17 Dec 2015 - 3 Jan 2016
Alexandra Palace, London
Defending Champion: Gary Anderson
Format of Play
Preliminary Round - Best of 3 sets
1st Round - Best of 5 sets
2nd Round - Best of 7 sets
3rd Round - Best of 7 sets
Q-Final - Best of 9 sets
S-Final - Best of 11 sets
Final - Best of 13 sets
Each set is best of 5 legs.
There is no tie break in the Preliminary Round.
Tie break applies only to the final set of all other Rounds where a player has to win by two clear legs however, the 11th leg, if played, is a sudden-death leg
Live Coverage (Check locally)
Sky Sports Darts - UK & Ireland (Dedicated Darts Channel)
RTL7 - Netherlands
Sport1 - Germany
Fox Sports - Australia
Sky - New Zealand
OSN - Middle East & North Africa
Fox - Italy
Fox Africa - Across Africa plus Greece, Turkey, Malta, Cyrpus & Israel
Nova - Czech Republic & Slovakia
Viasat - Denmark, Norway & Bulgaria
Pragosport - Hungary
ESPN3 - America
CCTV - China
Prize Fund
increased from £1.25M
Winner £300,000
R-Up £150,000
S-Final £70,000
Q-Final £35,000
Round 3 £22,000
Round 2 £15,000
Round 1 £10,000
P-Round £4,250
Total £1,500,000
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Nine Darter (1) £15,000
The Players
Order of Merit (seeded)
1. Michael van Gerwen
2. Gary Anderson
3. Phil Taylor
4. Peter Wright
5. Adrian Lewis
6. Robert Thornton
7. James Wade
8. Michael Smith
9. Ian White
10. Simon Whitlock
11. Terry Jenkins
12. Kim Huybrechts
13. Dave Chisnall
14. Mervyn King
15. Vincent van der Voort
16. Raymond van Barneveld
17. Stephen Bunting
18. Brendan Dolan
19. Jelle Klaasen
20. Justin Pipe
21. Mensur Suljović
22. Mark Webster
23. Jamie Caven
24. Benito van de Pas
25. Steve Beaton
26. Wes Newton
27. Andy Hamilton
28. Andrew Gilding
29. Dean Winstanley
30. Kevin Painter
31 Jamie Lewis
32 John Henderson
Pro Tour Qualifiers
Alan Norris
Gerwyn Price
Joe Murnan
Daryl Gurney
Keegan Brown
Max Hopp
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Christian Kist
Cristo Reyes
David Pallett
Ronny Huybrechts
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Jeffrey de Zwaan
Kyle Anderson
Joe Cullen
Darren Webster
European Pro Tour
Dimitri van den Bergh
Jan Dekker
Jyhan Artut
Jermaine Wattimena
PDPA Qualifier
First Round
Ricky Evans
Preliminary Round
Andy Boulton
Live on Sky Sports
Date
Thu 17 Dec:
Fri 18 Dec:
Sat 19 Dec:
Sun 20 Dec:
Mon 21 Dec:
Tue 22 Dec:
Wed 23 Dec:
Channel
7pm-2
1pm-1, 7pm-2
1pm-2, 7pm-2
1pm-4, 7pm-1
7pm-2
7pm-1
7pm-1
Live on Sky Sports
(Rounds 2 & 3: 3 matches per session)
Date
Sat 26 Dec:
Sun 27 Dec:
Mon 28 Dec:
Tue 29 Dec:
Wed 30 Dec:
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Fri 1 Jan '16:
Session-Channel
6pm-2
1pm-3, 7pm-1
1pm-3, 7.30pm-1
1pm-1, 7pm-2
7pm-3
1pm-2
7.30pm-1
Match
1-3
4-9
10-15
16,1-5
6-8
1-2
3-4
(Q-Final: 2 matches per session)
International Qualifiers
First Round
Koha Kokiri
Loz Ryder
Darin Young
Preliminary Round
René Eidams
Thanawat Gaweenuntawong
Sven Groen
Per Laursen
Paul Lim
Mick McGowan
John Michael
Keita Ono
Aleksandr Oreshkin
Michael Rasztovits
Warrick Scheffer
Sun Qiang
Rob Szabo
Alex Tagarao
Kim Viljanen
(Local time GMT)
Match Schedule: Thu 17 Dec 7pm: 1-4, Fri 18 Dec 1pm: 5-8, 7pm: 9-12, Sat 19 Dec 1pm: 13-16, 7pm: 17-20,
Sun 20 Dec 1pm: 21-24, 7pm: 25-28, Mon 21 Dec 7pm: 29-32, Tue 22 Dec 7pm: 33-36, Wed 23 Dec 7pm: 37-40
Preliminary Round Best of 3 sets
9
1
29
21
Thanawat Gaweenuntawong
Andy Boulton
Warrick Scheffer
Michael Rasztovits
0-2
2-1
0-2
0-2
Rene Eidams
Per Laursen
John Michael
Rob Szabo
Sun Qiang
Keita Ono
Kim Viljanen
Aleksandr Oreshkin
0-2
2-0
2-1
2-1
Mick McGowan
Alex Tagarao
Sven Groen
Paul Lim
5
17
13
25
Round 1 Best of 5 sets
12
6
27
26
31
14
15
38
39
37
11
23
3
33
35
7
Michael van Gerwen
John Henderson
Raymond van Barneveld
Stephen Bunting
Michael Smith
Steve Beaton
Ian White
Benito van de Pas
Adrian Lewis
Andrew Gilding
Kim Huybrechts
Mensur Suljovic
Peter Wright
Dean Winstanley
Dave Chisnall
Justin Pipe
3-2
1-3
3-0
3-0
3-2
3-0
1-3
3-1
3-0
3-0
2-3
3-1
3-0
2-3
3-0
0-3
Rene Eidams
Darren Webster
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Jyhan Artut
Jeffrey de Zwaan
Koha Kokiri
Dimitri van den Bergh
Max Hopp
Jan Dekker
Gerwyn Price
David Pallett
Jermaine Wattimens
Keegan Brown
Ronny Huybrechts
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Christian Kist
Gary Anderson
Jamie Lewis
Vincent van der Voort
Brendan Dolan
James Wade
Wes Newton
Simon Whitlock
Jamie Caven
Robert Thornton
Andy Hamilton
Terry Jenkins
Mark Webster
Phil Taylor
Kevin Painter
Mervyn King
Jelle Klaasen
3-0
1-3
3-0
0-3
3-0
3-1
2-3
3-0
0-3
2-3
3-1
3-0
3-0
3-0
3-2
3-0
Andy Boulton
Daryl Gurney
Loz Ryder
Kyle Anderson
John Michael
Cristo Reyes
Ricky Evans
Rob Szabo
Alan Norris
Joe Murnan
Darin Young
Mick McGowan
Keita Ono
Kim Viljanen
Aleksandr Oreshkin
Joe Cullen
4
2
19
10
32
34
18
24
30
22
36
8
20
16
28
40
Round 2 Best of 7 sets
9
7
4
5
13
12
14
2
Michael van Gerwen
Raymond van Barneveld
Michael Smith
Dimitri van den Bergh
Adrian Lewis
David Pallett
Peter Wright
Dave Chisnall
4-0
4-3
4-2
2-4
4-0
3-4
4-0
4-1
Darren Webster
Stephen Bunting
Steve Beaton
Benito van de Pas
Andrew Gilding
Mensur Suljovic
Ronny Huybrechts
Christian Kist
Gary Anderson
Vincent van der Voort
James Wade
Ricky Evans
Alan Norris
Terry Jenkins
Phil Taylor
Mervyn King
4-1
4-2
4-0
0-4
4-1
0-4
4-1
2-4
Daryl Gurney
Kyle Anderson
Wes Newton
Jamie Caven
Joe Murnan
Mark Webster
Kevin Painter
Jelle Klaasen
3
6
8
1
10
11
15
16
Round 3 Best of 7 sets
5
1
3
6
Michael van Gerwen
Michael Smith
Adrian Lewis
Peter Wright
3-4
4-0
4-0
4-3
Raymond van Barneveld
Benito van de Pas
Mensur Suljovic
Dave Chisnall
Gary Anderson
James Wade
Alan Norris
Phil Taylor
4-0
4-1
4-1
3-4
Vincent van der Voort
Jamie Caven
Mark Webster
Jelle Klaasen
4
2
7
8
Q-Final Best of 9 sets
3
4
Raymond van Barneveld
Adrian Lewis
5-4
5-2
Michael Smith
Peter Wright
Gary Anderson
Alan Norris
5-1
4-5
James Wade
Jelle Klaasen
2
1
S-Final Best of 11 sets Sat 2nd January 8 pm Sky Sports 1
Raymond van Barneveld
Gary Anderson
3-6
6-0
Adrian Lewis
Jelle Klaasen
Final Best of 13 sets Sun 3rd January 7 pm Sky Sports 1
Adrian Lewis
5-7
Gary Anderson