2020 PDC Home Tour

Special darts tournament in 2020Template:SHORTDESC:Special darts tournament in 2020

Darts tournamentTemplate:SHORTDESC:Darts tournament
The **2020 Unibet Home Tour** was a special tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for players to play indoor tournaments at their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It began on 17 April 2020, and ended on 18 May 2020, with the 2020 PDC Home Tour Play-Offs following on afterwards. The tournament was open to all players who had a PDC Tour Card in 2020.

The winner was awarded a place in the 2020 Grand Slam of Darts.

Luke Woodhouse hit a nine-darter in his Group 2 match with Gerwyn Price.

## Format

Beginning on 17 April 2020, four Tour Card players would play against each other over the course of an evening, with the winner of each night going into a last 32 stage, beginning on 26 May 2020.

In the first phase, each match will be a best of 9 legs match, with the winner of each match getting two points on the table. Should there be a tie on points after all the matches, the leg difference will determine the winner, should that also be equal, the result between the two players is taken into account. Should there be a three-way tie for first place, the overall average of the players will then be taken into account.

In the second phase taking place between 26 May and 2 June, the 32 winners will again be put into groups of four, where all players will play each other over one night, but each match is now a best of 11 legs match, but all other rules being the same. The eight winners in the second phase will then move into a semi-final group stage taking place on 3 & 4 June, with the top two in each group moving forward to the Championship Group stage, where the winner will become the champion.

Players opting to not take part were Michael Van Gerwen, Daryl Gurney, Mensur Suljović, Adrian Lewis, Jeffrey De Zwaan, Mervyn King, Steve West, Vincent Van Der Voort, Brendan Dolan, William O'Connor, Steve Lennon, Josh Payne, Benito Van Der Pas, Mark McGeeney, Madas Razma, Marko Kentele, Yordi Meeuwisse, Barrie Bates, Michael Barnard, Jason Lowe, Aaron Beeney, Stefan Siepmann, Wesley Harms, Derk Telnekes, Boris Krcmar, Darren Penhall, Wayne Jones.

## Darts At Home

Whilst the format was being finalised, there were 2 weeks of matches under the banner **Darts At Home**, which followed the same rules as the new PDC Home Tour, although the first week featured 5 players (in best-of-7 leg matches), as opposed to the 4 (in best-of-9 leg matches) which was then adopted later on.

*All matches first to 4 (best-of-7 legs)*

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Avg = Three-dart average in group matches; Pts = Group points

*All matches first to 5 (best-of-9 legs)*

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Avg = Three-dart average in group matches; Pts = Group points

## Phase One

*All matches first to 5 (best-of-9 legs)*

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Avg = Three-dart average in group matches; Pts = Group points

## Play-Off Phase

Template:See

In the play-offs phase taking place between 26 May and 2 June, the 32 winners will again be put into groups of four, where all players will play each other over one night, but each match is now a best of 11 legs match, but all other rules being the same. The eight winners in the second phase will then move into a semi-final group stage taking place on 3 & 4 June, with the top two in each group moving forward to the Championship Group stage, where the winner will become the champion.

## References

1. ↑ PDC Home Tour to launch on Friday.
2. ↑ PDC Home Tour: Line-ups & fixtures for Nights One-Four.