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2016 PDC World Darts Championship

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.

2016 William Hill World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates17 December 2015 –
3 January 2016
VenueAlexandra Palace
LocationLondon
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatSets
Final – best of 13
Prize fund£1,500,000
Winner's share£300,000
Nine-dart finish Gary Anderson (semi-finals)
High checkout
Champion(s)
 Gary Anderson
«2015 2017»

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

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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

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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:

Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £1,500,000)
Winner (1) £300,000
Runner-up (1) £150,000
Semi-finalists (2) £70,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £35,000
Third round losers (8) £22,000
Second round losers (16) £15,000
First round losers (32) £10,000
Preliminary round losers (8) £4,250
Nine-dart finish (1) £15,000

Qualifiers

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Results

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Preliminary round

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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.

Av. Player Score Player Av.
83.03 Andy Boulton England  2–1 Denmark  Per Laursen 79.27
64.73 Sun Qiang China  0–2 Republic of Ireland  Mick McGowan 74.19
63.64 Thanawat Gaweenuntawong Thailand  0–2 Germany  René Eidams 69.25
87.69 Kim Viljanen Finland  2–1 Netherlands  Sven Groen 84.11
91.79 Keita Ono Japan  2–0 Philippines  Alex Tagarao 77.40
78.83 Michael Rasztovits Austria  0–2 New Zealand  Rob Szabo 78.34
89.33 Aleksandr Oreshkin Russia  2–1 Singapore  Paul Lim 88.26
77.12 Warrick Scheffer South Africa  0–2 Greece  John Michael 88.01

Main draw

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Finals

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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
[8]
         
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

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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
[21]
            
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

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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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Player Eliminated Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost Leg Breaks 100+ 140+ 170+ 180s High checkout[24] Checkout Av.%[24] Average[24]
Scotland  Gary Anderson Winner 6 29 7 95 45 44 185 102 8 51 170 42.15 102.07
England  Adrian Lewis Runner-up 6 27 12 93 64 39 171 106 8 60 164 45.95 100.67
Netherlands  Raymond van Barneveld Semi-finals 5 19 16 74 72 26 231 125 2 27 161 38.56 96.46
Netherlands  Jelle Klaasen Semi-finals 5 16 15 68 62 31 134 70 5 48 170 42.36 99.49
Scotland  Peter Wright Quarter-finals 4 13 8 51 40 20 111 54 1 38 131 40.16 100.45
England  Michael Smith Quarter-finals 4 15 9 55 44 20 110 63 4 36 140 43.65 98.70
England  James Wade Quarter-finals 4 12 6 40 32 11 113 53 1 13 141 43.48 92.64
England  Alan Norris Quarter-finals 4 15 7 51 40 23 92 66 0 37 123 43.97 96.36
England  Phil Taylor Third round 3 10 5 36 26 18 82 49 1 13 170 37.11 97.11
Wales  Mark Webster Third round 3 8 4 30 22 11 62 28 1 13 130 36.14 93.00
England  Dave Chisnall Third round 3 10 5 39 31 15 85 52 0 25 160 42.39 101.49
Netherlands  Michael van Gerwen Third round 3 10 6 38 24 15 83 33 7 24 170 52.05 104.68
Austria  Mensur Suljović Third round 3 7 8 29 33 9 80 40 2 8 160 37.66 94.80
Netherlands  Vincent van der Voort Third round 3 7 6 26 24 9 66 33 0 15 134 37.68 95.32
England  Jamie Caven Third round 3 8 4 30 16 11 64 18 1 9 127 41.67 92.22
Netherlands  Benito van de Pas Third round 3 7 7 31 29 11 72 35 5 5 148 33.70 88.76
England  Mervyn King Second round 2 5 6 23 22 8 48 35 0 13 122 31.94 93.28
England  Kevin Painter Second round 2 4 4 17 15 9 34 23 1 10 110 38.64 92.81
England  Andrew Gilding Second round 2 3 4 11 15 4 24 13 0 5 132 47.83 86.81
Belgium  Ronny Huybrechts Second round 2 3 6 18 23 6 49 24 0 7 164 40.00 91.61
England  David Pallett Second round 2 6 6 27 22 10 55 43 0 13 132 31.76 91.82
England  Terry Jenkins Second round 2 3 5 15 20 5 43 22 0 12 121 35.71 90.86
England  Joe Murnan Second round 2 4 6 24 26 8 49 35 0 9 112 32.43 88.32
England  Darren Webster Second round 2 3 5 11 18 4 42 25 0 5 116 34.38 91.37
England  Wes Newton Second round 2 3 5 12 19 5 33 9 0 6 161 33.33 81.35
England  Stephen Bunting Second round 2 6 4 23 18 6 56 16 0 18 88 40.35 92.45
Australia  Kyle Anderson Second round 2 5 4 19 21 4 38 34 0 10 128 27.94 91.44
Belgium  Dimitri Van den Bergh Second round 2 5 5 21 22 9 45 22 4 8 122 41.18 93.87
England  Steve Beaton Second round 2 5 4 17 19 6 45 19 0 7 164 40.48 93.92
Northern Ireland  Daryl Gurney Second round 2 4 5 20 20 8 46 23 0 14 76 35.09 95.08
Netherlands  Christian Kist Second round 2 4 4 16 16 6 45 25 1 5 116 36.36 94.94
England  Ricky Evans Second round 2 3 6 16 24 7 42 16 0 10 130 44.44 88.22
Scotland  Robert Thornton First round 1 0 3 3 9 2 14 8 0 0 121 33.33 88.66
England  Ian White First round 1 1 3 6 11 3 27 9 0 3 81 35.29 92.43
Australia  Simon Whitlock First round 1 2 3 12 15 4 28 25 0 8 121 28.57 92.85
Belgium  Kim Huybrechts First round 1 2 3 8 12 3 28 14 0 4 106 32.00 92.66
Northern Ireland  Brendan Dolan First round 1 0 3 5 9 0 18 7 0 1 126 22.73 87.19
England  Justin Pipe First round 1 0 3 2 9 0 9 4 0 0 104 50.00 75.55
England  Andy Hamilton First round 1 2 3 13 16 6 26 19 0 3 73 34.21 86.75
England  Dean Winstanley First round 1 2 3 11 14 3 33 13 0 9 120 32.35 88.00
Wales  Jamie Lewis First round 1 1 3 6 10 2 26 5 0 3 78 46.15 90.34
Scotland  John Henderson First round 1 1 3 6 10 2 13 12 0 2 80 46.15 81.06
Wales  Gerwyn Price First round 1 0 3 3 9 0 14 9 0 1 54 23.08 83.86
England  Keegan Brown First round 1 0 3 2 9 1 5 4 0 5 72 25.00 83.61
Austria  Rowby-John Rodriguez First round 1 0 3 6 9 2 18 6 1 3 170 35.29 89.37
Germany  Max Hopp First round 1 1 3 7 11 1 17 19 0 4 81 25.00 89.49
Spain  Cristo Reyes First round 1 1 3 7 9 4 22 9 0 4 105 26.92 87.05
England  Joe Cullen First round 1 0 3 2 9 1 11 7 0 1 40 33.33 93.86
Germany  Jyhan Artut First round 1 0 3 3 9 1 10 8 0 1 76 16.67 81.08
Netherlands  Dirk van Duijvenbode First round 1 0 3 4 9 1 11 9 0 1 110 50.00 79.77
Netherlands  Jeffrey de Zwaan First round 1 2 3 12 13 3 43 14 0 6 128 30.77 96.20
England  Andy Boulton First round 2 2 4 10 15 3 27 21 0 0 83 27.03 84.17
Netherlands  Jan Dekker First round 1 0 3 5 9 2 14 4 0 0 114 83.33 89.68
Netherlands  Jermaine Wattimena First round 1 1 3 6 11 0 18 12 0 0 70 66.67 87.10
United States  Darin Young First round 1 1 3 8 11 3 25 9 0 2 100 53.33 83.49
Greece  John Michael First round 2 2 3 10 10 4 23 17 0 0 161 28.57 86.14
Republic of Ireland  Mick McGowan First round 2 2 3 12 10 4 25 11 0 1 80 36.36 80.04
Finland  Kim Viljanen First round 2 2 4 10 14 5 28 9 0 3 92 52.63 84.16
New Zealand  Koha Kokiri First round 1 0 3 5 9 3 19 5 0 3 80 22.73 93.22
Australia  Laurence Ryder First round 1 0 3 2 9 0 15 4 0 1 86 50.00 81.37
New Zealand  Rob Szabo First round 2 2 3 8 13 3 22 8 0 1 70 34.78 82.42
Germany  René Eidams First round 2 4 3 14 14 6 40 8 0 3 122 31.82 79.87
Japan  Keita Ono First round 2 2 3 7 10 4 18 9 0 0 86 46.67 87.64
Russia  Aleksandr Oreshkin First round 2 4 4 15 18 5 40 13 0 2 134 40.54 87.74
Denmark  Per Laursen Prelim. Round 1 1 2 6 8 1 18 6 0 1 80 37.50 79.27
Netherlands  Sven Groen Prelim. Round 1 1 2 5 8 2 24 6 0 0 110 33.33 84.11
Austria  Michael Rasztovits Prelim. Round 1 0 2 4 6 2 15 8 0 0 121 23.53 78.83
Singapore  Paul Lim Prelim. Round 1 1 2 6 8 2 21 8 0 1 117 28.57 88.26
China  Sun Qiang Prelim. Round 1 0 2 1 6 0 12 1 0 0 48 11.11 64.73
Philippines  Alex Tagarao Prelim. Round 1 0 2 1 6 1 7 2 0 1 24 25.00 77.40
South Africa  Warrick Scheffer Prelim. Round 1 0 2 1 6 1 10 3 0 1 10 7.69 77.12
Thailand  Thanawat Gaweenuntawong Prelim. Round 1 0 2 3 6 2 10 4 0 1 58 12.00 63.64

Representation from different countries

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

England 
ENG 		Netherlands 
NED 		Scotland 
SCO 		Australia 
AUS 		Belgium 
BEL 		Wales 
WAL 		Austria 
AUT 		Germany 
GER 		Northern Ireland 
NIR 		New Zealand 
NZL 		Spain 
SPA 		Thailand 
THA 		Greece 
GRE 		South Africa 
RSA 		Russia 
RUS 		United States 
USA 		Japan 
JPN 		Finland 
FIN 		Philippines 
PHI 		Denmark 
DEN 		Singapore 
SIN 		China 
CHN 		Republic of Ireland 
IRE 		Total
Final 1 – 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2
Semis 1 2 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 4
Quarters 4 2 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8
Round 3 7 5 2 – – 1 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16
Round 2 18 6 2 1 2 1 1 – 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 32
Round 1 25 10 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 – 1 – 1 1 1 1 – – – – 1 64
Prelim. 1 1 – – – – 1 1 – 1 – 1 1 1 1 – 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16
Total 25 11 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 72

Broadcasting

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The tournament was available in the following countries on these channels:[25]

Country Channel
United Kingdom  United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland  Ireland		 Sky Sports Darts †
Netherlands  Netherlands RTL7
Germany  Germany Sport1/Sport1+
Denmark  Denmark TV3 Sport1/TV3 Sport2
Australia  Australia
Italy  Italy		 Fox Sports
New Zealand  New Zealand Sky Sport (New Zealand)
Czech Republic  Czech Republic
Slovakia  Slovakia
Hungary  Hungary		 Nova Sport 2
  Arab world OSN
United States  United States ESPN 3
Bulgaria  Bulgaria
Scandinavia
Baltic states		 Viasat
Belgium  Belgium Eleven Sport Network

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

References

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