The 2017 William Hill World Darts Championship was the 24th

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organised by the

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since it separated from the

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. The event took place at

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from 15 December 2016 to 2 January 2017. Phil Taylor made a 28th successive appearance at a World Championship (including the BDO version), equalling the record of

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. For the first time in the history of the

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(PDC and BDO), no Englishman progressed to the semi-finals. It was also the first time since

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that the final was contested by the top 2 seeds.

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set a new record for the highest

3-dart average (114.05) in his semi-final victory over

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, breaking a 15-year record that had been held by Phil Taylor since

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(111.21); Van Barneveld himself set a new record for the highest losing 3-dart average (109.34) in the same tie, just 5 days after Cristo Reyes had broken the record in his second round match (106.07), also against Van Gerwen. Van Gerwen won his second World Championship title by defeating two-times defending champion Gary Anderson 7–3 in the final.

Format

The field consisted of 72 players, including 16 in a Preliminary round. Therefore, 64 players were entered into Round 1. The schedule was announced on 15 July 2016. The 72 players consist of: *Top 32 players in the PDC Main Order of Merit *Top 16 Pro Tour Order of Merit players *Top 4 European players from the Pro Tour Order of Merit *16 International qualifiers *4 PDPA qualifiers

Prize money

The prize money was £1,650,000 in total. The winner's prize money was increased from £300,000 to £350,000. Prize money for a nine-dart finish was originally set at £5,000, but the PDC increased it to £25,000 due to 'the stature of the tournament', though none were thrown.

Qualifiers

The draw was made on 28 November live on

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. The preliminary round draw was made the previous night. Order of Merit Pro Tour # James Wilson # Steve West # Chris Dobey # Robbie Green #

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Jermaine Wattimena Jermaine Wattimena (born 9 March 1988) is a Dutch darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments. Career Wattimena won the first event he entered as he claimed the 2008 Malta Open by beating Vincent Busuttil in th ...

Ronny Huybrechts Ronny Huybrechts (born 20 July 1965) is a former Belgian professional darts player. Career Ronny and his brother Kim Huybrechts became the first brothers to play in the World Cup of Darts in February 2013 and advanced from Group H courtesy of a ...

# Joe Murnan #

Darren Webster Darren Michael Webster (born 10 June 1968) is an English darts player nicknamed Demolition Man. Career Webster won the 2005 Open Oust Nederland, beating Co Stompé in the final. Originally nicknamed The Sniper, Webster reached the quarter-fina ...

Devon Petersen Devon Petersen (born 4 June 1986) is a South African professional darts player and a pundit for Sky Sports. He has qualified for the PDC World Championship on seven occasions with his best result coming in 2014, 2019 and 2021 when he reached th ...

# #

Christian Kist Christian Kist (born 21 April 1986) is a Dutch professional darts player. In 2012, he won the BDO World Darts Championship, defeating Tony O'Shea in the final. Since 2014, he has competed in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Career BDO K ...

Jonny Clayton Jonny Clayton (born 4 October 1974) is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed The Ferret, he was half of the Welsh team that won the 2020 PDC World Cup of Darts before winning his ...

# Ricky Evans #

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Kevin Painter Kevin Painter (born 12 July 1967) is an English retired darts player, known as "The Artist". He is arguably most famous for finishing as the runner-up to Phil Taylor in the 2004 PDC World Championship final, now widely credited as one of the ...

European Pro Tour # Jeffrey de Graaf # Max Hopp # # Ron Meulenkamp PDPA Qualifier
''First round Qualifier'' *

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''Preliminary round Qualifiers'' *

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* Simon Stevenson * John Bowles International Qualifiers
''First round Qualifiers'' *

Magnus Caris Magnus Caris (born 15 November 1968) is a Swedish former professional darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. BDO career Caris made seven BDO World Darts Championship appea ...

* Mick McGowan * John Michael ''Preliminary round Qualifiers'' *

Corey Cadby Corey Patrick Cadby (born 18 March 1995) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the 2016 World Youth champion. Career A native of Tasmania, Cadby began competing in Darts P ...

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Jerry Hendriks Jerry Hendriks (born 25 October 1988) is a Dutch darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career BDO Hendriks won the 2003 WDF World Youth Cup. During his time in the BDO he was a losing semi-finalist in the Fr ...

Dragutin Horvat Dragutin Horvat (born 8 January 1976) is a German professional darts player of Croatian origin. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Horvat reached the quarter-finals of the 2016 International Darts Open, de ...

Boris Koltsov Boris Koltsov (russian: Борис Сергеевич Кольцов; born 10 September 1988) is a Russian darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Career BDO In September 2014, Koltsov reached the semi-fina ...

* *

Warren Parry Warren "Wazza" Parry (born 9 January 1964) is a New Zealand professional darts player who played in the World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Parry is widely considered the greatest New Zealand player of all time. Career Parry reached the final o ...

* David Platt * Tengku Shah *

Ross Snook Ross Snook (born 21 May 1971) is a Canadian professional darts player who is currently playing in World Darts Federation events. Career He won the Bob Jones Memorial in 2012 and 2013, and then made his big breakthrough in 2016, when he won the ...

Sun Qiang Sun Qiang (born 9 March 1970) is a former Chinese professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation events. Career Sun qualified for the 2016 PDC World Darts Championship after winning the Greater China Qualifier. He play ...

Gilbert Ulang Gilbert Ulang (born July 23, 1979) is a Filipino former darts player. Career Ulang represented the Philippines alongside Lourence Ilagan at the 2015 PDC World Cup of Darts, during which they lost in the first round to Belgium's Kim & Ronny Hu ...

* Kim Viljanen :1 Kyle Anderson, who would have been the 28th seed, withdrew from the tournament after being unable to secure a British visa. As a result, Cristo Reyes moved into the top 32 seeds, and 2004 runner-up

qualified through the Pro Tour.

Preliminary round

Best of three sets.

Main draw

Final

Statistics

Top averages

This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament. * The highest average in the history of the PDC World Championship. ** The highest losing average in the history of the PDC World Championship. *** The highest losing average in the final of a PDC World Championship.

Representation from different countries

This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round. Twenty-two countries were represented in the World Championship, one less than in the previous championship.

Media coverage

The tournament was available in the following countries on these channels: †

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was renamed as Sky Sports Darts for the duration of the tournament.

References

External links

Official sitePDC netzone
- Schedule and results,
Live.dartsdata.com
- Live Scores, results and match statistics. {{DEFAULTSORT:PDC World Darts Championship 2017

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