Snooker tournament
The 2016 European Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 3–9 October 2016 at the Globus Circus in Bucharest , Romania .[ 1] 2016/2017 season .[ 2]
Shaun Murphy made the 121st official maximum break in the second frame of his round two qualifying match against Allan Taylor . It was Murphy's fifth professional maximum break.[ 3]
11 of the world's current top 16 players qualified for the main stages in Bucharest. Stuart Bingham , Mark Williams , Joe Perry and Kyren Wilson lost in the qualifying rounds in Preston, while new Shanghai Masters champion Ding Junhui withdrew.[ 4] Zak Surety and Daniel Womersley were the only two amateur players to qualify.
Judd Trump won the event by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 in the final. This was Trump's sixth ranking title.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money from this year is shown below:[ 8]
Winner: € 75,000
Runner-up: €35,000
Semi-final: €17,500
Quarter-final: €11,000
Last 16: €6,000
Last 32: €3,500
Last 64: €1,750
Non-televised highest break: £200
Televised highest break: £2,000
Total: €350,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000 for the televised stage and at £11,000 for the qualifiers.[ 9]
Main draw
[ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt . Globus Circus , Bucharest , Romania , 9 October 2016.[ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
Judd Trump England
9 –8
Ronnie O'Sullivan England
Afternoon: 51–58 , 74 –0, 35–62 (53) , 45–69 (62) , 120 –0 (120)20–100 (59) , 82 –0 (82)0–100 (55) Evening: 83 –4, 105 –21 (105), 67 –1 (67)34–93 (93) , 7–72 (72) , 42–75 , 113 –5 (109)82 –674 –5 (74)
120
Highest break
93
3
Century breaks
0
6
50+ breaks
6
Gallery
European Masters Gallery | 2016 European Masters Final
Qualifying
These matches were held between 26 and 28 September 2016 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston , England . All matches were best of 7 frames.[ 14] [ 15] [ 12] [ 16]
Round 1
Round 2
^ a b Match was held over and played in Bucharest.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
[ 17]
Televised stage centuries
[ 18]
136, 109, 102 – Mark Selby
135, 120, 118, 109, 105, 105, 105 – Judd Trump
129, 118 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
124, 107, 100 – Mark Davis
121, 112 – Mark Allen
118, 104 – John Higgins
References
Ranking eventsNon-ranking events Amateur events
European Open Irish Open Malta Cup European Masters
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