2017 Grand Slam of Darts
| Grand Slam of Darts | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 11–19 November 2017 | ||
| Venue | Civic Hall | ||
| Location | Wolverhampton | ||
| Country | England | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £450,000 | ||
| Winners share | £110,000 | ||
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The 2017 Grand Slam of Darts, also known as the bwin Grand Slam of Darts for sponsorship purposes, will be the eleventh staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event will take place from 11–19 November 2017 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall.
The tournament's defending champion is Michael van Gerwen, who won the tournament in 2016 by defeating James Wade 16–8 in the final.
The prize fund for the Grand Slam was increased from £400,000 in 2016 to £450,000 in 2017, with the winner getting £110,000, as opposed to £100,000.
At most sixteen players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification.
In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than sixteen players, the field of sixteen players is filled from the reserve lists. The first list consists of the winners from 2017 European Tour events, in which the winners shall be selected in ProTour Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.
In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments and the European Tour produced fewer than sixteen players, the field of sixteen players is filled from the reserve lists. The second list consists of the winners from 2017 Players Championship events, in which the winners were selected in ProTour Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.
A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from a PDC qualifier.
The remaining four BDO representatives will be the top four non-qualified players from the BDO Invitational Rankings by a specific date.
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