2016 Grand Slam of Darts

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Dates12–20 November 2016
Country England
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 Canada Jeff Smith
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Netherlands 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]
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

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PDC Qualifying Tournaments

PDC Main Tournaments
Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
PDC World Darts Championship 2016 Winner Scotland Gary Anderson Scotland Gary Anderson
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Germany Max Hopp
England Adrian Lewis
England Phil Taylor
Scotland Peter Wright
England Dave Chisnall
Austria Mensur Suljović
England Nathan Aspinall
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Grand Slam of Darts 2015 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Premier League Darts 2016 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
World Matchplay 2016 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
World Grand Prix 2016 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
PDC World Youth Championship 2015 Winner Germany Max Hopp
Masters 2016 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
UK Open 2016 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
European Championship 2016 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship Finals 2015 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
World Series of Darts Finals 2016 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Champions League of Darts 2016 Winner England Phil Taylor
PDC World Cup of Darts 2016 Winners England Phil Taylor
England Adrian Lewis
PDC World Darts Championship 2016 Runner-Up England Adrian Lewis
Grand Slam of Darts 2015 Runner-Up England Phil Taylor
Premier League Darts 2016 Runner-Up England Phil Taylor
World Matchplay 2016 Runner-Up England Phil Taylor
World Grand Prix 2016 Runner-Up Scotland Gary Anderson
PDC World Youth Championship 2015 Runner-Up England Nathan Aspinall
Masters 2016 Runner-Up England Dave Chisnall
UK Open 2016 Runner-Up Scotland Peter Wright
European Championship 2016 Runner-Up Austria Mensur Suljović
Players Championship Finals 2015 Runner-Up England Adrian Lewis
World Series of Darts Finals 2016 Runner-Up Scotland Peter Wright
Champions League of Darts 2016 Runner-Up Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
PDC World Cup of Darts 2016 Runners-Up Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Netherlands 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 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen England James Wade
England Alan Norris
German Darts Masters Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Gibraltar Darts Trophy Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
European Darts Matchplay Winner England James Wade
Austrian Darts Open Winner England Phil Taylor
European Darts Open Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
International Darts Open Winner Austria Mensur Suljović
European Darts Trophy Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
European Darts Grand Prix Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
German Darts Championship Winner England 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 Scotland Peter Wright Netherlands Benito van de Pas
England Ian White
Wales Gerwyn Price
Australia Simon Whitlock
Players Championship 2 Winner England Stephen Bunting
Players Championship 3 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 4 Winner Netherlands Benito van de Pas
Players Championship 5 Winner England Ian White
Players Championship 6 Winner England Josh Payne
Players Championship 7 Winner Wales Gerwyn Price
Players Championship 8 Winner Wales Gerwyn Price
Players Championship 9 Winner Netherlands Benito van de Pas
Players Championship 10 Winner England Dave Chisnall
Players Championship 11 Winner England Ian White
Players Championship 12 Winner Scotland Gary Anderson
Players Championship 13 Winner England Ian White
Players Championship 14 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 15 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 16 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 17 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 18 Winner Australia Simon Whitlock
Players Championship 19 Winner Australia Simon Whitlock
Players Championship 20 Winner Netherlands 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 England Scott Waites
Runner-Up Canada Jeff Smith
World Masters 2015 Winner England Glen Durrant
BDO World Trophy 2016 Winner England 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

Draw

References

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