2016 European Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates	9–11 September 2018
Venue	RWE-Sporthalle
Location	Mülheim
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£115,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	161 Mensur Suljović
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«Event 7 Event 9»

The 2016 European Darts Trophy was the eighth of ten PDC European Tour events on the 2016 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the RWE-Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany, between 9–11 September 2016. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael Smith was the defending champion, but he lost 6–5 to James Wade in the quarter-finals.

Michael van Gerwen won the title after defeating Mensur Suljović 6–5 in the final.^[1]

Prize money

The prize money of the European Tour events stays the same as last year.^[2]

Qualification and format

The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today on 22 June 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 1 July), eight from the European Qualifier on 1 September and four from the Host Nation Qualifier on 8 September.

Daryl Gurney who had to withdraw from last week's event due to a broken finger on his throwing hand has pulled out of this event after failing to recover.

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 9 September [4]					Second round (best of 11 legs) 10 September [5]					Third round (best of 11 legs) 11 September [6]					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 11 September [6]					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 11 September [6]					Final (best of 11 legs) 11 September [6]
						1	Michael van Gerwen 99.99	6
	Keegan Brown 74.56		6				Keegan Brown 93.62	2
											1	van Gerwen 91.86	6
	Justin Webers 66.97		1
											16	Whitlock 87.60	3
						16	Simon Whitlock 98.11	6
	Ricky Evans 86.19		6				Ricky Evans 98.86	5
																1	van Gerwen 115.13	6
	Jyhan Artut 77.00		1
																9	Klaasen 107.11	2
						8	Benito van de Pas 88.01	6
	Cristo Reyes 87.32		4				Josh Payne 86.84	2
											8	van de Pas 101.34	5
	Josh Payne 87.25		6
											9	Klaasen 106.68	6
						9	Jelle Klaasen 111.23	6
	Vincent van der Voort 95.53		6				Vincent van der Voort 86.90	1
																					1	van Gerwen 97.57	6
	Max Hopp 76.09		1
																					4	K. Huybrechts 93.46	5
						5	Dave Chisnall 98.71	6
	Jamie Caven 88.02		6				Jamie Caven 96.14	5
											5	Chisnall 100.90	3
	Kevin Münch 85.14		5
											12	Price 98.22	6
						12	Gerwyn Price 84.30	6
	Jermaine Wattimena 85.90		6				Jermaine Wattimena 81.70	2
																12	Price 94.97	4
	Simon Stevenson 85.52		4
																4	K. Huybrechts 97.73	6
						4	Kim Huybrechts 106.09	6
	Kyle Anderson 94.93		6				Kyle Anderson 89.07	0
											4	K. Huybrechts 89.27	6
	Darren Webster 86.87		0
											13	T. Jenkins 85.89	5
						13	Terry Jenkins 86.87	6
	Joe Murnan 87.69		2				Zoran Lerchbacher 78.69	5
																										1	van Gerwen 106.77	6
	Zoran Lerchbacher 94.55		6
																										10	Suljović 101.26	5
						2	Peter Wright 101.33	6
	Robbie Green 91.63		1				Andy Smith 82.96	0
											2	Wright 88.85	6
	Andy Smith 98.66		6
												Cullen 93.02	5
						15	Stephen Bunting 98.50	4
	Jamie Lewis 91.89		5				Joe Cullen 99.60	6
																2	Wright 92.67	1
	Joe Cullen 93.35		6
																10	Suljović 99.17	6
						7	Ian White 86.20	6
	Devon Petersen 81.31		6				Devon Petersen 86.98	5
											7	White 104.56	3
	Matthew Dennant 80.51		5
											10	Suljović 103.39	6
						10	Mensur Suljović 92.02	6
	Ronny Huybrechts 92.10		5				Vincent Kamphuis 84.68	0
																					10	Suljović 100.81	6
	Vincent Kamphuis 93.25		6
																					3	Wade 100.52	3
						6	Michael Smith 100.20	6
	Mervyn King 86.31		3				Dimitri Van den Bergh 82.97	0
											6	M. Smith 100.91	6
	Dimitri Van den Bergh 93.24		6
											11	Thornton 97.12	4
						11	Robert Thornton 88.34	6
	Martin Schindler 88.07		6				Martin Schindler 78.93	5
																6	M. Smith 92.14	5
	János Végső 86.76		3
																3	Wade 100.54	6
						3	James Wade 91.61	6
	Justin Pipe 84.03		6				Justin Pipe 89.16	5
											3	Wade 98.01	6
	Ritchie Edhouse 87.74		1
												A. Jenkins 88.03	3
						14	Alan Norris 85.03	5
	Steve West 91.37		3				Andy Jenkins 88.08	6
	Andy Jenkins 90.77		6

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