2016 European Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates	29–31 July 2016
Venue	Maritim Hotel
Location	Düsseldorf
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£115,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	161 Gerwyn Price
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«Event 5 Event 7»

The 2016 European Darts Open was the sixth of ten European Tour events on the 2016 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Maritim Hotel in Düsseldorf, Germany, between 29–31 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 won his second European Darts Open title after defeating Peter Wright 6–5 in the final.^[1]

Prize money

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

Qualification and format

The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today on 13 May automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.^[2] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Coventry on 20 May),^[3] eight from the European Qualifier on 1 June^[4] 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:

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 29 July [5]					Second round (best of 11 legs) 30 July [6]					Third round (best of 11 legs) 31 July [7]					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 31 July [7]					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 31 July [7]					Final (best of 11 legs) 31 July [7]
						1	Michael van Gerwen 104.86	6
	Jamie Caven 89.20		6				Jamie Caven 87.96	0
											1	van Gerwen 99.38	6
	Christian Kist 83.07		3
												K. Anderson 91.72	2
						16	Alan Norris 101.25	2
	Kyle Anderson 92.35		6				Kyle Anderson 98.84	6
																1	van Gerwen 102.95	6
	Cristo Reyes 88.62		5
																8	Klaasen 93.33	4
						8	Jelle Klaasen 98.98	6
	Ritchie Edhouse 87.06		6				Ritchie Edhouse 94.02	3
											8	Klaasen 91.29	6
	Harry Ward 81.78		4
											9	Wade 96.40	3
						9	James Wade 88.16	6
	Max Hopp 81.62		5				Andy Boulton 89.67	5
																					1	van Gerwen 103.63	6
	Andy Boulton 80.36		6
																					5	Huybrechts 94.85	3
						5	Kim Huybrechts 98.11	6
	Dimitri Van den Bergh 93.57		6				Dimitri Van den Bergh 88.48	3
											5	Huybrechts 104.32	6
	Jeffrey de Graaf 85.31		2
												Newton 93.89	3
						12	Robert Thornton 86.65	2
	Wes Newton 87.93		6				Wes Newton 86.60	6
																5	Huybrechts 91.48	6
	Shaun Griffiths 83.71		5
																13	G. Anderson 85.49	4
						4	Dave Chisnall 90.62	3
	John Henderson 86.47		4				Jan Dekker 86.23	6
												Dekker 94.37	0
	Jan Dekker 84.59		6
											13	G. Anderson 104.86	6
						13	Gary Anderson 107.11	6
	Kim Viljanen 85.56		6				Kim Viljanen 89.72	1
																										1	van Gerwen 104.06	6
	Martin Schindler 79.83		1
																										2	Wright 100.44	5
						2	Peter Wright 97.29	6
	Steve West 89.02		6				Steve West 92.10	5
											2	Wright 103.25	6
	Holger Rettig 75.48		3
												Price 88.57	2
						15	Simon Whitlock 92.72	1
	Gerwyn Price 84.57		6				Gerwyn Price 100.59	6
																2	Wright 100.20	6
	Tony Newell 79.82		3
																10	Suljović 94.68	0
						7	Benito van de Pas 91.84	4
	Daryl Gurney 92.48		6				Daryl Gurney 94.10	6
												Gurney 96.20	3
	Robbie Green 96.32		5
											10	Suljović 93.53	6
						10	Mensur Suljović 103.41	6
	John Michael 85.89		6				John Michael 94.36	1
																					2	Wright 100.34	6
	Fabian Herz 70.41		0
																					14	Bunting 93.06	4
						6	Ian White 96.00	6
	Devon Petersen 87.12		6				Devon Petersen 84.42	2
											6	White 97.89	5
	Andy Jenkins 85.58		5
											11	T. Jenkins 92.06	6
						11	Terry Jenkins 91.28	6
	Andy Hamilton 89.89		3				Jonny Clayton 94.48	3
																11	T. Jenkins 92.88	4
	Jonny Clayton 96.53		6
																14	Bunting 88.42	6
						3	Michael Smith 97.39	6
	James Richardson 89.43		6				James Richardson 87.95	4
											3	Smith 93.61	3
	Daniele Petri 83.27		3
											14	Bunting 95.98	6
						14	Stephen Bunting 93.74	6
	Mark Frost 76.73		4				Stefan Stoyke 80.06	1
	Stefan Stoyke 78.19		6

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