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2014 Grand Slam of Darts

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2014 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates8–16 November 2014
VenueWolverhampton Civic Hall
LocationWolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£400,000
Winner's share£100,000
Nine-dart finishBelgium Kim Huybrechts
High checkout170 England Robbie Green
170 England James Wade
170 England Dave Chisnall
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2013 2015»

The 2014 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts, was the eighth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 8–16 November 2014 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.

Phil Taylor was the defending champion and won the title for the a sixth and final time by defeating Dave Chisnall 16–13 in the final.[1][2]

In his quarter-final victory over Michael van Gerwen, Belgian player Kim Huybrechts threw a nine-dart finish, only the second in the event's history, and the first ever nine-darter on TV by a Belgian player.[3]

Prize money

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Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £400,000)[4]
Winner (1) £100,000
Runner-up (1) £50,000
Semi-finalists (2) £25,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £15,000
Last 16 (second round) (8) £7,500
Third in group (8) £5,000
Fourth in group (8) £2,500
Group winner bonus (8) £2,500

Qualifying

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Qualifying tournaments

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For the first time, winners of the European Tour events were invited to the Grand Slam of Darts.[5]

PDC

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Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
Grand Slam of Darts 2013 Winner England Phil Taylor England Phil Taylor
Scotland Robert Thornton
England Adrian Lewis
England Scott Waites
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
England Andy Hamilton
England Dean Winstanley
Scotland Peter Wright
Australia Simon Whitlock
England James Wade
England Dave Chisnall
England Terry Jenkins
Belgium Kim Huybrechts
Belgium Ronny Huybrechts
England Mervyn King
England Keegan Brown
Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez
Runner-Up Scotland Robert Thornton
Semi-finalists England Adrian Lewis
England Scott Waites
2012 Winner Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Runner-Up Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Semi-finalists England Andy Hamilton
England Dean Winstanley
PDC World Darts Championship 2014 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Runner-Up Scotland Peter Wright
Semi-finalists Australia Simon Whitlock
England Adrian Lewis
2013 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Semi-finalists Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
England James Wade
2012 Winner England Adrian Lewis
2011 Winner England Adrian Lewis
2010 Winner England Phil Taylor
World Matchplay 2014 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
2013 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Adrian Lewis
World Grand Prix 2014 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Runner-Up England James Wade
2013 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Dave Chisnall
UK Open 2014 Winner England Adrian Lewis
Runner-Up England Terry Jenkins
2013 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Andy Hamilton
Premier League Darts 2014 Winner Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Runner-Up Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
2013 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Runner-Up England Phil Taylor
Championship League Darts 2013 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship Finals 2013 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Runner-Up England Phil Taylor
2012 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Belgium Kim Huybrechts
European Championship 2014 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Runner-Up England Terry Jenkins
2013 Winner England Adrian Lewis
Runner-Up Australia Simon Whitlock
PDC World Cup of Darts 2014 Winners Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Runners-Up England Phil Taylor
England Adrian Lewis
2013 Winners England Phil Taylor
England Adrian Lewis
Runners-Up Belgium Kim Huybrechts
Belgium Ronny Huybrechts
Masters 2014 Winner England James Wade
Runner-Up England Mervyn King
2013 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Adrian Lewis
PDC World Youth Championship 2014 Winner England Keegan Brown
Runner-Up Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.
PDC European Tour
Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers
2014 European Tour 2014 German Darts Championship Winner Scotland Gary Anderson Scotland Gary Anderson
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
England Michael Smith
2014 Dutch Darts Masters Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
2014 German Darts Masters Winner England Phil Taylor
2014 Austrian Darts Open Winner Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
2014 Gibraltar Darts Trophy Winner England James Wade
2014 European Darts Open Winner Scotland Peter Wright
2014 European Darts Grand Prix Winner England Mervyn King
2014 European Darts Trophy Winner England Michael Smith
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

BDO

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Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
BDO World Darts Championship 2014 Winner England Stephen Bunting England Stephen Bunting
England Alan Norris
England Robbie Green
Netherlands Jan Dekker
England Tony O'Shea
Netherlands Wesley Harms
England Richie George
Netherlands Christian Kist
Runner-Up England Alan Norris
Semi-finalists England Robbie Green
Netherlands Jan Dekker
2013 Winner England Scott Waites
Runner-Up England Tony O'Shea
Semi-finalists Netherlands Wesley Harms
England Richie George
2012 Winner Netherlands Christian Kist
2011 Winner England Martin Adams
2010 Winner England Martin Adams
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

Other qualifiers

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Criteria Player
Grand Slam of Darts Wildcards Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
England Jamie Caven
England Darren Webster

Pools

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Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
(Seeded Players) (qualifiers)

Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (1)
England Phil Taylor (2)
England Stephen Bunting (3)
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (4)
England Adrian Lewis (5)
England James Wade (6)
Scotland Peter Wright (7)
England Alan Norris (8)

Scotland Gary Anderson
England Dave Chisnall
England Andy Hamilton
Belgium Kim Huybrechts
England Mervyn King
Scotland Robert Thornton
England Scott Waites
Australia Simon Whitlock

England Keegan Brown
Netherlands Jan Dekker
England Terry Jenkins
Netherlands Christian Kist
England Tony O'Shea
England Michael Smith
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
England Dean Winstanley

Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
England Jamie Caven
England Richie George
England Robbie Green
Netherlands Wesley Harms
Belgium Ronny Huybrechts
Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez
England Darren Webster

Draw

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Group stage

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All matches first-to-5/best of 9 legs
NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; Q = Qualifier
NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Average – 3-dart average; Pts = Points; Q = Qualified for K.O. phase

Knockout stage

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Second round (best of 19 legs)
12–13 November
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Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
14–15 November
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Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
16 November
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Final (best of 31 legs)
16 November
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A1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (1) 88.64 10
B2 England Terry Jenkins 85.66 4
A1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (1) 103.87 10
A2 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 104.83 16
B1 England Alan Norris (BDO,8) 90.39 5
A2 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 97.92 10
A2 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 97.36 15
C1 England Dave Chisnall 96.64 16
C1 England Dave Chisnall 91.55 10
D2 England Robbie Green (BDO) 84.13 3
C1 England Dave Chisnall 96.64 16
C2 England Keegan Brown 97.68 14
D1 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (4) 91.46 7
C2 England Keegan Brown 97.95 10
C1 England Dave Chisnall 98.02 13
E1 England Phil Taylor (2) 102.45 16
E1 England Phil Taylor (2) 101.70 10
F2 Scotland Peter Wright (7) 99.05 4
E1 England Phil Taylor (2) 107.28 16
F1 England Michael Smith 86.45 3
F1 England Michael Smith 99.97 10
E2 Netherlands Christian Kist 89.12 5
E1 England Phil Taylor (2) 101.61 16
G1 England Mervyn King 94.84 9
G1 England Mervyn King 94.12 10
H2 Scotland Gary Anderson 96.32 4
G1 England Mervyn King 96.01 16
H1 England Stephen Bunting (BDO,3) 96.54 9
H1 England Stephen Bunting (BDO,3) 98.24 10
G2 England James Wade (6) 95.45 8

Statistics

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Player Eliminated Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High checkout 3-dart average
England Phil Taylor Winner 7 73 33 160 70 28 140 103.82
England Dave Chisnall Runner-up 7 67 55 151 81 39 170 96.57
England Mervyn King Semi-finals 6 50 41 129 54 24 164 92.68
Belgium Kim Huybrechts Semi-finals 6 53 39 105 70 33 155 98.38
England Stephen Bunting Quarter-finals 5 34 29 77 52 12 145 97.55
England Keegan Brown Quarter-finals 5 35 32 95 53 17 130 97.30
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Quarter-finals 5 35 26 70 40 17 141 96.74
England Michael Smith Quarter-finals 5 28 28 55 35 18 127 94.04
Scotland Gary Anderson Second round 4 16 16 43 26 10 106 97.44
Scotland Peter Wright Second round 4 18 20 56 26 10 135 95.78
England James Wade Second round 4 22 17 70 24 5 170 94.02
Netherlands Christian Kist Second round 4 16 18 39 25 6 85 93.30
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld Second round 4 22 19 54 31 7 136 91.50
England Alan Norris Second round 4 18 22 35 31 6 164 91.35
England Robbie Green Second round 4 16 21 40 28 9 170 90.24
England Terry Jenkins Second round 4 15 18 52 17 5 116 88.76
Australia Simon Whitlock Group stage 3 10 13 34 14 7 86 97.24
England Andy Hamilton Group stage 3 10 12 24 19 4 96 96.45
England Jamie Caven Group stage 3 8 15 25 29 3 129 93.93
Scotland Robert Thornton Group stage 3 6 15 31 12 5 161 93.12
Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez Group stage 3 9 12 24 8 7 127 92.76
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort Group stage 3 13 12 29 15 8 158 91.20
England Adrian Lewis Group stage 3 8 12 20 12 4 80 90.97
England Scott Waites Group stage 3 11 13 33 9 5 126 90.21
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan Group stage 3 6 15 31 12 2 106 90.04
England Darren Webster Group stage 3 7 15 30 20 3 64 89.62
Netherlands Wesley Harms Group stage 3 6 13 25 14 2 156 89.27
Belgium Ronny Huybrechts Group stage 3 8 14 28 15 3 81 88.43
England Tony O'Shea Group stage 3 10 13 32 11 8 104 88.19
Netherlands Jan Dekker Group stage 3 7 12 21 8 3 124 84.83
England Dean Winstanley Group stage 3 6 15 29 11 2 116 82.29
England Richie George Group stage 3 3 15 20 8 3 72 81.76

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