The 2021 BoyleSports World Grand Prix is here.
Here, you’ll find out
As we revealed earlier in 2021, the tournament will be played at the Morningside Arena in Leicester. It means the tournament will not take place at it’s traditional venue, the CityWest Hotel near Dublin, for the second straight year.
You can still buy tickets for some sessions. Visit the PDC website to find out more.
The field is made up of the top 16 from the:
After the end of the Gibraltar Darts Trophy.
The prize fund remains at £450,000 as in 2020. It’s broken down like this:
Michael van Gerwen will defend £110,000 on his Order of Merit ranking, after winning the title in 2019. However, he will remain third regardless of his result in Leicester.
Dave Chisnall was his opponent in 2019, and he will be defending £50,000 this time around. He would drop from world number eight to world number 10, if he goes out in the first round.
You can view the live Order of Merit on the DartsRankings website.
The first round schedule for the event has been confirmed.
8x Round One
Mervyn King 2-0 Martijn Kleermaker
Luke Humphries 2-0 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Stephen Bunting 2-0 Daryl Gurney
Dave Chisnall 2-1 Mensur Suljovic
Ross Smith 2-0 Joe Cullen
James Wade 2-1 Damon Heta
Gerwyn Price 2-0 Michael Smith
Ryan Searle 2-1 Dimitri Van den Bergh
8x Round One
Darius Labanauskas 2-1 Brendan Dolan
Jonny Clayton 2-0 Callan Rydz
Vincent van der Voort 2-0 Gabriel Clemens
Krzysztof Ratajski 2-1 Nathan Aspinall
Ian White 2-1 Gary Anderson
Rob Cross 2-0 Peter Wright
Michael van Gerwen 2-0 Danny Noppert
Jose de Sousa 2-0 Glen Durrant
4x Round Two
Ryan Searle 3-1 Luke Humphries
Stephen Bunting 3-1 James Wade
Gerwyn Price 3-1 Mervyn King
Dave Chisnall 3-2 Ross Smith
4x Round Two
Ian White 3-2 Darius Labanauskas
Krzysztof Ratajski 3-1 Rob Cross
Danny Noppert 3-0 Vincent van der Voort
Jonny Clayton 3-1 Jose De Sousa
4x Quarter Finals
Danny Noppert v Ian White
Jonny Clayton v Krzysztof Ratajski
Gerwyn Price v Dave Chisnall
Ryan Searle v Stephen Bunting
The remainder of the schedule will be confirmed here in due course.
The format is as follows:
First round – first to two sets
Second round – first to three sets
Quarter finals – first to three sets
Semi finals – first to four sets
Final – first to five sets
Even though he’s yet to win a TV tournament in 2021, world number one Gerwyn Price is still favourite to retain the World Grand Prix title with title sponsors BoyleSports. He’s currently 4/1, while world number two and three Peter Wright and Michael van Gerwen are both 11/2.
Jose De Sousa is fourth favourite at 10/1, with Dimitri Van den Bergh behind him at 14/1
You must be 18 to bet on the BoyleSports World Grand Prix. begambleaware.org.
The BoyleSports World Grand Prix will be live on Sky Sports in the UK. You can watch it outside the UK via the PDC’s broadcast partners, such as RTL or DAZN.
You can also live stream the event. Find out more here.
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We’ll have a live blog for you every session of the tournament, so you don’t miss a moment even if you can’t watch live. We’ll also produce The Fallout Bar on our YouTube channel, giving instant reaction and analysis from the day’s play, plus your chance to have your say. It will also be available as a podcast on the morning after play.
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