2020 PDC Home Tour
The 2020 Unibet Home Tour was a special tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for players to play indoor tournaments at their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
| 2020 Unibet Home Tour | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 17 April–18 May 2020 | ||
| Location | Various | ||
| Country | Various | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Nine-dart finish |  Luke Woodhouse | ||
| High checkout | 170 .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Simon Whitlock (Group 11)  Kai Fan Leung (Group 14) Keegan Brown (Group 31) | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Nathan Aspinall | |||
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It began on 17 April 2020, and ended on 18 May 2020, with the 2020 PDC Home Tour Play-Offs following on afterwards. The tournament was open to all players who had a PDC Tour Card in 2020.[1]
The winner was awarded a place in the 2020 Grand Slam of Darts.
Luke Woodhouse hit a nine-darter in his Group 2 match with Gerwyn Price.
Format
Beginning on 17 April 2020, four Tour Card players would play against each other over the course of an evening, with the winner of each night going into a last 32 stage, beginning on 26 May 2020.[2]
In the first phase, each match will be a best of 9 legs match, with the winner of each match getting two points on the table. Should there be a tie on points after all the matches, the leg difference will determine the winner, should that also be equal, the result between the two players is taken into account. Should there be a three-way tie for first place, the overall average of the players will then be taken into account.
In the second phase taking place between 26 May and 2 June, the 32 winners will again be put into groups of four, where all players will play each other over one night, but each match is now a best of 11 legs match, but all other rules being the same. The eight winners in the second phase will then move into a semi-final group stage taking place on 3 & 4 June, with the top two in each group moving forward to the Championship Group stage, where the winner will become the champion.
Players opting to not take part were Michael Van Gerwen, Daryl Gurney, Mensur Suljovic, Adrian Lewis, Jeffrey De Zwaan, Mervyn King, Steve West, Vincent Van Der Voort, Brendan Dolan, William O'Connor, Steve Lennon, Josh Payne, Benito Van Der Pas, Mark McGeeney, Madas Razma, Marko Kentele, Yordi Meeuwisse, Barrie Bates, Michael Barnard, Jason Lowe, Aaron Beeney, Stefan Siepmann, Wesley Harms, Derk Telnekes, Boris Krcmar, Darren Penhall, Wayne Jones.
Darts At Home
Whilst the format was being finalised, there were 2 weeks of matches under the banner Darts At Home, which followed the same rules as the new PDC Home Tour, although the first week featured 5 players (in best-of-7 leg matches), as opposed to the 4 (in best-of-9 leg matches) which was then adopted later on.
All matches first to 4 (best-of-7 legs)
NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/− = Plus/Minus Record, in relation to legs; Avg = Three-Dart average in group matches; Pts = Group Points
Week 1 – 1 April
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All matches first to 5 (best-of-9 legs)
NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/− = Plus/Minus Record, in relation to legs; Avg = Three-Dart average in group matches; Pts = Group Points
Week 2 – 8 April
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Phase One
All matches first to 5 (best-of-9 legs)
NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/− = Plus/Minus Record, in relation to legs; Avg = Three-Dart average in group matches; Pts = Group Points
Group 1 – 17 April
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Group 2 – 18 April
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Group 3 – 19 April
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Group 4 – 20 April
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Group 5 – 21 April
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Group 6 – 22 April
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Group 7 – 23 April
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Group 8 – 24 April
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Group 9 – 25 April
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Group 10 – 26 April
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Group 11 – 27 April
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Group 12 – 28 April
Keegan Brown was also due to play in Group 12, but suffered Internet issues and had to be eliminated. It meant the result from the only game he played, a 5–3 defeat to Conan Whitehead, was voided, with the group becoming a three-man round robin, each player playing each other twice.
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Group 13 – 29 April
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Group 14 – 30 April
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Group 15 – 1 May
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Group 16 – 2 May
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Group 17 – 3 May
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Group 18 – 4 May
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Group 19 – 5 May
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Group 20 – 6 May
Jeffrey de Zwaan was due to play in Group 20, but suffered a shoulder injury and was therefore replaced by Jermaine Wattimena.
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Group 21 – 7 May
Derk Telnekes was due to play in Group 21, but had to withdraw for family reasons, and was replaced by Karel Sedláček.
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Group 22 – 8 May
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Group 23 – 9 May
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Group 24 – 10 May
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Group 25 – 11 May
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Group 26 – 12 May
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Group 27 – 13 May
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Group 28 – 14 May
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Group 29 – 15 May
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Group 30 – 16 May
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Group 31 – 17 May
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Group 32 – 18 May
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Play-Off Phase
In the play-offs phase taking place between 26 May and 2 June, the 32 winners will again be put into groups of four, where all players will play each other over one night, but each match is now a best of 11 legs match, but all other rules being the same. The eight winners in the second phase will then move into a semi-final group stage taking place on 3 & 4 June, with the top two in each group moving forward to the Championship Group stage, where the winner will become the champion.