PDC Pro Tour 2020

The PDC Pro Tour 2020 will be the ninth edition of the darts tournament series by the PDC . It includes the Players Championships and the European Tour Events . A total of 27 tournaments are expected to be held, 16 fewer than in the previous year - 23 Players Championships and 4 European Tour Events.

This article also contains the results of other PDC tournament series such as the Development Tour, the Challenge Tour, the Women's Series, the PDC Home Tour, the regional tours and the regional qualification tournaments for the PDC World Darts Championship 2021 .

PDC Tour Card

In order to be able to play the PDC Pro Tour , one must have a tour card that is valid for two years. This entitles the holder to participate in all Pro Tour tournaments.

A total of 128 tour cards are awarded:

• (64) - Top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit after the PDC World Championship 2020
• (24) - 25 qualifiers from the Q-School 2019 who were not in the top 64 after the PDC World Championship 2019 .
• (2) - Two qualifiers from the Challenge Tour 2018
• (2) - Two qualifiers from the Development Tour 2018
• (2) - Two qualifiers from the Challenge Tour 2019
• (2) - Two qualifiers from the Development Tour 2019
• (32) - 31 qualifiers from Q-School 2020

Q-School

The remaining tour cards were given out through the Q-School. They have been divided into the UK Q-School and the European Q-School since 2018. Players who are not from Europe could choose which tournament they want to take part in.

• The UK Q-School took place January 16-19, 2020 at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan .
• The European Q-School took place from January 16-19, 2020 in Hall 39 in Hildesheim .

The following players were able to earn a Tour Card for two years:

Day 1 - January 16	Day 2 - January 17th	Day 3 - January 18th	Day 4 - January 19th
UK Q School
Jason Lowe Gary Blades	Kai Fan Leung Bradley Brooks	Jeff Smith Aaron Beeney	Nick Kenny Scott Waites
521 participants
European Q-School
Harald Leitinger	Mike De Decker	Karel Sedláček	Steffen Siepmann
332 participants

The remaining Tour Cards were given to the following players via the Q-School Order of Merit - also shared in UK and European:

UK Q-School Order of Merit

1. Adam Hunt
2. Ryan Murray
3. Peter Jacques
4. Damon Heta
5. Andy Hamilton
6. Alan Tabern
7. Wayne Jones
8. William Borland
9. Martin Atkins
10. Steve Brown
11. Darren Penhall
12. Lisa Ashton

European Q-School Order of Merit

1. Dirk van Duijvenbode
2. Wesley Harms
3. Derk Telnekes
4. Martijn Kleermaker
5. Daniel Larsson
6. Boris Krčmar
7. Krzysztof Kciuk

Prize money

The prize money for the Players Championship tournaments was the same as last year. The prize pool of the European Tour Events rose slightly by £ 5,000 to £ 140,000.

They are divided as follows:

round	Players Championships	European Tour Events
victory	£ 10,000	£ 25,000
final	£ 6,000	£ 10,000
Semifinals	£ 3,000	£ 6,500
Quarter finals	£ 2,250	£ 5,000
Round of 16	£ 1,500 each	£ 3,000
3rd round (load 32)	£ 1,000	£ 2,000
2nd lap (load 64)	£ 500	£ 1,000
Total	£ 75,000	£ 140,000

Players Championships

→ Main article : Players Championships 2020

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	02/08/2020	Barnsley	Gary Anderson	8  : 4	Jeff Smith
2	02/09/2020	Barnsley	Nathan Aspinall	8  : 3	Gerwyn Price
3	02/15/2020	Wigan	Ryan Searle	8  : 6	Michael van Gerwen
4th	February 16, 2020	Wigan	Krzysztof Ratajski	8  : 7	Ian White
5	02/22/2020	Wigan	Peter Wright	8  : 6	Gerwyn Price
6th	02/23/2020	Wigan	Gerwyn Price	8  : 7	Michael van Gerwen
7th	March 14, 2020	Barnsley	Nathan Aspinall	8  : 4	Brendan Dolan
8th	03/15/2020	Barnsley	Ian White	8  : 3	James Wade
9	07/08/2020	Milton Keynes	Michael van Gerwen	8  : 7	Peter Wright
10	07/09/2020	Milton Keynes	Ryan Joyce	8  : 7	Dave Chisnall
11	07/10/2020	Milton Keynes	Michael van Gerwen	8  : 3	José de Sousa
12	07/11/2020	Milton Keynes	James Wade	8  : 2	Rob Cross
13	07/12/2020	Milton Keynes	Peter Wright	8  : 2	Gerwyn Price
14th	09/12/2020	Niedernhausen
15th	13.09.2020	Niedernhausen
16	14.09.2020	Niedernhausen
17th	September 15, 2020	Niedernhausen
18th	16.09.2020	Niedernhausen
19th	postponed	TBA
20th	postponed	TBA
21st	postponed	TBA
22nd	postponed	TBA
23	postponed	TBA

European Tour Events

→ Main article : European Darts Tour 2020

No.	date	Event	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	February 28–1. March	Belgian Darts Championship	Hasselt	Gerwyn Price 100.03	8  : 3	Michael Smith 96.26
2	25-27 September	German Darts Championship	Hildesheim
3	TBA	TBA	TBA
4th	TBA	TBA	TBA

PDC Challenge Tour

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	01/25/2020	Wigan	Robert Collins	5  : 4	Adam Huckvale
2	01/25/2020	Wigan	Scott Mitchell	5  : 1	Andrew Gilding
3	01/26/2020	Wigan	Matthew Dennant	5  : 4	Nathan Rafferty
4th	01/26/2020	Wigan	Jitse van der Wal	5  : 2	Arjan Konterman
5	09/10/2020	Barnsley
6th	09/10/2020	Barnsley
7th	10/10/2020	Barnsley
8th	10/10/2020	Barnsley
9	10/11/2020	Barnsley
10	10/11/2020	Barnsley

PDC Development Tour

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	02/29/2020	Hildesheim	Berry van Peer	5  : 1	Martin Schindler
2	02/29/2020	Hildesheim	Ryan Meikle	5  : 3	Niels Zonneveld
3	01.03.2020	Hildesheim	Ryan Meikle	5  : 3	Nico Kurz
4th	01.03.2020	Hildesheim	Wessel Nijman	5  : 3	Martin Schindler
5	09/25/2020	Barnsley
6th	09/25/2020	Barnsley
7th	09/26/2020	Barnsley
8th	09/26/2020	Barnsley
9	09/27/2020	Barnsley
10	09/27/2020	Barnsley

PDC Women's Series

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	10/17/2020	Barnsley
2	10/17/2020	Barnsley
3	October 18, 2020	Barnsley
4th	October 18, 2020	Barnsley

PDC Home Tour

→ Main article : PDC Home Tour

No.	date	winner	2nd place	3rd place	4th Place
1 round
1	April 17, 2020	Jamie Lewis	Peter Wright	Peter Jacques	Niels Zonneveld
2	April 18, 2020	Luke Woodhouse	Gerwyn Price	Ted Evetts	Rowby-John Rodriguez
3	April 19, 2020	Dave Chisnall	Scott Waites	Jonathan Worsley	Jan Dekker
4th	April 20, 2020	Geert Nentjes	Ross Smith	Mickey Mansell	Lisa Ashton
5	04/21/2020	Nick Kenny	Luke Humphries	Joe Murnan	Devon Petersen
6th	04/22/2020	Ryan Searle	Andy Boulton	James Wade	Adrian Gray
7th	04/23/2020	Jelle Klaasen	Ryan Meikle	Gabriel Clemens	Gavin Carlin
8th	April 24, 2020	Jonny Clayton	Adam Hunt	David Pallett	Richard North
9	04/25/2020	Martijn Kleermaker	Michael Smith	Matt Clark	Harry Ward
10	04/26/2020	Nathan Aspinall	Steve Brown	Ryan Joyce	Simon Stevenson
11	April 27, 2020	Alan Tabern	Mike van Duivenbode	Kirk Shepherd	Simon Whitlock
12	04/28/2020	Max Hopp	Mike De Decker	Conan Whitehead	Keegan Brown 1
13	04/29/2020	Carl Wilkinson	Steve Beaton	Callan Rydz	Matthew Edgar
14th	04/30/2020	Chris Dobey	Ron Meulenkamp	Ciaran Teehan	Kai Fan Leung
15th	05/01/2020	Darren Webster	Bradley Brooks	Andy Hamilton	Scott Baker
16	May 2nd, 2020	Jeff Smith	Martin Atkins	Ricky Evans	Christian Bunse
17th	05/03/2020	Damon Heta	John Henderson	Krzysztof Kciuk	Gary Blades
18th	05/04/2020	Stephen Bunting	Kim Huybrechts	Harald Leitinger	Nathan Derry
19th	05/05/2020	Glen Durrant	Justin Pipe	Maik Kuivenhoven	Vincent van der Meer
20th	05/06/2020	Ryan Murray	Joe Cullen	John Michael	Jermaine Wattimena
21st	05/07/2020	Rob Cross	Dimitri Van den Bergh	Karel Sedláček	William Borland
22nd	05/08/2020	Jesús Noguera	Danny Noppert	Ian White	James Wilson
23	05/09/2020	Daniel Larsson	Dirk Van Duijvenbode	Martin Schindler	Kyle Anderson
24	05/10/2020	Jamie Hughes	Krzysztof Ratajski	Darius Labanauskas	Toni Alcinas
25th	05/11/2020	José de Sousa	Keegan Brown	Reece Robinson	Robert Thornton
26th	05/12/2020	Mike de Decker	Steve Brown	Martin Atkins	Conan Whitehead
27	05/13/2020	Scott Waites	Ross Smith	Ron Meulenkamp	Steve Beaton
28	05/14/2020	Luke Humphries	Michael Smith	Andy Boulton	Mike van Duivenbode
29	05/15/2020	Cristo Reyes	John Henderson	Danny Noppert	Ryan Meikle
30th	May 16, 2020	Gary Anderson	Kim Huybrechts	Dimitri Van den Bergh	Dirk van Duijvenbode
31	05/17/2020	Joe Cullen	Keegan Brown	Gerwyn Price	Bradley Brooks
32	May 18, 2020	Peter Wright	Adam Hunt	Krzysztof Ratajski	Justin Pipe
2nd round
1	05/26/2020	Jelle Klaasen	Cristo Reyes	Peter Wright	Ryan Murray
2	05/27/2020	Mike De Decker	Stephen Bunting	Alan Tabern	Glen Durrant
3	05/28/2020	Gary Anderson	Luke Humphries	Jamie Lewis	Nick Kenny
4th	05/29/2020	Dave Chisnall	Geert Nentjes	Darren Webster	Damon Heta
5	05/30/2020	Rob Cross	Ryan Searle	Luke Woodhouse	Daniel Larsson
6th	05/31/2020	Joe Cullen	Jeff Smith	Chris Dobey	Martijn Kleermaker
7th	06/01/2020	Nathan Aspinall	José de Sousa	Jamie Hughes	Jesús Noguera
8th	06/02/2020	Jonny Clayton	Scott Waites	Max Hopp	Carl Wilkinson
3rd round
1	06/03/2020	Gary Anderson	Jelle Klaasen	Dave Chisnall	Mike De Decker
2	04.06.2020	Jonny Clayton	Nathan Aspinall	Joe Cullen	Rob Cross
Championship Group
1	06/05/2020	Nathan Aspinall	Gary Anderson	Jonny Clayton	Jelle Klaasen

¹ Had to leave the group early

Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	02/29/2020	Vääksy	Kim Viljanen	6  : 5	Darius Labanauskas
2	01.03.2020	Vääksy	Daniel Larsson	6  : 2	Kim Viljanen
3	23/10/2020	Riga
4th	October 24, 2020	Riga
5	October 24, 2020	Riga
6th	10/25/2020	Riga

Professional Darts Corporation Asia

After several postponements, PDC Asia Tour was completely canceled on August 11, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

Dartplayers Australia (DPA) Pro Tour

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	January 31, 2020	Barrack Heights	Gordon Mathers	6  : 3	Kyle Anderson
2	02/01/2020	Barrack Heights	Robbie King	5  : 3	Jamie Rundle
3	02/02/2020	Barrack Heights	Kyle Anderson	2  : 0 (sets)	Cuming times
4th	03/06/2020	Brisbane	Cuming times	6  : 1	Jamie Rundle
5	07.03.2020	Brisbane	Ben Robb	5  : 2	Hauptai Puha
6th	March 8th, 2020	Brisbane	Steve Fitzpatrick	2  : 0 (sets)	Gordon Mathers

The DPA Pro Tour was canceled prematurely on June 5th due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The last 14 tournaments still played were included in the DPA Order of Merit, which determines the qualifiers for the PDC World Darts Championship 2021 and PDC World Youth Championship 2020 .

EuroAsian Darts Corporation (EADC) Pro Tour

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	02/22/20	Moscow	Boris Koltsov	6  : 4	Aleksei Kadochnikov
2	02/22/20	Moscow	Aleksei Kadochnikov	6  : 2	Boris Koltsov
3	02/23/20	Moscow	Boris Koltsov	6  : 2	Evgenii Izotov

Championship Darts Corporation Pro Tour

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	postponed	Skokie
2	postponed	Skokie
3	postponed	Denver
4th	postponed	Denver
5	postponed	Halifax
6th	postponed	Halifax
7th	postponed	Philadelphia
8th	postponed	Philadelphia
9	postponed	Edmonton
10	postponed	Edmonton

World Championship International Qualifiers

date	Event	venue	winner	Result	finalist
TBA	North American Championship	TBA
TBA	DPNZ qualifier	TBA
06/14/2020	Super League darts	Ismaning	Nico Kurz	10  : 9	Dragutin Horvat
10/30/2020	Oceanic Masters	Warilla
11/29/2020	World Youth Championship	Minehead
11/30/2020	Tour Card Holder's Qualifier	Wigan
11/30/2020	Tour Card Holder's Qualifier	Wigan
11/25/2020	UK & Ireland Women's Qualifier	Wigan

Web links

• Pro Tour at dartn.de
• Homepage of the Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic (English)
• Homepage of the Professional Darts Corporation Asia (English)
• Homepage of Dartplayers Australia (English)
• Homepage of the EuroAsia Darts Corporation (Russian)
• The Championship Darts Circuit Homepage (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2020 PDC Tour Card Holders Update. Retrieved January 18, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Update for PDC overseas affiliated tours accessed on August 13, 2020
3. ↑ DPA YOUTH 2020 FINALIZATION accessed on June 10, 2020 (English)
4. ↑ GORDON GLEN MATHERS WRAPS UP 2020 SEASON accessed on June 10, 2020 (English)