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:


 * 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.

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.

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