2016 PDC World Grand Prix Qualification

[ifm]

For me it's in the same area as wildcards, people in events that haven't earned the right to be there.

What about wildcard qualifying events for things like the GSOD?

A fan or not?

Not, if the prize was partially funded by the BDO i would be ok with it but as it is it's taking money from PDC players, i said this the other day, best comp on tv.

[Deleted User]

For me it's in the same area as wildcards, people in events that haven't earned the right to be there.

What about wildcard qualifying events for things like the GSOD?

A fan or not?

At least they have to win a few matches in a qualifying event, rather than being parachuted straight into an event because they are a "name". Hello, Messers Fordham, O'Shea and Hankey!

Saying that, 8 spots for the PDC qualifying event at the GSoD was far far too many last time out.

They had to do that because the usual few faces won all the qualifying events.

I thought it was fine and good to see some different mushes on the box.

[Ginge]

For me it's in the same area as wildcards, people in events that haven't earned the right to be there.

What about wildcard qualifying events for things like the GSOD?

A fan or not?

At least they have to win a few matches in a qualifying event, rather than being parachuted straight into an event because they are a "name". Hello, Messers Fordham, O'Shea and Hankey!

Saying that, 8 spots for the PDC qualifying event at the GSoD was far far too many last time out.

They had to do that because the usual few faces won all the qualifying events.

I thought it was fine and good to see some different mushes on the box.

Well not quite, it was the plan all year to have 8 qualifiers from an event. If more than 16 qualified from the list of events then it was tough titties, only the 16 at the top of the event priority list got in.

[Deleted User]

For me it's in the same area as wildcards, people in events that haven't earned the right to be there.

What about wildcard qualifying events for things like the GSOD?

A fan or not?

At least they have to win a few matches in a qualifying event, rather than being parachuted straight into an event because they are a "name". Hello, Messers Fordham, O'Shea and Hankey!

Saying that, 8 spots for the PDC qualifying event at the GSoD was far far too many last time out.

They had to do that because the usual few faces won all the qualifying events.

I thought it was fine and good to see some different mushes on the box.

Well not quite, it was the plan all year to have 8 qualifiers from an event. If more than 16 qualified from the list of events then it was tough titties, only the 16 at the top of the event priority list got in.

Yeah, but it was so polarised at the top end they had to crowbar in Protour and Euro winners to get up to 16 otherwise they'd have been about 11 automatic qualifiers.

[Ginge]

Fair point. Other than inviting top names from the OoM already in, not much else they can do.

[Deleted User]

Fair point. Other than inviting top names from the OoM already in, not much else they can do.

Agreed. I'd rather see the odd new face get battered than VvdV and Pipe rocking up and being adequate.

The BDO qualifiers can't be as bad next time around either.

[armchairfan]

Update after the World Matchplay

Cutoff: 26 Sep (after PC16)

9 events remaining (4 Euro Tours, 5 PCs)

Money to be defended between now and the cutoff has been deducted
Prize money has been added to ET6/7/8 qualifiers.
Players highlighted in blue can still qualify for ET7&8 (Hopp can also qualify for ET6).


Top 16 Order of Merit (8 seeds)

Money won at the World Matchplay in brackets

1 £1,231,000 Michael van Gerwen ET6 ET7 ET8 (100000)
2 £845,500 Gary Anderson ET6 (27000)
3 £445,750 Adrian Lewis (27000)
4 £440,750 Phil Taylor ET6 (50000)
5 £396,750 Peter Wright ET6 ET7 ET8 (17500)
6 £344,750 James Wade ET6 ET7 ET8 (6000)
7 £300,500 Robert Thornton ET6 ET7 ET8 (10000)
8 £277,250 Michael Smith ET6 ET7 ET8 (10000)
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9 £272,250 Dave Chisnall ET6 ET7 ET8 (17500)
10 £262,750 Jelle Klaasen ET6 ET7 ET8 (6000)
11 £244,250 Raymond van Barneveld (6000)
12 £241,000 Ian White ET6 ET7 ET8 (10000)
13 £227,250 Kim Huybrechts ET6 ET7 ET8 (6000)
14 £214,750 Stephen Bunting ET6 ET7 ET8 (6000)
15 £210,750 Terry Jenkins ET6 ET7 ET8 (10000)
16 £207,750 Mensur Suljovic ET6 ET7 ET8 (10000)
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17 £196,000 Vincent van der Voort (6000)
18 £195,000 Benito van de Pas ET6 ET7 ET8 (6000)
19 £177,750 Mervyn King ET8 (17500)


Top 14 ProTour Order of Merit

Estimated money required to qualify: £27,000

Money won at PC10/11 in brackets

1 £66,250 Benito van de Pas ET6 ET7 ET8 (3250)
2 £50,500 Gerwyn Price ET6 ET7 ET8 (2250)
3 £42,250 Alan Norris ET6 ET7 ET8 (500)
4 £39,500 Joe Cullen ET7 ET8 (6000)
5 £37,250 Simon Whitlock ET6 ET7 ET8 (0)
6 £37,250 Daryl Gurney ET6 ET7 ET8 (1500)
7 £29,000 Steve Beaton (7500)
8 £27,750 Mervyn King ET8 (2000)
9 £27,000 Kyle Anderson ET6 ET7 ET8 (3250)
10 £25,750 Jamie Caven ET6 ET7 ET8 (1500)
11 £24,500 Josh Payne ET8 (500)
12 £23,750 Mark Webster (1000)
13 £22,500 Robbie Green ET6 ET7 ET8 (3250)
14 £22,500 Justin Pipe ET8 (500)
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15 £19,000 Ricky Evans ET7 ET8 (500)
16 £19,000 Vincent van der Voort (2000)
17 £18,250 Jamie Lewis ET8 (1500)
18 £17,750 Cristo Reyes ET6 (4500)
19 £17,250 Devon Petersen ET6 ET7 ET8 (1500)
20 £17,250 Jermaine Wattimena (2500)
21 £17,000 Andrew Gilding (3000)
22 £16,500 Kevin Painter ET7 (500)
23 £16,500 Chris Dobey ET7 (0)
24 £16,500 John Henderson ET6 (1000)
25 £16,250 Steve West ET6 ET7 ET8 (500)
26 £16,000 Joe Murnan ET8 (3250)
27 £15,750 Darren Webster ET7 ET8 (0)
28 £15,750 Brendan Dolan ET7 (500)
29 £15,750 Max Hopp (500)
30 £14,750 Jonny Clayton ET6 (0)
31 £13,750 Rowby-John Rodriguez (1500)
32 £13,250 Andy Hamilton ET6 ET7 (1000)


Top 2 Irish ProTour
1 £15,750 Brendan Dolan ET7 (500)
2 £7,250 Mickey Mansell (1000)
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3 £5,500 William O'Connor (500)
4 £5,500 Mick McGowan (500)

[26scored]

Its not as if there are 4 Irish spots like in the old days, 2 is probably fine.

It's still a backdoor into many events they wouldn't normally qualify for historically.

I suppose the precedent has now been set by taking away 8 guaranteed extra Euro players from the European Championships, so yes maybe it's now time time to get rid of the Irish spots as well on the same basis.

That move on the Euro championships was rubbish. Now all we get to see is the same British players instead of a fresh field as most of the old guns are British and most of the young talents are not. The Euro Tour events would be better also if they included 16 British and 12 European qualifier instead of 20 British and 8 European.

[26scored]

Grand Slam qualifying by the way is one of the worst things in the PDC tournament system right now. Players like Wayne Jones, Clayton, Boulton all played at last years' GSoD just like that two Dutch Oosterhuis and vd Horst from the BDO. This degrades the tournament big time.

[foggs3355]

Its not as if there are 4 Irish spots like in the old days, 2 is probably fine.

It's still a backdoor into many events they wouldn't normally qualify for historically.

I suppose the precedent has now been set by taking away 8 guaranteed extra Euro players from the European Championships, so yes maybe it's now time time to get rid of the Irish spots as well on the same basis.

That move on the Euro championships was rubbish. Now all we get to see is the same British players instead of a fresh field as most of the old guns are British and most of the young talents are not. The Euro Tour events would be better also if they included 16 British and 12 European qualifier instead of 20 British and 8 European.

i agree i think the euro quaffing should be changed top 28 from 10 euro tour events then 4 next best European players not already in over the 10 events to mix up the field a bit

[26scored]

i agree i think the euro quaffing should be changed top 28 from 10 euro tour events then 4 next best European players not already in over the 10 events to mix up the field a bit

Yeah in 2015 there were 14 European players, but in 2016 there are only 9 European players in as it stands now.

[crispy1978]

Vincent looking a bit unlucky at the moment as it stands, just sat outside both qualification doors (main and ProTour OOMs).

[crispy1978]

I think the criteria is fine. It just happens to be that those who have qualified through whatever means are from different countries - two Aussies likely to be in the field as well, which is worth remembering.

[ifm]

I think the criteria is fine. It just happens to be that those who have qualified through whatever means are from different countries - two Aussies likely to be in the field as well, which is worth remembering.

UK based Aussies so doesn't really apply in this particular discussion.

[Ginge]

A Brazilian won the European Grand Prix in 2009. Why are people so hung up about the name, ffs. Just means its held in Europe and thats it.

[26scored]

A Brazilian won the European Grand Prix in 2009. Why are people so hung up about the name, ffs. Just means its held in Europe and thats it.

British players have big advantages in the qualifying system of the Euro Tour events, which makes up the most of the Pro Tour OOM. Also they have less issues with travelling and entrying events. This was a tournament when players from other countries could show how good they are, and some names, who aren't regular on TV, could get in. The new qualifying system destroys this.

[armchairfan]

Update after ET6

Cutoff: 26 Sep (after PC16)

8 events remaining (3 Euro Tours, 5 PCs)

Money to be defended between now and the cutoff has been deducted
Prize money has been added to ET7/8 qualifiers.
Players highlighted in blue can still qualify for ET7&8.
Money won at ET6 in brackets


Top 16 Order of Merit (8 seeds)

1 £1,256,000 Michael van Gerwen ET7 ET8 ET9 (25000)
2 £847,500 Gary Anderson (3500)
3 £445,750 Adrian Lewis (-)
4 £439,250 Phil Taylor (-)
5 £406,750 Peter Wright ET7 ET8 ET9 (10000)
6 £346,750 James Wade ET7 ET8 ET9 (2000)
7 £300,500 Robert Thornton ET7 ET8 (1500)
8 £279,250 Michael Smith ET7 ET8 ET9 (2000)
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9 £273,750 Dave Chisnall ET7 ET8 ET9 (1500)
10 £266,250 Jelle Klaasen ET7 ET8 ET9 (3500)
11 £244,250 Raymond van Barneveld (-)
12 £243,000 Ian White ET7 ET8 ET9 (2000)
13 £232,250 Kim Huybrechts ET7 ET8 ET9 (5000)
14 £219,750 Stephen Bunting ET7 ET8 ET9 (5000)
15 £214,250 Terry Jenkins ET7 ET8 ET9 (3500)
16 £211,250 Mensur Suljovic ET7 ET8 ET9 (3500)
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17 £196,500 Benito van de Pas ET7 ET8 ET9 (1500)
18 £196,000 Vincent van der Voort (0)
19 £177,750 Mervyn King ET8 (0)


Top 14 ProTour Order of Merit

Estimated money required to qualify: £27,000

1 £67,750 Benito van de Pas ET7 ET8 ET9 (1500)
2 £53,000 Gerwyn Price ET7 ET8 ET9 (2000)
3 £44,250 Alan Norris ET7 ET8 ET9 (1500)
4 £41,000 Joe Cullen ET7 ET8 ET9 (0)
5 £38,750 Simon Whitlock ET7 ET8 ET9 (1500)
6 £38,250 Daryl Gurney ET7 ET8 (2000)
7 £29,000 Steve Beaton (0)
8 £28,000 Kyle Anderson ET7 ET8 (2000)
9 £27,750 Mervyn King ET8 (0)
10 £26,250 Jamie Caven ET7 ET8 (1500)
11 £24,500 Josh Payne ET8 (0)
12 £23,750 Mark Webster (0)
13 £22,500 Robbie Green ET7 ET8 (1000)
14 £22,500 Justin Pipe ET8 (0)
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15 £19,000 Ricky Evans ET7 ET8 (0)
16 £19,000 Vincent van der Voort (0)
17 £18,250 Jamie Lewis ET8 (0)
18 £17,750 Devon Petersen ET7 ET8 (1500)
19 £17,750 Cristo Reyes (1000)
20 £17,250 Jermaine Wattimena (0)
21 £17,000 Andrew Gilding (0)
22 £16,750 Steve West ET7 ET8 (1500)
23 £16,750 Max Hopp (1000)
24 £16,500 Chris Dobey ET7 (0)
24 £16,500 Kevin Painter ET7 (0)
26 £16,500 John Henderson (1000)
27 £16,000 Joe Murnan ET8 (0)
28 £15,750 Darren Webster ET7 ET8 (0)
29 £15,750 Brendan Dolan ET7 (0)
30 £15,250 Jonny Clayton (1500)
31 £13,750 Rowby-John Rodriguez (0)
32 £13,250 Andy Hamilton ET7 (1000)


Top 2 Irish ProTour

1 £15,750 Brendan Dolan ET7 (0)
2 £7,250 Mickey Mansell (0)
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3 £5,500 William O'Connor (0)
4 £5,500 Mick McGowan (0)

[armchairfan]

Update after PC13

Cutoff: 26 Sep (after PC16)

6 events remaining (3 Euro Tours, 3 PCs)

Money to be defended between now and the cutoff has been deducted
Prize money has been added to ET7/8/9 qualifiers.
Players highlighted in blue can still qualify for ET7/8/9.
Money won at PC12&13 in brackets


Top 16 Order of Merit (8 seeds)

1 £1,256,000 Michael van Gerwen ET7 ET8 ET9 (-)
2 £857,500 Gary Anderson (10000)
3 £445,750 Adrian Lewis (-)
4 £439,250 Phil Taylor (-)
5 £407,750 Peter Wright ET7 ET8 ET9 (1000)
6 £348,250 James Wade ET7 ET8 ET9 (1500)
7 £301,000 Robert Thornton ET7 ET8 (500)
8 £279,250 Michael Smith ET7 ET8 ET9 (-)
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9 £273,750 Dave Chisnall ET7 ET8 ET9 (-)
10 £267,750 Jelle Klaasen ET7 ET8 ET9 (1500)
11 £254,000 Ian White ET7 ET8 ET9 (11000)
12 £244,250 Raymond van Barneveld (-)
13 £233,250 Kim Huybrechts ET7 ET8 ET9 (1000)
14 £221,250 Stephen Bunting ET7 ET8 ET9 (1500)
15 £220,750 Terry Jenkins ET7 ET8 ET9 (6500)
16 £215,000 Mensur Suljovic ET7 ET8 ET9 (3750)
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17 £202,500 Benito van de Pas ET7 ET8 ET9 (6000)
18 £198,750 Vincent van der Voort (2750)
19 £178,750 Mervyn King ET8 (1000)


Top 14 ProTour Order of Merit

Estimated money required to qualify: £26,500

1 £73,750 Benito van de Pas ET7 ET8 ET9 (6000)
2 £55,250 Gerwyn Price ET7 ET8 ET9 (2250)
3 £48,000 Alan Norris ET7 ET8 ET9 (3750)
4 £45,000 Joe Cullen ET7 ET8 ET9 (4000)
5 £42,000 Daryl Gurney ET7 ET8 ET9 (2750)
6 £41,250 Simon Whitlock ET7 ET8 ET9 (2500)
7 £33,250 Steve Beaton ET9 (3250)
8 £29,500 Kyle Anderson ET7 ET8 (1500)
9 £28,750 Mervyn King ET8 (1000)
10 £26,750 Jamie Caven ET7 ET8 (500)
11 £25,500 Josh Payne ET8 (1000)
12 £25,000 Robbie Green ET7 ET8 ET9 (1500)
13 £24,250 Mark Webster (500)
14 £22,500 Justin Pipe ET8 (0)
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15 £21,750 Vincent van der Voort (2750)
16 £20,250 Jamie Lewis ET8 (2000)
17 £20,250 Cristo Reyes (2500)
18 £20,000 Ricky Evans ET7 ET8 (1000)
19 £19,750 Devon Petersen ET7 ET8 ET9 (1000)
20 £19,750 James Wilson ET7 ET9 (6000)
21 £19,750 Jonny Clayton ET9 (3500)
22 £19,750 Steve West ET7 ET8 (3000)
23 £19,000 John Henderson (2500)
24 £18,000 Joe Murnan ET8 ET9 (1000)
25 £18,000 Chris Dobey ET7 (1500)
26 £18,000 Kevin Painter ET7 (1500)
27 £18,000 Andrew Gilding (1000)
28 £17,750 Brendan Dolan ET7 ET9 (1000)
29 £17,750 Jermaine Wattimena (500)
30 £17,250 Max Hopp (500)
31 £16,750 Darren Webster ET7 ET8 ET9 (0)
32 £15,750 Rowby-John Rodriguez (2000)


Top 2 Irish ProTour

1 £17,750 Brendan Dolan ET7 ET9 (0)
2 £8,750 Mickey Mansell (1500)
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3 £7,000 Mick McGowan ET9 (500)
4 £6,000 William O'Connor (0)

[JeroenvdV]

Update after PC13

Cutoff: 26 Sep (after PC16)

6 events remaining (3 Euro Tours, 3 PCs)

Money to be defended between now and the cutoff has been deducted
Prize money has been added to ET7/8/9 qualifiers.
Players highlighted in blue can still qualify for ET7/8/9.
Money won at PC12&13 in brackets


Top 16 Order of Merit (8 seeds)

1 £1,256,000 Michael van Gerwen ET7 ET8 ET9 ET10 (-)
2 £857,500 Gary Anderson (10000)
3 £445,750 Adrian Lewis (-)
4 £439,250 Phil Taylor (-)
5 £407,750 Peter Wright ET7 ET8 ET9 ET10 (1000)
6 £348,250 James Wade ET7 ET8 ET9 (1500)
7 £301,000 Robert Thornton ET7 ET8 (500)
8 £279,250 Michael Smith ET7 ET8 ET9 ET10 (-)
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9 £273,750 Dave Chisnall ET7 ET8 ET9 ET10 (-)
10 £267,750 Jelle Klaasen ET7 ET8 ET9 ET10 (1500)
11 £254,000 Ian White ET7 ET8 ET9 ET10 (11000)
12 £244,250 Raymond van Barneveld (-)
13 £233,250 Kim Huybrechts ET7 ET8 ET9 ET10 (1000)
14 £221,250 Stephen Bunting ET7 ET8 ET9 ET10 (1500)
15 £220,750 Terry Jenkins ET7 ET8 ET9 ET10 (6500)
16 £215,000 Mensur Suljovic ET7 ET8 ET9 ET10 (3750)
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17 £202,500 Benito van de Pas ET7 ET8 ET9 (6000)
18 £198,750 Vincent van der Voort (2750)
19 £178,750 Mervyn King ET8 (1000)


Top 14 ProTour Order of Merit

Estimated money required to qualify: £26,500

1 £73,750 Benito van de Pas ET7 ET8 ET9 (6000)
2 £55,250 Gerwyn Price ET7 ET8 ET9 (2250)
3 £48,000 Alan Norris ET7 ET8 ET9 (3750)
4 £45,000 Joe Cullen ET7 ET8 ET9 (4000)
5 £42,000 Daryl Gurney ET7 ET8 ET9 (2750)
6 £41,250 Simon Whitlock ET7 ET8 ET9 (2500)
7 £33,250 Steve Beaton ET9 (3250)
8 £29,500 Kyle Anderson ET7 ET8 (1500)
9 £28,750 Mervyn King ET8 (1000)
10 £26,750 Jamie Caven ET7 ET8 (500)
11 £25,500 Josh Payne ET8 (1000)
12 £25,000 Robbie Green ET7 ET8 ET9 (1500)
13 £24,250 Mark Webster (500)
14 £22,500 Justin Pipe ET8 (0)
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15 £21,750 Vincent van der Voort (2750)
16 £20,250 Jamie Lewis ET8 (2000)
17 £20,250 Cristo Reyes (2500)
18 £20,000 Ricky Evans ET7 ET8 (1000)
19 £19,750 Devon Petersen ET7 ET8 ET9 (1000)
20 £19,750 James Wilson ET7 ET9 (6000)
21 £19,750 Jonny Clayton ET9 (3500)
22 £19,750 Steve West ET7 ET8 (3000)
23 £19,000 John Henderson (2500)
24 £18,000 Joe Murnan ET8 ET9 (1000)
25 £18,000 Chris Dobey ET7 (1500)
26 £18,000 Kevin Painter ET7 (1500)
27 £18,000 Andrew Gilding (1000)
28 £17,750 Brendan Dolan ET7 ET9 (1000)
29 £17,750 Jermaine Wattimena (500)
30 £17,250 Max Hopp (500)
31 £16,750 Darren Webster ET7 ET8 ET9 (0)
32 £15,750 Rowby-John Rodriguez (2000)


Top 2 Irish ProTour

1 £17,750 Brendan Dolan ET7 ET9 (0)
2 £8,750 Mickey Mansell (1500)
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3 £7,000 Mick McGowan ET9 (500)
4 £6,000 William O'Connor (0)

Why did you include Eurotour 10 money for the top 16 only??

[armchairfan]

Why did you include Eurotour 10 money for the top 16 only??

I haven't included ET10 money in the list. I just forgot to remove all the 'ET10's.