2017 Grand Slam of Darts
Grand Slam of Darts | |||
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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 | ||
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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 | |
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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
At most sixteen players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification.
PDC European Tour | |||||
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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 | |||
European Darts Matchplay | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | |||
Austrian Darts Open | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | |||
European Darts Open | Winner | 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 | |||||
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Tournament | Event | Position | Player | Qualifiers | |
2017 Players Championships | Players Championship 1 | Winner | Alan Norris | ||
Players Championship 2 | Winner | Gary Anderson | |||
Players Championship 3 | Winner | Rob Cross | |||
Players Championship 4 | Winner | Simon Whitlock | |||
Players Championship 5 | Winner | Adrian Lewis | |||
Players Championship 6 | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | |||
Players Championship 7 | Winner | Daryl Gurney | |||
Players Championship 8 | Winner | Joe Cullen | |||
Players Championship 9 | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | |||
Players Championship 10 | Winner | Gary Anderson | |||
Players Championship 11 | Winner | Peter Wright | |||
Players Championship 12 | Winner | Rob Cross | |||
Players Championship 13 | Winner | Steve Beaton | |||
Players Championship 14 | Winner | Gary Anderson | |||
Players Championship 15 | Winner | Darren Webster | |||
Players Championship 16 | Winner | Joe Cullen | |||
Players Championship 17 | Winner | Kyle Anderson | |||
Players Championship 18 | Winner | 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 |
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BDO World Darts Championship | 2017 | Winner | Glen Durrant |
Runner-up | Danny Noppert | ||
World Masters | 2016 | Winner | Glen Durrant |
BDO World Trophy | 2017 | Winner | 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.