2016 Grand Slam of Darts

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]

2016 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates12–20 November 2016
VenueWolverhampton Civic Hall
LocationWolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£400,000
Winner's share£100,000
High checkout170 Jeff Smith
170 Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«2015 2017»

The tournament's defending champion was Michael van Gerwen, who won the tournament in 2015 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
Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
PDC World Darts Championship 2016 Winner Gary Anderson Gary Anderson
Michael van Gerwen
Max Hopp
Adrian Lewis
Phil Taylor
Peter Wright
Dave Chisnall
Mensur Suljović
Nathan Aspinall
Raymond van Barneveld
Grand Slam of Darts 2015 Winner Michael van Gerwen
Premier League Darts 2016 Winner Michael van Gerwen
World Matchplay 2016 Winner Michael van Gerwen
World Grand Prix 2016 Winner Michael van Gerwen
PDC World Youth Championship 2015 Winner Max Hopp
Masters 2016 Winner Michael van Gerwen
UK Open 2016 Winner Michael van Gerwen
European Championship 2016 Winner Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship Finals 2015 Winner Michael van Gerwen
World Series of Darts Finals 2016 Winner Michael van Gerwen
Champions League of Darts 2016 Winner Phil Taylor
PDC World Cup of Darts 2016 Winners Phil Taylor
Adrian Lewis
PDC World Darts Championship 2016 Runner-Up Adrian Lewis
Grand Slam of Darts 2015 Runner-Up Phil Taylor
Premier League Darts 2016 Runner-Up Phil Taylor
World Matchplay 2016 Runner-Up Phil Taylor
World Grand Prix 2016 Runner-Up Gary Anderson
PDC World Youth Championship 2015 Runner-Up Nathan Aspinall
Masters 2016 Runner-Up Dave Chisnall
UK Open 2016 Runner-Up Peter Wright
European Championship 2016 Runner-Up Mensur Suljović
Players Championship Finals 2015 Runner-Up Adrian Lewis
World Series of Darts Finals 2016 Runner-Up Peter Wright
Champions League of Darts 2016 Runner-Up Michael van Gerwen
PDC World Cup of Darts 2016 Runners-Up Michael van Gerwen
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 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
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.

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

Tournament Year Position Player
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

BDO Ranking Qualifiers

The remaining four BDO representatives were the top four non-qualified players from the BDO Invitational Rankings on 30 September.

  1. Scott Mitchell
  2. Danny Noppert
  3. Jamie Hughes
  4. Martin Adams

Pools

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
(PDC Seeded Players) (PDC Qualifiers) (BDO Qualifiers)

Michael van Gerwen (1)
Gary Anderson (2)
Adrian Lewis (3)
Phil Taylor (4)
Peter Wright (5)
James Wade (6)
Mensur Suljović (7)
Robert Thornton (8)

Dave Chisnall
Ian White
Raymond van Barneveld
Benito van de Pas
Simon Whitlock
Gerwyn Price
Alan Norris
Brendan Dolan

James Wilson
Max Hopp
Darren Webster
Chris Dobey
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Nathan Aspinall
Nathan Derry
Ted Evetts

Glen Durrant
Scott Mitchell
Danny Noppert
Jamie Hughes
Martin Adams
Scott Waites
Darryl Fitton
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 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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