| Tournament Name: | 2016 European Darts Grand Prix |
| Dates: | 16–18 September 2016 |
| Venue: | Glaspalast |
| Location: | Sindelfingen |
| Organisation: | PDC |
| Format: | Legs |
| Prize Fund: | £115,000 |
| Winners Share: | £25,000 |
| High Checkout: | 170 Ian White |
| Winner: | Michael van Gerwen |
| Prev: | Event 8 |
| Next: | Event 10 |
The 2016 European Darts Grand Prix was the ninth of ten PDC European Tour events on the 2016 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Glaspalast in Sindelfingen, Germany, between 16–18 September 2016. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.
Kim Huybrechts was the defending champion, but lost in the semi-finals to Michael van Gerwen. Van Gerwen went on to win the title after defeating Peter Wright 6–2 in the final.[1]
The prize money of the European Tour events stays the same as last year.[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 | ||
The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 27 July 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 5 August), eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held on 15 September).
Daryl Gurney who had to withdraw from the last two European Tour events due to a broken finger on his throwing hand, also pulled out of this event after failing to recover. Third seed Dave Chisnall also withdrew due to an neck injury, moving seeds 4-16 up a place, and promoting UK Qualifier Steve Beaton to 16th seed.
Arron Monk also withdrew for personal reasons the day the tournament began, thus giving Robbie Green a bye to the second round. The remaining places were filled with two additional Host Nation Qualifiers.
The following players took part in the tournament:
Top 16
Kim Huybrechts (semi-finals)
Mensur Suljović (third round)
Simon Whitlock (second round)UK Qualifier
European Qualifier
Cristo Reyes (second round) Ronny Huybrechts (first round)Host Nation Qualifier