2017 PDC World Championship 15th December- 2nd January - Alexandra Palace, London

[lakesideligger]

Apologies accepted from all those who have been slagging me off.

If you would have got it wrong it would have been mentioned. Get it right and well, not sure many apologies coming your way.

Even a blind squirrel etc.

We will accept your apology for Klaasen going deep in the Worlds anytime now.

huh?

Are you that thick?

[Rout]

Nice of them to completely omit the likes of White, Jenkins and Whitlock's 170 finish there, whilst including tens of shots of Wade.....

I agree, when I think of this year's tournament, I'll always think of Whitlock.

[Rout]

The stage invader obviously confused the security by wearing a suit.

Post of the tournament!!

[armchairfan]

Order of Merit

Top 16 qualify for the Masters
Top 64 receive a 1-year tour card
Bold=this player has a tour card for 2017

1 1832000 Michael van Gerwen 350000
2 740500 Gary Anderson 160000
3 512250 Peter Wright 80000
4 426500 Adrian Lewis (+1) 25000
5 392750 James Wade (+1) 38000
6 360750 Phil Taylor (-2) 38000
7 354500 Dave Chisnall 38000
8 324250 Mensur Suljovic 17000
9 309500 Jelle Klaasen (+1) 25000
10 299500 Raymond van Barneveld (+2) 80000
11 290250 Michael Smith 25000
12 283750 Robert Thornton (-3) 17000
13 271000 Kim Huybrechts 25000
14 267000 Ian White 25000
15 251500 Benito van de Pas 25000
16 208750 Simon Whitlock (+1) 17000
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17 197500 Terry Jenkins (+1) 17000
18 190750 Alan Norris (+3) 17000
19 185250 Stephen Bunting (-3) 10000
20 182000 Gerwyn Price (-1) 10000
21 179750 Daryl Gurney (+3) 38000
22 171750 Mervyn King 17000
23 162500 Mark Webster (+2) 25000
24 156750 Brendan Dolan (-1) 17000
25 153750 Vincent van der Voort (-5) 10000
26 143000 Justin Pipe 10000
27 141250 Steve Beaton 17000
28 132000 Joe Cullen (+1) 17000
29 120000 Jamie Caven (+1) 10000
30 118750 Kyle Anderson (-2)
31 113250 Jamie Lewis 17000
32 107250 Andrew Gilding (+2) 17000
32 107250 Darren Webster (+3) 25000

34 104750 John Henderson (-2) 10000
35 100750 Cristo Reyes (-2) 17000
36 96250 James Wilson 10000
37 88750 Joe Murnan (+3) 10000
38 84500 Max Hopp 17000
39 81500 Christian Kist (-1) 10000
40 81000 Robbie Green (+3) 10000
41 77500 Rowby-John Rodriguez 10000
42 76000 Chris Dobey (+5) 17000
43 75750 Steve West (+2) 10000
44 70250 Keegan Brown (-7)
45 68250 Kevin Painter (+1) 17000
46 67750 Josh Payne (+2) 10000
47 67250 Ronny Huybrechts (-3) 10000
48 65000 Ricky Evans (+1) 10000
49 64500 Jermaine Wattimena (+1) 10000
50 63500 Devon Petersen (+2) 10000
51 60750 Dimitri van den Bergh (+2) 10000
52 54250 Jonny Clayton (+8) 17000
53 53500 Andy Hamilton (-11)
54 46500 David Pallett (-4)
55 41500 Dirk van Duijvenbode (+1)
55 41500 Jan Dekker (+1)
57 39000 Jeffrey de Zwaan (+1)
57 39000 Andy Boulton (+1)
59 37750 Wes Newton (-5)
60 34750 Jeffrey de Graaf (+10) 10000
61 32500 Andy Jenkins (+4)
61 32500 Mick McGowan (+11) 10000
63 31750 Ron Meulenkamp (+10) 10000
64 30250 William O'Connor (+4)
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65 30000 Mark Frost (+11) 10000
66 27000 Magnus Caris (+14) 10000
67 26250 Mickey Mansell (-5)
68 25750 Dean Winstanley (-13)
69 25500 James Richardson
69 25500 Wayne Jones (-6)
71 25000 Jyhan Artut (-7)
72 23500 Stuart Kellett (-6)
73 23000 Ronnie Baxter (-12)
74 22750 Andy Smith (-7)
75 21750 Nathan Aspinall (-2)
76 21000 Simon Stevenson (+6) 4500
77 20250 Darren Johnson (-2)
78 19750 Matthew Edgar (-1)
79 19250 Nathan Derry (-1)
80 17750 Berry van Peer (-1)
81 16750 Nigel Heydon
82 16500 Vincent Kamphuis
82 16500 Mark Walsh
84 16000 Paul Nicholson (-13)
85 15250 John Michael (+38) 10000
86 14750 Jamie Robinson (-1)
87 14500 Dragutin Horvat (+40) 10000
88 14000 Zoran Lerchbacher (+42) 10000
89 13750 Jason Wilson (-2)
90 12750 Mike Zuydwijk (-2)
91 12000 Kim Viljanen (+63) 10000
92 11750 Jim Walker (-3)
93 11500 Yordi Meeuwisse (-3)
94 11250 Steve Brown (-3)
95 11000 Johnny Haines (-3)
95 11000 John Bowles (+20) 4500
97 10750 Tony Newell (-4)
97 10750 Mike de Decker (-4)
97 10750 Matt Clark (-4)
100 10500 Jason Lovett (-4)
101 10250 Peter Hudson (-4)
101 10250 Jerry Hendriks (+98) 10000


107 9750 Ted Evetts (-9)
108 9000 Ryan Meikle (-9)
110 8750 Richie Corner (-9)
115 8000 Mark Barilli (-9)
122 6750 Jonathan Worsley (-9)
124 6500 Dennis Smith (-9)
126 6000 Darron Brown (-8)
129 5750 Shaun Griffiths (-9)
129 5750 Robert Owen (-9)
131 5500 Ross Smith (-9)
142 4250 Ricky Williams (-13)
143 4000 Matthew Dennant (-13)
147 3500 Ryan Palmer (-12)
150 3250 Brian Woods (-12)
156 2750 Dick van Dijk (-12)
166 2000 Harry Robinson (-12)
174 1750 Andy Parsons (-11)
174 1750 Terry Temple (-11)
174 1750 Ray Campbell (-11)
179 1500 Simon Preston (-11)

[armchairfan]

1-year Order of Merit

World ranking in brackets
Red=this player doesn't have a tour card for 2017

1 (1) 1157500 Michael van Gerwen
2 (2) 316000 Gary Anderson
3 (3) 293000 Peter Wright
4 (7) 204250 Dave Chisnall
5 (6) 192000 Phil Taylor
6 (5) 190750 James Wade
7 (8) 185750 Mensur Suljovic
8 (10) 158750 Raymond van Barneveld
9 (15) 155000 Benito van de Pas
10 (13) 133250 Kim Huybrechts
11 (9) 131750 Jelle Klaasen
11 (14) 131750 Ian White
13 (16) 121250 Simon Whitlock
14 (21) 116250 Daryl Gurney
15 (18) 114500 Alan Norris
16 (4) 112250 Adrian Lewis

17 (20) 110000 Gerwyn Price
18 (28) 105250 Joe Cullen
19 (11) 100000 Michael Smith
20 (17) 95500 Terry Jenkins
21 (19) 94250 Stephen Bunting
22 (22) 83500 Mervyn King
23 (27) 79250 Steve Beaton
24 (36) 79000 James Wilson
25 (30) 77250 Kyle Anderson
26 (32) 77000 Darren Webster
27 (24) 76500 Brendan Dolan
28 (23) 73250 Mark Webster
29 (12) 73000 Robert Thornton
30 (42) 69750 Chris Dobey
31 (35) 65750 Cristo Reyes
32 (40) 63000 Robbie Green

33 (26) 62750 Justin Pipe
34 (43) 59000 Steve West
35 (29) 57250 Jamie Caven
36 (25) 51500 Vincent van der Voort
37 (46) 51000 Josh Payne
38 (38) 49500 Max Hopp
39 (49) 47500 Jermaine Wattimena
40 (31) 44500 Jamie Lewis
41 (39) 43000 Christian Kist
42 (52) 40500 Jonny Clayton
43 (34) 39500 John Henderson
44 (32) 39250 Andrew Gilding
45 (50) 39000 Devon Petersen
46 (45) 37250 Kevin Painter
46 (37) 37250 Joe Murnan
48 (41) 36500 Rowby-John Rodriguez

49 (47) 36250 Ronny Huybrechts
50 (48) 36000 Ricky Evans
51 (51) 35250 Dimitri van den Bergh
52 (60) 34750 Jeffrey de Graaf
53 (61) 32500 Mick McGowan
54 (63) 31750 Ron Meulenkamp
55 (69) 25500 James Richardson
56 (65) 24500 Mark Frost
57 (61) 21000 Andy Jenkins
57 (76) 21000 Simon Stevenson
59 (55) 18500 Jan Dekker
60 (80) 17750 Berry van Peer
60 (53) 17750 Andy Hamilton
62 (66) 17500 Magnus Caris
63 (82) 16500 Vincent Kamphuis
63 (82) 16500 Mark Walsh

65 (85) 15250 John Michael
66 (73) 14500 Ronnie Baxter
66 (87) 14500 Dragutin Horvat
68 (88) 14000 Zoran Lerchbacher
68 (57) 14000 Andy Boulton
70 (78) 13500 Matthew Edgar
70 (67) 13500 Mickey Mansell
72 (72) 13250 Stuart Kellett
73 (75) 12500 Nathan Aspinall
74 (91) 12000 Kim Viljanen
74 (44) 12000 Keegan Brown
76 (55) 11750 Dirk van Duijvenbode
76 (54) 11750 David Pallett
78 (69) 11500 Wayne Jones
78 (93) 11500 Yordi Meeuwisse
80 (94) 11250 Steve Brown
80 (89) 11250 Jason Wilson
82 (95) 11000 John Bowles
83 (97) 10750 Matt Clark
83 (97) 10750 Tony Newell
83 (97) 10750 Mike de Decker
86 (81) 10500 Nigel Heydon
87 (101) 10250 Peter Hudson
87 (74) 10250 Andy Smith
87 (101) 10250 Jerry Hendriks
90 (103) 10000 Kevin Simm
90 (103) 10000 Tengku Shah
90 (103) 10000 Corey Cadby
90 (103) 10000 David Platt
94 (107) 9750 Ted Evetts
94 (59) 9750 Wes Newton
96 (57) 9500 Jeffrey de Zwaan
97 (108) 9000 Ryan Meikle
98 (110) 8750 Richie Corner
98 (77) 8750 Darren Johnson
98 (92) 8750 Jim Walker


106 (115) 8000 Mark Barilli
111 (64) 7000 William O'Connor
112 (122) 6750 Jonathan Worsley
113 (124) 6500 Dennis Smith
117 (126) 6000 Darron Brown
119 (129) 5750 Shaun Griffiths
119 (129) 5750 Robert Owen
121 (131) 5500 Ross Smith
132 (142) 4250 Ricky Williams
134 (143) 4000 Matthew Dennant
139 (147) 3500 Ryan Palmer
143 (150) 3250 Brian Woods
151 (156) 2750 Dick van Dijk
163 (166) 2000 Harry Robinson
172 (174) 1750 Ray Campbell
172 (174) 1750 Andy Parsons
172 (174) 1750 Terry Temple
178 (179) 1500 Simon Preston

[Paddy McGinty]

Statistics will now show that mvg has become a better player than Taylor ever was.......

Paddy forgetting his usual tropes about treble sizes, there.

No not forgetting.........they have been larger for quite some time now.........mvg although not my favourite player is simply awesome at the moment.

[danny chizz corf]

We are now seriously in the mvg era, noone can touch him for at least the next 10 years, can win everything 5 times over if he stays hungry, he'll be beaten of course, but not consistently. He will win title after title.

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[ifm]

Apparently security put the stage invader in hospital.

[sammylad]

Had a great four days........ However I've been to the worlds (semi & finals) 4 out of the last 5 years. Probably the worst crowd so far. I'm not sure if it's related but this year over half the crowd were from overseas. Maybe 500-1000 Dutch? 500 Germans? 500 Swiss? Even the broadcast team said there were problems. Plus three people invaded the stage! This year it was also the hardest year to buy tickets and I have PDC membership priority. All the fans in the front rows.... yep. Dutch, German, etc. Did barry decide this year to give non British fans priority?

[paolo2144]

We are now seriously in the mvg era, noone can touch him for at least the next 10 years, can win everything 5 times over if he stays hungry, he'll be beaten of course, but not consistently. He will win title after title.

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I am not convinced his reign will last that long, it really depends if he can keep the intense focus up and it is not that easy to do that year in year out

[danny chizz corf]

We are now seriously in the mvg era, noone can touch him for at least the next 10 years, can win everything 5 times over if he stays hungry, he'll be beaten of course, but not consistently. He will win title after title.

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I am not convinced his reign will last that long, it really depends if he can keep the intense focus up and it is not that easy to do that year in year out

His competitors are dropping one by one, noone out there who can challenge him consistently, Lewis maybe, Smith, Van DePas, rest have got no hope, it's his to dominate.

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[Duneh9617]

We are now seriously in the mvg era, noone can touch him for at least the next 10 years, can win everything 5 times over if he stays hungry, he'll be beaten of course, but not consistently. He will win title after title.

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I am not convinced his reign will last that long, it really depends if he can keep the intense focus up and it is not that easy to do that year in year out

His competitors are dropping one by one, noone out there who can challenge him consistently, Lewis maybe, Smith, Van DePas, rest have got no hope, it's his to dominate.

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But Cadby and some other amazing talents are on their way. He will get fierce competition in the coming years

[Rout]

How can you predict what will happen in 5 or 10 years time in darts? Form can go in months.

[ChrisW]

Some of this is in Dutch. At 3:15 Gerwen gets a surprise call from the Prime minister.

[Ginge]

Nice of Theresa May to take time out of her Bank Holiday to make a call, fair play to her.

[ChrisW]

Nice of Theresa May to take time out of her Bank Holiday to make a call, fair play to her.

She's not a darts person.

[danny chizz corf]

How can you predict what will happen in 5 or 10 years time in darts? Form can go in months.

Form? MVG isn't in 'form' mate.

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[oche balboa]

Yes he is.... he is sustaining it over a large period

[danny chizz corf]

Yes he is.... he is sustaining it over a large period

It's not form, it's his level.

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[paolo2144]

Yes he is.... he is sustaining it over a large period

It's not form, it's his level.

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It may be the level he is at just now but there is no guarantee he will be able to maintain this level for next 5-10 years,all it needs is dip in concentration,maybe less focus or possible dip in confidence after all just look at where he was 5 years ago where he was struggling to win matches never mind competitions.