2016_PDC_World_Darts_Championship

2016 PDC World Darts Championship

2016 PDC World Darts Championship

Darts tournament

The 2016 William Hill World Darts Championship was the 23rd World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event was held at the Alexandra Palace, London, between 17 December 2015 and 3 January 2016.

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Gary Anderson was the defending champion, having won his first world title in the 2015 final by beating 16-times champion Phil Taylor 7–6. He retained his title by beating Adrian Lewis 7–5.[1] He also threw a nine-dart finish in his semi-final against Jelle Klaasen to add a bonus £15,000 to his winnings, and hit two maximum checkouts of 170 in the progress.[2]

There were 654 maximums thrown during the event, beating the record of 625 from the previous year. 34 of these were produced in the final, which was the record for a professional match for 7 years when the 2023 World Darts Championship final produced 37.

Three-time world champion John Part was a notable absentee in this tournament, having failed to qualify for the first time since joining the PDC in 1997.

Format

The tournament featured 72 players. The top 32 players on the PDC Order of Merit on 30 November 2015 (after the Players Championship Finals) were seeded for the tournament. They were joined by the 16 highest non-qualified players from the Pro Tour Order of Merit, based on the events played on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour.

These 48 players were joined by two PDPA qualifiers (as determined at a PDPA Qualifying event held in Coventry on 30 November 2015), and 22 international players: the four highest names on the European Order of Merit not already qualified, and 18 further international qualifiers determined by the PDC and PDPA. Some of the international players, such as the four from the European Order of Merit, and the top American and Australian players entered straight into the first round, while others, having won qualifying events in their countries, were entered into the preliminary round.[3]

Thanawat Gaweenuntawong became the first player from Thailand to play at a World Darts Championship.[4]

Prize money

The 2016 World Championship featured a prize fund of at least £1,500,000 – an increase of £250,000 from the 2015 tournament.[5]

The prize money was allocated as follows:

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Qualifiers

Results

Preliminary round

The format in the preliminary round was extended from a best-of-seven legs to a best-of-three sets format. One match was played in the first eight sessions with the winners playing their first-round matches at the end of the session.

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Main draw

Finals

Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
1 January
[6] 		Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)
2 January
[7] 		Final (best of 13 sets)
3 January
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16 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 99.44 5
8 England Michael Smith 97.61 4
16 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 94.07 3
5 England Adrian Lewis 99.55 6
5 England Adrian Lewis 102.51 5
4 Scotland Peter Wright 103.10 2
5 England Adrian Lewis 100.23 5
2 Scotland Gary Anderson 99.26 7
2 Scotland Gary Anderson 105.25 5
7 England James Wade 88.05 1
2 Scotland Gary Anderson 107.32 6
19 Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 94.68 0
England Alan Norris 98.33 4
19 Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 99.35 5

Rounds 1-4

First round (best of 5 sets)
17–23 December
[9][10][11][12][13][14][15] 		Second round (best of 7 sets)
26–29 December
[16][17][18] 		Third round (best of 7 sets)
29–30 December
[19][20] 		Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
1 January
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1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 99.03 3
Germany René Eidams 90.48 2
1 Netherlands van Gerwen 109.23 4
England D. Webster 94.90 0
32 Scotland John Henderson 81.06 1
England Darren Webster 87.83 3
1 Netherlands van Gerwen 105.78 3
16 Netherlands van Barneveld 100.44 4
16 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 91.34 3
Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 79.77 0
16 Netherlands van Barneveld 94.63 4
17 England Bunting 98.18 3
17 England Stephen Bunting 86.72 3
Germany Jyhan Artut 81.08 0
16 Netherlands van Barneveld 99.44 5
8 England Smith 97.61 4
8 England Michael Smith 95.31 3
Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 96.20 2
8 England Smith 100.30 4
25 England Beaton 91.96 2
25 England Steve Beaton 95.87 3
New Zealand Koha Kokiri 93.22 0
8 England Smith 101.56 4
24 Netherlands van de Pas 83.14 0
9 England Ian White 92.43 1
Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 95.22 3
  Belgium Van den Bergh 92.51 2
24 Netherlands van de Pas 95.17 4
24 Netherlands Benito van de Pas 87.98 3
Germany Max Hopp 89.49 1
5 England Adrian Lewis 99.53 3
Netherlands Jan Dekker 89.68 0
5 England A. Lewis 103.52 4
28 England Gilding 82.70 0
28 England Andrew Gilding 90.91 3
Wales Gerwyn Price 83.86 0
5 England A. Lewis 98.70 4
21 Austria Suljović 93.93 0
12 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 92.66 2
England David Pallett 91.43 3
England Pallett 92.21 3
21 Austria Suljović 91.04 4
21 Austria Mensur Suljović 99.44 3
Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 87.10 1
5 England A. Lewis 102.51 5
4 Scotland Wright 103.10 2
4 Scotland Peter Wright 95.91 3
England Keegan Brown 83.61 0
4 Scotland Wright 99.09 4
Belgium R. Huybrechts 92.07 0
29 England Dean Winstanley 88.00 2
Belgium Ronny Huybrechts 91.14 3
4 Scotland Wright 103.69 4
13 England Chisnall 102.26 3
13 England Dave Chisnall 99.37 3
Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 89.37 0
13 England Chisnall 102.85 4
Netherlands Kist 95.92 1
20 England Justin Pipe 75.55 0
Netherlands Christian Kist 93.95 3
2 Scotland Gary Anderson 99.55 3
England Andy Boulton 85.30 0
2 Scotland G. Anderson 99.44 4
Northern Ireland Gurney 96.04 1
31 Wales Jamie Lewis 90.34 1
Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 94.12 3
2 Scotland G. Anderson 101.58 4
15 Netherlands van der Voort 95.13 0
15 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 95.70 3
Australia Laurence Ryder 81.37 0
15 Netherlands van der Voort 95.12 4
Australia K. Anderson 92.23 2
18 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 87.19 0
Australia Kyle Anderson 90.64 3
2 Scotland G. Anderson 105.25 5
7 England Wade 88.05 1
7 England James Wade 95.77 3
Greece John Michael 84.26 0
7 England Wade 92.84 4
26 England Newton 84.89 0
26 England Wes Newton 77.80 3
Spain Cristo Reyes 87.05 1
7 England Wade 93.89 4
23 England Caven 88.31 1
10 Australia Simon Whitlock 92.85 2
England Ricky Evans 93.48 3
  England Evans 82.95 0
23 England Caven 91.81 4
23 England Jamie Caven 96.55 3
New Zealand Rob Szabo 86.50 0
6 Scotland Robert Thornton 88.66 0
England Alan Norris 96.88 3
England Norris 94.80 4
  England Murnan 89.76 1
27 England Andy Hamilton 86.75 2
England Joe Murnan 86.88 3
England Norris 95.43 4
22 Wales M. Webster 96.06 1
11 England Terry Jenkins 89.56 3
United States Darin Young 83.49 1
11 England Jenkins 92.15 0
22 Wales M. Webster 93.37 4
22 Wales Mark Webster 89.58 3
Republic of Ireland Mick McGowan 85.88 0
England Norris 98.33 4
19 Netherlands Klaasen 99.35 5
3 England Phil Taylor 98.39 3
Japan Keita Ono 83.49 0
3 England Taylor 92.91 4
30 England Painter 92.19 1
30 England Kevin Painter 93.43 3
Finland Kim Viljanen 80.63 0
3 England Taylor 100.03 3
19 Netherlands Klaasen 102.52 4
14 England Mervyn King 97.84 3
Russia Aleksandr Oreshkin 86.14 2
14 England King 88.71 2
19 Netherlands Klaasen 93.56 4
19 Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 102.54 3
England Joe Cullen 93.86 0

Final

Final: Best of 13 sets.
Referee: England George Noble.
Alexandra Palace, London, England, 3 January 2016.
(5) Adrian Lewis England 5 – 7 Scotland Gary Anderson (2)
3 – 1, 0 – 3, 1 – 3, 3 – 2, 3 – 2, 1 – 3, 1 – 3, 0 – 3, 3 – 0, 0 – 3, 3 – 0, 1 – 3
100.23 Average (3 darts) 99.26
19 180 scores 15
131 Highest checkout 170
38% (19/50) Checkout summary 43% (26/60)

Statistics

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Representation from different countries

This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round.

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Broadcasting

The tournament was available in the following countries on these channels:[23]

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† Sky Sports F1 was renamed as Sky Sports Darts for the duration of the tournament.

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