2016 Grand Slam of Darts

Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	12–20 November 2016
Venue	Civic Hall
Location	Wolverhampton
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£400,000
Winners share	£100,000
«2015 2017»

The 2016 Grand Slam of Darts, also known as the Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts for sponsorship purposes, will be the tenth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event takes place from 12–20 November 2016 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall.^[1]

The tournament's defending champion is Michael van Gerwen, who won the tournament in 2015 beating Phil Taylor in the final 16-13.^[2]

Prize Money

Position (num. of players)		Prize money[3][4]
Winner	(1)	£100,000
Runner-up	(1)	£50,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£25,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£15,000
Last 16	(8)	£7,500
Third in group	(8)	£5,000
Fourth in group	(8)	£2,500
Group winner bonus	(8)	£2,500

Qualifying

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Qualifying Tournaments

PDC Main Tournaments

Players in italics had already qualified for the event. At most 16 players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification.

Tournament	Year	Position	Player
PDC World Darts Championship	2016	Winner	Gary Anderson
Grand Slam of Darts	2015	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
Premier League Darts	2016	Winner
World Matchplay	2016	Winner
World Grand Prix	2016	Winner
Players Championship Finals	2015	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
UK Open	2016	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
European Championship	2016	Winner
Masters	2016	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
PDC World Youth Championship	2015	Winner	Max Hopp
World Series of Darts	2016	Ranking List Leader
PDC World Cup of Darts	2016	Winners
PDC World Darts Championship	2016	Runner-up	Adrian Lewis
Grand Slam of Darts	2015	Runner-up	Phil Taylor
Premier League Darts	2016	Runner-up
World Matchplay	2016	Runner-up
World Grand Prix	2016	Runner-up
Players Championship Finals	2015	Runner-up	Adrian Lewis
UK Open	2016	Runner-up	Wright, PeterPeter Wright
European Championship	2016	Runner-up
Masters	2016	Runner-up	Dave Chisnall
PDC World Youth Championship	2015	Runner-up	Nathan Aspinall
World Series of Darts	2016	Ranking List Runner-up
PDC World Cup of Darts	2016	Runners-up

Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

PDC Main Tournaments Qualifiers

Gary Anderson
Michael van Gerwen
Max Hopp
Adrian Lewis
Phil Taylor
Peter Wright
Dave Chisnall

PDC European Tour

In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than 16 players, the field of 16 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.

No.	Tournament	Position	Player
1	Dutch Darts Masters	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
2	German Darts Masters	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
3	Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Winner
4	European Darts Matchplay	Winner
5	Austrian Darts Open	Winner
6	European Darts Open	Winner
7	International Darts Open	Winner
8	European Darts Trophy	Winner
9	European Darts Grand Prix	Winner
10	German Darts Championship	Winner

PDC Players Championships

In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments and the European Tour produced fewer than 16 players, the field of 16 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.

Tournament	Event Number	Position	Player
2016 Players Championships	Players Championship 1	Winner	Peter Wright
	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
	Players Championship 9	Winner
	Players Championship 10	Winner
	Players Championship 11	Winner
	Players Championship 12	Winner
	Players Championship 13	Winner
	Players Championship 14	Winner
	Players Championship 15	Winner
	Players Championship 16	Winner
	Players Championship 17	Winner
	Players Championship 18	Winner
	Players Championship 19	Winner
	Players Championship 20	Winner

Note: Players in italic had already qualified for the tournament.

PDC Qualifier

A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts are filled by qualifiers from a PDC qualifier in Barnsley on October 21, 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

BDO Qualifiers

A further four places in the Grand Slam of Darts are filled by qualifiers from two BDO qualifiers. That are expected to take place in October 2016.

UK Qualifiers

European Qualifiers

Qualified Players

Professional Darts Corporation Gary Anderson Michael van Gerwen Max Hopp Adrian Lewis Phil Taylor Peter Wright Dave Chisnall

British Darts Organisation Scott Waites Jeff Smith Glen Durrant

Pools

Pool A (Seeded Players)	Pool B (PDC Automatic Qualifiers)	Pool C (PDC Qualifiers)	Pool D (BDO Qualifiers)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

Draw

Group stage

All matches first-to-5/best of 9 legs

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; Q = Qualified for K.O. phase

Group A Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/– Pts 1 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 November 12 - - November 13 - - November 15 - -

Group B Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts 1 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 November 12 - - November 13 - - November 15 - -

Group C Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts 1 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 November 12 - - November 13 - - November 15 - -

Group D Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts 1 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 November 12 - - November 13 - - November 15 - -

Group E Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/– Pts 1 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 November 12 - - November 13 - - November 14 - -

Group F Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts 1 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 November 12 - - November 13 - - November 14 - -

Group G Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/– Pts 1 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 November 12 - - November 13 - - November 14 - -

Group H Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/– Pts Status 1 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 November 12 - - November 13 - - November 14 - -

Knockout stage

	Second round (best of 19 legs) 16–17 November					Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 18–19 November					Semi-finals (best of 31 legs) 20 November					Final (best of 31 legs) 20 November
	1
	8
	5
	4
	2
	7
	6
	3

References

1. "Tournament Calendar 2016". PDC. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
2. "Michael van Gerwen beats Phil Taylor 16-13 to win the Grand Slam of Darts". SKY Sports. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
3. "2015 Grand Slam Of Darts Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
4. "No Boost in 2016 Grand Slam Of Darts Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
5. "2015 Grand Slam Of Darts Qualification Criteria". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

External links

• PDC netzone, Schedule, results