2022 European Darts Grand Prix

The 2022 Interwetten European Darts Grand Prix was the seventh of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany, from 20 to 22 May 2022. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2022 Interwetten European Darts Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates20–22 May 2022
VenueHanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
LocationStuttgart
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£140,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170  Rob Cross
Champion(s)
 Luke Humphries
«Event 6 Event 8»

José de Sousa was the defending champion after defeating Michael van Gerwen 8–4 in the 2020 final,[1] but lost in the second round 6–5 to Andrew Gilding.

Luke Humphries won his third European Tour title of 2022, defeating Rob Cross 8–7 in a repeat of the final from the previous European Tour event a week earlier.[2]

The original venue for this tournament was the Glaspalast in Sindelfingen, but it was being used as accommodation for Ukrainian refugees fleeing from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]

Prize money

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The prize money is unchanged from the European Tours of the last 3 years:[4]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £25,000
Runner-up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £6,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £5,000
Third round losers (8) £3,000
Second round losers (16) £2,000*
First round losers (16) £1,000*
Total £140,000
  • Seeded players who lose in the second round and host nation qualifiers (who qualify automatically as a result of their ranking) who lose in their first match of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualifies as a qualifier, but later becomes a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event.[5]

Qualification and format

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The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 29 March automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 8 April), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 22 April), the two highest ProTour ranking German players, two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 22 April), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 19 February), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 23 April).

Top seed Gerwyn Price withdrew from the event, so Martin Schindler became a seed and Eddie Lovely received a bye into the second round.

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
20 May
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
21 May
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
22 May
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
22 May
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
22 May
Final
(best of 15 legs)
22 May
   Stefan Bellmont 87.1431  Michael van Gerwen 89.771
  Martin Lukeman 97.196  Martin Lukeman 96.196
  Lukeman 86.845
16  Schindler 89.086
   Madars Razma 87.05616  Martin Schindler 94.486
  Niels Zonneveld 94.175  Madars Razma 89.072
16  Schindler 99.215
8  Heta 92.606
   Radek Szagański 88.3518  Damon Heta 96.286
  Mickey Mansell 96.316  Mickey Mansell 94.365
8  Heta 101.806
9  Searle 98.925
   Adam Gawlas 100.3069  Ryan Searle 95.406
  Ryan Joyce 96.703  Adam Gawlas 90.582
8  Heta 97.824
5  Cross 110.737
   Jim Williams 91.7554  Joe Cullen 84.581
  Rowby-John Rodriguez 90.106  Rowby-John Rodriguez 89.456
  Rodriguez 88.486
13  Gurney 84.913
   Eddie Lovely bye13  Daryl Gurney 83.956
     Eddie Lovely 77.604
  Rodriguez 94.674
5  Cross 97.616
   Jelle Klaasen 95.7365  Rob Cross 86.626
  Callan Rydz 87.484  Jelle Klaasen 91.315
5  Cross 98.856
12  Ratajski 106.394
   Kim Huybrechts 88.04612  Krzysztof Ratajski 99.086
  Stephen Bunting 86.965  Kim Huybrechts 90.472
5  Cross 101.827
10  Humphries 102.338
   Andrew Gilding 95.5962  José de Sousa 84.275
  John Michael 81.251  Andrew Gilding 87.926
  Gilding 91.363
15  Dolan 89.376
   Martijn Kleermaker 85.72115  Brendan Dolan 96.086
  Danny Jansen 93.706  Danny Jansen 90.104
15  Dolan 84.300
10  Humphries 100.206
   Joe Murnan 94.9367  Dimitri Van den Bergh 94.535
  Lukas Wenig 81.940  Joe Murnan 94.216
  Murnan 83.623
10  Humphries 90.816
   Ryan Meikle 93.74610  Luke Humphries 97.456
  Ron Meulenkamp 82.902  Ryan Meikle 92.495
10  Humphries 108.007
3  Wright 99.244
   Gabriel Clemens 94.0053  Peter Wright 91.066
  Johan Engström 88.516  Johan Engström 85.812
3  Wright 103.006
14  Clayton 85.961
   Luke Woodhouse 91.06514  Jonny Clayton 93.096
  Adrian Lewis 91.546  Adrian Lewis 91.003
3  Wright 111.166
  Noppert 104.061
   Karel Sedláček 86.2336  Michael Smith 103.024
  Danny Noppert 92.516  Danny Noppert 102.466
   Noppert 104.936
  Rafferty 100.844
   Nathan Rafferty 88.76611  Dirk van Duijvenbode 95.953
  Dragutin Horvat 87.633  Nathan Rafferty 101.766

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Incredible De Sousa claims European Darts Grand Prix title". PDC. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Humphries completes European Tour treble with stunner in Stuttgart". PDC. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Interwetten European Darts Grand Prix moves to Stuttgart". PDC. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  4. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules". PDC. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11.
  5. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".