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The 2020 PDC Pro Tour will be a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. There will be 35 PDC Pro Tour events held, 30 Players Championships and 5 European Tour events.[1]

This page also includes results from the PDC's affiliated tours including the Development and Challenge Tours and all the regional tours as well as the results from the World Championship regional qualifiers. There will be 10 Challenge Tour events, 10 Development Tour events, 10 PDC Nordic and Baltic Events, 14 PDC Asia Events, 30 Dartplayers Australia Pro Tour events, 6 EuroAsian Darts Corporation Pro Tour Events and 12 Championship Darts Circuit Pro Tour events during the 2020 season.

Prize Money

The prize money for the Players Championship and European Tour events was unchanged from the 2019 levels.

This is how the prize money is divided:

Stage Players Championships European Tour
Winner £10,000 £25,000
Runner-up £6,000 £10,000
Semi-finalists £3,000 £6,500
Quarter-finalists £2,250 £5,000
Last 16 £1,500 £3,000
Last 32 £1,000 £2,000
Last 48 N/A £1,000
Last 64 £500 N/A
Total £75,000 £140,000

PDC Tour Card

128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships events, the UK Open and all the European Tour events.

Tour Cards

Main article: List of players with a 2020 PDC Tour Card

The 2020 Tour Cards are awarded to:

Afterwards, the playing field will be complemented by the highest qualified players from the Q School Order of Merit until the maximum number of 128 Pro Tour Card players had been reached. In 2020, that means that a total of 19 players will qualify this way.

Q-School

The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School (or Q-School) was split into a UK and European Q-School. Players that are not from Europe could choose which Q-School they wanted to compete in.

  • The UK Q-School took place at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan from 16–19 January.
  • The European Q-School took place at Halle 39 in Hildesheim from 16–19 January.

The following players won two-year tour cards on each of the days played:

UK Q-School
January 16 January 17 January 18 January 19

England Jason Lowe
England Gary Blades

Hong Kong Kai Fan Leung
England Bradley Brooks

Canada Jeff Smith
England Aaron Beeney

Wales Nick Kenny
England Scott Waites

506 players 503 players 461 players 469 players
European Q-School
January 16 January 17 January 18 January 19

Austria Harald Leitinger

Belgium Mike De Decker

Czech Republic Karel Sedláček

Germany Steffen Siepmann

313 players 314 players 271 players 280 players

An Order of Merit was also created for each Q School. For every win after the first full round (without byes) the players were awarded 1 point.

To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places were allocated down the final Qualifying School Order of Merits in proportion to the number of entrants. The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:

Players Championships

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a significant number of events were postponed, including all from mid-March to the end of June.[2][3][4] The PDC scheduled five events from July 8 at the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, to make up. These events were branded the "PDC Summer Series".[5]

No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
1 Saturday 8 February England Barnsley, Metrodome (97.97) Gary Anderson Scotland 8 – 4 Canada Jeff Smith (93.78) [6]
2 Sunday 9 February (101.25) Nathan Aspinall England 8 – 3 Wales Gerwyn Price (97.26) [7]
3 Saturday 15 February England Wigan, Robin Park Arena (97.07) Ryan Searle England 8 – 6 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (95.87) [8]
4 Sunday 16 February (98.41) Krzysztof Ratajski Poland 8 – 7 England Ian White (99.61) [9]
5 Saturday 22 February (109.59) Peter Wright Scotland 8 – 6 Wales Gerwyn Price (109.19) [10]
6 Sunday 23 February (102.54) Gerwyn Price Wales 8 – 7 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (101.93) [11]
7 Saturday 14 March England Barnsley, Metrodome (98.20) Nathan Aspinall England 8 – 4 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan (93.69) [12]
8 Sunday 15 March (102.06) Ian White England 8 – 3 England James Wade (88.28) [13]
9 Wednesday 8 July England Milton Keynes, Marshall Arena[a] (104.53) Michael van Gerwen Netherlands 8 – 7 Scotland Peter Wright (100.53) [14]
10 Thursday 9 July (100.16) Ryan Joyce England 8 – 7 England Dave Chisnall (94.65) [15]
11 Friday 10 July (102.50) Michael van Gerwen Netherlands 8 – 3 Portugal José de Sousa (97.77) [16]
12 Saturday 11 July (95.82) James Wade England 8 – 2 England Rob Cross (95.71) [17]
13 Sunday 12 July (99.30) Peter Wright Scotland 8 – 2 Wales Gerwyn Price (91.82) [18]
14 Saturday 12 September Germany Niedernhausen, H+ Hotel[b]
15 Sunday 13 September
16 Monday 14 September
17 Tuesday 15 September
18 Wednesday 16 September
19 TBA TBA[c]
20 TBA
21 TBA
22 TBA
23 TBA
  1. ^ These events were branded the PDC Summer Series, with the top player over the series qualifying for the 2020 Grand Slam of Darts.
  2. ^ These events were branded the PDC Autumn Series, with the top player over the series qualifying for the 2020 Grand Slam of Darts.
  3. ^ These events were branded the PDC Winter Series, with the top player over the series qualifying for the 2020 Grand Slam of Darts.

European Tour

The European Tour was announced at 13 events, including events in Belgium and Hungary for the first time. Due to the COVID-19, there are 2 events currently scheduled to take place with the others having been cancelled.[19][20][21]

No. Date Event Location Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
1 28 February–1 March Belgian Darts Championship Belgium Hasselt, Expo Hasselt (100.03) Gerwyn Price Wales 8 – 3 England Michael Smith (96.26) [22]
2 25–27 September German Darts Championship Germany Hildesheim, Halle 39

PDC Challenge Tour

The PDC Challenge Tour was planned to increase from 20 to 24 events for 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom will only be ten events.

No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
1 Saturday 25 January England Wigan, Robin Park Arena (89.10) Robert Collins England 5 – 4 England Adam Huckvale (89.21) [23]
2 (99.41) Scott Mitchell England 5 – 1 England Andrew Gilding (91.69) [24]
3 Sunday 26 January (91.96) Matthew Dennant England 5 – 4 Northern Ireland Nathan Rafferty (86.18) [25]
4 (89.27) Jitse van der Wal Netherlands 5 – 2 Netherlands Arjan Konterman (87.76) [26]
5 Friday 9 October England Barnsley, Metrodome
6
7 Saturday 10 October
8
9 Sunday 11 October
10

PDC Development Tour

No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
1 Saturday 29 February Germany Hildesheim, Halle 39 (91.47) Berry van Peer Netherlands 5 – 1 Germany Martin Schindler (85.75) [27]
2 (83.88) Ryan Meikle England 5 – 3 Netherlands Niels Zonneveld (86.53) [28]
3 Sunday 1 March (91.29) Ryan Meikle England 5 – 3 Germany Nico Kurz (87.72) [29]
4 (90.28) Wessel Nijman Netherlands 5 – 3 Germany Martin Schindler (88.84) [30]
5 Friday 25 September England Barnsley, Metrodome
6
7 Saturday 26 September
8
9 Sunday 27 September
10

PDC Women's Series

The PDC Women's Series was introduced to replace the separate World Championship qualifiers that had been held the last two years. The top two players both qualified for the World Championship.[31]

No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
1 Saturday 17 October England Barnsley, Metrodome
2
3 Sunday 18 October
4

Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic (PDCNB)

The Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic will host 6 events. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, planned events in Copenhagen and Gothenburg were postponed.[32][33]

No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref.
1 Saturday 29 February Finland Vääksy, Hotelli Tallukka (89.77) Kim Viljanen Finland 6 – 5 Lithuania Darius Labanauskas (89.31) [34]
2 Sunday 1 March (89.24) Daniel Larsson Sweden 6 – 2 Finland Kim Viljanen (82.44) [35]
3 Friday 23 October Latvia Riga, Bellevue Park Hotel
4 Saturday 24 October
5
6 Sunday 25 October

Professional Darts Corporation Asian Tour

The Professional Darts Corporation Asian Tour was scaled down to 10 events, taking place from August to November. The postponements were due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 11 August 2020 the Tour was cancelled.[36]

No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
1 Saturday 29 August Taiwan Taipei
2 Sunday 30 August
3 Saturday 19 September South Korea Seoul
4 Sunday 20 September
5 Saturday 26 September Japan Fukuoka
6 Sunday 27 September
7 Saturday October 31 China Nanchang
8 Sunday November 1
9 Saturday November 14 Japan Kobe
10 Saturday November 15

Dartplayers Australia (DPA) Pro Tour

The tour was suspended after the sixth event and was not restarted in 2020. Gordon Mathers, who was top of the DPA rankings at the time of the suspension, took the place at the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship.[36]

No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
1 Friday 31 January Australia Barrack Heights, Warilla Bowls and Recreation Club (88.02) Gordon Mathers Australia 6 – 3 Australia Kyle Anderson (88.70) [37]
2 Saturday 1 February (87.18) Robbie King Australia 5 – 3 Australia Jamie Rundle (81.18) [38]
3 Sunday 2 February (91.50) Kyle Anderson Australia 2 – 0 Australia Mal Cuming (87.91) [39]
4 Friday 6 March Australia Brisbane, Pine Rivers Darts Club (78.94) Mal Cuming Australia 6 – 1 Australia Jamie Rundle (76.45) [40]
5 Saturday 7 March (85.45) Ben Robb New Zealand 5 – 2 New Zealand Haupai Puha (82.34) [41]
6 Sunday 8 March (87.12) Steve Fitzpatrick Australia 2 – 0 Australia Gordon Mathers (85.79) [42]

EuroAsian Darts Corporation (EADC) Pro Tour

No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
1 Saturday 22 February Russia Moscow, Omega Plaza Business Center Boris Koltsov Russia 6 – 4 Russia Aleksei Kadochnikov [43]
2 Aleksei Kadochnikov Russia 6 – 2 Russia Boris Koltsov
3 Sunday 23 February Boris Koltsov Russia 6 – 2 Russia Evgenii Izotov
4 TBA
5
6 TBA

Championship Darts Corporation (CDC) Pro Tour

The Championship Darts Corporation will host 8 events held over 2 weekends, one in the United States and one in Canada. Players are only able to enter the events held in their own country and the top player from each group of 4 events will qualify for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship. There were originally due to be more events, but the schedule was heavily disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.[44]

Canadian events

No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
1 Saturday 26 September Canada Woodstock, Ontario Canada Canada
2 Canada Canada
3 Saturday 27 September Canada Canada
4 Canada Canada

United States events

No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
1 Saturday 3 October United States Indianapolis United States United States
2 United States United States
3 Sunday 4 October United States United States
4 United States United States

World Championship International Qualifiers

Date Event Venue Winner Score Runner-up Ref.
Saturday 19 October 2019 CDC Continental Cup[a] United States New York City, K of C Council Hall (88.48) Danny Lauby United States 8 – 2 United States Gary Mawson (89.03) [46]
Sunday 14 June German Super League Germany Munich (94.07) Nico Kurz Germany 10 – 9 Germany Dragutin Horvat (94.76)
Sunday 11 October PDJ Japanese Championship[47] Japan Kobe, Port Terminal Hall Japan Japan
Sunday 25 October Oceanic Masters Australia Dubbo, Macquarie INN
EuroAsian Darts Corporation Qualifier[48] Russia Moscow, Omega Plaza Business Center
Sunday 29 November World Youth Championship England Minehead, Butlin's
Monday 30 November Tour Card Holders' Qualifier England Wigan, Robin Park Arena
  1. ^ The North American Championship was scheduled to be held on 6 June 2020 at Hulu Theater in New York City, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[45] Due to the lack of a 2020 tournament, the World Championship place was awarded to the winner of the 2019 CDC Continental Cup.[46]

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