2020 German Darts Championship

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The **2020 German Darts Championship** was the second of four PDC European Tour events on the 2020 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Daryl Gurney was the defending champion after defeating Ricky Evans 8–6 in the final of the 2019 tournament, but he lost 6–2 to Danny Noppert in the quarter-finals.

Devon Petersen won his first PDC title, beating Jonny Clayton 8–3 in the final, which also meant he became the first player from Africa to win a PDC ranking title outside of Africa.

## 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 Grand Prix, which was planned to be held in March as the second 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 6 February 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 24 September), the two highest ranked German players on the cut-off date also qualified, two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 24 September), 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).

From 2020, all Tour Card holders will enter into one qualifier instead of two separate ones for the UK and Europe. For this tournament, Daniel Larsson qualified as the Nordic & Baltic qualifier, even though he won a PDC Tour Card at 2020 Q-School, as this was due to the qualifying event taking place before Q-School.

Niels Zonneveld & Simon Stevenson withdrew prior to the draw and were replaced with additional Host Nation Qualifiers.

The following players took part in the tournament:

1. Michael van Gerwen  *(Third round)*
2. Ian White  *(Second round)*
3. Gerwyn Price  *(Second round)*
4. Peter Wright  *(Third round)*
5. Dave Chisnall  *(Quarter-finals)*
6. Krzysztof Ratajski  *(Quarter-finals)*
7. Daryl Gurney  *(Quarter-finals)*
8. Mensur Suljović  *(Third round)*
9. James Wade  *(Quarter-finals)*
10. Glen Durrant  *(Third round)*
11. Joe Cullen  *(Third round)*
12. Nathan Aspinall  *(Third round)*
13. Jonny Clayton  *(Runner-up)*
14. Rob Cross  *(Third round)*
15. Adrian Lewis  *(Second round)*
16. Jermaine Wattimena  *(Second round)*
* Josh Payne  *(First round)*
* Adam Hunt  *(Second round)*
* Jeffrey de Zwaan  *(First round)*
* Steve Lennon  *(Second round)*
* Michael Smith  *(Second round)*
* Darren Penhall  *(First round)*
* Jeff Smith  *(Second round)*
* Mervyn King  *(Semi-finals)*
* Jason Lowe  *(First round)*
* **Devon Petersen**  **(Champion)**
* Steffen Siepmann  *(First round)*
* William O'Connor  *(Second round)*
* Alan Tabern  *(First round)*
* Ryan Murray  *(First round)*
* Scott Waites  *(Second round)*
* Ron Meulenkamp  *(First round)*
* Chris Dobey  *(Second round)*
* Steve Brown  *(First round)*
* Danny Noppert  *(Semi-finals)*
* Reece Robinson  *(First round)*
* Steve West  *(First round)*
* Richard North  *(Second round)*
* Ronny Huybrechts  *(First round)*
* Cody Harris  *(First round)*

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

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* Lukas Wenig  *(Second round)*
* Franz Rötzsch  *(First round)*
* Nico Kurz  *(Second round)*
* Dragutin Horvat  *(Second round)*

**Nordic & Baltic Qualifier**
* Daniel Larsson  *(First round)*

**East European Qualifier**
* Boris Koltsov  *(First round)*

## References

1. ↑ Gurney's German Darts Championship Glory. PDC. Retrieved on August 30, 2023.
2. ↑ History-maker Petersen wins 2020 German Darts Championship. PDC. Retrieved on September 5, 2023.
3. ↑ Prize Money Soars Above £14m In 2019. PDC. Retrieved on August 30, 2023.
4. ↑ Field confirmed for ET2 in Hildesheim. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved on September 5, 2020.
5. ↑ European Tour 1-2 Tour Card Holder Qualifier entries. PDC. Retrieved on September 3, 2023.
6. ↑ European Tour double confirmed for October. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved on September 21, 2020.
7. ↑ 2020 German Darts Championship draw. PDC. Retrieved on September 5, 2023.