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:

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.

Main draw

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt. Globus Circus, Bucharest, Romania, 9 October 2016. Judd Trump 9–8 Ronnie O'Sullivan Afternoon: 51–58, 74–0, , , , , , Evening: 83–4, 105–21 (105), , , , , , , 120 Highest break 93 3 Century breaks 0 6 50+ breaks 6

Gallery

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 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 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 4–0Match was held over and played in Bucharest. 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

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

147 Shaun Murphy 143, 136 Marco Fu 143 Neil Robertson 133 Mei Xiwen 128, 117 Ricky Walden 128 Michael White 128 Boonyarit Keattikun 127 Jimmy Robertson 127 Gary Wilson 125, 116, 100 Mark Davis 123, 100 Robin Hull 123 Stephen Maguire 122 Mitchell Mann 114 Judd Trump 113 John Higgins 113 David Grace 112, 109 Mark Joyce

108 Liang Wenbo 108 Dominic Dale 106 Mark King 104, 101 Michael Holt 104 Alfie Burden 104 Duane Jones 103 Aditya Mehta 103 Mark Selby 103 Ryan Day 102 Fergal O'Brien 102 Mark Allen 102 Antony Parsons 101 David Gilbert 101 Daniel Wells 101 Tom Ford 100 Matthew Selt

Televised stage centuries

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

112, 103 Neil Robertson 107 Anthony McGill 105 Ricky Walden 103 Liang Wenbo 101 Rhys Clark

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