The tournament was contested over 72-holes of stroke play but featured a novel elimination format.

The tournament, promoted by International Sports Management, was initially announced as the Cyprus Classic and was intended to be a one-off event on the European Tour calendar during the 2020 season.

[1] Robert MacIntyre shot a final round 64 to claim the title; one stroke better than Masahiro Kawamura.

[2] The Cyprus Showdown was contested over 72-holes of stroke play but featured a novel elimination format.

After a further 18 holes, the top 16 players qualified through to the final round, for which the scores were reset again.