2016 Grand Slam of Darts

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2016 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates12–20 November 2016
Venue Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Location Wolverhampton
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Organisation(s) PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£400,000
Winner's share£100,000
High checkout170 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeff Smith
170 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 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. [1]

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The tournament's defending champion was Michael van Gerwen, who won the tournament in 2015 by beating Phil Taylor in the final 16–13, [2] 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) [3] [4]
Winner(1)£100,000
Runner-up(1)£50,000
Semi-finalists(2)£25,000
Quarter-finalists(4)£15,000
Last 16 (second round)(8)£7,500
Third in group(8)£5,000
Fourth in group(8)£2,500
Group winner bonus(8)£2,500

Qualifying

[5] [6] [7]

PDC Qualifying Tournaments

PDC Main Tournaments
TournamentYearPositionPlayerQualifiers
PDC World Darts Championship 2016 Winner Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
Flag of Germany.svg Max Hopp
Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis
Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor
Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright
Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall
Flag of Austria.svg Mensur Suljović
Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld
Grand Slam of Darts 2015 Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
Premier League Darts 2016 Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
World Matchplay 2016 Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
World Grand Prix 2016 Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
PDC World Youth Championship 2015 Winner Flag of Germany.svg Max Hopp
Masters 2016 Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
UK Open 2016 Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
European Championship 2016 Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship Finals 2015 Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
World Series of Darts Finals 2016 Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
Champions League of Darts 2016 Winner Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor
PDC World Cup of Darts 2016 Winners Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor
Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis
PDC World Darts Championship 2016 Runner-Up Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis
Grand Slam of Darts 2015 Runner-Up Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor
Premier League Darts 2016 Runner-Up Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor
World Matchplay 2016 Runner-Up Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor
World Grand Prix 2016 Runner-Up Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson
PDC World Youth Championship 2015 Runner-Up Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall
Masters 2016 Runner-Up Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall
UK Open 2016 Runner-Up Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright
European Championship 2016 Runner-Up Flag of Austria.svg Mensur Suljović
Players Championship Finals 2015 Runner-Up Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis
World Series of Darts Finals 2016 Runner-Up Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright
Champions League of Darts 2016 Runner-Up Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
PDC World Cup of Darts 2016 Runners-Up Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 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
TournamentEventPositionPlayerQualifiers
2016 European Tour
Dutch Darts Masters Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen Flag of England.svg James Wade
Flag of England.svg Alan Norris
German Darts Masters Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
Gibraltar Darts Trophy Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
European Darts Matchplay Winner Flag of England.svg James Wade
Austrian Darts Open Winner Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor
European Darts Open Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
International Darts Open Winner Flag of Austria.svg Mensur Suljović
European Darts Trophy Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
European Darts Grand Prix Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
German Darts Championship Winner Flag of England.svg 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
TournamentEventPositionPlayerQualifiers
2016 Players Championships Players Championship 1Winner Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright Flag of the Netherlands.svg Benito van de Pas
Flag of England.svg Ian White
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Whitlock
Players Championship 2Winner Flag of England.svg Stephen Bunting
Players Championship 3Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 4Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Benito van de Pas
Players Championship 5Winner Flag of England.svg Ian White
Players Championship 6Winner Flag of England.svg Josh Payne
Players Championship 7Winner Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price
Players Championship 8Winner Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price
Players Championship 9Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Benito van de Pas
Players Championship 10Winner Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall
Players Championship 11Winner Flag of England.svg Ian White
Players Championship 12Winner Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson
Players Championship 13Winner Flag of England.svg Ian White
Players Championship 14Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 15Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 16Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 17Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 18Winner Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Whitlock
Players Championship 19Winner Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Whitlock
Players Championship 20Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg 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.

BDO Qualifying Tournaments

TournamentYearPositionPlayer
BDO World Darts Championship 2016 Winner Flag of England.svg Scott Waites
Runner-Up Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeff Smith
World Masters 2015 Winner Flag of England.svg Glen Durrant
BDO World Trophy 2016 Winner Flag of England.svg 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.

Pools

Pool APool BPool CPool D
(PDC Seeded Players)(PDC Qualifiers)(BDO Qualifiers)

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen (1)
Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson (2)
Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis (3)
Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor (4)
Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright (5)
Flag of England.svg James Wade (6)
Flag of Austria.svg Mensur Suljović (7)
Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Thornton (8)

Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall
Flag of England.svg Ian White
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Benito van de Pas
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Whitlock
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price
Flag of England.svg Alan Norris
Ulster Banner.svg Brendan Dolan

Flag of England.svg James Wilson
Flag of Germany.svg Max Hopp
Flag of England.svg Darren Webster
Flag of England.svg Chris Dobey
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh
Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall
Flag of England.svg Nathan Derry
Flag of England.svg Ted Evetts

Flag of England.svg Glen Durrant
Flag of England.svg Scott Mitchell
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Danny Noppert
Flag of England.svg Jamie Hughes
Flag of England.svg Martin Adams
Flag of England.svg Scott Waites
Flag of England.svg Darryl Fitton
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 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

Knockout stage

Second round(best of 19 legs)
16–17 November
[8] [9]
Quarter-finals(best of 31 legs)
18–19 November
[10] [11]
Semi-finals(best of 31 legs)
20 November
[12]
Final(best of 31 legs)
20 November
[12]
            
A1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen (1) 103.2410
B2 Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Thornton (8, Q) 94.235
A1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen (1) 97.3316
A2 Ulster Banner.svg Brendan Dolan (Q) 88.243
B1 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price 89.389
A2 Ulster Banner.svg Brendan Dolan (Q) 91.3610
A1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen (1) 111.1716
C1 Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright (5) 102.1310
C1 Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright (5) 99.6910
D2 Flag of England.svg Darryl Fitton (BDO) 92.143
C1 Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright (5) 103.3716
D1 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor (4) 100.5710
D1 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor (4) 98.0410
C2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeff Smith (BDO) 91.545
A1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen (1) 98.7416
G2 Flag of England.svg James Wade (6) 90.738
E1 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson (2) 101.1210
F2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Danny Noppert (BDO) 100.019
E1 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson (2) 103.8116
F1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld 98.2413
F1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld 98.1910
E2 Flag of England.svg Glen Durrant (BDO) 95.507
E1 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson (2) 98.3614
G2 Flag of England.svg James Wade (6) 91.9316
G1 Flag of England.svg Jamie Hughes (BDO) 90.389
H2 Flag of England.svg Chris Dobey (Q) 94.0110
H2 Flag of England.svg Chris Dobey (Q) 92.005
G2 Flag of England.svg James Wade (6) 92.1816
H1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Benito van de Pas 88.812
G2 Flag of England.svg James Wade (6) 92.8710

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