International Darts Open 2016

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International Darts Open 2016

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Tournament status

Tournament type Ranking tournament
organizer PDC
venue Saxony-Arena ,
Riesa
Tournament dates
Defending champion EnglandEngland Michael Smith
Attendees 48
Opening game 2nd September 2016
Endgame 4th September 2016
Prize money (total) £ 115,000
Prize money (winner) £ 25,000
winner AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović
statistics

highest
finish		 167 points from Kyle Anderson
AustraliaAustralia
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The International Darts Open was a ranking tournament in darts and was organized from September 2nd to 4th, 2016 by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was the seventh event of the European Darts Tour , which will be held as part of the Pro Tour 2016 . The venue was the Sachsen-Arena in Riesa .

Mensur Suljović replaced last year's winner Michael Smith with a 6: 5 legs final win against Kim Huybrechts as the reigning defending champion.

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 International Darts Open 2016:

  • The first 16 players in the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit , as of June 22, 2016, all of whom were seeded
  • The 20 winners of the UK Qualifier in Barnsley on July 1st, 2016
  • the eight winners of the European Qualifier on September 1st, 2016
  • four qualifiers from the local qualifier on September 1st, 2016

PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit

  1. NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 2
  2. ScotlandScotland Peter Wright
  3. BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts
  4. EnglandEngland Dave Chisnall
  5. EnglandEngland Michael Smith
  6. EnglandEngland Ian White
  7. NetherlandsNetherlands Benito van de Pas
  8. NetherlandsNetherlands Jelle Klaasen
  9. AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović
  10. ScotlandScotland Robert Thornton
  11. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price
  12. EnglandEngland Terry Jenkins
  13. EnglandEngland Alan Norris
  14. EnglandEngland Stephen Bunting
  15. AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock
  16. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 1 , 2

UK qualifier

  1. EnglandEngland James Wilson
  2. EnglandEngland Joe Cullen
  3. ScotlandScotland Jim Walker
  4. EnglandEngland Andy Hamilton
  5. EnglandEngland Michael Barnard
  6. EnglandEngland James Richardson
  7. EnglandEngland Jamie Caven
  8. AustraliaAustralia Kyle Anderson
  9. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Brendan Dolan
  10. EnglandEngland Andy Boulton
  11. EnglandEngland Kevin Painter
  12. EnglandEngland Robbie Green
  13. EnglandEngland Ryan Meikle
  14. EnglandEngland Mark Frost
  15. EnglandEngland Ricky Evans
  16. South AfricaSouth Africa Devon Petersen
  17. EnglandEngland Chris Dobey
  18. EnglandEngland Darren Webster
  19. EnglandEngland Steve West

European qualifier

  1. BelgiumBelgium Ronny Huybrechts
  2. NetherlandsNetherlands Jeffrey de Graaf
  3. NetherlandsNetherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan
  4. NetherlandsNetherlands Jermaine Wattimena
  5. PolandPoland Krzysztof Ratajski
  6. AustriaAustria Michael Rasztovits
  7. NetherlandsNetherlands Vincent Kamphuis
  8. NetherlandsNetherlands Yordi Meeuwisse

Local qualifiers

  1. AustriaAustria Maik Langendorf
  2. GermanyGermany René Eidams
  3. GermanyGermany Max Hopp
  4. GermanyGermany Dragutin Horvat
  5. GermanyGermany Mike Wood
1James Wade withdrew his participation in the tournament, but all players seeded after him moved up a position and Daryl Gurney took the last seeded place. Therefore, an additional local qualifier got a place in the tournament.
1Both Michael van Gerwen and Daryl Gurney withdrew their participation in the tournament at short notice. Your opponents automatically advanced to the next round.

Results

Preliminary round

All unset players started in the 1st round (preliminary round). It was held on September 2, 2016.

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 EnglandEngland Robbie Green 93.65 6  : 4 EnglandEngland James Richardson 94.64
2 EnglandEngland Andy Hamilton 80.55 2: 6 EnglandEngland James Wilson 94.66
3 AustriaAustria Maik Langendorf 81.15 3: 6 ScotlandScotland Jim Walker 84.68
4th EnglandEngland Ryan Meikle 83.50 6  : 0 AustriaAustria Michael Rasztovits 76.08
5 NetherlandsNetherlands Yordi Meeuwisse 94.82 6  : 5 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Brendan Dolan 90.32
6th NetherlandsNetherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 81.63 2: 6 NetherlandsNetherlands Jermaine Wattimena 86.21
7th EnglandEngland Michael Barnard 84.61 5: 6 GermanyGermany Mike Wood 87.35
8th BelgiumBelgium Ronny Huybrechts 93.41 6  : 3 EnglandEngland Mark Frost 85.54
game Player 1 Result Player 2
9 EnglandEngland Andy Boulton 80.64 6  : 3 EnglandEngland Jamie Caven 81.98
10 PolandPoland Krzysztof Ratajski 93.69 1: 6 EnglandEngland Chris Dobey 102.33
11 AustraliaAustralia Kyle Anderson 91.58 6  : 2 NetherlandsNetherlands Vincent Kamphuis 78.71
12 GermanyGermany Dragutin Horvat 94.81 6  : 4 EnglandEngland Ricky Evans 93.22
13 NetherlandsNetherlands Jeffrey de Graaf 90.85 4: 6 EnglandEngland Joe Cullen 98.88
14th GermanyGermany Max Hopp July 90 3: 6 EnglandEngland Darren Webster 90.26
15th EnglandEngland Kevin Painter 80.12 1: 6 South AfricaSouth Africa Devon Petersen 85.86
16 GermanyGermany René Eidams 85.16 1: 6 EnglandEngland Steve West 83.65

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 3, 2016, the rest of the final round on September 4, 2016. Michael van Gerwen and Daryl Gurney did not play in the final round, their opponents reached the round of 16 without a fight.

  Round 2 09/03/2016
best of 11 legs 		Round of 16 04.09.2016
best of 11 legs 		Quarter-finals 04.09.2016
best of 11 legs 		Semi-finals 04.09.2016
best of 11 legs 		Final 04.09.2016
best of 11 legs
                                               
1  NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen ./.                
 EnglandEngland Ryan Meikle ./.  
 EnglandEngland Ryan Meikle 94.84 2
   NetherlandsNetherlands Yordi Meeuwisse 100.49 6th  
16  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney ./.
 NetherlandsNetherlands Yordi Meeuwisse ./.  
 NetherlandsNetherlands Yordi Meeuwisse 89.58 1
  9  AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 98.54 6th  
8th  NetherlandsNetherlands Jelle Klaasen 91.14 6th    
 EnglandEngland Chris Dobey 82.81 3  
8th  NetherlandsNetherlands Jelle Klaasen 90.41 5
  9  AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 98.14 6th  
9  AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 95.21 6th
 GermanyGermany Mike Wood 89.09 3  
9  AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 96.87 6th
   EnglandEngland James Wilson 86.48 1  
5  EnglandEngland Michael Smith 96.89 4th
 EnglandEngland James Wilson 100.31 6th  
 EnglandEngland James Wilson 93.58 6th
  12  EnglandEngland Terry Jenkins 88.20 4th  
12  EnglandEngland Terry Jenkins 90.98 6th
 EnglandEngland Darren Webster 91.80 5  
 EnglandEngland James Wilson 93.56 6th
   EnglandEngland Andy Boulton 84.67 1  
4th  EnglandEngland Dave Chisnall 94.19 6th    
 NetherlandsNetherlands Jermaine Wattimena 84.52 1  
4th  EnglandEngland Dave Chisnall 104.59 5
   EnglandEngland Andy Boulton 98.15 6th  
13  EnglandEngland Alan Norris 73.97 1
 EnglandEngland Andy Boulton 84.36 6th  
9  AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 95.15 6th
3  BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts 93.89 5
2  ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 91.09 6th
 EnglandEngland Steve West 85.62 4th  
2  ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 107.19 3
  15th  AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock 103.30 6th  
15th  AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock 95.39 6th
 South AfricaSouth Africa Devon Petersen 88.50 1  
15th  AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock 94.38 5
  7th  NetherlandsNetherlands Benito van de Pas 90.57 6th  
7th  NetherlandsNetherlands Benito van de Pas 89.75 6th    
 AustraliaAustralia Kyle Anderson 89.38 5  
7th  NetherlandsNetherlands Benito van de Pas 90.66 6th
  10  ScotlandScotland Robert Thornton 78.02 2  
10  ScotlandScotland Robert Thornton 89.28 6th
 BelgiumBelgium Ronny Huybrechts 89.22 4th  
7th  NetherlandsNetherlands Benito van de Pas 94.96 2
  3  BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts 95.95 6th  
6th  EnglandEngland Ian White 95.41 6th
 ScotlandScotland Jim Walker May 84 2  
6th  EnglandEngland Ian White 101.33 4th
   GermanyGermany Dragutin Horvat 99.41 6th  
11  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price 94.25 5
 GermanyGermany Dragutin Horvat 93.89 6th  
 GermanyGermany Dragutin Horvat 86.97 1
  3  BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts 100.75 6th  
3  BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts 104.55 6th    
 EnglandEngland Joe Cullen 95.46 5  
3  BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts 93.12 6th
   EnglandEngland Robbie Green 81.47 2  
14th  EnglandEngland Stephen Bunting 99.59 1
 EnglandEngland Robbie Green 101.11 6th  

In the final, Kim Huybrechts awarded a total of 7 match darts with a score of 5: 5 before Mensur Suljović used his first match dart to win. For Suljović it is the first PDC tournament victory.

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)