World Grand Prix 2016 (Darts)

World Grand Prix 2016
Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Citywest Hotel , Dublin
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Robert Thornton
Attendees	32
Opening game	October 2nd, 2016
Endgame	October 8, 2016
Prize money (total)	£ 400,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 100,000
winner	Michael van Gerwen
statistics
highest finish	164 points from Raymond van Barneveld
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The World Grand Prix is a major tournament in darts and was organized for the 19th time in 2016 from October 2nd to 8th by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). The venue for the 16th time was the Citywest Hotel in Dublin .

The defending champion Robert Thornton was replaced by the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen , who won the tournament for the third time with a 5: 2 sets final victory against Gary Anderson .

format

The tournament was played in the knockout system in sets , which in turn were divided into a best of five legs mode. The number of sets to be won increased per round. Game mode in the 1st round was a best of 3 sets . By the finale, the mode rose to best of 9 sets . Each leg was played in 501 double-in-double-out mode.

Prize money

As in the previous year, a total of £ 400,000 in prize money was distributed. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 100,000
finalist	(1)	£ 45,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 23,500
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 15,000
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 8,500
1st round loser	(16)	£ 5,000
		£ 400,000

Attendees

The following players were eligible to participate in the World Grand Prix 2016 (deadline: 23 September, after the 16th Players Championship Event ):

• The first 16 players of the Order of Merit , of which the first 8 will be seeded
• The 14 first-placed players in the ProTour Order of Merit who are not already eligible to participate via the Order of Merit
• The 2 best-placed players in the ProTour Order of Merit from Ireland and Northern Ireland who do not meet either of the above two criteria and have participated in at least four Players Championships tournaments

PDC Order of Merit (Top 16)

1. Michael van Gerwen
2. Gary Anderson
3. Adrian Lewis
4. Phil Taylor
5. Peter Wright
6. James Wade
7. Robert Thornton
8. Michael Smith
9. Dave Chisnall
10. Jelle Klaasen
11. Ian White
12. Kim Huybrechts
13. Raymond van Barneveld
14. Scale length Suljović
15. Stephen Bunting
16. Terry Jenkins

Pro Tour Order of Merit (Top 14)

1. Benito van de Pas
2. Gerwyn Price
3. Alan Norris
4. Joe Cullen
5. Simon Whitlock
6. Daryl Gurney
7. Steve Beaton
8. James Wilson
9. Mervyn King
10. Kyle Anderson
11. Jamie Caven
12. Steve West
13. Cristo Reyes
14. Robbie Green

Ireland / Northern Ireland (Top 2)

1. Brendan Dolan
2. Mick McGowan

Results

	Round 1 2nd – 3rd Oct. 2016 best of 3 sets					Round of 16 4th – 5th Oct. 2016 best of 5 sets					Quarter-finals Oct. 6, 2016 best of 5 sets					Semi-finals Oct. 7, 2016 best of 7 sets					Final October 8, 2016 best of 9 sets
	1	Michael van Gerwen 97.39	2
		Steve Beaton 80.98	1
						1	Michael van Gerwen 97.17	3
							James Wilson 84.02	0
		James Wilson 90.12	2
		Mick McGowan 82.51	1
											1	Michael van Gerwen 103.09	3
												Simon Whitlock 92.69	1
	8th	Michael Smith 80.01	1
		Alan Norris 77.83	2
							Alan Norris 88.47	2
							Simon Whitlock 89.44	3
		Joe Cullen 80.28	1
		Simon Whitlock 82.36	2
																1	Michael van Gerwen 99.37	4th
																	Dave Chisnall 95.05	2
	5	Peter Wright 87.00	0
		Brendan Dolan 92.16	2
							Brendan Dolan 87.06	1
							Dave Chisnall 94.33	3
		Dave Chisnall 84.20	2
		Robbie Green 84.88	1
												Dave Chisnall 90.54	3
												Daryl Gurney 86.52	1
	4th	Phil Taylor 91.48	1
		Steve West 83.24	2
							Steve West 86.97	0
							Daryl Gurney 86.12	3
		Scale length Suljović 80.55	1
		Daryl Gurney 75.66	2
																					1	Michael van Gerwen 100.29	5
																						Gary Anderson 92.73	2
	2	Gary Anderson 96.92	2
		Jamie Caven 85.71	0
						2	Gary Anderson 96.88	3
							Kyle Anderson 84.88	1
		Kyle Anderson 81.69	2
		Cristo Reyes 78.59	1
											2	Gary Anderson 83.03	3
												Kim Huybrechts 85.71	1
	7th	Robert Thornton 85.19	1
		Stephen Bunting 90.18	2
							Stephen Bunting 87.30	0
							Kim Huybrechts 98.47	3
		Ian White 77.72	1
		Kim Huybrechts 80.90	2
																	Gary Anderson 98.89	4th
																	Raymond van Barneveld 91.55	1
	6th	James Wade 87.79	1
		Terry Jenkins 91.36	2
							Terry Jenkins 86.25	1
							Benito van de Pas 84.76	3
		Benito van de Pas 77.33	2
		Gerwyn Price 72.00	0
												Benito van de Pas 88.02	0
												Raymond van Barneveld 93.36	3
	3	Adrian Lewis 91.60	2
		Jelle Klaasen 89.42	1
						3	Adrian Lewis 85.30	0
							Raymond van Barneveld 97.90	3
		Raymond van Barneveld 84.24	2
		Mervyn King 88.94	0

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

• World Grand Prix , homepage of the PDC
• List of winners in the Darts Database
• World Grand Prix at Darts1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Grand Prix 2016 (Darts) in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)