The Masters 2016

The Masters 2016
Tournament status
Tournament type	Invitation tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	ArenaMK , Milton Keynes
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Michael van Gerwen
Attendees	16
Opening game	January 30, 2016
Endgame	January 31, 2016
Prize money (total)	£ 200,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 60,000
winner	Michael van Gerwen
statistics
highest finish	161 points from Michael van Gerwen Peter Wright
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The Masters was an invitation tournament in darts and was organized for the fourth time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from January 30th to 31st, 2016 . The venue was the ArenaMK in Milton Keynes for the second time .

The defending champion was Michael van Gerwen , who won the tournament again for the second time.

format

The tournament participants were the current top 16 players in the Order of Merit . The tournament was played in a knockout system . Game mode in the eighth and quarter finals was a best of 19 legs . A best of 21 legs mode was played in the semifinals and finals . Each leg was played in double-out mode.

Prize money

A total of £ 200,000 in prize money was distributed. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 60,000
finalist	(1)	£ 25,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 17,500
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 10,500
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 5,000
		£ 200,000

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

qualification

The 16 first-placed players in the Order of Merit as of January 3, 2016, after the 2016 World Cup , qualified for the Masters 2016 .

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01. Michael van Gerwen victory 02. Gary Anderson 1 round 03. Adrian Lewis 1 round 04th Phil Taylor Semifinals 05. Peter Wright Quarter finals 06th James Wade Semifinals 07th Robert Thornton 1 round 08th. Michael Smith Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 09. Raymond van Barneveld 1 round 10. Dave Chisnall final 11. Terry Jenkins 1 round 12. Ian White 1 round 13. Jelle Klaasen 1 round 14th Kim Huybrechts Quarter finals 15th Vincent van der Voort Quarter finals 16. Stephen Bunting 1 round

Results

	Round 1 Jan. 30, 2016 best of 19 legs					Quarterfinals Jan. 31, 2016 best of 19 legs					Semi-finals Jan. 31, 2016 best of 21 legs					Final Jan. 31, 2016 best of 21 legs
	1	Michael van Gerwen 112.20	10
	16	Stephen Bunting 94.35	1
						1	Michael van Gerwen 105.86	10
						8th	Michael Smith 92.35	3
	8th	Michael Smith 90.93	10
	9	Raymond van Barneveld 86.83	7th
											1	Michael van Gerwen 103.30	11
											4th	Phil Taylor 103.45	10
	5	Peter Wright 100.15	10
	12	Ian White 96.89	7th
						5	Peter Wright 104.36	9
						4th	Phil Taylor 104.48	10
	4th	Phil Taylor 102.03	10
	13	Jelle Klaasen 97.29	6th
																1	Michael van Gerwen 98.94	11
																10	Dave Chisnall 96.71	6th
	2	Gary Anderson 98.18	7th
	15th	Vincent van der Voort 100.14	10
						15th	Vincent van der Voort 93.16	4th
						10	Dave Chisnall 104.40	10
	7th	Robert Thornton 87.94	9
	10	Dave Chisnall 90.33	10
											10	Dave Chisnall 99.18	11
											6th	James Wade 93.77	6th
	6th	James Wade 91.41	10
	11	Terry Jenkins 89.62	8th
						6th	James Wade 91.64	10
						14th	Kim Huybrechts 91.71	5
	3	Adrian Lewis 90.53	4th
	14th	Kim Huybrechts 94.29	10

transmission

Sport1 broadcast the event in German-speaking countries . The station can also be received in Austria via cable and satellite. Sport1 also offered a live stream .

Internationally, all games were also transmitted directly to pdc.tv by the PDC.

Web links

• Report on darts1.de ,
• Tournament progress on dartn.de
• The Masters 2016 in the DartsDatabase.co.uk database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Masters 2016 in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)