Gorbunov secures World Cup debut after latest EADC ranking success

Dmitriy Gorbunov will add a World Cup of Darts debut to his resume in September after claiming further ranking success on the EADC ProTour.

Gorbunov who emerged with one of the best moments of the World Championship with his brilliant walk on will partner Boris Koltsov after he doubled his tally of EADC ProTour event wins in 2021 by picking up Events Five and Six.

He now sits at four titles from six events played to assert his dominance with Event Four winner Evgeniy Izotov and Event Five runner-up Vitaliy Khohryakov coming second and third in the Order of Merit.

2021 EuroAsian Darts Corporation ProTour
ProTour 4
April 24
Quarter-Finals
Evgeniy Demidenko 6-4 Dmitriy Gorbunov
Vitaliy Khohryakov 6-5 Timofey Samoshkin
Alexey Kadochnikov 6-2 Maxim Aldoshi
Evgeniy Izotov 6-4 Roman Obukhov

Semi-Finals
Evgeniy Izotov 6-4 Vitaliy Khohryakov
Alexey Kadochnikov 6-5 Evgeniy Demidenko

Final
Evgeniy Izotov 6-5 Alexey Kadochnikov

ProTour 5
April 24
Quarter-Finals
Dmitriy Gorbunov 6-3 Evgeniy Demidenko
Evgeniy Zhukov 6-3 Alexey Kadochnikov
Vitaliy Khohryakov 6-1 Dmitriy Zhavoronkov
Roman Obukhov 6-3 Igor Shirokiy

Semi-Finals
Dmitriy Gorbunov 6-4 Evgeniy Zhukov
Vitaliy Khohryakov 6-2 Roman Obukhov

Final
Dmitriy Gorbunov 6-3 Vitaliy Khohryakov

ProTour 6
April 25
Quarter-Finals
Dmitriy Gorbunov 6-5 Evgeniy Demidenko
Alexey Kadochnikov 6-2 Roman Obukhov
Artyom Klyuev 6-4 Vitaliy Khohryakov
Evgrnii Izotov 6-1 Maxim Aldoshin

Semi-Finals
Dmitriy Gorbunov 6-4 Alexey Kadochnikov
Evgrnii Izotov 6-2 Artyom Klyuev

Final
Dmitriy Gorbunov 6-3 Evgrnii Izotov