Champions League of Darts 2017
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Champions League of Darts 2017
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Tournament status
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| Tournament type | Invitation tournament |
| organizer | PDC |
| venue |
Motorpoint Arena , Cardiff
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| Defending champion |
 Phil Taylor
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| Attendees | 8th |
| Opening game | 16th September 2017 |
| Endgame | 17th September 2017 |
| Prize money (total) | £ 500,000 |
| Prize money (winner) | £ 100,000 |
| winner |
 Scale length Suljović
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statistics
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| highest finish |
170 points from Adrian Lewis
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The Champions League of Darts 2017 is an invitation tournament in darts and was organized for the second time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) in 2017. As in the previous year, it was held from September 16 to 17, 2017 in the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff . The new Champions League should not be confused with the similar sounding Championship League Darts, which was organized by the PDC from 2008 to 2013.
The tournament victory was secured by the Austrian Mensur Suljović , who was able to prevail in the final with 11: 9- legs against the Scot Gary Anderson .
format
The top 8 of the PDC Order of Merit took part in the tournament, which was played over a weekend, at the time after the World Matchplay of the same year. In two groups of four, each player competed first against each other from his group. The two group winners then met in the semifinals against the runners-up in the other group. The two winners of the semi-finals then played the overall winner of the tournament in the final.
All games were played in the best of legs mode. The group games took place in the mode best of 19 legs , in the semi-finals and the finals best of 21 legs was played.
Prize money
The £ 250,000 in prize money that was played in the Champions League of Darts was distributed among the eight participants as follows:
| Position (number of players) | Prize money | |
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| winner | (1) | £ 100,000 |
| finalist | (1) | £ 50,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £ 25,000 |
| Group third | (2) | £ 15,000 |
| Group fourth | (2) | £ 10,000 |
Since this is an invitation tournament, the prize money earned had no influence on the Order of Merit .
Attendees
Top 8 of the Order of Merit
Seeding list
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Results
Group A
| Pl. | player | Sp. | S. | N | Legs | Diff. | Avg. | Points |
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Phil Taylor (4) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 30:22 | +8 | 98.73 | 6th |
| 2. |
 Raymond van Barneveld (8) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 26:17 | +9 | 94.63 | 4th |
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Michael van Gerwen (1) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 24:24 | 0 | 99.18 | 2 |
| 4th |
Adrian Lewis (5) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 13:30 | −17 | 90.55 | 0 |
1st matchday
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Phil Taylor 101.58
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10 : 7 |
Adrian Lewis 96.57
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Michael van Gerwen 97.46
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5: 10 |
Raymond van Barneveld 97.19
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2nd matchday
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Phil Taylor 92.53
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10 : 6 |
Raymond van Barneveld 92.29
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Michael van Gerwen 97.18
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10 : 4 |
Adrian Lewis 85.13
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3rd matchday
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Adrian Lewis 89.95
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2: 10 |
Raymond van Barneveld 94.4
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Michael van Gerwen 102.89
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9: 10 |
Phil Taylor 09/10
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Group B
| Pl. | player | Sp. | S. | N | Legs | Diff. | Avg. | Points |
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Scale Suljović (7) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 30:16 | +14 | 99.96 | 6th |
| 2. |
 Gary Anderson (2) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 23:26 | −3 | 98.87 | 4th |
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Peter Wright (3) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 27:25 | +2 | 100.12 | 2 |
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Dave Chisnall (6) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 17:30 | −13 | 97.21 | 0 |
1st matchday
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Peter Wright 101.28
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10 : 5 |
Dave Chisnall 0897
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Gary Anderson 95.84
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3: 10 |
Scale length Suljović 97.73
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2nd matchday
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Gary Anderson 101.8
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10 : 7 |
Dave Chisnall 95.78
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Peter Wright 98.93
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8: 10 |
Scale length Suljović 102.77
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3rd matchday
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Dave Chisnall 98.76
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5: 10 |
Scale length Suljović 99.37
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Gary Anderson 98.97
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10 : 9 |
Peter Wright 100.15
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Finals
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Semi-finals 09/17/2017 best of 21 legs |
Final 09/17/2017 best of 21 legs |
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| A1 |
Phil Taylor April 95
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| B2 |
Gary Anderson 96.19
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| B2 |
Gary Anderson 03/98
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| B1 |
Scale length Suljović 87.85
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| B1 |
Scale length Suljović 97.91
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| A2 |
Raymond van Barneveld 95.19
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Gary Anderson Winner Semifinals 1st |
Final Best of 21 Legs |
Mensur Suljović winner semi-final 2 |
| 9 | Result | 11 |
| 98.03 | 3-dart average | 87.85 |
| 25th | 100+ | 28 |
| 15th | 140+ | 10 |
| 4th | 180s | 4th |
| 80 | Supreme finish | 118 |
| 2 | Breaks | 3 |
| 31% | Double quota | 37% |
transmission
The games could be seen on the streaming provider DAZN .
In Great Britain the British Broadcasting Corporation , or BBC for short, continued to broadcast all games of the Champions League of Darts after an extension of the contract with the PDC. Unlike Sky Sports, the station is free to receive for all Britons.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
- ↑ Participants in the Champions League of Darts. In: Professional Darts Corporation . August 1, 2017, accessed August 5, 2017 .
- ↑ New BBC deal for the Champions League. In: Professional Darts Corporation . June 21, 2017, accessed August 5, 2017 .