2020 PDC Home Tour Play-Offs

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2020 Low6 Home Tour Play-Offs
Tournament information
Dates26 May–5 June 2020
LocationVarious
CountryVarious
Organisation(s) PDC
FormatLegs
High checkout170 Flag of England.svg Joe Cullen
(Last 8, Group 2)
Champion(s)
Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall
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The 2020 Low6 Home Tour Play-Offs was a special tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for players to play indoor tournaments at their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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It began on 17 April 2020 with the 2020 PDC Home Tour, with the Play-Offs commencing on 26 May 2020, and ended on 5 June 2020. The tournament was open to all players who had a PDC Tour Card in 2020. [1]

The winner was Nathan Aspinall, who won the final Championship Group finishing ahead of Gary Anderson, Jonny Clayton and Jelle Klaasen. Therefore Aspinall was awarded with a place in the 2020 Grand Slam of Darts.

Format

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.

Each match will be a best of 11 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.

Play-Off Groups

All matches first to 6 (best-of-11 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 Qualifiers

All 32 2020 PDC Home Tour winners are put into a pool based on their PDC Order of Merit ranking. The groups they were put in were pre-determined by their PDC Order of Merit ranking. [2]

Pool APool BPool CPool D

Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright (2)
Flag of England.svg Rob Cross (4)
Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall (7)
Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson (9)
Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall (11)
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jonny Clayton (15)
Flag of England.svg Joe Cullen (16)
Flag of England.svg Stephen Bunting (17)

Flag of England.svg Glen Durrant (19)
Flag of England.svg Chris Dobey (20)
Flag of Germany.svg Max Hopp (24)
Flag of England.svg Darren Webster (27)
Flag of England.svg Luke Humphries (34)
Flag of England.svg Jamie Hughes (41)
Flag of England.svg Ryan Searle (42)
Flag of Spain.svg Cristo Reyes (46)

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jelle Klaasen (48)
Flag of England.svg Luke Woodhouse (57)
Flag of Portugal.svg José de Sousa (59)
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jamie Lewis (60)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Geert Nentjes (71)
Flag of England.svg Carl Wilkinson (89)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeff Smith (92)
Flag of England.svg Alan Tabern (97)

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Mike De Decker (100)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Martijn Kleermaker (101)
Flag of England.svg Scott Waites (102)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damon Heta (106)
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Nick Kenny (109)
Flag of Spain.svg Jesús Noguera (127)
Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Larsson (130)
Flag of Scotland.svg Ryan Murray (135)

Semi-final groups

The semi-final groups consisted of the eight winners from the Last 32 stages, with the winners of Groups 1–4 in semi-final Group 1 and the winners of Groups 5–8 in semi-final Group 2.

All matches first to 6 (best-of-11 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

Championship Group – 5 June

The Championship Group consisted of the top 2 players from the 2 semi-final groups.

All matches first to 6 (best-of-11 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

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References

  1. "PDC Home Tour to launch on Friday".
  2. "Groups confirmed for Low6 Home Tour Play-Offs".