The 2016 World Series of Darts was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the

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. There were 6 World Series events and one Final event being held – one in the

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Prize money

World Series events

World Series qualifiers

:Auckland Masters :* Warren Parry :* Cody Harris :* Damon Heta :* Rob Szabo :*

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Tic Bridge Clinton "Tic" Bridge (born 30 November 1983) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. A bricklayer by trade, Bridge has mainly played on the Dartplayers Australia (DPA) Tour. His firs ...

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:Shanghai Masters :*

Yuanjun Liu Yuanjun Liu (born 21 April 1982) is a Chinese professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. Career In 2016, he and Wenge Xie represented China in the 2016 PDC World Cup of Darts, and reached the second round, whe ...

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:* Lihao Wen :*

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:Tokyo Masters :*

Keita Ono Keita Ono (born December 17, 1987) is a Japanese darts player. Career Ono won a Dartslive event in Hong Kong in 2012 by defeating Lourence Ilagan. He claimed the 2013 Japan Open by beating Gordon Dixon in the final. Ono attempted to qualify fo ...

Haruki Muramatsu Haruki Muramatsu (村松治樹; born 15 April 1977) is a Japanese darts player. Career Muramatsu qualified for the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship. He defeated Poland's Krzysztof Kciuk 4–1 in the preliminary round, but lost 3–0 to Ronnie ...

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:* Tsuneki Zaha :* Shintaro Inoue :*

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:Sydney Masters :* Simon Whitlock :* Kyle Anderson :* David Platt :*

Corey Cadby Corey Patrick Cadby (born 18 March 1995) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the 2016 World Youth champion. Career A native of Tasmania, Cadby began competing in Darts P ...

:* Rob Szabo :*

Rhys Mathewson Rhys Mathewson (born 20 June 1988) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation The World Darts Federation (WDF) is a sport governing body and (along with the PDC) a tournament organiser for the game of dar ...

:* Cody Harris :*

Harley Kemp Harley Kemp (born 9 July 1994) is an Australian professional darts player. He won the Australian Masters in 2013 and qualified for the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship. Career In 2013, Harley won the Australian Masters and the Central Coast ...

:Perth Masters :* Simon Whitlock :* Kyle Anderson :*

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:* David Platt :* Rob Szabo :* Koha Kokiri

Quarter-finalists

References

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World Series of Darts The World Series of Darts is a series of darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. Beginning in 2013, the World Series has comprised between two and seven tournaments across the world, where a mixture of the top-ranked P ...