PDC World Darts Championship 2017

PDC World Darts Championship 2017
Tournament status
Tournament type	World Championship
organizer	PDC
venue	Alexandra Palace , London
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Gary Anderson
Attendees	72
Opening game	15th December 2016
Endgame	2nd January 2017
Prize money (total)	£ 1,650,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 350,000
winner	Michael van Gerwen
statistics
thrown maxima	708
highest average	114.05 points from Michael van Gerwen
highest finish	170 points from Simon Whitlock Michael van Gerwen (3 ×)
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World Darts Championship venue: Alexandra Palace in London

The William Hill World Darts Championship 2017 was held from December 15, 2016 to January 2, 2017 in its 24th edition by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). The venue for the tenth time was the Alexandra Palace in London .

In the final, Michael van Gerwen secured his second world title against defending champion Gary Anderson .

mode

The tournament was played in the best of sets or first to sets mode and the double-out variant .

The first player to win three legs wins a set . The player who throws exactly 501 points first wins a leg . The last throw of a leg must be on a double square.

If the score was 2: 2 legs in a decisive final set , the two-clear-legs rule applied (except in the preliminary round) . This states that a player must be two legs ahead to win the game. This creates neither of the two players, the game at the score of 5 is: 5 in the legs by a " sudden death - Leg " decided.

Tournament course

The eight preliminary round games were played from December 16, 2016, parallel to the first round, which took place between December 15 and 22, 2016. Game mode in the preliminary round was a best of 3 sets . The winners of the preliminary round moved into the final round of the best 64 players.

The final round was played in a knockout system . 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 23 to 28, 2016. A best of 7 sets was played there. Subsequently, on December 28th and 29th, the last 16 of the best 16 were played, which were also played in the best of 7 sets mode . The best eight players made it to the quarterfinals on December 30, 2016, in which a best of 9 sets had to be played. The two semi-finals took place on January 1, 2017. These were held in the Best of 11 Sets mode. The final of the PDC World Darts Championship 2017, which was played in the best of 13 sets , took place on January 2nd, 2017. During the tournament none of the participants achieved a nine dart finish .

Attendees

qualification

A total of 72 players took part in the tournament. The 32 best placed players in the PDC Order of Merit from December 1, 2016 (after the Players Championship Finals 2016 ) were entered as participants. They were supplemented by the 16 highest placed players of the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit and the 4 highest placed players of the PDC European Order of Merit not already qualified .

The field of participants was completed by 4 players from the PDC World Championship Qualifiers and 16 international players from the World Championship International Qualifiers . Some of these players started directly in the 1st round, while others had to start in the preliminary round.

The following 72 players qualified for the PDC World Darts Championship 2017:

• The 32 first placed players of the PDC Order of Merit - as of December 1st, 2016 - all of whom are seeded
• The 16 highest placed - and not already qualified via the PDC Order of Merit - players of the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit - as of December 1st, 2016
• The 4 highest placed players of the PDC European Order of Merit - and not already qualified via the PDC Order of Merit or PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit - as of December 1st, 2016
• The semi-finalists of the PDC World Championship Qualifier on November 28, 2016
• The highest placed player in the AGP ranking - as of November 6, 2016
• The 2 highest placed players of the PDC Regional Tour - as of October 10, 2016
• The winner of the Tom Kirby Memorial Trophy on October 10, 2016
• The winner of the PDC World Germany Qualifying Event on November 19, 2016
• The winner of the PDC World New Zealand Qualifying Event on July 10, 2016
• The winner of the PDC World Russia Qualifying Event on October 22, 2016
• The winner of the PDC World Philippines Qualifying Event on October 22nd, 2016
• The winner of the PDC World Japan Qualifying Event on November 6, 2016
• The winner of the PDC World South Asian Qualifying Event on November 19, 2016
• The winner of the PDC World East European Qualifying Event on November 12, 2016
• The winner of the PDC World Central European Qualifying Event on November 20, 2016
• The winner of the PDC World South European Qualifying Event on October 22nd, 2016
• The winner of the PDC North American Qualifying Event on August 21, 2016
• The winner of the PDC World China Qualifying Event on October 30, 2016
• The winner of the Oceanic Masters on November 6, 2016

overview

PDC Order of Merit

1. Michael van Gerwen
2. Gary Anderson
3. Peter Wright
4. Phil Taylor
5. Adrian Lewis
6. James Wade
7. Dave Chisnall
8. Scale length Suljović
9. Robert Thornton
10. Jelle Klaasen
11. Michael Smith
12. Raymond van Barneveld
13. Kim Huybrechts
14. Ian White
15. Benito van de Pas
16. Stephen Bunting
17. Simon Whitlock
18. Terry Jenkins
19. Gerwyn Price
20. Vincent van der Voort
21. Alan Norris
22. Mervyn King
23. Brendan Dolan
24. Daryl Gurney
25. Mark Webster
26. Justin Pipe
27. Steve Beaton
28. Kyle Anderson ¹
29. Joe Cullen
30. Jamie Caven
31. Jamie Lewis
32. John Henderson
33. Cristo Reyes

PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit

• James Wilson
• Steve West
• Chris Dobey
• Robbie Green
• Jermaine Wattimena
• Josh Payne
• Ronny Huybrechts
• Joe Murnan
• Darren Webster
• Devon Petersen
• Jonny Clayton
• Christian Kist
• Rowby-John Rodriguez
• Ricky Evans
• Andrew Gilding
• Kevin Painter

PDC European Order of Merit

• Jeffrey de Graaf
• Max Hopp
• Dimitri Van den Bergh
• Ron Meulenkamp

PDC World Championship Qualifiers

• Mark Frost
• Kevin Simm
• Simon Stevenson
• John Bowles

World Championship International Qualifiers

AGP rankings

• Corey Cadby

PDC Regional Tour

• Kim Viljanen
• Magnus Caris

Tom Kirby Memorial Trophy

• Mick McGowan

PDC World Germany Qualifying Event

• Dragutin Horvat

PDC World New Zealand Qualifying Event

• Warren Parry

PDC World Russia Qualifying Event

• Boris Kolzow

PDC World Philippines Qualifying Event

• Gilbert Ulang

PDC World Japan Qualifying Event

• Masumi Chino

PDC World South Asian Qualifying Event

• Tengku Shah

PDC World East European Qualifying Event

• Zoran Lerchbacher

PDC World Central European Qualifying Event

• Jerry Hendriks

PDC World South European Qualifying Event

• John Michael

PDC North American Qualifying Event

• Ross Snook

PDC World China Qualifying Event

• Sun Qiang

Oceanic Masters

• David Platt

¹Kyle Anderson did not show up due to a visa problem. The successor was Cristo Reyes, who took 33rd place in the PDC Order of Merit.

Prize money

The 2017 World Cup totaled £ 1,650,000 in prize money, £ 150,000 more than the 2016 World Cup .

The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 350,000
finalist	(1)	£ 160,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 80,000
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 38,000
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 25,000
2nd round loser	(16)	£ 17,000
1st round loser	(32)	£ 10,000
Loser of the preliminary round	(8th)	£ 4,500
Nine dart finish	(1 1 )	£ 25,000
		£ 1,650,000

¹If several players had thrown a nine dart finish, the prize money would have been shared. In addition, the main sponsor of the event would have donated £ 9,000 for each nine dart finish to a UK Parkinson's Foundation .

Results

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held from December 16-20, 2016. One or two preliminary round matches took place every day, parallel to the first final round. The games were played in the best of 3 sets .

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Jerry Hendriks 86.63	2  : 0	Warren Parry 85.42
2	Tengku Shah 83.44	2  : 1	Masumi Chino 80.18
3	Ross Snook 76.40	0: 2	Kim Viljanen 83.57
4th	Kevin Simm 76.05	2  : 0	Gilbert Ulang 73.00
5	John Bowles 88.96	0: 2	David Platt 86.92
6th	Sun Qiang 68.04	0: 2	Corey Cadby 102.48
7th	Boris Kolzow 76.51	1: 2	Dragutin Horvat 75.58
8th	Zoran Lerchbacher 90.35	2  : 1	Simon Stevenson 85.44

Final round

The draw for the final round took place on November 28, 2016. The schedule for the main round was as follows:

1 round:	15-22 December 2016
2nd round:	23-28 December 2016
Round of 16:	28-29 December 2016
Quarter finals:	December 30, 2016
Semifinals:	January 1, 2017
Final:	2nd January 2017

Upper half 1

	1st round 15-22 Dec. 2016 Best of 5 sets					2nd round 23-28 Dec. 2016 Best of 7 sets					Round of 16 28. – 29. Dec. 2016 Best of 7 sets					Quarterfinals Dec. 30, 2016 Best of 9 sets
	1	Michael van Gerwen 103.34	3
		Kim Viljanen 81.50	0
						1	Michael van Gerwen 105.43	4th
						32	Cristo Reyes 106.40	2
	32	Cristo Reyes 95.54	3
		Dimitri Van den Bergh 99.11	2
											1	Michael van Gerwen 104.44	4th
												Darren Webster 99.20	1
	16	Stephen Bunting 91.02	2
		Darren Webster 94.46	3
							Darren Webster 104.64	4th
						17th	Simon Whitlock 99.50	0
	17th	Simon Whitlock 98.70	3
		Dragutin Horvat 88.18	0
																1	Michael van Gerwen 103.08	5
																24	Daryl Gurney 98.52	1
	8th	Scale length Suljović 88.51	3
		Ron Meulenkamp 88.56	0
						8th	Scale length Suljović 91.23	3
						25th	Mark Webster 92.79	4th
	25th	Mark Webster 87.78	3
		Joe Murnan 88.84	0
											25th	Mark Webster 89.10	3
											24	Daryl Gurney 92.33	4th
	9	Robert Thornton 88.55	3
		Zoran Lerchbacher 81.80	0
						9	Robert Thornton 90.74	3
						24	Daryl Gurney 95.35	4th
	24	Daryl Gurney 96.85	3
		Jermaine Wattimena 91.90	1

Upper half 2

	1st round 15-22 Dec. 2016 Best of 5 sets					2nd round 23-28 Dec. 2016 Best of 7 sets					Round of 16 28. – 29. Dec. 2016 Best of 7 sets					Quarterfinals Dec. 30, 2016 Best of 9 sets
	5	Adrian Lewis 93.25	3
		Magnus Caris 80.64	0
						5	Adrian Lewis 102.65	4th
						28	Joe Cullen 82.74	0
	28	Joe Cullen 100.88	3
		Corey Cadby 98.62	1
											5	Adrian Lewis 98.05	3
											12	Raymond van Barneveld 95.00	4th
	12	Raymond van Barneveld 97.95	3
		Robbie Green 88.71	0
						12	Raymond van Barneveld 103.59	4th
						21st	Alan Norris 97.03	0
	21st	Alan Norris 91.61	3
		John Michael 86.05	2
																12	Raymond van Barneveld 96.31	5
																4th	Phil Taylor 95.65	3
	4th	Phil Taylor 101.68	3
		David Platt 86.94	0
						4th	Phil Taylor 92.75	4th
							Kevin Painter 90.52	0
	29	Jamie Caven 81.51	1
		Kevin Painter 85.13	3
											4th	Phil Taylor 101.37	4th
											13	Kim Huybrechts 93.86	2
	13	Kim Huybrechts 98.66	3
		James Wilson 94.69	0
						13	Kim Huybrechts 92.76	4th
							Max Hopp 87.57	0
	20th	Vincent van der Voort 88.79	1
		Max Hopp 94.59	3

Lower half 1

	1st round 15-22 Dec. 2016 Best of 5 sets					2nd round 23-28 Dec. 2016 Best of 7 sets					Round of 16 28. – 29. Dec. 2016 Best of 7 sets					Quarterfinals Dec. 30, 2016 Best of 9 sets
	2	Gary Anderson 96.16	3
		Mark Frost 73.74	0
						2	Gary Anderson 102.58	4th
							Andrew Gilding 86.21	0
	31	John Henderson 88.19	2
		Andrew Gilding 90.94	3
											2	Gary Anderson 107.68	4th
											15th	Benito van de Pas 102.30	2
	15th	Benito van de Pas 91.18	3
		Tengku Shah 87.86	1
						15th	Benito van de Pas 95.79	4th
						18th	Terry Jenkins 94.70	3
	18th	Terry Jenkins 93.66	3
		Josh Payne 88.94	1
																2	Gary Anderson 105.90	5
																7th	Dave Chisnall 104.63	3
	7th	Dave Chisnall 98.72	3
		Rowby-John Rodriguez 94.90	2
						7th	Dave Chisnall 92.88	4th
							Chris Dobey 90.71	2
	26th	Justin Pipe 85.94	1
		Chris Dobey 90.70	3
											7th	Dave Chisnall 93.88	4th
											10	Jelle Klaasen 88.36	2
	10	Jelle Klaasen 96.02	3
		Jeffrey de Graaf 89.79	1
						10	Jelle Klaasen 93.32	4th
						23	Brendan Dolan 93.34	0
	23	Brendan Dolan 95.12	3
		Christian Kist 88.67	1

Lower half 2

1st round 15-22 Dec. 2016 Best of 5 sets

2nd round 23-28 Dec. 2016 Best of 7 sets

Round of 16 28. – 29. Dec. 2016 Best of 7 sets

Quarterfinals Dec. 30, 2016 Best of 9 sets

6th

James Wade 93.83

3

Ronny Huybrechts 87.72

0

6th

James Wade 99.39

4th

27

Steve Beaton 97.74

1

27

Steve Beaton 88.55

3

Devon Petersen 79.29

1

6th

James Wade 94.01

4th

11

Michael Smith 94.52

3

11

Michael Smith 96.78

3

Ricky Evans 93.20

2

11

Michael Smith 93.83

4th

22nd

Mervyn King 94.24

3

22nd

Mervyn King 86.85

3

Steve West 86.66

2

6th

James Wade 99.13

3

3

Peter Wright 104.79

5

3

Peter Wright 101.06

3

Jerry Hendriks 86.55

0

3

Peter Wright 103.53

4th

30th

Jamie Lewis 91.35

0

30th

Jamie Lewis 91.08

3

Mick McGowan 87.01

2

3

Peter Wright 103.05

4th

14th

Ian White 96.17

1

14th

Ian White 87.20

3

Kevin Simm 82.16

0

14th

Ian White 92.60

4th

Jonny Clayton 86.38

1

19th

Gerwyn Price 86.89

1

Jonny Clayton 89.88

3

Semifinals and finals

	Semi-finals Jan. 1, 2017 Best of 11 sets					Final Jan. 2, 2017 Best of 13 sets
	1	Michael van Gerwen 114.05	6th
	12	Raymond van Barneveld 109.34	2
						1	Michael van Gerwen 107.79	7th
						2	Gary Anderson 104.93	3
	2	Gary Anderson 103.45	6th
	3	Peter Wright 99.83	3

Game statistics

Michael van Gerwen (1) winner upper half 1	Semi-finals January 1st, 2017 Best of 11 sets	Raymond van Barneveld (12) winner upper half 2
6th	Result	2
0- 3 , 3 -2, 3 -1, 1- 3 , 3 -1 3 -1 3 -1 3 -1
114.05	3-dart average	109.34
36	100+	38
29	140+	25th
15th	180s	14th
124	highest finish	160
51.35%	Double quota	68.42%
Special event: van Gerwen sets a new average record at a world championship.

Gary Anderson (2) Winner Lower Half 1	Semi-finals January 1st, 2017 Best of 11 sets	Peter Wright (3) Winner Lower Half 2
6th	Result	3
3 -0, 3 -2, 1- 3 , 3 -2, 2- 3 , 2- 3 , 3 -1, 3 -0, 3 -0
103.45	3-dart average	99.83
45	100+	60
39	140+	30th
15th	180s	10
157	highest finish	118
11	Breaks	7th
35.38% (23/66)	Double quota	29.79% (14/47)

Michael van Gerwen (1) Winner semifinals 1	Final January 2nd, 2017 Best of 13 sets	Gary Anderson (2) winner semifinals 2
7th	Result	3
3 -2, 2- 3 , 2- 3 , 3 -2, 3 -0, 3 -1, 3 -0, 3 -1, 2-3 , 3 -2
107.79	3-dart average	104.93
57	100+	47
30th	140+	32
20th	180s	22nd
7th	Breaks	3
125	highest finish	81
44.26%	Double quota	37.78%
Special event: Anderson sets a new record with 22 thrown maximums in one game.

statistics

player	country	round	Games	Sets		Legs			100+	140+	170+	180s	Hö. Check- out	Checkout Av .%	Average
				w.	lost	w.	lost	Breaks
Michael van Gerwen		victory	6th	29	9	100	58	33	196	100	19th	66	170	42.74	106.32
Gary Anderson		final	6th	25th	15th	93	76	34	193	142	6th	71	157	40.97	103.45
Peter Wright		Semifinals	5	19th	10	68	46	26th	179	107	2	26th	144	46.26	102.45
Raymond van Barneveld		Semifinals	5	18th	12	67	52	22nd	144	84	14th	33	167	42.95	100.62
Phil Taylor		Quarter finals	4th	14th	7th	52	35	21st	124	57	2	19th	167	39.39	97.92
James Wade		Quarter finals	4th	14th	9	51	43	18th	148	76	0	24	155	49.04	96.59
Dave Chisnall		Quarter finals	4th	14th	11	59	47	21st	119	62	3	48	130	39.86	97.53
Daryl Gurney		Quarter finals	4th	12	12	51	45	17th	125	53	3	23	161	34.23	95.76
Adrian Lewis		Round of 16	3	10	4th	34	23	12	74	39	3	16	161	44.74	97.98
Mark Webster		Round of 16	3	10	7th	39	32	15th	81	48	1	13	129	31.71	89.89
Michael Smith		Round of 16	3	10	9	42	38	18th	95	46	3	27	143	32.31	95.04
Kim Huybrechts		Round of 16	3	9	4th	32	23	13	67	33	2	17th	138	47.06	95.09
Jelle Klaasen		Round of 16	3	9	5	32	31	8th	57	34	2	19th	140	50.79	92.57
Benito van de Pas		Round of 16	3	9	8th	38	36	16	84	31	4th	18th	143	45.78	96.42
Ian White		Round of 16	3	8th	5	28	26th	11	67	28	0	16	130	50.91	91.99
Darren Webster		Round of 16	3	8th	6th	35	31	13	83	54	1	24	157	41.18	99.43
Scale length Suljović		2nd round	2	6th	4th	21st	21st	9	69	21st	2	10	120	27.63	89.87
Robert Thornton		2nd round	2	6th	4th	19th	21st	9	41	31	0	9	124	27.54	89.65
Terry Jenkins		2nd round	2	6th	5	27	21st	11	68	38	1	11	140	39.13	94.18
Mervyn King		2nd round	2	6th	6th	30th	31	12	86	32	3	8th	148	36.14	90.55
Chris Dobey		2nd round	2	5	5	21st	21st	11	53	24	0	8th	112	42.86	90.71
Cristo Reyes		2nd round	2	5	6th	23	24	5	53	32	2	9	130	60.53	100.81
Jonny Clayton		2nd round	2	4th	5	19th	20th	7th	56	26th	1	5	120	30.65	88.13
Steve Beaton		2nd round	2	4th	5	16	19th	5	37	20th	1	8th	124	35.56	93.15
Simon Whitlock		2nd round	2	3	4th	15th	13	3	30th	16	1	9	170	38.46	99.10
Brendan Dolan		2nd round	2	3	5	16	16	6th	52	16	1	6th	142	51.61	94.23
Max Hopp		2nd round	2	3	5	15th	17th	5	52	23	0	7th	102	41.67	91.08
Kevin Painter		2nd round	2	3	5	14th	18th	4th	39	26th	0	7th	124	31.11	87.83
Joe Cullen		2nd round	2	3	5	14th	20th	5	31	19th	1	8th	117	37.84	91.81
Andrew Gilding		2nd round	2	3	6th	19th	25th	5	47	25th	2	9	143	44.19	88.58
Jamie Lewis		2nd round	2	3	6th	13	19th	4th	33	17th	0	9	110	43.33	91.22
Alan Norris		2nd round	2	3	6th	13	23	5	35	30th	3	6th	64	26.53	94.32
Steve West		1 round	1	2	3	13	14th	5	32	8th	0	8th	109	37.14	86.66
John Henderson		1 round	1	2	3	13	15th	3	27	25th	0	3	121	50.00	88.19
John Michael		1 round	1	2	3	11	11	4th	29	10	0	4th	141	57.89	86.05
Stephen Bunting		1 round	1	2	3	11	15th	5	31	17th	1	6th	118	37.93	91.02
Dimitri Van den Bergh		1 round	1	2	3	10	12	1	15th	17th	1	9	98	40.00	99.11
Rowby-John Rodriguez		1 round	1	2	3	8th	12	4th	17th	12	0	7th	85	34.78	94.90
Ricky Evans		1 round	1	2	3	8th	12	3	24	15th	0	3	120	34.78	93.20
Mick McGowan		1 round	1	2	3	7th	12	2	23	8th	1	3	95	36.84	87.01
Jeffrey de Graaf		1 round	1	1	3	8th	9	3	27	5	0	2	127	38.10	89.79
Gerwyn Price		1 round	1	1	3	7th	11	3	23	12	0	4th	53	26.92	86.89
Justin Pipe		1 round	1	1	3	7th	11	4th	14th	10	0	7th	78	20.59	85.94
Jamie Caven		1 round	1	1	3	6th	10	2	17th	9	0	0	60	27.27	81.51
Josh Payne		1 round	1	1	3	6th	11	2	18th	9	0	7th	75	37.50	88.94
Devon Petersen		1 round	1	1	3	5	9	2	15th	8th	0	2	100	33.33	79.29
Jermaine Wattimena		1 round	1	1	3	5	10	1	24	7th	0	2	90	29.41	91.90
Vincent van der Voort		1 round	1	1	3	5	10	2	19th	8th	1	2	90	20.00	88.79
Christian Kist		1 round	1	1	3	4th	9	2	20th	5	1	1	105	33.33	88.67
Joe Murnan		1 round	1	0	3	4th	9	1	14th	5	0	3	70	36.36	88.84
Ron Meulenkamp		1 round	1	0	3	4th	9	2	16	5	0	3	116	33.33	88.56
Ronny Huybrechts		1 round	1	0	3	4th	9	2	18th	6th	0	1	69	50.00	87.72
Magnus Caris		1 round	1	0	3	4th	9	0	15th	10	0	1	60	28.57	80.64
James Wilson		1 round	1	0	3	3	9	0	15th	12	0	1	40	25.00	94.69
Robbie Green		1 round	1	0	3	2	9	0	14th	4th	0	1	86	28.57	90.08
Mark Frost		1 round	1	0	3	2	9	0	10	6th	0	0	73	25.00	73.74
Corey Cadby		1 round	2	3	3	14th	10	7th	32	16	0	6th	156	60.87	100.55
Tengku Shah		1 round	2	3	4th	13	16	8th	36	15th	0	6th	101	29.55	85.65
Kevin Simm		1 round	2	2	3	11	13	4th	36	9	0	5	100	26.19	79.11
David Platt		1 round	2	2	3	8th	13	2	31	5	2	2	156	38.10	86.93
Jerry Hendriks		1 round	2	2	3	8th	13	2	23	12	1	4th	156	40.00	86.59
Kim Viljanen		1 round	2	2	3	7th	11	3	16	12	0	3	120	41.18	82.54
Zoran Lerchbacher		1 round	2	2	4th	12	14th	6th	34	22nd	1	3	75	27.91	86.08
Dragutin Horvat		1 round	2	2	4th	8th	15th	2	35	11	0	3	101	20.51	81.88
Boris Kolzow		Preliminary round	1	1	2	6th	7th	2	16	3	1	0	97	40.00	76.51
Masumi Chino		Preliminary round	1	1	2	5	7th	3	22nd	7th	0	0	117	26.32	80.18
Simon Stevenson		Preliminary round	1	1	2	5	8th	2	13	11	0	2	76	29.41	85.44
John Bowles		Preliminary round	1	0	2	4th	6th	0	13	8th	1	0	110	28.57	88.96
Warren Parry		Preliminary round	1	0	2	4th	6th	1	15th	8th	0	1	102	33.33	85.42
Gilbert Ulang		Preliminary round	1	0	2	4th	6th	1	8th	3	0	2	56	28.57	73.00
Ross Snook		Preliminary round	1	0	2	2	6th	1	8th	3	0	2	38	25.00	76.40
Sun Qiang		Preliminary round	1	0	2	0	6th	0	8th	1	0	0	-	0.00	68.04
total									3,441	1,769	94	708

• Michael van Gerwen played the best tournament average with 106.32 points.
• Michael van Gerwen played in the semi-final against Raymond van Barneveld with 114.05 points, the highest game average ever played at a World Cup. The previous record was 111.21 points from 2002 and was held by Phil Taylor .
  • Cristo Reyes lost his second round game against Michael van Gerwen with an average of 106.40 points. Never before has a player with such a high average been eliminated from a World Cup. This record was broken again in the semi-finals when Raymond van Barneveld was eliminated with an average of 109.34 points against Michael van Gerwen.
• Gary Anderson played 71 maximums ( 180s ), more than any World Cup player ever before.
  • Dave Chisnall threw 21 maximums in the quarterfinals , setting the 2007 record of thrown 180s for a game at the Raymond van Barneveld World Cup . This record was broken in the final of the tournament by Gary Anderson with 22 thrown maximums .
• With 60.87%, Corey Cadby has the best tournament checkout rate .
• Simon Whitlock (1 ×) and Michael van Gerwen (3 ×) played the highest possible finish with 170 points.
  • In the quarter-finals against Daryl Gurney , Michael van Gerwen managed this twice.
• The youngest player in the tournament was Max Hopp at 20, and Phil Taylor the oldest at 56.
• With 666 maximums up to that point, a new tournament record was set before the final. The previous record was 654 180s and was achieved in the previous year.
  • Another 42 triple hits in the triple 20 in the final, also a new record for a single game, ensured the new record of 708 maximums .

Participants per country and round

	CLOSELY	NLD	SCO	WHALE	BEL	AUT	OUT	NIR	GER	ESP	RSA	IRL	SWE	GRE	CAN	CHN	FIN	JPN	MAS	NZL	PHL	RUS	total
final	00	01	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	02
Semifinals	00	02	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	04th
Quarter finals	03	02	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	08th
Round of 16	07th	04th	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
round 2	15th	04th	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32
Round 1	26th	10	4th	4th	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	64
Preliminary round	03	01	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	16
total	28	10	4th	4th	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	72

• For the first time in the history of the World Darts Championship, no Englishman was in a semi-finals.

Television broadcast

Sport1 and Sport1 + broadcast the event on German television . These stations can also be received in Austria via cable and satellite. The tournament was broadcast internationally by the following stations:

country	channel
United Kingdom of Ireland	Sky Sports Darts
Netherlands	RTL7
Australia	Fox Sports
New Zealand	Sky
Arab world	OSN
South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa 000	Kwese
Japan	DAZN
Belgium	Eleven Sports
Hungary	Pragosport
Czech Republic	TV Nova
USA Latin America 000	ESPN

country	channel
Denmark Norway Sweden Finland Bulgaria Estonia Latvia Lithuania	Viasat
Italy Turkey Greece Cyprus Malta Israel	Fox
Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina	Vox

Trivia

• "Master of Ceremonies" was John McDonald.
• The games were directed by "callers" Russ Bray (nicknamed "The Voice"), Paul Hinks, George Noble ("The Puppy") and Kirk Bevins ("The Kirkulator").
• The players were accompanied on stage by the "walk-on girls" Holly Johnson, Fiona Florczak, Daniella Allfree, Jemelin Artigas and Charlotte Wood.
• During the breaks, the “Hammerettes” dance ensemble performed on stage.
• The Dutch Minister for Health, Welfare and Sport Edith Schippers and the Dutch Ambassador to Great Britain Simon Smits attended the opening meetings of Michael van Gerwen and Benito van de Pas.

Web links

• Official website of the William Hill World Darts Championship

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
3. ↑ PDC European Order of Merit in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
4. ↑ PDC World Championship Qualifiers in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
5. ↑ AGP rankings in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
6. ↑ PDC Regional Tour in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
7. ↑ Tom Kirby Memorial Trophy in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
8. ↑ PDC World Germany Qualifying Event in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
9. ↑ PDC World New Zealand Qualifying Event in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
10. ↑ PDC World Russia Qualifying Event in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
11. ↑ PDC World Philippines Qualifying Event in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
12. ↑ PDC World Japan Qualifying Event in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
13. ↑ PDC World South Asian Qualifying Event in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
14. ↑ PDC World East European Qualifying Event in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
15. ↑ PDC World Central European Qualifying Event in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
16. ↑ PDC World South European Qualifying Event in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
17. ↑ PDC North American Qualifying Event in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
18. ↑ PDC World China Qualifying Event in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
19. ↑ Oceanic Masters in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
20. ^ World Championship Field Confirmed. (No longer available online.) Professional Darts Corporation on November 27, 2016, archived from the original on December 8, 2016 ; accessed on December 8, 2016 . 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.  
21. ↑ William Hill World Championship NetZone. (No longer available online.) In: pdc.tv. December 15, 2016, archived from the original on December 16, 2016 ; accessed on December 15, 2016 . 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.  
22. ↑ Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
23. ^ Charity Nine-Dart Boost For Parkinson's UK. (No longer available online.) In: pdc.tv. December 13, 2016, archived from the original on December 14, 2016 ; accessed on December 14, 2016 . 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.  
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26. ^ William Hill World Darts Championship Schedule. (No longer available online.) Professional Darts Corporation on November 30, 2016, archived from the original on December 7, 2016 ; accessed on December 8, 2016 . 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.  
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29. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Statistics for the PDC World Darts Championship 2017 in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
30. ↑ Van Gerwen wins the record match. In: sport1.de. Sport1 GmbH, December 27, 2016, accessed December 30, 2016 . 
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32. ↑ Top Two Set For Final Battle. (No longer available online.) Professional Darts Corporation on Jan. 2, 2017, archived from the original on Jan. 2, 2017 ; accessed on January 2, 2017 . 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.  
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35. ^ Dutch Minister Visits World Championship. (No longer available online.) Professional Darts Corporation on December 17, 2016, archived from the original on December 20, 2016 ; accessed on December 19, 2016 . 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.