Dates 12–20 November 2016 Location Wolverhampton Organisation(s) PDC | Venue Civic Hall Country England Format Legs | |
The 2016 Grand Slam of Darts, also known as the Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts for sponsorship purposes, was the tenth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 12–20 November 2016 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall.
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The tournament's defending champion was Michael van Gerwen, who won the tournament in 2015 beating Phil Taylor in the final 16–13, and he retained his title by defeating James Wade 16–8 in the final.
PDC Qualifying Tournaments
At most sixteen players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification.
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 2016 European Tour events, in which the winners shall be selected in ProTour Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.
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 2016 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 in Barnsley on October 23, 2016.
Robert Thornton
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Ted Evetts
Brendan Dolan
Chris Dobey
James Wilson
Nathan Derry
Darren Webster
BDO Ranking Qualifiers
The remaining four BDO representatives will be the top four non-qualified players from the BDO Invitational Rankings on September 30.
Group stage
All group matches are best of nine legs
From each group the numbers one and two after three games qualify for the knock-out stage, the numbers three and four are eliminated
NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/− = Plus/Minus Record, in relation to legs; Average = 3-dart average; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to Knockout Stage