| 2016 Austrian Darts Open | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 10–12 June 2016 | ||
| Venue | Multiversum Schwechat | ||
| Location | Vienna | ||
| Country |  Austria | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £115,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £25,000 | ||
| High checkout | 164 Nigel Heydon(second round) | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Phil Taylor | |||
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The2016 Austrian Darts Open was the fifth of tenPDC European Tour events on the2016 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Multiversum Schwechat inVienna,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 the2014 tournament, but lost in the first round toSteve Beaton.
Phil Taylor won the event after beatingMichael Smith 6–4 in the final, in what was his first (and what would turn out to be his last) PDC European Tour event since the2014 Gibraltar Darts Trophy.[1]
The prize money of the European Tour events stays the same as last year.[2]
| 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 | |
The top 16 players from thePDC ProTour Order of MeritArchived 2013-11-27 atarchive.today on 13 May 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 inCoventry on 20 May),[4] eight from the European Qualifier on 1 June[5] and four from the Host Nation Qualifier on 9 June.
The following players will take part in the tournament:
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