European Darts Championship 2016

European Darts Championship 2016
Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Ethias Arena , Hasselt
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Michael van Gerwen
Attendees	32
Opening game	October 28, 2016
Endgame	October 30, 2016
Prize money (total)	£ 400,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 100,000
winner	Michael van Gerwen
statistics
highest finish	170 points from Simon Whitlock
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The European Darts Championship is a major tournament in darts and was held for the ninth time in 2016 from October 28th to 30th by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). The venue for the second time was the Ethias Arena in Hasselt .

Defending champion Michael van Gerwen was able to successfully defend the title he had won last year with an 11-1 win in legs in the final against Mensur Suljović . It was his third title at this tournament.

format

In contrast to previous years, only the top 32 of the European Tour Order of Merit took part in the tournament; there was no more participation for the top eight of the PDC Order of Merit .

The tournament was played in legs using the knockout system . The number of legs to be won per round increased. Game mode in the 1st round was a best of 11 legs . By the finale, the mode rose to best of 21 legs . Each leg was played in 501 double-out mode.

Prize money

Compared to last year, the prize money has increased by £ 100,000 to a total of £ 400,000. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 100,000
finalist	(1)	£ 40,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 20,000
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 15,000
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 10,000
1st round loser	(16)	£ 5,000
		£ 400,000

Attendees

The participants of the European Darts Championship were determined after the tenth and last European Tour event .

The European Tour Order of Merit of October 17, 2016 as the basis for the list of participants:

space	player	Prize money
01	Michael van Gerwen	£ 160,500
02	Scale length Suljović	£ 60,500
03	Peter Wright	£ 51,500
04th	James Wade	£ 41,000
05	Kim Huybrechts	£ 38,500
06th	Dave Chisnall	£ 38,000
07th	Alan Norris	£ 37,500
08th	Jelle Klaasen	£ 31,500
08th	Michael Smith	£ 31,500
10	Benito van de Pas	£ 26,500
11	Phil Taylor	£ 25,000
12	Ian White	£ 23,000
12	Terry Jenkins	£ 23,000
14th	Stephen Bunting	£ 21,000
15th	Daryl Gurney	£ 20,500
16	Simon Whitlock	£ 18,500
17th	Gerwyn Price	£ 16,500
17th	Joe Cullen	£ 16,500
19th	Gary Anderson	£ 14,000
20th	Kyle Anderson	£ 12,000
20th	Robert Thornton	£ 12,000
22nd	Mervyn King	£ 11,500
23	Steve West	£ 10,500
24	James Wilson	£ 10,000
24	Jermaine Wattimena	£ 10,000
24	Devon Petersen	£ 10,000
24	Max Hopp	£ 10,000
28	Cristo Reyes	£ 9,500
28	Justin Pipe	£ 9,500
30th	Chris Dobey	£ 9,000
30th	James Richardson	£ 9,000
32	Jamie Caven	£ 8,500

Results

The top eight of the European Tour Order of Merit are set and could not be drawn against each other in the first round.

The draw took place on October 16, 2016.

Round 1 October 28, 2016 best of 11 legs

Round of 16 October 29, 2016 best of 19 legs

Quarterfinals Oct. 30, 2016 best of 19 legs

Semi-finals Oct. 30, 2016 best of 21 legs

Final Oct. 30, 2016 best of 21 legs

1

Michael van Gerwen 100.77

6th

Simon Whitlock 92.75

5

1

Michael van Gerwen 105.50

10

Gerwyn Price 96.59

2

Daryl Gurney 88.99

4th

Gerwyn Price 91.26

6th

1

Michael van Gerwen 106.79

10

8th

Jelle Klaasen 96.83

3

8th

Jelle Klaasen 97.17

6th

Steve West 95.71

3

8th

Jelle Klaasen 101.11

10

Stephen Bunting 90.78

4th

Michael Smith 95.00

5

Stephen Bunting 99.55

6th

1

Michael van Gerwen 102.98

11

4th

James Wade 95.76

7th

5

Kim Huybrechts 94.55

3

James Wilson 98.84

6th

James Wilson 93.64

10

Mervyn King 99.23

9

Mervyn King 90.20

6th

Devon Petersen 85.03

4th

James Wilson 87.01

7th

4th

James Wade 91.22

10

4th

James Wade 94.93

6th

Gary Anderson 77.40

0

4th

James Wade 3/97

10

Max Hopp 87.31

3

Max Hopp 85.80

6th

Benito van de Pas 90.08

4th

1

Michael van Gerwen 111.62

11

2

Scale length Suljović 85.91

1

2

Scale length Suljović 104.26

6th

Jermaine Wattimena 95.06

1

2

Scale length Suljović 100.89

10

Ian White 97.57

9

Ian White 8/93

6th

Terry Jenkins 8/89

2

2

Scale length Suljović 105.50

10

Phil Taylor 104.36

3

7th

Alan Norris 96.88

3

Phil Taylor 109.28

6th

Phil Taylor 103.98

10

Joe Cullen 94.63

3

Chris Dobey 84.83

2

Joe Cullen 95.21

6th

2

Scale length Suljović 97.15

11

3

Peter Wright 98.34

8th

6th

Dave Chisnall 91.57

3

Kyle Anderson 92.98

6th

Kyle Anderson 94.95

10

James Richardson 86.00

4th

Jamie Caven 77.73

3

James Richardson 80.67

6th

Kyle Anderson 90.87

5

3

Peter Wright 95.59

10

3

Peter Wright 90.27

6th

Justin Pipe 89.76

5

3

Peter Wright 100.79

10

Cristo Reyes 93.52

7th

Cristo Reyes 96.83

6th

Robert Thornton 93.77

4th

Trivia

• The former winner of the European Darts Championship, Adrian Lewis , could not qualify for the final tournament; he only took part in three of the ten events this year.

transmission

The broadcasters Sport1 and Sport1 + broadcast the event in German-speaking countries . The stations could also be received in Austria via cable and satellite.

Internationally, all games were also broadcast directly by the PDC on livepdc.tv.

Web links

• Homepage of the PDC for the European Darts Championship
• European Darts Championship at Darts1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ European Darts Championship 2016 in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)