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

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Friday, 02 July 2021 at 09:00
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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.
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

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