Youngsters impress as Hungarian Darts Trophy begins in Budapest

European Tour

Bradley Brooks, Luke Humphries & Keane Barry were amongst the stand-out performers in the Hungarian Darts Trophy's first round.

2021 Hungarian Darts Trophy draw and schedule

European Tour

The draw and schedule of play have been confirmed for the 2021 Hungarian Darts Trophy.

Petersen excited ahead of European Tour's Hungarian debut

European Tour

Devon Petersen is seeing this weekend's inaugural European Tour event in Hungary as a "fantastic opportunity" to continue the sport's growth.

2021 Gibraltar Darts Trophy tickets now available

European Tour

Tickets for the 2021 Gibraltar Darts Trophy are now on sale.

Lovely & Smith-Neale win European Tour spots

European Tour

Thomas Lovely and Adam Smith-Neale have secured European Tour debuts after winning through the UK Associate Member Qualifiers.

Tour Card Holder Qualifiers confirmed for European Tour Events 1-3

European Tour

Friday saw a treble-header of Tour Card Holder Qualifiers for the year's first three European Tour events take place.

Veenstra, Neyens & Van Trijp qualify for European Tour events

European Tour

Richard Veenstra, Kenny Neyens and Danny van Trijp each secured qualification for one of the year's first three European Tour events.

European Tour set to return with Budapest and Gibraltar events

European Tour

The European Tour is set to return with events confirmed for Budapest and Gibraltar in September.

European Tour Associate Member Qualifiers Update

European Tour

Details have been confirmed for Associate Member Qualifiers for the 2021 PDC European Tour.

Schedule of play confirmed for Unibet European Championship

Machineseeker European Championship

The schedule of play has been confirmed for this week's Unibet European Championship.

Michael van Gerwen picked up his second European Tour title of the year in Graz on Sunday, defeating Danny Noppert 8-5 in the final.

Van Gerwen backed up his German Darts Championship win in March by defeating fellow-Dutchman Noppert in front of a capacity crowd at the Premstättner Halle to pocket the £25,000 winner's prize.

The world number three ended last year with just one ranking title to his name, but already has four this time around as the three-time World Champion continues his resurgence in 2022.

"I always want to win, I always put pressure on my shoulders so to win this title means a lot," said Van Gerwen, who now has 34 European Tour titles to his name.

"We all had to wait a long time to play this tournament again but this crowd made it worth the wait; they were phenomenal, not just for me but for everyone in the tournament.

"It was really hard to perform on stage because of the heat which makes me even more proud of myself to get this win."

The tournament reached its climax with Finals Day on Sunday, with the last 16 taking place in the afternoon session before the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final in the evening.

Van Gerwen avenged Thursday's Premier League loss to James Wade in the last 16 tie, coming through a last-leg decider to set up a quarter-final meeting with Dirk van Duijvenbode.

Van Gerwen's most impressive display of the weekend saw him average 106.05 to earn a 6-1 win over his countryman, before seeing off Stephen Bunting 7-5 in the semi-finals.

The final saw Noppert fight back from 3-0 down, hitting a 120 checkout on the way, to level at 3-3 and the pair remained all square four legs later at 5-5.

The 12th leg proved decisive as Van Gerwen landed a 14-dart break of throw to open up daylight at 7-5, before following up with another 14-darter to seal victory.

The wait for a maiden European Tour title goes on for Noppert, who reached his first final having previously made the semi-finals on three occasions.

The UK Open champion enjoyed victories over Premier League leader Jonny Clayton, Joe Cullen and Nathan Aspinall en route to the final.

It was another encouraging weekend for Aspinall on his return from injury, defeating Madars Razma and Ricky Evans to reach the last four.

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