Grand Slam of Darts 2016

Grand Slam of Darts 2016
Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Civic Hall , Wolverhampton
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Michael van Gerwen
Attendees	32
Opening game	November 12, 2016
Endgame	20th November 2016
Prize money (total)	£ 400,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 100,000
winner	Michael van Gerwen
statistics
highest finish	170 points from Jeff Smith , Michael van Gerwen
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The Grand Slam of Darts is a major tournament in darts and was held from November 12th to 20th for the tenth time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). As in the previous year, the venue was the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton .

In the final, the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen , who started the tournament as defending champion with a 16:13 final win against Phil Taylor last year , clearly prevailed against the Englishman James Wade with 16: 8 legs .

format

The Grand Slam of Darts is the only tournament of the year in which both PDC and BDO players take part. Of the 32 participating players, 24 come from the PDC and eight from the BDO.

The players were first drawn into eight groups of four, for which the players were divided into four different pots during the draw. There the players determined their position in the group in the mode “everyone against everyone”. The best two in each group then determined the winner of the tournament in the knockout system from the round of 16. The number of legs to be won increased from five in the group stage to 16 in the quarter-finals up to the final.

Prize money

The total prize money of £ 400,000 was distributed among the 32 participants as follows:

position	Prize money
winner	£ 100,000
finalist	£ 50,000
Semi-finalists	£ 25,000
Quarter finalists	£ 15,000
Round of 16 players	£ 7,500
3rd place group stage	£ 5,000
4th place group stage	£ 2,500
Bonus group win	£ 2,500

Attendees

In contrast to other tournaments, the qualification criteria were not based on rankings, but on victories and finals in the major tournaments of the PDC and BDO this year. After all places had been allocated to participants in the PDC Major Finals, the next step was to consider the finalists of the European Tour Events and the Players Championship Events . At the BDO, the next best at the BDO Invitation Table took part in this case .

Seeding list

The top 8 of the PDC Order of Merit in the run-up to the Grand Slam of Darts were set as group heads and formed the first lottery pot.

No. player Round reached 01. Michael van Gerwen victory 02. Gary Anderson Semifinals 03. Adrian Lewis Group stage 04th Phil Taylor Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 05. Peter Wright Semifinals 06th James Wade final 07th Scale length Suljović Group stage 08th. Robert Thornton Round of 16

PDC Qualifiers - Major Finals

1. Dave Chisnall
2. Ian White
3. Raymond van Barneveld
4. Benito van de Pas
5. Simon Whitlock
6. Gerwyn Price
7. Alan Norris
8. Brendan Dolan

PDC Qualifiers - qualification tournament

1. James Wilson
2. Max Hopp
3. Darren Webster
4. Chris Dobey
5. Dimitri Van den Bergh
6. Nathan Aspinall
7. Nathan Derry
8. Ted Evetts

BDO qualifiers

1. Glen Durrant
2. Scott Mitchell
3. Danny Noppert
4. Jamie Hughes
5. Martin Adams
6. Scott Waites
7. Darryl Fitton
8. Jeff Smith

Results

Group stage

The game was played in the best-of-nine-legs mode.

Group A

rank	player	Victories	Dutch	Legs	Points
1	Michael van Gerwen (1)	3	0	15: 4	6th
2	Brendan Dolan	2	1	11:12	4th
3	Max Hopp	1	2	10:13	2
4th	Martin Adams	0	3	8:15	0

November 12th

Brendan Dolan 93.65	5 : 4	Max Hopp 89.00
Michael van Gerwen 93.64	5 : 2	Martin Adams 91.47

November 13th

Max Hopp 86.36	5 : 3	Martin Adams 80.47
Brendan Dolan 95.13	1: 5	Michael van Gerwen 104.58

14th November

Max Hopp 87.37	1: 5	Michael van Gerwen 95.93
Brendan Dolan 80.87	5 : 3	Martin Adams 80.96

Group B

rank	player	Victories	Dutch	Legs	Points
1	Gerwyn Price	2	1	14:10	4th
2	Robert Thornton * (8)	2	1	13:12	4th
3	Dimitri Van den Bergh *	2	1	14:13	4th
4th	Scott Waites	0	3	9:15	0

November 12th

Gerwyn Price 92.26	4: 5	Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.15
Robert Thornton 96.00	5 : 3	Scott Waites 91.15

November 13th

Gerwyn Price 84.46	5 : 2	Scott Waites 84.83
Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.56	4: 5	Robert Thornton 96.90

15th of November

Dimitri Van den Bergh 91.60	5 : 4	Scott Waites 93.13
Gerwyn Price 91.73	5 : 3	Robert Thornton 93.48

• Because of the identical number of points and legs, Robert Thornton prevailed against Dimitri Van den Bergh in the 9-dart shootout with 345: 340.

Group C

rank	player	Victories	Dutch	Legs	Points
1	Peter Wright (5)	3	0	15: 4	6th
2	Jeff Smith	2	1	11:13	4th
3	Simon Whitlock	1	2	10:10	2
4th	Ted Evetts	0	3	8:15	0

November 12th

Peter Wright 93.78	4: 5	Jeff Smith 86.33
Simon Whitlock 08/22	5 : 1	Ted Evetts 85.69

November 13th

Ted Evetts 90.43	4: 5	Jeff Smith 89.29
Simon Whitlock	0: 5 87.95	Peter Wright 107.36

15th of November

Ted Evetts 100.39	3: 5	Peter Wright 100.39
Simon Whitlock 101.74	4: 5	Jeff Smith 96.98

Group D

rank	player	Victories	Dutch	Legs	Points
1	Phil Taylor (4)	2	1	10: 7	4th
2	Darryl Fitton	2	1	11:13	4th
3	Darren Webster	1	2	12:10	2
4th	Ian White	1	2	10:13	2

November 12th

Ian White 93.62	5 : 3	Darren Webster 93.49
Phil Taylor 104.30	5 : 1	Darryl Fitton 84.90

November 13th

Darren Webster 88.99	4: 5	Darryl Fitton 87.30
Ian White 84.13	1: 5	Phil Taylor 92.94

14th November

Darren Webster 96.35	5 : 0	Phil Taylor 08/08
Ian White 88.86	4: 5	Darryl Fitton 87.27

Group E

rank	player	Victories	Dutch	Legs	Points
1	Gary Anderson (2)	3	0	15: 6	6th
2	Glen Durrant	2	1	14: 6	4th
3	Nathan Derry	1	2	5:14	2
4th	Alan Norris	0	3	7:15	0

November 12th

Alan Norris 97.65	4: 5	Nathan Derry 91.56
Gary Anderson 100.66	5 : 4	Glen Durrant 98.52

November 13th

Alan Norris 95.25	1: 5	Glen Durrant 94.87
Nathan Derry 82.44	0: 5	Gary Anderson 89.46

14th November

Alan Norris 94.60	2: 5	Gary Anderson 97.33
Nathan Derry 76.20	0: 5	Glen Durrant 97.60

Group F.

rank	player	Victories	Dutch	Legs	Points
1	Raymond van Barneveld	3	0	15: 6	6th
2	Danny Noppert	2	1	12:10	4th
3	Scale Suljović (7)	1	2	11:13	2
4th	Nathan Aspinall	0	2	6:15	0

November 12th

Raymond van Barneveld 110.15	5 : 1	Nathan Aspinall 97.46
Scale length Suljović 98.40	3: 5	Danny Noppert 101.06

November 13th

Scale length Suljović 99.50	5 : 3	Nathan Aspinall 97.79
Danny Noppert 103.88	2: 5	Raymond van Barneveld 104.66

15th of November

Danny Noppert 90.24	5 : 2	Nathan Aspinall 88.56
Scale length Suljović 94.58	3: 5	Raymond van Barneveld 100.29

Group G

rank	player	Victories	Dutch	Legs	Points
1	Jamie Hughes	2	1	13:10	4th
2	James Wade (6)	2	1	13:11	4th
3	James Wilson	1	2	12:12	2
4th	Dave Chisnall	1	2	8:13	2

November 12th

Dave Chisnall 88.73	2: 5	James Wilson 84.13
James Wade 91.31	5 : 3	Jamie Hughes 86.55

November 13th

Dave Chisnall 102.51	1: 5	Jamie Hughes 106.32
James Wilson 85.21	3: 5	James Wade 95.85

15th of November

Dave Chisnall 98.92	5 : 3	James Wade 100.58
James Wilson 91.00	4: 5	Jamie Hughes 91.96

Group H.

rank	player	Victories	Dutch	Legs	Points
1	Benito van de Pas	3	0	15: 7	6th
2	Chris Dobey	2	1	14:11	4th
3	Scott Mitchell	1	2	9:11	2
4th	Adrian Lewis (3)	0	3	6:15	0

November 12th

Benito van de Pas 95.91	5 : 4	Chris Dobey 94.36
Adrian Lewis 97.62	1: 5	Scott Mitchell 107.78

November 13th

Chris Dobey 97.42	5 : 3	Adrian Lewis 108.68
Benito van de Pas 95.61	5 : 1	Scott Mitchell 83.35

14th November

Benito van de Pas 100.90	5 : 2	Adrian Lewis 100.19
Chris Dobey 92.74	5 : 3	Scott Mitchell 92.61

Final round

Round of 16 16. – 17. Nov. 2016 Best of 19 legs

Quarter-finals 18-19 Nov. 2016 Best of 31 legs

Semifinals Nov 20, 2016 Best of 31 legs

Final Nov 20, 2016 Best of 31 legs

A1

Michael van Gerwen (1) 103.24

10

B2

Robert Thornton (8) 94.23

5

A1

Michael van Gerwen (1) 97.33

16

A2

Brendan Dolan 88.24

3

B1

Gerwyn Price 89.38

9

A2

Brendan Dolan 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 92.14

3

C1

Peter Wright (5) 103.37

16

D1

Phil Taylor (4) 100.57

10

D1

Phil Taylor (4) April 98

10

C2

Jeff Smith 91.54

5

A1

Michael van Gerwen (1) 98.74

16

G2

James Wade (6) 90.73

8th

E1

Gary Anderson (2) December 101

10

F2

Danny Noppert 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 95.50

7th

E1

Gary Anderson (2) 98.36

14th

G2

James Wade (6) 91.93

16

G1

Jamie Hughes 90.38

9

H2

Chris Dobey 94.01

10

H2

Chris Dobey 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

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

• Homepage of the PDC for the Grand Slam of Darts
• Winners' list in the darts Database (English)

Individual evidence