2016 European Darts Matchplay

The 2016 European Darts Matchplay is the fourth of ten PDC European Tour events on the 2016 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament takes place at Inselparkhalle in Hamburg, Germany, between 13–15 May 2016. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2016 European Darts Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates	13–15 May 2016
Venue	Inselparkhalle
Location	Hamburg
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£115,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Alan Norris 170 Daryl Gurney
Champion(s)
James Wade
«Event 3 Event 5»

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, but he lost in the semi-finals to the winner of the tournament, James Wade, who defeated Dave Chisnall 6–5 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 4 March 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 11 March),^[4] eight from the European Qualifier on 22 April^[5] and five from the Host Nation Qualifier on 12 May (it was originally four, but following the withdrawal of Phil Taylor, it was increased to five.)

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Top 16 Michael van Gerwen (semi-finals) Peter Wright (semi-finals) Michael Smith (third round) James Wade (winner) Kim Huybrechts (second round) Dave Chisnall (runner-up) Ian White (second round) Adrian Lewis (third round) Jelle Klaasen (quarter-finals) Terry Jenkins (third round) Robert Thornton (second round) Benito van de Pas (quarter-finals) Gary Anderson (third round) Mensur Suljović (quarter-finals) Simon Whitlock (second round) Mervyn King (second round)

UK Qualifier Phil Taylor (withdrew) Richie Corner (first round) Darren Webster (second round) Josh Payne (first round) Jamie Robinson (first round) Daryl Gurney (third round) Alan Norris (second round) Ricky Williams (first round) John Henderson (third round) Mark Webster (first round) Jonny Clayton (second round) Jonathan Worsley (first round) Jamie Caven (third round) Joe Murnan (first round) Chris Dobey (second round) Andrew Gilding (first round) Darren Johnson (first round) Kevin Painter (first round) Joe Cullen (first round) Devon Petersen (first round)

European Qualifier Michel van der Horst (first round) Mike De Decker (second round) Vincent van der Voort (third round) Ron Meulenkamp (second round) Magnus Caris (second round) Rowby-John Rodriguez (second round) Cristo Reyes (first round) Remco van Eijden (second round) Host Nation Qualifier Max Hopp (quarter-finals) Andree Welge (first round) René Eidams (second round) Jyhan Artut (first round) Maik Langendorf (second round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 13 May [6]					Second round (best of 11 legs) 14 May [7]					Third round (best of 11 legs) 15 May [8]					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 15 May [9]					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 15 May [9]					Final (best of 11 legs) 15 May [9]
						1	Michael van Gerwen 98.78	6
	Andrew Gilding 81.70		1				Remco van Eijden 89.34	2
											1	van Gerwen 101.76	6
	Remco van Eijden 85.75		6
												Gurney 92.91	4
						16	Mervyn King 99.05	3
	Daryl Gurney 87.70		6				Daryl Gurney 104.25	6
																1	van Gerwen 106.75	6
	Kevin Painter 86.48		4
																9	Klaasen 100.43	5
						8	Adrian Lewis 90.43	6
	René Eidams 80.95		6				René Eidams 84.47	4
											8	Lewis 86.51	4
	Ricky Williams 81.22		4
											9	Klaasen 89.79	6
						9	Jelle Klaasen 97.40	6
	Jyhan Artut 84.94		4				Chris Dobey 92.94	5
																					1	van Gerwen 97.19	2
	Chris Dobey 85.91		6
																					4	Wade 95.03	6
						5	Kim Huybrechts 85.68	2
	Vincent van der Voort 88.13		6				Vincent van der Voort 92.00	6
												van der Voort 89.57	3
	Jamie Robinson 78.98		2
											12	van de Pas 93.44	6
						12	Benito van de Pas 107.35	6
	Alan Norris 88.13		6				Alan Norris 98.79	3
																12	van de Pas 96.04	5
	Richie Corner 88.27		5
																4	Wade 90.79	6
						4	James Wade 100.88	6
	Devon Petersen 90.96		3				Jonny Clayton 98.33	4
											4	Wade 100.92	6
	Jonny Clayton 91.78		6
											13	Anderson 96.73	2
						13	Gary Anderson 90.70	6
	Andree Welge 81.97		3				Maik Langendorf 87.21	3
																										4	Wade 92.71	6
	Maik Langendorf 82.88		6
																										6	Chisnall 93.55	5
						2	Peter Wright 99.31	6
	Darren Webster 87.58		6				Darren Webster 93.58	5
											2	Wright 99.89	6
	Jonathan Worsley 75.68		1
												Caven 91.08	3
						15	Simon Whitlock 90.15	3
	Jamie Caven 96.15		6				Jamie Caven 96.07	6
																2	Wright 96.27	6
	Josh Payne 94.79		5
																	Hopp 94.20	4
						7	Ian White 82.99	2
	Joe Murnan 91.76		5				Max Hopp 89.60	6
												Hopp 95.98	6
	Max Hopp 87.36		6
											10	Jenkins 90.23	3
						10	Terry Jenkins 92.05	6
	Cristo Reyes 84.44		3				Magnus Caris 85.67	1
																					2	Wright 86.30	3
	Magnus Caris 84.14		6
																					6	Chisnall 93.81	6
						6	Dave Chisnall 100.63	6
	Joe Cullen 90.62		5				Ron Meulenkamp 92.64	2
											6	Chisnall 100.87	6
	Ron Meulenkamp 89.22		6
												Henderson 89.61	4
						11	Robert Thornton 85.63	4
	Mark Webster 93.75		5				John Henderson 91.28	6
																6	Chisnall 101.13	6
	John Henderson 84.14		6
																14	Suljović 98.09	4
						3	Michael Smith 91.58	6
	Rowby-John Rodriguez 86.82		6				Rowby-John Rodriguez 78.00	1
											3	Smith 89.57	5
	Michel van der Horst 85.91		4
											14	Suljović 91.53	6
						14	Mensur Suljović 95.94	6
	Darren Johnson 86.61		3				Mike De Decker 84.24	0
	Mike De Decker 87.70		6