Wright, Van Gerwen and Price among confirmed players for first two European Tour events

With the announcement of the return of the European Tour which comprises the Budapest Darts Trophy and Gibraltar Darts Trophy in September, the seeded players have been confirmed.

Comprising of the top 16 of the ProTour Order of Merit used to seed to Super Series as well, it sees Joe Cullen lead the way as top seed ahead of Jose de Sousa.

Peter Wright and Michael van Gerwen round out the top four with both of course being European Tour stalwarts and big names confirmed for both events.

Gerwyn Price is fifth seed, while the likes of Premier League champion Jonny Clayton are also among the seeded players.

For Dirk Van Duijvenbode and Damon Heta also they will be seeded for the first time in European Tour tournaments after continued success since the tournaments were last held. While defending Gibraltar Darts Trophy champion, Krzysztof Ratajski is also involved.

The remaining 32 spots for each of the two tournaments will be divided through various qualifiers. Twenty of these spots will be available during Tour Card Holder qualifiers on Friday 9th July. Dave Chisnall, Rob Cross, Adrian Lewis, Raymond van Barneveld and Simon Whitlock, among others, must try to qualify via this route.

The Hungarian Darts Trophy will take place from 3 to 5 September in the Hungarian capital Budapest. The Gibraltar Darts Trophy is set for September 24 to 26.

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2021 European Tour Events 1-2
Seeded Players (enter in second round)

1. Joe Cullen

2. Jose de Sousa

3. Peter Wright

4. Michael van Gerwen

5. Gerwyn Price

6. Michael Smith

7. Jonny Clayton

8. James Wade

9. Devon Petersen

10. Krzysztof Ratajski

11. Dirk van Duijvenbode

12. Damon Heta

13. Danny Noppert

14. Brendan Dolan

15. Mensur Suljovic

16. Nathan Aspinall

Events 1-2 Tour Card Holder Qualifier Entries

Lisa Ashton

Danny Baggish

Keane Barry

Steve Beaton

Aaron Beeney

Gary Blades

William Borland

Andy Boulton

Bradley Brooks

John Brown

Keegan Brown

Steve Brown

Stephen Bunting

Dave Chisnall

Brett Claydon

Gabriel Clemens

Rob Cross

Mike De Decker

Geert De Vos

Jeffrey De Zwaan

Chris Dobey

Glen Durrant

Matthew Edgar

Ritchie Edhouse

David Evans

Ricky Evans

Ted Evetts

Adam Gawlas

Andrew Gilding

Daryl Gurney

Andy Hamilton

Jason Heaver

Florian Hempel

John Henderson

Max Hopp

Peter Hudson

Jamie Hughes

Luke Humphries

Adam Hunt

Kim Huybrechts

Peter Jacques

Jake Jones

Wayne Jones

Ryan Joyce

Krzysztof Kciuk

Nick Kenny

Mervyn King

Jelle Klaasen

Martijn Kleermaker

Boris Koltsov

Boris Krcmar

Maik Kuivenhoven

Darius Labanauskas

Harald Leitinger

Steve Lennon

Zoran Lerchbacher

Kai Fan Leung

Adrian Lewis

Eddie Lovely

Jason Lowe

Martin Lukeman

Jack Main

Mickey Mansell

Gordon Mathers

Mark McGeeney

Ryan Meikle

Ron Meulenkamp

John Michael

Scott Mitchell

Joe Murnan

Ryan Murray

Geert Nentjes

Jesus Noguera

William O'Connor

Josh Payne

Justin Pipe

Madars Razma

Callan Rydz

Martin Schindler

Ryan Searle

Karel Sedlacek

Steffen Siepmann

Jeff Smith

Ross Smith

Alan Soutar

Alan Tabern

Ciaran Teehan

Derk Telnekes

Raymond van Barneveld

Dimitri Van den Bergh

Vincent van der Voort

Berry van Peer

Scott Waites

Jermaine Wattimena

Darren Webster

Steve West

Ian White

Simon Whitlock

Lewis Williams

James Wilson

Luke Woodhouse

Jon Worsley

Niels Zonneveld