Former European Tour event winners Justin Pipe and Mervyn King will clash on the opening day of the 2020 Belgian Darts Championship on Friday.<\/p>\n
The 2020 European Tour will begin with the series’ first visit to Belgium, as Expo Hasselt hosts the \u00a3140,000 tournament from February 28-March 1.<\/p>\n
Friday’s first round in the tournament – streamed to PDCTV Subscribers worldwide as well as through bookmakers’ websites – will feature five Belgian players amongst 32 competitors in action.<\/p>\n
Two-time World Youth Champion Dimitri Van den Bergh will headline the Belgian challenge, taking on Dutch debutant Derk Telnekes in round one ahead of a possible clash with 2019 Czech Darts Open winner Jamie Hughes in the last 32.<\/p>\n
Former European Tour winner Kim Huybrechts will be up against one Ryan Harrington, who one one of the two PDPA Associate Member Qualifiers on Thursday night, while three other places for Belgian players were won in the Host Nation Qualifier.<\/p>\n
Pipe and King meet in a clash of two former winners on the European Tour circuit, while Steve Beaton – another former champion – takes on Hong Kong’s Kai Fan Leung.<\/p>\n
Recent Players Championship winner Ryan Searle meets debutant Darren Penhall, while Australian ace Damon Heta, last year’s Brisbane Darts Masters, makes his first European Tour appearance against Michael Barnard.<\/p>\n
Reigning World Youth Champion Luke Humphries, former BDO Champion Stephen Bunting and 2019 World Cup runner-up Steve Lennon are also in action in Friday’s first round, while Andy Hamilton makes his European Tour return after winning back his PDC Tour Card last month.<\/p>\n
The 16 seeded stars, including World Champion Peter Wright and world number one Michael van Gerwen, enter the action in Saturday’s second round, with the tournament then concluding with the final stages on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Tickets for the Belgian Darts Championship are available through PDC Europe and at Expo Hasselt.<\/p>\n
The Belgian Darts Championship can be watched through PDCTV at video.pdc.tv as well as through a series of bookmakers’ websites worldwide.<\/p>\n
2020 Belgian Darts Championship
\nDraw Bracket
\nMichael van Gerwen (1) v Mike De Decker\/Ron Meulenkamp
\nMichel Smith (16) v Luke Humphries\/Ronny Huybrechts
\nGlen Durrant (8) v Justin Pipe\/Mervyn King
\nJoe Cullen (9) v Martijn Kleermaker\/Stephen Bunting
\nPeter Wright (4) v Andy Boulton\/Andy Hamilton
\nJermaine Wattimena (13) v Danny Noppert\/Geert De Vos
\nKrzysztof Ratajski (5) v Callan Rydz\/Gabriel Clemens
\nRob Cross (12) v Michael Barnard\/Damon Heta
\nIan White (2) v Dirk van Duijvenbode\/Luke Woodhouse
\nJeffrey de Zwaan (15) v Ryan Harrington\/Kim Huybrechts
\nJames Wade (7) v Rowby-John Rodriguez\/Steve Lennon
\nNathan Aspinall (10) v Kai Fan Leung\/Steve Beaton
\nGerwyn Price (3) v Wesley Plaisier\/Benjamin Pratnemer
\nJamie Hughes (14) v Dimitri Van den Bergh\/Derk Telnekes
\nMensur Suljovic (6) v Darren Penhall\/Ryan Searle
\nJonny Clayton (11) v Steve West\/Jeffrey van Egdom<\/p>\n
Schedule of Play
\nFriday February 28
\nFirst Round
\nAfternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 GMT)
\nDarren Penhall v Ryan Searle
\nAndy Boulton v Andy Hamilton
\nKai Fan Leung v Steve Beaton
\nLuke Humphries v Ronny Huybrechts
\nMichael Barnard v Damon Heta
\nWesley Plaisier v Benjamin Pratnemer
\nMartijn Kleermaker v Stephen Bunting
\nJustin Pipe v Mervyn King<\/p>\n
Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 GMT)
\nDirk van Duijvenbode v Luke Woodhouse
\nMike De Decker v Ron Meulenkamp
\nCallan Rydz v Gabriel Clemens
\nDanny Noppert v Geert De Vos
\nRyan Harrington v Kim Huybrechts
\nRowby-John Rodriguez v Steve Lennon
\nSteve West v Jeffrey van Egdom
\nDimitri Van den Bergh v Derk Telnekes<\/p>\n
Saturday February 29
\nSecond Round
\nAfternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 GMT)
\nMichael Smith v Humphries\/Huybrechts
\nJoe Cullen v Kleermaker\/Bunting
\nKrzysztof Ratajski v Rydz\/Clemens
\nGlen Durrant v Pipe\/King
\nRob Cross v Barnard\/Heta
\nIan White v Van Duijvenbode\/Woodhouse
\nJermaine Wattimena v Noppert\/De Vos
\nJames Wade v Rodriguez\/Lennon<\/p>\n
Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 GMT)
\nNathan Aspinall v Leung\/Beaton
\nGerwyn Price v Plaisier\/Pratnemer
\nPeter Wright v Boulton\/Hamilton
\nMichael van Gerwen v De Decker\/Meulenkamp
\nJeffrey de Zwaan v Harrington\/Huybrechts
\nJamie Hughes v Van den Bergh\/Telnekes
\nMensur Suljovic v Penhall\/Searle
\nJonny Clayton v West\/Van Egdom<\/p>\n
Sunday March 1
\nAfternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 GMT)
\nThird Round<\/p>\n
Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 GMT)
\nQuarter-Finals
\nSemi-Finals
\nFinal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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