GSOD 2016 - A BDO Free Zone

[Pieter]

The 10th edition of the Grand Slam of Darts will take place this year in November. The traditional PDC v BDO competition will take place in Wolverhampton in the Civic Hall.

Here is the qualification criteria for 2016:

2016 Grand Slam of Darts
Cut-off date:
November 7 2016
Seeds:
Top 8 qualified from Order of Merit (one drawn per group)
Qualifying Players:
(invited in the following order up to a maximum of 16 players) 2015/16 PDC World Champion; 2015 Grand Slam Champion; 2016 Premier League Champion; 2016 World Matchplay Champion; 2016 World Grand Prix Champion; 2015 World Youth Champion; 2016 Masters Champion; 2016 UK Open Champion; 2016 European Champion; 2015 Players Champion; 2016 World Series of Darts Final Champion; 2016 World Cup winners (2 players); 2015/16 PDC World Championship runner-up; 2015 Grand Slam runner-up; 2016 Premier League runner-up; 2016 World Matchplay runner-up; 2016 World Grand Prix runner-up; 2015 World Youth Championship runner-up; 2016 Masters runner-up; 2016 UK Open runner-up; 2016 European Championship runner-up; 2015 Players Championship runner-up; 2016 World Series of Darts Final runner-up

This list can produce a maximum of 24 players. If it produces 16 players, no further players shall qualify automatically.

If it produces fewer than 16 places then additional places shall be filled from the reserve list in the following order:
2016 European Tour event winners (in ProTour Order of Merit order at Nov 7))
2016 ProTour event winners (in ProTour Order of Merit order at Nov 7)

Once 16 players are reached from the above criteria then the remaining 16 places shall be filled with eight players from a PDC qualifier and eight players from the BDO system.

The eight PDC qualifiers shall be drawn randomly, one placed in each group.

The eight BDO qualifiers shall be drawn randomly, one placed in each group.

[ChrisW]

Here is the qualification criteria for 2016:

2016 Grand Slam of Darts
Cut-off date: November 7 2016
Seeds: Top 8 qualified from Order of Merit (one drawn per group)

Qualifying Players:
(invited in the following order up to a maximum of 16 players)
2015/16 PDC World Champion; Gary Anderson
2015 Grand Slam Champion; Michael van Gerwen
2016 Premier League Champion; tbd
2016 World Matchplay Champion; tbd
2016 World Grand Prix Champion; tbd
2015 World Youth Champion; Max Hopp
2016 Masters Champion; Michael van Gerwen
2016 UK Open Champion; tbd
2016 European Champion; tbd
2015 Players Champion; Michael van Gerwen
2016 World Series of Darts Final Champion;
2016 World Cup winners (2 players); tbd
2015/16 PDC World Championship runner-up; Adrian Lewis
2015 Grand Slam runner-up; Phil Taylor
2016 Premier League runner-up; tbd
2016 World Matchplay runner-up; tbd
2016 World Grand Prix runner-up; tbd
2015 World Youth Championship runner-up; Nathan Aspinall
2016 Masters runner-up; Dave Chisnall
2016 UK Open runner-up; Peter Wright
2016 European Championship runner-up; tbd
2015 Players Championship runner-up; tbd
2016 World Series of Darts Final runner-up; tbd

This list can produce a maximum of 24 players. If it produces 16 players, no further players shall qualify automatically.

If it produces fewer than 16 places then additional places shall be filled from the reserve list in the following order:
2016 European Tour event winners (in ProTour Order of Merit order at Nov 7))

2016 ProTour event winners (in ProTour Order of Merit order at Nov 7)
Stephen Bunting(PC2)


Once 16 players are reached from the above criteria then the remaining 16 places shall be filled with eight players from a PDC qualifier and eight players from the BDO system.

The eight PDC qualifiers shall be drawn randomly, one placed in each group.

The eight BDO qualifiers shall be drawn randomly, one placed in each group.

[Justin Credible]

I take it with only 16 assured of getting in via this route, the list is in order of preference ?

if true and the top half is compiled of all different players, apinall, chizzy and wright are not assured yet of a place

[ChrisW]

I take it with only 16 assured of getting in via this route, the list is in order of preference ?

if true and the top half is compiled of all different players, apinall, chizzy and wright are not assured yet of a place

They are all assured of a place because MVG, Ando or Taylor will clean up.

[sennafan24]

I've heard that ChrisW wants Skol to make a comeback, and sponsor the event.

That way he get pissed on cheap booze - to take away the sting of the BDO lot getting whipped.

[Justin Credible]

I take it with only 16 assured of getting in via this route, the list is in order of preference ?

if true and the top half is compiled of all different players, apinall, chizzy and wright are not assured yet of a place

They are all assured of a place because MVG, Ando or Taylor will clean up.

odds are they will get in.

however not set in stone , my point you obviously missed is should the more important trophy winners differ from those listed thing could change.

for example suppose going into the Grand Prix, there could already be 16 on the list , you can bet your arse that were the grand prix winner not already on the list prior some cunt is being dumped of like nathan aspinall or some other runner up in a less prestigious comp.

Odds are as I said against outsiders taking the main spots and that scenario happening, but your claim they are assured is incorrect.

[Lister of Smeg]

I wont be watching any of this if they are giving free money to BDO cunts again this year. I'm sick of those undeserving cowards getting a nice pay day for being utter crap while much better players in the PDC system get left on the sidelines.

[twathammer]

Sounds like the Beedoh will have another fuck party of qualifying then - given that both European qualifiers fucked off once they tasted the PDC coin.

Heard Warren Brown is holding the qualifiers at the Nou Camp with a £4billion pound first prize

[The Ginge Reaper]

Sounds like the Beedoh will have another fuck party of qualifying then - given that both European qualifiers fucked off once they tasted the PDC coin.

Heard Warren Brown is holding the qualifiers at the Nou Camp with a £4billion pound first prize

Brown is too busy congratulating Jamie Oliver on Twitter.

[StevieBoy]

Hope the Qualifiers are not more than 2 hours away from the farm Mr Mitchell!

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[Rogg]

Interesting to see the priority order they give their TV events - putting the Masters ahead of the UK Open ...Premier League and World Series should not be providing players because of bloody wildcards ffs, ubdo? as for a quarter of the places in a PDC ranking event being given to BDO time-wasters...

Rip it up and start again. Morning all.

[Rogg]

I wont be watching any of this if they are giving free money to BDO cunts again this year. I'm sick of those undeserving cowards getting a nice pay day for being utter crap while much better players in the PDC system get left on the sidelines.

Magnificent! Premier League players sitting at home while Mark Oosterhuis treats us to his superpower for hitting the occasional scoring segment despite being blind.

[StevieBoy]

Gonna have to agree no point having BDO players for me challenge tour participants are more worthy!

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[Rogg]

Gonna have to agree no point having BDO players for me challenge tour participants are more worthy!

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Good call that the challenge tour winner should be in... why build a multi-tier tour which offers something for everyone and then give away so many free gifts to people who want nothing to do with it... sweet that they become a charity for one week every November though.

[Lister of Smeg]

Seriously why give golden tickets to the cunts when they were too fucking scared to even enter the UK open qualifiers.

[The Ginge Reaper]

All the Rileys venues were hours and hours away from Dorset, South Lincolnshire and Middlesbrough - its an anti-BDO conspiracy, I tells ya!!!

[Noisycrowds]

NO BDO SHIT IS THERE THIS YEAR

[Rogg]

Seriously... it'll be the novelty factor/great publicity/Sky Sports whim etc. that drives the BDO involvement and I'd guess there's some at the PDC/PDPA who hate it.

As for how Larry Butler, Mark Oosterhuis and Michel van der Horst satisfy those things is anyone's guess. Which is why I think there could be some BDO wildcard picks this year...

[Noisycrowds]

JESUS WEPT LARRY BUTLER

[The Ginge Reaper]

Turn your caps lock off