Jurjen van der Velde wins opening PDC European Development Tour

Former JDC World Champion, Jurjen van der Velde has added his first Development Tour title as the opening European event concluded on Friday afternoon.

Van der Velde saw off Bradly Roes (5-2), Mark Tabak (5-0), Damian Mol (5-3), Robin Radloff (4-0), Roman Benecky (4-2), Marvin van Velzen (4-0) and Adrian Dorzbacher (4-0).

There was a very Dutch feel to the field with all but one Quarter-Finalist being from the Netherlands and it was Van der Velde who came out on top.

This tour is open to players between the ages of 16 and 23, provided they are not in the top-32 of the regular world ranking on January 4, 2021.

The Development Tour ranking is based on the prize money won. At the end of the season, the winners of both rankings (European and British Development Tour) will receive an invitation to the upcoming Grand Slam of Darts, the World Darts Championship and a Tour Card for 2022 and 2023.

Results PDC European Development Tour 1

Last 16

Bradly Roes (74.10) 4 | 2 (71.34) Joey de Jong

Maikel Verberk (79.63) 4 | 1 (72.74) Levy Frauenfelder

Mike van Duivenbode (87.48) 4 | 3 (98.76) Niels Zonneveld

Gian van Veen (78.08) 4 | 2 (78.36) Kevin Luhr

Damian Mol (89.82) 4 | 3 (74.81) Bertus Herks

Jurjen van der Velde (81.24) 4 | 0 (60.38) Robin Radloff

Joshua Hermann (72.56) 4 | 2 (72.36) Alexander Draisbach

Mark Tabak (83.50) 4 | 0 (77.48) Danny Jansen

Quarter-Finals

Bradly Roes (75.27) 5 | 4 (76.55) Maikel Verberk

Gian van Veen (82.35) 5 | 3 (89.59) Mike van Duivenbode

Jurjen van der Velde (88.10) 5 | 3 (97.46) Damian Mol

Mark Tabak (84.62) 5 | 4 (80.15) Joshua Hermann

Semi-Finals

Bradly Roes (88.15) 5 | 2 (76.38) Gian van Veen

Jurjen van der Velde (81.68) 5 | 0 (73.00) Mark Tabak

Final

Jurjen van der Velde (83.04) 5 | 2 (84.54) Bradly Roes