2020 Home Tour 2
Tournament information
Dates31 August–20 October 2020
LocationVarious
CountryVarious
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
High checkout170
170 Belgium Mike De Decker
(Phase 1, Group 1)
170 England Alan Tabern
(Phase 1, Group 2)
170England Chris Dobey (2x)
(Phase 1, Group 9)
(Phase 3, Group 2)
170Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena
(Phase 2, Group 1)
170Germany Gabriel Clemens
(Phase 2, Group 2)
170England Ross Smith
(Phase 2, Group 4)
170Wales Nick Kenny
(Phase 3, Group 2)
170Wales Jonny Clayton
(Phase 3, Group 3)
Champion(s)
England Luke Humphries
«Play-Offs 2020 PDC Home Tour 3»

The 2020 Home Tour 2 was the second staging of the Home Tour tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for players to play indoor tournaments at their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It began on 31 August 2020 and concluded on 20 October 2020. The tournament was open to the 70 lowest-ranked PDC Tour Card holders who entered, although the tournament also featured Top-32 players like Krzysztof Ratajski, Chris Dobey, Jonny Clayton, Stephen Bunting, Jermaine Wattimena, Jeffrey de Zwaan, Steve Beaton and Ricky Evans.

Luke Humphries was crown the 2020 Home Tour 2 champion, as he won the final Championship Group. In a high-class and tight affair he won ahead of Jonny Clayton on leg-difference, with five wins each. Damon Heta, who hit an 118.96 average during the Championship Group matches, the highest in both PDC Home Tours, finished third in the Championship Group.

Format

Beginning on 31 August 2020, seven Tour Card players would play against each other over the course of a day, with the top three from each day and the five best fourth-best players going into a last 35 stage, beginning on 30 September 2020.

In the second phase, the 35 players will again be put into groups of seven, where all players will play each other over one day. The top four in each group and the best fifth-placed player in the second phase will then move into a semi-final group stage taking place from 12 to 14 October, with the top two in each group and the best third-placed player moving forward to the Championship Group stage on 20 October, where the winner will become the champion.

In all phases, each match will be a best of 9 legs match, with the winner of each match getting two points on the table. Should there be a tie on points after all the matches, the leg difference will determine positions, should that also be equal, the result between the two players is taken into account. Should there be a three-way tie or more, the overall average of the players will then be taken into account.[1]

Phase One

All matches first to 5 (best-of-9 legs)

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Avg = Three-dart average in group matches; Pts = Group points

Ranking of fourth-placed players

Pos. Group Player P W L LF LA +/− Avg Pts Qualification
17Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp6422519+691.708Advance to Phase Two
25South Africa Devon Petersen6332317+690.816
310England Carl Wilkinson6332421+389.026
41Netherlands Geert Nentjes6332422+286.646
54England Ted Evetts6332220+281.096
66England Luke Woodhouse6332221+186.326Advance as alternates
72England Matthew Edgar6332222087.236
83England Lisa Ashton6332222081.566Eliminated
99England Ricky Evans6332024–485.886
108England Jamie Hughes6241921–285.604

Phase Two

All matches first to 5 (best-of-9 legs)

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Avg = Three-dart average in group matches; Pts = Group points

Jamie Lewis and Devon Petersen have withdrawn, therefore Luke Woodhouse and Matthew Edgar qualified as the next best-performing fourth placed players in Phase One.[12] Andy Hamilton withdrew due to a hand injury and was replaced by Alan Tabern.

Qualified players

Ranking of fifth-placed players

Pos. Group Player P W L LF LA +/− Avg Pts Qualification
14England Luke Woodhouse6332321+294.446Advance to Phase Three
25England Alan Tabern6332123–287.776Eliminated
31England Alan Tabern6242222094.154
43Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan6242323087.304
42Northern Ireland Michael Mansell6242023–390.454

Phase Three

All matches first to 5 (best-of-9 legs)

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Avg = Three-dart average in group matches; Pts = Group points

Qualified players

[18]

Ranking of third-placed players

Pos. Group Player P W L LF LA +/− Avg Pts Qualification
11Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp6422318+586.768Advance to Championship Group
22England Chris Dobey6422523+293.228Eliminated
33Belgium Kim Huybrechts6332020088.816

Championship Group (20 October)

All matches first to 5 (best-of-9 legs)

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Avg = Three-dart average in group matches; Pts = Group points

Qualified players


References

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