World Matchplay 2017

World Matchplay 2017
Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Winter Gardens , Blackpool
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Michael van Gerwen
Attendees	32
Opening game	July 22, 2017
Endgame	July 30, 2017
Prize money (total)	£  500,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 115,000
winner	Phil Taylor
statistics
highest finish	170 points from Benito van de Pas and Gerwyn Price
← 2016   2018 →

The World Matchplay 2017 is a major tournament in darts and was organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) for the 24th time in 2017. It was held in Blackpool's Winter Gardens from July 22nd to 30th, 2017 .

The tournament was won by Englishman Phil Taylor , who defeated Scots Peter Wright in the final with 18: 8 legs and won the World Match Play Cup for the 16th time.

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. The list of participants was announced on July 10, 2017 after the 16th 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, up to 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 500,000 pounds in prize money, which were played at the World Matchplay, distributed as follows among the 32 participants:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 115,000
finalist	(1)	£ 55,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 30,000
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 17,500
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 11,000
1st round loser	(16)	£ 7,000
		£ 500,000

Attendees

Top 16 of the Order of Merit

• Michael van Gerwen
• Gary Anderson
• Peter Wright
• Adrian Lewis
• Dave Chisnall
• James Wade
• Scale length Suljović
• Phil Taylor
• Raymond van Barneveld
• Jelle Klaasen
• Michael Smith
• Kim Huybrechts
• Ian White
• Robert Thornton
• Benito van de Pas
• Simon Whitlock

Top 16 of the Pro Tour Order of Merit

• Daryl Gurney
• Alan Norris
• Rob Cross
• Joe Cullen
• Mervyn King
• Gerwyn Price
• Cristo Reyes
• Stephen Bunting
• Darren Webster
• Steve West
• James Wilson
• Steve Beaton
• Kyle Anderson
• John Henderson
• Christian Kist
• Justin Pipe

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01. Michael van Gerwen Quarter finals 02. Gary Anderson Round of 16 03. Peter Wright final 04th Adrian Lewis Semifinals 05. Dave Chisnall Round of 16 06th James Wade 1 round 07th Scale length Suljović Quarter finals 08th. Phil Taylor victory

No. player Round reached 09. Raymond van Barneveld Round of 16 10. Jelle Klaasen 1 round 11. Michael Smith 1 round 12. Kim Huybrechts 1 round 13. Ian White 1 round 14th Robert Thornton 1 round 15th Benito van de Pas 1 round 16. Simon Whitlock Round of 16

Results

Round 1 July 22, 23 and 24, 2017 Best of 19 legs

Round of 16 July 25 and 26, 2017 Best of 21 legs

Quarter-finals July 27 and 28, 2017 Best of 31 legs

Semi-finals July 29, 2017 Best of 33 legs

Final July 30th 2017 Best of 35 legs

1

Michael van Gerwen 98.55

10

Stephen Bunting 94.54

4th

1

Michael van Gerwen 99.97

11

16

Simon Whitlock 91.37

3

16

Simon Whitlock 95.77

10

Kyle Anderson 96.64

5

1

Michael van Gerwen 101.07

6th

8th

Phil Taylor 101.85

16

8th

Phil Taylor 04/94

10

Gerwyn Price 88.68

5

8th

Phil Taylor 102.27

11

9

Raymond van Barneveld 98.92

3

9

Raymond van Barneveld 92.42

10

Joe Cullen 96.95

8th

8th

Phil Taylor 102.74

17th

4th

Adrian Lewis 93.50

9

5

Dave Chisnall 95.16

10

Mervyn King 89.22

7th

5

Dave Chisnall 96.90

12

Alan Norris 98.61

14 1

12

Kim Huybrechts 93.45

6th

Alan Norris 90.59

10

Alan Norris 91.31

13

4th

Adrian Lewis 94.16

16

4th

Adrian Lewis July 95

10

Steve Beaton 94.51

7th

4th

Adrian Lewis 100.93

11

Rob Cross 08/10

8th

13

Ian White 94.61

7th

Rob Cross 95.72

10

8th

Phil Taylor 104.74

18th

3

Peter Wright 99.74

8th

2

Gary Anderson 101.95

10

Christian Kist 99.96

7th

2

Gary Anderson 105.17

9

Daryl Gurney 103.26

11

15th

Benito van de Pas 89.53

9

Daryl Gurney 96.98

11 1

Daryl Gurney 97.18

16

7th

Scale length Suljović 99.45

13

7th

Scale length Suljović 94.42

10

John Henderson 86.35

4th

7th

Scale length Suljović 95.57

11

Justin Pipe 7/22

6th

10

Jelle Klaasen 89.34

5

Justin Pipe 90.94

10

Daryl Gurney 94.40

15th

3

Peter Wright 93.92

17th

6th

James Wade 08/96

11

Darren Webster 96.48

13 1

Darren Webster 95.39

11

Steve West 95.39

7th

11

Michael Smith 95.45

5

Steve West 99.94

10

Darren Webster 95.55

12

3

Peter Wright 100.19

16

3

Peter Wright 89.26

10

James Wilson 90.51

8th

3

Peter Wright 104.18

11

Cristo Reyes 93.64

4th

14th

Robert Thornton 90.82

3

Cristo Reyes 101.29

10

¹ The game went into extra time and had to be won by two legs.

transmission

Sport1 broadcast the event in German-speaking countries . The stations can also be received in Austria via cable and satellite. The games were also shown on the streaming provider DAZN .

Internationally, all games were also broadcast directly by the PDC on livepdc.tv.

Web links

• Report on darts1.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)