2020 Tipsport Premier League
2020 Tipsport Premier League is an ongoing darts tournament - the first edition in its history. The tournament was inspired by Premier League Darts, which is organized by the professional darts organisation, PDC. The idea to play this tournament was created during the world-wide pandemic of COVID-19. The meaning of the competition is, apart from the fight against the coronavirus, also an introduction of more Czech players to the general public. For players it is a great opportunity to practice and compete during this hard time and to gain much needed experience for future years of their careers.[1] The winner of the first edition was Vítězslav Sedlák, who defeated in the final 10 - 6 Alexander Mašek.
| 2020 Tipsport Premier League |
|---|
 |
| Winner |
| Vítězslav Sedlák |
| Runner-up |
| Alexander Mašek |
| Score |
| 10 - 6 |
| Dates |
| 7 April to 28 May 2020 |
| Edition |
| 1st |
| Number of players |
| 10 |
| Rounds |
| 16 |
| Number of 180s overall |
| 185 |
| Highest Checkout |
 Daniel Barbořák 170 |
| 2020 | 2021 > |
Format
The format of the tournament is very similar to Premier League Darts, which is organised by the PDC. The main difference is the absence of a draw, each match has a winner and a loser. Each match starts with a bulls-eye shootout, which decides who will start the match. The first player to throw on the bulls-eye is the one that is listed as the first in the schedule. Values of the shootout are: 50 - the red middle; 25 - the green middle; outside. If both players score the same value, the shootout continues in the reversed order until the decision.
Phase 1: In the first phase of the competition (9 rounds), ten players play each other. Phase 1 matches have a maximum of eleven legs, allowing for the winner being first to six. At the end of Phase 1, the two bottom players are eliminated from the competition.
Phase 2: In the second phase of the competition (7 rounds), eight remaining players play again each other. Phase 2 matches have a maximum of thirteen legs, allowing for the winner being first to seven. At the end of Phase 2, the bottom four players in the league table are eliminated from the competition. The first four players in the league table qualify for the Play-off.
Play-off: The top four players in the league table contest the two knockout semi-finals with 1st playing 4th and 2nd playing 3rd. The semi-finals are first to 10 legs (best of 19). The two winning semi-finalists meet in the final which is also best of 19.
Venues
Due to the coronavirus outbreak and regulations from the government of the Czech Republic, all players will play from their home. All players have a webcam prepared in their home environment, through which it is possible to watch every thrown dart. After each throw, players announce their score. Viewers see both dartboards at the same time, along with the scoreboard which is powered by DartConnect.
Prize money
The first edition of the tournament does not include any prize money for players. On the contrary, the tournament has a charity meaning. For every thrown "180", the official partner of 2020 Tipsport Premier League, the company Tipsport, donates 500 CZK for purchase of medical equipment (face masks, ventilators etc.) for the fight against the coronavirus.[2]
Players
For the first edition of Tipsport Premier League, 10 players have been chosen in advance including the former PDC World Youth Championship runner-up and JDC World Darts Championship runner-up, Adam Gawlas and the former PDC World Cup of Darts national team member, Pavel Jirkal. Other players have experience from international tournaments and are the best players in Czech Republic. The current Czech number one, Karel Sedláček, though invited, could not compete due to the contract obligations to PDC.[3]
| Player |
|---|
 Daniel Barbořák |
 Adam Gawlas |
 Pavel Jirkal |
 Ondřej Kysilka |
 Alexander Mašek |
 Michal Ondo |
 David Písek |
 David Rosí |
 Vítězslav Sedlák |
 Michal Šmejda |
League stage
7. April - round 1 (phase 1)
(best of 11 legs)
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pavel Jirkal 69.10 | 5 – 6 | Michal Šmejda 76.30 |
| David Rosí 63.40 | 0 – 6 | David Písek 76.40 |
| Ondřej Kysilka 78.80 | 2 – 6 | Adam Gawlas 80.30 |
| Michal Ondo 72.60 | 3 – 6 | Vítězslav Sedlák 80.30 |
| Daniel Barbořák 82.90 | 6 – 2 | Alexander Mašek 84.90 |
| Night's Average: 76.50 | ||
| Highest Checkout: David Písek 112 | ||
| Most 180s: David Písek, Adam Gawlas and Ondřej Kysilka: 2 | ||
| Night's 180s: 8 | ||
8. April- round 2 (phase 1)
(best of 11 legs)
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Mašek 83.50 | 6 – 5 | Michal Ondo 82.70 |
| Daniel Barbořák 73.50 | 3 – 6 | Adam Gawlas 84.90 |
| Michal Šmejda 74.50 | 6 – 0 | David Rosí 64.60 |
| Vítězslav Sedlák 84.20 | 6 – 4 | Pavel Jirkal 82.10 |
| David Písek 79.70 | 2 – 6 | Ondřej Kysilka 78.70 |
| Night's Average: 78.84 | ||
| Highest Checkout: Pavel Jirkal 113 | ||
| Most 180s: Ondřej Kysilka 2 | ||
| Night's 180s: 7 | ||
9. April - round 3 (phase 1)
(best of 11 legs)
| Score [4] | ||
|---|---|---|
| David Rosí 69.70 | 2 – 6 | Daniel Barbořák 76.30 |
| Ondřej Kysilka 81.80 | 6 – 3 | Alexander Mašek 77.70 |
| Pavel Jirkal 81.20 | 6 – 2 | Michal Ondo 71.70 |
| Adam Gawlas 92.60 | 6 – 2 | Michal Šmejda 82.30 |
| David Písek 81.20 | 6 – 4 | Vítězslav Sedlák 82.70 |
| Night's Average: 79.72 | ||
| Highest Checkout: Michal Ondo 122 | ||
| Most 180s: Alexander Mašek 4 | ||
| Night's 180s: 10 | ||
15. April - round 4 (phase 1)
(best of 11 legs)
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Michal Šmejda 81.20 | 6 – 0 | Alexander Mašek 77.80 |
| David Rosí 74.50 | 6 – 5 | Pavel Jirkal 80.20 |
| Ondřej Kysilka 82.80 | 4 – 6 | Michal Ondo 78.30 |
| David Písek 79.00 | 2 – 6 | Daniel Barbořák 86.60 |
| Adam Gawlas 87.90 | 2 – 6 | Vítězslav Sedlák 85.40 |
| Night's Average: 81.37 | ||
| Highest Checkout: Vítězslav Sedlák 122 | ||
| Most 180s: Alexander Mašek, David Rosí, Daniel Barbořák, Adam Gawlas and Vítězslav Sedlák 2 | ||
| Night's 180s: 10 | ||
16. April - round 5 (phase 1)
(best of 11 legs)
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ondřej Kysilka 73.30 | 6 – 4 | David Rosí 68.20 |
| Michal Šmejda 71.80 | 5 – 6 | Michal Ondo 75.50 |
| Adam Gawlas 83.30 | 4 – 6 | Alexander Mašek 82.40 |
| David Písek 89.70 | 6 – 2 | Pavel Jirkal 75.50 |
| Vítězslav Sedlák 77.80 | 4 – 6 | Daniel Barbořák 73.60 |
| Night's Average: 77.11 | ||
| Highest Checkout: David Písek 129 | ||
| Most 180s: David Písek 3 | ||
| Night's 180s: 7 | ||
22. April - round 6 (phase 1)
(best of 11 legs)
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Michal Ondo 72.60 | 6 – 5 | David Písek 77.80 |
| David Rosí 83.70 | 1 – 6 | Adam Gawlas 87.30 |
| Pavel Jirkal 77.20 | 4 – 6 | Ondřej Kysilka 77.30 |
| Alexander Mašek 88.50 | 6 – 4 | Vítězslav Sedlák 83.60 |
| Daniel Barbořák 98.00 | 6 – 0 | Michal Šmejda 77.30 |
| Night's Average: 82.33 | ||
| Highest Checkout: Daniel Barbořák 170 | ||
| Most 180s: David Písek and Vítězslav Sedlák 3 | ||
| Night's 180s: 9 | ||
23. April - round 7 (phase 1)
(best of 11 legs)
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pavel Jirkal 70.80 | 4 – 6 | Alexander Mašek 70.80 |
| Michal Ondo 75.20 | 1 – 6 | Daniel Barbořák 79.80 |
| Ondřej Kysilka 78.30 | 4 – 6 | Michal Šmejda 83.30 |
| Adam Gawlas 87.00 | 6 – 5 | David Písek 80.30 |
| David Rosí 62.50 | 1 – 6 | Vítězslav Sedlák 67.50 |
| Night's Average: 75.55 | ||
| Highest Checkout: Pavel Jirkal and Ondřej Kysilka 145 | ||
| Most 180s: Adam Gawlas 2 | ||
| Night's 180s: 6 | ||
29. April - round 8 (phase 1)
(best of 11 legs)
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Michal Ondo 79.50 | 6 – 3 | David Rosí 67.20 |
| Alexander Mašek 77.90 | 6 – 5 | David Písek 79.30 |
| Adam Gawlas 76.80 | 6 – 1 | Pavel Jirkal 73.40 |
| Daniel Barbořák 85.70 | 6 – 4 | Ondřej Kysilka 81.30 |
| Vítězslav Sedlák 94.20 | 6 – 4 | Michal Šmejda 91.30 |
| Night's Average: 80.66 | ||
| Highest Checkout: Ondřej Kysilka 133 | ||
| Most 180s: David Písek 3 | ||
| Night's 180s: 9 | ||
30. April - round 9 (phase 1)
(best of 11 legs)
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Michal Šmejda 75.50 | 1 – 6 | David Písek 83.80 |
| Alexander Mašek 74.10 | 6 – 2 | David Rosí 63.00 |
| Michal Ondo 84.00 | 6 – 4 | Adam Gawlas 83.10 |
| Vítězslav Sedlák 76.60 | 3 – 6 | Ondřej Kysilka 78.10 |
| Daniel Barbořák 78.60 | 4 – 6 | Pavel Jirkal 77.40 |
| Night's Average: 77.42 | ||
| Highest Checkout: Pavel Jirkal 147 | ||
| Most 180s: David Písek 3 | ||
| Night's 180s: 8 | ||
6. May - round 10 (phase 2)
(best of 13 legs)
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ondřej Kysilka 80.40 | 5 – 7 | Alexander Mašek 83.00 |
| Daniel Barbořák 79.20 | 7 – 6 | Michal Ondo 78.50 |
| Michal Šmejda 82.00 | 5 – 7 | David Písek 82.40 |
| Adam Gawlas 84.10 | 6 – 7 | Vítězslav Sedlák 89.40 |
| Night's Average: 82.38 | ||
| Highest Checkout: David Písek 118 | ||
| Most 180s: Vítězslav Sedlák 7 | ||
| Night's 180s: 18 | ||
7. May - round 11 (phase 2)
(best of 13 legs)
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Adam Gawlas 84.00 | 7 – 5 | David Písek 87.40 |
| Michal Šmejda 74.50 | 7 – 4 | Daniel Barbořák 74.50 |
| Alexander Mašek 84.10 | 7 – 6 | Vítězslav Sedlák 87.40 |
| Michal Ondo 79.30 | 6 – 7 | Ondřej Kysilka 80.60 |
| Night's Average: 81.20 | ||
| Highest Checkout: Adam Gawlas 123 | ||
| Most 180s: David Písek 4 | ||
| Night's 180s: 11 | ||
13. May - round 12 (phase 2)
(best of 13 legs)
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ondřej Kysilka 82.40 | 5 – 7 | Vítězslav Sedlák 84.10 |
| Michal Šmejda 70.20 | 7 – 2 | Michal Ondo 69.10 |
| David Písek 78.60 | 4 – 7 | Alexander Mašek 87.00 |
| Adam Gawlas 94.90 | 7 – 1 | Daniel Barbořák 81.30 |
| Night's Average: 80.95 | ||
| Highest Checkout: Vítězslav Sedlák 127 | ||
| Most 180s: Ondřej Kysilka and Adam Gawlas 4 | ||
| Night's 180s: 13 | ||
14. May - round 13 (phase 2)
(best of 13 legs)
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Adam Gawlas 84.20 | 7 – 5 | Michal Ondo 77.90 |
| Ondřej Kysilka 76.50 | 3 – 7 | Michal Šmejda 75.10 |
| Vítězslav Sedlák 83.90 | 7 – 3 | David Písek 86.50 |
| Alexander Mašek 86.50 | 5 – 7 | Daniel Barbořák 83.40 |
| Night's Average: 81.75 | ||
| Highest Checkout: Adam Gawlas 110 | ||
| Most 180s: Alexander Mašek 3 | ||
| Night's 180s: 9 | ||
20. May - round 14 (phase 2)
(best of 13 legs)
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Vítězslav Sedlák 90.70 | 7 – 4 | Daniel Barbořák 82.20 |
| Adam Gawlas 89.90 | 7 – 0 | Michal Šmejda 82.80 |
| David Písek 83.00 | 7 – 3 | Ondřej Kysilka 77.90 |
| Alexander Mašek 95.50 | 7 – 1 | Michal Ondo 86.00 |
| Night's Average: 86.00 | ||
| Highest Checkout: Daniel Barbořák 156 | ||
| Most 180s: Vítězslav Sedlák, Adam Gawlas, David Písek and Alexander Mašek 3 | ||
| Night's 180s: 15 | ||
21. May - round 15 (phase 2)
(best of 13 legs)
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Michal Šmejda 86.40 | 7 – 5 | Alexander Mašek 89.00 |
| Daniel Barbořák 85.30 | 4 – 7 | David Písek 87.20 |
| Vítězslav Sedlák 84.50 | 7 – 2 | Michal Ondo 73.30 |
| Ondřej Kysilka 81.70 | 4 – 7 | Adam Gawlas 85.20 |
| Night's Average: 84.08 | ||
| Highest Checkout: Michal Šmejda 132 | ||
| Most 180s: Alexander Mašek and David Písek 3 | ||
| Night's 180s: 13 | ||
27. May - round 16 (phase 2)
(best of 13 legs)
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Michal Ondo 70.90 | 2 – 7 | David Písek 82.90 |
| Vítězslav Sedlák 89.00 | 7 – 5 | Michal Šmejda 77.10 |
| Daniel Barbořák 81.20 | 7 – 1 | Ondřej Kysilka 71.90 |
| Alexander Mašek 79.00 | 4 – 7 | Adam Gawlas 82.30 |
| Night's Average: 79.29 | ||
| Highest Checkout: Michal Šmejda 160 | ||
| Most 180s: Vítězslav Sedlák 4 | ||
| Night's 180s: 13 | ||
Playoff - 28. May
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Semifinals (best of 19) | ||
| Adam Gawlas 81.80 | 8 – 10 | Alexander Mašek 81.50 |
| Vítězslav Sedlák 86.00 | 10 – 4 | Daniel Barbořák 77.00 |
| Final (best of 19) | ||
| Alexander Mašek 82.40 | 6 – 10 | Vítězslav Sedlák 87.00 |
| Night's Total Average 82.62 | ||
| Highest Checkout: Alexander Mašek 101 | ||
| Most 180s: Vítězslav Sedlák 7 | ||
| Night's 180s: 19 | ||
Table and streaks
Table
After the first nine rounds in phase 1, the two bottom players in the table are eliminated. In phase 2, the eight remaining players play in a single match on each of the seven nights. The top four players then compete in the knockout semi-finals and final on the playoff night.
One point is awarded for a win, zero points for a loss. When players are tied on points, the following rules are applied:
- Points difference (one point is awarded for a win)
- Leg difference
- Number of legs won against the throw
- The highest average in a match
- 9 darts shootout
| # | Name | Pts | Matches | Legs | Statistics | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | L | LF | LA | +/- | LWAT | 100+ | 140+ | 180s | A | HC | C% | |||
| 1 | Adam Gawlas Q |
12 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 94 | 58 | +36 | 35 | 188 | 80 | 25 | 85.14 | 123 | 34.96 |
| 2 | Vítězslav Sedlák Q |
11 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 93 | 70 | +23 | 36 | 210 | 97 | 27 | 83.98 | 127 | 27.51 |
| 3 | Daniel Barbořák Q |
10 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 81 | 67 | +14 | 33 | 169 | 68 | 14 | 80.73 | 170 | 32.65 |
| 4 | Alexander Mašek Q |
10 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 83 | 79 | +4 | 31 | 212 | 117 | 24 | 82.42 | 101 | 28.42 |
| 5 | David Písek E |
8 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 83 | 72 | +11 | 28 | 175 | 74 | 33 | 82.04 | 129 | 34.44 |
| 6 | Michal Šmejda E |
8 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 74 | 74 | 0 | 28 | 169 | 77 | 8 | 78.54 | 160 | 30.58 |
| 7 | Ondřej Kysilka E |
6 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 72 | 88 | -16 | 31 | 162 | 85 | 21 | 78.95 | 145 | 25.71 |
| 8 | Michal Ondo E |
5 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 65 | 94 | -29 | 24 | 177 | 58 | 8 | 76.76 | 132 | 26.21 |
| 9 | Pavel Jirkal E |
2 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 46 | -9 | 15 | 121 | 38 | 3 | 76.08 | 147 | 28.68 |
| 10 | David Rosí E |
1 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 53 | -34 | 8 | 71 | 22 | 3 | 68.41 | 120 | 18.81 |
(Q) = Qualified For The Playoffs ; (E) = Eliminated From Playoff Contention
Streaks
| Player | Phase 1, Rd 1 to 9 | Phase 2, Rd 10 to 16 | Playoff | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | SF | F | |||
| Adam Gawlas |
W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | – | ||
| Vítězslav Sedlák |
W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | ||
| Daniel Barbořák |
W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | – | ||
| Alexander Mašek |
L | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | ||
| David Písek |
W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | – | |||
| Michal Šmejda |
W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | – | |||
| Ondřej Kysilka |
L | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | – | |||
| Michal Ondo |
L | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | – | |||
| Pavel Jirkal |
L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | – | – | |||||||||
| David Rosí |
L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | – | – | |||||||||
Positions by Round
| Player | Phase 1, Rd 1 to 9 | Phase 2, Rd 10 to 16 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||
| Adam Gawlas |
2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Vítězslav Sedlák |
4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Daniel Barbořák |
3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| Alexander Mašek |
9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| David Písek |
1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | |
| Michal Šmejda |
5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |
| Ondřej Kysilka |
8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
| Michal Ondo |
7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
| Pavel Jirkal |
6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | – | |||||||
| David Rosí |
10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | – | |||||||
References
- https://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/ostatni-dalsi-sporty-sipky/377640/sipky-i-v-dobe-koronaviru-startuje-ceska-obdoba-premier-league.html
- https://www.irozhlas.cz/sport/ostatni-sporty/sipky-virtualni-serie-ceska-premier-league-pres-internet_2004030830_wei
- https://sport.tn.nova.cz/clanek/ceske-sipky-spousti-svou-premier-league-zacina-se-uz-pristi-tyden.html
- https://dartsplanet.tv/czech-premier-league-18-year-old-gawlas-remains-unbeaten-after-opening-week/?fbclid=IwAR1kuwNvuVMxMDpdNcLymvUCY1OVHWeCPAtWCvIghIROQDQl_de2Y2vFIJc