PDC World Championship 2017

PTH2009

Its that time of year again the PDC World Championship
Christmas would never be the same without it
December 15th 2016- Jan 2nd 2017 (No games on Dec 24th/26th and 31st)

Draw Numbers
Seeded Players
1 Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands)
2 Gary Anderson (Scotland)
3 Peter Wright (Scotland)
4 Phil Taylor (England)
5 Adrian Lewis (England)
6 James Wade (England)
7 Dave Chisnall (England)
8 Mensur Suljovic (Austria)
9 Robert Thornton (Scotland)
10 Jelle Klaasen (Netherlands)
11 Michael Smith (England)
12 Raymond van Barneveld (Netherlands)
13 Kim Huybrechts (Belgium)
14 Ian White (England)
15 Benito van de Pas (Netherlands)
16 Stephen Bunting (England)
17 Simon Whitlock (Australia)
18 Terry Jenkins (England)
19 Gerwyn Price (Wales)
20 Vincent van der Voort (Netherlands)
21 Alan Norris (England)
22 Mervyn King (England)
23 Brendan Dolan (Northern Ireland)
24 Daryl Gurney (Northern Ireland)
25 Mark Webster (Wales)
26 Justin Pipe (England)
27 Steve Beaton (England)
28 Joe Cullen (England)
29 Jamie Caven (England)
30 Jamie Lewis (Wales)
31 John Henderson (Scotland)
32 Cristo Reyes (Spain)

Unseeded Players
33 James Wilson (England)
34 Steve West (England)
35 Chris Dobey (England)
36 Robbie Green (England)
37 Josh Payne (England)
38 Jermaine Wattimena (Netherlands)
39 Ronny Huybrechts (Belgium)
40 Joe Murnan (England)
41 Darren Webster (England)
42 Devon Petersen (South Africa)
43 Rowby-John Rodriguez (Austria)
44 Christian Kist (Netherlands)
45 Jonny Clayton (Wales)
46 Ricky Evans (England)
47 Andrew Gilding (England)
48 Kevin Painter (England)
49 Jeffrey de Graaf (Netherlands)
50 Max Hopp (Germany)
51 Dimitri Van den Bergh (Belgium)
52 Ron Meulenkamp (Netherlands)
53 PDPA Qualifier Winner
54 Mick McGowan (Ireland)
55 Magnus Caris (Sweden)
56 John Michael (Greece)
57 Jerry Hendriks (Netherlands) or Warren Parry (New Zealand)
58 Zoran Lerchbacher (Austria) or PDPA Qualifier 3
59 Tengku Shah (Malaysia) or Masumi Chino (Japan)
60 PDPA Qualifier Runner-Up or Gilbert Ulang (Philippines)
61 Qiang Sun (China) or Corey Cadby (Australia)
62 PDPA Qualifier 4 or David Platt (Australia)
63 Ross Snook (Canada) or Kim Viljanen (Finland)
64 Boris Koltsov (Russia) or Dragutin Horvat (Germany)

Prem and 1st round draw will be posted shortly

PTH2009

Section 1

MVG vs Ross Snook/Kim Viljanen
Cristo Reyes vs Dimitri Van den Bergh

Stephen Bunting vs Darren Webster
Simion Whitlock vs Boris Koltsov/Dragutin
Horvat

Mensur Suljović vs Ron Meulenkamp
Mark Webster vs Joe Murnan

Robert Thornton vs Zoran Lerchbacher/Simon
Stevenson
Daryl Gurney vs Jermaine Wattimena

Section 2

Adrian Lewis V Magnus Caris
Joe Cullen V Qiang Sun/Corey Cadby

Raymond van Barneveld V Robbie Green
Alan Norris V John Michael

Phil Taylor V John Bowles/David Platt
Jamie Caven V Kevin Painter

Kim Huybrechts V James Wilson
Vincent van der Voort V Max Hopp

Section 3
Gary Anderson V Mark Frost
John Henderson V Andrew Gilding

Benito van de Pas V Tengku Shah/Masumi Chino
Terry Jenkins V Josh Payne

Dave Chisnall V Rowby­John Rodriguez
Justin Pipe V Chris Dobey

Jelle Klaasen V Jeffrey de Graaf
Brendan Dolan V Christian Kist

Section 4
James Wade V Ronny Huybrechts
Steve Beaton v Devon Petersen

Michael Smith V Ricky Evans
Mervyn King V Steve West

Peter Wright V Jerry Hendriks/Warren Parry
Jamie Lewis V Mick McGowan

Ian White V Kevin Simm/Gilbert Ulang
Gerwyn Price V Jonny Clayton

PTH2009

expect the semis to be

MVG vs RVB
Gary Anderson vs Peter Wright

MVG vs Peter Wright final with MVG winning again and Peter Wright to get pissed off at losing to MVG once again

raiders11

Section 2 is a toughie, Barney, Lewis, Taylor and Kim Huybrechts(hitting form)

But I will go for;

Lewis v MVG
Anderson v Wright

Lewis to beat Anderson in final.....

sc86

lewis beat mvg over 11 sets
hope so but no way

ArmaniJeanss

Looking at the rankings, when this tournament starts and the money from two years ago comes off then Taylor will drop to 6th and for the first time will only be the 3rd ranked English player (World Cup place in jeopardy). So he needs a good run this year to stop the fall.
His drop is caused in that he is defending 120K from his runners up spot two years ago whereas Wade and Lewis exited before quarter finals that year.

Player Current Rank New rank Current £ Lost £ Nett £
MVG 1 1 1542000 60000 1482000
Anderson 2 2 830500 250000 580500
Wright 3 3 467250 35000 432250
Lewis 5 4 419500 18000 401500
Wade 6 5 366750 12000 354750
Taylor 4 6 442750 120000 322750
Chisnall 7 7 328500 12000 316500
Suljovic 8 8 315250 8000 307250
Klassen 10 9 296500 12000 284500
Thornton 9 10 301750 35000 266750
Smith 11 11 283250 18000 265250
Huybrechts 13 12 264000 18000 246000
White 14 13 254000 12000 242000
Van De Pas 15 14 244500 18000 226500
RVB 12 15 279500 60000 219500

Sultan of Bling

raiders11 wrote:

Section 2 is a toughie, Barney, Lewis, Taylor and Kim Huybrechts(hitting form)

Corey cadby in there too. Potential rd2 match with Lewis.

Very impressed with him in world youth final last week.

Cocky so and so too

Head Wreck

PTH2009 wrote:

Its that time of year again the PDC World Championship Christmas would never be the same without it December 15th 2016- Jan 2nd 2017 (No games on Dec 24th/26th and 31st)

Christmas doesn't begin until KingPs predictions league starts

gramar

Sultan of Bling wrote: »

Corey cadby in there too. Potential rd2 match with Lewis.

Very impressed with him in world youth final last week.

Cocky so and so too

He might be a match for Lewis on the scales and the size of his ego but maybe not on the board just yet but you never know. He's got a huge amount of talent.

D.Q

Lewis is probably my favourite darts player on his day. Would like to see him do it again but he's looked out of sorts a few times I've seen him this year. Quite like Michael Smiths style too, but again, like Lewis, needs to hit the purple patch.

sc86

needs to loose some feckin weight lol

Sultan of Bling

gramar wrote:

He might be a match for Lewis on the scales and the size of his ego but maybe not on the board just yet but you never know. He's got a huge amount of talent.

Yeah, no doubt if Lewis plays to form, cadby would be no match for him but as other posters have said, Lewis has been off form lately.

It's a match up I'd love to see. Two massive egos up against each other. I have a feeling they would not be the best of friends.

gramar

Sultan of Bling wrote: »

Yeah, no doubt if Lewis plays to form, cadby would be no match for him but as other posters have said, Lewis has been off form lately.

It's a match up I'd love to see. Two massive egos up against each other. I have a feeling they would not be the best of friends.

Couldn't see them hitting it off. Bumping off each maybe as they're passing on the oche.

Darts has become a bit sanitised in the last few years. No real rivalries and usually any bit of bad feeling between players is magnified a hundred fold by Sky to generate some kind of interest. They'd love a mouthy young player eager to prove himself and put the cat amongst the pigeons and Cadby could be just that.

marklazarcovic

sc86 wrote: »

needs to loose some feckin weight lol

I'm convinced that's why he has declined personally,its too coincidental,hes as good as mvg talent wise,id love to see him drop a few kg and challenge him properly..

The resulting darts could be amazing

DEFTLEFTHAND

gramar wrote: »

Couldn't see them hitting it off. Bumping off each maybe as they're passing on the oche.

Darts has become a bit sanitised in the last few years. No real rivalries and usually any bit of bad feeling between players is magnified a hundred fold by Sky to generate some kind of interest. They'd love a mouthy young player eager to prove himself and put the cat amongst the pigeons and Cadby could be just that.

I've heard that the Lewis and Gerwyn Price bust up at the Matchplay was entirely fabricated to create drama for television.

If true that would really depress me. I don't want WWE esque pageantry in Darts, I just want to watch the game.

PTH2009

The William Hill World Darts Championship will take place at Alexandra Palace, London from December 15-January 2, and will be shown live on the dedicated Sky Sports Darts channel as part of a festive season which includes Premier League football, EFL and Test match cricket.

2016/2017 William Hill World Darts Championship
Schedule of Play - (P) denotes Preliminary Round
Preliminary & First Round

Thursday December 15 (7pm)
Jamie Caven (29) v Kevin Painter
Jamie Lewis (30) v Mick McGowan
Gary Anderson (2) v Mark Frost
Michael Smith (11) v Ricky Evans

Friday December 16 (7pm)
Jerry Hendriks v Warren Parry (P)
Gerwyn Price (19) v Jonny Clayton
Steve Beaton (27) v Devon Petersen
Peter Wright (3) v Hendriks/Parry

Saturday December 17
Afternoon Session (1pm)
Tengku Shah v Masumi Chino (P)
Terry Jenkins (18) v Josh Payne
John Henderson (31) v Andrew Gilding
Benito van de Pas (15) v Shah/Chino

Evening Session (7pm)
Ross Snook v Kim Viljanen (P)
Cristo Reyes (32) v Dimitri Van den Bergh
Stephen Bunting (16) v Darren Webster
Michael van Gerwen (1) v Snook/Viljanen

Sunday December 18
Afternoon Session (1pm)
Kevin Simm v Gilbert Ulang (P)
Justin Pipe (26) v Chris Dobey
Mark Webster (25) v Joe Murnan
Ian White (14) v Simm/Ulang

Evening Session (7pm)
John Bowles v David Platt (P)
Daryl Gurney (24) v Jermaine Wattimena
Alan Norris (21) v John Michael
Phil Taylor (4) v Bowles/Platt

Monday December 19 (7pm)
Qiang Sun v Corey Cadby (P)
Mervyn King (22) v Steve West
Adrian Lewis (5) v Magnus Caris
Joe Cullen (28) v Sun/Cadby

Tuesday December 20 (7pm)
Boris Koltsov v Dragutin Horvat (P)
Brendan Dolan (23) v Christian Kist
Raymond van Barneveld (12) v Robbie Green
Simon Whitlock (17) v Koltsov/Horvat

Wednesday December 21 (7pm)
Zoran Lerchbacher v Simon Stevenson (P)
Mensur Suljovic (8) v Ron Meulenkamp
James Wade (6) v Ronny Huybrechts
Robert Thornton (9) v Lerchbacher/Stevenson

Thursday December 22 (7pm)
Jelle Klaasen (10) v Jeffrey de Graaf
Vincent van der Voort (20) v Max Hopp
Dave Chisnall (7) v Rowby-John Rodriguez
Kim Huybrechts (13) v James Wilson

Second Round
Friday December 23
Afternoon Session (1pm)
White (14)/Simm/Ulang v Price (19)/Clayton
Smith (11)/Evans v King (22)/West
Van de Pas (15)/Shah/Chino v Jenkins (18)/Payne

Evening Session (7pm)
Bunting (16)/D Webster v Whitlock (17)/Koltsov/Horvat
Anderson (2)/Frost v Henderson (31)/Gilding
A Lewis (5)/Caris v Cullen (28)/Sun/Cadby

Tuesday December 27
Afternoon Session (1pm)
Suljovic (8)/Meulenkamp v M Webster (25)/Murnan
Thornton (9)/Lerchbacher/Stevenson v Gurney (24)/Wattimena
Chisnall (7)/Rodriguez v Pipe (26)/Dobey

Evening Session (8pm)
van Barneveld (12)/Green v Norris (21)/Michael
Taylor (4)/Bowles/Platt v Caven (29)/Painter
Van Gerwen (1)/Snook/Viljanen v Reyes (32)/Van den Bergh

Wednesday December 28
Afternoon Session (1pm)
K Huybrechts (13)/Wilson v Van der Voort (20)/Hopp
Wade (6)/R Huybrechts v Beaton (27)/Petersen
Klaasen (10)/de Graaf v Dolan (23)/Kist

Evening Session (7pm)
Wright (3)/Hendriks/Parry v J Lewis (30)/McGowan
Plus 2x Third Round games.

Thursday December 29
Afternoon Session (1pm)
3x Third Round games

Evening Session (7pm)
3x Third Round games

Friday December 30
Afternoon Session (1pm)
2x Quarter-Finals

Evening Session (7pm)
2x Quarter-Finals

Sunday January 1 (7pm)
Semi-Finals

Monday January 2 (8pm)
Final

raiders11

Thursday December 15 (7pm)
Jamie Caven (29) v Kevin Painter
Jamie Lewis (30) v Mick McGowan
Gary Anderson (2) v Mark Frost
Michael Smith (11) v Ricky Evans

Not a bad line up to get the show on the road, although, not sure how good/bad Mark Foster is.

DEFTLEFTHAND

raiders11 wrote: »

Thursday December 15 (7pm)
Jamie Caven (29) v Kevin Painter
Jamie Lewis (30) v Mick McGowan
Gary Anderson (2) v Mark Frost
Michael Smith (11) v Ricky Evans

Not a bad line up to get the show on the road, although, not sure how good/bad Mark Foster is.

The only thing I know about Mark Frost is that he possibly has the greatest nickname in the history of darts.

Frosty The Throw Man.

gramar

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I've heard that the Lewis and Gerwyn Price bust up at the Matchplay was entirely fabricated to create drama for television.

If true that would really depress me. I don't want WWE esque pageantry in Darts, I just want to watch the game.

It wouldn't be the first time. They make out that there is bad blood between players if there is anything less than a hug and kiss after each game and then the next time they play it's a grudge match.

If they want to talk about bad blood then they can mention MvG and Klassen not getting on but not a word about that.

Doubt they'll bring up Bristow's tweets either.

DEFTLEFTHAND

gramar wrote: »

It wouldn't be the first time. They make out that there is bad blood between players if there is anything less than a hug and kiss after each game and then the next time they play it's a grudge match.

If they want to talk about bad blood then they can mention MvG and Klassen not getting on but not a word about that.

Doubt they'll bring up Bristow's tweets either.

I came across this old vid of the two of them the other day. It seems that MVG and Klaasen were really close before Jelle did what he did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2mjiMH6J8A

sc86

mvg has aged well

mdwexford

sc86 wrote: »

mvg has aged well

DEFTLEFTHAND

Definitely weird to see him with hair, he had the worst case of premature male pattern balding that I've seen.

The first time I exactly ever saw him was against Wolfie in the 2006 World Masters Final. I remember being so excited that a teenager won it.

I was a keen teen myself in those days, never reached the heights of MVG though.:(

I play Div 2 in a pub league, but have never got anywhere as a singles player. Don't have the head (or talent) for it.

sc86

serious odds e/w for anybody not in mvg side off the draw

gramar

Interview with Anderson here about the worlds and darts in general.

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman

marklazarcovic wrote: »

I'm convinced that's why he has declined personally,its too coincidental,hes as good as mvg talent wise,id love to see him drop a few kg and challenge him properly..

The resulting darts could be amazing

Just my opinion and I like Lewis great player to watch when he's on but I dont think anyone is in MVG's range talent wise. He's the best there's ever been his score's , averages, consistancy's over the years just out of this world.

mdwexford

The consistency is the big thing in darts.

Lewis, Anderson and others at their peak can match MVG at his. It's just he produces the goods a hell of a lot more regularly. Also his b game and under pressure game are amazing.

marklazarcovic

Some lads do complain it's boring him winning everything but for me the way he goes about it makes it exciting..he could do 120 average and blow away the best ando or Taylor could throw at him and it would look effortless..

Darts is in good hands with mvg leading the pack..just need a few to buck up and challenge him,he will go stale eventually if not .

PTH2009

God i cant wait for it to start, Working for a good bit of it but will be keeping a sneaky eye on proceedings lol

MVG to win i think but would not be surprised to see him lose out like last year

Kingp35

The World Championships is the tournament that MvG is most vulnerable due to the set play. His opponent doesn't need to win more legs than him to win the match and even when he puts in a burst of continuous winning legs they are never out of it due to sets. He's still the favourite but not as clear favourite as he would be in other tournaments.

sc86

i think he wants it to much and thats the problem
he nearly lost first round last year and he was hot favv last year 2

gramar

Second part of the Anderson interview.

sc86

what time will anderson be on later
3rd match
have to go see feckin santa lol

gramar

sc86 wrote: »

what time will anderson be on later
3rd match
have to go see feckin santa lol

http://www.flashscore.com/darts/

anti-venom

This might be Peter Wrights big breakthrough year in terms of majors. He now has the experience of many finals and semi finals behind him. He seems to be very consistent and I doubt he fears anyone, even MVG. He just needs to find that extra percentage point or two to get him over the line and he's well capable of that.

MvG and Anderson will be favorites above him for the title but Wright is the best 'outsider' bet. Lewis is too far off form to be a contender this year.

seanhynes

anti-venom wrote: »

This might be Peter Wrights big breakthrough year in terms of majors. He now has the experience of many finals and semi finals behind him. He seems to be very consistent and I doubt he fears anyone, even MVG. He just needs to find that extra percentage point or two to get him over the line and he's well capable of that.

MvG and Anderson will be favorites above him for the title but Wright is the best 'outsider' bet. Lewis is too far off form to be a contender this year.

He's been at this the passed couple of years brings no form whatsoever into the event and then shows up with the a-game ,depending on the draw id say he will get to a Quarters at worst

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman

seanhynes wrote: »

He's been at this the passed couple of years brings no form whatsoever into the event and then shows up with the a-game ,depending on the draw id say he will get to a Quarters at worst

He'll have to beat Barney to get to a quarter final, Barney also seems to always bring his A Game so I cant see it for Lewis.

Poxy quarter he is in too with Taylor a potential quarter final opponent if he somehow managed to get there and then MVG in a semi ... really is the toughest possible draw.

mdwexford

Yeah I agree. Lewis finds consistency and motivation hard but this is the tournament that gets his juices flowing. Since 2011 his record is,

Winner
Winner
Quarters (lost 5-4 to MVG with a 100.80 average)
Semis (lost 6-0 to MVG with a 99.19 average in a bizarre match)
3rd round (lost 4-3 to Barney with a 97.55 average)
Final (lost 7-5 to Anderson with a 100.23 average)

Nobody has a better record here in that timeframe.
He has a nightmare draw and could have to beat Barney, Taylor, MVG and Ando to win it but 40/1 is a huge price for a player who saves his best for this tournament.

Wade at 40s in the easier bottom half looks a bit of value to me as well.
Beaton and King look in his way to get to the quarters.

Taylor at 11s is my other bet, having a bit of time off with missing the last tv tournament might be just what he needed to prepare. Again though he's in the nightmare top half due to falling to number 4 in the rankings.

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman

mdwexford wrote: »

Yeah I agree. Lewis finds consistency and motivation hard but this is the tournament that gets his juices flowing. Since 2011 his record is,

Winner
Winner
Quarters (lost 5-4 to MVG with a 100.80 average)
Semis (lost 6-0 to MVG with a 99.19 average in a bizarre match)
3rd round (lost 4-3 to Barney with a 97.55 average)
Final (lost 7-5 to Anderson with a 100.23 average)

Nobody has a better record here in that timeframe.
He has a nightmare draw and could have to beat Barney, Taylor, MVG and Ando to win it but 40/1 is a huge price for a player who saves his best for this tournament.

Wade at 40s in the easier bottom half looks a bit of value to me as well.
Beaton and King look in his way to get to the quarters.

Taylor at 11s is my other bet, having a bit of time off with missing the last tv tournament might be just what he needed to prepare. Again though he's in the nightmare top half due to falling to number 4 in the rankings.

The 40/1 on Lewis could be great value though because if he hits form with high averages he would be favourite against Barney and Taylor giving an opportunity to hedge. MVG will be heavy favourite over everyone but if he took care of him in a semi then he would probably be favourite against Anderson/Wade

raiders11

Have a feeling for Lewis, he won't be afraid of Barney, MVG or Ando but if meets Taylor, I would worry, Taylor would probably be up to his antics n put him off his game..
Otherwise, Lewis for me..

sc86

some great bets on paddy power

winner from quarter four 9 to 1
anderson 6-1 to win
wade to reach final 13 / 2
straight forecast anderson win - mvg second 13 to 1
9 darter 8/13

seanhynes

Barney is playing well coming into this one, would'nt be surprised Taylor came close to another one, been going under the radar the passed month or so, MVG i feel the sets format wont suit him as well as the leg set up,ridiculous year if he does pull it off

marklazarcovic

glad for kevin

Kingp35

McGowan has settled down now and is playing well.

gramar

Bad start to the 3rd set. Missed put on breaking Lewis's throw and then had a terrible leg. I think he was barely under 200 after 15 darts.
He wasn't much better there. No break either which maybe he needed.

gramar

Good leg there. If he holds throw he'll be 2-2 and in with a good shot.

raiders11

Was it McGowan that gave Taylor a right rattle at World Champs a few years back?

Kingp35

raiders11 wrote: »

Was it McGowan that gave Taylor a right rattle at World Champs a few years back?

Yeah it was. Mick got a blood disease that pretty much ruined his career. He is healthy again now though and fighting his way back.

gramar

That 15 in the last leg killed him with Lewis throwing a 180 straight after. Showed great nerve
to hit back qith a 180 of his own but just fell short.

alan partridge aha

Hard luck Mick

gramar

Has Frosty had a few scoops?