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2020 European Darts Grand Prix

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2020 European Darts Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates16–18 October 2020
VenueGlaspalast
LocationSindelfingen
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£140,000 ($164,992)
Winner's share£25,000 ($29,462)
High checkout170 England Joe Cullen
170 Netherlands Maik Kuivenhoven
170 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Portugal José de Sousa
«Event 2 Event 4»

The 2020 European Darts Grand Prix was the third PDC European Tour event on the 2020 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Glaspalast, Sindelfingen, Germany from 16–18 October 2020. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Ian White was the defending champion, after defeating Peter Wright 8–7 in the 2019 final. However, he lost 7–6 to José de Sousa in the semi-finals.

De Sousa won his first European Tour title after beating Michael van Gerwen 8–4 in the final.

The tournament was postponed from its original date of 20–22 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.[1]

Prize money

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This is how the prize money is divided, with the prize money being unchanged from the 2019 European Tour:[2]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £25,000
Runner-up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £6,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £5,000
Third round losers (8) £3,000
Second round losers (16) £2,000*
First round losers (16) £1,000*
Total £140,000
  • Seeded players who lose in the second round and Host Nation invitees who lose in the first round do not receive this prize money on any Orders of Merit.

Qualification and format

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The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 4 February automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.[3]

The remaining 32 places went to players from four qualifying events and to two invitees – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 14 February), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 15 October), two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 15 October), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 12 October 2019), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 8 February).

The two highest ranked German players on the ProTour Order of Merit as of the 14 February cut-off date also qualified.

Seeded players Peter Wright & Adrian Lewis; and unseeded players Ryan Joyce & Darren Webster all withdrew prior to the draw. The highest ranked qualifiers José de Sousa & Vincent van der Voort became seeds, and the number of places available from the Host Nation Qualifier increased from two to six.[4]

The following players will take part in the tournament:[5]

Draw

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First round
16 October
(best of 11 legs)
Second round
17 October
(best of 11 legs)
Third round
18 October
(best of 11 legs)
Quarter-finals
18 October
(best of 11 legs)
Semi-finals
18 October
(best of 13 legs)
Final
18 October
(best of 15 legs)
1Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 94.786
England Mervyn King 99.156England Mervyn King 88.011
1Netherlands van Gerwen 89.016
Lithuania Mindaugas Barauskas 86.715
16Netherlands van der Voort 87.525
16Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 88.206
Germany Max Hopp 97.576Germany Max Hopp 87.044
1Netherlands van Gerwen 99.656
Croatia Pero Ljubić 86.464
9England Aspinall 98.905
8England James Wade 100.996
Germany Steffen Siepmann 88.623Germany Gabriel Clemens 100.584
8England Wade 91.262
Germany Gabriel Clemens 103.936
9England Aspinall 93.856
9England Nathan Aspinall 96.896
England Chris Dobey 84.213Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 90.531
1Netherlands van Gerwen 96.967
Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 86.246
5Austria Suljović 95.301
4Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 97.402
Germany Markus Buffler 73.513Netherlands Martijn Kleermaker 98.736
Netherlands Kleermaker 91.551
Netherlands Martijn Kleermaker 79.596
13England Cross 101.386
13England Rob Cross 95.736
England Adam Hunt 100.896England Adam Hunt 91.735
13England Cross 81.370
Australia Damon Heta 88.181
5Austria Suljović 96.976
5Austria Mensur Suljović 105.436
Germany Kai Gotthardt 94.103England David Evans 94.033
5Austria Suljović 92.156
England David Evans 100.296
12England Hughes 87.485
12England Jamie Hughes 87.936
Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon 96.646Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon 94.095
1Netherlands van Gerwen 92.434
Latvia Madars Razma 94.743
15Portugal de Sousa 105.798
2Wales Gerwyn Price 95.476
England Harry Ward 71.891South Africa Devon Petersen 87.742
2Wales Price 92.873
South Africa Devon Petersen 92.686
15Portugal de Sousa 88.946
15Portugal José de Sousa 82.736
Germany Ricardo Pietreczko 89.656Germany Ricardo Pietreczko 73.530
15Portugal de Sousa 98.096
England Luke Woodhouse 86.681
Lithuania Labanauskas 95.584
7England Dave Chisnall 93.953
Lithuania Darius Labanauskas 87.536Lithuania Darius Labanauskas 91.166
Lithuania Labanauskas 84.746
Germany Michael Unterbuchner 89.514
10England Cullen 79.602
10England Joe Cullen 94.896
Belgium Kim Huybrechts 91.086Belgium Kim Huybrechts 88.013
15Portugal de Sousa 99.607
Scotland John Henderson 84.682
3England White 94.156
3England Ian White 91.896
England Scott Waites 92.526England Scott Waites 89.852
3England White 91.596
England Jason Lowe 96.215
14England Smith 90.562
14England Michael Smith 103.666
Netherlands Derk Telnekes 83.186Netherlands Derk Telnekes 80.140
3England White 89.566
Germany Robert Marijanović 81.103
Netherlands Kuivenhoven 87.634
6Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 91.945
Netherlands Maik Kuivenhoven 89.856Netherlands Maik Kuivenhoven 96.156
Netherlands Kuivenhoven 90.636
Wales Jonathan Worsley 81.304
11England Durrant 90.293
11England Glen Durrant 90.496
Germany Nico Kurz 84.946Germany Nico Kurz 86.933
Switzerland Stefan Bellmont 80.855

References

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  1. ^ Allen, Dave (11 March 2020). "Third European Tour event postponed". PDC. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  2. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".
  3. ^ "2020 European Tour structure confirmed". 19 November 2019.
  4. ^ Allen, Dave (15 October 2020). "2020 European Darts Grand Prix Draw & Schedule". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  5. ^ "European Tour double confirmed for October". Dave Allen, PDC. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.