2017 Champions League of Darts

2017 Unibet Champions League of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	16–17 September 2017
Venue	Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
Location	Cardiff
Country	Wales
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£250,000
Winner's share	£100,000
High checkout	170 Adrian Lewis (Group stage, second match)
Champion(s)
Mensur Suljović
«2016 2018»

The 2017 Champions League of Darts, also known as the Unibet Champions League of Darts for sponsorship purposes, was the 2nd annual staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It took place from 16–17 September 2017 at the Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Wales.

Phil Taylor was the defending champion after winning the first edition of the tournament against Michael van Gerwen 11–5, but lost in the semi-finals to Gary Anderson.

Mensur Suljović won his first major title, beating Anderson 11–9 in the final after already defeating him in the group stage.

Format[]

The eight qualifiers were be split in two groups, playing each other one time in a best of 19-legs match. The top two of each group proceeded to the semi-finals. Both semi-finals and the final were a best of 21-legs match.

Prize money[]

Qualifiers[]

The top 7 players on the PDC Order of Merit following the 2017 World Matchplay qualified. Reigning champion Phil Taylor was given a guaranteed place in the tournament, as will each future winner of the tournament. As Taylor was also one of the Top 7 players, the eighth ranked player also qualified.^[1][2]

1. Michael van Gerwen (Group stage)
2. Gary Anderson (Runner-up)
3. Peter Wright (Group stage)
4. Phil Taylor (Semi-finals)
5. Adrian Lewis (Group stage)
6. Dave Chisnall (Group stage)
7. Mensur Suljović (Winner)
8. Raymond van Barneveld (Semi-finals)

Results[]

Group stage[]

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All matches first-to-10 (best of 19 legs)

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/− = Plus/Minus Record, in relation to legs; Avg – 3-dart average; Pts = Points

Group A[] Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/– Avg Pts 1 Phil Taylor (4) 3 3 0 30 22 +8 98.98 6 2 Raymond van Barneveld (8) 3 2 1 26 17 +9 94.59 4 3 Michael van Gerwen (1) 3 1 2 24 24 0 99.53 2 4 Adrian Lewis (5) 3 0 3 13 30 –17 91.00 0

16 September[4] 97.46 (1) Michael van Gerwen 5 – 10 (8) Raymond van Barneveld 97.19 101.58 (4) Phil Taylor 10 – 7 (5) Adrian Lewis 96.57 16 September[4] 97.18 (1) Michael van Gerwen 10 – 4 (5) Adrian Lewis 85.13 92.53 (4) Phil Taylor 10 – 6 (8) Raymond van Barneveld 92.29 17 September[5] 102.89 (1) Michael van Gerwen 9 – 10 (4) Phil Taylor 102.09 89.95 (5) Adrian Lewis 2 – 10 (8) Raymond van Barneveld 94.40

Group B[] Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/– Avg Pts 1 Mensur Suljović (7) 3 3 0 30 16 +14 100.24 6 2 Gary Anderson (2) 3 2 1 23 26 –3 99.12 4 3 Peter Wright (3) 3 1 2 27 25 +2 100.05 2 4 Dave Chisnall (6) 3 0 3 17 30 –13 97.15 0

16 September[4] 95.84 (2) Gary Anderson 3 – 10 (7) Mensur Suljović 97.73 101.28 (3) Peter Wright 10 – 5 (6) Dave Chisnall 97.08 16 September[4] 101.80 (2) Gary Anderson 10 – 7 (6) Dave Chisnall 95.78 98.93 (3) Peter Wright 8 – 10 (7) Mensur Suljović 102.77 17 September [5] 98.97 (2) Gary Anderson 10 – 9 (3) Peter Wright 100.15 98.76 (6) Dave Chisnall 5 – 10 (7) Mensur Suljović 99.37

Knockout stage[]

	Semi-finals (best of 21 legs) 17 September[6]					Final (best of 21 legs) 17 September[6]
	A1	Phil Taylor (4) 95.04	6
	B2	Gary Anderson (2) 96.19	11
						B2	Gary Anderson (2) 98.03	9
						B1	Mensur Suljović (7) 87.85	11
	B1	Mensur Suljović (7) 97.91	11
	A2	Raymond van Barneveld (8) 95.19	9

References[]