PDC World Darts Championship 2016

PDC World Darts Championship 2016
Tournament status
Tournament type	World Championship
organizer	PDC
venue	Alexandra Palace , London
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Gary Anderson
Attendees	72
Opening game	17th December 2015
Endgame	January 3, 2016
Prize money (total)	£ 1,500,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 300,000
winner	Gary Anderson
statistics
thrown maxima	654
highest average	109.23 points from Michael van Gerwen
highest finish	170 points from Gary Anderson (2 ×) Rowby-John Rodriguez Phil Taylor Jelle Klaasen Michael van Gerwen
Nine dart finish	Gary Anderson
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World Darts Championship venue: Alexandra Palace in London

The 23rd edition of the William Hill World Darts Championship 2016 was hosted by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from December 17, 2015 to January 3, 2016 . The venue for the ninth time was the Alexandra Palace in London .

Defending champion was Gary Anderson , who could win this tournament again.

format

A total of 72 players took part in the tournament. The 32 best placed players of the PDC Order of Merit on November 30, 2015 (after the Players Championship Finals 2015 ) are set as participants. They are complemented by the 16 highest placed players of the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit who are not already qualified .

These 48 players were completed by 2 qualifiers of the PDPA Qualifiers and 22 international players. These 22 are composed of the 4 best not already qualified players of the European Order of Merit and 18 of the PDPA (Professional Darts Players Association) and the PDC determined players. Some of these international players, such as the 4 best players in the European Order of Merit and the best American and Australian players, competed directly in the first round, while others who had prevailed in the respective national qualifying tournaments went to the preliminary round ( Preliminary Round) had to begin. The winners of this preliminary round moved into the final round of the best 64.

The final round was played in a knockout system . The first round of the tournament took place from December 17th to 23rd, 2015. Game mode in the 1st round was a best of 5 sets . The 32 winners of the 1st round moved into the 2nd round, which took place from December 26th to 29th, 2015. A best of 7 sets was played there. Subsequently, on December 29th and 30th, the last 16 of the best 16 were played, which were also played in best-of-7 mode. The best 8 made it to the quarter-finals on January 1, 2016, in which a best of 9 sets was played. The two semi-finals took place on January 2, 2016. The games were played in the best-of-11 system. The final of the PDC World Darts Championship 2016, which was played in the best-of-13-sets system, took place on January 3, 2016.

Thanawat Gaweenuntawong was the first player from Thailand to take part in a World Darts Championship. He was eliminated in the preliminary round.

Qualified participants

The following players qualified for the PDC World Darts Championship 2016, as of November 30, 2015, after the Players Championship Finals :

Participant from the PDC Order of Merit

No.	player	country	reached round
01.	Michael van Gerwen		Round of 16
02.	Gary Anderson		victory
03.	Phil Taylor		Round of 16
04th	Peter Wright		Quarter finals
05.	Adrian Lewis		final
06th	Robert Thornton		1 round
07th	James Wade		Quarter finals
08th.	Michael Smith		Quarter finals
09.	Ian White		1 round
10.	Simon Whitlock		1 round
11.	Terry Jenkins		2nd round
12.	Kim Huybrechts		1 round
13.	Dave Chisnall		Round of 16
14th	Mervyn King		2nd round
15th	Vincent van der Voort		Round of 16
16.	Raymond van Barneveld		Semifinals
17th	Stephen Bunting		2nd round
18th	Brendan Dolan		1 round
19th	Jelle Klaasen		Semifinals
20th	Justin Pipe		1 round
21st	Scale length Suljović		Round of 16
22nd	Mark Webster		Round of 16
23.	Jamie Caven		Round of 16
24.	Benito van de Pas		Round of 16
25th	Steve Beaton		2nd round
26th	Wes Newton		2nd round
27.	Andy Hamilton		1 round
28.	Andrew Gilding		2nd round
29	Dean Winstanley		1 round
30th	Kevin Painter		2nd round
31.	Jamie Lewis		1 round
32.	John Henderson		1 round

Participants from the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit

No.	player	country	reached round
01.	Alan Norris		Quarter finals
02.	Gerwyn Price		1 round
03.	Joe Murnan		2nd round
04th	Daryl Gurney		2nd round
05.	Keegan Brown		1 round
06th	Max Hopp		1 round
07th	Rowby-John Rodriguez		1 round
08th.	Christian Kist		2nd round
09.	Cristo Reyes		1 round
10.	David Pallett		2nd round
11.	Ronny Huybrechts		2nd round
12.	Dirk van Duijvenbode		1 round
13.	Jeffrey de Zwaan		1 round
14th	Kyle Anderson		2nd round
15th	Joe Cullen		1 round
16.	Darren Webster		2nd round

Participant from the PDC European Order of Merit

No.	player	country	reached round
01.	Dimitri Van den Bergh		2nd round
02.	Jan Dekker		1 round
03.	Jyhan Artut		1 round
04th	Jermaine Wattimena		1 round

PDPA qualifier

This qualification tournament took place on November 30, 2015.

No. player country Entry game round Round reached 01. Ricky Evans 1 round 2nd round 02. Andy Boulton Preliminary round 1 round

International qualifiers

Qualifies for the 1st round

No. player country Qualifying tournament date Round reached 01. Koha Kokiri Oceanic Masters 11/08/2015 1 round 02. Laurence Ryder AGP rankings 07/11/2015 1 round 03. In it Young PDC North American Qualifying Event 08/23/2015 1 round

Qualified for the preliminary round

No. player country Qualifying tournament date Round reached 01. René Eidams Super League darts 11/14/2015 1 round 02. Thanawat Gaweenuntawong PDC World South Asian Qualifying Event 08/22/2015 Preliminary round 03. Sven Groen PDC World Central European Qualifying Event 11/15/2015 Preliminary round 04th Per Laursen PDC Regional Tour 09/30/2015 Preliminary round 05. Paul Lim PDC World Dartslive Soft Tip Qualifier 09/27/2015 Preliminary round 06th Mick McGowan Tom Kirby Memorial Trophy 10/10/2015 1 round 07th John Michael PDC World South European Qualifying Event October 24, 2015 1 round 08th. Keita Ono PDC World Japan Qualifying Event 11/08/2015 1 round 09. Alexander Oreschkin PDC World Russia Qualifying Event October 24, 2015 1 round 10. Michael Rasztovits PDC World East European Qualifying Event 11/14/2015 Preliminary round 11. Warrick Scheffer PDC South African Masters 13/10/2015 Preliminary round 12. Sun Qiang PDC World China Qualifying Event 07/11/2015 Preliminary round 13. Rob Szabo PDC World New Zealand Qualifying Event 07/12/2015 1 round 14th Alex Tagarao PDC World Philippines Qualifying Event 23/10/2015 Preliminary round 15th Kim Viljanen PDC Regional Tour 09/30/2015 1 round

If one of the qualified players had not been able to take part in the World Championship, the best placed player of the PDC Order of Merit would have moved up, this would have been Andy Smith .

Participants per country and round

	CLOSELY	NLD	SCO	OUT	BEL	GER	AUT	WHALE	NIR	NZL	THA	THE	FIN	PHL	RUS	RSA	CHN	JPN	GRE	IRL	United States	SGP	ESP	Total
final	01	00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	02
Semifinals	01	02	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	04th
Quarter finals	04th	02	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	08th
Round of 16	07th	05	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
2nd round	18th	06th	2	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32
1 round	25th	10	4th	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	64
Preliminary round	01	01	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	16
Total	25th	11	4th	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	72

Prize money

The 2016 Darts World Cup totaled £ 1,500,000 in prize money, £ 250,000 more than the 2015 World Cup .

The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 300,000
finalist	(1)	£ 150,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	0£ 70,000
Quarter finalists	(4)	0£ 35,000
Round of 16 players	(8th)	0£ 22,000
2nd round loser	(16)	0£ 15,000
1st round loser	(32)	0£ 10,000
Preliminary round loser	(8th)	00£ 4,250
Nine dart finish	(1)	0£ 15,000 1st

¹If several players had managed this, the prize money would have been divided. In addition, the main sponsor of the event donated £ 9,000 for each “nine dart finish” to a children's hospital.

Results

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held from 17. – 21. December. One or two preliminary round matches took place every day, parallel to the first final round. The games were played in best-of-3 mode.

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Andy Boulton 83.03	2  : 1	Per Laursen 79.27
2	Sun Qiang 64.73	0: 2	Mick McGowan 74.19
3	Thanawat Gaweenuntawong 63.64	0: 2	René Eidams 69.25
4th	Kim Viljanen 87.69	2  : 1	Sven Groen 84.11
5	Keita Ono 91.79	2  : 0	Alex Tagarao 77.40
6th	Michael Rasztovits 78.83	0: 2	Rob Szabo 78.34
7th	Alexander Oreschkin 89.33	2  : 1	Paul Lim 88.26
8th	Warrick Scheffer 76.87	0: 2	John Michael 88.25

Final round

The draw for the final round took place on November 30, 2015. The schedule for the main round was as follows:

1 round:	17.-23. December 2015
2nd round:	26.-29. December 2015
Round of 16:	29-30 December 2015
Quarter finals:	January 1, 2016
Semifinals:	2nd January 2016
Final:	January 3, 2016

Upper half 1

	Round 1 17th - 23rd Dec. 2015 Best of 5 sets					Round 2 26-29 Dec. 2015 Best of 7 sets					Round of 16 29-30 Dec. 2015 Best of 7 sets					Quarterfinals Jan. 1, 2016 Best of 9 sets
	1	Michael van Gerwen 99.03	3
		René Eidams 90.48	2
						1	Michael van Gerwen 109.23	4th
							Darren Webster 94.90	0
	32	John Henderson 81.06	1
		Darren Webster 87.83	3
											1	Michael van Gerwen 105.78	3
											16	Raymond van Barneveld 100.44	4th
	16	Raymond van Barneveld 91.34	3
		Dirk van Duijvenbode 79.77	0
						16	Raymond van Barneveld 94.63	4th
						17th	Stephen Bunting 98.18	3
	17th	Stephen Bunting 86.72	3
		Jyhan Artut 81.08	0
																16	Raymond van Barneveld 99.44	5
																8th	Michael Smith 97.61	4th
	8th	Michael Smith 95.31	3
		Jeffrey de Zwaan 96.20	2
						8th	Michael Smith 100.23	4th
						25th	Steve Beaton 92.29	2
	25th	Steve Beaton 95.87	3
		Koha Kokiri 93.22	0
											8th	Michael Smith 101.56	4th
											24	Benito van de Pas 83.14	0
	9	Ian White 92.43	1
		Dimitri Van den Bergh 95.22	3
							Dimitri Van den Bergh 92.51	2
						24	Benito van de Pas 95.17	4th
	24	Benito van de Pas 87.98	3
		Max Hopp 89.49	1

Upper half 2

	Round 1 17th - 23rd Dec. 2015 Best of 5 sets					Round 2 26-29 Dec. 2015 Best of 7 sets					Round of 16 29-30 Dec. 2015 Best of 7 sets					Quarterfinals Jan. 1, 2016 Best of 9 sets
	5	Adrian Lewis 99.53	3
		Jan Dekker 89.68	0
						5	Adrian Lewis 103.52	4th
						28	Andrew Gilding 82.70	0
	28	Andrew Gilding 90.91	3
		Gerwyn Price 83.86	1
											5	Adrian Lewis 98.69	4th
											21st	Scale length Suljović 93.92	0
	12	Kim Huybrechts 92.66	2
		David Pallett 91.43	3
							David Pallett 92.21	3
						21st	Scale length Suljović 91.04	4th
	21st	Scale length Suljović 99.44	3
		Jermaine Wattimena 87.10	1
																5	Adrian Lewis 102.51	5
																4th	Peter Wright 103.10	2
	4th	Peter Wright 95.91	3
		Keegan Brown 83.61	0
						4th	Peter Wright 99.09	4th
							Ronny Huybrechts 92.07	0
	29	Dean Winstanley 88.00	2
		Ronny Huybrechts 91.14	3
											4th	Peter Wright 103.69	4th
											13	Dave Chisnall 102.26	3
	13	Dave Chisnall 99.37	3
		Rowby-John Rodriguez 89.37	0
						13	Dave Chisnall 102.85	4th
							Christian Kist 95.92	1
	20th	Justin Pipe 75.55	0
		Christian Kist 93.95	3

Lower half 1

Round 1 17th - 23rd Dec. 2015 Best of 5 sets

Round 2 26-29 Dec. 2015 Best of 7 sets

Round of 16 29-30 Dec. 2015 Best of 7 sets

Quarterfinals Jan. 1, 2016 Best of 9 sets

2

Gary Anderson 99.55

3

Andy Boulton 85.30

0

2

Gary Anderson 99.44

4th

Daryl Gurney 96.04

1

31

Jamie Lewis 90.34

1

Daryl Gurney 94.12

3

2

Gary Anderson 101.58

4th

15th

Vincent van der Voort 95.13

0

15th

Vincent van der Voort 95.70

3

Laurence Ryder 81.37

0

15th

Vincent van der Voort 95.12

4th

Kyle Anderson 92.23

2

18th

Brendan Dolan 87.19

0

Kyle Anderson 90.64

3

2

Gary Anderson 105.25

5

7th

James Wade 88.05

1

7th

James Wade 95.77

3

John Michael 84.26

0

7th

James Wade 92.84

4th

26th

Wes Newton 84.89

0

26th

Wes Newton 77.80

3

Cristo Reyes 87.05

1

7th

James Wade 93.89

4th

23

Jamie Caven 88.31

1

10

Simon Whitlock 92.85

2

Ricky Evans 93.48

3

Ricky Evans 82.95

0

23

Jamie Caven 91.81

4th

23

Jamie Caven 96.55

3

Rob Szabo 86.50

0

Lower half 2

Round 1 17th - 23rd Dec. 2015 Best of 5 sets

Round 2 26-29 Dec. 2015 Best of 7 sets

Round of 16 29-30 Dec. 2015 Best of 7 sets

Quarterfinals Jan. 1, 2016 Best of 9 sets

6th

Robert Thornton 88.66

0

Alan Norris 96.88

3

Alan Norris 94.80

4th

Joe Murnan 89.76

1

27

Andy Hamilton 86.70

2

Joe Murnan 86.96

3

Alan Norris 95.43

4th

22nd

Mark Webster 96.06

1

11

Terry Jenkins 89.56

3

Therein Young 83.49

1

11

Terry Jenkins 92.15

0

22nd

Mark Webster 93.37

4th

22nd

Mark Webster 89.58

3

Mick McGowan 85.88

0

Alan Norris 98.33

4th

19th

Jelle Klaasen 99.35

5

3

Phil Taylor 98.39

3

Keita Ono 83.49

0

3

Phil Taylor 92.91

4th

30th

Kevin Painter 92.19

1

30th

Kevin Painter 88.84

3

Kim Viljanen 77.90

0

3

Phil Taylor 100.03

3

19th

Jelle Klaasen 102.52

4th

14th

Mervyn King 97.84

3

Alexander Oreschkin 86.14

2

14th

Mervyn King 88.71

2

19th

Jelle Klaasen 93.53

4th

19th

Jelle Klaasen 102.54

3

Joe Cullen 93.86

0

Semi-finals, finals

	Semi-finals Jan. 2, 2016 Best of 11 sets					Final Jan. 3, 2016 Best of 13 sets
	16	Raymond van Barneveld 94.07	3
	5	Adrian Lewis 99.55	6th
						5	Adrian Lewis 100.23	5
						2	Gary Anderson 99.26	7th
	2	Gary Anderson 107.32	6th
	19th	Jelle Klaasen 94.68	0

Raymond van Barneveld (16) winner upper half 1	Semi-final 1 January 2, 2016 Best of 11 sets	Adrian Lewis (5) winner upper half 2
3	Result	6th
0- 3 , 2 3 , 0- 3 , 2- 3 , 1- 3 , 3 -1 3 -2 3 -2, 1- 3
94.07	3-dart average	99.55
74	100+	43
24	140+	27
0	170+	0
6th	180s	15th
161	Supreme finish	121
7th	Breaks	11
38.46% (15/39)	Double quota	35.94% (23/64)

Gary Anderson (2) Winner Lower Half 1	Semifinals 2 January 2, 2016 Best of 11 sets	Jelle Klaasen (19) winner lower half 2
6th	Result	0
3 -0, 3 -2, 3 -2, 3 -2, 3 -0, 3 -1
107.32	3-dart average	94.68
35	100+	24
26th	140+	8th
0	170+	0
8th	180s	9
142	Supreme finish	85
6th	Breaks	1
47.37% (18/38)	Double quota	35.00% (7/20)
Special event: Anderson throws a nine dart finish in the 1st set

Adrian Lewis (5) winner semifinals 1	Final January 3, 2016 8 p.m. Best of 13 sets	Gary Anderson (2) winner semifinals 2
5	Result	7th
3 -1, 0- 3 , 1- 3 , 3 -2, 3 -2, 1- 3 , 1- 3 , 0- 3 , 3 -0, 0- 3 , 3 -0, 1- 3
100.23	3-dart average	99.26
40	100+	53
28	140+	28
4th	170+	3
19th	180s	15th
131	Supreme finish	170
8th	Breaks	11
38.00% (19/50)	Double quota	43.33% (26/60)
Special Event: Anderson throws a 170 finish in set 12

statistics

player	country	Training est.	Games	Sets		Legs			100+	140+	170+	180s	Hö. Check- out	Checkout Av.%	Average
				w.	lost	w.	lost	Breaks
Gary Anderson		victory	6th	29	7th	95	45	44	185	102	8th	51	170	43.38	102.07
Adrian Lewis		final	6th	27	12	93	64	39	171	106	8th	60	164	41.33	100.67
Raymond van Barneveld		Semifinals	5	19th	16	76	74	26th	231	125	2	27	161	38.54	95.98
Jelle Klaasen		Semifinals	5	16	15th	68	62	31	134	70	5	48	170	41.46	98.53
Peter Wright		Quarter finals	4th	13	8th	51	40	20th	131	74	1	38	131	40.16	100.45
Michael Smith		Quarter finals	4th	15th	9	55	44	20th	110	63	4th	36	140	43.65	98.70
James Wade		Quarter finals	4th	12	6th	40	32	11	113	53	1	13	141	43.48	92.64
Alan Norris		Quarter finals	4th	15th	9	51	40	23	92	66	0	37	123	43.97	96.36
Phil Taylor		Round of 16	3	10	5	36	26th	18th	82	49	1	13	170	37.11	97.11
Mark Webster		Round of 16	3	8th	4th	30th	22nd	11	62	28	1	13	130	36.14	93.00
Dave Chisnall		Round of 16	3	10	5	39	29	15th	85	52	0	25th	160	42.39	101.49
Michael van Gerwen		Round of 16	3	10	6th	38	24	15th	83	33	7th	24	170	52.05	104.68
Vincent van der Voort		Round of 16	3	7th	6th	26th	24	9	66	33	0	15th	134	37.68	95.32
Scale length Suljović		Round of 16	3	7th	7th	29	33	9	80	40	2	8th	160	37.66	94.80
Jamie Caven		Round of 16	3	8th	4th	30th	16	11	64	18th	1	9	127	41.67	92.22
Benito van de Pas		Round of 16	3	7th	7th	31	29	11	72	35	5	5	148	33.70	88.76
Mervyn King		2nd round	2	5	6th	23	24	8th	48	35	0	13	122	31.94	93.28
Kevin Painter		2nd round	2	4th	4th	17th	15th	9	34	23	1	10	110	38.64	92.81
Andrew Gilding		2nd round	2	3	4th	11	15th	4th	24	13	0	5	132	47.83	86.81
Ronny Huybrechts		2nd round	2	3	6th	18th	23	6th	49	24	0	7th	164	40.00	91.61
David Pallett		2nd round	2	6th	6th	27	22nd	10	55	43	0	13	132	31.67	91.82
Terry Jenkins		2nd round	2	3	5	15th	20th	5	43	22nd	0	12	121	35.71	90.86
Joe Murnan		2nd round	2	4th	6th	24	26th	8th	49	35	0	9	112	32.43	88.32
Darren Webster		2nd round	2	3	5	11	18th	4th	42	25th	0	5	116	34.38	91.37
Wes Newton		2nd round	2	3	5	11	19th	5	33	9	0	6th	161	33.33	81.35
Stephen Bunting		2nd round	2	6th	4th	25th	20th	6th	56	16	0	18th	88	40.35	92.45
Kyle Anderson		2nd round	2	5	4th	19th	21st	4th	38	34	0	10	128	27.94	91.44
Dimitri Van den Bergh		2nd round	2	5	5	21st	22nd	9	45	22nd	4th	8th	122	41.18	93.87
Steve Beaton		2nd round	2	5	4th	17th	19th	6th	45	19th	0	7th	164	40.48	93.92
Daryl Gurney		2nd round	2	4th	5	20th	20th	8th	46	23	0	14th	76	35.09	95.08
Christian Kist		2nd round	2	4th	4th	16	16	6th	45	25th	1	5	116	36.36	94.94
Ricky Evans		2nd round	2	3	6th	13	27	7th	42	16	0	10	130	44.44	88.22
Robert Thornton		1 round	1	0	3	3	9	2	14th	8th	0	0	121	33.33	88.66
Ian White		1 round	1	1	3	6th	11	3	27	9	0	3	81	35.29	92.43
Simon Whitlock		1 round	1	2	3	12	15th	4th	28	25th	0	8th	121	28.57	92.85
Kim Huybrechts		1 round	1	2	3	8th	12	3	28	14th	0	4th	106	32.00	92.66
Brendan Dolan		1 round	1	0	3	5	9	0	18th	7th	0	1	126	22.73	87.19
Justin Pipe		1 round	1	0	3	2	9	0	9	4th	0	0	104	50.00	75.55
Andy Hamilton		1 round	1	2	3	13	16	6th	26th	19th	0	3	73	34.21	86.75
Dean Winstanley		1 round	1	2	3	11	14th	3	33	13	0	9	120	32.35	88.00
Jamie Lewis		1 round	1	1	3	6th	10	2	26th	5	0	3	78	46.15	90.34
John Henderson		1 round	1	1	3	6th	10	2	13	12	0	2	80	46.15	81.06
Gerwyn Price		1 round	1	0	3	3	9	0	14th	9	0	1	54	23.08	83.86
Keegan Brown		1 round	1	0	3	2	9	1	5	4th	0	5	72	25.00	83.61
Rowby-John Rodriguez		1 round	1	0	3	4th	9	2	18th	6th	1	3	170	35.29	89.37
Max Hopp		1 round	1	1	3	7th	11	1	17th	19th	0	4th	81	25.00	89.49
Cristo Reyes		1 round	1	1	3	7th	9	4th	22nd	9	0	4th	105	26.92	87.05
Joe Cullen		1 round	1	0	3	2	9	1	11	7th	0	1	40	33.33	93.86
Jyhan Artut		1 round	1	0	3	3	9	1	10	8th	0	1	76	16.67	81.08
Dirk van Duijvenbode		1 round	1	0	3	4th	9	1	11	9	0	1	110	50.00	79.77
Jeffrey de Zwaan		1 round	1	2	3	12	13	3	43	14th	0	6th	128	30.77	96.20
Andy Boulton		1 round	2	2	4th	10	14th	3	27	21st	0	0	83	27.03	84.17
Jan Dekker		1 round	1	0	3	5	9	2	14th	4th	0	0	114	83.33	89.68
Jermaine Wattimena		1 round	1	1	3	5	11	0	18th	12	0	0	70	66.67	87.10
In it Young		1 round	1	1	3	8th	11	3	25th	9	0	2	100	53.33	83.49
John Michael		1 round	2	2	3	10	10	4th	23	17th	0	0	161	28.57	86.14
Mick McGowan		1 round	2	2	3	12	10	4th	25th	11	0	1	80	36.36	80.04
Kim Viljanen		1 round	2	2	4th	10	14th	5	28	9	0	3	92	52.63	84.16
Koha Kokiri		1 round	1	0	3	5	9	3	19th	5	0	3	80	22.73	93.22
Laurence Ryder		1 round	1	0	3	2	9	0	15th	4th	0	1	86	50.00	81.37
Rob Szabo		1 round	2	2	3	13	8th	3	22nd	8th	0	1	70	34.78	82.42
René Eidams		1 round	2	4th	3	14th	14th	6th	40	8th	0	3	122	31.82	79.87
Keita Ono		1 round	2	2	3	7th	10	4th	18th	9	0	0	86	46.67	87.64
Aleksandr Oreshkin		1 round	2	4th	4th	15th	18th	5	40	13	0	2	134	40.54	87.74
Per Laursen		Preliminary round	1	1	2	5	8th	1	18th	6th	0	1	80	37.50	79.27
Sven Groen		Preliminary round	1	1	2	5	8th	2	24	6th	0	0	110	33.33	84.11
Michael Rasztovits		Preliminary round	1	0	2	4th	6th	2	15th	8th	0	0	121	23.53	78.83
Paul Lim		Preliminary round	1	1	2	6th	8th	2	21st	8th	0	1	117	28.57	88.26
Sun Qiang		Preliminary round	1	0	2	1	6th	0	12	1	0	0	48	11.11	64.73
Alex Tagarao		Preliminary round	1	0	2	1	6th	1	7th	2	0	1	24	25.00	77.40
Warrick Scheffer		Preliminary round	1	0	2	1	6th	1	10	3	0	1	10	7.69	77.12
Thanawat Gaweenuntawong		Preliminary round	1	0	2	3	6th	2	10	4th	0	1	58	12.00	63.64

• highest match average: Michael van Gerwen with 109.23
• youngest players: Max Hopp and Jeffrey de Zwaan at the age of 19
• oldest player: Paul Lim with 61 years
• A new tournament record was set with 654 maximums (180s)

Television broadcast

The event was broadcast on German television Sport 1 and Sport 1+ . This can also be received in Austria via cable and satellite. 92 hours were broadcast live. The tournament was broadcast internationally by the following stations:

country	channel
United Kingdom of Ireland	Sky Sports Darts 1
Netherlands	RTL7
Denmark	TV3 Sport1 / TV3 Sport2
Australia Italy	Fox Sports
New Zealand	Sky sports
Czech Republic Slovakia Hungary	Sport TV (Sport 1 and Sport2)
Arab world	OSN
United States	ESPN 3
Bulgaria Scandinavia Baltic States	Viasat

¹ Sky Sports F1 will be renamed Sky Sports Darts during the World Cup.

Trivia

• "Master of Ceremonies" was John McDonald.
• The games were directed by the "callers" Russ Bray , Paul Hinks, George Noble and Kirk Bevins.
• The players were accompanied on stage by the "walk-on girls" Holly Johnson, Courtney Wallis, Daniella Allfree and Charlotte Wood.
• In the first round game against Raymond van Barneveld , Dirk van Duijvenbode, curiously, threw the highest number of points with 180 points remaining, so no score was achieved.
• The two finalists Adrian Lewis and Gary Anderson faced each other in the final of the PDC World Darts Championship 2011 . At that time, Lewis won 7-5.

Web links

• Official website of the William Hill World Darts Championship
• game schedule

Individual evidence

1. ^ Thanawat Earns World Championship Spot . PDC. August 26, 2015. Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 26, 2015. 
2. ↑ 2015 PDC World Championship Qualifiers. In: dartsdatabase.co.uk. November 30, 2015, accessed December 23, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Record £ 1.5M Prize Fund Announced . PDC. July 8th, 2015. Archived from the original on December 8th, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 8, 2015. 
4. ^ William Hill's Nine-Dart Charity Bonus. (No longer available online.) In: pdc.tv. December 17, 2015, archived from the original on December 21, 2015 ; accessed on December 20, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ ^{a b c} 2016 PDC World Championship Stats (sic!). In: dartsdatabase.co.uk. January 4, 2016, accessed January 4, 2016 . 
6. ↑ World Cup Darts 2016. (No longer available online.) In: walkongirls.net. December 18, 2015, archived from the original on December 22, 2015 ; Retrieved December 20, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ Stephan Flohr: Dutchman lands stupid direct hit in the World Cup. In: welt.de. Die Welt, December 21, 2015, accessed December 28, 2015 .