa Ashton (80.28)[103]
7Saturday
23 October
Metrodome,
Barnsley
(102.95) Fallon Sherrock  5 – 0  Mikuru Suzuki (81.96)[104]
8(93.54) Lisa Ashton  5 – 3  Fallon Sherrock (92.03)[105]
9(98.33) Fallon Sherrock  5 – 2  Lisa Ashton (86.48)[106]
10Sunday
24 October
(81.68) Lisa Ashton  5 – 0  Anastasia Dobromyslova (76.17)[107]
11(95.60) Fallon Sherrock  5 – 1  Deta Hedman (82.55)[108]
12(85.38) Mikuru Suzuki  5 – 3  Lisa Ashton (90.52)[109]

Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic (PDCNB)

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Final PDCNB ranking[110]
RankPlayerPoints
1  Madars Razma 3200
2  Daniel Larsson 2725
3  Marko Kantele 2600
4  Andreas Toft Jørgensen 1800
5  Darius Labanauskas 1350
6  Johan Engström 1200
7  Dennis Nilsson 1100
8  Niels Heinsøe 1025
8  Ivan Springborg Poulsen 1025

The PDCNB tour returned in August with five events over three days in Iceland.[111]Latvian PDC Tour Card Holder Madars Razma topped the table after winning two of the five events. He was followed by Swedish tour card holder Daniel Larsson, Marko Kantele of Finland, and the Danish newcomer Andreas Toft Jørgensen, each of the three winning a single event of the tour.[110]

In addition to the three current and one former tour card holder on this ranking, the top three ranked Danish players gained entry via this method to the 2021 Nordic Darts Masters. They would ultimately be joined by Johan Engström to complete the field of eight local players.[112]

In October, it was decided that there would be no more tour dates, and that the PDC would grant two places in the world championship to the top players by ranking, Razma and Larsson.[113]

No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Thursday 19 AugustBullseye Darts,
Reykjavík
(86.23) Daniel Larsson  6 – 3  Marko Kantele (80.15)[114]
2Friday 20 August(94.01) Madars Razma  6 – 3  Daniel Larsson (88.93)[115]
3(73.95) Andreas Toft Jørgensen  6 – 4  Darius Labanauskas (76.68)[116]
4Saturday 21 August(96.20) Marko Kantele  6 – 2  Niels Heinsøe (77.57)[117]
5(95.15) Madars Razma  6 – 4  Daniel Larsson (88.93)[118]

Dartplayers Australia (DPA) Pro Tour

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DPA Rankings as of 9 September 2021.[119]
RankPlayerPoints
1  Dave Marland144
2  Mitchell Clegg140
3  Koha Kokiri128
4  Tim Pusey126
5  Rob Modra104
6  Justin Frey102
6  Bailey Marsh102
8  Stuart Coburn100
9  Brandon Weening92
9  Brody Klinge92
11  Peter Wilmott90
12  Sam Ballinger88
13  Robbie King84
13  Laurence Ryder84
15  Andy Pinder76
16  Lucas Cameron72
16  Bill Aitken72
16  Ricky Pickett72
19  Blake Hatchett68
20  Raymond O'Donnell66

The Dartplayers Australia Tour was modified to reduce the amount of travel required within the context of the global pandemic. The Tour consisted of seven regional bubbles spread over the six states and the Australian Capital Territory, with the top eight players from each State qualifying for the World Championship qualifier, along with eight players from a final knockout qualifier.[120] Events in Tasmania were subsequently cancelled.[121]

Queensland Bubble

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No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Saturday 6 FebruaryPine Rivers Darts Club,
Brisbane
(79.80) Raymond O'Donnell  5 – 4  Jeremy Fagg (78.23)[122]
2Sunday 7 February(84.44) Brendon McCausland  5 – 0  Matt Mullen (79.93)[123]
3Saturday 6 March(87.42) Robbie King  5 – 1  Raymond Smith (82.18)[124]
4Sunday 7 March(75.25) Shaun Kopecki  5 – 1  Robbie King (74.74)[125]
5Saturday 1 May(81.36) Robbie King  5 – 2  Mick Lacey (80.32)[126]
6Sunday 2 May(83.45) James Bailey  5 – 1  Mick Lacey (77.68)[127]
7Saturday 5 June(79.54) Bill Aitken  5 – 3  Ky Smith (75.56)[128]
8Sunday 6 June(92.54) Matt Mullen  5 – 2  Mick Lacey (83.81)[129]
9Saturday 16 October(83.22) Raymond Smith  5 – 4  James Bailey (82.11)[130]
10Sunday 17 October(86.28) Jeremy Fagg  5 – 2  Shaun Kopecki (75.57)[131]

New South Wales Bubble

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No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Saturday 6 FebruaryWarilla Bowls Club,
Barrack Heights
(73.75) Dave Marland  5 – 1  Liam McLennan (63.00)[132]
2Sunday 7 February(75.75) Mitchell Clegg  5 – 2  Dave Marland (70.79)[133]
3Saturday 6 March(79.38) Brendan Porter  5 – 1  Peter Wilmott (66.59)[134]
4Sunday 7 March(84.56) Dave Marland  5 – 1  Mitchell Clegg (72.00)[135]
5Saturday 17 April(74.94) Mitchell Clegg  5 – 3  Justin Frey (71.14)[136]
6Sunday 18 April(82.68) Dave Marland  5 – 4  Justin Frey (78.88)[137]
7Saturday 15 May(80.10) Dave Marland  5 – 2  Mitchell Clegg (78.27)[138]
8Sunday 16 May(75.68) Mitchell Clegg  5 – 1  Justin Frey (73.65)[139]
9Saturday 19 June(87.92) Dave Marland  5 – 4  Mitchell Clegg (84.69)[140]
10Sunday 20 June(75.15) Dave Marland  5 – 2  Justin Frey (76.60)[141]

ACT Bubble

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No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Saturday 13 MarchYoung Services Club,
Young
(69.59) Jake Buckley  5 – 3  Bryson Williams (66.30)[142]
2Sunday 14 March(75.21) Greg Le'Strange  5 – 3  Mathew Leahy (69.97)[143]
3Saturday 10 April(79.11) Mathew Leahy  5 – 0  Pat Molloy (71.73)[144]
4Sunday 11 April(70.32) Bryson Williams  5 – 4  Josh Townsend (68.35)[145]

Victoria Bubble

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No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Saturday 6 FebruaryItalian Australian Club,
Morwell
(86.94) Stuart Coburn  5 – 1  Sam Ballinger (86.48)[146]
2Sunday 7 February(82.25) Brandon Weening  5 – 1  Aaron Simpson (69.28)[147]
3Saturday 6 March(86.48) Aaron Simpson  5 – 1  Stuart Coburn (81.24)[148]
4Sunday 7 March(74.30) Brody Klinge  5 – 1  Rhys Mathewson (71.66)[149]
5Saturday 10 April(84.06) Sam Ballinger  5 – 4  Brody Klinge (81.92)[150]
6Sunday 11 April(80.57) Brandon Weening  5 – 1  Brody Klinge (81.20)[151]
7Saturday 1 May(80.04) Steve Powell  5 – 2  Lucas Cameron (79.54)[152]
8Sunday 2 May(88.41) Brody Klinge  5 – 0  Brandon Weening (61.89)[153]

South Australia Bubble

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No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Saturday 13 MarchKadina Darts Club,
Kadina
(72.26) Andy Pinder  5 – 0  John Nottage (64.97)[154]
2Sunday 14 March(77.55) Andy Pinder  5 – 2  Rob Modra (74.27)[155]
3Saturday 1 May(86.38) Rob Modra  5 – 0  Andy Pinder (75.17)[156]
4Sunday 2 May(78.32) Rob Modra  5 – 1  George Creasey (76.95)[157]
5Saturday 5 June(76.70) Rob Modra  5 – 2  Scott Hallett (76.21)[158]
6Sunday 6 June(83.57) Rob Modra  5 – 4  Scott Hallett (84.84)[159]

Western Australia Bubble

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No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Saturday 6 MarchPort Kennedy Tavern,
Port Kennedy
(77.47) Tim Pusey  5 – 0  Laurence Ryder (66.39)[160]
2Sunday 7 March(80.37) Koha Kokiri  5 – 1  Tim Pusey (74.49)[161]
3Saturday 20 March(78.14) Tim Pusey  5 – 3  Blake Hatchett (79.88)[162]
4Sunday 21 March(83.48) Bailey Marsh  5 – 3  Koha Kokiri (76.23)[163]
5Saturday 15 May(80.57) Brenton Lloyd  5 – 4  Tim Pusey (77.37)[164]
6Sunday 16 May(82.84) Koha Kokiri  5 – 2  Michael Andre (79.42)[165]
7Saturday 12 June(88.22) Tim Pusey  5 – 1  Koha Kokiri (73.25)[166]
8Sunday 13 June(81.95) Koha Kokiri  5 – 2  Mick Zdun (72.54)[167]
9Saturday 17 July(79.16) Bailey Marsh  5 – 3  Tim Pusey (69.77)[168]
10Sunday 18 July(79.11) Bailey Marsh  5 – 2  Laurence Ryder (62.79)[169]

Oceanic Masters

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For the first time, on 30 October, the DPA Oceanic Masters was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[170] The quarterfinals from the 82 person bracket yielded Ky Smith as the winner, who thus qualified for the PDC World Championship.[171][172]

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
         
1  Tim Pusey 83.785
 Ky Smith 82.936
 Ky Smith 87.606
5  Rob Modra 82.644
4  Robbie King 81.662
5  Rob Modra 84.876
 Ky Smith 94.266
6  Bailey Marsh 96.842
 Brendon McCausland 99.413
7  Raymond Smith 99.606
7  Raymond Smith 89.383
6  Bailey Marsh 84.606
3  James Bailey 89.725
6  Bailey Marsh 88.586

DPA Satellite Finals

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On 31 October, the DPA hosted the virtual satellite finals.[170] The quarterfinals from the 54 person bracket yielded Raymond Smith as the winner.[173] This set history as Smith joined his son Ky, who won the previous day, as the first father and son duo to play at the same PDC World Championship.[174]

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
         
 Chris Krabbe 78.935
9  Justin Frey 82.186
9  Justin Frey 73.485
4  Robbie King 79.786
4  Robbie King 83.916
5  Rob Modra 85.044
4  Robbie King 85.621
7  Raymond Smith 94.446
 Brendon McCausland 92.154
7  Raymond Smith 89.916
7  Raymond Smith 84.866
3  James Bailey 80.983
3  James Bailey 80.576
 Paul O'Malley 72.092

EuroAsian Darts Corporation (EADC) Pro Tour

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The EuroAsian Darts Corporation hosted 6 events held over 2 weekends. Dmitriy Gorbunov topped the rankings to secure a place partnering Tour Card Holder Boris Koltsov in the Russia team for the 2021 PDC World Cup of Darts.[175]

No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Saturday 27 FebruarySK Royal Hotel,
Moscow
Dmitriy Gorbunov  6 – 3  Evgenii Izotov [176]
2 Dmitriy Gorbunov  6 – 5  Evgenii Izotov
3Sunday 28 February Aleksei Kadochnikov  6 – 5  Roman Obukhov
4Saturday 24 April Evgenii Izotov  6 – 5  Aleksei Kadochnikov [177]
5 Dmitriy Gorbunov  6 – 3  Vitaliy Khohryakov
6Sunday 25 April Dmitriy Gorbunov  6 – 3  Evgenii Izotov

Championship Darts Corporation (CDC) Pro Tour

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Final USA Tour points ranking[178]
RankPlayerPoints
1  Danny Lauby 60
2  Leonard Gates 54
3  Gary Mawson 38
4  Chuck Puleo 35
5  Seth Steffano 32
6  Kevin Luke 31
7  Jules van Dongen 30
8  Adam Sevada 26
9  Jeremiah Millar 24
10  Alex Spellman 23

On 10 May 2021, it was announced that the CDC would hold a 2021 tour consisting of six events of a US tour over two blocks of three in the US in July and September, as there was still no guarantees of being able to have both American and Canadian players at the same event. A separate Canadian tour took place in August and October.[179] The final leader of both 2021 Tour rankings earned a place at the World Championships. The top eight players of both 2021 Tour rankings earned a place at the 2021 CDC Continental Cup on 20 November. Danny Lauby Jr. and John Norman Jnr won the USA and Canada titles respectively, and qualified for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship.

USA Tour

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No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Friday 9 JulyTampa Westshore Marriott
Tampa, Florida
(94.65) Danny Lauby  6 – 2  Leonard Gates (91.21)[180]
2Saturday 10 July(87.79) Danny Lauby  6 – 1  Gary Mawson (78.32)[181]
3Sunday 11 July(87.46) Leonard Gates  6 – 5  Danny Lauby (92.55)[182]
4Friday 17 SeptemberColumbia Social Club
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(89.68) Adam Sevada  6 – 4  Stephen Phillips (79.91)[183]
5Saturday 18 September(91.21) Seth Steffano  6 – 4  Jules van Dongen (90.08)[184]
6Sunday 19 September(93.29) Kevin Luke  6 – 3  Jules van Dongen (91.39)[185]

Canada Tour

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Final Canada Tour points ranking[178]
RankPlayerPoints
1  John Norman Jnr 64
2  Jacob Taylor 60
3  Matt Campbell 56
4  David Cameron 44
5  Dave Richardson 42
6  Kiley Edmunds 38
7  Jeff Smith 36
8  Jim Long 32
9  Shawn Brenneman 24
10  Ben Garner 22
No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Friday 13 AugustDays Inn & Suites Moncton
Moncton, New Brunswick
(91.49) David Cameron  6 – 5  Jacob Taylor (97.47)[186]
2Saturday 14 August(90.41) Matt Campbell  6 – 4  Jeff Smith (91.90)[187]
3Sunday 15 August(94.45) Jeff Smith  6 – 4  John Norman Jnr (89.86)[188]
4Friday 22 OctoberCambridge Newfoundland Club
Cambridge, Ontario
(93.19) John Norman Jnr  6 – 3  Matt Campbell (90.33)[189]
5Saturday 23 October(85.41) John Norman Jnr  6 – 5  Ross Snook (76.10)[190]
6Sunday 24 October(93.97) Jacob Taylor  6 – 4  Matt Campbell (83.25)[191]

Continental Cup

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The CDC Continental Cup was held on 20 November. The tournament featured the top eight players from each of the US Tour and Canadian Tour (with the exception of Canadian No. 3 and 4, Matt Campbell and Dave Richardson who declined their invitation).[192] The winner of Continental Cup earned entry into the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship and the 2022 US Darts Masters.

Round 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
            
U1  Danny Lauby 76.815
C8  Ben Garner 64.181
U1  Danny Lauby 82.953
C4  Kiley Edmunds 81.636
C4  Kiley Edmunds 85.475
U5  Seth Steffano 81.023
C4  Kiley Edmunds 76.465
C2  Jacob Taylor 82.347
C2  Jacob Taylor 84.945
U7  Jules van Dongen 85.174
C2  Jacob Taylor 90.816
U3  Gary Mawson 90.675
U3  Gary Mawson 91.155
C5  Jim Long 93.984
C2  Jacob Taylor 87.806
C5  Jeff Smith 81.928
C1  John Norman Jnr 96.144
U8  Adam Sevada 89.055
U8  Adam Sevada 86.755
C5  Jeff Smith 84.556
U4  Chuck Puleo 82.362
C5  Jeff Smith 85.755
C5  Jeff Smith 83.037
C3  David Cameron 82.856
U2  Leonard Gates 77.585
C7  Shawn Brenneman 69.341
U2  Leonard Gates 83.592
C3  David Cameron 87.026
C3  David Cameron 98.175
U6  Kevin Luke 90.403

World Championship International Qualifiers

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DateEventVenueWinnerScoreRunner-upRef.
Thursday 22 AprilPDC Europe Super League Niedernhausen, H+ Hotel(87.90) Martin Schindler  11 – 10  Florian Hempel (88.77)[193]
Saturday 24 JulyPDC Asia Philippines Qualifier Tacloban(88.67) Lourence Ilagan  3 – 1  Paolo Nebrida (83.86)
Sunday 10 OctoberPDJ Qualifier Kobe, Sanbo Hall 2F(89.90) Yuki Yamada  5 – 4  Masumi Chino (81.67)
Sunday 17 OctoberCentral/South America Qualifier San José, Radisson Hotel(79.54) Diogo Portela  6 – 2  Diego Orozco (63.79)
Sunday 24 OctoberAfrica Qualifier Goodwood, Club 54(87.62) Charles Losper  7 – 5  Carl Gabriel (81.92)
Friday 29 OctoberPDC China Qualifier (81.53) Lihao Wen  4 – 1  Bin Zheng (76.88)[194]
Saturday 30 OctoberOceanic Masters[195]  Australia, 4 venues(94.26) Ky Smith  6 – 2  Bailey Marsh (96.84)[196]
Sunday 31 OctoberDPA Satellite Finals[195](94.44) Raymond Smith  6 – 1  Robbie King (85.62)[197]
Sunday 31 OctoberDPNZ Qualifier[195] Auckland, Papakura ClubCancelled[a]
Sunday 31 OctoberEADC Qualifier Moscow, Maxima Zarya Hotel(81.88) Boris Koltsov  3 – 2  Evgenii Izotov (83.55)[199]
Sunday 7 NovemberIndia Qualifier Gujarat, Surat Tennis Club(82.73) Nitin Kumar  6 – 0  Vikehelie Suohu (76.35)
Sunday 7 NovemberPDC Asia Japan Qualifier (95.42) Toyokazu Shibata  7 – 1  Shunpei Noge (86.75)
Sunday 7 NovemberPDC Asia Thailand Qualifier Cancelled[b]
Saturday 13 NovemberWestern Europe Qualifier Leeuwarden, Westcord WTC Hotel(81.57) Chris Landman  6 – 2  Mats Gies (77.91)[201]
Saturday 13 NovemberEast Europe Qualifier Budapest, Novotel(86.26) Roman Benecký  6 – 2  Karel Sedláček (90.74)[202]
Sunday 14 NovemberPDC Asia Hong Kong Qualifier  Hong Kong, LaLa Bar(81.36) Royden Lam  5 – 4  Man Lok Leung (83.01)
Sunday 14 NovemberPDC Asia Singapore Qualifier  Singapore, Forest3 Darts Cafe(86.37) Paul Lim  5 – 3  Harith Lim (78.03)
Saturday 20 NovemberSouth-West Europe Qualifier Ávila, Lienzo Norte Congress and Exhibition Center(85.62) Juan Rodriguez  6 – 4  Toni Alcinas (82.78)
Saturday 20 NovemberSouth-East Europe Qualifier Eisenstadt, ASKÖ Dartclub Burgenland(91.30) John Michael  6 – 3  Michael Rasztovits (87.32)
Saturday 20 NovemberCDC Continental Cup[200] New York City(81.92) Jeff Smith  8 – 6  Jacob Taylor (87.80)
Sunday 28 NovemberWorld Youth Championship[c] Minehead, Butlins(95.44) Ted Evetts  6 – 4  Nathan Rafferty (93.66)
Monday 29 NovemberPDPA Qualifier Barnsley, Metrodome(90.91) James Wilson  7 – 5  Mike De Decker (89.25)
(83.82) Boris Krčmar  7 – 3  Peter Hudson (79.87)
(94.08) Nick Kenny  7 – 3  Gordon Mathers (89.98)
  1. ^ The DPNZ Qualifier was cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions. Ben Robb, the New Zealand number one, was awarded the World Championship spot.[198]
  2. ^ The Thailand Qualifier was cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions, and replaced with the CDC Continental Cup[200]
  3. ^ As World Youth Champion Ted Evetts qualified for the World Championship via the Order of Merit rankings, a third space was made available for the PDPA Qualifier.

References

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