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 20–22 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
(third round)
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

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

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
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

    References
    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".
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