2016/17 William Hill World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	15 December 2016 – 2 January 2017
Venue	Alexandra Palace
Location	London, England
Organisation(s)	Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format	Sets Final – first to 7
Prize fund	£1,650,000
Winner's share	£350,000
High checkout	170 Michael van Gerwen Simon Whitlock
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen (NED)
«2016 2018»

The2017 PDC World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the2016/17 William Hill World Darts Championship) was the twenty-fourthWorld Championship organised by theProfessional Darts Corporation since itseparated from theBritish Darts Organisation. The event took place atAlexandra Palace inLondon from 15 December 2016 to 2 January 2017.

Phil Taylor made a twenty-eighth successive appearance at a World Championship (including the BDO version), equalling the record ofJohn Lowe.

For the first time in the history of theWorld Darts Championship (PDC and BDO), no Englishman progressed to the semi-finals. It was also the first time since2009 that the final was contested by the top 2 seeds.

Michael van Gerwen set a new record for the highestWorld Darts Championship 3-dart average (114.05) in his semi-final victory overRaymond van Barneveld, breaking a 15-year record that had been held by Phil Taylor since2002 (111.21); Van Barneveld himself set a new record for the highest losing 3-dart average (109.34) in the same tie, just 5 days afterCristo Reyes had broken the record in his second-round match (106.07), also against Van Gerwen.

Van Gerwen won his second World Championship title by defeating two-times defending championGary Anderson 7–3 in the final.^[1][2] The match also featured 42 180s, which is a record for a match commissioned by theProfessional Darts Cooperation.

The field consisted of 72 players, including 16 in a preliminary round. Therefore, 64 players were entered into Round 1. The schedule was announced on 15 July 2016.^[3]

The 72 players consist of:

• Top 32 players in the PDC Main Order of Merit
• Top 16 Pro Tour Order of Merit players
• Top 4 European players from the Pro Tour Order of Merit
• 16 International qualifiers
• 4 PDPA qualifiers

The prize money was £1,650,000 in total. The winner's prize money was increased from £300,000 to £350,000.^[4] Prize money for a nine-dart finish was originally set at £5,000, but the PDC increased it to £25,000 due to 'the stature of the tournament', though none were thrown.^[5]

The draw was made on 28 November live onSky Sports News. The preliminary round draw was made the previous night.^[6]

1^Kyle Anderson, who would have been the 28th seed, withdrew from the tournament after being unable to secure a British visa. As a result,Cristo Reyes moved into the top 32 seeds, and 2004 runner-upKevin Painter qualified through the Pro Tour.^[12]

Best of three sets.

Av.	Player	Score	Player	Av.
86.63	Jerry Hendriks	2 – 0	Warren Parry	85.42
83.44	Tengku Shah	2 – 1	Masumi Chino	80.18
76.40	Ross Snook	0 –2	Kim Viljanen	83.57
76.05	Kevin Simm	2 – 0	Gilbert Ulang	73.00
88.96	John Bowles	0 –2	David Platt	86.92
68.04	Sun Qiang	0 –2	Corey Cadby	102.48
76.51	Boris Koltsov	1 –2	Dragutin Horvat	75.58
90.35	Zoran Lerchbacher	2 – 1	Simon Stevenson	85.44

	Quarter-finals(best of 9 sets) 30 December [13]					Semi-finals(best of 11 sets) 1 January [14]					Final(best of 13 sets) 2 January [15]
	1	Michael van Gerwen103.08	5
	24	Daryl Gurney98.52	1
						1	Michael van Gerwen114.05	6
						12	Raymond van Barneveld109.34	2
	12	Raymond van Barneveld96.31	5
	4	Phil Taylor95.65	3
											1	Michael van Gerwen108.06	7
											2	Gary Anderson104.93	3
	2	Gary Anderson105.90	5
	7	Dave Chisnall104.63	3
						2	Gary Anderson103.45	6
						3	Peter Wright99.83	3
	6	James Wade99.13	3
	3	Peter Wright104.79	5

	First round(best of 5 sets) 15–22 December [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]					Second round(best of 7 sets) 23–28 December [24][25][26]					Third round(best of 7 sets) 28–29 December [26][27]					Quarter-finals(best of 9 sets) 30 December [28]
	1	Michael van Gerwen103.34	3
		Kim Viljanen81.50	0
						1	van Gerwen105.24	4
						32	Reyes106.07	2
	32	Cristo Reyes95.54	3
		Dimitri Van den Bergh99.11	2
											1	van Gerwen104.44	4
												D. Webster99.20	1
	16	Stephen Bunting91.02	2
		Darren Webster94.46	3
							D. Webster104.64	4
						17	Whitlock99.50	0
	17	Simon Whitlock98.70	3
		Dragutin Horvat88.18	0
																1	van Gerwen103.08	5
																24	Gurney98.52	1
	8	Mensur Suljović88.51	3
		Ron Meulenkamp88.56	0
						8	Suljović91.23	3
						25	M. Webster92.79	4
	25	Mark Webster87.78	3
		Joe Murnan88.84	0
											25	M. Webster89.10	3
											24	Gurney92.33	4
	9	Robert Thornton88.55	3
		Zoran Lerchbacher81.80	0
						9	Thornton90.74	3
						24	Gurney95.35	4
	24	Daryl Gurney96.85	3
		Jermaine Wattimena91.90	1
	5	Adrian Lewis93.25	3
		Magnus Caris80.64	0
						5	A. Lewis102.65	4
						28	Cullen82.74	0
	28	Joe Cullen100.88	3
		Corey Cadby98.62	1
											5	A. Lewis98.05	3
											12	van Barneveld95.00	4
	12	Raymond van Barneveld98.84	3
		Robbie Green90.08	0
						12	van Barneveld103.59	4
						21	Norris97.03	0
	21	Alan Norris91.61	3
		John Michael86.05	2
																12	van Barneveld96.31	5
																4	Taylor95.65	3
	4	Phil Taylor101.68	3
		David Platt86.94	0
						4	Taylor92.73	4
							Painter90.52	0
	29	Jamie Caven81.51	1
		Kevin Painter85.13	3
											4	Taylor101.37	4
											13	K. Huybrechts93.86	2
	13	Kim Huybrechts98.66	3
		James Wilson94.69	0
						13	K. Huybrechts92.76	4
							Hopp87.57	0
	20	Vincent van der Voort88.79	1
		Max Hopp94.59	3
	2	Gary Anderson96.16	3
		Mark Frost73.74	0
						2	Anderson102.58	4
							Gilding86.21	0
	31	John Henderson88.19	2
		Andrew Gilding90.94	3
											2	Anderson107.68	4
											15	van de Pas102.30	2
	15	Benito van de Pas91.18	3
		Tengku Shah87.86	1
						15	van de Pas95.79	4
						18	Jenkins94.70	3
	18	Terry Jenkins93.66	3
		Josh Payne88.94	1
																2	Anderson105.90	5
																7	Chisnall104.63	3
	7	Dave Chisnall98.72	3
		Rowby-John Rodriguez94.90	2
						7	Chisnall92.88	4
							Dobey90.71	2
	26	Justin Pipe85.94	1
		Chris Dobey90.70	3
											7	Chisnall93.88	4
											10	Klaasen88.36	2
	10	Jelle Klaasen96.02	3
		Jeffrey de Graaf89.79	1
						10	Klaasen93.32	4
						23	Dolan93.34	0
	23	Brendan Dolan95.12	3
		Christian Kist88.67	1
	6	James Wade93.83	3
		Ronny Huybrechts87.72	0
						6	Wade99.39	4
						27	Beaton97.74	1
	27	Steve Beaton88.55	3
		Devon Petersen79.29	1
											6	Wade94.01	4
											11	Smith94.52	3
	11	Michael Smith96.78	3
		Ricky Evans93.20	2
						11	Smith93.83	4
						22	King94.24	3
	22	Mervyn King86.85	3
		Steve West86.66	2
																6	Wade99.13	3
																3	Wright104.79	5
	3	Peter Wright101.06	3
		Jerry Hendriks86.55	0
						3	Wright103.53	4
						30	J. Lewis91.35	0
	30	Jamie Lewis91.08	3
		Mick McGowan87.01	2
											3	Wright103.05	4
											14	White96.17	1
	14	Ian White87.20	3
		Kevin Simm82.16	0
						14	White92.60	4
							Clayton86.38	1
	19	Gerwyn Price86.89	1
		Jonny Clayton89.88	3

Final: Best of 13 sets. Referees:George Noble(first half) and Paul Hinks(second half). Alexandra Palace,London,England, 2 January 2017.
(1)Michael van Gerwen	7 – 3	Gary Anderson (2)
3 – 2, 2 –3, 2 –3,3 – 2,3 – 0,3 – 1,3 – 0,3 – 1, 2 –3,3 – 2
108.06	Average (3 darts)	104.93
20	180 scores	22
125	Highest checkout	81
44.26% (27/61)	Checkout summary	37.78% (17/45)

Player	Eliminated	Played	Sets Won	Sets Lost	Legs Won[31]	Legs Lost[31]	Leg Breaks[31]	100+[31]	140+[31]	170+[31]	180s[31]	High checkout[32]	Checkout Av.%[32]	Average[32]
Michael van Gerwen	Winner	6	29	9	100	58	33	196	101	18	66	170	42.74	106.37
Gary Anderson	Runner-up	6	25	15	93	76	34	203	143	6	71	157	40.97	103.45
Raymond van Barneveld	Semi-finals	5	18	12	67	52	23	144	84	14	33	167	42.95	100.62
Peter Wright	Semi-finals	5	19	10	68	46	25	179	107	2	26	144	46.26	102.45
Daryl Gurney	Quarter-finals	4	12	12	51	45	18	125	63	3	23	161	34.23	95.76
Phil Taylor	Quarter-finals	4	14	7	52	35	22	124	57	2	19	167	39.39	97.92
Dave Chisnall	Quarter-finals	4	14	11	59	47	21	119	62	3	48	130	39.86	97.53
James Wade	Quarter-finals	4	14	9	51	43	18	148	76	0	24	155	49.04	96.59
Darren Webster	Third round	3	8	6	35	31	13	83	54	1	24	157	41.18	99.43
Mark Webster	Third round	3	10	7	39	32	15	81	48	1	13	129	31.71	89.89
Adrian Lewis	Third round	3	10	4	34	23	12	74	39	3	16	161	44.74	97.98
Kim Huybrechts	Third round	3	9	4	32	23	13	67	33	2	17	138	47.06	95.09
Benito van de Pas	Third round	3	9	8	38	36	16	84	30	4	18	143	45.78	96.42
Jelle Klaasen	Third round	3	9	5	32	31	8	57	34	2	19	140	50.79	92.57
Michael Smith	Third round	3	10	9	42	38	18	95	46	3	27	143	32.31	95.04
Ian White	Third round	3	8	5	28	26	11	67	28	0	16	130	50.91	91.99
Cristo Reyes	Second round	2	5	6	23	24	5	53	31	2	9	130	60.53	100.81
Simon Whitlock	Second round	2	3	4	15	13	3	30	15	1	9	170	38.46	99.10
Mensur Suljović	Second round	2	6	4	21	21	9	69	21	2	10	120	27.63	89.87
Robert Thornton	Second round	2	6	4	19	21	9	41	31	0	9	124	27.54	89.65
Joe Cullen	Second round	2	3	5	14	20	5	31	19	1	8	117	37.84	91.81
Alan Norris	Second round	2	3	6	13	23	5	35	28	3	6	64	26.53	94.32
Kevin Painter	Second round	2	3	5	14	18	4	39	16	0	7	124	31.11	87.83
Max Hopp	Second round	2	3	5	15	17	5	52	23	0	7	102	41.67	91.08
Andrew Gilding	Second round	2	3	6	19	25	4	47	25	2	9	143	44.19	88.58
Terry Jenkins	Second round	2	6	5	27	21	11	68	38	1	11	140	39.13	94.18
Chris Dobey	Second round	2	5	5	21	21	11	53	24	0	8	112	42.86	90.71
Brendan Dolan	Second round	2	3	5	16	16	6	52	15	1	6	142	51.61	94.23
Steve Beaton	Second round	2	4	5	16	19	5	47	19	1	8	124	35.56	93.15
Mervyn King	Second round	2	6	6	30	31	12	86	31	3	8	148	36.14	90.55
Jamie Lewis	Second round	2	3	6	13	19	4	33	17	0	9	110	43.33	91.22
Jonny Clayton	Second round	2	4	5	19	20	7	56	25	1	5	120	30.65	88.13
Kim Viljanen	First round	2	2	3	7	11	3	16	12	0	3	120	41.18	82.54
Dimitri Van den Bergh	First round	1	2	3	10	12	1	15	17	1	9	98	40.00	99.11
Stephen Bunting	First round	1	2	3	11	15	5	31	17	1	6	118	37.93	91.02
Dragutin Horvat	First round	2	2	4	8	15	2	35	11	0	3	101	20.51	81.88
Ron Meulenkamp	First round	1	0	3	4	9	2	16	5	0	3	116	33.33	88.56
Joe Murnan	First round	1	0	3	4	9	1	14	5	0	3	70	36.36	88.84
Zoran Lerchbacher	First round	2	2	4	12	14	6	34	22	1	3	75	27.91	86.08
Jermaine Wattimena	First round	1	1	3	5	10	1	24	7	0	2	90	29.41	91.90
Magnus Caris	First round	1	0	3	4	9	0	15	5	0	1	60	28.57	80.64
Corey Cadby	First round	2	3	3	14	10	7	32	16	0	6	152	60.87	100.55
Robbie Green	First round	1	0	3	2	9	0	14	4	0	1	86	28.57	90.08
John Michael	First round	1	2	3	11	11	4	29	10	0	4	141	57.89	86.05
David Platt	First round	2	2	3	8	13	1	31	5	2	2	156	38.10	86.93
Jamie Caven	First round	1	1	3	6	10	2	17	9	0	0	60	27.27	81.51
James Wilson	First round	1	0	3	3	9	0	15	12	0	1	40	25.00	94.69
Vincent van der Voort	First round	1	1	3	5	10	2	19	8	1	2	90	20.00	88.79
Mark Frost	First round	1	0	3	2	9	0	10	6	0	0	73	25.00	73.74
John Henderson	First round	1	2	3	13	15	3	27	25	0	3	121	50.00	88.19
Tengku Shah	First round	2	3	4	13	16	8	36	15	0	6	101	29.55	85.65
Josh Payne	First round	1	1	3	6	11	2	18	9	0	7	75	37.50	88.94
Rowby-John Rodriguez	First round	1	2	3	8	12	4	17	12	0	7	85	34.78	94.90
Justin Pipe	First round	1	1	3	7	11	4	14	10	0	7	78	20.59	85.94
Jeffrey de Graaf	First round	1	1	3	8	9	3	27	5	0	2	127	38.10	89.79
Christian Kist	First round	1	1	3	4	9	2	20	5	1	1	105	33.33	88.67
Ronny Huybrechts	First round	1	0	3	4	9	2	18	6	0	1	69	50.00	87.72
Devon Petersen	First round	1	1	3	5	9	2	15	8	0	2	100	33.33	79.29
Ricky Evans	First round	1	2	3	8	12	3	24	15	0	3	120	34.78	93.20
Steve West	First round	1	2	3	13	14	5	32	8	0	8	109	37.14	86.66
Jerry Hendriks	First round	2	2	3	8	13	2	23	12	1	4	156	40.00	86.59
Mick McGowan	First round	1	2	3	7	12	2	23	8	1	3	95	36.84	87.01
Kevin Simm	First round	2	2	3	11	13	4	36	9	0	5	100	26.19	79.11
Gerwyn Price	First round	1	1	3	7	11	3	23	12	0	4	53	26.92	86.89
Warren Parry	Prelim. Round	1	0	2	4	6	1	15	8	0	1	102	33.33	85.42
Masumi Chino	Prelim. Round	1	1	2	5	7	3	22	7	0	0	117	26.32	80.18
Ross Snook	Prelim. Round	1	0	2	2	6	1	8	3	0	2	38	25.00	76.40
Gilbert Ulang	Prelim. Round	1	0	2	4	6	1	8	3	0	2	56	28.57	73.00
John Bowles	Prelim. Round	1	0	2	4	6	0	13	8	1	0	110	28.57	88.96
Sun Qiang	Prelim. Round	1	0	2	0	6	0	8	1	0	0	0	0/0	68.04
Boris Koltsov	Prelim. Round	1	1	2	6	7	2	16	3	1	0	97	40.00	76.51
Simon Stevenson	Prelim. Round	1	1	2	5	8	3	13	11	0	2	76	29.41	85.44

This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament.

* The highest average in the history of the PDC World Championship.

** The highest losing average in the history of the PDC World Championship.

*** The highest losing average in the final of a PDC World Championship.

Michael van Gerwen scored a total of 75265 points scored with 2109 darts used. This gives a tournament three dart average (3DA) of 107.06, which is the highest tournament average in the history of the PDC World Championship. Note: the tournament match average reported elsewhere is 106.37 (sum of the match averages divided by number of matches), also a record.

This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round. Twenty-two countries were represented in the World Championship, one less than in theprevious championship.

	ENG	NED	SCO	WAL	BEL	AUS	AUT	NIR	GER	SPA	RSA	IRL	SWE	GRE	FIN	MAL	CAN	CHN	JPN	NZL	PHI	RUS	Total
Final	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
Semis	–	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
Quarters	3	2	2	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8
Round 3	7	4	2	1	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16
Round 2	15	4	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	32
Round 1	26	10	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	64
Prelim.	3	1	–	–	–	2	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	16
Total	28	10	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	72

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

Country	Channel
United Kingdom Ireland	Sky Sports Darts †
Netherlands	RTL 7 RTL 7 Darts Radio[33]
Germany	Sport 1 and DAZN
Denmark	TV3 Sport1/TV3 Sport2
Norway	Viasport 3
Baltic States	Viasat Sport
Australia Greece Turkey Cyprus Malta Israel Italy	Fox Sports
New Zealand	Sky Sport (New Zealand)
Czech Republic Slovakia Bulgaria	Nova Sport
Hungary	Sport1 orSport2
United States Brazil	ESPN 3/WatchESPN
Belgium	Eleven Sport Network
MENA	OSN Sports
Sub-Saharan Africa	Kwesé Sports 1 or 2
China	CCTV5+

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

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