2016 Grand Slam of Darts

November 2019 2016 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts 12–20 November 2016 Wolverhampton Civic Hall Wolverhampton PDC Legs £400,000 £100,000 170 CAN Jeff Smith 170 NED Michael van Gerwen NED Michael van Gerwen 2015 2017 The 2016 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts, was the tenth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 12 to 20 November 2016 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/ue48kc3pp5li1i1jblxuzczkg/title/2016-pdc-calendar-confirmed https://web.archive.org/web/20150816192225/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/ue48kc3pp5li1i1jblxuzczkg/title/2016-pdc-calendar-confirmed dead 16 August 2015 Tournament Calendar 2016 PDC 9 January 2016 The tournament's defending champion was Michael van Gerwen, who won the tournament in 2015 by beating Phil Taylor in the final 16–13,http://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/10068015/michael-van-gerwen-beats-phil-taylor-16-13-to-win-the-grand-slam-of-darts Michael van Gerwen beats Phil Taylor 16-13 to win the Grand Slam of Darts SKY Sports 15 November 2015 9 January 2016 and he retained his title by defeating James Wade 16–8 in the final. Prize money Position (num. of players) Prize money(Total: £400,000)http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventPrizeFund.aspx?EventKey=6221 2015 Grand Slam Of Darts Prize Money Darts Database 8 November 2013http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/tcmwwo5z3kes19kjnrw0cxbpt/title/prize-fund-boosts-announced https://web.archive.org/web/20151230215913/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/tcmwwo5z3kes19kjnrw0cxbpt/title/prize-fund-boosts-announced dead 30 December 2015 No Boost in 2016 Grand Slam Of Darts Prize Money Darts Database 9 January 2016Winner (1) £100,000Runner-up (1) £50,000Semi-finalists (2) £25,000Quarter-finalists (4) £15,000Last 16 (second round) (8) £7,500Third in group (8) £5,000Fourth in group (8) £2,500Group winner bonus (8) £2,500 Qualifying http://www.pdc.tv/grand-slam-of-darts/article/11kcr4z4nj00izjue0nkotk9z/title/2015-grand-slam-qualification-criteria 2015 Grand Slam Of Darts Qualification Criteria Professional Darts Corporation 11 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151011052827/http://www.pdc.tv/grand-slam-of-darts/article/11kcr4z4nj00izjue0nkotk9z/title/2015-grand-slam-qualification-criteria 11 October 2015 dead dmy-all http://www.pdc.tv/grand-slam-of-darts/article/lpgnux0wx4bt1rgencqnk40t6/title/waites-set-for-grand-slam-return Waites Set for Grand Slam Return Professional Darts Corporation 16 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160916234051/http://www.pdc.tv/grand-slam-of-darts/article/lpgnux0wx4bt1rgencqnk40t6/title/waites-set-for-grand-slam-return 16 September 2016 dead dmy-all http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1mz9f9za9qcln1myo3bracwufg/title/adams-amongst-bdo-grand-slam-stars Adams Amongst BDO Stars For Grand Slam Professional Darts Corporation 4 October 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161005124551/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1mz9f9za9qcln1myo3bracwufg/title/adams-amongst-bdo-grand-slam-stars 5 October 2016 dead PDC Qualifying Tournaments PDC Main Tournaments Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers PDC World Darts Championship 2016 Winner SCO Gary Anderson SCO Gary AndersonNED Michael van GerwenGER Max Hopp ENG Adrian LewisENG Phil TaylorSCO Peter WrightENG Dave ChisnallAUT Mensur SuljovićENG Nathan AspinallNED Raymond van Barneveld Grand Slam of Darts 2015 Winner NED Michael van Gerwen Premier League Darts 2016 Winner NED Michael van Gerwen World Matchplay 2016 Winner NED Michael van Gerwen World Grand Prix 2016 Winner NED Michael van Gerwen PDC World Youth Championship 2015 Winner GER Max Hopp Masters 2016 Winner NED Michael van Gerwen UK Open 2016 Winner NED Michael van Gerwen European Championship 2016 Winner NED Michael van Gerwen Players Championship Finals 2015 Winner NED Michael van Gerwen World Series of Darts Finals 2016 Winner NED Michael van Gerwen Champions League of Darts 2016 Winner ENG Phil Taylor PDC World Cup of Darts 2016 Winners ENG Phil TaylorENG Adrian Lewis PDC World Darts Championship 2016 Runner-Up ENG Adrian Lewis Grand Slam of Darts 2015 Runner-Up ENG Phil Taylor Premier League Darts 2016 Runner-Up ENG Phil Taylor World Matchplay 2016 Runner-Up ENG Phil Taylor World Grand Prix 2016 Runner-Up SCO Gary Anderson PDC World Youth Championship 2015 Runner-Up ENG Nathan Aspinall Masters 2016 Runner-Up ENG Dave Chisnall UK Open 2016 Runner-Up SCO Peter Wright Peter Wright (darts player) European Championship 2016 Runner-Up AUT Mensur Suljović Players Championship Finals 2015 Runner-Up ENG Adrian Lewis World Series of Darts Finals 2016 Runner-Up SCO Peter Wright Champions League of Darts 2016 Runner-Up NED Michael van Gerwen PDC World Cup of Darts 2016 Runners-Up NED Michael van GerwenNED Raymond van Barneveld Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament. At most sixteen players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification. PDC European Tour Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers 2016 European Tour Dutch Darts MastersWinner NED Michael van Gerwen ENG James WadeENG Alan Norris German Darts MastersWinner NED Michael van Gerwen Gibraltar Darts TrophyWinner NED Michael van Gerwen European Darts MatchplayWinner ENG James Wade Austrian Darts OpenWinner ENG Phil Taylor European Darts OpenWinner NED Michael van Gerwen International Darts OpenWinner AUT Mensur Suljović European Darts TrophyWinner NED Michael van Gerwen European Darts Grand PrixWinner NED Michael van Gerwen German Darts ChampionshipWinner ENG Alan Norris Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament. In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than sixteen players, the field of sixteen players is filled from the reserve lists. The first list consists of the winners from 2016 European Tour events, in which the winners shall be selected in ProTour Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date. PDC Players Championships Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers 2016 Players Championships Players Championship 1 Winner SCO Peter Wright NED Benito van de PasENG Ian WhiteWAL Gerwyn PriceAUS Simon Whitlock Players Championship 2 Winner ENG Stephen Bunting Players Championship 3 Winner NED Michael van Gerwen Players Championship 4 Winner NED Benito van de Pas Players Championship 5 Winner ENG Ian White Players Championship 6 Winner ENG Josh Payne Players Championship 7 Winner WAL Gerwyn Price Players Championship 8 Winner WAL Gerwyn Price Players Championship 9 Winner NED Benito van de Pas Players Championship 10 Winner ENG Dave Chisnall Players Championship 11 Winner ENG Ian White Players Championship 12 Winner SCO Gary Anderson Players Championship 13 Winner ENG Ian White Players Championship 14 Winner NED Michael van Gerwen Players Championship 15 Winner NED Michael van Gerwen Players Championship 16 Winner NED Michael van Gerwen Players Championship 17 Winner NED Michael van Gerwen Players Championship 18 Winner AUS Simon Whitlock Players Championship 19 Winner AUS Simon Whitlock Players Championship 20 Winner NED Benito van de Pas Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament. In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments and the European Tour produced fewer than sixteen players, the field of sixteen players is filled from the reserve lists. The second list consists of the winners from 2016 Players Championship events, in which the winners were selected in ProTour Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date. PDC Qualifying Event A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from a PDC qualifier in Barnsley on 23 October 2016. SCO Robert Thornton BEL Dimitri Van den Bergh ENG Ted Evetts NIR Brendan Dolan ENG Chris Dobey ENG James Wilson ENG Nathan Derry ENG Darren Webster BDO Qualifying Tournaments Tournament Year Position Player BDO World Darts Championship 2016 Winner ENG Scott Waites Runner-Up CAN Jeff Smith World Masters 2015 Winner ENG Glen Durrant BDO World Trophy 2016 Winner ENG Darryl Fitton BDO ranking qualifiers The remaining four BDO representatives were the top four non-qualified players from the BDO Invitational rankings on 30 September. ENG Scott Mitchell NED Danny Noppert ENG Jamie Hughes ENG Martin Adams Pools Pool APool BPool CPool D(PDC Seeded Players)(PDC Qualifiers)(BDO Qualifiers)NED Michael van Gerwen (1) SCO Gary Anderson (2) ENG Adrian Lewis (3) ENG Phil Taylor (4) SCO Peter Wright (5) ENG James Wade (6) AUT Mensur Suljović (7) SCO Robert Thornton (8)ENG Dave Chisnall ENG Ian White NED Raymond van Barneveld NED Benito van de Pas AUS Simon Whitlock WAL Gerwyn Price ENG Alan Norris NIR Brendan DolanENG James Wilson GER Max Hopp ENG Darren Webster ENG Chris Dobey BEL Dimitri Van den Bergh ENG Nathan Aspinall ENG Nathan Derry ENG Ted EvettsENG Glen Durrant ENG Scott Mitchell NED Danny Noppert ENG Jamie Hughes ENG Martin Adams ENG Scott Waites ENG Darryl Fitton CAN Jeff Smith Draw Group stage All group matches are best of nine legs From each group the numbers one and two after three games qualify for the knock-out stage, the numbers three and four are eliminated NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; Q = Qualifier NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Average = 3-dart average; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to knockout stage Group A Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/–PtsStatus 1 NED Michael van Gerwen (1) 3 3 0 15 4 +11 6 Q 2 NIR Brendan Dolan (Q) 3 2 1 11 12 –1 4 3 GER Max Hopp 3 1 2 10 13 –3 2 Eliminated 4 ENG Martin Adams (BDO) 3 0 3 8 15 –7 0 12 November 93.65 Brendan Dolan NIR5 – 4 GER Max Hopp 89.00 93.64 Michael van Gerwen NED5 – 2 ENG Martin Adams 91.47 13 November 104.58 Michael van Gerwen NED5 – 1 NIR Brendan Dolan 95.13 86.36 Max Hopp GER5 – 3 ENG Martin Adams 80.47 14 November 95.93 Michael van Gerwen NED5 – 1 GER Max Hopp 87.37 80.87 Brendan Dolan NIR5 – 3 ENG Martin Adams 80.96 Group B Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus 1 WAL Gerwyn Price 3 2 1 14 10 +4 4 Q 2 SCO Robert Thornton (8, Q) 3 2 1 13 12 +1 4 Nine-dart shootout 3 BEL Dimitri Van den Bergh (Q) 3 2 1 14 13 +1 4 4 ENG Scott Waites (BDO) 3 0 3 9 15 –6 0 Eliminated 12 November 92.26 Gerwyn Price WAL4 – 5 BEL Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.15 96.00 Robert Thornton SCO 5 – 3 ENG Scott Waites 91.15 13 November 96.90 Robert Thornton SCO5 – 4 BEL Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.56 84.46 Gerwyn Price WAL5 – 2 ENG Scott Waites 84.83 15 November 93.48 Robert Thornton SCO3 – 5 WAL Gerwyn Price 91.73 91.60 Dimitri Van den Bergh BEL5 – 4 ENG Scott Waites 93.13 Nine dart shootout With Robert Thornton and Dimitri Van den Bergh finishing level on points and leg difference, a nine-dart shootout between the two took place to see who would play Michael van Gerwen in the second round. The match took place after the conclusion of Tuesday's group matches, and was the first time since the 2013 Grand Slam of Darts that a nine-dart shootout was required. Van den Bergh threw first. POSPlayer123456789PtsStatus2SCO Robert Thornton602060206060202025345Advanced to the last 163BEL Dimitri Van den Bergh202060602060206020340Eliminated Group C Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus 1 SCO Peter Wright (5) 3 3 0 15 4 +11 6 Q 2 CAN Jeff Smith (BDO) 3 2 1 11 13 –2 4 3 AUS Simon Whitlock 3 1 2 9 11 –2 2 Eliminated 4 ENG Ted Evetts (Q) 3 0 3 8 15 –7 0 12 November 92.08 Simon Whitlock AUS 5 – 1 ENG Ted Evetts 85.69 93.78 Peter Wright SCO 5 – 1 CAN Jeff Smith 86.33 13 November 107.36 Peter Wright SCO5 – 0 AUS Simon Whitlock 87.95 90.43 Ted Evetts ENG4 – 5 CAN Jeff Smith 89.29 15 November 100.39 Peter Wright SCO 5 – 3 ENG Ted Evetts 100.39 101.74 Simon Whitlock AUS4 – 5 CAN Jeff Smith 96.98 Group D Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus 1 ENG Phil Taylor (4) 3 2 1 10 7 +3 4 Q 2 ENG Darryl Fitton (BDO) 3 2 1 11 13 –2 4 3 ENG Darren Webster (Q) 3 1 2 12 10 +2 2 Eliminated 4 ENG Ian White 3 1 2 10 13 –3 2 12 November 93.62 Ian White ENG5 – 3 ENG Darren Webster 93.49 104.30 Phil Taylor ENG5 – 1 ENG Darryl Fitton 84.90 13 November 92.94 Phil Taylor ENG5 – 1 ENG Ian White 84.13 88.99 Darren Webster ENG4 – 5 ENG Darryl Fitton 87.30 14 November 87.08 Phil Taylor ENG0 – 5 ENG Darren Webster 96.35 88.86 Ian White ENG4 – 5 ENG Darryl Fitton 87.27 Group E Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/–PtsStatus 1 SCO Gary Anderson (2) 3 3 0 15 6 +9 6 Q 2 ENG Glen Durrant (BDO) 3 2 1 14 6 +8 4 3 ENG Nathan Derry (Q) 3 1 2 5 14 –9 2 Eliminated 4 ENG Alan Norris 3 0 3 7 15 –8 0 12 November 97.65 Alan Norris ENG4 – 5 ENG Nathan Derry 91.56 100.66 Gary Anderson SCO5 – 4 ENG Glen Durrant 98.52 13 November 89.46 Gary Anderson SCO5 – 0 ENG Nathan Derry 82.44 95.25 Alan Norris ENG1 – 5 ENG Glen Durrant 94.87 14 November 97.33 Gary Anderson SCO5 – 2 ENG Alan Norris 94.60 76.20 Nathan Derry ENG0 – 5 ENG Glen Durrant 97.60 Group F Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus 1 NED Raymond van Barneveld 3 3 0 15 6 +9 6 Q 2 NED Danny Noppert (BDO) 3 2 1 12 10 +2 4 3 AUT Mensur Suljović (7) 3 1 2 11 13 –2 2 Eliminated 4 ENG Nathan Aspinall 3 0 3 6 15 –9 0 12 November 98.40 Mensur Suljović AUT3 – 5 NED Danny Noppert 101.06 110.15 Raymond van Barneveld NED 5 – 1 ENG Nathan Aspinall 97.46 13 November (104.66) Raymond van Barneveld NED5 – 2 NED Danny Noppert (103.88) (99.50) Mensur Suljović AUT5 – 3 ENG Nathan Aspinall (97.79) 15 November 94.58 Mensur Suljović AUT3 – 5 NED Raymond van Barneveld 100.29 88.56 Nathan Aspinall ENG2 – 5 NED Danny Noppert 90.24 Group G Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/–PtsStatus 1 ENG Jamie Hughes (BDO) 3 2 1 13 10 +3 4 Q 2 ENG James Wade (6) 3 2 1 13 11 +2 4 3 ENG James Wilson (Q) 3 1 2 12 12 0 2 Eliminated 4 ENG Dave Chisnall 3 1 2 8 13 –5 2 12 November 88.73 Dave Chisnall ENG2 – 5 ENG James Wilson 84.13 91.31 James Wade ENG5 – 3 ENG Jamie Hughes 86.55 13 November 95.85 James Wade ENG5 – 3 ENG James Wilson 85.21 102.51 Dave Chisnall ENG1 – 5 ENG Jamie Hughes 106.32 15 November 100.58 James Wade ENG3 – 5 ENG Dave Chisnall 98.92 91.00 James Wilson ENG4 – 5 ENG Jamie Hughes 91.96 Group H Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/–PtsStatus 1 NED Benito van de Pas 3 3 0 15 7 +8 6 Q 2 ENG Chris Dobey (Q) 3 2 1 14 11 +3 4 3 ENG Scott Mitchell (BDO) 3 1 2 9 11 –2 2 Eliminated 4 ENG Adrian Lewis (3) 3 0 3 6 15 –9 0 12 November 95.91 Benito van de Pas NED 5 – 4 ENG Chris Dobey 94.36 97.62 Adrian Lewis ENG1 – 5 ENG Scott Mitchell 107.78 13 November 95.61 Benito van de Pas NED5 – 1 ENG Scott Mitchell 83.35 108.68 Adrian Lewis ENG3 – 5 ENG Chris Dobey 97.42 14 November 100.19 Adrian Lewis ENG2 – 5 NED Benito van de Pas 100.90 92.74 Chris Dobey ENG5 – 3 ENG Scott Mitchell 92.61 Knockout stage Second round (best of 19 legs)16–17 Novemberhttp://www.pdc.tv/grand-slam-of-darts/article/wmpyj0emmq9y1bt8m29jnn86d/title/singha-beer-grand-slam---wednesday https://web.archive.org/web/20161220132448/http://www.pdc.tv/grand-slam-of-darts/article/wmpyj0emmq9y1bt8m29jnn86d/title/singha-beer-grand-slam---wednesday dead 20 December 2016 SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Wednesday PDC 23 January 2017http://www.pdc.tv/grand-slam-of-darts/article/t5vo0a6za6ok1lrzmvhwrw98g/title/singha-beer-grand-slam---thursday SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Thursday PDC 23 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170202012324/http://www.pdc.tv/grand-slam-of-darts/article/t5vo0a6za6ok1lrzmvhwrw98g/title/singha-beer-grand-slam---thursday 2 February 2017 dead dmy-all Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)18–19 Novemberhttp://www.pdc.tv/grand-slam-of-darts/article/g9ynta2uil1u12rkljizhdg1a/title/singha-beer-grand-slam---friday SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Friday PDC 23 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220130738/http://www.pdc.tv/grand-slam-of-darts/article/g9ynta2uil1u12rkljizhdg1a/title/singha-beer-grand-slam---friday 2016-12-20 deadhttp://www.pdc.tv/grand-slam-of-darts/article/x0b73xb4vf361pisv7ayoagqy/title/singha-beer-grand-slam---saturday SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Saturday PDC 23 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220152243/http://www.pdc.tv/grand-slam-of-darts/article/x0b73xb4vf361pisv7ayoagqy/title/singha-beer-grand-slam---saturday 2016-12-20 dead Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)20 Novemberhttp://www.pdc.tv/grand-slam-of-darts/article/i8qgb7kp8exa1auwk52sal9kd/title/singha-beer-grand-slam---finals-day Grand Slam Double For van Gerwen PDC 23 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220135842/http://www.pdc.tv/grand-slam-of-darts/article/i8qgb7kp8exa1auwk52sal9kd/title/singha-beer-grand-slam---finals-day 2016-12-20 dead Final (best of 31 legs)20 November 20 225 A1 NED Michael van Gerwen (1) 103.24 10 B2 SCO Robert Thornton (8, Q) 94.23 5 B1 WAL Gerwyn Price 89.38 9 A2 NIR Brendan Dolan (Q) 91.36 10 C1 SCO Peter Wright (5) 99.69 10 D2 ENG Darryl Fitton (BDO) 92.14 3 D1 ENG Phil Taylor (4) 98.04 10 C2 CAN Jeff Smith (BDO) 91.54 5 E1 SCO Gary Anderson (2) 101.12 10 F2 NED Danny Noppert (BDO) 100.01 9 F1 NED Raymond van Barneveld 98.19 10 E2 ENG Glen Durrant (BDO) 95.50 7 G1 ENG Jamie Hughes (BDO) 90.38 9 H2 ENG Chris Dobey (Q) 94.01 10 H1 NED Benito van de Pas 88.81 2 G2 ENG James Wade (6) 92.87 10 A1 NED Michael van Gerwen (1) 97.33 16 A2 NIR Brendan Dolan (Q) 88.24 3 C1 SCO Peter Wright (5) 103.37 16 D1 ENG Phil Taylor (4) 100.57 10 E1 SCO Gary Anderson (2) 103.81 16 F1 NED Raymond van Barneveld 98.24 13 H2 ENG Chris Dobey (Q) 92.00 5 G2 ENG James Wade (6) 92.18 16 A1 NED Michael van Gerwen (1) 111.17 16 C1 SCO Peter Wright (5) 102.13 10 E1 SCO Gary Anderson (2) 98.36 14 G2 ENG James Wade (6) 91.93 16 A1 NED Michael van Gerwen (1) 98.74 16 G2 ENG James Wade (6) 90.73 8 References External links PDC netzone, Schedule, results 2016 2016 Grand Slam Grand Slam of Darts Grand Slam of Darts