About European Darts Grand Prix 2020
From 16 to 18 October, the Glaspalast in Sindelfingen hosted the European Darts Grand Prix for the seventh consecutive year. In a year plagued by the Corona virus, this tournament could go ahead, and it became an edition with many surprises.
Due to the large number of cancellations, no fewer than nine Germans were able to make their appearance in front of their own audience. Still, not one of them would make it to the last 16. The surprising Portuguese star Jose de Sousa would win the tournament, he beats Michael van Gerwen in the final 8-4.
In his first match, he eases past German qualifier Pietreczko and then he beats one of the great favourites Gerwyn Price. Then Darius Labanauskas is defeated in the quarter finals and Ian White in the semi-finals in a thirteenth and decisiding leg.
Michael van Gerwen on his route to the final knocked out Mervyn King, Vincent van der Voort, Nathan Aspinall and Mensur Suljovic. Van der Voort and Aspinall did get match darts to beat MVG, but both men did not succeed.
In the final it is level at 2-2, but then The Special One from Portugal places a sprint of three legs in a row and Van Gerwen has no respons. The gap always remains at least two legs and eventually it finishes 8-4.
It is the first EuroTour victory for Jose de Sousa and he is now the thirtieth player to win a EuroTour. For Van Gerwen, the counter remains at 32 victories and he has not yet won a EuroTour title in 2020.
Competitors Of European Darts Grand Prix 2020
Jose de Sousa
Michael van Gerwen
(1)
Gerwyn Price
(2)
Ian White
(3)
Krzysztof Ratajski
(4)
Mensur Suljovic
(5)
Daryl Gurney
(6)
Dave Chisnall
(7)
James Wade
(8)
Nathan Aspinall
(9)
Joe Cullen
(10)
Glen Durrant
(11)
Jamie Hughes
(12)
Rob Cross
(13)
Michael Smith
(14)
Max Hopp
(17)
Gabriel Clemens
(18)
Mindaugas Barauskas
Stefan Bellmont
Markus Buffler
Chris Dobey
David Evans
Kai Gotthardt
John Henderson
Damon Heta
Adam Hunt
Kim Huybrechts
Mervyn King
Martijn Kleermaker
Maik Kuivenhoven
Nico Kurz
Darius Labanauskas
Steve Lennon
Pero Ljubic
Jason Lowe
Robert Marijanovic
William O'Connor
Devon Petersen
Ricardo Pietreczko
Madars Razma
Steffen Siepmann
Derk Telnekes
Michael Unterbuchner
Scott Waites
Harry Ward
Luke Woodhouse
Jon Worsley
Vincent van der Voort
Callers Of European Darts Grand Prix 2020
European Darts Grand Prix 2020
Sindelfingen, DEU
