Super League Darts 2020

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Super League Darts 2020
Tournament status

Tournament type Qualifying tournament
organizer PDC Europe
venue Brickyard 101, Ismaning
Tournament dates
Defending champion Nico Kurz
Attendees 16
Opening game May 16, 2020
Endgame June 14, 2020
Match days 5
Prize money (total) -
Prize money (winner) -
winner Nico Kurz
statistics

highest
average		 99.1 points from
Thomas Köhnlein
← 2019
 
2021 →

The Super League Darts 2020 (officially: Hylo Care PDC Europe Super League Germany ) was a qualification tournament that was organized by PDC Europe for the eighth time. It was used to determine a German participant in the PDC World Darts Championship 2021 .

The tournament originally started on February 1st, 2020. However, after the COVID-19 pandemic , the concept was fundamentally changed and the first matchday that had already been played was canceled. Two players then withdrew their participation. The hygiene concept, which was only communicated at very short notice, was criticized in the media. From a sporting point of view, the non-transparent nomination of the wildcards, the group division and the timing of the event, which could effectively lead to a reduction in the number of German players at the World Darts Championship, were criticized.

The Super League Darts began with the new format on May 16, 2020 and ended with the play-offs on June 14, 2020.

Nico Kurz was able to successfully defend the title by beating Dragutin Horvat with 10: 9 legs in the final .

qualification

The 13 best players from the previous year took part in the Super League Darts. The remaining 3 places were awarded through a qualification tournament. Conditions for participation are 16 years of age, German citizenship and the payment of an entry fee of 30 €. The qualification tournament took place on November 16, 2019 in Hall 39 in Hildesheim .

After the restructuring, Martin Schindler and Robert Marijanović canceled their participation. Both players gave reasons for health concerns for themselves or for those around them. They were replaced by Michael Unterbuchner and Steffen Siepmann without qualification . The following players are part of the Super League Darts 2020:

player Qualified as best result
Nico Kurz 1. of the previous year Winner ( 2019 )
Martin Schindler 2. of the previous year Final ( 2019 )
Gabriel Clemens 3rd of the previous year 2. ( 2018 )
Dragutin Horvat 4th of the previous year Winner ( 2016 )
Maik Langendorf 5th of the previous year Final ( 2013 , 2015 )
Robert Marijanović 6. of the previous year Winner ( 2018 )
Christian Bunse 7th of the previous year Semi-finals ( 2019 )
Thomas Köhnlein 8. of the previous year Quarter Finals ( 2019 )
Manfred Bilderl 9th of the previous year Quarterfinals ( 2018 , 2019 )
Kevin Münch 10. of the previous year Winner ( 2017 )
René Eidams 11th of the previous year Winner ( 2015 )
Sascha Stein 12th of the previous year Final ( 2014 )
Karsten Koch 13th of the previous year 10. ( 2013 )
Kai Gotthardt Winner qualifying tournament debut
Daniel Klose Winner qualifying tournament debut
Jens Kniest Winner qualifying tournament debut
Michael Unterbuchner Wildcard after reorganization debut
Steffen Siepmann Wildcard after reorganization debut
  • Withdrawal after reorganization
    		•

    Original mode

    game schedule

    Tournament weekend date venue
    1 1./2. February 2020 Karlsruhe
    2 (planned) 25./26. April 2020 Schwalmstadt
    3 (planned) 25./26. July 2020 Wins
    4 (planned) 22./23. August 2020 Darmstadt
    5 (planned) 10/11 October 2020 Leopoldshöhe

    Table after the first tournament weekend

    Pl. player Sp. Legs Diff. Points
    1. Gabriel Clemens 15th 80:51 +29 12
    2. Martin Schindler 15th 78:62 +16 11
    3. Kevin Münch 15th 80:51 +29 10
    4th Dragutin Horvat 15th 76:66 +10 10
    5. Christian Bunse 15th 76:62 +14 9
    6th Nico Kurz 15th 71:57 +14 9
    7th Maik Langendorf 15th 65:65 ± 0 9
    8th. Manfred Bilderl 15th 72:55 +17 8th
    9. Robert Marijanović 15th 67:70 −3 7th
    10. Daniel Klose 15th 65:74 −9 7th
    11. Kai Gotthardt 15th 62:72 −10 7th
    12. Sascha Stein 15th 64:73 −9 6th
    13. Jens Kniest 15th 61:72 −11 6th
    14th René Eidams 15th 61:78 −17 4th
    15th Thomas Köhnlein 15th 57:83 −26 4th
    16. Karsten Koch 15th 45:89 −44 1

    The matchday held in Karlsruhe on February 1 and 2, 2020 , was canceled by notification of May 13, 2020.

    Preliminary round

    After the reorganization, the game days were all played in May and June. The preliminary round matches were played on a total of 4 tournament weekends. Each tournament weekend was played in one of the two groups in the mode everyone against everyone . The number of games that each player played in the preliminary round was thus reduced from 75 to 14. Each win earned one point. The 4 best players in each group qualified for the play-offs at the end of the preliminary round.

    The preliminary round games were played in the best of 11 legs mode and the double-out variant .

    Venues

    Tournament weekend date group venue
    1 16./17. May 2020 A. Brickyard 101, IsmaningIsmaningIsmaning 
    2 23/24 May 2020 B.
    3 30./31. May 2020 A.
    4th 6./7. June 2020 B.

    Results

    Group A

    Pl. player Sp. Legs Diff. Points
    1. Gabriel Clemens 14th 80:42 +38 12
    2. Steffen Siepmann 14th 70:56 +14 9
    3. Kevin Münch 14th 70:55 +15 8th
    4th Michael Unterbuchner 14th 66:60 +6 8th
    5. Sascha Stein 14th 63:62 +1 8th
    6th Kai Gotthardt 14th 67:66 +1 7th
    7th Christian Bunse 14th 57:70 −13 4th
    8th. Jens Kniest 14th 22:84 −62 0
    2020 Christian Bunse Gabriel Clemens Kai Gotthardt Jens Kniest Kevin Münch Steffen Siepmann Sascha Stein Michael Unterbuchner
    Christian Bunse (90.3) 2: 6 (99.2) (73.3) 4: 6 (76.2) (75.7) 6: 2 (69.1) (71.8) 1: 6 (74.2) (85.3) 4: 6 (91.1) (77.6) 4: 6 (77.3) (75.8) 6: 3 (81.8)
    Gabriel Clemens (97.1) 6: 2 (86.0) (92.8) 6: 3 (87.8) (96.4) 6: 1 (81.3) (87.1) 6: 2 (81.1) (79.4) 4: 6 (82.4) (80.3) 6: 2 (69.6) (89.8) 6: 3 (90.8)
    Kai Gotthardt (78.9) 6: 5 (78.4) (83.3) 4: 6 (81.3) (81.0) 6: 1 (74.7) (77.9) 2: 6 (84.6) (83.3) 4: 6 (87.1) (81.2) 4: 6 (87.0) (93.9) 6: 3 (88.2)
    Jens Kniest (78.8) 1: 6 (80.1) (72.7) 0: 6 (87.6) (65.2) 3: 6 (73.4) (80.8) 3: 6 (83.5) (69.6) 1: 6 (90.5) (65.1) 1: 6 (87.0) (62.4) 1: 6 (77.3)
    Kevin Münch (90.8) 6: 4 (87.2) (89.9) 5: 6 (92.6) (88.5) 4: 6 (94.8) (82.8) 6: 2 (79.1) (96.7) 6: 3 (87.6) (77.7) 4: 6 (81.0) (82.5) 4: 6 (88.8)
    Steffen Siepmann (82.9) 6: 2 (78.4) (88.1) 3: 6 (87.2) (88.0) 4: 6 (86.5) (73.8) 6: 1 (67.4) (86.1) 3: 6 (89.1) (75.8) 3: 6 (79.4) (86.9) 6: 4 (82.6)
    Sascha Stein (78.7) 4: 6 (85.8) (78.4) 3: 6 (84.3) (77.2) 6: 4 (75.5) (78.3) 6: 3 (74.0) (73.3) 1: 6 (89.7) (78.4) 5: 6 (85.0) (74.3) 6: 4 (74.1)
    Michael Unterbuchner (83.9) 6: 5 (79.9) (91.0) 6: 4 (89.3) (87.6) 6: 4 (85.9) (79.0) 6: 2 (70.5) (85.4) 6: 3 (79.1) (76.7) 1: 6 (76.2) (84.4) 6: 1 (72.3)

    Group B

    Pl. player Sp. Legs Diff. Points
    1. Daniel Klose 14th 73:58 +15 11
    2. Nico Kurz 14th 77:53 +24 10
    3. Dragutin Horvat 14th 71:57 +14 9
    4th Manfred Bilderl 14th 70:64 +6 9
    5. Maik Langendorf 14th 62:62 ± 0 7th
    6th Thomas Köhnlein 14th 56:64 -8th 5
    7th René Eidams 14th 56:71 -15 4th
    8th. Karsten Koch 14th 45:81 -36 1
    2020 Manfred Bilderl René Eidams Dragutin Horvat Daniel Klose Karsten Koch Thomas Köhnlein Nico Kurz Maik Langendorf
    Manfred Bilderl (79.4) 6: 5 (83.7) (83.1) 6: 5 (81.8) (86.3) 5: 6 (84.9) (82.8) 6: 4 (82.2) (87.7) 2: 6 (99.1) (86.3) 3: 6 (90.9) (78.7) 6: 2 (77.6)
    René Eidams (88.4) 3: 6 (88.5) (83.8) 5: 6 (83.2) (73.5) 6: 3 (75.8) (81.0) 6: 3 (80.7) (81.2) 6: 0 (77.5) (77.5) 5: 6 (82.6) (88.1) 6: 5 (88.6)
    Dragutin Horvat (89.3) 2: 6 (95.8) (85.5) 6: 3 (79.9) (81.9) 6: 3 (76.1) (80.6) 6: 3 (74.5) (77.1) 6: 0 (68.1) (91.7) 3: 6 (90.9) (83.7) 5: 6 (86.8)
    Daniel Klose (83.4) 6: 5 (83.6) (79.6) 6: 1 (71.0) (84.9) 6: 2 (82.0) (85.4) 6: 3 (85.5) (82.2) 6: 4 (74.5) (90.3) 6: 2 (83.3) (76.0) 1: 6 (80.0)
    Karsten Koch (82.9) 4: 6 (92.3) (72.2) 6: 3 (71.7) (72.9) 4: 6 (86.2) (75.3) 4: 6 (78.7) (79.4) 2: 6 (76.9) (72.6) 3: 6 (84.7) (85.0) 3: 6 (80.7)
    Thomas Köhnlein (82.0) 6: 1 (79.6) (90.3) 6: 2 (77.5) (82.6) 1: 6 (92.9) (80.9) 5: 6 (84.4) (81.1) 6: 3 (77.8) (76.8) 3: 6 (81.8) (78.9) 3: 6 (80.0)
    Nico Kurz (88.2) 4: 6 (85.4) (94.8) 6: 4 (88.7) (93.3) 5: 6 (88.1) (81.8) 4: 6 (86.2) (82.3) 6: 1 (72.0) (88.0) 6: 5 (90.2) (96.8) 6: 1 (88.0)
    Maik Langendorf (82.2) 5: 6 (86.2) (76.1) 6: 1 (72.3) (77.3) 3: 6 (79.8) (80.5) 3: 6 (85.6) (87.5) 6: 2 (82.9) (79.2) 6: 5 (75.7) (82.1) 1: 6 (87.4)
  • Qualified for the play-offs
    		•

    Play-offs

    The play-offs were held like the preliminary round games in the brickworks 101 in Ismaning .

    The number next to the player indicates the thrown 3-dart average.

      Quarter-finals 14.06.2020
    best of 15 legs     		Semi-finals 14.06.2020
    best of 17 legs     		Final 06/14/2020
    best of 19 legs
                               
      1A Gabriel Clemens 98.6 8th        
    4B Manfred Bilderl 78.5 1  
    1A Gabriel Clemens 89.0 7th
      2 B Nico Kurz 90.2 9  
    2 B Nico Kurz 93.7 8th
    3A Kevin Münch 86.5 5  
    2 B Nico Kurz 94.1 10
      3B Dragutin Horvat 94.8 9
    1B Daniel Klose 87.8 4th    
    4A Michael Unterbuchner 95.0 8th  
    4A Michael Unterbuchner 86.4 3
      3B Dragutin Horvat 89.1 9  
    2A Steffen Siepmann 86.8 6th
      3B Dragutin Horvat 92.6 8th  

    transmission

    From the format change, the games were broadcast live on Sport 1 as well as the streaming services pdc.tv and DAZN .

    Results at the World Cup

    With the victory at the Super League Darts, Nico Kurz was also able to qualify for the PDC World Darts Championship for the second time in a row .

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Sven Scharf, DER SPIEGEL: Restart of Darts League: Risky Snap Shot - DER SPIEGEL - Sport. Retrieved May 18, 2020 .
    2. ↑ a b Super League: There is not always clarity. Retrieved May 18, 2020 .
    3. ↑ Darts: Kurz throws the first German World Cup ticket accessed on June 14, 2020
    4. ↑ In the best national league for single players, the German participant for the 2021 World Cup will be searched for on January 22, 2020
    5. ↑ What darts has ahead of other sports, accessed on May 13, 2020
    6. ↑ Super League Darts Germany from Saturday on Sport1. Retrieved May 18, 2020 .