Champions League of Darts 2016

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Champions League of Darts 2016

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Tournament status

Tournament type Invitation tournament
organizer PDC
venue Motorpoint Arena , Cardiff
Tournament dates
Defending champion -
Attendees 8th
Opening game September 24, 2016
Endgame September 25, 2016
Prize money (total) £ 250,000
Prize money (winner) £ 100,000
winner EnglandEngland Phil Taylor
statistics

highest
finish		 167 points from Phil Taylor
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The Champions League of Darts is a major tournament in darts and was held for the first time in 2016 from September 24th to 25th by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). The venue was the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff .

format

The eight top places in the Order of Merit at the time after the World Matchplay 2016 were eligible to participate .

In the Champions League of Darts, these eight participants are initially divided into two groups of four. After the first group game, the two winners of both groups and both pairs of losers meet before the semi-final pairings are determined after the final third game.

The two group winners will meet the runner-up from the other group. These two winners will eventually contest the final.

Prize money

Position (number of players) Prize money
winner (1) £ 100,000
finalist (1) 0£ 50,000
Semi-finalists (2) 0£ 25,000
Group third (2) 0£ 15,000
Group fourth (2) 0£ 10,000

The prize money won had no influence on the Order of Merit , as it is an invitation tournament.

Attendees

The following players were eligible to participate in the 2016 Champions League of Darts:

space player
01 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen
02 ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson
03 EnglandEngland Adrian Lewis
04th EnglandEngland Phil Taylor
05 ScotlandScotland Peter Wright
06th EnglandEngland James Wade
07th EnglandEngland Michael Smith
08th ScotlandScotland Robert Thornton

Group stage

All group games were played in the best of 19 legs mode .

Group A

rank player w. Legs lost Legs Diff. Points
1 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor (4) 30th 11 19th 6th
2 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen (1) 24 20th 4th 4th
3 ScotlandScotland Peter Wright (5) 20th 26th −6 2
4th ScotlandScotland Robert Thornton (8) 13 30th −17 0

September 24th

Michael van Gerwen 97.30 10  : 5 Robert Thornton 91.10
Phil Taylor 102.66 10  : 5 Peter Wright 97.70

September 24th

Michael van Gerwen 104.13 4: 10 Phil Taylor 107.49
Robert Thornton 90.80 6: 10 Peter Wright 94.30

25th of September

Phil Taylor 108.31 10  : 2 Robert Thornton 100.62
Michael van Gerwen 100.27 10  : 5 Peter Wright 94.85

Group B

rank player w. Legs lost Legs Diff. Points
1 ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson (2) 30th 17th 13 6th
2 EnglandEngland James Wade (6) 27 18th 9 4th
3 EnglandEngland Adrian Lewis (3) 18th 28 −10 2
4th EnglandEngland Michael Smith (7) 18th 30th −12 0

September 24th

Gary Anderson 96.86 10  : 5 Michael Smith 87.65
Adrian Lewis 97.48 3: 10 James Wade 103.49

September 24th

Adrian Lewis 95.85 10  : 8 Michael Smith 87.28
Gary Anderson 94.62 10  : 8 James Wade 90.66

25th of September

James Wade 103.03 10  : 5 Michael Smith 95.30
Gary Anderson 91.18 10  : 5 Adrian Lewis 92.01

Finals

  Semi-finals 09/25/2016
best of 21 legs 		Final 09/25/2016
best of 21 legs
                 
A1 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 98.38 11    
B2 EnglandEngland James Wade 94.66 3  
A1 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 98.97 11
  A2 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 100.92 5
B1 ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 96.22 5
A2 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 105.67 11  

transmission

The broadcasters Sport1 and Sport1 + broadcast the event in German-speaking countries . The stations can also be received in Austria via cable and satellite.

Internationally, all games were also broadcast directly by the PDC on livepdc.tv.

Web links

Individual evidence