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2020 BDO World Darts Championship

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BDO World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates4–12 January 2020
VenueIndigo at The O2
LocationLondon
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Organisation(s)BDO
FormatSets
Prize fund£127,000 (men)
£26,500 (women)
Winner's share£23,000 (men)
£10,000 (women)
High checkout170 Netherlands Martijn Kleermaker (x2)
170 Netherlands Chris Landman
170 Netherlands Willem Mandigers
Champion(s)
Wales Wayne Warren (men)
Japan Mikuru Suzuki (women)
Republic of Ireland Keane Barry (youth)
«2019 2022»

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]

Prize money

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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
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
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

Men's

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Format and qualifiers

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Draw bracket

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Preliminary round

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All matches are the first to 3 sets

Av. Player Score Player Av.
83.78 (Q) Justin Thompson Australia 3 – 0 England Scott Williams (Q) 82.41
87.30 (Q) Darren Herewini New Zealand 3 – 1 England Simon Stainton 86.22
86.19 (Q) Thibault Tricole France 3 – 2 Scotland Ross Montgomery 93.08
86.27 (Q) Joe Chaney United States 2 – 3 England Ben Hazel (Q) 86.22
80.98 (Q) Andreas Harrysson Sweden 3 – 2 Republic of Ireland John O'Shea (WC) 75.38
88.51 (Q) Paul Hogan England 3 – 1 Belgium Brian Raman 89.22
81.90 (Q) Gabriel Pascaru Romania 1 – 3 England Justin Hood (Q) 90.24
86.71 (Q) David Cameron Canada 1 – 3 England Nick Fullwell (Q) 90.44

Last 32

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First round (best of 5 sets) Second round (best of 7 sets) Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets) Semi-finals (best of 11 sets) Final (best of 13 sets)
               
1 Netherlands Wesley Harms 91.79 3
Q Sweden Andreas Harrysson 88.22 2
1 Netherlands Wesley Harms 90.67 2
16 England Scott Waites 88.98 4
16 England Scott Waites 84.20 3
England Martin Adams 85.62 2
16 England Scott Waites 93.85 4
9 England Scott Mitchell 92.53 5
8 Netherlands Willem Mandigers 94.16 1
Germany Michael Unterbuchner 89.71 3
Germany Michael Unterbuchner 91.99 0
9 England Scott Mitchell 92.58 4
9 England Scott Mitchell 84.96 3
England Leighton Bennett 77.58 1
9 England Scott Mitchell 93.81 3
5 Wales Wayne Warren 93.32 6
5 Wales Wayne Warren 92.75 3
Q Australia Justin Thompson 91.11 2
5 Wales Wayne Warren 92.69 4
12 England Andy Hamilton 95.58 1
12 England Andy Hamilton 82.59 3
Q New Zealand Darren Herewini 79.53 1
5 Wales Wayne Warren 90.81 5
Netherlands Chris Landman 85.04 3
4 England Dave Parletti 83.69 2
Netherlands Chris Landman 84.17 3
  Netherlands Chris Landman 87.18 4
Q England Ben Hazel 83.93 3
13 England Gary Robson 79.47 2
Q England Ben Hazel 80.30 3
5 Wales Wayne Warren 93.72 7
2 Wales Jim Williams 94.53 4
2 Wales Jim Williams 85.52 3
Scotland Gary Stone 85.12 2
2 Wales Jim Williams 94.36 4
15 Scotland Ryan Hogarth 86.91 0
15 Scotland Ryan Hogarth 80.36 3
Q France Thibault Tricole 82.21 1
2 Wales Jim Williams 86.81 5
Q England Paul Hogan 82.14 1
7 Netherlands Martijn Kleermaker 93.27 3
Netherlands Gino Vos 82.15 0
7 Netherlands Martijn Kleermaker 92.58 1
Q England Paul Hogan 99.69 4
10 England Adam Smith-Neale 83.21 0
Q England Paul Hogan 97.51 3
2 Wales Jim Williams 90.98 6
11 Belgium Mario Vandenbogaerde 86.49 4
6 Wales Nick Kenny 89.02 2
Netherlands Dennie Olde Kalter 88.15 3
Netherlands Dennie Olde Kalter 84.90 1
11 Belgium Mario Vandenbogaerde 90.63 4
11 Belgium Mario Vandenbogaerde 88.98 3
Poland Sebastian Steyer 83.10 0
11 Belgium Mario Vandenbogaerde 89.50 5
14 England David Evans 89.39 3
3 Netherlands Richard Veenstra 86.31 3
Q England Justin Hood 90.22 1
3 Netherlands Richard Veenstra 94.11 2
14 England David Evans 95.65 4
14 England David Evans 83.65 3
Q England Nick Fullwell 88.26 2

Women's

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Format and qualifiers

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  1. ^ Fallon Sherrock withdrew from the tournament following the BDO announcement that prize money for the event had been cut. She was replaced in the draw by the next highest ranked player not qualified, which was Vicky Pruim[10]
  2. ^ Trina Gulliver withdrew from the tournament due to ill health. She was replaced in the draw by the next highest ranked player not qualified, which was Tori Kewish[11]

Draw

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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 England Lisa Ashton 79.81 3 3
England Paula Jacklin 63.50 0 0 1 England Lisa Ashton 79.90 3 3
8 England Lorraine Winstanley 73.17 3 3 8 England Lorraine Winstanley 78.45 2 2
England Casey Gallagher 73.84 0 2 1 England Lisa Ashton 84.28 3 3
Alt Sweden Vicky Pruim 71.18 2 1 Q Australia Corrine Hammond 77.08 0 0
Q Australia Corrine Hammond 69.35 3 3 Q Australia Corrine Hammond 67.75 3 3
5 England Deta Hedman 64.15 1 2 England Laura Turner 61.82 1 1
England Laura Turner 64.57 3 3 1 England Lisa Ashton 85.00 1 2 2
2 Japan Mikuru Suzuki 84.92 0 3 3 2 Japan Mikuru Suzuki 83.39 3 3 3
England Maria O'Brien 80.69 3 0 1 2 Japan Mikuru Suzuki 77.87 3 3
7 Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 64.51 3 3 7 Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 77.56 2 2
Netherlands Sharon Prins 62.35 1 2 2 Japan Mikuru Suzuki 79.14 3 0 3
3 Netherlands Aileen de Graaf 72.99 1 3 3 6 England Beau Greaves 76.24 2 3 0
Q England Kirsty Hutchinson 70.15 3 0 2 3 Netherlands Aileen de Graaf 81.59 0 3 0
6 England Beau Greaves 80.37 3 3 6 England Beau Greaves 86.28 3 2 3
Alt Australia Tori Kewish 75.63 0 1

Youth

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Av. Player Score Player Av.
84.24 Leighton Bennett England 0 – 3 Republic of Ireland Keane Barry 90.54

References

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  1. ^ "BDO World Championships to leave Lakeside venue in 2020". BBC Sport. 29 October 2019.
  2. ^ Lott, JR (7 September 2020). "BDO Set To Fold "It's All Over…"". Darts World. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  3. ^ "WDF – New Ranking System and Two New Majors for 2020". World Darts Federation. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Development of World Rankings Criteria For 2021". World Darts Federation. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  5. ^ "BDO World Championship prize money 'reduced somewhat' after poor ticket sales". BBC Sport. 30 December 2019.
  6. ^ Guardian Sport; PA Media (31 December 2019). "Fallon Sherrock pulls out of women's BDO world darts after prize money is cut". The Guardian.
  7. ^ Gill, Samuel (15 January 2020). "Reduced prize fund for 2020 BDO World Championship finally revealed". Darts News.
  8. ^ Haigh, Phil (11 February 2020). "BDO World Championship prize money still not paid as 28-day deadline passes". Metro. DMG Media.
  9. ^ a b c d e f Turner, Laura (28 October 2019). "2020 BDO World Professional Darts Championships - Automatic qualifying places complete". British Darts Organisation.
  10. ^ Turner, Laura (31 December 2019). "Vicky Pruim set to join the 2020 BDO World Professional Darts Line-Up". British Darts Organisation. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  11. ^ Turner, Laura (11 December 2019). "Trina Gulliver MBE withdraws from 2020 BDO World Professional Darts Championships". British Darts Organisation. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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