World Darts Championship 2020

2020 Premier Events

World Darts Championship 2020

Alexandra Palace, London

13 Dec 2019 - 1 Jan 2020

Defending Champion: Michael van Gerwen

SID WADDELL TROPHY

Live on Sky Sports dedicated darts channel and NOW TV

Format of Play

Rounds 1 & 2 - Best of 5 sets

Rounds 3 & 4 - Best of 7 sets

Q-Final - Best of 9 sets

S-Final - Best of 11 sets

Final - Best of 13 sets

Each set is best of 5 legs.

Tie-Break (Round 2 and beyond)

Applies to the last set of each match.

The set has to be won with two clear legs except at leg 11, which is sudden-death

Live Broadcast (check locally)

UK & Ireland - Sky Sports

Australia - Fox

Austria - DAZN

Baltics - TV Play

Brazil - DAZN

Canada - DAZN
China - CCTV Madison

Croatia - Sportska televizija
Czech Republic - CET 21 (Nova)

Europe - Fox

France - L'equipe

Germany - DAZN, Sport 1

Holland - RTL

Hungary - Prago Sport

Iceland - Syn FH

Italy - DAZN

Japan - DAZN

New Zealand - Sky Network

Poland - TVP

Russia - Match TV

Scandinavia - Viasat

Slovakia - CET 21 (Nova)

Spain - DAZN
Switzerland - DAZN
USA - DAZN

Prize Fund

(increased from £1.8M)

Winner:

R-Up:

S-Final:

Q-Final:

Round 4:

Round 3:

Round 2:

Round 1:

Total:

£500,000

£200,000

£100,000

£50,000

£35,000

£25,000

£15,000

£7,500

£2,500,000

9-darter Bonus

£100,000 for 2 9-darters in turnament

Participants

PDC OOM Top 32 (seeded to Round 2)

1 Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands)
2 Rob Cross (England)
3 Gerwyn Price (Wales)
4 Michael Smith (England)
5 Gary Anderson (Scotland)
6 Daryl Gurney (N Ireland)
7 Peter Wright (Scotland)
8 James Wade (England)
9 Ian White (England)
10 Dave Chisnall (England)
11 Mensur Suljovic (Austria)
12 Nathan Aspinall (England)
13 Adrian Lewis (England)
14 Simon Whitlock (Australia)
15 Joe Cullen (England)
16 Jonny Clayton (Wales)
17 Stephen Bunting (England)
18 Jermaine Wattimena (Netherlands)
19 Mervyn King (England)
20 Darren Webster (England)
21 Krzysztof Ratajski (Poland)
22 Chris Dobey (England)
23 Jeffrey de Zwaan (Netherlands)
24 Max Hopp (Germany)
25 Steve Beaton (England)
26 Keegan Brown (England)
27 Glen Durrant (England)
28 Steve West (England)
29 Dimitri van den Bergh
30 John Henderson (Scotland)
31 Danny Noppert (Netherlands)
32 Ricky Evans (England)

Rest of the world

Asian Tour: Lourence Ilagan, Noel Malicdem,

Paul Lim, Yuki Yamada

North American Championship Winner: Danny Baggish

CDC Top American Player: Darin Young

CDC Top Canadian Player: Matt Cambell

PDJ Japan: Seigo Asada

India: Nitin Kumar

East Europe: Benjamin Pratnemer

Unicorn Challenge Tour #1: Callan Rydz

Irish Matchplay Champion: Keane Barry

Dartplayers Australis #1: Damon Heta

South-West Europe (Spain): Jose Justicia

West Europe (Netherlands): Jan Dekker

Africa: Devon Petersen

Euroasian Darts Corporation (Russia): Boris Koltsov

Oceanic Masters Winner (Australia): Robbie King

China: Zong Xiaochen

PDC Nordic & Baltic #1 & 2:

Latvia: Madars Razma, Finland: Marko Kantele

Unicorn Development Tour #1 & 2:

Netherlands: Geert Nentjes,

Republic of Ireland: Ciaran Teehan

Dart Players New Zealand: Ben Robb

South-East Europe: Zoran Lerchbacher

Central & South America: Diogo Portela

Women- Rest of the World: Mikuru Suzuki

Germany Super League Winner: Nico Kurz

Women - UK & Ireland: Fallon Sherrock

PDC Tour Card Qualifier:

Kevin Burness, Matthew Edgar, Benito van de Pas

Pro Tour OOM Top 32

1 Jamie Hughes (England)
2 Jose de Sousa (Portugal)
3 Vincent van der Voort (Netherlands)
4 Brendan Dolan (N Ireland)
5 Gabriel Clemens (Germany)
6 Justin Pipe (England)
7 William O'Connor (Ireland)
8 Ron Meulenkamp (Netherlands)
9 Harry Ward (England)
10 Ross Smith (England)
11 Kyle Anderson (Australia)
12 Kim Huybrechts (Belgium)
13 Ted Evetts (England)
14 Andy Boulton (England)
15 Ryan Joyce (England)
16 Raymond van Barneveld
17 Luke Humphries (England)
18 Darius Labanauskas (Lithuania)
19 Ryan Searle (England)
20 Arron Monk (England)
21 Ritchie Edhouse (England)
22 Mark McGeeney (England)
23 Josh Payne (England)
24 Cristo Reyes (Spain)
25 James Richardson (England)
26 Jelle Klaasen (Netherlands)
27 James Wilson (England)
28 Luke Woodhouse (England)
29 Steve Lennon (Ireland)
30 Rowby-John Rodriguez (Austria)
31 Ryan Meikle (England)
32 Mickey Mansell (N Ireland)

Geographical definition in European Qualifiers:

East Europe Qualifier:

Albany, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia

West Europe Qualifier:

Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands

South-East Europe Qualifier:

Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Liechtenstein, Malta, San Marino, Switzerland, Turkey
South-West Europe Qualifier:
Andorra, France, Gibraltar, Monaco, Portugal, Spain

Ladies' Qualifier Events

Two places are available for ladies in the 2019 World Darts Championship. The winner of each qualifier will play in the event which begins in December 2019 to complete on 1 January 2020.

For Rest of the World Qualifier (outside the UK & Ireland)

Rest of the World Women's Qualifier
Saturday November 16
Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany
Registration 0900-1100
Play Commences 1200
Entry Deadline: Friday November 15 1400 GMT
For hotel bookings please contact hotel@pdc-europe.tv

For UK & Ireland Qualifier

UK & Ireland Women's Qualifier
Monday November 25
Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan, UK
Registration 1100-1300
Play Commences as soon as possible following the conclusion of the PDPA Qualifier
Entry Deadline: Friday November 22 1400 GMT

Both qualifiers

There is no entrance fee

Open to all female players aged 16 and above

Entries must be made through www.pdcplayers.com. Players who have competed in PDC events in 2019 will use their existing login details, and players who have not previously competed this year must Register with this system before being able to enter.

Open, unseeded draw

WDC Roll of Honour

Fri 13 Dec: 7pm GMT 1-4

Sat 14 Dec: 12.30pm 5-8

7pm 9-12

Sun 15 Dec: 12:30 13-16

Sun 15 Dec: 7pm 17-20

Mon 16 Dec: 7pm 21-24

Tue 17 Dec: 12:30 25-28

7pm 29-32

Wed 18 Dec: 12.30pm 33-36

7pm 37-40

Thu 19 Dec: 12.30pm 41-44

7pm 45-48

Fri 20 Dec: 12.30pm 49-52

7pm 53-56

Sat 21 Dec: 12.30pm 57-60

7pm 61-64

Round 1 ---- Best of 5 sets ---- Round 2

2020 World Darts Championship

Jelle Klaasen

Mark McGeeney

Ryan Joyce

Arron Monk

Ritchie Edhouse

Kyle Anderson

Darius Labanauskas

Gabriel Clemens

Brendan Dolan

Ryan Searle

Andy Boulton

Jamie Hughes

Luke Woodhouse

Josh Payne

Cristo Reyes

Ryan Meikle

Kim Huybrechts

Steve Lennon
James Wilson
Luke Humphries
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Mickey Mansell
Vincent van der Voort
Raymond van Barneveld
Justin Pipe
Jose de Sousa
Ted Evetts
Ron Meulenkamp
William O'Connor
James Richardson
Harry Ward
Ross Smith

3-1

2-3

0-3

3-1

3-2

3-0

2-3

3-0

3-2

2-3

3-0

3-2

1-3

3-2

2-3

1-3

3-1

0-3

3-0

1-3

3-2

0-3

2-3

3-0

3-2

0-3

Kevin Burness

Matt Campbell

Jan Dekker

Jose Justicia

Boris Koltsov

Xiaochen Zong

Matthew Edgar

Benito van de Pas

Nitin Kumar

Robbie King

Danny Baggish

Zoran Lerchbacher

Paul Lim

Diogo Portela

Lourence Ilagan

Yuki Yamada

Geert Nentjes

Callan Rydz

Nico Kurz

Devon Petersen

Noel Malicdem

Seigo Asada

Keane Barry

Darin Young

Benjamin Pratnemer

Damon Heta

Fallon Sherrock

Ben Robb

Marko Kantele

Mikuru Suzuki

Madars Razma

Ciaran Teehan

Michael van Gerwen (1)
Ricky Evans (32)

Jonny Clayton (16)
Stephen Bunting (17)
James Wade (8)
Steve Beaton (25)
Ian White (9)
Max Hopp (24)
Gary Anderson (5)
Steve West (28)
Nathan Aspinall (12)
Krzysztof Ratajski (21)
Michael Smith (4)
Dimitri van den Bergh (29)
Adrian Lewis (13)
Darren Webster (20)

Rob Cross (2)
Danny Noppert (31)
Joe Cullen (15)
Jermaine Wattimena (18)

Peter Wright (7)
Keegan Brown (26)
Dave Chisnall (10)
Jeffrey de Zwaan (23)
Daryl Gurney (6)
Glen Durrant (27)
Mensur Suljovic (11)
Chris Dobey (22)
Gerwyn Price (3)
John Henderson (30)
Simon Whitlock (14)
Mervyn King (19)

3-1

3-0

3-2

3-0

3-1

1-3

3-2

3-0

0-3

3-1

1-3

3-0

3-2

3-0

0-3

3-2

1-3

2-3

3-2

2-3

3-1

3-2

3-0

1-3

3-2

3-0

3-2

Jelle Klaasen

Mark McGeeney

Jan Dekker

Jose Justicia

Ritchie Edhouse

Kyle Anderson

Darius Labanauskas

Benito van de Pas

Brendan Dolan

Ryan Searle

Danny Baggish

Zoran Lerchbacher

Luke Woodhouse

Josh Payne

Cristo Reyes

Yuki Yamada

Kim Huybrechts

Callan Rydz

Nico Kurz

Luke Humphries

Noel Malicdem

Seigo Asada

Vincent van der Voort

Darin Young

Justin Pipe

Damon Heta

Fallon Sherrock

Ron Meilenkamp

William O'Connor

James Richardson

Harry Ward

Ciaran Teehan

Round 3 Best of 7 sets Sun 22 Dec 12:30 1-3 7pm 4-6 Mon 23rd 12:30 7-9 7pm 10-12 Fri 27th 12:30 13-15 7pm 16

Michael van Gerwen (1)

Jonny Clayton (16)

James Wade (8)

Darius Labanauskas

Gary Anderson (5)

Nathan Aspinall (12)

Luke Woodhouse

Adrian Lewis (13)

4-0

0-4

2-4

4-2

4-3

2-4

4-3

Ricky Evans (32)

Stephen Bunting (17)

Steve Beaton (25)

Max Hopp (24)

Ryan Searle

Krzysztof Ratajski (21)

Dimitri van den Bergh (29)

Darren Webster (20)

Kim Huybrechts

Nico Kurz

Peter Wright (7)

Dave Chisnall (10)

Daryl Gurney (6)

Fallon Sherrock

Gerwyn Price (3)

Simon Whitlock (14)

4-2

2-4

4-2

3-4

2-4

4-0

4-1

Danny Noppert

Luke Humphries

Seigo Asada

Jeffrey de Zwaan (23)

Glen Durrant (27)

Chris Dobey (22)

John Henderson (30)

Mervyn King (19)

Round 4 Best of 7 sets Fri 27 Dec 7pm GMT (after Round 3) 1-2 Sat 28 Dec 12:30 3-5 7pm 6-8

Michael van Gerwen (1)

Steve Beaton (25)

Gary Anderson (5)

Dimitri van den Bergh (29)

4-0

2-4

4-3

Stephen Bunting (17)

Darius Labanauskas

Nathan Aspinall (12)

Adrian Lewis (12)

Kim Huybrechts

Peter Wright (7)

Glen Durrant (27)

Gerwyn Price (3)

1-4

4-3

4-2

Luke Humphries

Jeffrey de Zwaan (23)

Chris Dobey (22)

Simon Whitlock (14)

Q-Final Best of 9 sets Sunday 29 Dec 12:30 GMT 1-2 7pm 3-4

Michael van Gerwen

Nathan Aspinall

5-2

5-3

Darius Labanauskas

Dimitri van den Bergh

Luke Humphries

Glen Durrant

3-5

1-5

Peter Wright

Gerwyn Price

S-Final Best of 11 sets Monday 30 Dec --- 7pm GMT --- Final Best of 13 sets Wednesday 1 Jan 2020

Michael van Gerwen

Peter Wright

6-3

Nathan Aspinall

Gerwyn Price

Michael van Gerwen

3-7

Peter Wright