2021 European Championship (darts)

2021 Cazoo European Championship
Tournament information
Dates14–17 October 2021
VenueSalzburgarena
LocationSalzburg
Country Austria
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£500,000
Winner's share£120,000
High checkout170  Danny Noppert
(second round)
Champion(s)
 Rob Cross
«2020 2022»

The 2021 Cazoo European Championship was the fourteenth edition of the Professional Darts Corporation's European Championship tournament, which saw the top players from the two European tour events compete against each other. The tournament took place from 14 to 17 October 2021 at the Salzburgarena in Salzburg, Austria.[1]

Peter Wright was the defending champion, having won the tournament for the first time with an 11–4 win over James Wade in the 2020 final.[2] However, he became the third consecutive defending champion to be eliminated in the first round after losing 6–3 to Florian Hempel.[3]

Rob Cross won his second European Championship title after defeating Michael van Gerwen 11–8 in a repeat of the 2017 final.[4]

In the quarter-finals, Gerwyn Price's average of 107.56 against van Gerwen became the highest ever losing average at a European Championship.

  1. ^ Phillips, Josh. "Cazoo European Championship heading to Salzburg". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. ^ Allen, Dave. "Terrific Wright wins Unibet European Championship". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Hempel stuns Defending champion Wright". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  4. ^ Phillips, Josh. "Cross denies Van Gerwen to end title drought at Cazoo European Championship". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 17 October 2021.