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
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:

Stage (num. of players)		Prize money
Winner	(1)	£25,000
Runner-up	(1)	£10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£6,500
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£5,000
Third round losers	(8)	£3,000
Second round losers	(16)	£2,000*
First round losers	(16)	£1,000*
Total	£140,000

• 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.

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.

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.

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Top 16

1. Michael van Gerwen (third round)
2. Ian White (second round)
3. Gerwyn Price (second round)
4. Peter Wright (third round)
5. Dave Chisnall (quarter-finals)
6. Krzysztof Ratajski (quarter-finals)
7. Daryl Gurney (quarter-finals)
8. Mensur Suljović (third round)
9. James Wade (quarter-finals)
10. Glen Durrant (third round)
11. Joe Cullen (third round)
12. Nathan Aspinall (third round)
13. Jonny Clayton (runner-up)
14. Rob Cross (third round)
15. Adrian Lewis (second round)
16. Jermaine Wattimena (second round)

Tour Card Qualifier

• Josh Payne (first round)
• Adam Hunt (second round)
• Jeffrey de Zwaan (first round)
• Steve Lennon (second round)
• Michael Smith (second round)
• Darren Penhall (first round)
• Jeff Smith (second round)
• Mervyn King (semi-finals)
• Jason Lowe (first round)
• Devon Petersen (champion)
• Steffen Siepmann (first round)
• William O'Connor (second round)
• Alan Tabern (first round)
• Ryan Murray (first round)
• Scott Waites (second round)
• Ron Meulenkamp (first round)
• Chris Dobey (second round)
• Steve Brown (first round)
• Danny Noppert (semi-finals)
• Reece Robinson (first round)
• Steve West (first round)
• Richard North (second round)

Associate Member Qualifier

• Ronny Huybrechts (first round)
• Cody Harris (first round)

Highest Ranked Germans

• Gabriel Clemens (second round)
• Max Hopp (third round)

Host Nation Qualifier

• Lukas Wenig (second round)
• Franz Rötzsch (first round)
• Nico Kurz (second round)
• Dragutin Horvat (second round)

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

• Daniel Larsson (first round)

East European Qualifier

• Boris Koltsov (first round)

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