2017 Gibraltar Darts Trophy

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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.

Michael Smith won his fourth PDC European Tour title by defeating Mensur Suljović 6–4 in the final.

## Prize money

The prize fund in the 2017 PDC European Tour events increased by £20,000 to £135,000 per event, although the winner still received £25,000.

In a change of rules for 2017, prize money will count towards the PDC Order of Merit, the PDC ProTour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit, with one exception: should a seeded player lose in the second round (last 32), their prize money will not count towards any Orders of Merit, although they still receive the full prize money payment.

This is how the prize money was divided:

## 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).

On 11 May, Adrian Lewis withdrew from the tournament for family reasons, so the number of Host Nation Qualifiers was increased from four to five.

The following players took part in the tournament:

1. Peter Wright  *(Semi-finals)*
2. Mensur Suljović  *(Runner-up)*
3. Simon Whitlock  *(Third round)*
4. Dave Chisnall  *(Third round)*
5. James Wade  *(Second round)*
6. Kim Huybrechts  *(Second round)*
7. Benito van de Pas  *(Third round)*
8. Gerwyn Price  *(Second round)*
9. Alan Norris  *(Third round)*
10. Jelle Klaasen  *(Second round)*
11. Ian White  *(Third round)*
12. **Michael Smith**  **(Champion)**
13. Joe Cullen  *(Second round)*
14. Daryl Gurney  *(Semi-finals)*
15. Cristo Reyes  *(Third round)*
16. Stephen Bunting  *(Third round)*
* Paul Nicholson  *(First round)*
* Darren Johnson  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Alan Tabern  *(Second round)*
* Steve Beaton  *(Second round)*
* James Wilson  *(Quarter-finals)*
* ~~Adrian Lewis  *(Withdrew)*~~
* Chris Quantock  *(Second round)*
* James Richardson  *(Second round)*
* Darren Webster  *(Second round)*
* Justin Pipe  *(First round)*
* Richie Corner  *(First round)*
* Callan Rydz  *(First round)*
* John Henderson  *(Second round)*
* Matt Clark  *(Second round)*
* Matthew Dennant  *(First round)*
* Jonny Clayton  *(Second round)*
* Ritchie Edhouse  *(First round)*
* Rob Cross  *(Quarter-finals)*
* René Eidams  *(First round)*
* Jeffrey de Zwaan  *(First round)*
* Christian Kist  *(Second round)*
* Martin Schindler  *(Second round)*
* Mike De Decker  *(First round)*
* Mario Robbe  *(First round)*
* Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Third round)*
* Ronny Huybrechts  *(First round)*

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* Dyson Parody  *(First round)*
* Justin Broton  *(First round)*
* Dylan Duo  *(First round)*
* Manuel Vilerio  *(First round)*
* Antony Lopez  *(First round)*

**Nordic & Baltic Qualifier**
* Magnus Caris  *(Quarter-finals)*

**East European Qualifier**
* Krzysztof Ratajski  *(Second round)*

## References

1. ↑ Magical van Gerwen Retains Gibraltar Title. PDC. Retrieved on August 10, 2023.
2. ↑ Four-Some Smith's Gibraltar Joy. PDC. Retrieved on August 20, 2023.
3. ↑ Record Prize Money On Offer In 2017. PDC. Retrieved on August 17, 2023.
4. ↑ European Tour Rule Changes Announced. PDC. Retrieved on August 17, 2023.
5. ↑ ET4 & ET5 Entries Confirmed. PDC. Retrieved on August 19, 2023.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Gibraltar Darts Trophy Draw & Schedule. PDC. Retrieved on August 20, 2023.