2016 Premier League Darts

Darts competition October 2017 October 2017 2016 Betway Premier League Darts 4 February–19 May 2016 Adrian Lewis Michael van Gerwen NED 2015 2017 The 2016 Betway Premier League Darts was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation – the twelfth edition of the tournament. The event began on 4 February at the Leeds Arena in Leeds and ended with the Play-offs at The O2 Arena in London on 19 May. The tournament saw its first visit to the Netherlands after agreeing to go to the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam on 12 May, joining 15 other venues across the UK and Ireland.2016 Betway Premier League Field http://www.pdc.tv/premier-league-darts/article/jegexs0ycj5i13ebj9v1aqv9f/title/2016-betway-premier-league-field PDC 3 January 2016 3 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160107071538/http://www.pdc.tv/premier-league-darts/article/jegexs0ycj5i13ebj9v1aqv9f/title/2016-betway-premier-league-field 7 January 2016 dead dmy-all2016 Betway Premier League Dates http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/8lek2tar52hj1jzj9xg5fnv3z/title/2016-betway-premier-league-dates PDC 3 January 2016 14 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160111140333/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/8lek2tar52hj1jzj9xg5fnv3z/title/2016-betway-premier-league-dates 11 January 2016 dead dmy-all This is the third year that the tournament was sponsored by Betway. Gary Anderson was the defending champion, but he lost to Phil Taylor 10–7 in the semi-finals. Michael van Gerwen won his second Premier League Darts title by beating Taylor 11–3 in the final. https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/darts/36307583 How Van Gerwen won the Premier League 19 May 2016 BBC Sport 26 May 2016 Van Gerwen also recorded the highest televised 3-dart average of 123.40 against Michael Smith during night 4 in Aberdeen. Format The tournament format remained identical to that since 2013. During the first nine weeks (Phase 1) each player plays the other nine players once. The bottom two players are eliminated from the competition. In the next six weeks (phase 2), each player plays the other seven players once. Phase 2 consists of four weeks where five matches are played followed by two weeks where four matches are played. At the end of phase 2 the top four players contest the two semi-finals and the final in the play-off week. Venues Rotterdam's Ahoy Arena became the first arena from outside the British Isles to host a Premier League event, it replaced the Brighton Centre. 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The ten players made up the top ten in the PDC Order of Merit following the World Championship. Stephen Bunting (world number 16) and Kim Huybrechts (world number 14) did not return from last year. Robert Thornton returned after a year out, and Michael Smith made his début. PlayerAppearance inPremier LeagueConsecutiveStreakOrder of MeritRankPrevious best performanceQualification NED Michael van Gerwen 4th 4 1 1Winner (2013) Order of Merit SCO Gary Anderson 6th 6 2 1Winner (2011, 2015) Order of Merit ENG Adrian Lewis 9th 7 3 2Runner-up (2011) Order of Merit ENG Phil Taylor b12th 12 4 1Winner (2005–2008, 2010, 2012) Order of Merit SCO Peter Wright 3rd 3 5 55th (2014) PDC Wildcard ENG James Wade 8th 2 6 1Winner (2009) PDC Wildcard SCO Robert Thornton 3rd 1 7 55th (2013) PDC Wildcard ENG Michael Smith 1st 1 8 9Debut PDC Wildcard NED Raymond van Barneveld a11th 11 9 1Winner (2014) Sky Sports Wildcard ENG Dave Chisnall 3rd 3 10 3Semi-finals (2015) Sky Sports Wildcard Prize money The 2016 Premier League saw the introduction of a £25,000 League Leader's Bonus for the player who topped the league table following the 15 league nights, taking the total prize fund for the event up to £725,000 from £700,000 in 2015.League Leader's Bonus Introduced https://www.pdc.tv/news/article/5tp40rd7fvz6142cl0jslxoj5/title/league-leaders-bonus-introduced PDC 3 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160203170931/https://www.pdc.tv/news/article/5tp40rd7fvz6142cl0jslxoj5/title/league-leaders-bonus-introduced February 3, 2016 dead Stage Prize money Winner £200,000 Runner-up £100,000 Semi-finalists (x2) £75,000 5th place £60,000 6th place £50,000 7th place £45,000 8th place £40,000 9th place £30,000 10th place £25,000 League Winner Bonus £25,000 Total £725,000 Results League stage pdc.tvFebruary 2026 medicmedic 4 February – Week 1 (Phase 1) ENG First Direct Arena, Leeds Scorehttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1419fivczv2os12y84fs0bu35q/title/2016-betway-premier-league-fixtures Betway Premier League Fixtures PDC 26 January 2016 26 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160131194337/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1419fivczv2os12y84fs0bu35q/title/2016-betway-premier-league-fixtures 31 January 2016 dead dmy-all Peter Wright SCO 99.16 7 – 2 ENG Michael Smith 86.15 Michael van Gerwen NED 98.30 4 – 7 ENG James Wade 97.43 Phil Taylor ENG 92.34 2 – 7 NED Raymond van Barneveld 103.60 Robert Thornton SCO 75.68 0 – 7 ENG Dave Chisnall 101.16 Adrian Lewis ENG 100.03 7 – 1 ENG Michael Smith* 80.97 Night's Average: As all players would have thrown a different number of darts for the night, we can't calculate a nights average in this way April 2016 Highest Checkout: NED Michael van Gerwen 167 Most 180s: SCO Peter Wright & ENG James Wade 5 Night's 180s: 24 *Gary Anderson was originally scheduled to play against Adrian Lewis, but was sidelined with an illness, so Michael Smith played twice in Round 1. Anderson played Lewis on 17 March (Round 7), giving Smith the night off. 11 February – Week 2 (Phase 1) ENG Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne Score http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/175y33i5wcpwh13ie7sg638oma/title/betway-premier-league-night-two https://web.archive.org/web/20160213160844/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/175y33i5wcpwh13ie7sg638oma/title/betway-premier-league-night-two dead 13 February 2016 Betway Premier League Night Two PDC 26 January 2016 James Wade* ENG 93.00 7 – 4 ENG Michael Smith 91.74 Raymond van Barneveld NED 93.23 5 – 7 SCO Peter Wright 88.19 Adrian Lewis ENG 98.92 7 – 4 ENG Dave Chisnall 98.80 Gary Anderson SCO 106.23 3 – 7 NED Michael van Gerwen 111.88http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/175y33i5wcpwh13ie7sg638oma/title/betway-premier-league-night-two https://web.archive.org/web/20160213160844/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/175y33i5wcpwh13ie7sg638oma/title/betway-premier-league-night-two dead 13 February 2016 News | PDC Pdc.tv 11 February 2016 9 April 2016 James Wade ENG 101.85 1 – 7 ENG Phil Taylor 111.20 Night's Average: As all players would have thrown a different number of darts for the night, we can't calculate a nights average in this way April 2016 Highest Checkout: ENG Phil Taylor 127 Most 180s: NED Michael van Gerwen 6 Night's 180s: 25 *Robert Thornton was originally scheduled to play against Michael Smith, but was sidelined with an illness, so James Wade played twice in Round 2. Thornton played Smith on 24 March (Round 8), giving Wade the night off. 18 February – Week 3 (Phase 1) IRL 3Arena, Dublin Score Peter Wright SCO 104.48 7 – 4 ENG James Wade 98.96 Dave Chisnall ENG 96.88 6 – 6 ENG Michael Smith 93.73 Phil Taylor ENG 100.83 7 – 4 SCO Gary Anderson 93.38 Michael van Gerwen NED 106.40 7 – 4 ENG Adrian Lewis 98.54 Robert Thornton SCO 89.89 5 – 7 NED Raymond van Barneveld 102.60 Night's Average: As all players would have thrown a different number of darts for the night, we can't calculate a nights average in this way April 2016 Highest Checkout: SCO Peter Wright 161 Most 180s: ENG Dave Chisnall & NED Michael van Gerwen 5 Night's 180s: 36 25 February – Week 4 (Phase 1) SCO GE Oil & Gas Arena, Aberdeen Score Adrian Lewis ENG 99.55 7 – 5 ENG James Wade 97.27 Gary Anderson SCO 103.34 7 – 3 NED Raymond van Barneveld 98.89 Michael van Gerwen NED WR 123.40 7 – 1 ENG Michael Smith 91.41 Phil Taylor ENG 115.25 7 – 5 ENG Dave Chisnall 109.63 Peter Wright SCO 98.45 6 – 6 SCO Robert Thornton 91.98 Night's Average: As all players would have thrown a different number of darts for the night, we can't calculate a nights average in this way April 2016 Highest Checkout: ENG Adrian Lewis 142 Most 180s: ENG Phil Taylor 7 Night's 180s: 40 3 March – Week 5 (Phase 1) ENG Westpoint Arena, Exeter Score Phil Taylor ENG 104.00 7 – 1 ENG Adrian Lewis 93.11 Dave Chisnall ENG 96.26 4 – 7 ENG James Wade 102.25 Robert Thornton SCO 85.80 4 – 7 SCO Gary Anderson 89.88 Peter Wright SCO 108.98 2 – 7 NED Michael van Gerwen 116.67 Michael Smith ENG 95.77 7 – 5 NED Raymond van Barneveld 92.19 Night's Average: As all players would have thrown a different number of darts for the night, we can't calculate a nights average in this way April 2016 Highest Checkout: ENG James Wade 161 Most 180s: SCO Gary Anderson, NED Michael van Gerwen & ENG Michael Smith 4 Night's 180s: 25 10 March – Week 6 (Phase 1) ENG Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham Score Michael Smith ENG 95.54 3 – 7 SCO Gary Anderson 102.19 Peter Wright SCO 106.79 3 – 7 ENG Adrian Lewis 107.93 Raymond van Barneveld NED 101.17 5 – 7 ENG James Wade 100.50 Robert Thornton SCO 88.38 0 – 7 ENG Phil Taylor 102.15 Dave Chisnall ENG 93.03 2 – 7 NED Michael van Gerwen 113.47 Night's Average: As all players would have thrown a different number of darts for the night, we can't calculate a nights average in this way April 2016 Highest Checkout: NED Raymond van Barneveld 161 Most 180s: ENG Adrian Lewis & ENG Phil Taylor 5 Night's 180s: 31 17 March – Week 7 (Phase 1) SCO SSE Hydro, Glasgow Score Gary Anderson SCO 99.39 7 – 4 ENG Adrian Lewis 93.00 James Wade ENG 100.81 7 – 4 SCO Robert Thornton 101.35 Michael van Gerwen NED 107.35 6 – 6 ENG Phil Taylor 103.12 Raymond van Barneveld NED 104.90 7 – 4 ENG Dave Chisnall 96.27 Gary Anderson SCO 102.75 7 – 5 SCO Peter Wright 101.31 Night's Average: As all players would have thrown a different number of darts for the night, we can't calculate a nights average in this way April 2016 Highest Checkout: NED Michael van Gerwen 170 Most 180s: ENG Dave Chisnall 5 Night's 180s: 34 24 March – Week 8 (Phase 1) ENG Echo Arena Liverpool, Liverpool Score Michael Smith ENG 92.48 5 – 7 SCO Robert Thornton 92.88 Gary Anderson SCO 103.25 7 – 4 ENG Dave Chisnall 100.01 Adrian Lewis ENG 96.57 7 – 5 NED Raymond van Barneveld 98.35 Phil Taylor ENG 101.51 6 – 6 SCO Peter Wright 103.40 Michael van Gerwen NED 97.57 6 – 6 SCO Robert Thornton 95.59 Night's Average: As all players would have thrown a different number of darts for the night, we can't calculate a nights average in this way April 2016 Highest Checkout: SCO Gary Anderson 144 Most 180s: SCO Peter Wright 5 Night's 180s: 31 31 March – Week 9 (Phase 1) WAL Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Cardiff Score James Wade ENG 95.18 6 – 6 SCO Gary Anderson 100.68 Michael Smith ENG 94.82 5 – 7 ENG Phil Taylor 99.92 Dave Chisnall ENG 93.92 5 – 7 SCO Peter Wright 97.14 Robert Thornton SCO 92.54 4 – 7 ENG Adrian Lewis 96.82 Raymond van Barneveld NED 101.69 6 – 6 NED Michael van Gerwen 105.59 Night's Average: As all players would have thrown a different number of darts for the night, we can't calculate a nights average in this way April 2016 Highest Checkout: ENG Phil Taylor 124 Most 180s: SCO Gary Anderson 5 Night's 180s: 34 7 April – Week 10 (Phase 2) ENG Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield Score James Wade ENG 97.25 7 – 4 NED Raymond van Barneveld 97.23 Gary Anderson SCO 92.83 3 – 7 ENG Phil Taylor 99.31 Robert Thornton SCO 104.23 5 – 7 NED Michael van Gerwen 117.95 Adrian Lewis ENG 88.68 6 – 6 SCO Peter Wright 93.43 Phil Taylor ENG 92.91 7 – 4 ENG James Wade 91.50 Night's Average: As all players would have thrown a different number of darts for the night, we can't calculate a nights average in this way May 2016 Highest Checkout: NED Michael van Gerwen 138 Most 180s: NED Michael van Gerwen 6 Night's 180s: 30 14 April – Week 11 (Phase 2) NIR SSE Arena Belfast, Belfast Score Robert Thornton SCO 105.63 7 – 2 SCO Peter Wright 92.48 Raymond van Barneveld NED 96.14 5 – 7 ENG Phil Taylor 100.36 James Wade ENG 95.95 5 – 7 ENG Adrian Lewis 103.54 Michael van Gerwen NED 110.55 6 – 6 SCO Gary Anderson 108.24 Raymond van Barneveld NED 92.53 7 – 4 SCO Robert Thornton 88.16 Night's Average: As all players would have thrown a different number of darts for the night, we can't calculate a nights average in this way May 2016 Highest Checkout: ENG Adrian Lewis 144 Most 180s: NED Michael van Gerwen 6 Night's 180s: 29 Nine-dart finish: ENG Adrian Lewis 21 April – Week 12 (Phase 2) ENG Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth Score Michael van Gerwen NED 103.38 7 – 2 SCO Peter Wright 98.30 Raymond van Barneveld NED 93.09 7 – 4 ENG Adrian Lewis 90.42 Gary Anderson SCO 103.07 6 – 6 ENG James Wade 99.71 Phil Taylor ENG 89.61 7 – 2 SCO Robert Thornton 93.61 Adrian Lewis ENG 92.98 5 – 7 NED Michael van Gerwen 96.82 Night's Average: As all players would have thrown a different number of darts for the night, we can't calculate a nights average in this way May 2016 Highest Checkout: ENG Adrian Lewis 142 Most 180s: SCO Gary Anderson 5 Night's 180s: 22 28 April – Week 13 (Phase 2) ENG Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham Score Peter Wright SCO 99.67 7 – 4 ENG Phil Taylor 106.48 Raymond van Barneveld NED 99.64 5 – 7 SCO Gary Anderson 99.19 Adrian Lewis ENG 96.55 7 – 2 SCO Robert Thornton 94.55 James Wade ENG 102.40 1 – 7 NED Michael van Gerwen 108.33 Peter Wright SCO 103.45 6 – 6 SCO Gary Anderson 101.51 Night's Average: As all players would have thrown a different number of darts for the night, we can't calculate a nights average in this way May 2016 Highest Checkout: NED Raymond van Barneveld 132 Most 180s: SCO Peter Wright 7 Night's 180s: 22 5 May – Week 14 (Phase 2) ENG Manchester Arena, Manchester Score James Wade ENG 97.29 1 – 7 SCO Peter Wright 99.15 Gary Anderson SCO 99.33 7 – 1 SCO Robert Thornton 90.40 Michael van Gerwen NED 107.93 7 – 2 NED Raymond van Barneveld 100.78 Adrian Lewis ENG 94.11 2 – 7 ENG Phil Taylor 103.72 Night's Average: As all players would have thrown a different number of darts for the night, we can't calculate a nights average in this way May 2016 Highest Checkout: NED Michael van Gerwen 167 Most 180s: SCO Peter Wright 6 Night's 180s: 20 12 May – Week 15 (Phase 2) NED Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam Score Robert Thornton SCO 85.57 3 – 7 ENG James Wade 89.16 Peter Wright SCO90.33 6 – 6 NED Raymond van Barneveld 90.02 Adrian Lewis ENG 93.22 7 – 2 SCO Gary Anderson 97.21 Phil Taylor ENG 95.55 5 – 7 NED Michael van Gerwen 101.24 Night's Average: Highest Checkout: NED Michael van Gerwen 164 Most 180s : NED Michael van Gerwen 4 Night's 180s: 14 Play-offs – 19 May ENG The O2 Arena, London Score Semi-finals (best of 19 legs) Michael van Gerwen NED 103.19 10 – 4 ENG Adrian Lewis 95.47 Phil Taylor ENG 98.21 10 – 7 SCO Gary Anderson 96.86 Final (best of 21 legs) Michael van Gerwen NED 104.68 11 – 3 ENG Phil Taylor 98.84 Night's Average: Highest Checkout: NED Michael van Gerwen 121 League summary Table After the first nine weeks (phase 1), the bottom two in the table are eliminated. Each remaining player plays a further seven matches (phase 2). The top four players then compete in the playoffs. When players are tied on points, leg difference is used first as a tie-breaker, after that legs won against throw and then tournament average. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! style="width:10px;" abbr="Position"|# ! width=200 |Name ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Played"|Pld ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Won"|W ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Drawn"|D ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Lost"|L ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Points|Pts ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Legs For"|LF ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Legs Against"|LA ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Leg Difference"|+/- ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Legs Won Against Throw"|LWAT ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Tons"|100+ ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Ton Plus"|140+ ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Maximums"|180s ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Average"|A2016 Premier League Stats: Tournament Average http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventStats.aspx?EventKey=7460 Darts Database 15 March 2016 ! style="width:20px;" abbr="High Checkout"|HC ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Checkout Percentage"|C% |- style="background:#cfc;" !1 |align=left| NED Michael van Gerwen W|| 16 || 11 || 4 || 1 ||26|| 105 || 63 || +42 || 39 || || || 62 || 107.93 || 170 || 49.30% |- style="background:#ccffcc;" !2 |align=left| ENG Phil Taylor Phil Taylor (darts player) RU || 16 || 11 || 2 || 3 ||24|| 100 || 65 || +35 || 36 || || || 52 || 101.15 || 141 || 46.51% |- style="background:#ccffcc;" !3 |align=left| SCO Gary Anderson Gary Anderson (darts player) || 16 || 8 || 4 || 4 ||20|| 92 || 81 || +11 || 30 || || || 48 || 100.15 || 144 || 40.35% |- style="background:#ccffcc;" !4 |align=left| ENG Adrian Lewis || 16 || 9 || 1 || 6 ||19|| 89 || 79 || +10 || 32 || || || 38 || 96.50 || 144 || 40.09% |- style="background:#cccffc;" !5 |align=left| SCO Peter Wright Peter Wright (darts player) || 16 || 6 || 5 || 5 ||17|| 86 || 86 || 0 || 27 || || || 52 || 99.04 || 161 || 40.00% |- style="background:#cccffc;" !6 |align=left| ENG James Wade || 16 || 7 || 2 || 7 ||16|| 82 || 89 || −7 || 27 || || || 35 || 97.53 || 161 || 42.71% |- style="background:#cccffc;" !7 |align=left| NED Raymond van Barneveld || 16 || 5 || 2 || 9 ||12|| 86 || 94 || −8 || 25 || || || 44 || 97.88 || 161 || 38.05% |- style="background:#cccffc;" !8 |align=left| SCO Robert Thornton Robert Thornton (darts player) || 16 || 2 || 2 || 12 ||6|| 60 || 103 || −43 || 10 || || || 33 || 92.26 || 145 || 35.93% |- style="background:#ffcccc;" !9 |align=left| ENG Dave Chisnall || 9 || 1 || 1 || 7 ||3|| 41 || 55 || −14 || 17 || || || 37 || 98.44 || 116 || 35.96% |- style="background:#ffcccc;" !10 |align=left| ENG Michael Smith Michael Smith (darts player) || 9 || 1 || 1 || 7 ||3|| 34 || 60 || −26 || 14 || || || 24 || 91.40 || 122 || 37.36% |- style="background:#ffcccc;" 12 May 2016 Match reports from the results section. May 2016 Top four qualified for the Play-offs after Week 15. NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. A = Average C% = Checkout Percentage HC = High Checkout. Positions by round Player Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NED Michael van Gerwen 6 6 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 ENG Phil Taylor Phil Taylor (darts player) 7 7 5 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 SCO Gary Anderson Gary Anderson (darts player) 7 89 8 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 ENG Adrian Lewis 2 1 2 3 4 3 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 SCO Peter Wright Peter Wright (darts player) 3 2 1 1 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 5 ENG James Wade 5 3 6 6 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 NED Raymond van Barneveld 3 5 3 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 SCO Robert Thornton Robert Thornton (darts player) 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 ENG Dave Chisnall 1 4 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 Eliminated ENG Michael Smith Michael Smith (darts player) 9 9 8 10 9 9 9 10 10 References 2016 Premier League Premier League