Shanghai Darts Masters 2016

Shanghai Darts Masters 2016

Tournament status
Tournament type	Invitation tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Himalaya Theater , Shanghai
Tournament dates
Defending champion	-
Attendees	16
Opening game	June 25, 2016
Endgame	June 26, 2016
winner	Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
statistics
highest finish	161 points from Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands
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The Shanghai Darts Masters is a tournament in darts and was organized for the first time from June 25th to 26th, 2016 by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was the third event of the World Series of Darts 2016 . The venue was the Himalaya Theater in Shanghai.

format

A total of 16 players took part in the tournament. The field of participants consisted of the six best placed players of the PDC Order of Merit and two wildcard players. In addition, eight local qualifiers took part in the tournament as unseeded players. The current placement in the World Series ranking was the basis for the seeding list.

The tournament was played in a knockout system . The first round took place on June 25th. Game mode was a best of 11 legs . The quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the final, which all took place on June 26th, were played in the best of 15 legs mode.

Prize money

The prize money for the Shanghai Darts Masters was not officially announced.

Since this is an invitation tournament, the prize money won was not taken into account when calculating the PDC Order of Merit.

Attendees

The following 16 players were qualified for the Shanghai Darts Masters 2016:

The first 6 players in the PDC Order of Merit - as of January 3, 2016; after the PDC World Darts Championship 2016 - all of which were seeded
The 2 wildcard participants
8 local qualifiers

PDC Order of Merit