2021 WDF season of darts comprises every tournament of World Darts Federation. The prize money of the tournaments may vary depending on category.

2021 WDF calendar
Tournament information
DatesYearly
CountryWorldwide
Organisation(s)WDF
Format501 Legs (men's & women's)
Prize fundDepends on tournament's category
«2020 2022»

WDF most important tournaments are the WDF World Darts Championship, WDF World Masters or WDF World Cup.

2021 is the first year in which the calendar will be under WDF-sole management after the liquidation of BDO.[1]

Due to COVID-19-related restrictions and lockdowns in many countries, calendar has been disrupted by the cancelling or postponing of several tournaments. WDF resumed their darts calendar in June 2021.

Tournament categories, points & prize money edit

World Darts Federation Points
Category Prize Fund ($) 1st 2nd 3/4 5/8 9/16 17/32 33/64
Platinum It depends
on each
tournament
270 167 103 64 39 26 13
Gold 180 111 68 43 26 17 9
Silver 90 56 34 21 13 9
Bronze 45 28 17 11 6

Calendar edit

January–May edit

Date Tournament Cat. Venue City Prize
money
Men's Women's
M W winner score runner-up winner score runner-up
January 24 Victorian Classic Unranked Italian Australian Club   Morwell AU$6,700   Brody Klinge 8–5   Steve Powell   Tori Kewish 6–2   Barb Smyth
January 29–February 3 Reykjavik International Games Bullseye Reykjavik   Reykjavík n/a   Páll Pétursson 7–1   Matthías Friðriksson   Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir 7–0   Sólveig Daníelsdóttir
February 7 Canterbury Classic Canterbury & Suburban Darts Assoc.   Christchurch NZ$6,500   Warren Parry 6–4   Ben Robb   Wendy Harper 5–3   Jo Steed
March 6 Missouri St. Patricks Open Inn at Grand Glaize   Osage Beach $2,295   Steve Hilger 6–3   Steve Shope   Brittany Short 4–0   Brenda Roush
March 14 West Coast Classic Belmont Sport & Recreation Club   Cloverdale AU$3,520   Tim Pusey 6–2   Dave Burke   Natalie Carter 5–0   Dot McLeod
March 20 Budapest Classic János Simon Basketball Arena   Budapest HUF1,334,000   Patrik Kovács 7–5   Pál Székely   Veronika Ihász 6–2   Adrienn Végső
March 21 Budapest Masters   Patrik Kovács 7–2   József Rucska   Veronika Ihász 6–1   Adrienn Végső
April 3 South Island Masters Otepuni Community Hub   Invercargill NZ$6,000   Ben Robb 6–3   Bryan Steed   Desi Mercer 5–3   Jo Steed
April 4 Victorian Easter Classic Geelong Darts Club   Geelong AU$5,400   Justin Thompson 8–6   Brody Klinge   Lavinia Hogg 6–2   Tori Kewish
April 18 North Island Masters Hastings Dart Hall   Hastings NZ$3,480   Ben Robb 6–2   Brian Steed   Wendy Harper 5–2   Tina Osborne
May 22 Darts for Arch Roebuck VFW Post   Roebuck $730   Ken Saathoff bt.   Doug Wade   Sandy Hudson bt.   Candra Archbold
May 23 Sunshine State Classic Inala Darts Club   Inala AU$5,900   Ky Smith 6–5   Jackson Davies   Lorraine Burn 5–1   Seini Vakanofiti

June edit

Date Tournament Cat. Venue City Prize
money
Men's Women's
M W winner score runner-up winner score runner-up
June 6 Canterbury Open Bronze Canterbury & Suburban Darts Assoc.   Christchurch NZ$3,640   Landon Gardiner 6–2   Craig Ross   Judy Fenton 5–3   Tara Mears
June 12 International Youth Challenge Silver Szent István Hotel   Balatonlelle n/a   Dávid Balogh 5–2   Balázs Pazonyi No girl's draw
June 13 Gibraltar Open Bronze George Federico Darts Hall   Gibraltar £2,500   Gavin Smith 4–0   Mike Norton   Laura Turner 4–0   Mel Williams
June 19 New Zealand Masters Silver Kapi Mana Darts Association   Porirua NZ$6,120   Warren Parry 6–5   Mark Cleaver   Nicole Regnaud 5–4   Wendy Harper
June 19 Cherry Bomb International Bronze Fort Lauderdale Marriott   Coral Springs $3,850   Jules van Dongen 6–4   Danny Lauby Jr.   Dani Warmack 6–4   Cris Cwalinski

July edit

Date Tournament Cat. Venue City Prize
money
Men's Women's
M W winner score runner-up winner score runner-up
July 3 John Wilkie Memorial Silver Hutt Valley Darts Association   Taitā NZ$5,880   Ben Robb 6–1   Jimmy Samuels   Wendy Harper 5–0   Tina Osborne
July 12 Charlotte Open Bronze Sheraton Airport Hotel   Charlotte $3,600   Jules van Dongen 6–3   Jason Brandon   Paula Murphy 5–2   Heather Howard
July 17 Slovenia Open Bronze Austria Trend Hotel   Ljubljana €2,500   Benjamin Pratnemer 7–2   Silvo Javornik   Mojca Mužić 6–5   Branka Krček
July 24 Apatin Open Bronze Apatin Tehnička škola   Apatin €2,580   László Kádár 6–5   Oliver Ferenc   Veronika Ihász 6–1   Adrienn Végső

August edit

Date Tournament Cat. Venue City Prize
money
Men's Women's
M W winner score runner-up winner score runner-up
August 4 New Zealand Open Silver Motueka Recreation Centre   Motueka NZ$7,240   Haupai Puha 6–2   AJ Te Kira   Desi Mercer 5–3   Mary-Anne Teinaki
August 21 Salavat Yulaev Cup Bronze Bashkir State Agrarian University   Ufa RUB_ n/a   Boris Koltsov 5–1   Aleksei Kadochnikov   Elena Shulgina 4–2   Natalia Aleksandrova

September edit

Date Tournament Cat. Venue City Prize
money
Men's Women's
M W winner score runner-up winner score runner-up
September 4 Washington Area Open Bronze Holiday Inn   Sterling $2,950   Bruce Robbins 6–3   Joe Huffman   Dani Warmack 5–1   Marlise Kiel
September 4 Catalonia Open Bronze Fábrica Llobet-Gurí   Calella €5,720   Andy Baetens 5–0   Martín Martí Santamaría   Aileen de Graaf 4–1   Anna Forsmark
September 5 FCD Anniversary Open Bronze €2,760   Andy Baetens 5–1   Daniel Zapata   Aileen de Graaf 4–1   Paula Jacklin
September 10–12 England National Singles Silver Bunn Leisure Holiday Centre   Selsey £7,300   Neil Duff 5–4   Brian Raman   Fallon Sherrock 5–3   Anastasia Dobromyslova
September 11–12 England Open Gold £21,600   Brian Raman 6–2   Ian Jones   Deta Hedman 6–2   Anastasia Dobromyslova
September 11 Kalashnikov Cup Bronze Izhevsk State Medical Academy   Izhevsk RUB_ n/a   Roman Obukhov 6–3   Kirill Fadeev   Natalia Aleksandrova 5–2   Elena Shulgina
September 12 Udmurtia Open Bronze RUB_ n/a   Roman Obukhov 4–1   Kirill Fadeev   Elena Shulgina 4–1   Ksenia Klochek
September 19 North Queensland Classic Silver Townsville Darts Association   Annandale AU$6,000   Raymond Smith 6–1   Donovan Lottering   Maureen Homer 5–3   Eva Dilger

October edit

Date Tournament Cat. Venue City Prize
money
Men's Women's
M W winner score runner-up winner score runner-up
October 2 Denmark Open Gold Granly Hockey Arena   Esbjerg DKK133,000   Thibault Tricole 6–3   Andreas Harrysson   Anca Zijlstra 5–2   Anastasia Dobromyslova
October 3 Denmark Masters Silver DKK53,800   Richard Veenstra 6–5   Ricky Nauman   Deta Hedman 5–2   Aileen de Graaf
October 9–10 Klondike Open Silver River Cree Resort & Casino   Enoch C$4,750   Shawn Burt 5–2   Dawson Murschell   Brenda Moreau 4–2   Michelle Spicer
October 14 Virginia Beach Classic Silver Wyndham Virginia Beach Oceanfront   Virginia Beach $6,685   Leonard Gates 6–1   Danny Lauby Jr.   Marlise Kiel 6–5   Julie Weger
October 15–17 British Open Gold Bridlington Spa   Bridlington €17,000   Scott Marsh 6–5   Connor Scutt   Fallon Sherrock 5–2   Corrine Hammond
October 16–17 British Classic Silver €7,000   Jim McEwan 6–5   Rhys Hayden   Lorraine Hyde 5–1   Denise Cassidy
October 22 Red Dragon Welsh Classic Silver Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park   Prestatyn £10,320   Thibault Tricole 6–2   Jim Williams   Beau Greaves 5–2   Kirsty Hutchinson
October 24 Red Dragon Welsh Open Gold £23,120   Cameron Menzies 6–0   James Hurrell   Kirsty Hutchinson 5–4   Beau Greaves
October 30 Dreher Hungarian Classic Bronze Danubius Hotel Hungaria City Center   Budapest HUF1,360,000   Mark Barilli 6–3   Nick Fullwell   Deta Hedman 5–0   Adrienn Vegső
October 31 Dreher Hungarian Masters Silver HUF2,800,000   Aleksei Kadochnikov 6–5   Antony Allen   Deta Hedman 5–0   Elena Shulgina

November edit

Date Tournament Cat. Venue City Prize
money
Men's Women's
M W winner score runner-up winner score runner-up
November 9–11 Malta Open Silver Kirkop Sports Complex   Kirkop €8,000   John Desreumaux 5–3   John Scott   Paula Jacklin 5–4   Aurora Fochesato
November 13 Seacoast Open Gold DoubleTree by Hilton   Andover $6,000   Jules van Dongen 6–4   Kevin Luke   Paula Murphy 6–2   Dani Warmack
November 13 Winmau Irish Open Gold The Gleneagle Hotel   Killarney €18,400   Luke Littler 6–2   Barry Copeland   Anastasia Dobromyslova 5–4   Deta Hedman
November 14 Winmau HPR Irish Classic Silver €8,000   Shaun McDonald 5–3   Josh Rock   Deta Hedman 5–2   Corrine Hammond
November 14 Challenger Classic Bronze Redlands Multi Sports Club   Birkdale AU$5,000   Raymond Smith 6–1   Jeremy Fagg   Vanessa James 6–2   Vivia Matson
November 20 Czech Open Silver OREA Hotel Pyramida   Prague CZK300,200   Andy Baetens 5–0   Mark Barilli   Deta Hedman 5–4   Laura Turner
November 20 Oregon Open Bronze Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel   Portland $2,160   David Fatum 6–1   Carlos Calderon   Lisa Tyler 5–2   Tanja Bencic
November 27 Italian Grand Masters Silver Grand Hotel Bologna   Pieve di Cento €8,000   Richard Veenstra 5–3   James Hurrell   Maria O'Brien 5–1   Priscilla Steenbergen
November 28 Italian Open Bronze €4,370   Chris Landman 5–2   Richard Veenstra   Maria O'Brien 4–3   Aileen de Graaf
November 27 Russian Open Bronze Restaurant PALMA   Saint Petersburg RUB231,000   Vladimir Akshulakov 6–4   Artem Klyuev   Elena Shulgina 5–1   Ksenia Klochek
November 28 Saint Petersburg Open Bronze RUB184,500   Aleksei Kadochnikov 6–2   Andrey Pontus   Ksenia Klochek 5–2   Alisa Burykina

December edit

Date Tournament Cat. Venue City Prize
money
Men's Women's
M W winner score runner-up winner score runner-up
December 5 WDF World Championship Qualifiers WDF Lakeside Country Club   Frimley Green   Johnny Haines 6–5   Scott Walters   Rhian O'Sullivan 5–3   Robyn Byrne
WDF   Jarred Cole 6–3   Terry Stubbs
WDF De Bonte Wever   Assen   Mario Vandenbogaerde 6–2   Kenny Neyens   Marjolein Noijens 5–4   Vanessa Zuidema
WDF   Ryan de Vreede 6–5   Danny Jansen

Tournaments cancelled edit

Following tournaments have been postponed until 2022.

Tournaments postponed to 2022
Date Tournament Cat. Venue City Prize
money
Men's Women's
M W winner score runner-up winner score runner-up
January 25 Romanian Classic Silver InterContinental Hotel   Bucharest RON 24,160
January 26 Romanian International RON 46,000
February 19–21 Scottish Open Gold Normandy Cosmopolitan Hotel   Renfrew £10,550
March 6 Halifax Open Bronze Bedford Legion Club   Bedford C$2,560
March 11–14 Isle of Man Classic Silver Villa Marina   Douglas £8,000
March 13–14 Isle of Man Open Gold £15,500
April 5 Geelong Club Singles Bronze Geelong Darts Club   Geelong AU$4,800
April 7–10 Egypt Open Bronze Blue House Hotel   Marsa Alam $27,000
April 9–11 White Mountain Shootout Bronze Town & Country Inn & Resort   Shelburne $4,900
April 17 Estonia Open Bronze Radisson Blu Hotel Tallinn   Tallinn €2,530
April 19 Estonia Masters Bronze €1,990
April 24–25 Slovak Masters Silver x-bionic sphere   Šamorín €8,460
April 25 Slovak Open Silver €8,460
April 25 Murray Bridge GP Bronze Murray Bridge Darts Club   Murray Bridge AU$5,930
June 13 Melton Classic Bronze Melton Dart Club   Melton $5,850
June 17–21 Six Nations Cup (T) EDO Normandy Hotel   Renfrew £3,000
June 18–20 Canadian Open Bronze Centre 200   Sydney C$6,000
June 26–27 Australian Grand Masters Silver Canberra Labour Club   Canberra AU$11,300
June 25–27 Austrian Open Vienna Bronze Hilton Garden Inn   Vienna €2,260
June 26–27 Vienna Open Bronze €2,260
July 24 Luxembourg Open Bronze D'Coque   Luxembourg City €7,250
July 25 Luxembourg Masters Bronze €7,250
July 25 Japan Open Bronze Ota-Ku Sangyo Plaza PIO   Tokyo JP¥1,240,000
July 23–25 WDF Americas Cup (S) WDF   Kingston n/a
July 24–25 WDF Americas Cup (T) WDF
August 7 Antwerp Open Silver Royal Yacht Club of Belgium   Antwerp €8,120
August 8 Belgium Open Silver
August 13 LDO Swedish Classic Bronze Scandic Triangle Hotel   Malmö SEK12,400
August 14 Swedish Open Silver SEK117,400
August 15 Gents Classic Bronze SEK12,400
August 21 French Open Bronze Salle Dany Boon   Bray-Dunes €7,800
August 22 French Classic Bronze €5,210
September 11 Taranaki Open Silver Taranaki Darts Association   New Plymouth NZ$6,120
September 7–9 WDF Asia-Pacific Cup (S) WDF   Taipei n/a
September 10–12 WDF Asia-Pacific Cup (T) WDF
September 11–12 Taiwan Open Bronze NTSU   Taoyuan NT$83,000
September 18 Auckland Open Bronze West City Darts Association   Rānui NZ$3,750
September 29–Oct. 2 WDF Europe Cup (S) WDF   n/a
September 28–Oct. 2 WDF Europe Cup (T) WDF
October 3 Australian Masters Bronze Geelong Darts Club   Geelong AU$16,000
October 10 Bunbury Grand Prix Bronze   Bunbury
October 16–17 N. Ireland Open Silver Bellini's   Newry £4,650
N. Ireland Matchplay Silver
October 23 Alan King Memorial Bronze Otago Darts Association   Dunedin NZ$4,000
October 23 Tórshavn Open Bronze Glasir Sports Hall   Tórshavn kr.19,400
October 24 Faroe Islands Open Bronze kr.19,400
October 24 Bob Jones Memorial Bronze Astra Lounge, CFB Trenton   Trenton C$4,500
October 28–29 Turkish Open Bronze Göynük Atatürk Spor Salonu   Kemer n/a
October 30–31 Turkish Masters Bronze
November 7 Pacific Masters Bronze Rich River Golf Club   Moama AU$9,880
November 6–7 Welsh Masters Silver Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Park   Rhyl
November 20 Latvia Open Bronze Bellevue Park Hotel   Riga €4,840
November 21 Riga Open Bronze €4,225
November 21 Great Lakes Open Bronze Club Forster   Forster AU$4,380
November 21 Ted Clements Memorial Bronze Levin Cosmopolitan Club   Levin NZ$3,000
December 2–5 WDF World Masters WDF De Bonte Wever   Assen £70,500
December 18 Belfry Open Silver Sporthal Tempelhof   Bruges €7,725
December 19 Bruges Open Silver €7,725


Statistical information edit

The players/nations are sorted by:

  1. Total number of titles;
  2. Cumulated importance of those titles;
  3. Alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Titles won by player (men's) edit

Total Player Category
Platinum Gold Silver Bronze
3   Jules van Dongen (USA)
3   Andy Baetens (BEL)
2   Thibault Tricole (FRA)
2   Richard Veenstra (NED)
2   Aleksei Kadochnikov (RUS)
2   Raymond Smith (AUS)
2   Roman Obukhov (RUS)
1   Luke Littler (ENG)
1   Scott Marsh (ENG)
1   Cameron Menzies (SCO)
1   Brian Raman (BEL)
1   Shawn Burt (CAN)
1   John Desreumaux (BEL)
1   Neil Duff (NIR)
1   Leonard Gates (USA)
1   Shaun McDonald (SCO)
1   Jim McEwan (SCO)
1   Warren Parry (NZL)
1   Haupai Puha (NZL)
1   Ben Robb (NZL)
1   Vladimir Akshulakov (RUS)
1   Mark Barilli (SCO)
1   David Fatum (USA)
1   Landon Gardiner (NZL)
1   László Kádár (ROM)
1   Boris Koltsov (RUS)
1   Chris Landman (NED)
1   Benjamin Pratnemer (SLO)
1   Bruce Robbins (USA)
1   Gavin Smith (ENG)

Titles won by nation (men's) edit

Total Nation Category
Platinum Gold Silver Bronze
6   United States (USA)
5   Belgium (BEL)
4   Scotland (SCO)
4   New Zealand (NZL)
6   Russia (RUS)
3   England (ENG)
3   Netherlands (NED)
2   France (FRA)
2   Australia (AUS)
1   Canada (CAN)
1   Northern Ireland (NIR)
1   Romania (ROM)
1   Slovenia (SLO)

Titles won by player (women's) edit

Total Player Category
Platinum Gold Silver Bronze
6   Deta Hedman (ENG)
3   Elena Shulgina (RUS)
2   Fallon Sherrock (ENG)
2   Paula Murphy (USA)
2   Maria O'Brien (ENG)
2   Aileen de Graaf (NED)
2   Dani Warmack (USA)
1   Anastasia Dobromyslova (RUS)
1   Kirsty Hutchinson (ENG)
1   Anca Zijlstra (NED)
1   Beau Greaves (ENG)
1   Wendy Harper (NZL)
1   Lorraine Hyde (SCO)
1   Maureen Homer (AUS)
1   Paula Jacklin (ENG)
1   Marlise Kiel (USA)
1   Desi Mercer (NZL)
1   Brenda Moreau (CAN)
1   Nicole Regnaud (NZL)
1   Natalia Aleksandrova (RUS)
1   Judy Fenton (NZL)
1   Veronika Ihász (HUN)
1   Vanessa James (AUS)
1   Ksenia Klochek (RUS)
1   Mojca Mužić (SLO)
1   Laura Turner (ENG)
1   Lisa Tyler (USA)

Titles won by nation (women's) edit

Total Nation Category
Platinum Gold Silver Bronze
14   England (ENG)
6   United States (USA)
6   Russia (RUS)
4   New Zealand (NZL)
3   Netherlands (NED)
2   Australia (AUS)
1   Canada (CAN)
1   Scotland (SCO)
1   Hungary (HUN)
1   Slovenia (SLO)

Rankings edit

Only the best ten points achievements by players in WDF Ranked Tournaments accounts towards the WDF Rankings

Updated to November 28, 2021

References edit

  1. ^ "BDO era comes to an end as counties join UKDA". dartsnews.com. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. ^ "WDF Men's ranking". dartswdf.com. 6 December 2021. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  3. ^ "WDF Women's ranking". dartswdf.com. 6 December 2021. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

External links edit