European Darts Open 2016

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European Darts Open 2016

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Tournament status

Tournament type Ranking tournament
organizer PDC
venue Maritim Hotel ,
Düsseldorf
Tournament dates
Defending champion ScotlandScotland Robert Thornton
Attendees 48
Opening game 29th July 2016
Endgame July 31, 2016
Prize money (total) £ 115,000
Prize money (winner) £ 25,000
winner NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen
statistics

highest
finish		 161 points from Gerwyn Price
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg
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The European Darts Open is a ranking tournament in darts and was organized from July 29th to 31st, 2016 by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was the sixth event of the European Darts Tour , which is part of the Pro Tour 2016 . The venue was the Maritim Hotel in Düsseldorf .

The reigning defending champion Robert Thornton was replaced by the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen , who won the final 6: 5 legs against Peter Wright .

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 Open 2016:

  • The first 16 players of the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit , as of May 13, 2016, all of whom were seeded
  • The 20 winners of the UK Qualifier in Coventry on May 20th, 2016
  • the eight winners of the European Qualifier on June 1st, 2016
  • four qualifiers from the local qualifier on July 28, 2016

PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit

  1. NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen
  2. ScotlandScotland Peter Wright
  3. EnglandEngland Michael Smith
  4. EnglandEngland Dave Chisnall
  5. BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts
  6. EnglandEngland Ian White
  7. NetherlandsNetherlands Benito van de Pas
  8. NetherlandsNetherlands Jelle Klaasen
  9. EnglandEngland James Wade
  10. AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović
  11. EnglandEngland Terry Jenkins
  12. ScotlandScotland Robert Thornton
  13. ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson
  14. EnglandEngland Stephen Bunting
  15. AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock
  16. EnglandEngland Alan Norris

EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 1

UK qualifier

  1. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price
  2. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney
  3. EnglandEngland Shaun Griffiths
  4. EnglandEngland James Richardson
  5. EnglandEngland Andy Jenkins
  6. EnglandEngland Mark Frost
  7. EnglandEngland Harry Ward
  8. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jonny Clayton
  9. EnglandEngland Ritchie Edhouse
  10. EnglandEngland Tony Newell
  11. EnglandEngland Steve West
  12. AustraliaAustralia Kyle Anderson
  13. EnglandEngland Jamie Caven
  14. EnglandEngland Robbie Green
  15. EnglandEngland Andy Boulton
  16. ScotlandScotland John Henderson
  17. EnglandEngland Wes Newton
  18. EnglandEngland Andy Hamilton
  19. South AfricaSouth Africa Devon Petersen

European qualifier

  1. GreeceGreece John Michael
  2. SpainSpain Cristo Reyes
  3. NetherlandsNetherlands Christian Kist
  4. NetherlandsNetherlands Jeffrey de Graaf
  5. FinlandFinland Kim Viljanen
  6. NetherlandsNetherlands Jan Dekker
  7. ItalyItaly Daniele Petri
  8. BelgiumBelgium Dimitri Van den Bergh

Local qualifiers

  1. GermanyGermany Martin Schindler
  2. GermanyGermany Stefan Stoyke
  3. GermanyGermany Holger Rettig
  4. GermanyGermany Fabian heart
  5. GermanyGermany Max Hopp
1Phil Taylor withdrew his participation, but the seeded players 14 to 16 each moved up one place, and Alan Norris took the place as seeded number 16. In addition, another local qualifier took over as a replacement.

Results

Preliminary round

All unset players started in the 1st round (preliminary round). It was held on July 29, 2016.

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 ScotlandScotland John Henderson 86.47 4: 6 NetherlandsNetherlands Jan Dekker 84.59
2 EnglandEngland Ritchie Edhouse June 87 6  : 4 EnglandEngland Harry Ward 81.78
3 EnglandEngland Wes Newton 87.93 6  : 5 EnglandEngland Shaun Griffiths 83.71
4th FinlandFinland Kim Viljanen 85.56 6  : 1 GermanyGermany Martin Schindler 79.83
5 EnglandEngland James Richardson 89.43 6  : 3 ItalyItaly Daniele Petri 83.27
6th EnglandEngland Robbie Green 96.32 5: 6 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 92.48
7th GreeceGreece John Michael 85.89 6  : 0 GermanyGermany Fabian Herz 70.41
8th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jonny Clayton 96.53 6  : 3 EnglandEngland Andy Hamilton 89.89
game Player 1 Result Player 2
9 EnglandEngland Mark Frost 76.73 4: 6 GermanyGermany Stefan Stoyke 78.19
10 BelgiumBelgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 93.57 6  : 2 NetherlandsNetherlands Jeffrey de Graaf 85.31
11 GermanyGermany Holger Rettig 75.48 3: 6 EnglandEngland Steve West 2/89
12 EnglandEngland Jamie Caven 89.20 6  : 3 NetherlandsNetherlands Christian Kist 83.07
13 EnglandEngland Andy Jenkins 85.58 5: 6 South AfricaSouth Africa Devon Petersen 87.12
14th GermanyGermany Max Hopp 81.62 5: 6 EnglandEngland Andy Boulton 80.36
15th SpainSpain Cristo Reyes 88.62 5: 6 AustraliaAustralia Kyle Anderson 92.35
16 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price 84.57 6  : 3 EnglandEngland Tony Newell 79.82

Final round

In round 2, the seeded players entered the action. They met the winners of the 1st round. The second round was held on July 30, 2016, the remaining final round on July 31, 2016.

  Round 2 07/30/2016
best of 11 legs 		Round of 16 July 31, 2016
best of 11 legs 		Quarter-finals 07/31/2016
best of 11 legs 		Semi-finals 07/31/2016
best of 11 legs 		Final 07/31/2016
best of 11 legs
                                               
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 104.86 6th                
 EnglandEngland Jamie Caven 87.96 0  
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 99.38 6th
   AustraliaAustralia Kyle Anderson 91.72 2  
16  EnglandEngland Alan Norris 101.25 2
 AustraliaAustralia Kyle Anderson 98.84 6th  
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 102.95 6th
  8th  NetherlandsNetherlands Jelle Klaasen 93.33 4th  
8th  NetherlandsNetherlands Jelle Klaasen 98.98 6th    
 EnglandEngland Ritchie Edhouse 2/94 3  
8th  NetherlandsNetherlands Jelle Klaasen 91.29 6th
  9  EnglandEngland James Wade 96.40 3  
9  EnglandEngland James Wade 88.16 6th
 EnglandEngland Andy Boulton 89.67 5  
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 103.63 6th
  5  BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts 94.85 3  
5  BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts 98.11 6th
 BelgiumBelgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 88.48 3  
5  BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts 104.32 6th
   EnglandEngland Wes Newton 93.89 3  
12  ScotlandScotland Robert Thornton 86.65 2
 EnglandEngland Wes Newton 86.60 6th  
5  BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts 85.49 6th
  13  ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 91.48 4th  
4th  EnglandEngland Dave Chisnall 90.62 3    
 NetherlandsNetherlands Jan Dekker 86.23 6th  
 NetherlandsNetherlands Jan Dekker 94.37 0
  13  ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 104.86 6th  
13  ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 11/10 6th
 FinlandFinland Kim Viljanen 89.72 1  
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 104.06 6th
2  ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 100.44 5
2  ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 97.29 6th
 EnglandEngland Steve West 92.10 5  
2  ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 103.25 6th
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price 88.57 2  
15th  AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock 92.72 1
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price 100.59 6th  
2  ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 100.20 6th
  10  AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 94.68 0  
7th  NetherlandsNetherlands Benito van de Pas 91.84 4th    
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 94.10 6th  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 96.20 3
  10  AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 93.53 6th  
10  AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 103.41 6th
 GreeceGreece John Michael 94.36 1  
2  ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 100.34 6th
   EnglandEngland Stephen Bunting 93.06 4th  
6th  EnglandEngland Ian White 96.00 6th
 South AfricaSouth Africa Devon Petersen 84.42 2  
6th  EnglandEngland Ian White 97.89 5
  11  EnglandEngland Terry Jenkins 92.06 6th  
11  EnglandEngland Terry Jenkins 91.28 6th
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jonny Clayton 94.48 3  
11  EnglandEngland Terry Jenkins 92.88 4th
  14th  EnglandEngland Stephen Bunting 88.42 6th  
3  EnglandEngland Michael Smith 97.39 6th    
 EnglandEngland James Richardson 87.95 4th  
3  EnglandEngland Michael Smith 93.61 3
  14th  EnglandEngland Stephen Bunting 95.98 6th  
14th  EnglandEngland Stephen Bunting 93.74 6th
 GermanyGermany Stefan Stoyke June 80 1  

transmission

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

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

Web links

Individual evidence

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