2016 European Darts Grand Prix

2016 European Darts Grand Prix
2016 European Darts Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates	16–18 September 2016
Venue	Glaspalast
Location	Sindelfingen
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£115,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Ian White; 170 Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
	Michael van Gerwen
«Event 8	Event 10»

The 2016 European Darts Grand Prix was the ninth of ten PDC European Tour events on the 2016 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Glaspalast in Sindelfingen, Germany, between 16–18 September 2016. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Kim Huybrechts was the defending champion, but lost in the semi-finals to Michael van Gerwen. Van Gerwen went on to win the title after defeating Peter Wright 6–2 in the final.^[1]

Prize money

The prize money of the European Tour events stays the same as last year.^[2]

Stage (num. of players)		Prize money
Winner	(1)	£25,000
Runner-up	(1)	£10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£5,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£3,500
Third round losers	(8)	£2,000
Second round losers	(16)	£1,500
First round losers	(16)	£1,000

Total	£115,000

Qualification and format

The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today on 27 July automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.^[3] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 5 August), eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held on 15 September).

Daryl Gurney who had to withdraw from the last two European Tour events due to a broken finger on his throwing hand, also pulled out of this event after failing to recover. Third seed Dave Chisnall also withdrew due to a neck injury, moving seeds 4-16 up a place, and promoting UK Qualifier Steve Beaton to 16th seed.

Arron Monk also withdrew for personal reasons the day the tournament began, thus giving Robbie Green a bye to the second round. The remaining places were filled with two additional Host Nation Qualifiers.

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16

Michael van Gerwen (winner)
Peter Wright (runner-up)
Ian White (second round)
Kim Huybrechts (semi-finals)
Michael Smith (third round)
Benito van de Pas (quarter-finals)
James Wade (quarter-finals)
Mensur Suljović (third round)
Gerwyn Price (quarter-finals)
Jelle Klaasen (second round)
Terry Jenkins (second round)
Stephen Bunting (quarter-finals)
Alan Norris (third round)
Simon Whitlock (second round)
Joe Cullen (third round)
Steve Beaton (third round)

UK Qualifier

~~Daryl Gurney~~ (withdrew)
~~Arron Monk~~ (withdrew)
Andy Boulton (first round)
Jonny Clayton (third round)
Scott Dale (first round)
Nathan Aspinall (second round)
James Wilson (third round)
Mick McGowan (second round)
Robbie Green (second round)
Brendan Dolan (second round)
Robert Owen (first round)
James Hubbard (first round)
Jay Foreman (first round)
Mark Frost (second round)
Scott Taylor (first round)
Alan Tabern (second round)
Joe Murnan (third round)
Devon Petersen (first round)
Darren Webster (second round)

European Qualifier

Raymond van Barneveld (semi-finals)
Cristo Reyes (second round)
Christian Kist (first round)
Ronny Huybrechts (first round)
Jermaine Wattimena (second round)
Jeffrey de Graaf (first round)
Robert Marijanović (first round)
Tony West (second round)

Host Nation Qualifier

Max Hopp (second round)
Dragutin Horvat (first round)
Martin Schindler (second round)
Fabian Herz (first round)
Robert Allenstein (first round)
Gabriel Clemens (first round)

Draw


First round (best of 11 legs) 16 September ^[4]		Second round (best of 11 legs) 17 September ^[5]			Third round (best of 11 legs) 18 September ^[6]			Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 18 September ^[6]			Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 18 September ^[6]			Final (best of 11 legs) 18 September ^[6]



		1	Michael van Gerwen 104.04	6

Darren Webster 95.94	6		Darren Webster 94.30	4
					1	van Gerwen 97.86	6
Robert Allenstein 89.94	0
					16	Beaton 88.73	3
		16	Steve Beaton 91.34	6

Alan Tabern 87.38	6		Alan Tabern 85.20	3
								1	van Gerwen 94.42	6
Scott Taylor 80.55	2
								9	Price 93.87	3
		8	Mensur Suljović 108.45	6

Ronny Huybrechts 88.29	3		Mick McGowan 87.66	2
					8	Suljović 100.42	3
Mick McGowan 98.32	6
					9	Price 101.30	6
		9	Gerwyn Price 93.30	6

Max Hopp 88.66	6		Max Hopp 89.60	3
											1	van Gerwen 107.36	6
James Hubbard 75.22	2
											4	Huybrechts 99.92	0
		5	Michael Smith 91.99	6

Jeffrey de Graaf 73.47	2		Tony West 81.40	3
					5	Smith 93.38	2
Tony West 76.20	6
					12	Bunting 90.90	6
		12	Stephen Bunting 89.81	6

Jermaine Wattimena 89.53	6		Jermaine Wattimena 87.66	2
								12	Bunting 87.67	5
Fabian Herz 86.85	3
								4	Huybrechts 88.45	6
		4	Kim Huybrechts 92.02	6

Andy Boulton 85.81	4		Martin Schindler 77.16	0
					4	Huybrechts 96.40	6
Martin Schindler 89.38	6
					13	Norris 88.65	2
		13	Alan Norris 94.93	6

Nathan Aspinall 90.23	6		Nathan Aspinall 82.00	0
														1	van Gerwen 105.38	6
Jay Foreman 85.80	4
														2	Wright 102.36	2
		2	Peter Wright 94.49	6

Brendan Dolan 88.30	6		Brendan Dolan 86.66	1
					2	Wright 102.68	6
Christian Kist 80.02	5
					15	Cullen 97.91	1
		15	Joe Cullen 98.35	6

Robbie Green	w/o		Robbie Green 87.51	1
								2	Wright 106.14	6
Arron Monk	w/d
								7	Wade 99.68	3
		7	James Wade 87.70	6

Mark Frost 78.75	6		Mark Frost 86.24	4
					7	Wade 102.30	6
Robert Owen 79.20	5
						Clayton 97.56	3
		10	Jelle Klaasen 91.71	1

Jonny Clayton 89.87	6		Jonny Clayton 102.33	6
											2	Wright 103.43	6
Gabriel Clemens 81.06	1
												van Barneveld 91.70	2
		6	Benito van de Pas 98.11	6

Cristo Reyes 93.90	6		Cristo Reyes 87.97	5
					6	van de Pas 96.22	6
Robert Marijanović 82.98	3
						Murnan 86.55	2
		11	Terry Jenkins 89.93	5

Joe Murnan 92.83	6		Joe Murnan 93.29	6
								6	van de Pas 91.44	1
Dragutin Horvat 83.60	2
									van Barneveld 94.95	6
		3	Ian White 96.39	3

James Wilson 89.23	6		James Wilson 99.32	6
					Wilson 99.37		3
Devon Petersen 89.78	3
					van Barneveld 108.03		6
		14	Simon Whitlock 97.41	5

Raymond van Barneveld 99.73	6		Raymond van Barneveld 93.50	6

Scott Dale 89.05	3

References

^ "Michael van Gerwen adds European Darts Grand Prix to his trophy haul". Sky Sports. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
^ "2016 PDC European Darts Grand Prix Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
^ "ET9 & ET10 Entries Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
^ "HappyBet European Grand Prix Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
^ "HappyBet European Grand Prix Day Two". PDC. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Six Of The Best For Van Gerwen!". PDC. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

[1] "Michael van Gerwen adds European Darts Grand Prix to his trophy haul". Sky Sports. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[2] "2016 PDC European Darts Grand Prix Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

[3] "ET9 & ET10 Entries Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

[4] "HappyBet European Grand Prix Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

[5] "HappyBet European Grand Prix Day Two". PDC. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

[Final_day-6] "Six Of The Best For Van Gerwen!". PDC. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

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