2016 German Darts Championship

2016 German Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	14–16 October 2016
Venue	Halle 39
Location	Hildesheim
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£115,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Cristo Reyes
Champion(s)
Alan Norris
«Event 9

The 2016 German Darts Championship is the tenth of ten PDC European Tour events on the 2016 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament takes place at Halle 39 in Hildesheim, Germany, between 14 and 16 October 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, but he lost in the third round to Daryl Gurney. Alan Norris won the title, defeating Jelle Klaasen 6–5 in the final, winning him his first PDC European Tour title.

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 27 July 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 Barnsley on 5 August), eight from the European Qualifier (held on 15 September in Sindelfingen) and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 13 October).

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Top 16

1. Michael van Gerwen (third round)
2. Peter Wright (third round)
3. Dave Chisnall (semi-finals)
4. Ian White (third round)
5. Kim Huybrechts (third round)
6. Michael Smith (second round)
7. Benito van de Pas (second round)
8. Mensur Suljović (semi-finals)
9. Gerwyn Price (second round)
10. Jelle Klaasen (runner-up)
11. Terry Jenkins (third round)
12. Stephen Bunting (second round)
13. Alan Norris (winner)
14. Simon Whitlock (second round)
15. Joe Cullen (quarter-finals)
16. Daryl Gurney (quarter-finals)

UK Qualifier

• Mervyn King (first round)
• Mickey Mansell (first round)
• Mark Walsh (first round)
• Justin Pipe (third round)
• Andy Boulton (first round)
• Mark Webster (quarter-finals)
• Kyle Anderson (first round)
• Andy Smith (second round)
• Robbie Green (second round)
• Brendan Dolan (first round)
• Kevin Painter (second round)
• Eddie Dootson (second round)
• Darren Johnson (second round)
• Ted Evetts (second round)
• Steve West (quarter-finals)
• Chris Dobey (first round)
• Scott Taylor (second round)
• David Pallett (third round)
• Peter Hudson (second round)
• Steve Hine (first round)

European Qualifier

• Vincent van der Voort (first round)
• Cristo Reyes (third round)
• Christian Kist (first round)
• Rowby-John Rodriguez (second round)
• Ron Meulenkamp (second round)
• Yordi Meeuwisse (first round)
• Tony West (first round)
• János Végső (first round)

Host Nation Qualifier

• Stefan Stoyke (first round)
• Mike Holz (first round)
• Marko Puls (first round)
• Robert Allenstein (second round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 14 October					Second round (best of 11 legs) 15 October					Third round (best of 11 legs) 16 October					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 16 October					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 16 October					Final (best of 11 legs) 16 October
						1	Michael van Gerwen 99.83	6
	Christian Kist 98.15		2				Robbie Green 92.22	4
											1	van Gerwen 102.02	4
	Robbie Green 99.40		6
											16	Gurney 96.67	6
						16	Daryl Gurney 99.55	6
	Ron Meulenkamp 87.99		6				Ron Meulenkamp 85.91	2
																16	Gurney 91.17	4
	Marko Puls 79.48		3
																8	Suljović 96.34	6
						8	Mensur Suljović 106.22	6
	Darren Johnson 85.58		6				Darren Johnson 92.10	1
											8	Suljović 91.72	6
	János Végső 87.73		1
												Pallett 91.49	4
						9	Gerwyn Price 87.87	5
	Brendan Dolan 89.59		3				David Pallett 94.50	6
																					8	Suljović 97.23	5
	David Pallett 92.68		6
																					13	Norris 93.96	6
						5	Kim Huybrechts 92.13	6
	Chris Dobey 89.81		2				Ted Evetts 88.25	4
											5	Huybrechts 95.39	5
	Ted Evetts 88.97		6
												S. West 91.65	6
						12	Stephen Bunting 79.85	2
	Steve West 109.98		6				Steve West 89.50	6
																	S. West 88.93	2
	Tony West 93.04		0
																13	Norris 92.13	6
						4	Ian White 91.17	6
	Kevin Painter 95.76		6				Kevin Painter 86.62	5
											4	White 93.24	4
	Yordi Meeuwisse 85.21		3
											13	Norris 92.15	6
						13	Alan Norris 88.70	6
	Andy Boulton 89.44		3				Scott Taylor 82.35	1
																										13	Norris 97.48	6
	Scott Taylor 90.00		6
																										10	Klaasen 89.19	5
						2	Peter Wright 113.77	6
	Mike Holz 78.25		3				Eddie Dootson 94.74	1
											2	Wright 90.37	3
	Eddie Dootson 77.73		6
											15	Cullen 96.33	6
						15	Joe Cullen 96.36	6
	Steve Hine 85.79		5				Robert Allenstein 87.81	1
																15	Cullen 93.64	4
	Robert Allenstein 85.93		6
																10	Klaasen 99.75	6
						7	Benito van de Pas 87.61	2
	Cristo Reyes 97.29		6				Cristo Reyes 91.45	6
												Reyes 103.11	2
	Mark Walsh 88.40		5
											10	Klaasen 102.86	6
						10	Jelle Klaasen 90.71	6
	Kyle Anderson 91.59		2				Rowby-John Rodriguez 84.51	4
																					10	Klaasen 94.79	6
	Rowby-John Rodriguez 99.38		6
																					3	Chisnall 90.52	4
						6	Michael Smith 89.25	3
	Mervyn King 96.29		2				Mark Webster 95.37	6
												Webster 93.02	6
	Mark Webster 99.48		6
											11	Jenkins 89.67	5
						11	Terry Jenkins 94.87	6
	Andy Smith 92.25		6				Andy Smith 87.02	5
																	Webster 92.06	2
	Stefan Stoyke 85.61		2
																3	Chisnall 98.51	6
						3	Dave Chisnall 102.48	6
	Vincent van der Voort 90.91		5				Peter Hudson 83.71	0
											3	Chisnall 96.82	6
	Peter Hudson 89.22		6
												Pipe 91.25	3
						14	Simon Whitlock 91.81	1
	Justin Pipe 92.24		6				Justin Pipe 87.49	6
	Mickey Mansell 91.18		5