2016 German Darts Masters

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

The 2016 German Darts Masters was the second of ten PDC European Tour events on the 2016 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Ballhausforum, Munich, Germany, between 26 and 28 March 2016. 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 Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today on 15 January 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 Wigan on 17 January), eight from the European Qualifier on 23 January and four from the Host Nation Qualifier on 25 March.

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Top 16

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