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.
| 2016 European Darts Grand Prix | |||
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| 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 Michael van Gerwen | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Michael van Gerwen | |||
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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 edit
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 edit
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 an neck injury, moving seeds 4-16 up a place, and promoting UK Qualifier Steve Beaton to 16th seed.
Arron Monk also withdrew due to 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:
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Draw edit
References edit
- ^ "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.