European Darts Grand Prix 2016

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European Darts Grand Prix 2016

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Tournament status

Tournament type Ranking tournament
organizer PDC
venue Glaspalast ,
Sindelfingen
Tournament dates
Defending champion BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts
Attendees 48
Opening game 16th September 2016
Endgame 18th September 2016
Prize money (total) £ 115,000
Prize money (winner) £ 25,000
winner NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen
statistics

highest
finish		 170 points from Alan Norris
EnglandEngland
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The European Darts Grand Prix is a ranking tournament in darts and was organized from September 16 to 18, 2016 by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was the ninth event of the European Darts Tour , which is part of the Pro Tour 2016 . The venue was the Glass Palace in Sindelfingen .

Defending champion Kim Huybrechts was replaced by Michael van Gerwen from the Netherlands , who won the final against Peter Wright 6-2 legs .

format

The tournament was played in a knockout system . Game mode in all rounds was a best of 11 legs . Each leg was played in double-out mode.

Prize money

The tournament totaled £ 115,000 in prize money. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players) Prize money
winner (1) £ 25,000
finalist (1) £ 10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £ 5,000
Quarter finalists (4) £ 3,500
Round of 16 players (8th) £ 2,000
2nd round loser (16) £ 1,500
Loser of the preliminary round (16) £ 1,000
£ 115,000

Attendees

The following 48 players were qualified for the European Darts Grand Prix 2016:

  • The first 16 players of the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit , as of July 27, 2016, all of whom were seeded
  • The 20 winners of the UK Qualifier in Barnsley on August 5th, 2016
  • the eight winners of the European Qualifier on September 15, 2016
  • four qualifiers from the local qualifier on September 15, 2016

PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit

  1. NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen
  2. ScotlandScotland Peter Wright
  3. EnglandEngland Ian White
  4. BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts
  5. EnglandEngland Michael Smith
  6. NetherlandsNetherlands Benito van de Pas
  7. EnglandEngland James Wade
  8. AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović
  9. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price
  10. NetherlandsNetherlands Jelle Klaasen
  11. EnglandEngland Terry Jenkins
  12. EnglandEngland Stephen Bunting
  13. EnglandEngland Alan Norris
  14. AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock
  15. EnglandEngland Joe Cullen
  16. EnglandEngland Steve Beaton 1

UK qualifier

  1. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 2
  2. EnglandEngland Arron Monk 3
  3. EnglandEngland Andy Boulton
  4. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jonny Clayton
  5. EnglandEngland Scott Dale
  6. EnglandEngland Nathan Aspinall
  7. EnglandEngland James Wilson
  8. IrelandIreland Mick McGowan
  9. EnglandEngland Robbie Green
  10. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Brendan Dolan
  11. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Robert Owen
  12. EnglandEngland James Hubbard
  13. EnglandEngland Jay Foreman
  14. EnglandEngland Mark Frost
  15. EnglandEngland Scott Taylor
  16. EnglandEngland Alan Tabern
  17. EnglandEngland Joe Murnan
  18. South AfricaSouth Africa Devon Petersen
  19. EnglandEngland Darren Webster

European qualifier

  1. NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld
  2. SpainSpain Cristo Reyes
  3. NetherlandsNetherlands Christian Kist
  4. BelgiumBelgium Ronny Huybrechts
  5. NetherlandsNetherlands Jermaine Wattimena
  6. NetherlandsNetherlands Jeffrey de Graaf
  7. CroatiaCroatia Robert Marijanović
  8. EnglandEngland Tony West

Local qualifiers

  1. GermanyGermany Max Hopp
  2. GermanyGermany Dragutin Horvat
  3. GermanyGermany Martin Schindler
  4. GermanyGermany Fabian heart
  5. GermanyGermany Robert Allenstein
  6. GermanyGermany Gabriel Clemens
1 Dave Chisnall withdrew his participation, but the players seeded from fourth to 16th each moved up one place in the seeding list and another place for a local qualifier became available. Steve Beaton took the place as the 16th seeded player.
2 Daryl Gurney did not take part in the tournament due to a broken finger, but another local qualifier moved up.
3 Aaron Monk did not take part in the tournament, so his opponent Robbie Green received a bye for the first round.

Results

Preliminary round

All unset players started in the 1st round (preliminary round). It was held on September 16, 2016.

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 EnglandEngland Nathan Aspinall 90.23 6  : 4 EnglandEngland Jay Foreman 85.80
2 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Robert Owen 79.20 5: 6 EnglandEngland Mark Frost 78.75
3 EnglandEngland Joe Murnan 92.83 6  : 2 GermanyGermany Dragutin Horvat 83.60
4th EnglandEngland Alan Tabern 87.38 6  : 2 EnglandEngland Scott Taylor 80.55
5 GermanyGermany Robert Allenstein 89.94 0: 6 EnglandEngland Darren Webster 95.94
6th IrelandIreland Mick McGowan 98.32 6  : 3 BelgiumBelgium Ronny Huybrechts 88.29
7th EnglandEngland James Hubbard 75.22 2: 6 GermanyGermany Max Hopp 88.66
8th EnglandEngland Robbie Green ./. : ./. EnglandEngland Arron Monk
game Player 1 Result Player 2
9 NetherlandsNetherlands Christian Kist 80.02 5: 6 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Brendan Dolan 88.30
10 EnglandEngland Tony West 76.20 6  : 2 NetherlandsNetherlands Jeffrey de Graaf 73.47
11 GermanyGermany Gabriel Clemens 81.06 1: 6 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jonny Clayton 89.87
12 NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 99.73 6  : 3 EnglandEngland Scott Dale May 89
13 EnglandEngland Andy Boulton 85.81 4: 6 GermanyGermany Martin Schindler 89.38
14th SpainSpain Cristo Reyes 93.90 6  : 3 CroatiaCroatia Robert Marijanović 82.98
15th NetherlandsNetherlands Jermaine Wattimena 89.53 6  : 3 GermanyGermany Fabian Herz 86.85
16 South AfricaSouth Africa Devon Petersen 89.78 3: 6 EnglandEngland James Wilson 89.23

Final round

In round 2, the seeded players entered the action. They met the winners of the 1st round. The 2nd round was held on September 17, 2016, the remaining final round on September 18, 2016.

  Round 2 09/17/2016
best of 11 legs 		Round of 16 September 18, 2016
best of 11 legs 		Quarterfinals 09/18/2016
best of 11 legs 		Semi-finals 09/18/2016
best of 11 legs 		Final 09/18/2016
best of 11 legs
                                               
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 104.04 6th                
 EnglandEngland Darren Webster 94.30 4th  
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 97.86 6th
  16  EnglandEngland Steve Beaton 88.73 3  
16  EnglandEngland Steve Beaton 91.34 6th
 EnglandEngland Alan Tabern 85.20 3  
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 94.42 6th
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price 93.87 3  
8th  AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 108.45 6th    
 IrelandIreland Mick McGowan 87.66 2  
8th  AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 100.42 3
  9  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price 101.30 6th  
9  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price 93.30 6th
 GermanyGermany Max Hopp 89.60 3  
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 107.36 6th
  4th  BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts 99.92 0  
5  EnglandEngland Michael Smith 91.99 6th
 EnglandEngland Tony West 81.40 3  
5  EnglandEngland Michael Smith 93.38 2
  12  EnglandEngland Stephen Bunting 90.90 6th  
12  EnglandEngland Stephen Bunting 89.81 6th
 NetherlandsNetherlands Jermaine Wattimena 87.66 2  
12  EnglandEngland Stephen Bunting 87.67 5
  4th  BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts 88.45 6th  
4th  BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts 92.02 6th    
 GermanyGermany Martin Schindler 77.16 0  
4th  BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts 96.40 6th
  13  EnglandEngland Alan Norris 88.65 2  
13  EnglandEngland Alan Norris 94.93 6th
 EnglandEngland Nathan Aspinall 82.00 0  
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 105.38 6th
2  ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 102.36 2
2  ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 94.49 6th
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Brendan Dolan 86.66 1  
2  ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 102.68 6th
  15th  EnglandEngland Joe Cullen 97.91 1  
15th  EnglandEngland Joe Cullen 98.35 6th
 EnglandEngland Robbie Green 87.51 1  
2  ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 106.14 6th
  7th  EnglandEngland James Wade 99.68 3  
7th  EnglandEngland James Wade 87.70 6th    
 EnglandEngland Mark Frost 86.24 4th  
7th  EnglandEngland James Wade 102.30 6th
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jonny Clayton 97.56 3  
10  NetherlandsNetherlands Jelle Klaasen 91.71 1
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jonny Clayton 102.33 6th  
2  ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 103.43 6th
   NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 91.70 2  
6th  NetherlandsNetherlands Benito van de Pas 98.11 6th
 SpainSpain Cristo Reyes 87.97 5  
6th  NetherlandsNetherlands Benito van de Pas 96.22 6th
   EnglandEngland Joe Murnan 86.55 2  
11  EnglandEngland Terry Jenkins 89.93 5
 EnglandEngland Joe Murnan 93.29 6th  
6th  NetherlandsNetherlands Benito van de Pas 91.44 1
   NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 94.95 6th  
3  EnglandEngland Ian White 96.39 3    
 EnglandEngland James Wilson 99.32 6th  
 EnglandEngland James Wilson 99.37 3
   NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 108.03 6th  
14th  AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock 97.41 5
 NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 93.50 6th  

transmission

The event was not shown on TV in German-speaking countries.

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)