2016 German Darts Masters

German Darts Masters 2016
Tournament information
Dates	26–28 March
Venue	Ballhausforum
Location	Munich
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£115,000
Winners share	£25,000
High checkout	164 Dave Chisnall
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«Event 1 Event 3»

The German Darts Masters 2016 was the second of ten European Tour events on the 2016 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Ballhausforum, Munich, Germany, between 26–28 March. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, having beaten John Henderson 6–5 in the previous edition. He retained his title by defeating Peter Wright 6–4 in the final.

Prize money

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

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 on 15 January automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.^[1]

The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 17 January),^[2] eight from the European Qualifier on 23 January^[3] and four from the Home Nation Qualifier on 25 March.

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Top 16 Michael van Gerwen (Winner) Michael Smith (Semi-finals) Peter Wright (Runner-up) James Wade (Second round) Kim Huybrechts (Second round) Adrian Lewis (Third round) Ian White (Quarter-finals) Dave Chisnall (Third round) Robert Thornton (Second round) Jelle Klaasen (Third round) Terry Jenkins (Second round) Gary Anderson (Quarter-finals) Benito van de Pas (Third round) Brendan Dolan (Second round) Mensur Suljović (Second round) Justin Pipe (Second round)

UK Qualifier Mark Barilli (First round) Mark Walsh (Second round) Stephen Bunting (Second round) Alan Norris (First round) Chris Dobey (Quarter-finals) Ben Davies (First round) James Richardson (Quarter-finals) John Bowles (Second round) Daryl Gurney (Second round) Nathan Aspinall (First round) Steve Beaton (First round) Darren Johnson (First round) Stuart Kellett (First round) Andrew Gilding (First round) Peter Hudson (First round) Joe Cullen (Semi-finals) William O'Connor (Third round) Kevin Painter (Third round) Devon Petersen (Second round) James Wilson (Third round)

European Qualifier Cristo Reyes (Third round) Thomas Junghans (First round) Dimitri van den Bergh (First round) Mike Zuydwijk (First round) John Michael (First round) Jeffrey de Graaf (Second round) Ronny Huybrechts (Second round) Jermaine Wattimena (Second round) Host Nation Qualifier Tomas Seyler (First round) René Eidams (Second round) Fabian Herz (First round) Marko Puls (First round)

Draw

	First round 26 March [4]					Second round 27 March [5]					Third round 28 March					Quarter-finals 28 March					Semi-finals 28 March					Final 28 March
		Peter Hudson 85.20	1			1	Michael van Gerwen 97.06	6
		René Eidams 86.19	6				René Eidams 92.84	3
											1	van Gerwen 102.85	6
												Painter 95.68	2
		Kevin Painter 101.70	6	16	Justin Pipe 85.07	5
		Stuart Kellett 94.58	1				Kevin Painter 88.26	6
																1	van Gerwen 108.55	6
																Dobey 100.63	5
		Alan Norris 87.71	4			8	Dave Chisnall 96.40	6
		Jermaine Wattimena 85.02	6				Jermaine Wattimena 90.69	4
											8	Chisnall 89.68	4
												Dobey 102.25	6
		Chris Dobey 96.63	6	9	Robert Thornton 96.28	4
		Ben Davies 83.76	1				Chris Dobey 100.64	6
																					1	van Gerwen 91.45	6
																						Cullen 87.45	1
		William O'Connor 78.20	6			5	Kim Huybrechts 85.11	1
		Tomas Seyler 72.36	3				William O'Connor 86.23	6
												O'Connor 93.03	2
											12	Anderson 101.66	6
		Daryl Gurney 85.00	6	12	Gary Anderson 106.59	6
		Dimitri van den Bergh 84.70	3				Daryl Gurney 89.05	1
																12	Anderson 79.17	0
																Cullen 99.10	6
		Joe Cullen 91.07	6			4	James Wade 90.09	4
		Mike Zuydwijk 82.47	1				Joe Cullen 92.49	6
												Cullen 92.34	6
											13	van de Pas 95.44	5
		Devon Petersen 86.13	6	13	Benito van de Pas 91.75	6
		Nathan Aspinall 86.07	5				Devon Petersen 85.39	2
																										1	van Gerwen 92.72	6
																										3	Wright 93.20	4
		Darren Johnson 85.89	4			2	Michael Smith 96.43	6
		Jeffrey de Graaf 86.08	6				Jeffrey de Graaf 88.33	5
											2	Smith 104.56	6
												Wilson 101.07	4
		James Wilson 86.21	6	15	Mensur Suljović 96.00	4
		Marko Puls 78.96	3				James Wilson 97.32	6
																2	Smith 91.25	6
															7	White 96.39	4
		Mark Walsh 82.32	6			7	Ian White 98.38	6
		Thomas Junghans 74.28	2				Mark Walsh 89.06	2
											7	White 100.60	6
											10	Klaasen 98.31	5
		Ronny Huybrechts 87.47	6	10	Jelle Klaasen 104.86	6
		John Michael 90.02	2				Ronny Huybrechts 90.74	0
																					2	Smith 87.81	4
																					3	Wright 95.62	6
		John Bowles 91.75	6			6	Adrian Lewis 99.04	6
		Fabian Herz 82.35	3				John Bowles 88.70	4
											6	Lewis 94.05	3
												Richardson 93.33	6
		Andrew Gilding 79.92	1	11	Terry Jenkins 86.33	2
		James Richardson 88.01	6				James Richardson 91.91	6
																	Richardson 99.25	2
															3	Wright 101.78	6
		Stephen Bunting 97.63	6			3	Peter Wright 97.83	6
		Steve Beaton 92.21	4				Stephen Bunting 97.72	4
											3	Wright 96.54	6
												Reyes 93.31	5
		Cristo Reyes 93.14	6	14	Brendan Dolan 82.46	1
		Mark Barilli 88.99	2				Cristo Reyes 90.63	6

References

1. "ET1 & ET2 Main Event & UKQ Entries". PDC. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
2. "ET1/2 UK Qualifier Results". PDC. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
3. "Trio Secure European Qualifying Double". PDC. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
4. "German Darts Masters Day One". PDC. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
5. "German Darts Masters Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 27 March 2016.