European Darts Tour 2016

The tournament series consisted of ten tournaments spread over the year in different European cities. The results there had an influence on the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit , which is jointly responsible for the qualification of several major tournaments.

Venues

No more tournaments are played in Innsbruck , while Hamburg and Schwechat are new venues.

Venray Sindelfingen Unterschleissheim Schwechat Dusseldorf Riesa Hildesheim Mülheim an der Ruhr Hamburg Gibraltar

European Tour Events

At the end of the season, the top 32 of the European Tour Order of Merit , a special form of the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit , into which only the prize money from the European Tour Events flows, qualified for the European Darts Championship 2016 .

No.	date	Event	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	12-14 February	Dutch Darts Masters	Venray , Evenementenhal	Michael van Gerwen	6: 2	Daryl Gurney
2	26.-28. March	German Darts Masters	Unterschleißheim , Ballhausforum	Michael van Gerwen	6: 4	Peter Wright
3	6-8 May	Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Gibraltar , Victoria Stadium	Michael van Gerwen	6: 2	Dave Chisnall
4th	13-15 May	European darts matchplay	Hamburg , Inselparkhalle Wilhelmsburg	James Wade	6: 2	Dave Chisnall
5	10-12 June	Austrian Darts Open	Vienna , Multiversum Schwechat	Phil Taylor	6: 4	Michael Smith
6th	29.-31. July	European Darts Open	Düsseldorf , Maritim Hotel	Michael van Gerwen	6: 5	Peter Wright
7th	2-4 September	International Darts Open	Riesa , Saxony-Arena	Scale length Suljović	6: 5	Kim Huybrechts
8th	9-11 September	European Darts Trophy	Mülheim an der Ruhr , RWE sports hall	Michael van Gerwen	6: 5	Scale length Suljović
9	16.-18. September	European Darts Grand Prix	Sindelfingen , Glass Palace	Michael van Gerwen	6: 2	Peter Wright
10	14.-16. October	German Darts Championship	Hildesheim , Hall 39	Alan Norris	6: 5	Jelle Klaasen

Prize money

A total of £ 115,000 in prize money was distributed per tournament. 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

German-speaking participants

The results of all German-speaking participants are listed below.

country	player	Dutch Darts Masters	German Darts Masters	Gibraltar Darts Trophy	European darts matchplay	Austrian Darts Open	European Darts Open	International Darts Open	European Darts Trophy	European Darts Grand Prix	German Darts Championship
	Robert Allenstein									Last 48	Last 32
	Jyhan Artut	Last 48			Last 48				Last 48
	Gabriel Clemens									Last 48
	René Eidams		Last 32		Last 32			Last 48
	Fabian heart		Last 48				Last 48			Last 48
	Mike Wood							Last 32			Last 48
	Max Hopp			Round of 16	Quarter finals		Last 48	Last 48	Last 48	Last 32
	Dragutin Horvat							Quarter finals		Last 48
	Thomas Junghans		Last 48
	Maik Langendorf				Last 32			Last 48
	Zoran Lerchbacher	Last 48				Last 32			Last 32
	Nico Mandl					Last 48
	Kevin Münch								Last 48
	Marko pulse		Last 48								Last 48
	Michael Rasztovits			Last 32				Last 48
	Holger Rettig						Last 48
	Rowby-John Rodriguez	Last 32		Last 48	Last 32	Last 32					Last 32
	Roxy-James Rodriguez					Last 48
	Martin Schindler	Last 48					Last 48		Last 32	Last 32
	Tomas Seyler		Last 48
	Stefan Stoyke						Last 32				Last 48
	Scale length Suljović	Semifinals	Last 32	Quarter finals	Quarter finals	Last 32	Quarter finals	victory	final	Round of 16	Semifinals
	Justin Webers								Last 48
	Andree Welge	Last 48			Last 48

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PDC European Tour 2016. In: darts1.de. Retrieved December 19, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)