BDO World Darts Championship 2020

The BDO World Professional Darts Championship 2020 is the 43rd edition of the British Darts Organization conducted Darts - World Cup from 4 to 12 January 2020 in Indigo, a club within the, The O2 in London ( England will be played). Separate competitions are held for men and women.

Defending champion Glen Durrant has been participating in the tournaments of the Professional Darts Corporation since 2019 . Durrant's successor as men's world champion was Welsh Wayne Warren , who defeated Jim Williams 7: 4 sets in the final. The women's defending champion Mikuru Suzuki successfully defended her title by beating Lisa Ashton 3-0.

Men

BDO World Darts Championship 2020
Tournament status
Tournament type	World Championship
organizer	BDO
venue	The O2 , London
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Glen Durrant
Attendees	40
Opening game	4th January 2020
Endgame	January 12, 2020
Prize money (total)	£ 127,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 23,000
winner	Wayne Warren
statistics
highest finish	170 points from Chris Landman Willem Mandigers Martijn Kleermaker
← 2019   2021 →

Format & qualification

40 players take part in the 43rd edition of the BDO World Darts Championship . The 27 best players qualified via the BDO ranking . The field of participants was supplemented by the winner of the Winmau World Master, eight regional qualifiers and the four winners of a qualification tournament. The 16 best players in the world rankings are set for the first round. The players in the world rankings 17 to 24 were drawn to these players in round 1 in advance of the tournament. The remaining players must go through a preliminary round before moving into the first round.

The tournament will be played in the knockout system and in set mode. To win a set, a player needs three legs, with a gap of two legs to win in any decisive set. In the preliminary round and the first round, three sets are required to win a game. The round of 16 will be played in Best of 7 mode and the quarter-finals in Best of 9 mode. To win the semifinals, six sets ( Best of 11 mode ) are then required, while the Best of 13 mode is used in the final .

Attendees

set participants

No. player Round reached 01. Wesley Harms Round of 16 02. Jim Williams final 03. Richard Veenstra Round of 16 04th Dave Parletti 1 round 05. Wayne Warren victory 06th Nick Kenny 1 round 07th Martijn Kleermaker Round of 16 08th. Willem Mandigers 1 round

No. player Round reached 09. Scott Mitchell Semifinals 10. Adam Smith-Neale 1 round 11. Mario Vandenbogaerde Semifinals 12. Andy Hamilton Round of 16 13. Gary Robson 1 round 14th David Evans Quarter finals 15th Ryan Hogarth Round of 16 16. Scott Waites Quarter finals

BDO Invitation Table

• Gary Stone
• Leighton Bennett
• Chris Landman
• Michael Unterbuchner
• Dennie Olde Kalter
• Gino Vos
• Martin Adams
• Sebastian Steyer
• Simon Stainton
• Brian Raman
• Ross Montgomery

WDF regional qualifiers

• Justin Thompson
• Andreas Harrysson
• Paul Hogan
• David Cameron
• Gabriel Pascaru
• Darren Herewini
• Joe Chaney
• Thibault Tricole

Winner of the World Masters 2019

• John O'Shea

Winner of the qualifying tournament

• Nick Fulwell
• Justin Hood
• Scott Williams
• Ben Hazel

Prize money

Overall, the prize money has been cut significantly this year. While in the previous year a total of £ 300,000 was offered, in 2020 it is only £ 127,000. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 23,000
finalist	(1)	£ 10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 5,000
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 4,000
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 3,000
1st round loser	(16)	£ 2,000
Loser of the preliminary round	(16)	£ 1,500
		£ 127,000

Results

The draw for the preliminary round and the first round took place on November 2, 2019. On the first three days of the tournament, the preliminary round games were played in the best of 5 sets mode parallel to the first round .

Preliminary round

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1.	Justin Thompson (Q) 83.78	3  : 0	Scott Williams (Q) 82.41
2.	Andreas Harrysson (Q) 80.98	3  : 2	John O'Shea 75.38
3.	Paul Hogan (Q) 88.51	3  : 1	Brian Raman 89.22
4th	David Cameron (Q) 86.71	1: 3	Nick Fulwell (Q) 90.44
5.	Gabriel Pascaru (Q) 81.90	1: 3	Justin Hood (Q) 90.24
6th	Darren Herewini (Q) 87.3	3  : 1	Simon Stainton 86.22
7th	Joe Chaney (Q) 86.27	2: 3	Ben Hazel (Q) 86.22
8th.	Thibault Tricole (Q) 86.19	3  : 2	Ross Montgomery 93.08

Final round

	1st round 04-07.01.2020 best of 5 sets					Round of 16 January 8th - 9th, 2020 best of 7 sets					Quarter-finals 01/10/2020 best of 9 sets					Semi-finals 01/11/2020 best of 11 sets					Final 01/12/2020 best of 13 sets
	1	Wesley Harms 91.79	3
	Q	Andreas Harrysson 88.22	2
						1	Wesley Harms 90.67	2
						16	Scott Waites 88.98	4th
	16	Scott Waites 84.2	3
		Martin Adams 85.62	2
											16	Scott Waites 93.85	4th
											9	Scott Mitchell 92.53	5
	8th	Willem Mandigers 94.16	1
		Michael Unterbuchner 89.71	3
							Michael Unterbuchner 91.99	0
						9	Scott Mitchell 92.58	4th
	9	Scott Mitchell 84.96	3
		Leighton Bennett 77.58	1
																9	Scott Mitchell 93.81	3
																5	Wayne Warren 93.32	6th
	5	Wayne Warren 92.75	3
	Q	Justin Thompson 91.11	2
						5	Wayne Warren 92.69	4th
						12	Andy Hamilton 95.58	1
	12	Andy Hamilton 82.59	3
	Q	Darren Herewini 79.53	1
											5	Wayne Warren 90.81	5
												Chris Landman 85.04	3
	4th	Dave Parletti 83.69	2
		Chris Landman 84.17	3
							Chris Landman 87.18	4th
						Q	Ben Hazel 83.93	3
	13	Gary Robson 79.47	2
	Q	Ben Hazel 80.30	3
																					5	Wayne Warren 93.59	7th
																					2	Jim Williams 94.53	4th
	2	Jim Williams 85.52	3
		Gary Stone 85.12	2
						2	Jim Williams 94.36	4th
						15th	Ryan Hogarth 86.91	0
	15th	Ryan Hogarth 80.36	3
	Q	Thibault Tricole 82.21	1
											2	Jim Williams 86.81	5
											Q	Paul Hogan 82.14	1
	7th	Martijn Kleermaker 93.27	3
		Gino Vos 82.15	0
						7th	Martijn Kleermaker 92.58	1
						Q	Paul Hogan 99.69	4th
	10	Adam Smith-Neale 83.21	0
	Q	Paul Hogan 97.51	3
																2	Jim Williams 90.98	6th
																11	Mario Vandenbogaerde 86.49	4th
	6th	Nick Kenny 89.02	2
		Dennis Olde Kalter 88.15	3
							Dennis Olde Kalter 84.90	1
						11	Mario Vandenbogaerde 90.63	4th
	11	Mario Vandenbogaerde 88.98	3
		Sebastian Steyer 83.1	0
											11	Mario Vandenbogaerde 89.5	5
											14th	David Evans 89.39	3
	3	Richard Veenstra 86.31	3
	Q	Justin Hood 88.26	2
						3	Richard Veenstra 94.11	2
						14th	David Evans 95.65	4th
	14th	David Evans 83.65	3
	Q	Nick Fulwell 88.26	2

final

Wayne Warren (5)	Final January 12, 2020 best of 13 sets	Jim Williams (2)
7th	Result	4th
1- 3 , 2- 3 , 3 -2, 3 -2, 3 -2, 0- 3 , 3 -1, 2- 3 , 3 -0, 3 -1, 3 -2
93.59	3-dart average	94.53
68	100+	63
36	140+	30th
10	180s	15th
131	highest finish	104
39.39%	Double quota	33.33%

Women

Women's BDO World Darts Championship 2020
Tournament status
Tournament type	World Championship
organizer	BDO
venue	The O2 , London
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Mikuru Suzuki
Attendees	16
Opening game	4th January 2020
Endgame	January 11, 2020
Prize money (total)	£ 20,500
Prize money (winner)	£ 8,000
winner	Mikuru Suzuki
statistics
highest finish	134 points from Lorraine Winstanley
← 2019   2021 →

Format & qualification

As in previous years, 16 players took part in the women's tournament. The 14 best placed players in the BDO Invitation Table were eligible to participate . There were also two other players who previously went through a qualifying tournament. All players started in the first round, in which the eight best-placed darters in the BDO Invitation Table were seeded and the remaining players were drawn.

As in the men's tournament, the women's tournament was played in set mode. Three legs were also required to win a set. In one set of decisions, two legs also had to win the lead. In all rounds excluding the endgame, the Best of 3 mode was played. The final was contested in the Best of 5 mode .

Participants

seeded participants: the top 8 of the BDO ranking list

No. Player Round reached 01. Lisa Ashton final 02. Mikuru Suzuki victory 03. Aileen de Graaf Quarter finals 04th Fallon Sherrock 1 Vicky Pruim 1 round

No. Player Round reached 05. Deta Hedman 1 round 06th Beau Greaves Semifinals 07th Anastasia Dobromyslova Quarter finals 08th. Lorraine Winstanley Quarter finals

9th to 15th place in the BDO ranking list

9. Laura Turner
10. Maria O'Brien
11. Casey Gallagher
12. Paula Jacklin
13. Sharon Prins
14. Trina Gulliver ²
15. Tori Kewish

Winner of the qualifying tournament

• Corrine Hammond
• Kirsty Hutchinson

¹After her successful participation in the PDC World Darts Championship 2020 , Fallon Sherrock withdrew her participation in the BDO World Championship. She was replaced by the sixteenth place in the world rankings Vicky Pruim.

²Trina Gulliver withdrew her participation due to health problems. She was replaced by Tori Kewish.

Prize money

The prize money for women was also reduced. It was £ 29,000 in 2019, down from £ 26,500 this year. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 10,000
finalist	(1)	£ 4,500
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 2,000
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 1,000
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 500
		£ 26,500

Results

	1st round 04-08.01.2020 best of 3 sets					Quarter-finals 01/09/2020 best of 3 sets					Semi-finals 01/10/2020 best of 3 sets					Final 11.01.2020 best of 5 sets
	1	Lisa Ashton 79.81	2
		Paula Jacklin 63.50	0
						1	Lisa Ashton 79.90	2
						8th	Lorraine Winstanley 78.45	0
	8th	Lorraine Winstanley 73.17	2
		Casey Gallagher 73.84	0
											1	Lisa Ashton 84.28	2
											Q	Corrine Hammond 77.08	0
	4th	Vicky Pruim 71.18	0
	Q	Corrine Hammond 69.35	2
						Q	Corrine Hammond 67.75	2
							Laura Turner 61.82	0
	5	Deta Hedman 64.15	0
		Laura Turner 64.57	2
																1	Lisa Ashton 85	0
																2	Mikuru Suzuki 83.39	3
	2	Mikuru Suzuki 84.92	2
		Maria O'Brien 80.69	1
						2	Mikuru Suzuki 77.87	2
						7th	Anastasia Dobromyslova 77.56	0
	7th	Anastasia Dobromyslova 64.51	2
		Sharon Prins 62.35	0
											2	Mikuru Suzuki 79.14	2
											6th	Beau Greaves 76.24	1
	3	Aileen de Graaf 72.99	2
	Q	Kirsty Hutchinson 70.15	1
						3	Aileen de Graaf 81.59	1
						6th	Beau Greaves 86.28	2
	6th	Beau Greaves 80.37	2
		Tori Kewish 75.63	0

Juniors

The first game of the afternoon session will be the final of the BDO Junior World Championship on January 11, 2020. It will be held in the best of 5 mode. The winner received £ 5,000 and the losing finalist £ 2,500.

	Result
Leighton Bennett 84.24	0: 3	Keane Barry 90.54

Web links

• BDO World Darts Championship at bdodarts.com
• Preliminary report at dartn.de
• Preliminary report at darts1.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ REDUCED PRIZE FUND FOR 2020 BDO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINALLY REVEALED. https://dartsnews.com , January 15, 2020, accessed January 15, 2020 (English). 
2. ↑ Draw for 2020 BDO World Darts Championship. dartsnews.com, November 2, 2019, accessed November 30, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Ladies prize fund for 2020 BDO World Championship set to double, format change also possible. dartsnews.com, August 9, 2019, accessed December 1, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Fallon Sherrock Says Start at Women's World Cup. Accessed January 1, 2020
5. ↑ Trina Gulliver MBE withdraws from 2020 BDO World Professional Darts Championships. bdodarts.com, December 11, 2019, accessed December 17, 2019 .