2017 Grand Slam of Darts

The 2017 Grand Slam of Darts, was the eleventh staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 11–19 November 2017 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.

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Tournament information
Dates11–19 November 2017
VenueWolverhampton Civic Hall
LocationWolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£450,000
Winner's share£110,000
High checkout170 England Rob Cross
170 Scotland Peter Wright
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
«2016 2018»

The tournament's defending champion was Michael van Gerwen, who won the tournament in 2016 by defeating James Wade 16–8 in the final. He retained his title for a 3rd consecutive year by beating Peter Wright 16–12 in this year's final.[1]

Prize money

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The prize fund for the Grand Slam was increased from £400,000 in 2016 to £450,000 in 2017, with the winner getting £110,000, as opposed to £100,000.[2]

Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £450,000)
Winner (1) £110,000
Runner-up (1) £55,000
Semi-finalists (2) £28,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £16,000
Last 16 (second round) (8) £10,000
Third in group (8) £5,000
Fourth in group (8) £3,000
Group winner bonus (8) £2,500

Qualifying

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PDC qualifying tournaments

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PDC Main Tournaments
Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
PDC World Darts Championship 2017 Winner   Michael van Gerwen[3]   Michael van Gerwen
  Phil Taylor
  Daryl Gurney
  Corey Cadby
  Peter Wright
  Mensur Suljović
  Raymond van Barneveld
  Gary Anderson
  James Wade
  Simon Whitlock
  Berry van Peer
  Gerwyn Price
  Rob Cross
  Dave Chisnall
  Mark Webster
Grand Slam of Darts 2016 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Premier League Darts 2017 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
World Matchplay 2017 Winner   Phil Taylor[4]
World Grand Prix 2017 Winner   Daryl Gurney
PDC World Youth Championship 2016 Winner   Corey Cadby[3]
Masters 2017 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
UK Open 2017 Winner   Peter Wright[3]
European Championship 2017 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship Finals 2016 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Champions League of Darts 2017 Winner   Mensur Suljović
World Series of Darts Finals 2017 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
PDC World Cup of Darts 2017 Winners   Michael van Gerwen
  Raymond van Barneveld[3]
PDC World Darts Championship 2017 Runner-Up   Gary Anderson[3]
Grand Slam of Darts 2016 Runner-Up   James Wade[3]
Premier League Darts 2017 Runner-Up   Peter Wright
World Matchplay 2017 Runner-Up   Peter Wright
World Grand Prix 2017 Runner-Up   Simon Whitlock
PDC World Youth Championship 2016 Runner-Up   Berry van Peer[3]
Masters 2017 Runner-Up   Gary Anderson
UK Open 2017 Runner-Up   Gerwyn Price[3]
European Championship 2017 Runner-Up   Rob Cross
Players Championship Finals 2016 Runner-Up   Dave Chisnall[3]
Champions League of Darts 2017 Runner-Up   Gary Anderson
World Series of Darts Finals 2017 Runner-Up   Gary Anderson
PDC World Cup of Darts 2017 Runners-Up   Gerwyn Price
  Mark Webster[3]
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.

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 2017 European Tour events, in which the winners shall be selected in Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.[3]

PDC European Tour
Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers
2017 European Tour
German Darts Championship Winner   Peter Wright   Michael Smith
German Darts Masters Winner   Michael van Gerwen
German Darts Open Winner   Peter Wright
European Darts Grand Prix Winner   Peter Wright
Gibraltar Darts Trophy Winner   Michael Smith[5]
European Darts Matchplay Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Austrian Darts Open Winner   Michael van Gerwen
European Darts Open Winner   Peter Wright
Dutch Darts Masters Winner   Michael van Gerwen
German Darts Grand Prix Winner   Michael van Gerwen
International Darts Open Winner   Peter Wright
European Darts Trophy Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

Had there still been less than sixteen qualified players after the winners of European Tour events were added, the winners of 2017 Players Championships events would have been added, followed by the winners of qualifying tournaments for the 2017 UK Open.[3] As there are already 16 qualified players after the first two qualification methods, no player will qualify via Players Championships and UK Open qualifying events. This resulted in Adrian Lewis missing the tournament for the first time.

PDC qualifying event

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A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts will be filled by qualifiers from a PDC qualifier that took place in Wigan on 6 November. These are the qualifiers:

BDO qualifying tournaments

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Tournament Year Position Player
BDO World Darts Championship 2017 Winner   Glen Durrant[3]
Runner-Up   Danny Noppert[3]
World Masters 2016 Winner   Glen Durrant
BDO World Trophy 2017 Winner   Peter Machin[3]

BDO ranking qualifiers

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The remaining five BDO representatives were the top five non-qualified players from the BDO Invitational Rankings at 30 September 2017.[3]

The five qualifiers were confirmed on 10 October 2017, and were:[6]

Pools

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

  Michael van Gerwen (1)
  Peter Wright (2)
  Gary Anderson (3)
  Daryl Gurney (4)
  Phil Taylor (5)
  Mensur Suljović (6)
  Dave Chisnall (7)
  Raymond van Barneveld (8)

  Michael Smith
  Simon Whitlock
  James Wade
  Alan Norris
  Gerwyn Price
  Stephen Bunting
  Rob Cross
  Darren Webster

  Mark Webster
  James Wilson
  Robbie Green
  Joe Murnan
  Jeffrey de Zwaan
  Berry van Peer
  Steve Lennon
  Corey Cadby

  Mark McGeeney
  Glen Durrant
  Jamie Hughes
  Scott Mitchell
  Ross Montgomery
  Cameron Menzies
  Danny Noppert
  Peter Machin

Draw

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Group stage

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All group matches are best of nine legs
After three games, the top two in each group qualify for the knock-out stage
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; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to knockout stage

Knockout stage

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Second round (best of 19 legs)
15–16 November
[7][8]
Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
17–18 November
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Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
19 November
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Final (best of 31 legs)
19 November
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A1   Michael van Gerwen (1) 104.98 10
B2   Steve Lennon (Q) 94.27 3
A1   Michael van Gerwen (1) 104.26 16
A2   Rob Cross 102.54 13
B1   Raymond van Barneveld (8) 98.30 7
A2   Rob Cross 103.87 10
A1   Michael van Gerwen (1) 106.87 16
C1   Phil Taylor (5) 98.09 8
C1   Phil Taylor (5) 101.04 10
D2   Darren Webster (Q) 88.21 4
C1   Phil Taylor (5) 103.97 16
D1   Daryl Gurney (4) 96.43 4
D1   Daryl Gurney (4) 94.62 10
C2   James Wade 90.02 2
A1   Michael van Gerwen (1) 102.18 16
E2   Peter Wright (2) 97.71 12
E1   Glen Durrant (BDO) 99.33 10
F2   Dave Chisnall (7) 96.01 8
E1   Glen Durrant (BDO) 92.58 10
E2   Peter Wright (2) 93.68 16
F1   Stephen Bunting (Q) 96.64 4
E2   Peter Wright (2) 103.69 10
E2   Peter Wright (2) 100.69 16
H1   Gary Anderson (3) 98.81 15
G1   Mensur Suljović (6) 105.84 10
H2   Berry van Peer 95.39 2
G1   Mensur Suljović (6) 94.56 12
H1   Gary Anderson (3) 101.79 16
H1   Gary Anderson (3) 106.91 10
G2   Michael Smith 98.18 6

References

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  1. ^ "Grand Slam of Darts: Michael van Gerwen wins his third title after beating Peter Wright and Phil Taylor on finals day".
  2. ^ "Record Prize Money On Offer In 2017". PDC. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Allen, Dave. "Machin Set For bwin Grand Slam Debut". PDC. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Sweet 16 For Taylor In BetVictor World Matchplay". PDC. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  5. ^ Banks, Jamie. "Four-Some Smith's Gibraltar Joy". PDC. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  6. ^ Allen, Dave (10 October 2017). "BDO Confirm Final Grand Slam Qualifiers". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Grand Slam of Darts Day Five". PDC. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Grand Slam of Darts Day Six". PDC. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Grand Slam of Darts Day Seven". PDC. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Grand Slam of Darts Day Eight". PDC. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Grand Slam of Darts Finals Day". PDC. Retrieved 19 November 2017.