2020 PDC Home Tour 3

2020 Home Tour Event 3
Tournament information
Dates26 October – 11 December 2020
LocationVarious
CountryVarious
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Nine-dart finishSweden Daniel Larsson
(Phase 1, Group 2)
High checkout170
England Ryan Meikle
(Phase 1, Group 5) (2x)
England Michael Smith
(Phase 1, Group 13)
Belgium Kim Huybrechts
(Phase 1, Group 15)
England Luke Humphries
(Championship Group)
Champion(s)
Australia Damon Heta
«2020 PDC Home Tour 2

The 2020 Home Tour Event 3 was the third tournament of the Home Tour Series organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for players to play indoor tournaments at their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It began on 26 October 2020 and concluded on 11 December 2020. 45 various players competed during the Home Tour 3 tournament, including Home Tour 2 winner Luke Humphries,[1] Top-32 players like Michael Smith, Krzysztof Ratajski, Simon Whitlock, Chris Dobey, Stephen Bunting and Steve Beaton.

Australian's Damon Heta was crown the 2020 Home Tour 3 champion, beating Chris Dobey of England 4–2 in the final, averaging just under 109. Heta also won the highly-competitive final Championship Group with five wins.

Daniel Larsson hit a nine-darter, the second of the Home Series, in his Group 2 match with Krzysztof Kciuk.

Format

During Phase One, beginning on 26 October 2020, seven Tour Card players would play against each other over the course of a day, forming a round-robin format. Each player will participate in three groups, resulting in 18 groups. The results of all 18 groups will form the combined league table.

The championship group will contain the top seven players of the league table.

In all phases, each match will be a best of 7 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, following separated by legs won. Is there still no difference, the overall average of the players will then be taken into account.[2]

Phase One

All matches first to 4 (best-of-7 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

League table

NB: P = Games 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


All results from the 18 groups of Phase One are combined into the League table. The top 7 players qualify for the Championship group.

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, following separated by legs won. Is there still no difference, the overall average of the players will then be taken into account.

Pos. Groups Player P W L LF LA +/− Avg Pts Qualification
1 England Andy Boulton 18 16 2 67 29 +38 95.89 32 Q
2 England Chris Dobey 18 15 3 65 31 +34 95.11 30 Q
3 England Michael Smith 18 14 4 64 33 +31 95.78 28 Q
4 England Steve West 18 13 5 58 38 +20 92.25 26 Q
5 Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 17 12 5 59 35 +24 96.58 24 Q
6 England Luke Humphries 18 12 6 62 43 +19 95.46 24 Q
7 Australia Damon Heta 18 12 6 58 41 +17 96.97 24 Q
8 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 18 12 6 59 43 +16 91.17 24 Eliminated
9 Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell 18 12 6 62 49 +13 86.59 24 Eliminated
10 England Steve Beaton 18 12 6 57 46 +11 90.40 24 Eliminated
11 England James Wilson 18 11 7 58 40 +18 90.99 22 Eliminated
12 England Alan Tabern 18 11 7 58 41 +17 92.92 22 Eliminated
13 England Carl Wilkinson 18 11 7 60 48 +12 90.67 22 Eliminated
14 Australia Simon Whitlock 18 11 7 52 47 +5 92.26 22 Eliminated
15 Scotland John Henderson 18 10 8 55 49 +6 89.99 20 Eliminated
16 England Ryan Searle 18 10 8 52 49 +3 92.68 20 Eliminated
17 England Peter Jacques 18 10 8 53 51 +2 87.39 20 Eliminated
18 England Joe Murnan 18 10 8 50 51 –1 87.34 20 Eliminated
19 Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp 17 9 8 57 47 +10 92.91 18 Eliminated
20 Finland Marko Kantele 18 9 9 53 50 +3 85.00 18 Eliminated
21 England Stephen Bunting 17 9 8 49 46 +3 92.54 18 Eliminated
22 Netherlands Martijn Kleermaker 17 9 8 49 47 +2 89.85 18 Eliminated
23 England Ross Smith 18 9 9 47 46 +1 90.78 18 Eliminated
24 Poland Krzysztof Kciuk 18 9 9 53 58 –5 86.91 18 Eliminated
25 England Andy Hamilton 18 8 10 52 53 –1 90.01 16 Eliminated
26 Hong Kong Kai Fan Leung 18 8 10 52 57 –5 88.87 16 Eliminated
27 Republic of Ireland Ciarán Teehan 18 8 10 50 55 –5 88.51 16 Eliminated
28 England Steve Brown 12 7 5 35 34 +1 87.41 14 Eliminated
29 Sweden Daniel Larsson 18 7 11 48 55 –7 86.62 14 Eliminated
30 Germany Martin Schindler 18 7 11 45 58 –13 90.21 14 Eliminated
31 Scotland William Borland 18 7 11 43 56 –13 85.81 14 Eliminated
32 England Richard North 18 6 12 43 60 –17 84.64 12 Eliminated
33 England Kirk Shepherd 18 6 12 43 60 –17 88.34 12 Eliminated
34 England Gary Blades 18 6 12 40 57 –17 83.49 12 Eliminated
35 England David Pallett 18 5 13 44 63 –19 83.22 10 Eliminated
36 Wales Barrie Bates 18 5 13 26 64 –38 75.33 10 Eliminated
37 Netherlands Geert Nentjes 18 4 14 40 60 –20 85.24 8 Eliminated
38 Wales Jonathan Worsley 17 4 13 40 62 –22 82.14 8 Eliminated
39 England Ryan Meikle 17 4 13 32 60 –28 86.27 8 Eliminated
40 England Conan Whitehead 6 3 3 17 19 –2 83.05 6 Eliminated
41 England Ritchie Edhouse 6 3 3 15 17 –2 87.37 6 Eliminated
42 England Adam Hunt 12 2 10 26 43 –17 89.47 4 Eliminated
43 Austria Harald Leitinger 18 2 16 29 69 –40 84.99 4 Eliminated
44 England Lisa Ashton 6 1 5 13 21 –8 83.23 2 Eliminated
45 England Nathan Derry 6 1 5 13 22 –9 75.47 2 Eliminated


Championship Group (11 December)

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All matches first to 4 (best-of-7 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


The top two players of the Championship Group qualified for the Championship Final to decide the Home Tour III Winner.

Championship Group Final

Final (Best of 7 Legs)
108.80 Damon Heta Australia 4 – 2 England Chris Dobey 97.33

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