2020 European Darts Grand Prix

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.

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

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

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

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
  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)
                                                         
Mervyn King 99.15 6     1 Michael van Gerwen 94.78 6  
Mindaugas Barauskas 86.71 5     Mervyn King 88.01 1  
  1 van Gerwen 89.01 6  
  16 van der Voort 87.52 5  
Max Hopp 97.57 6 16 Vincent van der Voort 88.20 6
Pero Ljubić 86.46 4     Max Hopp 87.04 4  
  1 van Gerwen 99.65 6  
  9 Aspinall 98.90 5  
Steffen Siepmann 88.62 3     8 James Wade 100.99 6  
Gabriel Clemens 103.93 6     Gabriel Clemens 100.58 4  
  8 Wade 91.26 2
  9 Aspinall 93.85 6  
Chris Dobey 84.21 3 9 Nathan Aspinall 96.89 6
William O'Connor 86.24 6     William O'Connor 90.53 1  
  1 van Gerwen 96.96 7  
  5 Suljović 95.30 1  
Markus Buffler 73.51 3     4 Krzysztof Ratajski 97.40 2  
Martijn Kleermaker 79.59 6     Martijn Kleermaker 98.73 6  
  Kleermaker 91.55 1
  13 Cross 101.38 6  
Adam Hunt 100.89 6 13 Rob Cross 95.73 6
Damon Heta 88.18 1     Adam Hunt 91.73 5  
  13 Cross 81.37 0
  5 Suljović 96.97 6  
Kai Gotthardt 94.10 3     5 Mensur Suljović 105.43 6  
David Evans 100.29 6     David Evans 94.03 3  
  5 Suljović 92.15 6
  12 Hughes 87.48 5  
Steve Lennon 96.64 6 12 Jamie Hughes 87.93 6
Madars Razma 94.74 3     Steve Lennon 94.09 5  
1 van Gerwen 92.43 4
15 de Sousa 105.79 8
Harry Ward 71.89 1     2 Gerwyn Price 95.47 6  
Devon Petersen 92.68 6     Devon Petersen 87.74 2  
  2 Price 92.87 3  
  15 de Sousa 88.94 6  
Ricardo Pietreczko 89.65 6 15 José de Sousa 82.73 6
Luke Woodhouse 86.68 1     Ricardo Pietreczko 73.53 0  
  15 de Sousa 98.09 6  
  Labanauskas 95.58 4  
Darius Labanauskas 87.53 6     7 Dave Chisnall 93.95 3  
Michael Unterbuchner 89.51 4     Darius Labanauskas 91.16 6  
  Labanauskas 84.74 6
  10 Cullen 79.60 2  
Kim Huybrechts 91.08 6 10 Joe Cullen 94.89 6
John Henderson 84.68 2     Kim Huybrechts 88.01 3  
  15 de Sousa 99.60 7
  3 White 94.15 6  
Scott Waites 92.52 6     3 Ian White 91.89 6  
Jason Lowe 96.21 5     Scott Waites 89.85 2  
  3 White 91.59 6
  14 Smith 90.56 2  
Derk Telnekes 83.18 6 14 Michael Smith 103.66 6
Robert Marijanović 81.10 3     Derk Telnekes 80.14 0  
  3 White 89.56 6
  Kuivenhoven 87.63 4  
Maik Kuivenhoven 89.85 6     6 Daryl Gurney 91.94 5  
Jonathan Worsley 81.30 4     Maik Kuivenhoven 96.15 6  
  Kuivenhoven 90.63 6
  11 Durrant 90.29 3  
Nico Kurz 84.94 6 11 Glen Durrant 90.49 6
Stefan Bellmont 80.85 5     Nico Kurz 86.93 3  

References
  1. Allen, Dave. "Third European Tour event postponed". PDC. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  2. https://www.pdc.tv/pdc-order-merit-rules
  3. https://www.pdc.tv/news/2019/11/19/2020-european-tour-structure-confirmed
  4. Allen, Dave. "2020 European Darts Grand Prix Draw & Schedule". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  5. "European Tour double confirmed for October". Dave Allen, PDC. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
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