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- The 2020 Unibet Premier League Darts was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation – the sixteenth edition of the tournament. The event began on Thursday 6 February at the P&J Live in Aberdeen and ended with the Play-offs at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry on Thursday 15 October, after a delay was caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. Michael van Gerwen was the four-time defending champion after defeating Rob Cross 11–5 in the 2019 final. However, he was eliminated from the competition in week 16, after an 8–2 defeat to Daryl Gurney, and a poor run of form saw him slip out of the playoffs, for the first time in his career. Glen Durrant, who was on his debut in the tournament, finished the regular season in 1st place (becoming only the third player to do so, after van Gerwen and Phil Taylor, to set up a semi-final meeting between Gary Anderson. Durrant claimed a narrow 10–9 victory (including surviving 4 match darts from Anderson), before eventually winning the competition, by beating fellow debutant Nathan Aspinall 11–8 in the final to claim his first televised PDC title. This was also the first time in Premier League Darts history that the four players that qualified for the finals had not appeared in the finals of the previous year's edition (the four players being van Gerwen, Gurney, Cross and James Wade). On 12 March 2020, it was announced that the double-header due to be played in Rotterdam had been postponed due to coronavirus concerns. The following day it was announced that the Rotterdam dates would be moved to September, with the culmination of the tournament taking place there instead of London. On 16 March 2020. it was announced the round to be played in Newcastle would be moved to October, taking over as the tournament's final round. The May dates were postponed on 9 April 2020, with the PDC announcing a fully rescheduled calendar, the play-offs now taking place in Sheffield. Further changes were announced in July and August, with the cancellation of the events in Birmingham, Belfast, Leeds, Berlin, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, and the double header in Rotterdam; and the reinstatement of The O2 Arena as the host of the final. Ten nights were added to the calendar to be held behind closed doors at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The play-offs were subsequently moved to the Ricoh Arena in Coventry and also played behind closed doors. (en)
- Die Unibet Premier League Darts 2020 war ein Einladungsturnier, das von der Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) veranstaltet wurde. Es war die 16. Ausgabe dieses Turniers. Das bei der Premier League erspielte Preisgeld floss nicht in die PDC Order of Merit ein, da es sich um ein Einladungsturnier handelte. Insgesamt fanden inklusive der Play-Offs 17 Spieltage statt. Die Veranstaltungsreihe begann am 6. Februar 2020 im P&J Live in Aberdeen und endete am 15. Oktober 2020 in der Ricoh Arena in Coventry mit den Play-offs. Es war somit das erste Mal seit 2008, dass das Finale nicht in London stattfand. Ursprünglich hätte das Finale am 21. Mai 2020 stattfinden sollen. Nach Ausbruch der COVID-19-Pandemie wurden jedoch ab dem 7. Spieltag alle weiteren Spieltage verschoben. Nach mehreren Änderungen des Spielplanes wurde am 15. Juli 2020 entschieden, dass sechs der noch ausstehenden elf Spieltage ohne Zuschauer in Milton Keynes statt in Birmingham, Belfast, Leeds, Berlin und Rotterdam ausgetragen wurden. Am 17. August 2020 wurden weitere vier Spieltage nach Milton Keynes verlegt, sodass ursprünglich nur noch die Play-Offs mit Zuschauern ausgetragen wurden. Den Sieg sicherte sich der Engländer Glen Durrant, welcher im Finale seinen Landsmann Nathan Aspinall mit 11:8 Legs besiegte. Er war damit der dritte Debütant nach Gary Anderson 2011 und Michael van Gerwen 2013, der die Premier League auf Anhieb gewinnen konnte. Außerdem war es Durrants erster Major-Titel bei der PDC. (de)
- De Unibet Premier League Darts 2020 was de zestiende editie van het jaarlijkse dartstoernooi georganiseerd door de PDC. Het toernooi begon op 6 februari en de finale was op 15 oktober 2020. Het toernooi werd gewonnen door Glen Durrant. Hij versloeg in de finale Nathan Aspinall met 11-8. Wegens de coronapandemie werd deze editie van de Premier League vanaf maart een paar maanden stil gelegd. Pas eind augustus werd het toernooi hervat. Dit was geheel zonder publiek met een soort toernooi in de Marshall Arena te Milton Keynes. De finale was ook niet zoals gebruikelijk in de The O2 te Londen, maar werd gehouden in de Ricoh Arena te Coventry. (nl)
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