| BDO World Darts Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 LandmanWillem Mandigers | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
 Wayne Warren (men) Mikuru Suzuki (women) Keane Barry (youth) | |||
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The2020 BDO World Professional Darts Championship was the 43rd and finalWorld Championship organised by theBritish Darts Organisation, and the only staging at theIndigo at The O2 inLondon. It was the firstBDO World Darts Championship not held at theLakeside Country Club since1985.[1]Gabriel Pascaru andThibault Tricole became the first players fromRomania andFrance respectively to play in aWorld Darts Championship. Three-time men's defending championGlen Durrant was absent from the event, having switched to theProfessional Darts Corporation in January 2019. The reigning women's champion wasMikuru Suzuki. She successfully retained her title, by defeatingLisa Ashton 3–0 in the final.Wayne Warren won his first world title with a 7–4 win over fellow WelshmanJim 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, theWorld Darts Federation announced plans to launch the WDF World Championship in 2020,[3] but due to theCOVID-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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | £1,000 |
| First round losers | (8) | £500 |
| Total | £26,500 | |
1–16 inBDO rankings[9]
| 17–24 inBDO rankings[9]
25–27 inBDO 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 inBDO rankings[9]
| 9–16 inBDO rankings[9]
| Playoff qualifiers
|
| 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 Ashton79.81 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paula Jacklin63.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Lisa Ashton79.90 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Lorraine Winstanley73.17 | 3 | 3 | 8 | Lorraine Winstanley78.45 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Casey Gallagher73.84 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Lisa Ashton84.28 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt | Vicky Pruim71.18 | 2 | 1 | Q | Corrine Hammond77.08 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Corrine Hammond69.35 | 3 | 3 | Q | Corrine Hammond67.75 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Deta Hedman64.15 | 1 | 2 | Laura Turner61.82 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laura Turner64.57 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Lisa Ashton85.00 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Mikuru Suzuki84.92 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Mikuru Suzuki83.39 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Maria O'Brien80.69 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Mikuru Suzuki77.87 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  Anastasia Dobromyslova64.51 | 3 | 3 | 7 | Anastasia Dobromyslova77.56 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sharon Prins62.35 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Mikuru Suzuki79.14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Aileen de Graaf72.99 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | Beau Greaves76.24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Kirsty Hutchinson70.15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | Aileen de Graaf81.59 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Beau Greaves80.37 | 3 | 3 | 6 | Beau Greaves86.28 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt | Tori Kewish75.63 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Av. | Player | Score | Player | Av. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84.24 | Leighton Bennett | 0 –3 | Keane Barry | 90.54 |
