2020 European Darts Grand Prix

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The **2020 European Darts Grand Prix** was the third PDC European Tour event on the 2020 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Glaspalast, Sindelfingen, Germany from 16–18 October 2020. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Ian White was the defending champion, after defeating Peter Wright 8–7 in the 2019 final. However, he lost 7–6 to José de Sousa in the semi-finals.

de Sousa won his first European Tour title after beating Michael van Gerwen 8–4 in the final.

The tournament was postponed from its original date of 20–22 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

## Prize money

The prize money remained unchanged from the 2019 European Tour:

This is how the prize money was divided:

* Seeded players who lose in the second round and Host Nation invitees who lose in the first round do not receive this prize money on any Orders of Merit.

## Qualification and format

The tournament used the qualifiers from the 2020 European Darts Open, which was planned to be held in March as the third tournament of the 2020 tour but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 4 March automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from four qualifying events and to two invitees – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 14 February), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 15 October), the two highest ranked German players on the cut-off date also qualified, two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 15 October), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 12 October 2019), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 8 February).

Seeded players Peter Wright & Adrian Lewis; and unseeded players Ryan Joyce & Darren Webster all withdrew prior to the draw. The highest ranked qualifiers José de Sousa & Vincent van der Voort became seeds, and the number of places available from the Host Nation Qualifier increased from two to six.

The following players took part in the tournament:

1. Michael van Gerwen  *(Runner-up)*
2. Gerwyn Price  *(Third round)*
3. Ian White  *(Semi-finals)*
4. Krzysztof Ratajski  *(Second round)*
5. Mensur Suljović  *(Semi-finals)*
6. Daryl Gurney  *(Second round)*
7. Dave Chisnall  *(Second round)*
8. James Wade  *(Third round)*
9. Nathan Aspinall  *(Quarter-finals)*
10. Joe Cullen  *(Third round)*
11. Glen Durrant  *(Third round)*
12. Jamie Hughes  *(Third round)*
13. Rob Cross  *(Quarter-finals)*
14. Michael Smith  *(Third round)*
15. **José de Sousa**  **(Champion)**
16. Vincent van der Voort  *(Third round)*
* Devon Petersen  *(Second round)*
* Steve Lennon  *(Second round)*
* Adam Hunt  *(Second round)*
* Mervyn King  *(Second round)*
* Jason Lowe  *(First round)*
* Steffen Siepmann  *(First round)*
* Jonathan Worsley  *(First round)*
* Darius Labanauskas  *(Quarter-finals)*
* William O'Connor  *(Second round)*
* Derk Telnekes  *(Second round)*
* John Henderson  *(First round)*
* Maik Kuivenhoven  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Martijn Kleermaker  *(Third round)*
* Harry Ward  *(First round)*
* Madars Razma  *(First round)*
* Scott Waites  *(Second round)*
* Damon Heta  *(First round)*
* Luke Woodhouse  *(First round)*
* Chris Dobey  *(First round)*
* Kim Huybrechts  *(Second round)*
* David Evans  *(Second round)*
* Stefan Bellmont  *(First round)*

**Highest Ranked Germans**
* Gabriel Clemens  *(Second round)*
* Max Hopp  *(Second round)*

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* Ricardo Pietreczko  *(Second round)*
* Michael Unterbuchner  *(First round)*
* Markus Buffler  *(First round)*
* Kai Gotthardt  *(First round)*
* Nico Kurz  *(Second round)*
* Robert Marijanović  *(First round)*

**Nordic & Baltic Qualifier**
* Mindaugas Barauskas  *(First round)*

**East European Qualifier**
* Pero Ljubić  *(First round)*

## References

1. ↑ White Wins Second European Tour Title. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved on September 1, 2023.
2. ↑ Incredible De Sousa claims European Darts Grand Prix title. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved on September 1, 2023.
3. ↑ Third European Tour event postponed. Retrieved on September 5, 2023.
4. ↑ Prize Money Soars Above £14m In 2019. PDC. Retrieved on August 30, 2023.
5. ↑ European Tour double confirmed for October. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved on September 5, 2023.
6. ↑ European Tour 3-4 Tour Card Holder Qualifier entries. PDC. Retrieved on September 5, 2023.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 2020 European Darts Grand Prix Draw & Schedule. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved on September 5, 2023.