12-20 Nov
Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
Defending Champion: Michael van Gerwen
Live on Sky Sports
16x Automatic Qualifiers
Gary Anderson
Michael van Gerwen
Max Hopp
Adrian Lewis
Phil Taylor
Peter Wright
Dave Chisnall
Nathan Aspinall
Raymond van Barneveld
Mensur Suljovic
2016 European Tour winners (ProTour OOM on Nov 7)
James Wade
Alan Norris
2016 Players Championship winners (ProTour OOM on Nov 7)
Benito van de Pas
Ian White
Simon Whitlock
Gerwyn Price
8x PDC Qualifiers
(Sunday October 23 at the Barnsley Metrodome)
Robert Thornton
Dimitri van den Bergh
Ted Evetts
Brendan Dolan
Chris Dobey
James Wilson
Nathan Derry
Darren Webster
8x BDO Representatives
Scott Waites - 2016 Lakeside Champion
Jeff Smith - 2016 Lakeside Championship Runner-Up
Darryl Fitton - 2016 World Trophy Winner
Glen Durrant - 2015 World Masters Winner
Top four ranked players in BDO Invitational Table as of September 30:
Scott Mitchell - BDO Ranked Second
Danny Noppert - BDO Ranked Third
Jamie Hughes - BDO Ranked Fourth
Martin Adams - BDO Ranked Fifth
Live Coverage (Check locally)
Sky Sports - UK & Ireland
RTL7 - Netherlands
Sport1 - Germany
Fox Sports - Australia
Sky - New Zealand
OSN - Middle East
Fox Africa (African nations plus Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Malta and Turkey)
Nova - Czech Republic & Slovakia
Sky Sports Channels (UK viewers):-
Sat 12 Nov: 1pm - 2, 7.30pm - 5
Sun 13 Nov: 1pm - 2, 7pm - 5
Mon 14 Nov to Thu 17 Nov: 7pm - 1
Fri 18 Nov: 7pm - 2
Sat 19 Nov: 8pm - 2
Sun 20 Nov: 1pm - 2, 7pm - 1
Format
Group Games - Best of 9 legs
2nd Round - Best of 19 legs
Q-Final - Best of 31 legs
S-Final - Best of 31 legs
Final - Best of 31 legs
Top two players of each group advance to Round 2 (last 16).
In the Group Stage, two points are awarded for a win. Ties for places in each Group will be split by Points Won and Leg Difference, with a Nine-Dart Shoot-Out should two or more players be tied for Points and Leg Difference.
Prize Fund
Winner £100,000
R-Up £50,000
S-Final £25,000
Q-Final £15,000
Round 2 £7,500
Group Winner's Bonus £2,500
Group 3rd Place £5,000
Group 4th Place £2,500
Total £400,000
All prize money won, including Group Winner’s Bonus, counts towards the PDC Order of Merit for PDC players
The Groups
Group Round Robin results - Best of 9 legs
Nov 12
Nov 13
Nov 14
Nov 15
Table Pos
Group A
1. Michael van Gerwen (1)
2. Brendan Dolan
3. Max Hopp
4. Martin Adams
5
4
5
2
5
3
5
1
5
1
5
3
1
2
3
4
Group B
1. Robert Thornton (8)
2. Gerwyn Price
3. Dimitri van den Bergh
4. Scott Waites
4
5
5
3
5
2
5
4
5
4
3
5
2
1
2
4
Nine-dart shoot-out:
Thornton 345-340 van den Bergh
Group C
1. Peter Wright (5)
2. Simon Whitlock
3. Ted Evetts
4. Jeff Smith
5
1
5
1
4
5
5
0
5
3
4
5
1
3
4
2
Group D
1. Phil Taylor (4)
2. Ian White
3. Darren Webster
4. Darryl Fitton
5
3
5
1
4
5
5
1
0
5
4
5
1
4
3
2
Group E
1. Gary Anderson (2)
2. Alan Norris
3. Nathan Derry
4. Glen Durrant
4
5
5
4
1
5
5
0
5
2
0
5
1
4
3
2
Group F
1. Mensur Suljovic (7)
2. Raymond van Barneveld
3. Nathan Aspinall
4. Danny Noppert
3
5
5
1
5
3
5
2
2
5
3
5
3
1
4
2
Group G
1. James Wade (6)
2. Dave Chisnall
3. James Wilson
4. Jamie Hughes
2
5
5
3
1
5
5
3
3
5
4
5
2
4
3
1
Group H
1. Adrian Lewis (3)
2. Benito van de Pas
3. Chris Dobey
4. Scott Mitchell
5
4
1
5
3
5
5
1
2
5
5
3
4
1
2
3
Round 2
Best of 19 legs
Wed 16 Nov 7pm: 1-4
Thu 17 Nov 7pm: 5-8
Q-Final
Best of 31 legs
Fri 18 Nov 7pm: 1-2
Sat 19 Nov 8pm: 1-2
3
1
4
2
Michael van Gerwen (1)
Robert Thornton (8)
Gerwyn Price
Brendan Dolan
Peter Wright (5)
Darryl Fitton
Phil Taylor (4)
Jeff Smith
10
5
9
10
10
3
10
5
1
2
4
3
Michael van Gerwen
Brendan Dolan
Peter Wright
Phil Taylor
Gary Anderson
Raymond van Barneveld
Chris Dobey
James Wade
16
3
16
10
16
13
5
16
S-Final
Best of 31 legs
Sun 20 Nov 1pm
Michael van Gerwen
Peter Wright
Gary Anderson
James Wade
16
10
14
16
Final
Best of 31 legs
Sun 20 Nov 7pm
Michael van Gerwen
James Wade
16
8
7
8
5
6
Gary Anderson (2)
Danny Noppert
Raymond van Barneveld
Glen Durrant
Jamie Hughes
Chris Dobey
Benito van de Pas
James Wade (6)
10
9
10
7
9
10
2
10