Super League Darts 2016

Super League Darts 2016
Tournament status
Tournament type	Qualifying tournament
organizer	PDC Europe
venue
Tournament dates
Defending champion	René Eidams
Attendees	16
Opening game	February 27, 2016
Endgame	19th November 2016
Match days	6th
Prize money (total)	€ 12,000
winner	Dragutin Horvat
statistics
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The Super League Darts 2016 (officially Bull's Super League Darts Germany 2016 ) was a qualification tournament that was organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) for the fourth time. It was used to determine a German participant in the PDC World Darts Championship 2017 .

The tournament began on February 27, 2016 with the first day of play and ended on November 19, 2016 with the play-offs.

Dragutin Horvat secured victory , who beat Stefan Stoyke in the final with 10: 6-legs.

qualification

16 players took part in the fourth edition of the Super League Darts, 10 of whom qualified in the previous season. Of these, Ricardo Pietreczko withdrew his participation after the first matchday, which is why Martin Schindler came up for him. Furthermore, a wildcard was given to Fabian Herz . The remaining 5 places were awarded by the Super League Qualifier. The qualification tournament took place on January 24th, 2016 in Mönchengladbach .

The following players were part of the Super League Darts 2016:

player	Qualified as	best result
Stefan Stoyke	1. of the previous year	Play-Offs ( 2015 )
Kevin Münch	2. of the previous year	Semi-finals ( 2013 , 2014 , 2015 )
Andreas Demkanin	3rd of the previous year	Play-Offs ( 2015 )
Maik Langendorf	4th of the previous year	Final ( 2013 , 2015 )
Sascha Stein	5th of the previous year	Final ( 2014 )
Ricardo Pietreczko Martin Schindler	7th of the previous year moved up	Semifinals ( 2015 ) debut
Daniel Zygla	8. of the previous year	Play-Offs ( 2015 )
Dragutin Horvat	9th of the previous year	Play-Offs ( 2013 )
René Eidams	10. of the previous year	Winner ( 2015 )
Alexander Tauber	11th of the previous year	Play-Offs ( 2013 , 2014 )
Michael Hurtz	12th of the previous year	11. ( 2014 )
Holger Radish	13th of the previous year	13. ( 2015 )
Manfred Bilderl	Qualifier	debut
Nico Kurz	Qualifier	debut
Frank Kortendieck	Qualifier	debut
Marco Curschmann	Qualifier	debut

Preliminary round

The preliminary round matches will be played on a total of 5 tournament weekends. Every tournament weekend is played in the mode everyone against everyone . Every win brings one point. The 8 best players qualify for the play-offs at the end of the preliminary round. The players in places 15 and 16 will be relegated from the Super League. The player in 14th place can compete again in the Super League Qualifier. The preliminary round games are played in Best of Legs mode and the double-out variant . The first player to throw exactly 501 points wins a leg . The last throw of a leg must be on a double square. The game mode is best of 11 legs .

Venues

Tournament weekend	date	state	city
1	27./28. February 2016	North Rhine-Westphalia	Leopoldshöhe
2	16./17. April 2016	North Rhine-Westphalia	Mönchengladbach
3	9/10 July 2016	Hesse	Darmstadt
4th	20./21. August 2016	Hesse	Darmstadt
5	8/9 October 2016	North Rhine-Westphalia	Leopoldshöhe

table

Pl.	player	Legs	Diff.	Points
1.	Stefan Stoyke	400: 237	+163	57
2.	Maik Langendorf	402: 240	+162	55
3.	Kevin Münch	399: 245	+154	53
4th	Dragutin Horvat	364: 292	+72	46
5.	Martin Schindler	319: 196	+123	44
6th	René Eidams	353: 315	+38	39
7th	Michael Hurtz	343: 322	+21	39
8th.	Sascha Stein	333: 308	+25	38
9.	Daniel Zygla	333: 316	+17	38
10.	Manfred Bilderl	314: 351	−37	33
11.	Andreas Demkanin 1	222: 333	−111	30th
12.	Nico Kurz	292: 360	−68	29
13.	Holger Rettig	272: 351	−79	26th
14th	Frank Kortendieck	301: 361	−60	25th
15th	Alexander Tauber	276: 369	−93	25th
16.	Marco Curschmann	95: 332	−237	7th

Qualified for the play-offs Participants in the Super League Qualifier for 2020 Relegation from the Super League Darts 1 Demkanin was excluded from the Super League Darts after two missed game days.

Play-offs

The play-offs took place on November 19, 2016 in Mönchengladbach .

mode

The eight remaining players were divided into two groups based on their position in the table, in which everyone plays against everyone. The game mode was again best of 11 legs . The first and second in the group then played the two finalists in a semi-final with the best of 15 legs mode . The final was played in the best of 19 legs mode.

Results

Group A

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	N	Legs	Diff.	Points
1.	Dragutin Horvat (4)	3	2	1	17:11	+6	4th
2.	Stefan Stoyke (1)	3	2	1	14:14	± 0	4th
3.	Martin Schindler (5)	3	1	2	12:14	−2	2
4th	Sascha Stein (8)	3	1	2	12:16	−4	2

Stefan Stoyke	6  : 3	Sascha Stein
Dragutin Horvat	6  : 2	Martin Schindler
Stefan Stoyke	6  : 5	Dragutin Horvat
Sascha Stein	6  : 4	Martin Schindler
Martin Schindler	6  : 2	Stefan Stoyke
Dragutin Horvat	6  : 3	Sascha Stein

Group B

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	N	Legs	Diff.	Points
1.	Maik Langendorf (2)	3	2	1	17:11	+6	4th
2.	Kevin Munch (3)	3	2	1	16:12	+4	4th
3.	Michael Hurtz (7)	3	1	2	12:16	−4	2
4th	René Eidams (6)	3	1	2	10:16	−6	2

Maik Langendorf	6  : 5	Michael Hurtz
René Eidams	6  : 4	Kevin Münch
Maik Langendorf	6  : 0	René Eidams
Kevin Münch	6  : 1	Michael Hurtz
Kevin Münch	6  : 5	Maik Langendorf
Michael Hurtz	6  : 4	René Eidams

	Semi-finals 11/19/2016 best of 15 legs					Final 11/19/2016 best of 19 legs
	A1	Dragutin Horvat	8th
	B2	Kevin Münch	7th
						A1	Dragutin Horvat	10
						A2	Stefan Stoyke	6th
	B1	Maik Langendorf	3
	A2	Stefan Stoyke	8th

Results at the World Cup

Dragutin Horvat was allowed to take part in the PDC World Darts Championship 2017 with his final victory . In the preliminary round he met the Russian Boris Koltsow and was able to defeat him 2-1 in sets. In the main round he then met the Australian Simon Whitlock and had to admit defeat 3-0.

Web links

• Match report on dartn.de
• Match report on darts1.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kassel dart player surprisingly manages World Cup qualification accessed on April 2, 2020
2. ↑ This is how the German premiere at the Darts World Cup ran on April 2, 2020