2022 European Darts Grand Prix

The 2022 Interwetten European Darts Grand Prix will be the seventh of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament will take place at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany, from 20–22 May 2022. It will feature 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
«Event 6 Event 8»

José de Sousa is the defending champion after defeating Michael van Gerwen 8–4 in the 2020 final.[1]

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.[2]

Prize money

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

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 do not receive this prize money on any Orders of Merit.

Qualification and format

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).

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw
  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
                                                         
      1  Gerwyn Price  
         
     
     
  16  Brendan Dolan
         
     
     
      8  Dimitri Van den Bergh  
         
   
     
  9  Damon Heta
         
     
     
      4  Peter Wright  
         
   
     
  13  Krzysztof Ratajski
         
   
     
      5  Joe Cullen  
         
   
     
  12  Dirk van Duijvenbode
         
 
 
      2  Michael van Gerwen  
         
     
     
  15  Jonny Clayton
         
     
     
      7  Michael Smith  
         
   
     
  10  Ryan Searle
         
   
     
      3  José de Sousa  
         
   
     
  14  Daryl Gurney
         
   
     
      6  Rob Cross  
         
   
     
  11  Luke Humphries
         

Notes

    References
    1. "Incredible De Sousa claims European Darts Grand Prix title". PDC. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
    2. "Interwetten European Darts Grand Prix moves to Stuttgart". PDC. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
    3. "PDC Order of Merit Rules". PDC. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11.
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