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.
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
Qualification and format
The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of MeritArchived 2013-11-27 at archive.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 in Coventry 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: