2020 PDC Pro Tour

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:

StagePlayers ChampionshipsEuropean 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 48N/A£1,000
Last 64£500N/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

Jason Lowe
Gary Blades

Kai Fan Leung
Bradley Brooks

Jeff Smith
Aaron Beeney

Nick Kenny
Scott Waites

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

Harald Leitinger

Mike De Decker

Karel Sedláček

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 Barnsley, Metrodome (97.97) Gary Anderson 8 – 4 Jeff Smith (93.78) [6]
2 Sunday 9 February (101.25) Nathan Aspinall 8 – 3 Gerwyn Price (97.26) [7]
3 Saturday 15 February Wigan, Robin Park Arena (97.07) Ryan Searle 8 – 6 Michael van Gerwen (95.87) [8]
4 Sunday 16 February (98.41) Krzysztof Ratajski 8 – 7 Ian White (99.61) [9]
5 Saturday 22 February (109.59) Peter Wright 8 – 6 Gerwyn Price (109.19) [10]
6 Sunday 23 February (102.54) Gerwyn Price 8 – 7 Michael van Gerwen (101.93) [11]
7 Saturday 14 March Barnsley, Metrodome (98.20) Nathan Aspinall 8 – 4 Brendan Dolan (93.69) [12]
8 Sunday 15 March (102.06) Ian White 8 – 3 James Wade (88.28) [13]
9 Wednesday 8 July Milton Keynes, Marshall Arena (104.53) Michael van Gerwen 8 – 7 Peter Wright (100.53) [14]
10 Thursday 9 July (100.16) Ryan Joyce 8 – 7 Dave Chisnall (94.65) [15]
11 Friday 10 July (102.50) Michael van Gerwen 8 – 3 José de Sousa (97.77) [16]
12 Saturday 11 July (95.82) James Wade 8 – 2 Rob Cross (95.71) [17]
13 Sunday 12 July (99.30) Peter Wright 8 – 2 Gerwyn Price (91.82) [18]
14 Saturday 12 September Hildesheim, Halle 39
15 Sunday 13 September
16 Monday 14 September
17 Tuesday 15 September
18 Wednesday 16 September
19 TBA Barnsley, Metrodome
20 TBA
21 TBA Dublin, Citywest Hotel
22 TBA
23 TBA Barnsley, Metrodome
24 TBA
25 TBA
26 TBA
27 TBA
28 TBA
29 TBA
30 TBA

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 Hasselt, Expo Hasselt (100.03) Gerwyn Price 8 – 3 Michael Smith (96.26) [22]
2 25–27 September German Darts Championship 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 Wigan, Robin Park Arena (89.10) Robert Collins 5 – 4 Adam Huckvale (89.21) [23]
    2 (99.41) Scott Mitchell 5 – 1 Andrew Gilding (91.69) [24]
    3 Sunday 26 January (91.96) Matthew Dennant 5 – 4 Nathan Rafferty (86.18) [25]
    4 (89.27) Jitse van der Wal 5 – 2 Arjan Konterman (87.76) [26]
    5 Friday 9 October 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 Hildesheim, Halle 39 (91.47) Berry van Peer 5 – 1 Martin Schindler (85.75) [27]
    2 (83.88) Ryan Meikle 5 – 3 Niels Zonneveld (86.53) [28]
    3 Sunday 1 March (91.29) Ryan Meikle 5 – 3 Nico Kurz (87.72) [29]
    4 (90.28) Wessel Nijman 5 – 3 Martin Schindler (88.84) [30]
    5 Friday 25 September 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 Cannock, Chase Leisure Centre
    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 Vääksy, Hotelli Tallukka (89.77) Kim Viljanen 6 – 5 Darius Labanauskas (89.31) [34]
    2 Sunday 1 March (89.24) Daniel Larsson 6 – 2 Kim Viljanen (82.44) [35]
    3 Saturday 24 October Riga, Bellevue Park Hotel
    4 Sunday 25 October
    5 TBA
    6 TBA

    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.

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

    Dartplayers Australia (DPA) Pro Tour
    No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
    1 Friday 31 January Barrack Heights, Warilla Bowls and Recreation Club (88.02) Gordon Mathers 6 – 3 Kyle Anderson (88.70) [36]
    2 Saturday 1 February (87.18) Robbie King 5 – 3 Jamie Rundle (81.18) [37]
    3 Sunday 2 February (91.50) Kyle Anderson 2 – 0 Mal Cuming (87.91) [38]
    4 Friday 6 March Brisbane, Pine Rivers Darts Club (78.94) Mal Cuming 6 – 1 Jamie Rundle (76.45) [39]
    5 Saturday 7 March (85.45) Ben Robb 5 – 2 Haupai Puha (82.34) [40]
    6 Sunday 8 March (87.12) Steve Fitzpatrick 2 – 0 Gordon Mathers (85.79) [41]

    EuroAsian Darts Corporation (EADC) Pro Tour
    No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
    1 Saturday 22 February Moscow, Omega Plaza Business Center Boris Koltsov 6 – 4 Aleksei Kadochnikov [42]
    2 Aleksei Kadochnikov 6 – 2 Boris Koltsov
    3 Sunday 23 February Boris Koltsov 6 – 2 Evgenii Izotov
    4 TBA
    5
    6 TBA

    Championship Darts Corporation (CDC) Pro Tour

    The Championship Darts Corporation will host 10 events held over 5 weekends, with three of the events in the United States and two in Canada. There were due to be more, but two in March were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[43]

    No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
    3 Saturday 11 July Denver
    4 Sunday 12 July
    5 Saturday 8 August Halifax
    6 Sunday 9 August
    7 Saturday 12 September Philadelphia, Columbia Social Club
    8 Sunday 13 September
    9 Saturday 24 October Edmonton
    10 Sunday 25 October
    1 TBA Skokie, Holiday Inn North Shore
    2 TBA

    World Championship International Qualifiers
    Date Event Venue Winner Score Runner-up Ref.
    TBA North American Championship TBA[lower-alpha 1]
    Sunday 14 June German Super League Munich (94.07) Nico Kurz 10 – 9 Dragutin Horvat (94.76)
    Sunday 25 October Oceanic Masters Dubbo, Macquarie INN
    EuroAsian Darts Corporation Qualifier[45] Moscow, Omega Plaza Business Center
    Sunday 29 November World Youth Championship Minehead, Butlin's
    Monday 30 November Tour Card Holders' Qualifier Wigan, Robin Park Arena
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