The 2016 European Darts Open was the sixth of ten European Tour events on the

2016 PDC Pro Tour The 2016 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. In 2016 there ...

. The tournament took place at Maritim Hotel in

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, between 29 and 31 July 2016. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner. Robert Thornton was the defending champion, but he lost in the second round to Wes Newton.

Michael van Gerwen Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player, who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number three; he was ranked world number one from 20 ...

won his second European Darts Open title after defeating Peter Wright 6–5 in the final.

Prize money

The prize money of the European Tour events stays the same as last year.

Qualification and format

The top 16 players from th
PDC ProTour Order of Merit
on 13 May automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in

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on 20 May), eight from the European Qualifier on 1 June and four from the Host Nation Qualifier on 28 July. On 27 July 2016, Phil Taylor withdrew from the tournament, moving seeds 14–16 up a place, and promoting Alan Norris to 16 seed, which also meant a 5th Host Nation Qualifier would also qualify for the tournament. The following players will take part in the tournament: :Top 16 :#

(winner) :# Peter Wright ''(runner-up)'' :# Michael Smith ''(third round)'' :#

Dave Chisnall David Chisnall (born 12 September 1980) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twelve; he reached a peak ranking of world number five in ...

''(second round)'' :#

Kim Huybrechts Kim Huybrechts (born 16 November 1985) is a Belgian professional darts player competing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was runner-up in the 2012 Players Championship Finals, losing to Phil Taylor 13–6. He also made the fin ...

''(semi-finals)'' :# Ian White ''(third round)'' :# Benito van de Pas ''(second round)'' :# Jelle Klaasen ''(quarter-finals)'' :#

James Wade James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number nine; he reached a peak ranking of world number two in 2010. ...

''(third round)'' :# Mensur Suljović ''(quarter-finals)'' :#

Terry Jenkins Terry Jenkins (born 26 September 1963) is an English former professional darts player who was nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the name "Tucker" for his matches. He reached a peak ranking of world number three in the darts world ranki ...

''(quarter-finals)'' :# Robert Thornton ''(second round)'' :# Gary Anderson ''(quarter-finals)'' :#

Stephen Bunting Stephen Bunting (born 9 April 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number four. Nicknamed "the Bullet", Bunting formerly competed in Brit ...

''(semi-finals)'' :#

Simon Whitlock Simon Whitlock (born 3 March 1969) is an Australian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, having previously competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. Nicknamed "The Wizard", he won th ...

''(second round)'' :# Alan Norris ''(second round)'' :UK Qualifier :*

Gerwyn Price Gerwyn Price (born 7 March 1985) is a Welsh professional darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player. He competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world ...

''(third round)'' :*

Daryl Gurney Daryl Gurney (born 22 March 1986) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twenty-five; he reached a peak ranking of world number thre ...

''(third round)'' :* Shaun Griffiths ''(first round)'' :* James Richardson ''(second round)'' :* Andy Jenkins ''(first round)'' :*

Mark Frost Mark Frost (born November 25, 1953) is an American novelist, screenwriter, film and television producer and director. He is the co-creator of the mystery-horror television series ''Twin Peaks'' (1990–1991, 2017) and was a writer and executiv ...

''(first round)'' :* Harry Ward ''(first round)'' :*

Jonny Clayton Jonny Clayton (born 4 October 1974) is a Welsh professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number five. Nicknamed "the Ferret", he has won four PDC major televised s ...

''(second round)'' :* Ritchie Edhouse ''(second round)'' :* Tony Newell ''(first round)'' :* Steve West ''(second round)'' :* Kyle Anderson ''(third round)'' :* Jamie Caven ''(second round)'' :* Robbie Green ''(first round)'' :*

Andy Boulton Andrew Boulton (born 25 February 1973) is a Scottish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "X-Factor", he has won four titles on the PDC Challenge Tour. Career BDO, UK Open appearances ...

''(second round)'' :* John Henderson ''(first round)'' :* Wes Newton ''(third round)'' :*

Andy Hamilton Andrew Neil Hamilton (born 28 May 1954) is a British comedian, game show panellist, television director, comedy screenwriter, radio dramatist, novelist and actor. Early life and education Hamilton was born in Fulham, West London. He was educa ...

''(first round)'' :* Devon Petersen ''(second round)'' :European Qualifier :* John Michael ''(second round)'' :* Cristo Reyes ''(first round)'' :* Christian Kist ''(first round)'' :* Jeffrey de Graaf ''(first round)'' :* Kim Viljanen ''(second round)'' :* Jan Dekker ''(third round)'' :* Daniele Petri ''(first round)'' :* Dimitri Van den Bergh ''(second round)'' :Host Nation Qualifier :* Martin Schindler ''(first round)'' :* Stefan Stoyke ''(second round)'' :* Holger Rettig ''(first round)'' :* Fabian Herz ''(first round)'' :* Max Hopp ''(first round)''

Draw

References

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