World Matchplay 2016

World Matchplay 2016
Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Winter Gardens , Blackpool
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Michael van Gerwen
Attendees	32
Opening game	July 16, 2016
Endgame	July 24, 2016
Prize money (total)	£  450,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 100,000
winner	Michael van Gerwen
statistics
highest finish	160 points from Steve Beaton , Kyle Anderson , Justin Pipe
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The World Matchplay 2016 is a major tournament in darts and was organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) for the 23rd time in 2016. It was held at Blackpool's Winter Gardens from July 16 to 24, 2016 .

Michael van Gerwen , who defeated James Wade 18:12 legs in the final last year , was able to defend his title by beating Phil Taylor 18:10 in the final .

format

The field of participants in the World Matchplay consisted of the Top 16 of the PDC Order of Merit and the Top 16 of the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit , who were not yet qualified via the Order of Merit. (As of July 4, 2016, after the 11th Players Championship Event )

In the tournament, which was carried out in the knockout system with 32 participants, every game was played in legs. In the first round ten legs had to be won, until the final the number of legs to be won increased per round, in the final up to 18 winning legs were played.

Until 2012, the World Matchplay differed from other darts tournaments in that no decision leg was scheduled. Instead, the game was played until a player was able to play a two-leg lead. This regulation was changed in 2013. The number of extra legs in which a player can bring about a decision by two legs has since been limited to five. Then a decision leg is played, if necessary, which corresponds to a sudden death .

Prize money

The £ 450,000 in prize money that was played out in the World Matchplay was distributed among the 32 participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 100,000
finalist	(1)	£ 50,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 27,000
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 17,500
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 10,000
1st round loser	(16)	£ 6,000
Nine dart finish	(1)	£ 5,000
		£ 450,000

Attendees

Top 16 of the Order of Merit

• Michael van Gerwen
• Gary Anderson
• Phil Taylor
• Adrian Lewis
• Peter Wright
• James Wade
• Michael Smith
• Robert Thornton
• Dave Chisnall
• Jelle Klaasen
• Raymond van Barneveld
• Ian White
• Kim Huybrechts
• Stephen Bunting
• Terry Jenkins
• Vincent van der Voort

Top 16 of the Pro Tour Order of Merit

• Benito van de Pas
• Scale length Suljović
• Gerwyn Price
• Alan Norris
• Simon Whitlock
• Joe Cullen
• Daryl Gurney
• Mervyn King
• Steve Beaton
• Justin Pipe
• Mark Webster
• Jamie Caven
• Kyle Anderson
• Brendan Dolan
• Josh Payne
• Robbie Green

Results

	Round 1 July 16, 17 and 18, 2016 Best of 19 legs					Round of 16 July 19 and 20, 2016 Best of 21 legs					Quarterfinals July 21 and 22, 2016 Best of 31 legs					Semi-finals July 23, 2016 Best of 33 legs					Final July 24th, 2016 Best of 35 legs
	1	Michael van Gerwen 105.85	10
		Jamie Caven 79.98	0
						1	Michael van Gerwen 102.97	11
							Kyle Anderson 87.77	3
	16	Vincent van der Voort 89.99	4th
		Kyle Anderson 92.34	10
											1	Michael van Gerwen 98.72	16
											9	Dave Chisnall 90.93	9
	8th	Robert Thornton 91.19	10
		Josh Payne 85.87	7th
						8th	Robert Thornton 88.24	2
						9	Dave Chisnall 99.67	11
	9	Dave Chisnall 94.37	10
		Benito van de Pas 89.23	7th
																1	Michael van Gerwen 101.20	17th
																4th	Adrian Lewis 98.24	9
	5	Peter Wright 99.66	10
		Joe Cullen 87.73	5
						5	Peter Wright 98.87	11
						12	Ian White 95.71	6th
	12	Ian White 91.46	10
		Daryl Gurney 84.49	2
											5	Peter Wright 95.93	14th
											4th	Adrian Lewis 97.33	16
	4th	Adrian Lewis 93.96	10
		Mark Webster 88.62	6th
						4th	Adrian Lewis 84.55	11
							Gerwyn Price 82.06	5
	13	Kim Huybrechts 97.89	8th
		Gerwyn Price 95.10	10
																					1	Michael van Gerwen 103.93	18th
																					3	Phil Taylor 101.13	10
	2	Gary Anderson 101.28	10
		Alan Norris 91.06	1
						2	Gary Anderson 100.76	11
						15th	Terry Jenkins 84.97	5
	15th	Terry Jenkins 85.75	10
		Justin Pipe 87.95	7th
											2	Gary Anderson 96.52	16
												Steve Beaton 91.30	13
	7th	Michael Smith 97.20	10
		Simon Whitlock 94.28	6th
						7th	Michael Smith 92.95	7th
							Steve Beaton 99.16	11
	10	Jelle Klaasen 93.00	6th
		Steve Beaton 94.26	10
																2	Gary Anderson 96.83	8th
																3	Phil Taylor 101.41	17th
	6th	James Wade 95.88	5
		Mervyn King 99.45	10
							Mervyn King May 89	11
							Brendan Dolan 89.74	8th
	11	Raymond van Barneveld 92.79	7th
		Brendan Dolan 90.68	10
												Mervyn King 93.26	14th
											3	Phil Taylor 101.41	16
	3	Phil Taylor 98.72	10
		Robbie Green 88.13	8th
						3	Phil Taylor 11/1	11
							Scale length Suljović 97.14	5
	14th	Stephen Bunting 102.48	8th
		Scale length Suljović 98.44	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

• Report on darts1.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BetVictor World Matchplay Rule Change. (No longer available online.) In: pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) June 20, 2013, archived from the original on July 28, 2013 ; accessed on July 29, 2013 . 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.