2016 Gibraltar Darts Trophy

2016 Gibraltar Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates	6–8 May 2016
Venue	Victoria Stadium
Location	Gibraltar
Country	Gibraltar
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£115,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	164 Michael Smith
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«Event 2 Event 4»

The 2016 Gibraltar Darts Trophy was the third of ten PDC European Tour events on the 2016 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar, between 6–8 May 2016. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael van Gerwen retained his title by defeating Dave Chisnall 6–2 in the final, after almost crashing out to the Gibraltarian Host Nation qualifier Dyson Parody, who missed three match darts in their quarter-final match.

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 4 March 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 11 March), eight from the European Qualifier on 22 April and four from the Host Nation Qualifier on 5 May.

Adrian Lewis withdrew for personal reasons just as the tournament began, and was not replaced. This gave Max Hopp a bye to the third round.

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16

1. Michael van Gerwen (winner)
2. Peter Wright (quarter-finals)
3. Michael Smith (third round)
4. James Wade (third round)
5. Kim Huybrechts (semi-finals)
6. Dave Chisnall (runner-up)
7. Ian White (semi-finals)
8. Adrian Lewis (withdrew)
9. Jelle Klaasen (second round)
10. Terry Jenkins (second round)
11. Robert Thornton (third round)
12. Benito van de Pas (third round)
13. Gary Anderson (quarter-finals)
14. Mensur Suljović (quarter-finals)
15. Simon Whitlock (third round)
16. Mervyn King (third round)

UK Qualifier

• Ross Smith (first round)
• Nick Fullwell (second round)
• Justin Pipe (second round)
• Stephen Bunting (second round)
• Gerwyn Price (second round)
• Daryl Gurney (second round)
• Alan Norris (second round)
• Jamie Lewis (first round)
• John Henderson (second round)
• Andy Hamilton (first round)
• Steve Beaton (first round)
• Mark Walsh (first round)
• Steve West (second round)
• Joe Murnan (third round)
• David Pallett (first round)
• Wayne Jones (first round)
• Kyle Anderson (first round)
• Kevin Painter (first round)
• Joe Cullen (second round)
• Stuart Kellett (first round)

European Qualifier

• Max Hopp (third round)
• Jermaine Wattimena (second round)
• Rowby-John Rodriguez (first round)
• Michael Rasztovits (second round)
• Cristo Reyes (first round)
• Dirk van Duijvenbode (first round)
• Christian Kist (second round)
• Antonio Alcinas (second round)

Host Nation Qualifier

• David Francis (first round)
• George Federico (first round)
• Dyson Parody (quarter-finals)
• Antony Lopez (first round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 6 May					Second round (best of 11 legs) 7 May					Third round (best of 11 legs) 8 May					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 8 May					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 8 May					Final (best of 11 legs) 8 May
						1	Michael van Gerwen 95.04	6
	Nick Fullwell 83.60		6				Nick Fullwell 84.52	4
											1	van Gerwen 105.73	6
	Antony Lopez 85.85		2
											16	King 101.01	3
						16	Mervyn King 105.08	6
	Christian Kist 86.06		6				Christian Kist 91.53	2
																1	van Gerwen 100.04	6
	Cristo Reyes 82.96		1
																	Parody 96.52	5
						8	Adrian Lewis	w/d
	Andy Hamilton 92.30		4				Max Hopp	w/o
											Hopp 87.33		4
	Max Hopp 92.84		6
											Parody 87.43		6
						9	Jelle Klaasen 93.28	5
	Dirk van Duijvenbode 81.42		3				Dyson Parody 93.39	6
																					1	van Gerwen 109.98	6
	Dyson Parody 83.03		6
																					5	Huybrechts 104.16	0
						5	Kim Huybrechts 84.40	6
	Steve Beaton 85.66		4				Michael Rasztovits 83.26	4
											5	Huybrechts 97.05	6
	Michael Rasztovits 88.92		6
											12	van de Pas 94.97	2
						12	Benito van de Pas 100.28	6
	Stephen Bunting 91.24		6				Stephen Bunting 93.97	1
																5	Huybrechts 85.53	6
	Mark Walsh 82.20		1
																13	G. Anderson 87.57	5
						4	James Wade 86.01	6
	Justin Pipe 96.97		6				Justin Pipe 81.93	2
											4	Wade 100.78	2
	Jamie Lewis 82.33		0
											13	G. Anderson 104.73	6
						13	Gary Anderson 91.75	6
	Alan Norris 86.16		6				Alan Norris 98.84	2
																										1	van Gerwen 103.89	6
	George Federico 69.80		1
																										6	Chisnall 103.19	2
						2	Peter Wright 95.51	6
	Daryl Gurney 102.10		6				Daryl Gurney 92.55	3
											2	Wright 85.70	6
	David Pallett 92.88		3
											15	Whitlock 88.84	2
						15	Simon Whitlock 92.30	6
	Gerwyn Price 77.08		6				Gerwyn Price 87.43	1
																2	Wright 91.96	5
	David Francis 68.16		0
																7	White 93.53	6
						7	Ian White 89.65	6
	Stuart Kellett 90.22		1				Antonio Alcinas 84.83	5
											7	White 107.33	6
	Antonio Alcinas 89.76		6
												Murnan 92.20	2
						10	Terry Jenkins 103.88	4
	Joe Murnan 86.51		6				Joe Murnan 103.38	6
																					7	White 85.52	0
	Ross Smith 86.95		2
																					6	Chisnall 100.20	6
						6	Dave Chisnall 98.77	6
	Kyle Anderson 90.88		4				Steve West 95.90	5
											6	Chisnall 110.58	6
	Steve West 89.17		6
											11	Thornton 102.54	5
						11	Robert Thornton 88.54	6
	John Henderson 77.70		6				John Henderson 87.53	5
																6	Chisnall 108.47	6
	Wayne Jones 85.40		5
																14	Suljović 97.97	5
						3	Michael Smith 98.54	6
	Kevin Painter 92.40		5				Joe Cullen 95.23	4
											3	M. Smith 104.85	3
	Joe Cullen 96.09		6
											14	Suljović 101.59	6
						14	Mensur Suljović 91.14	6
	Rowby-John Rodriguez 85.44		2				Jermaine Wattimena 88.39	2
	Jermaine Wattimena 94.26		6