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2020 Players Championship Finals

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2020 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals
Tournament information
Dates27–29 November 2020
VenueRicoh Arena
LocationCoventry
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£500,000
Winner's share£100,000
High checkout167 England Ryan Meikle
167 England Callan Rydz
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
«2019 2021»

The 2020 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals was the thirteenth edition of the PDC darts tournament, which saw the top 64 players from the Players Championship events of 2020 taking part. The tournament took place from 27–29 November 2020 at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, behind closed doors,[1] as it was announced on 23 September 2020 that the usual venue of Butlin's Resort in Minehead would be unavailable due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Gerwyn Price 11–9 in the 2019 final,[2] and successfully defended his title to win the tournament for a sixth time, with an 11–10 victory over Mervyn King in the final.[3]

Prize money

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The 2020 Players Championship Finals will have a total prize fund of £500,000, the same amount that was available in 2019.[4]

The following is the breakdown of the fund:

Position (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £500,000)
Winner (1) £100,000
Runner-up (1) £50,000
Semi-finalists (2) £25,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £15,000
Last 16  (third round) (8) £10,000
Last 32  (second round) (16) £5,000
Last 64  (first round) (32) £2,500

Qualification

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The top 64 players from the Players Championships Order of Merit qualify, which is solely based on prize money won in the Players Championships events during the season.[5]

On 18 November, it was announced that the Canadian 33rd seed Jeff Smith had withdrawn from the tournament, owing to the tough quarantine restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic in his country, so the next player on the Players Championships Order of Merit, Ryan Meikle became the new 64th seed, with the players ranked 34th-64th all moving up a place.[6]

After the draw was made, Mensur Suljović withdrew due to a family bereavement, so he was directly replaced by Darren Webster in the draw.[7]

The following players had qualified:

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Top 64 in the Players Championship Order of Merit

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01.   Scotland Peter Wright (semi finals)
02.   Wales Gerwyn Price (semi finals)
03.   Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (winner)
04.   England Nathan Aspinall (second round)
05.   Poland Krzysztof Ratajski (first round)
06.   England James Wade (first round)
07.   England Ian White (third round)
08.   England Michael Smith (quarter finals)
09.   Portugal José de Sousa (third round)
10.   England Joe Cullen (quarter finals)
11.   Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan (first round)
12.   Netherlands Danny Noppert (second round)
13.   Australia Damon Heta (quarter finals)
14.   England Glen Durrant (first round)
15.   Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena (second round)
16.   England Ryan Searle (second round)
17.   Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney (first round)
18.   South Africa Devon Petersen (first round)
19.   Austria Mensur Suljović (withdrew)
20.   England Stephen Bunting (first round)
21.   England Dave Chisnall (first round)
22.   England Ryan Joyce (first round)
23.   England Rob Cross (second round)
24.   Netherlands Vincent van der Voort (second round)
25.   Scotland Gary Anderson (second round)
26.   Germany Gabriel Clemens (second round)
27.   Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode (quarter finals)
28.   Latvia Madars Razma (second round)
29.   England Ross Smith (third round)
30.   Wales Jonny Clayton (second round)
31.   England Ricky Evans (first round)
32.   England Adrian Lewis (first round)
33.   Australia Simon Whitlock (second round)
34.   England Jamie Hughes (second round)
35.   Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell (first round)
36.   Belgium Kim Huybrechts (first round)
37.   England Chris Dobey (first round)
38.   Republic of Ireland William O'Connor (first round)
39.   Netherlands Martijn Kleermaker (first round)
40.   England Keegan Brown (first round)
41.   Netherlands Derk Telnekes (first round)
42.   England Jason Lowe (first round)
43.   England Andy Boulton (second round)
44.   England Mervyn King (runner-up)
45.   Scotland Ryan Murray (second round)
46.   Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan (third round)
47.   England Luke Humphries (third round)
48.   England Callan Rydz (third round)
49.   Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh (first round)
50.   Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon (first round)
51.   England Wayne Jones (second round)
52.   Netherlands Maik Kuivenhoven (first round)
53.   England Steve Beaton (first round)
54.   England Luke Woodhouse (third round)
55.   England Adam Hunt (first round)
56.   Belgium Mike De Decker (first round)
57.   Croatia Boris Krčmar (first round)
58.   Scotland William Borland (first round)
59.   Netherlands Niels Zonneveld (second round)
60.   Czech Republic Karel Sedláček (third round)
61.   England Scott Waites (first round)
62.   Lithuania Darius Labanauskas (first round)
63.   Scotland John Henderson (first round)
64.   England Ryan Meikle (first round)
65.   England Darren Webster (Alternate) (first round)

Draw

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There was no draw held, all players were put in a fixed bracket by their seeding positions.[6]

Finals

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Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs)
29 November

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Semi-finals (best of 21 legs)
29 November

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Final (best of 21 legs)
29 November

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1 Scotland Peter Wright 101.87 10
8 England Michael Smith 102.91 6
1 Scotland Peter Wright 84.10 4
44 England Mervyn King 92.45 11
13 Australia Damon Heta 97.63 8
44 England Mervyn King 100.74 10
44 England Mervyn King 99.78 10
3 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 104.98 11
2 Wales Gerwyn Price 96.02 10
10 England Joe Cullen 97.22 9
2 Wales Gerwyn Price 95.07 8
3 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 98.52 11
3 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 110.01 10
27 Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 103.26 5

Top half

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Section 1

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First round (best of 11 legs)
27 November

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Second round (best of 11 legs)
28 November

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Third round (best of 19 legs)
28 November

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Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs)
29 November

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1 Scotland Peter Wright 104.83 6
64 England Ryan Meikle 101.29 5
1 Scotland Peter Wright 102.50 6
33 Australia Simon Whitlock 92.91 1
32 England Adrian Lewis 90.24 4
33 Australia Simon Whitlock 97.36 6
1 Scotland Peter Wright 94.31 10
48 England Callan Rydz 87.12 9
16 England Ryan Searle 100.63 6
49 Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 93.47 2
16 England Ryan Searle 96.96 4
48 England Callan Rydz 99.43 6
17 Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 81.86 2
48 England Callan Rydz 87.11 6
1 Scotland Peter Wright 101.87 10
8 England Michael Smith 102.91 6
8 England Michael Smith 100.18 6
57 Croatia Boris Krčmar 107.79 5
8 England Michael Smith 103.04 6
25 Scotland Gary Anderson 98.30 4
25 Scotland Gary Anderson 89.87 6
40 England Keegan Brown 90.59 4
8 England Michael Smith 101.84 10
9 Portugal José de Sousa 102.96 7
9 Portugal José de Sousa 96.92 6
56 Belgium Mike De Decker 90.81 3
9 Portugal José de Sousa 92.36 6
24 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 92.24 5
24 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 88.73 6
41 Netherlands Derk Telnekes 87.12 2

Section 2

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First round (best of 11 legs)
27 November

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Second round (best of 11 legs)
28 November

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Third round (best of 19 legs)
28 November

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Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs)
29 November

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4 England Nathan Aspinall 92.15 6
61 England Scott Waites 91.82 5
4 England Nathan Aspinall 101.66 3
29 England Ross Smith 99.19 6
29 England Ross Smith 96.29 6
36 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 93.15 1
29 England Ross Smith 92.49 7
13 Australia Damon Heta 96.75 10
13 Australia Damon Heta 97.53 6
52 Netherlands Maik Kuivenhoven 83.01 1
13 Australia Damon Heta 99.34 6
45 Scotland Ryan Murray 90.54 5
20 England Stephen Bunting 89.63 4
45 Scotland Ryan Murray 90.04 6
13 Australia Damon Heta 97.63 8
44 England Mervyn King 100.74 10
5 Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 93.63 4
60 Czech Republic Karel Sedláček 86.36 6
60 Czech Republic Karel Sedláček 87.91 6
28 Latvia Madars Razma 88.62 5
28 Latvia Madars Razma 93.48 6
37 England Chris Dobey 96.32 3
60 Czech Republic Karel Sedláček 92.70 5
44 England Mervyn King 93.55 10
12 Netherlands Danny Noppert 100.07 6
53 England Steve Beaton 92.88 1
12 Netherlands Danny Noppert 85.20 1
44 England Mervyn King 96.39 6
21 England Dave Chisnall 102.10 3
44 England Mervyn King 105.12 6

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round (best of 11 legs)
27 November

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Second round (best of 11 legs)
28 November

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Third round (best of 19 legs)
28 November

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Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs)
29 November

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2 Wales Gerwyn Price 98.09 6
63 Scotland John Henderson 94.91 2
2 Wales Gerwyn Price 99.23 6
34 England Jamie Hughes 98.53 2
31 England Ricky Evans 87.15 2
34 England Jamie Hughes 98.90 6
2 Wales Gerwyn Price 98.38 10
47 England Luke Humphries 91.62 6
15 Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 103.53 6
50 Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon 102.16 1
15 Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 107.12 4
47 England Luke Humphries 107.60 6
18 South Africa Devon Petersen 101.46 3
47 England Luke Humphries 99.65 6
2 Wales Gerwyn Price 96.02 10
10 England Joe Cullen 97.22 9
7 England Ian White 90.62 6
58 Scotland William Borland 89.42 4
7 England Ian White 104.75 6
26 Germany Gabriel Clemens 98.53 3
26 Germany Gabriel Clemens 97.38 6
39 Netherlands Martijn Kleermaker 96.90 5
7 England Ian White 99.37 8
10 England Joe Cullen 98.53 10
10 England Joe Cullen 95.45 6
55 England Adam Hunt 87.74 3
10 England Joe Cullen 90.12 6
23 England Rob Cross 86.66 5
23 England Rob Cross 98.34 6
42 England Jason Lowe 94.15 3

Section 4

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First round (best of 11 legs)
27 November

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Second round (best of 11 legs)
28 November

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Third round (best of 19 legs)
28 November

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Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs)
29 November

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3 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 103.34 6
62 Lithuania Darius Labanauskas 90.38 3
3 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 100.63 6
30 Wales Jonny Clayton 98.15 4
30 Wales Jonny Clayton 101.28 6
35 Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell 92.49 2
3 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 96.33 10
46 Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 91.04 7
14 England Glen Durrant 95.65 3
51 England Wayne Jones 100.13 6
51 England Wayne Jones 93.26 4
46 Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 100.23 6
Alt England Darren Webster 85.77 3
46 Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 100.25 6
3 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 110.01 10
27 Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 103.26 5
6 England James Wade 93.43 3
59 Netherlands Niels Zonneveld 94.41 6
59 Netherlands Niels Zonneveld 92.80 1
27 Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 92.70 6
27 Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 101.16 6
38 Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 102.85 4
27 Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 99.55 10
54 England Luke Woodhouse 85.98 1
11 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 97.71 4
54 England Luke Woodhouse 99.04 6
54 England Luke Woodhouse 94.32 6
43 England Andy Boulton 95.92 4
22 England Ryan Joyce 93.19 4
43 England Andy Boulton 94.57 6

References

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  1. ^ Phillips, Josh. "Ricoh Arena to host three further TV events & Winter Series". PDC. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. ^ Allen, Dave (24 November 2019). "Brilliant Van Gerwen's Minehead Glory". PDC. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Sixth Players Championship Finals title for Van Gerwen". PDC. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  4. ^ Allen, Dave. "Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals". PDC. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Players Championship Order of Merit". PDC. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  6. ^ a b Allen, Dave (18 November 2020). "2020 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals draw confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  7. ^ Allen, Dave (24 November 2020). "Webster replaces Suljovic for Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals". PDC. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g "2020 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals: Day Three". PDC. 29 November 2020.
  9. ^ a b c d "2020 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals: Day One". PDC. 27 November 2020.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h "2020 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals: Day Two". PDC. 28 November 2020.