Premier League Darts 2017

Premier League Darts 2017
Tournament status
Tournament type	Invitation tournament
organizer	PDC
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Tournament dates
Defending champion	Michael van Gerwen
Attendees	10
Opening game	2nd February 2017
Endgame	18th May 2017
Match days	16
Prize money (total)	£ 825,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 250,000
winner	Michael van Gerwen
statistics
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The Betway Premier League Darts 2017 was an invitation tournament, which was organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was the 13th edition of this tournament.

The series of events began on February 2, 2017 at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle and ended on May 18, 2017 at the O2 Arena in London with the play-offs. A total of 16 game days were played.

Prize money

The Premier League totaled £ 825,000 in prize money, £ 100,000 more than last year.

The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 250,000
finalist	(1)	£ 120,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	0£ 80,000
5th place	(1)	0£ 65,000
6th place	(1)	0£ 55,000
7th place	(1)	0£ 50,000
8th place	(1)	0£ 45,000
9th place	(1)	0£ 30,000
10th place	(1)	0£ 25,000
First place after the 15th matchday	(1)	0£ 25,000

qualification

As in the previous year, the first four players of the PDC Order of Merit (deadline: January 2nd, 2017, after the final of the PDC World Darts Championship 2017 ) qualified for the Premier League . In addition, four other players will receive a wildcard for the Premier League from the PDC and two more from Sky Sports . Compared to last year, Michael Smith and Robert Thornton have to leave the field.

player	Total participation in the Premier League	Participation in a row	Rank in the Order of Merit	Best placement	Qualified by
Michael van Gerwen	5.	5	1	Win (2013, 2016)	Order of Merit
Gary Anderson	7th	7th	2	Win (2011, 2015)	Order of Merit
Peter Wright	4th	4th	3	5th place (2014, 2016)	Order of Merit
Adrian Lewis	10.	8th	4th	2nd place (2011)	Order of Merit
James Wade	9.	3	5	Win (2009)	PDC wildcard
Phil Taylor	13.	13	6th	Victory (2005-2008, 2010, 2012)	PDC wildcard
Dave Chisnall	4th	4th	7th	Semi-finals (2015)	PDC wildcard
Jelle Klaasen	2.	1	9	7th place (2009)	PDC wildcard
Raymond van Barneveld	12.	12	10	Win (2014)	PDC wildcard
Kim Huybrechts	2.	1	13	10th place (2015)	PDC wildcard

Venues

date	round	place
2nd February 2017	Preliminary round - 1st matchday	Metro Radio Arena , Newcastle
February 9, 2017	Preliminary round - 2nd matchday	Motorpoint Arena , Nottingham
16th February 2017	Preliminary round - 3rd matchday	First Direct Arena , Leeds
23rd February 2017	Preliminary round - 4th matchday	Brighton Center , Brighton
2nd March 2017	Preliminary round - 5th matchday	Westpoint Arena , Exeter
March 9, 2017	Preliminary round - 6th matchday	The SSE Hydro , Glasgow
March 16, 2017	Preliminary round - 7th matchday	Ahoy , Rotterdam
23rd March 2017	Preliminary round - 8th matchday	Manchester Arena , Manchester
March 30, 2017	Preliminary round - 9th matchday	Motorpoint Arena , Cardiff
April 6, 2017	Final round - 1st matchday	3Arena , Dublin
April 13, 2017	Final round - 2nd matchday	M&S Bank ArenaEcho Arena , Liverpool
April 20, 2017	Final round - Matchday 3	SSE Arena , Belfast
April 27, 2017	Final round - Matchday 4	Barclaycard Arena , Birmingham
4th May 2017	Final round - Matchday 5	Sheffield Arena , Sheffield
May 11, 2017	Finals - Matchday 6	GE Oil and Gas Arena , Aberdeen
18th May 2017	Play-offs	The O2 Arena , London

Preliminary round

Games

The preliminary round schedule was published on January 16, 2017:

1st matchday Kim Huybrechts 100.62 - James Wade 07/96 5: 7 Raymond van Barneveld 99.33 - Adrian Lewis 98.96 7: 5 Phil Taylor 96.23 - Dave Chisnall 96.84 7: 3 Gary Anderson 103.19 - Michael van Gerwen 107.94 6: 6 Peter Wright 93.93 - Jelle Klaasen 95.94 7: 4

2nd matchday Adrian Lewis 94.40 - Dave Chisnall 90.48 7: 2 James Wade 98.88 - Phil Taylor 7/22 6: 6 Jelle Klaasen 97.41 - Gary Anderson April 100 3: 7 Peter Wright 89.83 - Michael van Gerwen 105.21 3: 7 Kim Huybrechts 96.99 - Raymond van Barneveld 93.91 6: 6

3rd matchday Gary Anderson 106.59 - Peter Wright 109.48 5: 7 Adrian Lewis 88.01 - James Wade 98.21 4: 7 Phil Taylor 96.39 - Raymond van Barneveld 97.32 7: 4 Michael van Gerwen 102.78 - Jelle Klaasen 96.24 7: 4 Dave Chisnall 101.20 - Kim Huybrechts June 95 7: 4

4th matchday Dave Chisnall 93.28 - Jelle Klaasen 98.90 3: 7 Michael van Gerwen 104.67 - Adrian Lewis 101.20 6: 6 Gary Anderson 96.80 - James Wade 89.61 6: 6 Phil Taylor 96.44 - Kim Huybrechts 94.56 6: 6 Raymond van Barneveld 103.40 - Peter Wright 95.87 6: 6

5th matchday Dave Chisnall 101.13 - Raymond van Barneveld 96.83 7: 2 Jelle Klaasen 87.57 - Kim Huybrechts 93.96 6: 6 Gary Anderson 105.31 - Phil Taylor 103.98 6: 6 Adrian Lewis 109.15 - Peter Wright 119.50 2: 7 James Wade 89.35 - Dave Chisnall 92.58 5: 7

6th matchday Adrian Lewis 98.71 - Phil Taylor 96.82 7: 4 James Wade 94.52 - Peter Wright 95.42 5: 7 Kim Huybrechts 101.72 - Michael van Gerwen 106.30 5: 7 Jelle Klaasen 95.42 - Raymond van Barneveld 96.46 5: 7 Dave Chisnall 92.67 - Gary Anderson 101.71 3: 7

7th matchday James Wade 94.32 - Jelle Klaasen 86.21 7: 3 Peter Wright 93.79 - Dave Chisnall 90.52 7: 4 Raymond van Barneveld 103.71 - Gary Anderson 102.69 7: 2 Phil Taylor 93.87 - Michael van Gerwen 100.50 4: 7 Kim Huybrechts 90.17 - Adrian Lewis 96.18 3: 7

8th matchday Michael van Gerwen 104.20 - James Wade 100.84 7: 4 Kim Huybrechts 91.55 - Gary Anderson 101.86 2: 7 Peter Wright 102.45 - Phil Taylor 98.75 5: 7 Jelle Klaasen 81.25 - Adrian Lewis 84.39 5: 7 Raymond van Barneveld 101.2 - Michael van Gerwen 101.93 7: 5

9th matchday Raymond van Barneveld 95.38 - James Wade 84.97 7: 2 Phil Taylor 97.50 - Jelle Klaasen 91.78 7: 5 Gary Anderson 107.13 - Adrian Lewis 96.67 7: 3 Michael van Gerwen 104.25 - Dave Chisnall 100.79 7: 1 Peter Wright - Kim Huybrechts 7: 0 1

¹ Huybrechts did not run

table

Note: After nine match days, places 9 and 10 are eliminated from the tournament.

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	U	N	Legs	Diff.	Avg.	Points
1.	Michael van Gerwen	9	6th	2	1	59:40	+19	104.20	14th
2.	Peter Wright	9	6th	1	2	56:40	+16	100.03	13
3.	Raymond van Barneveld	9	5	2	2	53:45	+8	98.62	12
4th	Gary Anderson	9	4th	3	2	53:43	+10	102.81	11
5.	Phil Taylor	9	4th	3	2	54:49	+5	96.89	11
6th	Adrian Lewis	9	4th	1	4th	48:48	+0	96.41	9
7th	James Wade	9	3	2	4th	49:52	-3	94.09	8th
8th.	Dave Chisnall	9	3	0	6th	37:53	-16	95.50	6th
9.	Jelle Klaasen	9	1	1	7th	42:58	-16	92.30	3
10.	Kim Huybrechts	9	0	3	6th	37:60	-23	95.58	3

Finals

Games

10th matchday James Wade 110.82 - Michael van Gerwen 113.62 5: 7 Raymond van Barneveld 100.51 - Phil Taylor 105.87 3: 7 Dave Chisnall 106.40 - Peter Wright 101.82 6: 6 Adrian Lewis 99.76 - Gary Anderson 95.20 7: 3 James Wade 93.58 - Raymond van Barneveld 100.07 2: 7

11th matchday Gary Anderson 94.40 - Dave Chisnall 90.48 6: 6 Michael van Gerwen 98.88 - Peter Wright 92.07 6: 6 Adrian Lewis 97.41 - Raymond van Barneveld April 100 7: 4 Phil Taylor 89.83 - James Wade 105.21 5: 7 Peter Wright 96.99 - Gary Anderson 93.91 2: 7

12th matchday Dave Chisnall 103.97 - Adrian Lewis 95.56 7: 3 Phil Taylor 104.38 - Gary Anderson 102.60 7: 4 Peter Wright 92.53 - James Wade 92.24 7: 3 Michael van Gerwen 103.09 - Raymond van Barneveld 93.55 7: 2 Dave Chisnall 104.72 - Phil Taylor 94.91 7: 2

13th matchday James Wade 93.74 - Adrian Lewis 96.68 7: 4 Dave Chisnall 04.99 - Michael van Gerwen 101.95 6: 6 Phil Taylor 95.69 - Peter Wright 94.32 3: 7 Gary Anderson 105.47 - Raymond van Barneveld 101.98 7: 4 Adrian Lewis 94.53 - Michael van Gerwen 110.75 0: 7

14th matchday Peter Wright 100.53 - Adrian Lewis 92.8 7: 2 Raymond van Barneveld 100.65 - Dave Chisnall 109.36 5: 7 James Wade 87.35 - Gary Anderson 94.32 3: 7 Michael van Gerwen 102.99 - Phil Taylor 100.41 3: 7

15th matchday Dave Chisnall 98.68 - James Wade 96.29 6: 6 Phil Taylor 09.99 - Adrian Lewis 97.50 7: 5 Peter Wright 97.27 - Raymond van Barneveld 94.74 7: 1 Michael van Gerwen 103.56 - Gary Anderson 100.46 7: 4

table

Note: The remaining eight players play against each other again. The first four places qualify for the play-offs.

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	U	N	Legs	Diff.	Avg.	Points
1.	Michael van Gerwen	16	10	4th	2	-	+32	104.83	24
2.	Peter Wright	16	10	3	3	-	+30	99.36	23
3.	Phil Taylor	16	8th	3	5	-	+7	98.21	19th
4th	Gary Anderson	16	7th	4th	5	-	+12	102.39	18th
5.	Dave Chisnall	16	6th	4th	6th	-	−5	98.79	16
6th	Raymond van Barneveld	16	6th	2	8th	-	−10	98.65	14th
7th	James Wade	16	5	3	8th	-	−13	94.67	13
8th.	Adrian Lewis	16	6th	1	9	-	−14	97.25	13

Play-offs

	Semi-finals Best of 19 Legs					Final Best of 21 Legs
	1	Michael van Gerwen 102.22	10
	4th	Gary Anderson 102.68	7th
						1	Michael van Gerwen 104.76	11
						2	Peter Wright 6/1	10
	2	Peter Wright April 100	10
	3	Phil Taylor 97.62	9

Web links

• Official website of the Betway Premier League Darts

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
2. ↑ 2017 Betway Premier League Field. (No longer available online.) Professional Darts Corporation on Jan. 2, 2017, archived from the original on Jan. 3, 2017 ; Retrieved January 3, 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.  
3. ↑ 2017 Betway Premier League Fixtures. (No longer available online.) Professional Darts Corporation on January 16, 2017, archived from the original on January 18, 2017 ; accessed on January 18, 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.