# 2016 European Masters

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. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.
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.
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. Former professional 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. Trump made three centuries in the final, the third one being his 400th career century.

## Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money from this year is shown below:
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000 for the televised stage and at £11,000 for the qualifiers.

## Main draw

| Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 17 frames |
| Mark Selby | 4 | | | | | | |
| Dominic Dale | 2 | | | | | | |
| Dominic Dale | 2 | Mark Selby | 4 | | | | |
| | | Barry Hawkins | 0 | | | | |
| Barry Hawkins | 4 | Barry Hawkins | 0 | | | | |
| Michael Wild | 3 | | | | | | |
| Michael Wild | 3 | | | Mark Selby | 4 | | |
| | | | | Alfie Burden | 0 | | |
| Alfie Burden | 4 | | | Alfie Burden | 0 | | |
| Yu Delu | 1 | | | | | | |
| Yu Delu | 1 | Alfie Burden | 4 | | | | |
| | | Ricky Walden | 3 | | | | |
| Yan Bingtao | 2 | Ricky Walden | 3 | | | | |
| Ricky Walden | 4 | | | | | | |
| Ricky Walden | 4 | | | | | Mark Selby | 2 |
| | | | | | | Judd Trump | 6 |
| John Higgins | 4 | | | | | Judd Trump | 6 |
| Michael Holt | 0 | | | | | | |
| Michael Holt | 0 | John Higgins | 4 | | | | |
| | | Tom Ford | 3 | | | | |
| Robin Hull | 1 | Tom Ford | 3 | | | | |
| Tom Ford | 4 | | | | | | |
| Tom Ford | 4 | | | John Higgins | 0 | | |
| | | | | Judd Trump | 4 | | |
| Andrew Higginson | 4 | | | Judd Trump | 4 | | |
| Marco Fu | 0 | | | | | | |
| Marco Fu | 0 | Andrew Higginson | 0 | | | | |
| | | Judd Trump | 4 | | | | |
| Ben Woollaston | 3 | Judd Trump | 4 | | | | |
| Judd Trump | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Judd Trump | 4 | | | | | | | Judd Trump | 9 |
| | | | | | | | | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 8 |
| Shaun Murphy | 1 | | | | | | | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 8 |
| Mark Davis | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Mark Davis | 4 | Mark Davis | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | Liang Wenbo | 3 | | | | | | |
| Zak Surety | 1 | Liang Wenbo | 3 | | | | | | |
| Liang Wenbo | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Liang Wenbo | 4 | | | Mark Davis | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4 | | | | |
| David Gilbert | 1 | | | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4 | | | | |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | Mark Allen | 2 | | | | | | |
| Daniel Womersley | 0 | Mark Allen | 2 | | | | | | |
| Mark Allen | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Mark Allen | 4 | | | | | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | | |
| | | | | | | Neil Robertson | 0 |
| Neil Robertson | 4 | | | | | Neil Robertson | 0 |
| Graeme Dott | 2 | | | | | | |
| Graeme Dott | 2 | Neil Robertson | 4 | | | | |
| | | Rhys Clark | 1 | | | | |
| David Grace | 1 | Rhys Clark | 1 | | | | |
| Rhys Clark | 4 | | | | | | |
| Rhys Clark | 4 | | | Neil Robertson | 4 | | |
| | | | | Anthony McGill | 2 | | |
| Anthony McGill | 4 | | | Anthony McGill | 2 | | |
| Ali Carter | 3 | | | | | | |
| Ali Carter | 3 | Anthony McGill | 4 | | | | |
| | | Scott Donaldson | 3 | | | | |
| Luca Brecel | 3 | Scott Donaldson | 3 | | | | |
| Scott Donaldson | 4 | | | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt. Globus Circus, Bucharest, Romania, 9 October 2016. :
| 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), 82–6, 74–5 (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.

### Round 1

| Mark Selby | 4–1 | John Astley |
| Dechawat Poomjaeng | 1–4 | Fergal O'Brien |
| Peter Ebdon | 4–0 | Jamie Cope |
| Dominic Dale | 4–1 | Thor Chuan Leong |
| Barry Hawkins | 4–0 | Zhang Anda |
| Noppon Saengkham | 2–4 | Rod Lawler |
| Martin Gould | 2–4 | Jamie Jones |
| Cao Yupeng | 3–4 | Michael Wild |
| Hamza Akbar | 1–4 | Alfie Burden |
| Ryan Day | 4–3 | James Cahill |
| Sam Baird | 1–4 | Zhao Xintong |
| Ding Junhui | w/d–w/o | Yu Delu |
| Tian Pengfei | 0–4 | Yan Bingtao |
| Alan McManus | 3–4 | Ian Burns |
| Sean O'Sullivan | 1–4 | Michael Georgiou |
| Ricky Walden | 4–1 | Christopher Keogan |
| John Higgins | 4–1 | Nigel Bond |
| Chen Zhe | 0–4 | Jimmy Robertson |
| Michael Holt | 4–1 | Fraser Patrick |
| Jason Weston | 1–4 | Kurt Maflin |
| Mark Williams | 1–4 | Robin Hull |
| Gary Wilson | 4–1 | Sydney Wilson |
| Michael White | 3–4 | Rory McLeod |
| Li Hang | 2–4 | Tom Ford |
| Ashley Hugill | 4–1 | Mitchell Mann |
| Stephen Maguire | 3–4 | Andrew Higginson |
| Kurt Dunham | 0–4 | Mei Xiwen |
| Marco Fu | 4–0 | Steven Hallworth |
| Louis Heathcote | 2–4 | Joe Swail |
| Ben Woollaston | 4–2 | Ross Muir |
| Anthony Hamilton | 3–4 | Duane Jones |
| Judd Trump | 4–3 | Aditya Mehta |
| Shaun Murphy | 4–3 | Fang Xiongman |
| Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn | 2–4 | Allan Taylor |
| Mark Davis | 4–1 | Paul Davison |
| Adam Duffy | 4–0 | Gareth Allen |
| Kyren Wilson | 2–4 | Zak Surety |
| Antony Parsons | 4–0 | James Wattana |
| Liang Wenbo | 4–3 | Mark King |
| Josh Boileau | 4–2 | Jimmy White |
| Jack Lisowski | 4–2 | Mike Dunn |
| David Gilbert | 4–3 | Lee Walker |
| Daniel Wells | 4–3 | Sanderson Lam |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4–1 | Lü Chenwei |
| Hossein Vafaei | w/d–w/o | Daniel Womersley |
| Robert Milkins | 2–4 | Elliot Slessor |
| Hammad Miah | 4–1 | Robbie Williams |
| Mark Allen | 4–0 | Darryl Hill |
| Neil Robertson | 4–1 | Boonyarit Keattikun |
| Oliver Lines | 4–2 | Brandon Sargeant |
| Graeme Dott | 4–0 | Andy Hicks |
| Mark Joyce | 4–2 | Eden Sharav |
| Joe Perry | 3–4 | David Grace |
| Tony Drago | w/d–w/o | Jak Jones |
| Matthew Selt | 2–4 | Peter Lines |
| Alex Borg | 1–4 | Rhys Clark |
| Stuart Carrington | 2–4 | Sam Craigie |
| Anthony McGill | 4–3 | Sunny Akani |
| Zhang Yong | 0–4 | Matthew Stevens |
| Ali Carter | 4–2 | Ken Doherty |
| David John | 4–0 | Bradley Jones |
| Luca Brecel | 4–1 | Zhou Yuelong |
| Chris Wakelin | 0–4 | Scott Donaldson |
| Stuart Bingham | 4–0 | Craig Steadman |

### Round 2

| Mark Selby | 4–0 | Fergal O'Brien |
| Peter Ebdon | 3–4 | Dominic Dale |
| Barry Hawkins | 4–1 | Rod Lawler |
| Jamie Jones | 3–4 | Michael Wild |
| Alfie Burden | 4–3 | Ryan Day |
| Zhao Xintong | 3–4 | Yu Delu |
| Yan Bingtao | 4–1 | Ian Burns |
| Michael Georgiou | 1–4 | Ricky Walden |
| John Higgins | 4–3 | Jimmy Robertson |
| Michael Holt | 4–0 | Kurt Maflin |
| Robin Hull | 4–3 | Gary Wilson |
| Rory McLeod | 2–4 | Tom Ford |
| Ashley Hugill | 1–4 | Andrew Higginson |
| Mei Xiwen | 2–4 | Marco Fu |
| Joe Swail | 1–4 | Ben Woollaston |
| Duane Jones | 2–4 | Judd Trump |
| Shaun Murphy | 4–0 | Allan Taylor |
| Mark Davis | 4–0 | Adam Duffy |
| Zak Surety | 4–1 | Antony Parsons |
| Liang Wenbo | 4–2 | Josh Boileau |
| Jack Lisowski | 1–4 | David Gilbert |
| Daniel Wells | 0–4 | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Daniel Womersley | 4–3 | Elliot Slessor |
| Hammad Miah | 0–4 | Mark Allen |
| Neil Robertson | 4–1 | Oliver Lines |
| Graeme Dott | 4–3 | Mark Joyce |
| David Grace | 4–2 | Jak Jones |
| Peter Lines | 3–4 | Rhys Clark |
| Sam Craigie | 0–4 | Anthony McGill |
| Matthew Stevens | 3–4 | Ali Carter |
| David John | 2–4 | Luca Brecel |
| Scott Donaldson | 4–3 | Stuart Bingham |
* 1 2 Match was held over and played in Bucharest.