European Masters 2016

European Masters 2016
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	Circul Globus, Bucharest , Romania
Opening:	3rd October 2016
Endgame:	October 9, 2016
Winner:	Judd Trump
Finalist:	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Highest Break:	136 ( Mark Selby )
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The European Masters 2016 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2016/17 season , which was held from October 3rd to 9th, 2016 at Circul Globus in Bucharest ( Romania ). The winner was the Englishman Judd Trump , who defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 9: 8 in the final . For Trump it was the sixth victory in a world ranking tournament.

Prize money

	Prize money
winner	€ 75,000
finalist	€ 35,000
Semi-finalist	€ 17,500
Quarter finalist	€ 11,000
Round of 16	€ 6,000
Last 32	€ 3,500
Last 64	£ 1,750
All in all	€ 349,000
Highest breaks
Non-TV	£ 200
Main round	£ 2,000
Maximum break
Main round	£ 5,000
qualification	£ 11,000

Main round

The main round games took place from October 3rd to 9th, 2016 at Circul Globus in Bucharest ( Romania ).

Round 1 best of 7 frames

Round of 16 best of 7 frames

Quarterfinals Best of 7 Frames

Semi-final best of 11 frames

Final Best of 17 frames

1

Mark Selby

4th

35

Dominic Dale

2

1

Mark Selby

4th

16

Barry Hawkins

0

16

Barry Hawkins

4th

91

Michael Wild

3

1

Mark Selby

4th

62

Alfie Burden

0

62

Alfie Burden

4th

61

Yu Delu

1

62

Alfie Burden

4th

8th

Ricky Walden

3

93

Yan Bingtao

2

8th

Ricky Walden

4th

1

Mark Selby

2

4th

Judd Trump

6th

5

John Higgins

4th

28

Michael Holt

0

5

John Higgins

4th

37

Tom Ford

3

60

Robin Hull

1

37

Tom Ford

4th

5

John Higgins

0

4th

Judd Trump

4th

54

Andrew Higginson

4th

13

Marco Fu

0

54

Andrew Higginson

0

4th

Judd Trump

4th

29

Ben Woollaston

3

4th

Judd Trump

4th

4th

Judd Trump

9

11

Ronnie O'Sullivan

8th

3

Shaun Murphy

1

30th

Mark Davis

4th

30th

Mark Davis

4th

19th

Liang Wenbo

3

A.

Zak Surety

1

19th

Liang Wenbo

4th

30th

Mark Davis

1

11

Ronnie O'Sullivan

4th

22nd

David Gilbert

1

11

Ronnie O'Sullivan

4th

11

Ronnie O'Sullivan

4th

6th

Mark Allen

2

A.

Daniel Womersley

0

6th

Mark Allen

4th

11

Ronnie O'Sullivan

6th

7th

Neil Robertson

0

7th

Neil Robertson

4th

26th

Graeme Dott

2

7th

Neil Robertson

4th

74

Rhys Clark

1

55

David Grace

1

74

Rhys Clark

4th

7th

Neil Robertson

4th

18th

Anthony McGill

2

18th

Anthony McGill

4th

15th

Allister Carter

3

18th

Anthony McGill

4th

107

Scott Donaldson

3

31

Luca Brecel

3

107

Scott Donaldson

4th

final

For the sixth time Trump and O'Sullivan faced each other in a professional final. Trump started offensive and dared many long beginners. He wasn't lucky enough at breakbuilding, so O'Sullivan didn't just steal the first frame. The veteran led 3-1 before Trump made the first high break with 120 points. But O'Sullivan struck back and held a lead of two frames until the session break. In the evening, the youngster made a determined effort and not only equalized, but also took the lead for the first time with a score of 6: 5. But when he shot a bullet on the way to the next frame gain, he lost the thread. O'Sullivan was able to secure this and the next two frames with his highest final break and was only one frame away from victory. With his third century break, Trump came back again, then managed to equalize and had the better end for himself in the decision-making frame. 12 of the 17 frames in the final were decided by breaks of more than 50 points.

Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Marcel Eckardt Circul Globus,  Bucharest , Romania , October 9, 2016 Judd Trump 9 : 8 Ronnie O'Sullivan 51: 58 , 74 : 0, 35: 62 (53), 45: 69 (62), 120 : 0 (120), 20: 100 (59), 82 : 0 (82), 0: 100 (55), 83 : 4, 105 : 21 (105), 67 : 1, 34: 93 (93), 7: 72 (72), 42: 75 , 113 : 5 (109), 82 : 6, 74 : 5 (74) 120 Highest break 93 3 Century breaks - 6th 50+ breaks 6th

Finalist Ronnie O'Sullivan

qualification

The qualifiers took place from September 26-28, 2016 at the Guild Hall in Preston , England . All games were played in best-of-seven mode .

Round 1

game	Player 1 (seat position)	Result	Player 2 (seat position)		game	Player 1 (seat position)	Result	Player 2 (seat position)
1	Mark Selby (1)	4 : 1	John Astley (73)		33	Shaun Murphy (3)	4 : 3	Fang Xiongman (99)
2	Dechawat Poomjaeng (44)	1: 4	Fergal O'Brien (40)		34	Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn (109)	2: 4	Allan Taylor (74)
3	Peter Ebdon (32)	4 : 0	Jamie Cope (64)		35	Mark Davis (30)	4 : 1	Paul Davison (80)
4th	Dominic Dale (35)	4 : 1	Thor Chuan Leong (84)		36	Adam Duffy 102	4 : 0	Gareth Allen (96)
5	Barry Hawkins (16)	4 : 0	Zhang Anda (78)		37	Kyren Wilson (14)	2: 4	Zak Surety (A)
6th	Noppon Saengkham (67)	2: 4	Rod Lawler (46)		38	Antony Parsons (A)	4 : 0	James Wattana (85)
7th	Martin Gould (17)	2: 4	Jamie Jones (38)		39	Liang Wenbo (19)	4 : 3	Mark King (34)
8th	Cao Yupeng (89)	3: 4	Michael Wild (91)		40	Josh Boileau (113)	4 : 2	Jimmy White (86)
9	Hamza Akbar (83)	1: 4	Alfie Burden (62)		41	Jack Lisowski (42)	4 : 2	Mike Dunn (36)
10	Ryan Day (24)	4 : 3	James Cahill (76)		42	David Gilbert (22)	4 : 3	Lee Walker (87)
11	Sam Baird (45)	1: 4	Zhao Xintong (94)		43	Daniel Wells (65)	4 : 3	Sanderson Lam (75)
12	Ding Junhui (9)	kl.	Yu Delu (61)		44	Ronnie O'Sullivan (11)	4 : 1	Lu Chenwei (A)
13	Tian Pengfei (47)	0: 4	Yan Bingtao (93)		45	Hossein Vafaei (71)	kl.	Daniel Womersley (A)
14th	Alan McManus	3: 4	Ian Burns (52)		46	Robert Milkins (27)	2: 4	Elliot Slessor (98)
15th	Sean O'Sullivan (64)	1: 4	Michael Georgiou (90)		47	Hammad Miah (92)	4 : 1	Robbie Williams (51)
16	Ricky Walden (8)	4 : 1	Christopher Keogan (104)		48	Mark Allen (6)	4 : 0	Darryl Hill (72)
17th	John Higgins (5)	4 : 1	Nigel Bond (63)		49	Neil Robertson (7)	4 : 1	Boonyarit Keattikun (110)
18th	Chen Zhe (112)	0: 4	Jimmy Robertson (33)		50	Oliver Lines (51)	4 : 2	Brandon Sargeant (A)
19th	Michael Holt (28)	4 : 1	Fraser Patrick (97)		51	Graeme Dott (26)	4 : 0	Andy Hicks (A)
20th	Jason Weston (100)	1: 4	Kurt Maflin (43)		52	Mark Joyce (49)	4 : 2	Eden Sharav (88)
21st	Mark Williams (12)	1: 4	Robin Hull (60)		53	Joe Perry (10)	3: 4	David Grace (55)
22nd	Gary Wilson (39)	4 : 1	Sydney Wilson (82)		54	Tony Drago (A)	kl.	Jak Jones (103)
23	Michael White (21)	3: 4	Rory McLeod (53)		55	Matthew Selt (23)	2: 4	Peter Lines (A)
24	Li Hang (50)	2: 4	Tom Ford (37)		56	Alex Borg (115)	1: 4	Rhys Clark (74)
25th	Ashley Hugill (A)	4 : 1	Mitchell Man (101)		57	Stuart Carrington (58)	2: 4	Sam craigie (81)
26th	Stephen Maguire (20)	3: 4	Andrew Higginson (54)		58	Anthony McGill (18)	4 : 3	Akani Songsermsawad (77)
27	Kurt Dunham (108)	0: 4	Mei Xiwen (105)		59	Zhang Yong (69)	0: 4	Matthew Stevens (41)
28	Marco Fu (13)	4 : 0	Steven Hallworth (A)		60	Allister Carter (15)	4 : 2	Ken Doherty (56)
29	Louis Heathcote (A)	2: 4	Joe Swail (52)		61	David John (111)	4 : 0	Bradley Jones (A)
30th	Ben Woollaston (29)	4 : 2	Ross Muir (66)		62	Luca Brecel (31)	4 : 1	Zhou Yuelong (48)
31	Anthony Hamilton (95)	3: 4	Duane Jones (79)		63	Chris Wakelin (68)	0: 4	Scott Donaldson (107)
32	Judd Trump (4)	4 : 3	Aditya Mehta (114)		64	Stuart Bingham (2)	4 : 0	Craig Steadman (106)

round 2

game	Player 1 (seat position)	Result	Player 2 (seat position)		game	Player 1 (seat position)	Result	Player 2 (seat position)
65	Mark Selby (1)	4 : 0	Fergal O'Brien (40)		81	Shaun Murphy (3)	4 : 0	Allan Taylor (74)
66	Peter Ebdon (32)	3: 4	Dominic Dale (35)		82	Mark Davis (30)	4 : 0	Adam Duffy 102
67	Barry Hawkins (16)	4 : 1	Rod Lawler (46)		83	Zak Surety (A)	4 : 1	Antony Parsons (A)
68	Jamie Jones (38)	3: 4	Michael Wild (91)		84	Liang Wenbo (19)	4 : 2	Josh Boileau (113)
69	Alfie Burden (62)	4 : 3	Ryan Day (24)		85	Jack Lisowski (42)	1: 4	David Gilbert (22)
70	Zhao Xintong (94)	3: 4	Yu Delu (61)		86	Daniel Wells (65)	0: 4	Ronnie O'Sullivan (11)
71	Yan Bingtao (93)	4 : 1	Ian Burns (52)		87	Daniel Womersley (A)	4 : 3	Elliot Slessor (98)
72	Michael Georgiou (90)	1: 4	Ricky Walden (8)		88	Hammad Miah (92)	0: 4	Mark Allen (6)
73	John Higgins (5)	4 : 3	Jimmy Robertson (33)		89	Neil Robertson (7)	4 : 1	Oliver Lines (51)
74	Michael Holt (28)	4 : 0	Kurt Maflin (43)		90	Graeme Dott (26)	4 : 3	Mark Joyce (49)
75	Robin Hull (60)	4 : 3	Gary Wilson (39)		91	David Grace (55)	4 : 2	Jak Jones (103)
76	Rory McLeod (53)	2: 4	Tom Ford (37)		92	Peter Lines (A)	3: 4	Rhys Clark (74)
77	Ashley Hugill (A)	1: 4	Andrew Higginson (54)		93	Sam craigie (81)	0: 4	Anthony McGill (18)
78	Mei Xiwen (105)	2: 4	Marco Fu (13)		94	Matthew Stevens (41)	3: 4	Allister Carter (15)
79	Joe Swail (52)	1: 4	Ben Woollaston (29)		95	David John (111)	2: 4	Luca Brecel (31)
80	Duane Jones (79)	2: 4	Judd Trump (4)		96	Scott Donaldson (107)	4 : 3	Stuart Bingham (2)

1. ↑ ^{a b} Is played together with the games of the main round.

A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2016/17 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)
kl. = continue without a fight

Century breaks

qualification

Shaun Murphy 147 Marco Fu 143, 136 Neil Robertson 143 Mei Xiwen 133 Ricky Walden 128, 117 Boonyarit Keattikun 128 Michael White 128 Gary Wilson 127 Jimmy Robertson 127 Mark Davis 125, 116, 100 Robin Hull 123, 100 Stephen Maguire 123 Mitchell Mann 122 Andrew Higginson 116 Judd Trump 114 David Grace 113 John Higgins 113

Mark Joyce 112, 109 Dominic Dale 108 Liang Wenbo 108 Mark King 106 David Gilbert 105, 101 Alfie Burden 104 Duane Jones 104 Michael Holt 104, 101 Aditya Mehta 103 Mark Selby 103 Ryan Day 103 Antony Parsons 102 Fergal O'Brien 102 Mark Allen 102 Daniel Wells 101 Tom Ford 101 Matthew Selt 100

Main round

Mark Selby 136, 109, 102 Judd Trump 135, 120, 118, 109, 105 (3 ×) Ronnie O'Sullivan 129, 118 Mark Davis 124, 107, 100 Mark Allen 121, 112 John Higgins 118, 104

Neil Robertson 112, 103 Anthony McGill 107 Ricky Walden 105 Liang Wenbo 103 Rhys Clark 101

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2016/2017 Season. (DOC; 69.0 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , June 3, 2016, accessed September 10, 2016 .  
2. ↑ Rolling 147 Prizes ( Memento from September 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ ^{a b} European Masters (2016). In: snooker.org. Retrieved September 10, 2016 .  
4. ↑ European Masters 2016. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , May 10, 2016, accessed September 10, 2016 .  
5. ↑ ^{a b} 2016 European Masters. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 5, 2016 .  
6. ↑ Trump Wins Thrilling Final. In: worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , accessed October 10, 2016 .  
7. ↑ Europena Masters 2016 International Championship 2016. (PDF; 82.4 kB) Qualifiers: September 26th - October 1st, 2016, Preston Guildhall, Format of Play. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , August 5, 2016, accessed September 10, 2016 .  
8. ^ European Masters Qualifiers Draw. (PDF; 239 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , August 30, 2016, accessed September 10, 2016 .  
9. ↑ European Masters 2016. Centuries. (No longer available online.) In: worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , archived from the original on October 9, 2016 ; Retrieved October 5, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.