2020 European Darts Grand Prix

2020 European Darts Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates	16–18 October 2020
Venue	Glaspalast
Location	Sindelfingen
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£140,000 ($164,992)
Winner's share	£25,000 ($29,462)
High checkout	170 Joe Cullen 170 Maik Kuivenhoven 170 Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
José de Sousa
«Event 2 Event 4»

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.

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]

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

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