BDO World Darts Championship | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 4–12 January 2020 | ||
Venue | Indigo at The O2 | ||
Location | London | ||
Country | England, United Kingdom | ||
Organisation(s) | BDO | ||
Format | Sets | ||
Prize fund | £127,000 (men) £26,500 (women) | ||
Winner's share | £23,000 (men) £10,000 (women) | ||
High checkout | 170 Martijn Kleermaker (x2) Chris Landman Willem Mandigers | ||
Champion(s) | |||
Wayne Warren (men) Mikuru Suzuki (women) Keane Barry (youth) | |||
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The 2020 BDO World Professional Darts Championship was the 43rd and final World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the only staging at the Indigo at The O2 in London. It was the first BDO World Darts Championship not held at the Lakeside Country Club since 1985. [1] Gabriel Pascaru and Thibault Tricole became the first players from Romania and France respectively to play in a World Darts Championship. Three-time men's defending champion Glen Durrant was absent from the event, having switched to the Professional Darts Corporation in January 2019. The reigning women's champion was Mikuru Suzuki. She successfully retained her title, by defeating Lisa Ashton 3–0 in the final. Wayne Warren won his first world title with a 7–4 win over fellow Welshman Jim Williams in the final. He became the oldest player ever to win a world title.
It was the final World Darts Championship organised by the BDO due to the collapse of the organisation in September 2020. [2] Following the tournament, the World Darts Federation announced plans to launch the WDF World Championship in 2020, [3] but due to the COVID-19 pandemic these plans were pushed back to 2022. [4]
On 30 December 2019, less than a week before the tournament was due to start, it was announced that due to ticket sales of only 15%, the prize money would be 'reduced somewhat'. [5] A reduction from £359,000 to £150,000 was reported in the media but prize money aside from the winners was unconfirmed. [6] It was thought that the prize money would be reduced by half in most cases, although this was unconfirmed. On 15 January 2020, the prize fund was finally revealed with the men's champion portion dropping from £100,000 last year to only £23,000 this year. [7] On 11 February 2020, it was reported that players had still not received any prize money, despite payment being due by 9 February, 28 days after the tournament ended. [8]
Men's
Position (number of players) | Prize money | |
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Winner | (1) | £23,000 |
Runner-up | (1) | £10,000 |
Semi-finalist | (2) | £5,000 |
Quarter-finalist | (4) | £4,000 |
Second round losers | (8) | £3,000 |
First round losers | (16) | £2,000 |
Preliminary round losers | (8) | £1,500 |
Total | £127,000 |
Women's
Position (number of players) | Prize money | |
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Winner | (1) | £10,000 |
Runner-up | (1) | £4,500 |
Semi-finalist | (2) | £2,000 |
Quarter-finalist | (4) | £1000 |
First round losers | (8) | £500 |
Total | £26,500 |
1–16 in BDO rankings [9]
| 17–24 in BDO rankings [9]
25–27 in BDO rankings [9]
World Master
| Regional Table qualifiers [9]
Playoff qualifiers
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All matches are the first to 3 sets
Av. | Player | Score | Player | Av. |
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83.78 | (Q) Justin Thompson | 3 – 0 | Scott Williams (Q) | 82.41 |
87.30 | (Q) Darren Herewini | 3 – 1 | Simon Stainton | 86.22 |
86.19 | (Q) Thibault Tricole | 3 – 2 | Ross Montgomery | 93.08 |
86.27 | (Q) Joe Chaney | 2 – 3 | Ben Hazel (Q) | 86.22 |
80.98 | (Q) Andreas Harrysson | 3 – 2 | John O'Shea (WC) | 75.38 |
88.51 | (Q) Paul Hogan | 3 – 1 | Brian Raman | 89.22 |
81.90 | (Q) Gabriel Pascaru | 1 – 3 | Justin Hood (Q) | 90.24 |
86.71 | (Q) David Cameron | 1 – 3 | Nick Fullwell (Q) | 90.44 |
1–8 in BDO rankings [9]
| 9–16 in BDO rankings [9]
| Playoff qualifiers
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First round (best of 3 sets) | Quarter-finals (best of 3 sets) | Semi-finals (best of 3 sets) | Final (best of 5 sets) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Lisa Ashton 79.81 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paula Jacklin 63.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Lisa Ashton 79.90 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Lorraine Winstanley 73.17 | 3 | 3 | 8 | Lorraine Winstanley 78.45 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Casey Gallagher 73.84 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Lisa Ashton 84.28 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Alt | Vicky Pruim 71.18 | 2 | 1 | Q | Corrine Hammond 77.08 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Q | Corrine Hammond 69.35 | 3 | 3 | Q | Corrine Hammond 67.75 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Deta Hedman 64.15 | 1 | 2 | Laura Turner 61.82 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Laura Turner 64.57 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Lisa Ashton 85.00 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Mikuru Suzuki 84.92 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Mikuru Suzuki 83.39 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Maria O'Brien 80.69 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Mikuru Suzuki 77.87 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Anastasia Dobromyslova 64.51 | 3 | 3 | 7 | Anastasia Dobromyslova 77.56 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sharon Prins 62.35 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Mikuru Suzuki 79.14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Aileen de Graaf 72.99 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | Beau Greaves 76.24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Q | Kirsty Hutchinson 70.15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | Aileen de Graaf 81.59 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Beau Greaves 80.37 | 3 | 3 | 6 | Beau Greaves 86.28 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Alt | Tori Kewish 75.63 | 0 | 1 |
Av. | Player | Score | Player | Av. |
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84.24 | Leighton Bennett | 0 – 3 | Keane Barry | 90.54 |
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