2020 World Series of Darts Finals

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2020 bwin World Series of Darts Finals
Tournament information
Dates18–20 September 2020
Venue Salzburgarena
Location Salzburg
CountryFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Organisation(s) PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£300,000
Winner's share£70,000
High checkout170 Flag of England.svg James Wade (x2)
Champion(s)
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price
«2019 2021»

The 2020 bwin World Series of Darts Finals was the sixth staging of the World Series of Darts Finals tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place at the Salzburgarena, Salzburg, Austria, from 18 to 20 September 2020, with smaller, masked, socially distanced crowds. It featured a field of 24 players. [1]

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Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, having defeated Danny Noppert 11–2 in the 2019 final. [2] However, he was beaten 6–4 in the second round by Glen Durrant.

Gerwyn Price won the tournament for the first time, his first World Series title, after beating Rob Cross 11–9 in the final. [3]

Prize money

The prize money remained the same as the previous year. [4]

Position (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: £300,000)
Winner(1)£70,000
Runner-up(1)£30,000
Semi-finalists(2)£20,000
Quarter-finalists(4)£15,000
Last 16 (second round)(8)£7,500
Last 24 (first round)(8)£5,000

Qualification

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no events were held on the World Series of Darts between the 2019 and 2020 finals. [5] Instead of the standard rules of the top 8 players on the World Series Order of Merit being seeded, the PDC invited the eight top-ranked players in the PDC Order of Merit to make up the seeds. Twelve more players were invited unseeded (consisting of the next 4 players on the Order of Merit, plus players representing the regions of the world where the events were due to take place), with the final four players being determined by a qualifier for Tour Card holders held on 11 September at H+ Hotel, Niedernhausen, Germany. [1]

Kyle Anderson was originally invited, but withdrew for personal reasons. Glen Durrant replaced him. [6] Gary Anderson was originally invited as the eighth seed, but also withdrew, with James Wade moving into the seeded places and Krzysztof Ratajski receiving an invitation. [7]

The following players qualified for the tournament: [1]

Invited Seeds
  1. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen (second round)
  2. Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright (semi-finals)
  3. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price (champion)
  4. Flag of England.svg Michael Smith (quarter-finals)
  5. Flag of England.svg Rob Cross (runner-up)
  6. Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall (quarter-finals)
  7. Ulster Banner.svg Daryl Gurney (quarter-finals)
  8. Flag of England.svg James Wade (semi-finals)
Order of Merit Players
International Representatives
Tour Card Holder Qualifiers

Draw

First round
(best of 11 legs)
18 September
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
19 September
Quarter-finals
(best of 19 legs)
20 September
Semi-finals
(best of 21 legs)
20 September
Final
(best of 21 legs)
20 September
RQ Flag of England.svg Glen Durrant 95.8261 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 102.004
RQ Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh 85.883RQ Flag of England.svg Glen Durrant 102.506
RQ Flag of England.svg Glen Durrant 102.469
8 Flag of England.svg James Wade 99.1410
  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeff Smith 86.5768 Flag of England.svg James Wade 97.046
Flag of England.svg Fallon Sherrock 85.115 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeff Smith 88.043
8 Flag of England.svg James Wade 87.587
5 Flag of England.svg Rob Cross 85.2811
RQ Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Ratajski 99.7164 Flag of England.svg Michael Smith 95.376
RQ Flag of Austria.svg Mensur Suljović 102.643RQ Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Ratajski 95.714
4 Flag of England.svg Michael Smith 98.108
5 Flag of England.svg Rob Cross 98.6710
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Whitlock 85.3855 Flag of England.svg Rob Cross 90.186
Q Flag of England.svg Steve Beaton 89.236Q Flag of England.svg Steve Beaton 75.970
5 Flag of England.svg Rob Cross 94.229
3 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price 96.2111
RQ Flag of England.svg Ian White 89.7252 Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright 101.496
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damon Heta 89.416 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damon Heta 94.133
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright 100.2310
7 Ulster Banner.svg Daryl Gurney 99.395
Flag of New Zealand.svg Cody Harris 89.7767 Ulster Banner.svg Daryl Gurney 102.366
RQ Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall 78.922 Flag of New Zealand.svg Cody Harris 88.092
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright 108.106
3 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price 102.4811
Q Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vincent van der Voort 95.9463 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price 101.466
Q Flag of England.svg Joe Cullen 83.730Q Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vincent van der Voort 88.493
3 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price 100.9410
6 Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall 103.379
Q Flag of England.svg Harry Ward 85.4126 Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall 101.106
Flag of Lithuania.svg Darius Labanauskas 91.096 Flag of Lithuania.svg Darius Labanauskas 84.091

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