2017 Grand Slam of Darts

Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates 11–19 November 2017
Venue Civic Hall
Location Wolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Prize fund £450,000
Winners share £110,000
«2016 2018»

The 2017 Grand Slam of Darts, also known as the bwin Grand Slam of Darts for sponsorship purposes, will be the eleventh staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event will take place from 11–19 November 2017 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall.

The tournament's defending champion is Michael van Gerwen, who won the tournament in 2016 by defeating James Wade 16–8 in the final.

Prize Money

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.

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

Qualifying

PDC Qualifying Tournaments

PDC Main Tournaments
Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
PDC World Darts Championship 2017 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
England Phil Taylor
Australia Corey Cadby
Scotland Peter Wright
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Scotland Gary Anderson
England James Wade
Netherlands Berry van Peer
Wales Gerwyn Price
England Dave Chisnall
Wales Mark Webster
Grand Slam of Darts 2016 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Premier League Darts 2017 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
World Matchplay 2017 Winner England Phil Taylor
World Grand Prix 2017 Winner
PDC World Youth Championship 2016 Winner Australia Corey Cadby
Masters 2017 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
UK Open 2017 Winner Scotland Peter Wright
European Championship 2017 Winner
Players Championship Finals 2016 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Champions League of Darts 2017 Winner
World Series of Darts Finals 2017 Winner
PDC World Cup of Darts 2017 Winners Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
PDC World Darts Championship 2017 Runner-up Scotland Gary Anderson
Grand Slam of Darts 2016 Runner-up England James Wade
Premier League Darts 2017 Runner-up Scotland Peter Wright
World Matchplay 2017 Runner-up Scotland Peter Wright
World Grand Prix 2017 Runner-up
PDC World Youth Championship 2016 Runner-up Netherlands Berry van Peer
Masters 2017 Runner-up Scotland Gary Anderson
UK Open 2017 Runner-up Wales Gerwyn Price
European Championship 2017 Runner-up
Players Championship Finals 2016 Runner-up England Dave Chisnall
Champions League of Darts 2017 Runner-up
World Series of Darts Finals 2017 Runner-up
PDC World Cup of Darts 2017 Runners-up Wales Gerwyn Price
Wales Mark Webster
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.

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

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 ProTour Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.

PDC Players Championships
Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers
2017 Players Championships Players Championship 1 Winner England Alan Norris
Players Championship 2 Winner Scotland Gary Anderson
Players Championship 3 Winner England Rob Cross
Players Championship 4 Winner Australia Simon Whitlock
Players Championship 5 Winner England Adrian Lewis
Players Championship 6 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 7 Winner Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney
Players Championship 8 Winner England Joe Cullen
Players Championship 9 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 10 Winner Scotland Gary Anderson
Players Championship 11 Winner Scotland Peter Wright
Players Championship 12 Winner England Rob Cross
Players Championship 13 Winner England Steve Beaton
Players Championship 14 Winner Scotland Gary Anderson
Players Championship 15 Winner England Darren Webster
Players Championship 16 Winner England Joe Cullen
Players Championship 17 Winner Australia Kyle Anderson
Players Championship 18 Winner England Dave Chisnall
Players Championship 19 Winner
Players Championship 20 Winner
Players Championship 21 Winner
Players Championship 22 Winner
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

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 2017 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.

BDO Qualifying Tournaments

Tournament Year Position Player
BDO World Darts Championship 2017 Winner England Glen Durrant
Runner-up Netherlands Danny Noppert
World Masters 2016 Winner England Glen Durrant
BDO World Trophy 2017 Winner Australia Peter Machin

BDO Ranking Qualifiers

The remaining five BDO representatives will be the top five non-qualified players from the BDO Invitational Rankings at 30 September 2017.

As of 5 August 2017.

  1. England Mark McGeeney
  2. England Jamie Hughes
  3. England Scott Mitchell
  4. Scotland Ross Montgomery
  5. Wales Dean Reynolds/Belgium Geert De Vos

References

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