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
«20152017»

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

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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

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[5][6][7]

PDC Qualifying Tournaments

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PDC Main Tournaments
TournamentYearPositionPlayerQualifiers
PDC World Darts Championship2016Winner 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 Darts2015Winner Michael van Gerwen
Premier League Darts2016Winner Michael van Gerwen
World Matchplay2016Winner Michael van Gerwen
World Grand Prix2016Winner Michael van Gerwen
PDC World Youth Championship2015Winner Max Hopp
Masters2016Winner Michael van Gerwen
UK Open2016Winner Michael van Gerwen
European Championship2016Winner Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship Finals2015Winner Michael van Gerwen
World Series of Darts Finals2016Winner Michael van Gerwen
Champions League of Darts2016Winner Phil Taylor
PDC World Cup of Darts2016Winners Phil Taylor
Adrian Lewis
PDC World Darts Championship2016Runner-Up Adrian Lewis
Grand Slam of Darts2015Runner-Up Phil Taylor
Premier League Darts2016Runner-Up Phil Taylor
World Matchplay2016Runner-Up Phil Taylor
World Grand Prix2016Runner-Up Gary Anderson
PDC World Youth Championship2015Runner-Up Nathan Aspinall
Masters2016Runner-Up Dave Chisnall
UK Open2016Runner-Up Peter Wright
European Championship2016Runner-Up Mensur Suljović
Players Championship Finals2015Runner-Up Adrian Lewis
World Series of Darts Finals2016Runner-Up Peter Wright
Champions League of Darts2016Runner-Up Michael van Gerwen
PDC World Cup of Darts2016Runners-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
TournamentEventPositionPlayerQualifiers
2016 European Tour
Dutch Darts MastersWinner Michael van Gerwen James Wade
Alan Norris
German Darts MastersWinner Michael van Gerwen
Gibraltar Darts TrophyWinner Michael van Gerwen
European Darts MatchplayWinner James Wade
Austrian Darts OpenWinner Phil Taylor
European Darts OpenWinner Michael van Gerwen
International Darts OpenWinner Mensur Suljović
European Darts TrophyWinner Michael van Gerwen
European Darts Grand PrixWinner Michael van Gerwen
German Darts ChampionshipWinner 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
TournamentEventPositionPlayerQualifiers
2016 Players ChampionshipsPlayers Championship 1Winner Peter Wright Benito van de Pas
Ian White
Gerwyn Price
Simon Whitlock
Players Championship 2Winner Stephen Bunting
Players Championship 3Winner Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 4Winner Benito van de Pas
Players Championship 5Winner Ian White
Players Championship 6Winner Josh Payne
Players Championship 7Winner Gerwyn Price
Players Championship 8Winner Gerwyn Price
Players Championship 9Winner Benito van de Pas
Players Championship 10Winner Dave Chisnall
Players Championship 11Winner Ian White
Players Championship 12Winner Gary Anderson
Players Championship 13Winner Ian White
Players Championship 14Winner Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 15Winner Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 16Winner Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 17Winner Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 18Winner Simon Whitlock
Players Championship 19Winner Simon Whitlock
Players Championship 20Winner 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

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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

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TournamentYearPositionPlayer
BDO World Darts Championship2016Winner Scott Waites
Runner-Up Jeff Smith
World Masters2015Winner Glen Durrant
BDO World Trophy2016Winner Darryl Fitton

BDO ranking qualifiers

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

Pools

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Pool APool BPool CPool 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

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Group stage

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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

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Second round (best of 19 legs)
16–17 November
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Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
18–19 November
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Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
20 November
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Final (best of 31 legs)
20 November
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A1 Michael van Gerwen (1) 103.2410
B2 Robert Thornton (8, Q) 94.235
A1 Michael van Gerwen (1) 97.3316
A2 Brendan Dolan (Q) 88.243
B1 Gerwyn Price 89.389
A2 Brendan Dolan (Q) 91.3610
A1 Michael van Gerwen (1) 111.1716
C1 Peter Wright (5) 102.1310
C1 Peter Wright (5) 99.6910
D2 Darryl Fitton (BDO) 92.143
C1 Peter Wright (5) 103.3716
D1 Phil Taylor (4) 100.5710
D1 Phil Taylor (4) 98.0410
C2 Jeff Smith (BDO) 91.545
A1 Michael van Gerwen (1) 98.7416
G2 James Wade (6) 90.738
E1 Gary Anderson (2) 101.1210
F2 Danny Noppert (BDO) 100.019
E1 Gary Anderson (2) 103.8116
F1 Raymond van Barneveld 98.2413
F1 Raymond van Barneveld 98.1910
E2 Glen Durrant (BDO) 95.507
E1 Gary Anderson (2) 98.3614
G2 James Wade (6) 91.9316
G1 Jamie Hughes (BDO) 90.389
H2 Chris Dobey (Q) 94.0110
H2 Chris Dobey (Q) 92.005
G2 James Wade (6) 92.1816
H1 Benito van de Pas 88.812
G2 James Wade (6) 92.8710

References

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  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.
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