2017 Gibraltar Darts Trophy
| 2017 Gibraltar Darts Trophy | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 12–14 May 2017 | ||
| Venue | Victoria Stadium | ||
| Location | Gibraltar | ||
| Country |  Gibraltar | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £135,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £25,000 | ||
| High checkout | 170  John Henderson (First round)  Daryl Gurney (Second round)[1] | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
 Michael Smith | |||
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The 2017 Gibraltar Darts Trophy was the fifth of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar from 12–14 May 2017. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Dave Chisnall 6–2 in the 2016 tournament, but he decided not to enter this tournament.[2]
Michael Smith won his fourth PDC European Tour title by defeating Mensur Suljović 6–4 in the final.[3]
Prize money
This is how the prize money is divided:[4]
| Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | (1) | £25,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £10,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £6,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £4,000 |
| Third round losers | (8) | £3,000 |
| Second round losers | (16) | £2,000 |
| First round losers | (16) | £1,000 |
| Total | £135,000 | |
Qualification and format
The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 27 April automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.
The remaining 32 places went to players from five qualifying events - 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 28 April), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 4 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 11 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 17 March) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 29 April).
Following the withdrawal of Adrian Lewis the day before the event started for family reasons, the number of Host Nation Qualifiers was increased from four to five.[5]
The following players took part in the tournament:
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Draw
References
- ^ http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventStats.aspx?EventKey=16430
- ^ "Magical van Gerwen Retains Gibraltar Title". PDC. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Michael Smith wins Gibraltar Darts Trophy beating Mensur Suljovic in the final". Sky Sports. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResultsPrize.aspx?EventKey=16430
- ^ https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/05/11/gibraltar-darts-trophy-draw-schedule
- ^ https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/05/01/wright-headlines-gibraltar-field
- ^ http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventSeeding.aspx?EventKey=16430
- ^ https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/04/28/double-qualifying-success-eight
- ^ https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/05/05/double-qualifying-success-duo
- ^ https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/05/11/parody-headlines-gibraltar-qualifiers
- ^ "ET5 Qualification". PDC Nordic & Baltic. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/04/30/further-qualifying-treble-ratajski
- ^ http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=16430&showAverages=Y
- ^ "Gibraltar Darts Trophy Day One". PDC. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ^ "Gibraltar Darts Trophy Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Four-Some Smith's Gibraltar Joy". PDC. Retrieved 14 May 2017.