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2016 Premier League Darts

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2016 Betway Premier League Darts
Winner
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Runner-up
England Phil Taylor
Score
11–3
Date
4 February–19 May 2016
Edition
12th
Number of players
10
Venues
16
Nine Dart Finish
England Adrian Lewis
Premier League Darts
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The 2016 Betway Premier League Darts was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation – the twelfth edition of the tournament.

The event began on 4 February at the First Direct Arena in Leeds and ended with the Play-offs at The O2 Arena in London on 19 May. The tournament saw its first visit to the Netherlands after agreeing to go to the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam on 12 May, joining 15 other venues across the UK and Ireland.[1][2] This is the third year that the tournament was sponsored by Betway.

Gary Anderson was the defending champion, but he lost to Phil Taylor 10–7 in the semi-finals. Michael van Gerwen won his second Premier League Darts title by beating Taylor 11–3 in the final.[3]

Van Gerwen also recorded the highest televised 3-dart average of 123.40 against Michael Smith during night 4 in Aberdeen.

Format

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The tournament format remained identical to that since 2013. During the first nine weeks (Phase 1) each player plays the other nine players once. The bottom two players are eliminated from the competition. In the next six weeks (phase 2), each player plays the other seven players once. Phase 2 consists of four weeks where five matches are played followed by two weeks where four matches are played. At the end of phase 2 the top four players contest the two semi-finals and the final in the play-off week.

Venues

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Rotterdam's Ahoy Arena became the first arena from outside the British Isles to host a Premier League event, it replaced the Brighton Centre.

Locations of the 2016 Premier League venues in the Netherlands
England Leeds England Newcastle upon Tyne Republic of Ireland Dublin Scotland Aberdeen
First Direct Arena
Thursday 4 February
Metro Radio Arena
Thursday 11 February
3Arena
Thursday 18 February
GE Oil & Gas Arena
Thursday 25 February
England Exeter England Nottingham Scotland Glasgow England Liverpool
Westpoint Arena
Thursday 3 March
Motorpoint Arena Nottingham
Thursday 10 March
SSE Hydro
Thursday 17 March
Echo Arena
Thursday 24 March
Wales Cardiff England Sheffield Northern Ireland Belfast England Bournemouth
Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
Thursday 31 March
Sheffield Arena
Thursday 7 April
SSE Arena Belfast
Thursday 14 April
Bournemouth International Centre
Thursday 21 April
England Birmingham England Manchester Netherlands Rotterdam England London
Barclaycard Arena
Thursday 28 April
Manchester Arena
Thursday 5 May
Rotterdam Ahoy
Thursday 12 May
The O2
Thursday 19 May

Players

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The players in this year's tournament were announced following the 2016 PDC World Darts Championship final on 3 January 2016, with the top four of the PDC Order of Merit joined by six Wildcards.[1] The ten players made up the top ten in the PDC Order of Merit following the World Championship. Stephen Bunting (world number 16) and Kim Huybrechts (world number 14) did not return from last year. Robert Thornton returned after a year out, and Michael Smith made his début.

Player Appearance in
Premier League
Consecutive
Streak
Order of Merit
Rank
Previous best performance Qualification
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 4th 4 1 Winner (2013) Order of Merit
Scotland Gary Anderson 6th 6 2 Winner (2011, 2015) Order of Merit
England Adrian Lewis 9th 7 3 Runner-up (2011) Order of Merit
England Phil Taylor 12th 12 4 Winner (2005–2008, 2010, 2012) Order of Merit
Scotland Peter Wright 3rd 3 5 5th (2014) PDC Wildcard
England James Wade 8th 2 6 Winner (2009) PDC Wildcard
Scotland Robert Thornton 3rd 1 7 5th (2013) PDC Wildcard
England Michael Smith 1st 1 8 Debut PDC Wildcard
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 11th 11 9 Winner (2014) Sky Sports Wildcard
England Dave Chisnall 3rd 3 10 Semi-finals (2015) Sky Sports Wildcard

Prize money

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The 2016 Premier League saw the introduction of a £25,000 League Leader's Bonus for the player who topped the league table following the 15 league nights, taking the total prize fund for the event up to £725,000 from £700,000 in 2015.[4]

Stage Prize Money
Winner £200,000
Runner-up £100,000
Semi-finalists (x2) £75,000
5th place £60,000
6th place £50,000
7th place £45,000
8th place £40,000
9th place £30,000
10th place £25,000
League Winner Bonus £25,000
Total £725,000

Results

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League stage

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Play-offs – 19 May

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England The O2 Arena, London

Score
Semi-finals (best of 19 legs)
Michael van Gerwen Netherlands
103.19
10 – 4 England Adrian Lewis
95.47
Phil Taylor England
98.21
10 – 7 Scotland Gary Anderson
96.86
Final (best of 21 legs)
Michael van Gerwen Netherlands
104.68
11 – 3 England Phil Taylor
98.84
Night's Average: 99.54
Highest Checkout: Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 121

League summary

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Table

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After the first nine weeks (phase 1), the bottom two in the table are eliminated. Each remaining player plays a further seven matches (phase 2). The top four players then compete in the playoffs.

When players are tied on points, leg difference is used first as a tie-breaker, after that legs won against throw and then tournament average.

# Name Pld W D L Pts LF LA +/- LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s A[9] HC C%
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen W 16 11 4 1 26 105 63 +42 39 187 144 62 107.93 170 49.30%
2 England Phil Taylor RU 16 11 2 3 24 100 65 +35 36 228 138 52 101.15 141 46.51%
3 Scotland Gary Anderson 16 8 4 4 20 92 81 +11 30 222 134 48 100.15 144 40.35%
4 England Adrian Lewis 16 9 1 6 19 89 79 +10 32 223 109 38 96.50 144 40.09%
5 Scotland Peter Wright 16 6 5 5 17 86 86 0 27 239 142 52 99.04 161 40.00%
6 England James Wade 16 7 2 7 16 82 89 −7 27 256 143 35 97.53 161 42.71%
7 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 16 5 2 9 12 86 94 −8 25 244 169 44 97.88 161 38.05%
8 Scotland Robert Thornton 16 2 2 12 6 60 103 −43 10 220 100 33 92.26 145 35.93%
9 England Dave Chisnall 9 1 1 7 3 41 55 −14 17 101 67 37 98.44 116 35.96%
10 England Michael Smith 9 1 1 7 3 34 60 −26 14 103 42 24 91.40 122 37.36%

Last updated: 12 May 2016
Source: Match reports from the results section.

Top four qualified for the Play-offs after Week 15.
NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. A = Average C% = Checkout Percentage HC = High Checkout.

Positions by round

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Player Round
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 6 6 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
England Phil Taylor 7 7 5 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
Scotland Gary Anderson 7 8 9 8 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3
England Adrian Lewis 2 1 2 3 4 3 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4
Scotland Peter Wright 3 2 1 1 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 5
England James Wade 5 3 6 6 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 3 5 3 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7
Scotland Robert Thornton 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
England Dave Chisnall 1 4 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 Eliminated
England Michael Smith 9 9 8 10 9 9 9 10 10

References

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  1. ^ a b "2016 Betway Premier League Field". PDC. 3 January 2016. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 Betway Premier League Dates". PDC. 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 11 January 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  3. ^ "How Van Gerwen won the Premier League". BBC Sport. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  4. ^ "League Leader's Bonus Introduced". PDC. 3 February 2016. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016.
  5. ^ http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1khviz5m0rw812mm94p5cu2ie/title/2016%[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Betway Premier League Fixtures". PDC. 26 January 2016. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Betway Premier League Night Two". PDC. 26 January 2016.
  8. ^ "News | PDC". Pdc.tv. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  9. ^ "2016 Premier League Stats: Tournament Average". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 March 2016.