2020 World Series of Darts Finals

2020 bwin World Series of Darts Finals
Tournament information
Dates	18–20 September 2020
Venue	Salzburgarena
Location	Salzburg
Country	Austria
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£300,000
Winner's share	£70,000
High checkout	170 James Wade (x2)
Champion(s)
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]

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 Michael van Gerwen (second round) Peter Wright (semi-finals) Gerwyn Price (champion) Michael Smith (quarter-finals) Rob Cross (runner-up) Nathan Aspinall (quarter-finals) Daryl Gurney (quarter-finals) James Wade (semi-finals)

Order of Merit Players Dave Chisnall (first round) Ian White (first round) Mensur Suljović (first round) Dimitri Van den Bergh (first round) Glen Durrant (quarter-finals) Krzysztof Ratajski (second round)

International Representatives Cody Harris (second round) Damon Heta (second round) Darius Labanauskas (second round) Fallon Sherrock (first round) Jeff Smith (second round) Simon Whitlock (first round)

Tour Card Holder Qualifiers Steve Beaton (second round) Joe Cullen (first round) Harry Ward (first round) Vincent van der Voort (second round)

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	Glen Durrant 95.82	6			1	Michael van Gerwen 102.00	4
	RQ	Dimitri Van den Bergh 85.88	3			RQ	Glen Durrant 102.50	6
											RQ	Glen Durrant 102.46	9
											8	James Wade 99.14	10
		Jeff Smith 86.57	6			8	James Wade 97.04	6
		Fallon Sherrock 85.11	5				Jeff Smith 88.04	3
																8	James Wade 87.58	7
																5	Rob Cross 85.28	11
	RQ	Krzysztof Ratajski 99.71	6			4	Michael Smith 95.37	6
	RQ	Mensur Suljović 102.64	3			RQ	Krzysztof Ratajski 95.71	4
											4	Michael Smith 98.10	8
											5	Rob Cross 98.67	10
		Simon Whitlock 85.38	5			5	Rob Cross 90.18	6
	Q	Steve Beaton 89.23	6			Q	Steve Beaton 75.97	0
																					5	Rob Cross 94.22	9
																					3	Gerwyn Price 96.21	11
	RQ	Ian White 89.72	5			2	Peter Wright 101.49	6
		Damon Heta 89.41	6				Damon Heta 94.13	3
											2	Peter Wright 100.23	10
											7	Daryl Gurney 99.39	5
		Cody Harris 89.77	6			7	Daryl Gurney 102.36	6
	RQ	Dave Chisnall 78.92	2				Cody Harris 88.09	2
																2	Peter Wright 108.10	6
																3	Gerwyn Price 102.48	11
	Q	Vincent van der Voort 95.94	6			3	Gerwyn Price 101.46	6
	Q	Joe Cullen 83.73	0			Q	Vincent van der Voort 88.49	3
											3	Gerwyn Price 100.94	10
											6	Nathan Aspinall 103.37	9
	Q	Harry Ward 85.41	2			6	Nathan Aspinall 101.10	6
		Darius Labanauskas 91.09	6				Darius Labanauskas 84.09	1

References

1. Wood-Thompson, Lewis. "Field confirmed for World Series of Darts Finals". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 4 August 2020.
2. PDC. "Van Gerwen wins World Series of Darts Finals". PDC . Retrieved 3 November 2019.
3. Allen, Dave. "bwin World Series of Darts Finals glory for Price". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 20 September 2020.
4. "PDC Order of Merit Rules". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 4 August 2020.
5. "Coronavirus - Latest re PDC events". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 4 August 2020.
6. Allen, Dave. "Durrant replaces Anderson for World Series Finals". PDC . Retrieved 14 August 2020.
7. Allen, Dave. "Anderson to miss World Series Finals & Autumn Series". Professional Darts Corporation.