2017 PDC World Darts Championship

The 2017 William Hill World Darts Championship was the 24th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at Alexandra Palace in London from 15 December 2016 to 2 January 2017.

2017 William Hill World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates15 December 2016 –
2 January 2017
VenueAlexandra Palace
LocationLondon
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatSets
Final – best of 13
Prize fund£1,650,000
Winner's share£350,000
High checkout170 Michael van Gerwen
170 Simon Whitlock
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«2016 2018»

Phil Taylor made a 28th successive appearance at a World Championship (including the BDO version), equalling the record of John Lowe.

For the first time in the history of the World Darts Championship (PDC and BDO), no Englishman progressed to the semi-finals. It was also the first time since 2009 that the final was contested by the top 2 seeds.

Michael van Gerwen set a new record for the highest World Darts Championship 3-dart average (114.05) in his semi-final victory over Raymond van Barneveld, breaking a 15-year record that had been held by Phil Taylor since 2002 (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.[1][2]

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.[3]

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

Qualifiers

The draw was made on 28 November live on Sky Sports News. The preliminary round draw was made the previous night.[4]

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 Kevin Painter qualified through the Pro Tour.[10]

Prize money

The prize money was £1,650,000 in total. The winner's prize money was increased from £300,000 to £350,000.[11] 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.[12]

Position (num. of players) Prize Money
(Total: £1,650,000)
Winner (1) £350,000
Runner-up (1) £160,000
Semi-finalists (2) £80,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £38,000
Third round losers (8) £25,000
Second round losers (16) £17,000
First round losers (32) £10,000
Preliminary round losers (8) £4,500
Nine-dart finish (0) £25,000

Preliminary round

Best of three sets.

Av. Player Score Player Av.
86.63 Jerry Hendriks 2 – 0 Warren Parry 85.42
83.44 Tengku Shah 2 – 1 Masumi Chino 80.18
76.40 Ross Snook 0 – 2 Kim Viljanen 83.57
76.05 Kevin Simm 2 – 0 Gilbert Ulang 73.00
88.96 John Bowles 0 – 2 David Platt 86.92
68.04 Sun Qiang 0 – 2 Corey Cadby 102.48
76.51 Boris Koltsov 1 – 2 Dragutin Horvat 75.58
90.35 Zoran Lerchbacher 2 – 1 Simon Stevenson 85.44

Main draw
First round (best of 5 sets)
15–22 December
[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] 		Second round (best of 7 sets)
23–28 December
[21][22][23] 		Third round (best of 7 sets)
28–29 December
[23][24] 		Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
30 December
[25] 		Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)
1 January
[26] 		Final (best of 13 sets)
2 January
[27]
                  
1 Michael van Gerwen 103.34 3
Kim Viljanen 81.50 0
1 van Gerwen 105.24 4
32 Reyes 106.07 2
32 Cristo Reyes 95.54 3
Dimitri Van den Bergh 99.11 2
1 van Gerwen 104.44 4
D. Webster 99.20 1
16 Stephen Bunting 91.02 2
Darren Webster 94.46 3
D. Webster 104.64 4
17 Whitlock 99.50 0
17 Simon Whitlock 98.70 3
Dragutin Horvat 88.18 0
1 van Gerwen 103.08 5
24 Gurney 98.52 1
8 Mensur Suljović 88.51 3
Ron Meulenkamp 88.56 0
8 Suljović 91.23 3
25 M. Webster 92.79 4
25 Mark Webster 87.78 3
Joe Murnan 88.84 0
25 M. Webster 89.10 3
24 Gurney 92.33 4
9 Robert Thornton 88.55 3
Zoran Lerchbacher 81.80 0
9 Thornton 90.74 3
24 Gurney 95.35 4
24 Daryl Gurney 96.85 3
Jermaine Wattimena 91.90 1
1 van Gerwen 114.05 6
12 van Barneveld 109.34 2
5 Adrian Lewis 93.25 3
Magnus Caris 80.64 0
5 A. Lewis 102.65 4
28 Cullen 82.74 0
28 Joe Cullen 100.88 3
Corey Cadby 98.62 1
5 A. Lewis 98.05 3
12 van Barneveld 95.00 4
12 Raymond van Barneveld 98.84 3
Robbie Green 90.08 0
12 van Barneveld 103.59 4
21 Norris 97.03 0
21 Alan Norris 91.61 3
John Michael 86.05 2
12 van Barneveld 96.31 5
4 Taylor 95.65 3
4 Phil Taylor 101.68 3
David Platt 86.94 0
4 Taylor 92.73 4
Painter 90.52 0
29 Jamie Caven 81.51 1
Kevin Painter 85.13 3
4 Taylor 101.37 4
13 K. Huybrechts 93.86 2
13 Kim Huybrechts 98.66 3
James Wilson 94.69 0
13 K. Huybrechts 92.76 4
Hopp 87.57 0
20 Vincent van der Voort 88.79 1
Max Hopp 94.59 3
1 van Gerwen 107.79 7
2 Anderson 104.93 3
2 Gary Anderson 96.16 3
Mark Frost 73.74 0
2 Anderson 102.58 4
Gilding 86.21 0
31 John Henderson 88.19 2
Andrew Gilding 90.94 3
2 Anderson 107.68 4
15 van de Pas 102.30 2
15 Benito van de Pas 91.18 3
Tengku Shah 87.86 1
15 van de Pas 95.79 4
18 Jenkins 94.70 3
18 Terry Jenkins 93.66 3
Josh Payne 88.94 1
2 Anderson 105.90 5
7 Chisnall 104.63 3
7 Dave Chisnall 98.72 3
Rowby-John Rodriguez 94.90 2
7 Chisnall 92.88 4
Dobey 90.71 2
26 Justin Pipe 85.94 1
Chris Dobey 90.70 3
7 Chisnall 93.88 4
10 Klaasen 88.36 2
10 Jelle Klaasen 96.02 3
Jeffrey de Graaf 89.79 1
10 Klaasen 93.32 4
23 Dolan 93.34 0
23 Brendan Dolan 95.12 3
Christian Kist 88.67 1
2 Anderson 103.45 6
3 Wright 99.83 3
6 James Wade 93.83 3
Ronny Huybrechts 87.72 0
6 Wade 99.39 4
27 Beaton 97.74 1
27 Steve Beaton 88.55 3
Devon Petersen 79.29 1
6 Wade 94.01 4
11 Smith 94.52 3
11 Michael Smith 96.78 3
Ricky Evans 93.20 2
11 Smith 93.83 4
22 King 94.24 3
22 Mervyn King 86.85 3
Steve West 86.66 2
6 Wade 99.13 3
3 Wright 104.79 5
3 Peter Wright 101.06 3
Jerry Hendriks 86.55 0
3 Wright 103.53 4
30 J. Lewis 91.35 0
30 Jamie Lewis 91.08 3
Mick McGowan 87.01 2
3 Wright 103.05 4
14 White 96.17 1
14 Ian White 87.20 3
Kevin Simm 82.16 0
14 White 92.60 4
Clayton 86.38 1
19 Gerwyn Price 86.89 1
Jonny Clayton 89.88 3

Final
Final: Best of 13 sets.
Referees: George Noble (first half) and Paul Hinks (second half).
Alexandra Palace, London, England, 2 January 2017.
(1) Michael van Gerwen 7 – 3 Gary Anderson (2)
3 – 2, 2 – 3, 2 – 3, 3 – 2, 3 – 0, 3 – 1, 3 – 0, 3 – 1, 2 – 3, 3 – 2
107.79 Average (3 darts) 104.93
20 180 scores 22
125 Highest checkout 81
44.26% (27/61) Checkout summary 37.78% (17/45)

Statistics
Player Eliminated Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won[28] Legs Lost[28] Leg Breaks[28] 100+[28] 140+[28] 170+[28] 180s[28] High Checkout[29] Checkout Av.%[29] Average[29]
Michael van Gerwen Winner 6 29 9 100 58 33 196 101 18 66 170 42.74 106.32
Gary Anderson Runner-up 6 25 15 93 76 34 203 143 6 71 157 40.97 103.45
Raymond van Barneveld Semi Finals 5 18 12 67 52 23 144 84 14 33 167 42.95 100.62
Peter Wright Semi Finals 5 19 10 68 46 25 179 107 2 26 144 46.26 102.45
Daryl Gurney Quarter Finals 4 12 12 51 45 18 125 63 3 23 161 34.23 95.76
Phil Taylor Quarter Finals 4 14 7 52 35 22 124 57 2 19 167 39.39 97.92
Dave Chisnall Quarter Finals 4 14 11 59 47 21 119 62 3 48 130 39.86 97.53
James Wade Quarter Finals 4 14 9 51 43 18 148 76 24 155 49.04 96.59
Darren Webster Third Round 3 8 6 35 31 13 83 54 1 24 157 41.18 99.43
Mark Webster Third Round 3 10 7 39 32 15 81 48 1 13 129 31.71 89.89
Adrian Lewis Third Round 3 10 4 34 23 12 74 39 3 16 161 44.74 97.98
Kim Huybrechts Third Round 3 9 4 32 23 13 67 33 2 17 138 47.06 95.09
Benito van de Pas Third Round 3 9 8 38 36 16 84 30 4 18 143 45.78 96.42
Jelle Klaasen Third Round 3 9 5 32 31 8 57 34 2 19 140 50.79 92.57
Michael Smith Third Round 3 10 9 42 38 18 95 46 3 27 143 32.31 95.04
Ian White Third Round 3 8 5 28 26 11 67 28 16 130 50.91 91.99
Cristo Reyes Second Round 2 5 6 23 24 5 53 31 2 9 130 60.53 100.81
Simon Whitlock Second Round 2 3 4 15 13 3 30 15 1 9 170 38.46 99.10
Mensur Suljović Second Round 2 6 4 21 21 9 69 21 2 10 120 27.63 89.87
Robert Thornton Second Round 2 6 4 19 21 9 41 31 9 124 27.54 89.65
Joe Cullen Second Round 2 3 5 14 20 5 31 19 1 8 117 37.84 91.81
Alan Norris Second Round 2 3 6 13 23 5 35 28 3 6 64 26.53 94.32
Kevin Painter Second Round 2 3 5 14 18 4 39 16 7 124 31.11 87.83
Max Hopp Second Round 2 3 5 15 17 5 52 23 7 102 41.67 91.08
Andrew Gilding Second Round 2 3 6 19 25 4 47 25 2 9 143 44.19 88.58
Terry Jenkins Second Round 2 6 5 27 21 11 68 38 1 11 140 39.13 94.18
Chris Dobey Second Round 2 5 5 21 21 11 53 24 8 112 42.86 90.71
Brendan Dolan Second Round 2 3 5 16 16 6 52 15 1 6 142 51.61 94.23
Steve Beaton Second Round 2 4 5 16 19 5 47 19 1 8 124 35.56 93.15
Mervyn King Second Round 2 6 6 30 31 12 86 31 3 8 148 36.14 90.55
Jamie Lewis Second Round 2 3 6 13 19 4 33 17 9 110 43.33 91.22
Jonny Clayton Second Round 2 4 5 19 20 7 56 25 1 5 120 30.65 88.13
Kim Viljanen First Round 2 2 3 7 11 3 16 12 3 120 41.18 82.54
Dimitri Van den Bergh First Round 1 2 3 10 12 1 15 17 1 9 98 40.00 99.11
Stephen Bunting First Round 1 2 3 11 15 5 31 17 1 6 118 37.93 91.02
Dragutin Horvat First Round 2 2 4 8 15 2 35 11 3 101 20.51 81.88
Ron Meulenkamp First Round 1 3 4 9 2 16 5 3 116 33.33 88.56
Joe Murnan First Round 1 3 4 9 1 14 5 3 70 36.36 88.84
Zoran Lerchbacher First Round 2 2 4 12 14 6 34 22 1 3 75 27.91 86.08
Jermaine Wattimena First Round 1 1 3 5 10 1 24 7 2 90 29.41 91.90
Magnus Caris First Round 1 3 4 9 15 5 1 60 28.57 80.64
Corey Cadby First Round 2 3 3 14 10 7 32 16 6 152 60.87 100.55
Robbie Green First Round 1 3 2 9 14 4 1 86 28.57 90.08
John Michael First Round 1 2 3 11 11 4 29 10 4 141 57.89 86.05
David Platt First Round 2 2 3 8 13 1 31 5 2 2 156 38.10 86.93
Jamie Caven First Round 1 1 3 6 10 2 17 9 60 27.27 81.51
James Wilson First Round 1 3 3 9 15 12 1 40 25.00 94.69
Vincent van der Voort First Round 1 1 3 5 10 2 19 8 1 2 90 20.00 88.79
Mark Frost First Round 1 3 2 9 10 6 73 25.00 73.74
John Henderson First Round 1 2 3 13 15 3 27 25 3 121 50.00 88.19
Tengku Shah First Round 2 3 4 13 16 8 36 15 6 101 29.55 85.65
Josh Payne First Round 1 1 3 6 11 2 18 9 7 75 37.50 88.94
Rowby-John Rodriguez First Round 1 2 3 8 12 4 17 12 7 85 34.78 94.90
Justin Pipe First Round 1 1 3 7 11 4 14 10 7 78 20.59 85.94
Jeffrey de Graaf First Round 1 1 3 8 9 3 27 5 2 127 38.10 89.79
Christian Kist First Round 1 1 3 4 9 2 20 5 1 1 105 33.33 88.67
Ronny Huybrechts First Round 1 3 4 9 2 18 6 1 69 50.00 87.72
Devon Petersen First Round 1 1 3 5 9 2 15 8 2 100 33.33 79.29
Ricky Evans First Round 1 2 3 8 12 3 24 15 3 120 34.78 93.20
Steve West First Round 1 2 3 13 14 5 32 8 8 109 37.14 86.66
Jerry Hendriks First Round 2 2 3 8 13 2 23 12 1 4 156 40.00 86.59
Mick McGowan First Round 1 2 3 7 12 2 23 8 1 3 95 36.84 87.01
Kevin Simm First Round 2 2 3 11 13 4 36 9 5 100 26.19 79.11
Gerwyn Price First Round 1 1 3 7 11 3 23 12 4 53 26.92 86.89
Warren Parry Prelim. Round 1 2 4 6 1 15 8 1 102 33.33 85.42
Masumi Chino Prelim. Round 1 1 2 5 7 3 22 7 117 26.32 80.18
Ross Snook Prelim. Round 1 2 2 6 1 8 3 2 38 25.00 76.40
Gilbert Ulang Prelim. Round 1 2 4 6 1 8 3 2 56 28.57 73.00
John Bowles Prelim. Round 1 2 4 6 13 8 1 110 28.57 88.96
Sun Qiang Prelim. Round 1 2 6 8 1 0 0/0 68.04
Boris Koltsov Prelim. Round 1 1 2 6 7 2 16 3 1 97 40.00 76.51
Simon Stevenson Prelim. Round 1 1 2 5 8 3 13 11 2 76 29.41 85.44

Top averages

This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament.

# Player Round Score
1Michael van GerwenSF114.05 *
2Raymond van BarneveldSF109.34 **
3Michael van GerwenF107.79
4Gary Anderson3107.68
5Cristo Reyes2106.07
6Gary AndersonQF105.90
7Michael van Gerwen2105.24
8Gary AndersonF104.93 ***
9Peter WrightQF104.79
10Darren Webster2104.64

* 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.


ENG
NED
SCO
WAL
BEL
AUS
AUT
NIR
GER
SPA
RSA
IRL
SWE
GRE
FIN
MAL
CAN
CHN
JPN
NZL
PHI
RUS		 Total
Final –11–––––––––––––––––––2
Semis –22–––––––––––––––––––4
Quarters 322––––1––––––––––––––8
Round 3 74211––1––––––––––––––16
Round 2 15433111211––––––––––––32
Round 1 261044333221111111––––––64
Prelim. 31–––21–1–––––1111111116
Total 28104433322111111111111172

Media coverage

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

Country Channel
United Kingdom
Ireland		Sky Sports Darts †
NetherlandsRTL7
RTL7 Darts Radio[30]
GermanySport 1 and DAZN
DenmarkTV3 Sport1/TV3 Sport2
NorwayViasport 3
Baltic StatesViasat Sport
Australia

Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
Malta
Israel
Italy

 Fox Sports
New ZealandSky Sport (New Zealand)
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Bulgaria		Nova Sport
HungarySport1 or Sport2
United States
Brazil		ESPN 3/WatchESPN
BelgiumEleven Sport Network
MENAOSN Sports
Sub-Saharan AfricaKwesé Sports 1 or 2
ChinaCCTV5+

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

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