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Darts World Cup: 16-year-old teenager sensationally qualifies for the Ally Pally

2021-11-07T16:43:26.415Z


At the age of 16 to the World Cup final: a dream come true for darts player Fabian Schmutzler. Completely surprisingly, he qualified for the tournament of the world's best.


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Fabian Schmutzler is a surprise for himself at the World Cup

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The German darts youngster Fabian Schmutzler has crowned an unexpected triumph with the completely surprising qualification for the World Cup in London.

The 16-year-old prevailed on the Development Tour in Niedernhausen at the weekend and came second in the entire series.

He was not allowed to play in the first part in August because he had not yet reached the required minimum age of 16 years.

The actual winner Rusty-Jake Rodriguez from Austria had qualified for the World Cup in advance, so Schmutzler is moving up.

One of the youngest players in the Ally Pally

After Gabriel Clemens, Martin Schindler and Florian Hempel, the talent from Frankfurt am Main is the fourth German to take part in the title fights (December 15 to January 3) in the Alexandra Palace, known as Ally Pally.

For Schmutzler it is by far the greatest success of his young career.

The German will be one of the youngest players ever to compete in the most important darts tournament of the year.

Max Hopp, who has not yet qualified for the 2022 World Cup, also made his World Cup debut at the age of 16.

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Source: spiegel

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