2016 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 12–20 November 2016 | ||
Venue | Wolverhampton Civic Hall | ||
Location | Wolverhampton | ||
Country | England | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs | ||
Prize fund | £400,000 | ||
Winner's share | £100,000 | ||
High checkout | 170 Jeff Smith Michael van Gerwen | ||
Champion(s) | |||
Michael van Gerwen | |||
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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]
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.
Position (num. of players) | Prize money (Total: £400,000) [3] [4] | |
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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 |
At most sixteen players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification.
PDC European Tour | |||||
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Tournament | Event | Position | Player | Qualifiers | |
2016 European Tour | |||||
Dutch Darts Masters | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | James Wade Alan Norris | ||
German Darts Masters | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | |||
Gibraltar Darts Trophy | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | |||
European Darts Matchplay | Winner | James Wade | |||
Austrian Darts Open | Winner | Phil Taylor | |||
European Darts Open | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | |||
International Darts Open | Winner | Mensur Suljović | |||
European Darts Trophy | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | |||
European Darts Grand Prix | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | |||
German Darts Championship | Winner | 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 | |||||
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Tournament | Event | Position | Player | Qualifiers | |
2016 Players Championships | Players Championship 1 | Winner | Peter Wright | Benito van de Pas Ian White Gerwyn Price Simon Whitlock | |
Players Championship 2 | Winner | Stephen Bunting | |||
Players Championship 3 | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | |||
Players Championship 4 | Winner | Benito van de Pas | |||
Players Championship 5 | Winner | Ian White | |||
Players Championship 6 | Winner | Josh Payne | |||
Players Championship 7 | Winner | Gerwyn Price | |||
Players Championship 8 | Winner | Gerwyn Price | |||
Players Championship 9 | Winner | Benito van de Pas | |||
Players Championship 10 | Winner | Dave Chisnall | |||
Players Championship 11 | Winner | Ian White | |||
Players Championship 12 | Winner | Gary Anderson | |||
Players Championship 13 | Winner | Ian White | |||
Players Championship 14 | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | |||
Players Championship 15 | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | |||
Players Championship 16 | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | |||
Players Championship 17 | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | |||
Players Championship 18 | Winner | Simon Whitlock | |||
Players Championship 19 | Winner | Simon Whitlock | |||
Players Championship 20 | Winner | 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.
A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from a PDC qualifier in Barnsley on 23 October 2016.
Tournament | Year | Position | Player |
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BDO World Darts Championship | 2016 | Winner | Scott Waites |
Runner-Up | Jeff Smith | ||
World Masters | 2015 | Winner | Glen Durrant |
BDO World Trophy | 2016 | Winner | Darryl Fitton |
The remaining four BDO representatives were the top four non-qualified players from the BDO Invitational rankings on 30 September.
Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
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(PDC Seeded Players) | (PDC Qualifiers) | (BDO Qualifiers) | |
Michael van Gerwen (1) | Dave Chisnall | James Wilson | Glen Durrant |
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
12 November
13 November
14 November
| Group B
12 November
13 November
15 November
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Nine dart shootoutWith 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.
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Group C
12 November
13 November
15 November
| Group D
12 November
13 November
14 November
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Group E
12 November
13 November
14 November
| Group F
12 November
13 November
15 November
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Group G
12 November
13 November
15 November
| Group H
12 November
13 November
14 November
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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 | Michael van Gerwen (1) 103.24 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
B2 | Robert Thornton (8, Q) 94.23 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
A1 | Michael van Gerwen (1) 97.33 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
A2 | Brendan Dolan (Q) 88.24 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
B1 | Gerwyn Price 89.38 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
A2 | Brendan Dolan (Q) 91.36 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
A1 | Michael van Gerwen (1) 111.17 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
C1 | Peter Wright (5) 102.13 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
C1 | Peter Wright (5) 99.69 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
D2 | Darryl Fitton (BDO) 92.14 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
C1 | Peter Wright (5) 103.37 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
D1 | Phil Taylor (4) 100.57 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
D1 | Phil Taylor (4) 98.04 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
C2 | Jeff Smith (BDO) 91.54 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
A1 | Michael van Gerwen (1) 98.74 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
G2 | James Wade (6) 90.73 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Gary Anderson (2) 101.12 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
F2 | Danny Noppert (BDO) 100.01 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Gary Anderson (2) 103.81 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
F1 | Raymond van Barneveld 98.24 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
F1 | Raymond van Barneveld 98.19 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | Glen Durrant (BDO) 95.50 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Gary Anderson (2) 98.36 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
G2 | James Wade (6) 91.93 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
G1 | Jamie Hughes (BDO) 90.38 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
H2 | Chris Dobey (Q) 94.01 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
H2 | Chris Dobey (Q) 92.00 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
G2 | James Wade (6) 92.18 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
H1 | Benito van de Pas 88.81 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
G2 | James Wade (6) 92.87 | 10 |
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