2016 Dutch Darts Masters Explained

Tournament Name:	2016 Dutch Darts Masters
Dates:	12–14 February 2016
Venue:	Evenementenhal
Location:	Venray
Organisation:	PDC
Format:	Legs
Prize Fund:	£115,000
Winners Share:	£25,000
Winner:	Michael van Gerwen
Next:	Event 2

The 2016 Dutch Darts Masters was the first of ten PDC European Tour events on the 2016 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Evenementenhal, Venray, Netherlands, between 12–14 February 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 Justin Pipe 6–0 in the final of the previous edition, and he retained his title by defeating Daryl Gurney 6–2 in the final.^[1] With Michael van Gerwen averaging 112 Gurney struggled to do anything .

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:^[2]

Stage (num. of players)		Prize money
Winner	align=center	(1)	align=center	£25,000
Runner-up	align=center	(1)	align=center	£10,000
Semi-finalists	align=center	(2)	align=center	£5,000
Quarter-finalists	align=center	(4)	align=center	£3,500
Third round losers	align=center	(8)	align=center	£2,000
Second round losers	align=center	(16)	align=center	£1,500
First round losers	align=center	(16)	align=center	£1,000
Total	align=center colspan=2	£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.^[3]

The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 17 January),^[4] eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held on 23 January).^[5]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16

1. Michael van Gerwen (winner)

1. Michael Smith (third round)

1. Peter Wright (third round)

1. James Wade (third round)

1. Kim Huybrechts (second round)

1. Adrian Lewis (quarter-finals)

1. Ian White (second round)

1. Dave Chisnall (quarter-finals)

1. Robert Thornton (withdrew)

1. Jelle Klaasen (third round)

1. Terry Jenkins (third round)

1. Gary Anderson (second round)

1. Benito van de Pas (quarter-finals)

1. Brendan Dolan (second round)

1. Mensur Suljović (semi-finals)

1. Justin Pipe (third round)

UK Qualifier

• Mervyn King (semi-finals)

• Simon Whitlock (quarter-finals)

• Stephen Bunting (second round)

• Ronnie Baxter (first round)

• Gerwyn Price (second round)

• Jamie Lewis (second round)

• Kevin Thomas (second round)

• John Henderson (second round)

• Daryl Gurney (runner-up)

• Mark Webster (second round)

• James Richardson (second round)

• Jamie Caven (first round)

• Paul Milford (first round)

• Ricky Evans (first round)

• David Pallett (first round)

• Ritchie Edhouse (third round)

• Robbie Green (first round)

• Kevin Painter (second round)

• Devon Petersen (third round)

• Ryan Harrington (second round)

European Qualifier

• Zoran Lerchbacher (first round)

• Jyhan Artut (first round)

• John Michael (first round)

• Mike De Decker (first round)

• Andree Welge (first round)

• Martin Schindler (first round)

• Dimitri Van den Bergh (first round)

• Rowby-John Rodriguez (second round)

Host Nation Qualifier

• Dirk van Duijvenbode (first round)

• Remco van Eijden (second round)

• Jermaine Wattimena (first round)

• Jan Dekker (first round)

Draw

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Michael van Gerwen retains Dutch Masters title after victory over Daryl Gurney. Sky Sports. 23 January 2017.
2. Web site: 2016 PDC Dutch Darts Masters Player Prize Money . Darts Database . 15 February 2016.
3. Web site: ET1 & ET2 Main Event & UKQ Entries . . 15 January 2016.
4. Web site: ET1/2 UK Qualifier Results . . 17 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160117175724/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1tx1p939ghijc1254v9u55txm0/title/et12-uk-qualifier-updates . 17 January 2016 .
5. Web site: Trio Secure European Qualifying Double . . 23 January 2016.
6. Web site: Dutch Darts Masters Draw/Schedule. PDC. 28 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160130060130/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/sqtlal7959pa1muo97hagpb7l/title/dutch-darts-masters-drawschedule. 2016-01-30. dead.