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2017 Gibraltar Darts Trophy

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2017 Gibraltar Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates12–14 May 2017
VenueVictoria Stadium
LocationGibraltar
Country Gibraltar
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£135,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170 Scotland John Henderson
(first round)
Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney
(second round)[1]
Champion(s)
England Michael Smith
«Event 4 Event 6»

The 2017 Gibraltar Darts Trophy was the fifth of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar from 12–14 May 2017. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Dave Chisnall 6–2 in the 2016 tournament, but he decided not to enter this tournament.[2]

Michael Smith won his fourth PDC European Tour title by defeating Mensur Suljović 6–4 in the final.[3]

Prize money

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This is how the prize money is divided:[4]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £25,000
Runner-up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £6,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £4,000
Third round losers (8) £3,000
Second round losers (16) £2,000
First round losers (16) £1,000
Total £135,000

Qualification and format

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The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 27 April automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from five qualifying events - 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 28 April), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 4 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 11 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 17 March) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 29 April).

Following the withdrawal of Adrian Lewis the day before the event started for family reasons, the number of Host Nation Qualifiers was increased from four to five.[5]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

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[13]

First round
(best of 11 legs)
12 May
[14]
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
13 May
[15]
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
14 May
[16]
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
14 May
[16]
Semi-finals
(best of 11 legs)
14 May
[16]
Final
(best of 11 legs)
14 May
[16]
1Scotland Peter Wright 98.206
Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 90.796Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 94.473
1Scotland Wright 98.026
England Ritchie Edhouse 87.043
16England Bunting 83.660
16England Stephen Bunting 94.786
Australia Paul Nicholson 84.155England Chris Quantock 91.064
1Scotland Wright 101.016
England Chris Quantock 84.206
England Johnson 99.335
8Wales Gerwyn Price 92.843
England Darren Johnson 92.896England Darren Johnson 94.966
England Johnson 90.876
Gibraltar Manuel Vilerio 73.001
9England Norris 81.593
9England Alan Norris 88.436
England Matt Clark 85.056England Matt Clark 89.015
1Scotland Wright 92.355
Gibraltar Justin Broton 79.053
12England Smith 93.846
5England James Wade 94.365
Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 86.176Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 95.246
Belgium Van den Bergh 98.005
Gibraltar Antony Lopez 76.782
12England Smith 94.326
12England Michael Smith 99.916
Netherlands Christian Kist 85.306Netherlands Christian Kist 92.105
12England Smith 99.466
Belgium Ronny Huybrechts 86.584
England Cross 99.935
4England Dave Chisnall 86.466
England Justin Pipe 87.385Wales Jonny Clayton 91.164
4England Chisnall 99.052
Wales Jonny Clayton 86.056
England Cross 97.506
13England Joe Cullen 91.945
England Rob Cross 84.286England Rob Cross 93.836
12England Smith 96.336
Netherlands Mario Robbe 75.740
2Austria Suljović 99.004
2Austria Mensur Suljović 103.946
Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 84.884England Alan Tabern 98.714
2Austria Suljović 93.396
England Alan Tabern 90.356
15Spain Reyes 89.693
15Spain Cristo Reyes 96.626
England James Richardson 85.836England James Richardson 90.425
2Austria Suljović 93.116
England Matthew Dennant 79.371
Sweden Caris 89.633
7Netherlands Benito van de Pas 83.536
Germany Martin Schindler 85.096Germany Martin Schindler 80.351
7Netherlands van de Pas 90.002
England Callan Rydz 83.084
Sweden Caris 86.426
10Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 88.083
Sweden Magnus Caris 85.296Sweden Magnus Caris 95.596
2Austria Suljović 94.116
Gibraltar Dyson Parody 82.011
14Northern Ireland Gurney 86.885
6Belgium Kim Huybrechts 93.434
England James Wilson 89.356England James Wilson 89.136
England Wilson 94.706
Gibraltar Dylan Duo 71.631
11England White 90.933
11England Ian White 93.856
Scotland John Henderson 86.196Scotland John Henderson 86.513
England Wilson 82.883
Germany René Eidams 82.544
14Northern Ireland Gurney 85.486
3Australia Simon Whitlock 102.216
England Steve Beaton 99.296England Steve Beaton 86.321
3Australia Whitlock 98.944
Belgium Mike De Decker 86.944
14Northern Ireland Gurney 98.086
14Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 92.016
England Darren Webster 94.706England Darren Webster 89.563
England Richie Corner 90.615

References

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  1. ^ "2017 PDC Gibraltar Darts Trophy Statistics".
  2. ^ "Magical van Gerwen Retains Gibraltar Title". PDC. Archived from the original on 2017-01-11. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Michael Smith wins Gibraltar Darts Trophy beating Mensur Suljovic in the final". Sky Sports. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  4. ^ "2017 PDC Gibraltar Darts Trophy Player Prize Money".
  5. ^ "Gibraltar Darts Trophy Draw & Schedule".
  6. ^ "Wright Headlines Gibraltar Field".
  7. ^ "2017 PDC Gibraltar Darts Trophy Seedings".
  8. ^ "Double Qualifying Success for Eight".
  9. ^ "Double Qualifying Success for Duo".
  10. ^ "Parody Headlines Gibraltar Qualifiers".
  11. ^ "ET5 Qualification". PDC Nordic & Baltic. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Further Qualifying Treble for Ratajski".
  13. ^ "2017 PDC Gibraltar Darts Trophy Results".
  14. ^ "Gibraltar Darts Trophy Day One". PDC. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Gibraltar Darts Trophy Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  16. ^ a b c d "Four-Some Smith's Gibraltar Joy". PDC. Retrieved 14 May 2017.