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2016 Grand Slam of Darts

The 2016 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts, was the tenth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 12 to 20 November 2016 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.[1]

2016 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates12–20 November 2016
VenueWolverhampton Civic Hall
LocationWolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£400,000
Winner's share£100,000
High checkout170 Canada Jeff Smith
170 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
«2015 2017»

The tournament's defending champion was Michael van Gerwen, who won the tournament in 2015 by beating Phil Taylor in the final 16–13,[2] and he retained his title by defeating James Wade 16–8 in the final.

Prize money edit

Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £400,000)[3][4]
Winner (1) £100,000
Runner-up (1) £50,000
Semi-finalists (2) £25,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £15,000
Last 16 (second round) (8) £7,500
Third in group (8) £5,000
Fourth in group (8) £2,500
Group winner bonus (8) £2,500

Qualifying edit

[5][6][7]

PDC Qualifying Tournaments edit

PDC Main Tournaments
Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
PDC World Darts Championship 2016 Winner   Gary Anderson   Gary Anderson
  Michael van Gerwen
  Max Hopp
  Adrian Lewis
  Phil Taylor
  Peter Wright
  Dave Chisnall
  Mensur Suljović
  Nathan Aspinall
  Raymond van Barneveld
Grand Slam of Darts 2015 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Premier League Darts 2016 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
World Matchplay 2016 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
World Grand Prix 2016 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
PDC World Youth Championship 2015 Winner   Max Hopp
Masters 2016 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
UK Open 2016 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
European Championship 2016 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship Finals 2015 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
World Series of Darts Finals 2016 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Champions League of Darts 2016 Winner   Phil Taylor
PDC World Cup of Darts 2016 Winners   Phil Taylor
  Adrian Lewis
PDC World Darts Championship 2016 Runner-Up   Adrian Lewis
Grand Slam of Darts 2015 Runner-Up   Phil Taylor
Premier League Darts 2016 Runner-Up   Phil Taylor
World Matchplay 2016 Runner-Up   Phil Taylor
World Grand Prix 2016 Runner-Up   Gary Anderson
PDC World Youth Championship 2015 Runner-Up   Nathan Aspinall
Masters 2016 Runner-Up   Dave Chisnall
UK Open 2016 Runner-Up   Peter Wright
European Championship 2016 Runner-Up   Mensur Suljović
Players Championship Finals 2015 Runner-Up   Adrian Lewis
World Series of Darts Finals 2016 Runner-Up   Peter Wright
Champions League of Darts 2016 Runner-Up   Michael van Gerwen
PDC World Cup of Darts 2016 Runners-Up   Michael van Gerwen
  Raymond van Barneveld
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

At most sixteen players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification.

PDC European Tour
Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers
2016 European Tour
Dutch Darts Masters Winner   Michael van Gerwen   James Wade
  Alan Norris
German Darts Masters Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Gibraltar Darts Trophy Winner   Michael van Gerwen
European Darts Matchplay Winner   James Wade
Austrian Darts Open Winner   Phil Taylor
European Darts Open Winner   Michael van Gerwen
International Darts Open Winner   Mensur Suljović
European Darts Trophy Winner   Michael van Gerwen
European Darts Grand Prix Winner   Michael van Gerwen
German Darts Championship Winner   Alan Norris
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than sixteen players, the field of sixteen players is filled from the reserve lists. The first list consists of the winners from 2016 European Tour events, in which the winners shall be selected in ProTour Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.

PDC Players Championships
Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers
2016 Players Championships Players Championship 1 Winner   Peter Wright   Benito van de Pas
  Ian White
  Gerwyn Price
  Simon Whitlock
Players Championship 2 Winner   Stephen Bunting
Players Championship 3 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 4 Winner   Benito van de Pas
Players Championship 5 Winner   Ian White
Players Championship 6 Winner   Josh Payne
Players Championship 7 Winner   Gerwyn Price
Players Championship 8 Winner   Gerwyn Price
Players Championship 9 Winner   Benito van de Pas
Players Championship 10 Winner   Dave Chisnall
Players Championship 11 Winner   Ian White
Players Championship 12 Winner   Gary Anderson
Players Championship 13 Winner   Ian White
Players Championship 14 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 15 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 16 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 17 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 18 Winner   Simon Whitlock
Players Championship 19 Winner   Simon Whitlock
Players Championship 20 Winner   Benito van de Pas
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments and the European Tour produced fewer than sixteen players, the field of sixteen players is filled from the reserve lists. The second list consists of the winners from 2016 Players Championship events, in which the winners were selected in ProTour Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.

PDC Qualifying Event edit

A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from a PDC qualifier in Barnsley on 23 October 2016.

BDO Qualifying Tournaments edit

Tournament Year Position Player
BDO World Darts Championship 2016 Winner   Scott Waites
Runner-Up   Jeff Smith
World Masters 2015 Winner   Glen Durrant
BDO World Trophy 2016 Winner   Darryl Fitton

BDO ranking qualifiers edit

The remaining four BDO representatives were the top four non-qualified players from the BDO Invitational rankings on 30 September.

Pools edit

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
(PDC Seeded Players) (PDC Qualifiers) (BDO Qualifiers)

  Michael van Gerwen (1)
  Gary Anderson (2)
  Adrian Lewis (3)
  Phil Taylor (4)
  Peter Wright (5)
  James Wade (6)
  Mensur Suljović (7)
  Robert Thornton (8)

  Dave Chisnall
  Ian White
  Raymond van Barneveld
  Benito van de Pas
  Simon Whitlock
  Gerwyn Price
  Alan Norris
  Brendan Dolan

  James Wilson
  Max Hopp
  Darren Webster
  Chris Dobey
  Dimitri Van den Bergh
  Nathan Aspinall
  Nathan Derry
  Ted Evetts

  Glen Durrant
  Scott Mitchell
  Danny Noppert
  Jamie Hughes
  Martin Adams
  Scott Waites
  Darryl Fitton
  Jeff Smith

Draw edit

Group stage edit

All group matches are best of nine legs
From each group the numbers one and two after three games qualify for the knock-out stage, the numbers three and four are eliminated
NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; Q = Qualifier
NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Average = 3-dart average; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to knockout stage

Knockout stage edit

Second round (best of 19 legs)
16–17 November
[8][9] 		Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
18–19 November
[10][11] 		Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
20 November
[12] 		Final (best of 31 legs)
20 November
[12]
            
A1   Michael van Gerwen (1) 103.24 10
B2   Robert Thornton (8, Q) 94.23 5
A1   Michael van Gerwen (1) 97.33 16
A2   Brendan Dolan (Q) 88.24 3
B1   Gerwyn Price 89.38 9
A2   Brendan Dolan (Q) 91.36 10
A1   Michael van Gerwen (1) 111.17 16
C1   Peter Wright (5) 102.13 10
C1   Peter Wright (5) 99.69 10
D2   Darryl Fitton (BDO) 92.14 3
C1   Peter Wright (5) 103.37 16
D1   Phil Taylor (4) 100.57 10
D1   Phil Taylor (4) 98.04 10
C2   Jeff Smith (BDO) 91.54 5
A1   Michael van Gerwen (1) 98.74 16
G2   James Wade (6) 90.73 8
E1   Gary Anderson (2) 101.12 10
F2   Danny Noppert (BDO) 100.01 9
E1   Gary Anderson (2) 103.81 16
F1   Raymond van Barneveld 98.24 13
F1   Raymond van Barneveld 98.19 10
E2   Glen Durrant (BDO) 95.50 7
E1   Gary Anderson (2) 98.36 14
G2   James Wade (6) 91.93 16
G1   Jamie Hughes (BDO) 90.38 9
H2   Chris Dobey (Q) 94.01 10
H2   Chris Dobey (Q) 92.00 5
G2   James Wade (6) 92.18 16
H1   Benito van de Pas 88.81 2
G2   James Wade (6) 92.87 10

References edit

  1. ^ "Tournament Calendar 2016". PDC. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Michael van Gerwen beats Phil Taylor 16-13 to win the Grand Slam of Darts". SKY Sports. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  3. ^ "2015 Grand Slam Of Darts Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  4. ^ "No Boost in 2016 Grand Slam Of Darts Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  5. ^ "2015 Grand Slam Of Darts Qualification Criteria". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Waites Set for Grand Slam Return". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Adams Amongst BDO Stars For Grand Slam". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  8. ^ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Wednesday". PDC. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  9. ^ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Thursday". PDC. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  10. ^ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Friday". PDC. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  11. ^ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Saturday". PDC. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  12. ^ a b "Grand Slam Double For van Gerwen". PDC. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

External links edit

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