2016 Champions League of Darts

2016 Unibet Champions League of Darts 24–25 September 2016 Cardiff International Arena Cardiff, Wales Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Legs £250,000 £100,000 167 Phil Taylor Phil Taylor ENG 2017 The 2016 Champions League of Darts, also known as the Unibet Champions League of Darts for sponsorship purposes, was the inaugural staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It took place from 24–25 September 2016 at the Cardiff International Arena, Wales. Phil Taylor won, defeating Michael van Gerwen 11–5 in the final.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/37467044 Champions League of Darts: Phil Taylor beats Michael van Gerwen in final BBC Sport 23 January 2017 Format The eight qualifying entrants were first split into two groups of four, playing each other once in best of 19-legged matches. The top two players in each group then proceeded to a knockout stage of two semi-finals and a final, all best of 21 legs. Qualifiers Only the top eight players on the PDC Order of Merit on 12 August 2016 qualified for the tournament; they were: NED Michael van Gerwen (runner-up) SCO Gary Anderson (semi-finals) ENG Adrian Lewis (group stage) ENG Phil Taylor (winner) SCO Peter Wright (group stage) ENG James Wade (semi-finals) ENG Michael Smith (group stage) SCO Robert Thornton (group stage) Prize fund The prize money was distributed as follows:http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResultsPrize.aspx?EventKey=9905 2016 Champions League of Darts Player Prize Money Darts Database 23 January 2017 Stage (number of players) Prize money(Total: £250,000) Winner (1) £100,000 Runner-up (1) £50,000 Semi-finalists (2) £25,000 Third in group stage (2) £15,000 Fourth in group stage (2) £10,000 Results Group stage http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/whtuwl13rvoz110hkk8e7xy3g/title/unibet-champions-league-groups-announced Champions League Groups Announced PDC 12 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160812130136/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/whtuwl13rvoz110hkk8e7xy3g/title/unibet-champions-league-groups-announced 12 August 2016 dead dmy-all http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=9905 2016 Champions League of Darts Results Darts Database 23 January 2017 All matches first-to-10 (best of 19 legs) NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Pts = Points Group A Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/–Pts 1 ENG Phil Taylor (4) 3 3 0 30 11 +19 6 2 NED Michael van Gerwen (1) 3 2 1 24 20 +4 4 3 SCO Peter Wright (5) 3 1 2 20 26 –6 2 4 SCO Robert Thornton (8) 3 0 3 13 30 –17 0 24 September 102.66 (4) Phil Taylor ENG 10 – 5 (5) SCO Peter Wright 97.70 97.30 (1) Michael van Gerwen NED 10 – 5 (8) SCO Robert Thornton 91.10 104.13 (1) Michael van Gerwen NED 4 – 10 (4) ENG Phil Taylor 107.49 94.30 (5) Peter Wright SCO 10 – 6 (8) SCO Robert Thornton 90.80 25 September 108.31 (4) Phil Taylor ENG 10 – 2 (8) SCO Robert Thornton 100.62 100.27 (1) Michael van Gerwen NED 10 – 5 (5) SCO Peter Wright 94.85 Group B Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−Pts 1 SCO Gary Anderson (2) 3 3 0 30 18 +12 6 2 ENG James Wade (6) 3 2 1 28 18 +10 4 3 ENG Adrian Lewis (3) 3 1 2 18 28 –10 2 4 ENG Michael Smith (7) 3 0 3 18 30 –12 0 24 September 96.86 (2) Gary Anderson SCO 10 – 5 (7) ENG Michael Smith 87.65 97.48 (3) Adrian Lewis ENG 3 – 10 (6) ENG James Wade 103.49 95.85 (3) Adrian Lewis ENG 10 – 8 (7) ENG Michael Smith 87.28 94.62 (2) Gary Anderson SCO 10 – 8 (6) ENG James Wade 90.66 25 September 103.03 (6) James Wade ENG 10 – 5 (7) ENG Michael Smith 95.30 91.18 (2) Gary Anderson SCO 10 – 5 (3) ENG Adrian Lewis 92.01 Knockout stage 25 September - First-to-11 (best of 21 legs)http://www.pdc.tv/unibet-champions-league-of-darts/article/1b67qvt2g4rep1abw5om7o2700/title/unibet-champions-league---day-two Stunning Taylor's Champions League Glory PDC 23 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170202012550/http://www.pdc.tv/unibet-champions-league-of-darts/article/1b67qvt2g4rep1abw5om7o2700/title/unibet-champions-league---day-two 2 February 2017 dead Semi-finals Final 217 A1 ENG Phil Taylor (4) 98.38 11 B2 ENG James Wade (6) 94.66 3 B1 SCO Gary Anderson (2) 96.22 5 A2 NED Michael van Gerwen (1) 105.67 11 A1 ENG Phil Taylor (4) 98.97 11 A2 NED Michael van Gerwen (1) 100.92 5 Broadcasting In the United Kingdom, the event was televised by the BBC. The first group games were televised on BBC One; and, from the second group games onwards, BBC Two. Jason Mohammad presented coverage with Paul Nicholson, Mark Webster, and Alan Warriner-Little being the analysts. Vassos Alexander, Dan Dawson, Nicholson, and Warriner-Little were the match commentators. References 1 Category:Champions League of Darts Champions League of Darts Champions League of Darts Category:Sports competitions in Cardiff Champions League of Darts Category:2010s in Cardiff Category:Darts in Wales