Auckland Darts Masters 2017

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Auckland Darts Masters 2017

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Tournament status

Tournament type Invitation tournament
organizer PDC
venue Trusts Arena ,
Auckland
Tournament dates
Defending champion ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson
Attendees 16
Opening game 11th August 2017
Endgame 13th August 2017
Prize money (total) £ 60,000
Prize money (winner) £ 20,000
winner AustraliaAustralia Kyle Anderson
statistics
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2018

The Auckland Darts Masters was a tournament in darts and was organized from August 11th to 13th, 2017 by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was the fourth event of the 2017 World Series of Darts . As in the previous year, the venue was the Trusts Arena in Auckland.

The tournament was won by the Australian Kyle Anderson , who was able to prevail in the final with 11: 9 legs against his compatriot Corey Cadby .

format

A total of 16 players took part in the tournament. The field of participants consisted of the six best placed players of the PDC Order of Merit and two wildcard players. In addition, eight local players took part. Two of them were invited by the PDC, the other six were able to qualify in advance at a qualification tournament. All local participants started the tournament as unset players.

The tournament was played in a knockout system . The first round took place on August 11th, the game mode was a best of 11 legs . The quarter-finals were played on August 12th in best of 19 legs mode, the semi-finals and the final on August 13th, both in best of 21 legs mode.

Prize money

The tournament totaled £ 60,000 in prize money. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players) Prize money
winner (1) £ 20,000
finalist (1) £ 10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £ 5,000
Quarter finalists (4) £ 2,500
Round of 16 players (8th) £ 1,250
£ 60,000

Since this is an invitation tournament, the prize money won was not taken into account when calculating the PDC Order of Merit.

Attendees

The following 16 players were qualified for the Auckland Darts Masters 2017:

  • The first 6 players in the PDC Order of Merit , all of whom were seeded 1
  • The 2 wildcard participants who were also placed
  • 8 local participants

PDC Order of Merit

Wildcard participant

Local players

1The originally qualified Michael van Gerwen and Adrian Lewis withdrew their participation due to the upcoming birth of their children.

Seeding list

The current placement in the World Series ranking was the basis for the seeding list.

No. player Round reached

01. ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson Round 1
02. ScotlandScotland Peter Wright Round 1
03. NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld Quarter finals
04th EnglandEngland James Wade Semifinals

Results

  1st round August 11, 2017
best of 11 legs
  Quarterfinals August 12, 2017
best of 19 legs
  Semi-finals August 13, 2017
best of 21 legs
  Final August 13th 2017
best of 21 legs
                                     
1 ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 98.73 4th                  
AustraliaAustralia Kyle Anderson 102.91 6th  
AustraliaAustralia Kyle Anderson 94.65 10
  AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock 91.32 9  
AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock 87.9 6th
 
New ZealandNew Zealand Cody Harris 84.69 4th  
AustraliaAustralia Kyle Anderson 93.79 11
  4th EnglandEngland James Wade 93.5 4th  
4th EnglandEngland James Wade 87.0 6th      
 
New ZealandNew Zealand Mark Cleaver 83.84 2  
4th EnglandEngland James Wade 100.75 10
  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 98.7 7th  
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 90.45 6th
 
AustraliaAustralia Rob Modra 77.66 2  
AustraliaAustralia Kyle Anderson 95.36 11
  AustraliaAustralia Corey Cadby 96.63 10
2 ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 90.52 4th            
 
AustraliaAustralia Corey Cadby 95.11 6th  
AustraliaAustralia Corey Cadby 100.17 10
  EnglandEngland Michael Smith 96.66 5  
EnglandEngland Michael Smith 103.66 6th
 
New ZealandNew Zealand Rob Szabo 79.37 0  
AustraliaAustralia Corey Cadby 94.79 11
  EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 94.24 8th  
3 NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 90.82 6th      
 
New ZealandNew Zealand Warren Parry June 76 4th  
3 NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 98.36 9
  EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 96.63 10  
EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 102.31 6th
 
New ZealandNew Zealand Darren Herewini 88.96 4th  

transmission

In German-speaking countries, the event was not broadcast on TV. However, the paid streaming platform DAZN broadcast the entire tournament.

Internationally, all games were broadcast by the British TV station ITV.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)