2016 Austrian Darts Open


The 2016 Austrian Darts Open was the fifth of ten PDC European Tour events on the 2016 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Multiversum Schwechat in Vienna, Austria, between 10–12 June 2016. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.
Vincent van der Voort was the defending champion from the 2014 tournament, but lost in the first round to Steve Beaton.
Phil Taylor won the event after beating Michael Smith 6–4 in the final, in what was his first PDC European Tour event since the 2014 Gibraltar Darts Trophy.

Prize money

The prize money of the European Tour events stays the same as last year.

Qualification and format

The top 16 players from the on 13 May 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, eight from the European Qualifier on 1 June and four from the Host Nation Qualifier on 9 June.
The following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw