The 2021
Viaplay Nordic Darts Masters was the inaugural staging of the tournament by the
Professional Darts Corporation
The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) is a professional darts organisation in the United Kingdom, established in 1992 when a group of leading players split from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to form what was initially called the World ...
, and the first entry in the
2021 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight PDC players and eight regional qualifiers) and was held at the
Forum Copenhagen
Forum Copenhagen ( da, Forum København, italic=no) is a large multi-purpose, rentable indoor arena located in Frederiksberg, Denmark. It hosts a large variety of concerts, markets, exhibitions and other events. The venue can hold up to 10,000 p ...
in
Copenhagen,
Denmark on 17–18 September 2021.
Michael van Gerwen won his 16th World Series event defeating
Fallon Sherrock 11–7 in the final. Van Gerwen won his first title overall in 2021, ending a 292 days streak without any tournament win.
Sherrock also became the first woman to reach a televised PDC final (with the exception of the one-off
2010 PDC Women's World Darts Championship
The 2010 PDC Women's World Championship was the only ever staging of the PDC Women's World Darts Championship, and the first women's tournament to be organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was one of the three new tournaments that ...
).
This was the first
World Series of Darts
The World Series of Darts is a series of darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation.
Beginning in 2013, the World Series has comprised between two and seven tournaments across the world, where a mixture of the top-ranked PD ...
event held in
Scandinavia, after the 2020 tournament had to be postponed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Prize money
The total prize fund was
£60,000.
Qualifiers
The eight invited PDC representatives were announced on 1 September, with the top four ranked players being seeded in the draw.
# ''(quarter-finals, withdrew)''
# ''(quarter-finals)''
# (champion)
# ''(semi-finals)''
# ''(quarter-finals)''
# ''(first round)''
# ''(semi-finals)''
# ''(runner-up)''
The Nordic qualifiers were chosen by various means. The four PDCNB Tour Card holders who were given their places for the original 2020 tournament kept their places (even though
Marko Kantele had since lost his Tour Card), the three highest ranked Danish players after the PDCNB Tour events in
Iceland on 19–21 August also qualified, and so did the winner of a PDCNB qualifier on 22 August.
Draw
References
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Nordic Darts Masters
Nordic Darts Masters
World Series of Darts
Sports competitions in Copenhagen
Nordic Darts Masters