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2020 World Series of Darts Finals

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2020 bwin World Series of Darts Finals
Tournament information
Dates18–20 September 2020
VenueSalzburgarena
LocationSalzburg
Country Austria
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£300,000
Winner's share£70,000
High checkout170 England James Wade(x2)
Champion(s)
Wales Gerwyn Price
«2019 2021»

The 2020 bwin World Series of Darts Finals was the sixth staging of the World Series of Darts Finals tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place at the Salzburgarena, Salzburg, Austria, from 18 to 20 September 2020, with smaller, masked, socially distanced crowds. It featured a field of 24 players.[1]

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, having defeated Danny Noppert 11–2 in the 2019 final.[2] However, he was beaten 6–4 in the second round by Glen Durrant.

Gerwyn Price won the tournament for the first time, his first World Series title, after beating Rob Cross 11–9 in the final.[3]

Prize money

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The prize money remained the same as the previous year.[4]

Position (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £300,000)
Winner (1) £70,000
Runner-up (1) £30,000
Semi-finalists (2) £20,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £15,000
Last 16  (second round) (8) £7,500
Last 24  (first round) (8) £5,000

Qualification

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no events were held on the World Series of Darts between the 2019 and 2020 finals.[5] Instead of the standard rules of the top 8 players on the World Series Order of Merit being seeded, the PDC invited the eight top-ranked players in the PDC Order of Merit to make up the seeds. Twelve more players were invited unseeded (consisting of the next 4 players on the Order of Merit, plus players representing the regions of the world where the events were due to take place), with the final four players being determined by a qualifier for Tour Card holders held on 11 September at H+ Hotel, Niedernhausen, Germany.[1]

Kyle Anderson was originally invited, but withdrew for personal reasons. Glen Durrant replaced him.[6] Gary Anderson was originally invited as the eighth seed, but also withdrew, with James Wade moving into the seeded places and Krzysztof Ratajski receiving an invitation.[7]

The following players qualified for the tournament:[1]

Invited Seeds
  1. Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (second round)
  2. Scotland Peter Wright (semi-finals)
  3. Wales Gerwyn Price (champion)
  4. England Michael Smith (quarter-finals)
  5. England Rob Cross (runner-up)
  6. England Nathan Aspinall (quarter-finals)
  7. Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney (quarter-finals)
  8. England James Wade (semi-finals)
Order of Merit Players
International Representatives
Tour Card Holder Qualifiers

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
18 September
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
19 September
Quarter-finals
(best of 19 legs)
20 September
Semi-finals
(best of 21 legs)
20 September
Final
(best of 21 legs)
20 September
RQEngland Glen Durrant 95.8261Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 102.004
RQBelgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 85.883RQEngland Glen Durrant 102.506
RQEngland Glen Durrant 102.469
8England James Wade 99.1410
 Canada Jeff Smith 86.5768England James Wade 97.046
England Fallon Sherrock 85.115Canada Jeff Smith 88.043
8England James Wade 87.587
5England Rob Cross 85.2811
RQPoland Krzysztof Ratajski 99.7164England Michael Smith 95.376
RQAustria Mensur Suljović 102.643RQPoland Krzysztof Ratajski 95.714
4England Michael Smith 98.108
5England Rob Cross 98.6710
Australia Simon Whitlock 85.3855England Rob Cross 90.186
QEngland Steve Beaton 89.236QEngland Steve Beaton 75.970
5England Rob Cross 94.229
3Wales Gerwyn Price 96.2111
RQEngland Ian White 89.7252Scotland Peter Wright 101.496
Australia Damon Heta 89.416Australia Damon Heta 94.133
2Scotland Peter Wright 100.2310
7Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 99.395
New Zealand Cody Harris 89.7767Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 102.366
RQEngland Dave Chisnall 78.922New Zealand Cody Harris 88.092
2Scotland Peter Wright 108.106
3Wales Gerwyn Price 102.4811
QNetherlands Vincent van der Voort 95.9463Wales Gerwyn Price 101.466
QEngland Joe Cullen 83.730QNetherlands Vincent van der Voort 88.493
3Wales Gerwyn Price 100.9410
6England Nathan Aspinall 103.379
QEngland Harry Ward 85.4126England Nathan Aspinall 101.106
Lithuania Darius Labanauskas 91.096Lithuania Darius Labanauskas 84.091

References

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  1. ^ a b c Wood-Thompson, Lewis. "Field confirmed for World Series of Darts Finals". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. ^ PDC. "Van Gerwen wins World Series of Darts Finals". PDC. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  3. ^ Allen, Dave. "bwin World Series of Darts Finals glory for Price". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  4. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Coronavirus - Latest re PDC events". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  6. ^ Allen, Dave. "Durrant replaces Anderson for World Series Finals". PDC. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  7. ^ Allen, Dave. "Anderson to miss World Series Finals & Autumn Series". Professional Darts Corporation.