2020 International Darts Open
| 2020 International Darts Open | |
|---|---|
| Tournament information | |
| Dates | 23–25 October 2020 |
| Venue | SACHSENarena |
| Location | Riesa |
| Country | Germany |
| Organisation(s) | PDC |
| Format | Legs |
| Prize fund | 140,000ドル |
| Winner's share | 25,000ドル |
| High checkout | 170 Poland Tytus Kanik England James Wade Germany Franz Rötzsch |
| Champion(s) | |
| England Joe Cullen | |
The 2020 International Darts Open was the fourth and final PDC European Tour event on the 2020 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the SACHSENarena, Riesa, Germany from 23–25 October 2020. It featured a field of 48 players and 140,000ドル in prize money, with 25,000ドル going to the winner.
Gerwyn Price was the defending champion after defeating Rob Cross 8–6 in the final of the 2019 tournament. However, he was beaten 6–5 by Ross Smith in the second round.
Joe Cullen won his second European Tour title and fourth PDC title in all by defeating Michael van Gerwen 8–5 in the final, which also secured his place as the number 1 seed for the European Championship. It was the same scoreline against the same player as at his first ET title in Mannheim.
The tournament was postponed from its original date in early 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.
Prize money
[edit ]This is how the prize money is divided, with the prize money being unchanged from the 2019 European Tour:[1]
| Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | (1) | 25,000ドル |
| Runner-up | (1) | 10,000ドル |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | 6,500ドル |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | 5,000ドル |
| Third round losers | (8) | 3,000ドル |
| Second round losers | (16) | 2,000ドル* |
| First round losers | (16) | 1,000ドル* |
| Total | 140,000ドル | |
- 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
[edit ]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.[2]
The remaining 32 places went to players from four qualifying events and to two invitees – 23 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 14 February), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 15 October), three from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 22 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.
Kyle Anderson, Peter Wright, Dirk van Duijvenbode and Ryan Murray withdrew, while Niels Zonneveld and Glen Durrant pulled out because of contracting COVID-19. All six players were replaced by Host Nation Qualifiers, while José de Sousa and Stephen Bunting were promoted to seeds.[3]
The following players took part in the tournament:[4]
- Top 16
- Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (runner-up)
- Wales Gerwyn Price (second round)
- England Ian White (second round)
- Poland Krzysztof Ratajski (quarter-finals)
- Austria Mensur Suljović (semi-finals)
- Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney (second round)
- England Dave Chisnall (third round)
- England James Wade (quarter-finals)
- England Nathan Aspinall (third round)
- England Joe Cullen (champion)
- England Adrian Lewis (second round)
- England Jamie Hughes (third round)
- England Rob Cross (second round)
- England Michael Smith (semi-finals)
- Portugal José de Sousa (second round)
- England Stephen Bunting (second round)
- Tour Card Qualifier
- Hong Kong Kai Fan Leung (first round)
- Wales Jamie Lewis (first round)
- England Andy Hamilton (third round)
- England Jason Lowe (second round)
- Spain Jesús Noguera (third round)
- Latvia Madars Razma (second round)
- Netherlands Jelle Klaasen (first round)
- Germany Martin Schindler (second round)
- Netherlands Maik Kuivenhoven (first round)
- Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp (second round)
- Netherlands Danny Noppert (quarter-finals)
- England Ross Smith (quarter-finals)
- Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan (first round)
- Netherlands Benito van de Pas (first round)
- Netherlands Martijn Kleermaker (second round)
- England Steve West (second round)
- Spain Toni Alcinas (first round)
- England Scott Baker (third round)
- Associate Member Qualifier
- England Scott Marsh (first round)
- Belgium Mario Vandenbogaerde (first round)
- Highest Ranked Germans
- Germany Gabriel Clemens (second round)
- Germany Max Hopp (third round)
- Host Nation Qualifier
- Germany Robert Marijanović (second round)
- Germany Simeon Heinz (first round)
- Germany Michael Unterbuchner (first round)
- Germany Philipp Hagemann (first round)
- Germany Franz Rötzsch (third round)
- Germany Sebastian Pohl (first round)
- Germany Michael Rosenauer (first round)
- Germany Arsen Ballaj (first round)
- Nordic & Baltic Qualifier
- Sweden Andreas Harrysson (second round)
- East European Qualifier
- Poland Tytus Kanik (first round)
Draw
[edit ](best of 11 legs)
23 October Second round
(best of 11 legs)
24 October Third round
(best of 11 legs)
25 October Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
25 October Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
25 October Final
(best of 15 legs)
25 October
References
[edit ]- ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules". PDC.
- ^ "2020 European Tour Structure Confirmed". PDC. 19 November 2019.
- ^ "Durrant to miss International Darts Open". Dave Allen, PDC. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "European Tour double confirmed for October". Dave Allen, PDC. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.