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.
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.
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.
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]
*Gary Anderson was originally scheduled to play against Adrian Lewis, but was sidelined with an illness, so Michael Smith played twice in Round 1. Anderson played Lewis on 17 March (Round 7), giving Smith the night off.
*Robert Thornton was originally scheduled to play against Michael Smith, but was sidelined with an illness, so James Wade played twice in Round 2. Thornton played Smith on 24 March (Round 8), giving Wade the night off.
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.
^. PDC. 26 January 2016. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^"Betway Premier League Night Two". PDC. 26 January 2016.
^"News | PDC". Pdc.tv. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
^"2016 Premier League Stats: Tournament Average". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
January 01, 1970
2016, premier, league, darts, 2016, betway, premier, league, darts, darts, tournament, organised, professional, darts, corporation, twelfth, edition, tournament, 2016, betway, premier, league, darts, winner, michael, gerwen, runner, phil, taylor, score, date, . The 2016 Betway Premier League Darts was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation the twelfth edition of the tournament 2016 Betway Premier League Darts Winner Michael van Gerwen Runner up Phil Taylor Score 11 3 Date 4 February 19 May 2016 Edition 12th Number of players 10 Venues 16 Nine Dart Finish Adrian Lewis Premier League Darts lt 2015 2016 2017 gt 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 Contents 1 Format 2 Venues 3 Players 4 Prize money 5 Results 5 1 League stage 5 1 1 4 February Week 1 Phase 1 5 1 2 11 February Week 2 Phase 1 5 1 3 18 February Week 3 Phase 1 5 1 4 25 February Week 4 Phase 1 5 1 5 3 March Week 5 Phase 1 5 1 6 10 March Week 6 Phase 1 5 1 7 17 March Week 7 Phase 1 5 1 8 24 March Week 8 Phase 1 5 1 9 31 March Week 9 Phase 1 5 1 10 7 April Week 10 Phase 2 5 1 11 14 April Week 11 Phase 2 5 1 12 21 April Week 12 Phase 2 5 1 13 28 April Week 13 Phase 2 5 1 14 5 May Week 14 Phase 2 5 1 15 12 May Week 15 Phase 2 5 2 Play offs 19 May 6 League summary 6 1 Table 6 2 Positions by round 7 ReferencesFormat editThe 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 editRotterdam s Ahoy Arena became the first arena from outside the British Isles to host a Premier League event it replaced the Brighton Centre nbsp nbsp Liverpool nbsp Bournemouth nbsp Glasgow nbsp Exeter nbsp Nottingham nbsp Leeds nbsp Cardiff nbsp Sheffield nbsp Aberdeen nbsp Manchester nbsp Birmingham nbsp Newcastle nbsp Rotterdam nbsp London nbsp Belfast nbsp Dublin nbsp class notpageimage Locations of the 2016 Premier League venues in the British Isles nbsp nbsp Rotterdam nbsp class notpageimage Locations of the 2016 Premier League venues in the Netherlands nbsp Leeds nbsp Newcastle upon Tyne nbsp Dublin nbsp Aberdeen First Direct ArenaThursday 4 February Metro Radio ArenaThursday 11 February 3ArenaThursday 18 February GE Oil amp Gas ArenaThursday 25 February nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Exeter nbsp Nottingham nbsp Glasgow nbsp Liverpool Westpoint ArenaThursday 3 March Motorpoint Arena NottinghamThursday 10 March SSE HydroThursday 17 March Echo ArenaThursday 24 March nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Cardiff nbsp Sheffield nbsp Belfast nbsp Bournemouth Motorpoint Arena CardiffThursday 31 March Sheffield ArenaThursday 7 April SSE Arena BelfastThursday 14 April Bournemouth International CentreThursday 21 April nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Birmingham nbsp Manchester nbsp Rotterdam nbsp London Barclaycard ArenaThursday 28 April Manchester ArenaThursday 5 May Rotterdam AhoyThursday 12 May The O2Thursday 19 May nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Players editThe 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 debut Player Appearance inPremier League ConsecutiveStreak Order of MeritRank Previous best performance Qualification nbsp Michael van Gerwen 4th 4 1 Winner 2013 Order of Merit nbsp Gary Anderson 6th 6 2 Winner 2011 2015 Order of Merit nbsp Adrian Lewis 9th 7 3 Runner up 2011 Order of Merit nbsp Phil Taylor 12th 12 4 Winner 2005 2008 2010 2012 Order of Merit nbsp Peter Wright 3rd 3 5 5th 2014 PDC Wildcard nbsp James Wade 8th 2 6 Winner 2009 PDC Wildcard nbsp Robert Thornton 3rd 1 7 5th 2013 PDC Wildcard nbsp Michael Smith 1st 1 8 Debut PDC Wildcard nbsp Raymond van Barneveld 11th 11 9 Winner 2014 Sky Sports Wildcard nbsp Dave Chisnall 3rd 3 10 Semi finals 2015 Sky Sports WildcardPrize money editThe 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 000Results editLeague stage edit 5 4 February Week 1 Phase 1 edit nbsp First Direct Arena Leeds Score 6 Peter Wright nbsp 99 16 7 2 nbsp Michael Smith 86 15 Michael van Gerwen nbsp 98 30 4 7 nbsp James Wade 97 43 Phil Taylor nbsp 92 34 2 7 nbsp Raymond van Barneveld 103 60 Robert Thornton nbsp 75 68 0 7 nbsp Dave Chisnall 101 16 Adrian Lewis nbsp 100 03 7 1 nbsp Michael Smith 80 97 Night s Average 93 48 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Michael van Gerwen 167 Most 180s nbsp Peter Wright amp nbsp James Wade 5 Night s 180s 24 Gary Anderson was originally scheduled to play against Adrian Lewis but was sidelined with an illness so Michael Smith played twice in Round 1 Anderson played Lewis on 17 March Round 7 giving Smith the night off 11 February Week 2 Phase 1 edit nbsp Metro Radio Arena Newcastle upon Tyne Score 7 James Wade nbsp 93 00 7 4 nbsp Michael Smith 91 74 Raymond van Barneveld nbsp 93 23 5 7 nbsp Peter Wright 88 19 Adrian Lewis nbsp 98 92 7 4 nbsp Dave Chisnall 98 80 Gary Anderson nbsp 106 23 3 7 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 111 88 8 James Wade nbsp 101 85 1 7 nbsp Phil Taylor 111 20 Night s Average 99 5 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Phil Taylor 127 Most 180s nbsp Michael van Gerwen 6 Night s 180s 25 Robert Thornton was originally scheduled to play against Michael Smith but was sidelined with an illness so James Wade played twice in Round 2 Thornton played Smith on 24 March Round 8 giving Wade the night off 18 February Week 3 Phase 1 edit nbsp 3Arena Dublin Score Peter Wright nbsp 104 48 7 4 nbsp James Wade 98 96 Dave Chisnall nbsp 96 88 6 6 nbsp Michael Smith 93 73 Phil Taylor nbsp 100 83 7 4 nbsp Gary Anderson 93 38 Michael van Gerwen nbsp 106 40 7 4 nbsp Adrian Lewis 98 54 Robert Thornton nbsp 89 89 5 7 nbsp Raymond van Barneveld 102 60 Night s Average 98 57 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Peter Wright 161 Most 180s nbsp Dave Chisnall amp nbsp Michael van Gerwen 5 Night s 180s 36 25 February Week 4 Phase 1 edit nbsp GE Oil amp Gas Arena Aberdeen Score Adrian Lewis nbsp 99 55 7 5 nbsp James Wade 97 27 Gary Anderson nbsp 103 34 7 3 nbsp Raymond van Barneveld 98 89 Michael van Gerwen nbsp WR 123 40 7 1 nbsp Michael Smith 91 41 Phil Taylor nbsp 115 25 7 5 nbsp Dave Chisnall 109 63 Peter Wright nbsp 98 45 6 6 nbsp Robert Thornton 91 98 Night s Average 102 92 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Adrian Lewis 142 Most 180s nbsp Phil Taylor 7 Night s 180s 40 3 March Week 5 Phase 1 edit nbsp Westpoint Arena Exeter Score Phil Taylor nbsp 104 00 7 1 nbsp Adrian Lewis 93 11 Dave Chisnall nbsp 96 26 4 7 nbsp James Wade 102 25 Robert Thornton nbsp 85 80 4 7 nbsp Gary Anderson 89 88 Peter Wright nbsp 108 98 2 7 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 116 67 Michael Smith nbsp 95 77 7 5 nbsp Raymond van Barneveld 92 19 Night s Average 98 49 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp James Wade 161 Most 180s nbsp Gary Anderson nbsp Michael van Gerwen amp nbsp Michael Smith 4 Night s 180s 25 10 March Week 6 Phase 1 edit nbsp Motorpoint Arena Nottingham Nottingham Score Michael Smith nbsp 95 54 3 7 nbsp Gary Anderson 102 19 Peter Wright nbsp 106 79 3 7 nbsp Adrian Lewis 107 93 Raymond van Barneveld nbsp 101 17 5 7 nbsp James Wade 100 50 Robert Thornton nbsp 88 38 0 7 nbsp Phil Taylor 102 15 Dave Chisnall nbsp 93 03 2 7 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 113 47 Night s Average 101 12 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Raymond van Barneveld 161 Most 180s nbsp Adrian Lewis amp nbsp Phil Taylor 5 Night s 180s 31 17 March Week 7 Phase 1 edit nbsp SSE Hydro Glasgow Score Gary Anderson nbsp 99 39 7 4 nbsp Adrian Lewis 93 00 James Wade nbsp 100 81 7 4 nbsp Robert Thornton 101 35 Michael van Gerwen nbsp 107 35 6 6 nbsp Phil Taylor 103 12 Raymond van Barneveld nbsp 104 90 7 4 nbsp Dave Chisnall 96 27 Gary Anderson nbsp 102 75 7 5 nbsp Peter Wright 101 31 Night s Average 100 99 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Michael van Gerwen 170 Most 180s nbsp Dave Chisnall 5 Night s 180s 34 24 March Week 8 Phase 1 edit nbsp Echo Arena Liverpool Liverpool Score Michael Smith nbsp 92 48 5 7 nbsp Robert Thornton 92 88 Gary Anderson nbsp 103 25 7 4 nbsp Dave Chisnall 100 01 Adrian Lewis nbsp 96 57 7 5 nbsp Raymond van Barneveld 98 35 Phil Taylor nbsp 101 51 6 6 nbsp Peter Wright 103 40 Michael van Gerwen nbsp 97 57 6 6 nbsp Robert Thornton 95 59 Night s Average 98 16 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Gary Anderson 144 Most 180s nbsp Peter Wright 5 Night s 180s 31 31 March Week 9 Phase 1 edit nbsp Motorpoint Arena Cardiff Cardiff Score James Wade nbsp 95 18 6 6 nbsp Gary Anderson 100 68 Michael Smith nbsp 94 82 5 7 nbsp Phil Taylor 99 92 Dave Chisnall nbsp 93 92 5 7 nbsp Peter Wright 97 14 Robert Thornton nbsp 92 54 4 7 nbsp Adrian Lewis 96 82 Raymond van Barneveld nbsp 101 69 6 6 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 105 59 Night s Average 97 83 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Phil Taylor 124 Most 180s nbsp Gary Anderson 5 Night s 180s 34 7 April Week 10 Phase 2 edit nbsp Motorpoint Arena Sheffield Score James Wade nbsp 97 25 7 4 nbsp Raymond van Barneveld 97 23 Gary Anderson nbsp 92 83 3 7 nbsp Phil Taylor 99 31 Robert Thornton nbsp 104 23 5 7 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 117 95 Adrian Lewis nbsp 88 68 6 6 nbsp Peter Wright 93 43 Phil Taylor nbsp 92 91 7 4 nbsp James Wade 91 50 Night s Average 97 53 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Michael van Gerwen 138 Most 180s nbsp Michael van Gerwen 6 Night s 180s 30 14 April Week 11 Phase 2 edit nbsp SSE Arena Belfast Belfast Score Robert Thornton nbsp 105 63 7 2 nbsp Peter Wright 92 48 Raymond van Barneveld nbsp 96 14 5 7 nbsp Phil Taylor 100 36 James Wade nbsp 95 95 5 7 nbsp Adrian Lewis 103 54 Michael van Gerwen nbsp 110 55 6 6 nbsp Gary Anderson 108 24 Raymond van Barneveld nbsp 92 53 7 4 nbsp Robert Thornton 88 16 Night s Average 99 36 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Adrian Lewis 144 Most 180s nbsp Michael van Gerwen 6 Night s 180s 29 Nine Dart Finish nbsp Adrian Lewis 21 April Week 12 Phase 2 edit nbsp Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth Score Michael van Gerwen nbsp 103 38 7 2 nbsp Peter Wright 98 30 Raymond van Barneveld nbsp 93 09 7 4 nbsp Adrian Lewis 90 42 Gary Anderson nbsp 103 07 6 6 nbsp James Wade 99 71 Phil Taylor nbsp 89 61 7 2 nbsp Robert Thornton 93 61 Adrian Lewis nbsp 92 98 5 7 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 96 82 Night s Average 96 1 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Adrian Lewis 142 Most 180s nbsp Gary Anderson 5 Night s 180s 22 28 April Week 13 Phase 2 edit nbsp Barclaycard Arena Birmingham Score Peter Wright nbsp 99 67 7 4 nbsp Phil Taylor 106 48 Raymond van Barneveld nbsp 99 64 5 7 nbsp Gary Anderson 99 19 Adrian Lewis nbsp 96 55 7 2 nbsp Robert Thornton 94 55 James Wade nbsp 102 40 1 7 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 108 33 Peter Wright nbsp 103 45 6 6 nbsp Gary Anderson 101 51 Night s Average 101 18 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Raymond van Barneveld 132 Most 180s nbsp Peter Wright 7 Night s 180s 22 5 May Week 14 Phase 2 edit nbsp Manchester Arena Manchester Score James Wade nbsp 97 29 1 7 nbsp Peter Wright 99 15 Gary Anderson nbsp 99 33 7 1 nbsp Robert Thornton 90 40 Michael van Gerwen nbsp 107 93 7 2 nbsp Raymond van Barneveld 100 78 Adrian Lewis nbsp 94 11 2 7 nbsp Phil Taylor 103 72 Night s Average 99 09 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Michael van Gerwen 167 Most 180s nbsp Peter Wright 6 Night s 180s 20 12 May Week 15 Phase 2 edit nbsp Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam Score Robert Thornton nbsp 85 57 3 7 nbsp James Wade 89 16 Peter Wright nbsp 90 33 6 6 nbsp Raymond van Barneveld 90 02 Adrian Lewis nbsp 93 22 7 2 nbsp Gary Anderson 97 21 Phil Taylor nbsp 95 55 5 7 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 101 24 Night s Average 92 79 Highest Checkout nbsp Michael van Gerwen 164 Most 180s nbsp Michael van Gerwen 4 Night s 180s 14 Play offs 19 May edit nbsp The O2 Arena London Score Semi finals best of 19 legs Michael van Gerwen nbsp 103 19 10 4 nbsp Adrian Lewis 95 47 Phil Taylor nbsp 98 21 10 7 nbsp Gary Anderson 96 86 Final best of 21 legs Michael van Gerwen nbsp 104 68 11 3 nbsp Phil Taylor 98 84 Night s Average 99 54 Highest Checkout nbsp Michael van Gerwen 121League summary editTable edit 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 nbsp Michael van Gerwen W 16 11 4 1 26 105 63 42 39 187 144 62 107 93 170 49 30 2 nbsp Phil Taylor RU 16 11 2 3 24 100 65 35 36 228 138 52 101 15 141 46 51 3 nbsp Gary Anderson 16 8 4 4 20 92 81 11 30 222 134 48 100 15 144 40 35 4 nbsp Adrian Lewis 16 9 1 6 19 89 79 10 32 223 109 38 96 50 144 40 09 5 nbsp Peter Wright 16 6 5 5 17 86 86 0 27 239 142 52 99 04 161 40 00 6 nbsp James Wade 16 7 2 7 16 82 89 7 27 256 143 35 97 53 161 42 71 7 nbsp Raymond van Barneveld 16 5 2 9 12 86 94 8 25 244 169 44 97 88 161 38 05 8 nbsp Robert Thornton 16 2 2 12 6 60 103 43 10 220 100 33 92 26 145 35 93 9 nbsp Dave Chisnall 9 1 1 7 3 41 55 14 17 101 67 37 98 44 116 35 96 10 nbsp Michael Smith 9 1 1 7 3 34 60 26 14 103 42 24 91 40 122 37 36 Last updated 12 May 2016Source 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 edit Player Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 6 6 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 nbsp Phil Taylor 7 7 5 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 nbsp Gary Anderson 7 8 9 8 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 nbsp Adrian Lewis 2 1 2 3 4 3 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 nbsp Peter Wright 3 2 1 1 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 5 nbsp James Wade 5 3 6 6 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 nbsp Raymond van Barneveld 3 5 3 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 nbsp Robert Thornton 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 nbsp Dave Chisnall 1 4 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 Eliminated nbsp Michael Smith 9 9 8 10 9 9 9 10 10References edit a b 2016 Betway Premier League Field PDC 3 January 2016 Archived from the original on 7 January 2016 Retrieved 3 January 2016 2016 Betway Premier League Dates PDC 14 August 2015 Archived from the original on 11 January 2016 Retrieved 3 January 2016 How Van Gerwen won the Premier League BBC Sport 19 May 2016 Retrieved 26 May 2016 League Leader s Bonus Introduced PDC 3 February 2016 Archived from the original on 3 February 2016 http www pdc tv news article 1khviz5m0rw812mm94p5cu2ie title 2016 permanent dead link Betway Premier League Fixtures PDC 26 January 2016 Archived from the original on 31 January 2016 Retrieved 26 January 2016 Betway Premier League Night Two PDC 26 January 2016 News PDC Pdc tv 11 February 2016 Retrieved 9 April 2016 2016 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