The 2016
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Grand Slam of Darts, was the tenth staging of the tournament, organised by the
Professional Darts Corporation
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. The event took place from 12 to 20 November 2016 at the
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The tournament's defending champion was
Michael van Gerwen
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, who won the tournament in 2015 beating
Phil Taylor in the final 16–13, and he retained his title by defeating
James Wade
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16–8 in the final.
Prize money
Qualifying
PDC Qualifying Tournaments
At most sixteen players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification.
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.
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.
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Robert Thornton
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Dimitri Van den Bergh
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*
Ted Evetts
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Evetts plays for his local Super League team and also plays Men's County fo ...
*
Brendan Dolan
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*
Chris Dobey
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His first major TV appearance came in the 2015 UK Open where he lost 5–1 in the first round to Na ...
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Nathan Derry
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Derry won a two-year PDC Pro Tour card in January 2015 on the last day of the PDC's Q School. He ...
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Darren Webster
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BDO Qualifying Tournaments
BDO Ranking Qualifiers
The remaining four BDO representatives were the top four non-qualified players from the BDO Invitational Rankings on 30 September.
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Scott Mitchell
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Danny Noppert
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Jamie Hughes
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Martin Adams
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Pools
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
Group A
12 November
13 November
14 November
Group B
12 November
13 November
15 November
=Nine dart shootout
=
With 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.
Group C
12 November
13 November
15 November
Group D
12 November
13 November
14 November
Group E
12 November
13 November
14 November
Group F
12 November
13 November
15 November
Group G
12 November
13 November
15 November
Group H
12 November
13 November
14 November
Knockout stage
References
External links
PDC netzone Schedule, results
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Grand Slam of Darts
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