2020 German Darts Championship

2020 German Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	25–27 September 2020
Venue	Halle 39
Location	Hildesheim
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£140,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Mervyn King (Second round)
Champion(s)
Devon Petersen
«Event 1 Event 3»

The 2020 German Darts Championship was a PDC European Tour event on the 2020 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner. It was the second event on the 2020 European Tour.

Daryl Gurney was the defending champion after defeating Ricky Evans 8–6 in the final of the 2019 tournament, but he lost 6–2 to Danny Noppert in the quarter-finals.

Devon Petersen won his first PDC title, beating Jonny Clayton 8–3 in the final, which also meant he became the first player from Africa to win a PDC ranking title outside of Africa.

Prize money[]

This is how the prize money is divided, with the prize money being unchanged from the 2019 European Tour:^[1]

• 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 tournament used the qualifiers from the 2020 European Darts Grand Prix, which was planned to be held in March as the second tournament of the 2020 tour but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

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

The remaining 32 places go 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 24 September), two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 24 September), 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 Pro Tour Order of Merit on the cut-off date of 4 February also qualified.

From 2020, all Tour Card holders will enter into one qualifier instead of two separate ones for the UK and Europe. For this tournament, Daniel Larsson qualified as the Nordic & Baltic qualifier, even though he won a PDC Tour Card at 2020 Q-School, as this was due to the qualifying event taking place before Q-School.

Niels Zonneveld & Simon Stevenson withdrew prior to the draw and were replaced with additional Host Nation Qualifiers.^[4]

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw[]

	First round (best of 11 legs) 25 September					Second round (best of 11 legs) 26 September					Third round (best of 11 legs) 27 September					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 27 September					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 27 September					Final (best of 15 legs) 27 September
		Boris Koltsov 84.92	2			1	Michael van Gerwen 99.85	6
		Steve Lennon 90.14	6				Steve Lennon 86.69	2
											1	van Gerwen 89.61	1
												King 100.21	6
		Steffen Siepmann 78.00	1	16	Jermaine Wattimena 92.86	2
		Mervyn King 93.70	6				Mervyn King 103.83	6
																	King 99.78	6
															9	Wade 87.55	2
		Franz Rötzsch 91.42	5			8	Mensur Suljović 96.27	6
		Jeff Smith 89.03	6				Jeff Smith 96.34	4
											8	Suljović 96.06	1
											9	Wade 103.21	6
		Jason Lowe 100.15	4	9	James Wade 94.60	6
		Nico Kurz 97.57	6				Nico Kurz 93.66	2
																						King 90.13	3
																					13	Clayton 97.69	7
		Michael Smith 95.04	6			4	Peter Wright 106.76	6
		Alan Tabern 82.73	2				Michael Smith 97.35	3
											4	Wright 101.27	3
											13	Clayton 95.95	6
		Chris Dobey 93.97	6	13	Jonny Clayton 99.95	6
		Ryan Murray 92.27	3				Chris Dobey 95.13	4
																13	Clayton 103.86	6
															5	Chisnall 102.93	5
		Lukas Wenig 84.59	6			5	Dave Chisnall 108.65	6
		Cody Harris 80.58	4				Lukas Wenig 82.37	0
											5	Chisnall 102.30	6
											12	Aspinall 98.05	3
		Ronny Huybrechts 91.22	4	12	Nathan Aspinall 97.46	6
		Dragutin Horvat 94.58	6				Dragutin Horvat 92.18	2
																										13	Clayton 91.43	3
																											Petersen 102.75	8
		Reece Robinson 88.30	2			2	Ian White 89.90	4
		Max Hopp 92.95	6				Max Hopp 90.99	6
												Hopp 90.74	4
												Noppert 96.91	6
		Danny Noppert 102.57	6	15	Adrian Lewis 96.48	2
		Josh Payne 92.89	2				Danny Noppert 101.20	6
																	Noppert 99.36	6
															7	Gurney 93.55	2
		Steve West 86.02	1			7	Daryl Gurney 87.96	6
		Gabriel Clemens 89.56	6				Gabriel Clemens 83.62	1
											7	Gurney 98.72	6
											10	Durrant 97.14	4
		Scott Waites 93.66	6	10	Glen Durrant 96.16	6
		Darren Penhall 90.35	3				Scott Waites 92.63	3
																						Noppert 94.57	4
																						Petersen 100.75	7
		Jeffrey de Zwaan 83.75	3			3	Gerwyn Price 98.57	5
		Devon Petersen 94.57	6				Devon Petersen 102.60	6
												Petersen 100.46	6
											14	Cross 96.45	5
		Daniel Larsson 82.89	1	14	Rob Cross 96.53	6
		William O'Connor 97.21	6				William O'Connor 90.36	3
																	Petersen 99.79	6
															6	Ratajski 91.18	3
		Ron Meulenkamp 89.23	5			6	Krzysztof Ratajski 97.82	6
		Richard North 94.93	6				Richard North 87.47	2
											6	Ratajski 106.92	6
											11	Cullen 96.00	2
		Steve Brown 86.08	3	11	Joe Cullen 94.78	6
		Adam Hunt 91.05	6				Adam Hunt 91.76	4

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