2022 World Seniors Darts Championship

The 2022 World Seniors Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2022 JENNINGSbet World Seniors Darts Championship) was the first World Seniors Darts Championship organised by the World Seniors Darts Tour and was held at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet between 3 and 6 February 2022.

2022 JENNINGSbet World Seniors Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates3–6 February 2022
VenueCircus Tavern
LocationPurfleet
Country England
Organisation(s)WSDT
FormatSets
Prize fund£72,500
Winner's share£30,000
High checkout170 England Kevin Painter
(semi-finals)
Champion(s)
Scotland Robert Thornton
2023»

The event was open to players over the age of 50, and was a joint venture between MODUS Sports and Jason Francis, which organised Snooker Legends and World Seniors Championship of Snooker in 2017–18.[1]

Target Darts were announced as one of the leading sponsors for the 2022 World Seniors Darts Championship.[2] The World Seniors Darts Championship was broadcast in United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Austria and Switzerland.[3]

Robert Thornton became the inaugural champion, defeating Martin Adams 5–1 in the final.

Prize money

The prize fund for the event was £72,500, with £30,000 going to the champion.

Position (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £72,500)
Winner (1) £30,000
Runner-up (1) £12,500
Semi-finalists (2) £4,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £2,000
First round (8) £1,000
Preliminary round (8) £750

Qualifiers

The first player announced to take part in the event on 3 April 2021 was 16-time world champion Phil Taylor.

The 24-player field comprised 11 former PDC and BDO World Champions, plus a further 11 invited players. Two further places were completed by a qualifying event which took place 13–14 November 2021 at The Crucible Club in Reading.[4] Current PDC Tour Card holders were ineligible, ruling out world champions Richie Burnett, Peter Wright, Gary Anderson, Raymond van Barneveld, Steve Beaton, Glen Durrant and Scott Mitchell.[5]

Tony David was invited to the tournament but withdrew due to visa reasons and was replaced by Alan Warriner-Little. Dennis Priestley was also invited to the tournament but he suffered a leg injury. Andy Fordham had also accepted an invite to participate, but he died in July 2021 and was replaced by Deta Hedman. Ted Hankey withdrew in December 2021 and was replaced by Larry Butler. Richie Burnett and Kevin Burness then had to withdraw in January 2022 upon winning PDC Tour Cards. Lisa Ashton (who had subsequently lost hers), and Dave Prins (as the highest ranked non-qualified player from the qualifiers) replaced them.

    Draw

    The draw for the tournament was announced on 18 January 2022.

    First round
    (best of 5 sets)
    3–4 February
    Second round
    (best of 5 sets)
    4–5 February
    Quarter-finals
    (best of 5 sets)
    5 February
    Semi-finals
    (best of 7 sets)
    6 February
    Final
    (best of 9 sets)
    6 February
      Peter Manley 76.163S Phil Taylor 81.293
     Deta Hedman 71.491 Peter Manley 74.431
    S Phil Taylor 86.100
     Kevin Painter 88.883
      Tony O'Shea 84.402S Wayne Warren 75.520
     Kevin Painter 85.273 Kevin Painter 94.593
      Kevin Painter 84.152
     Robert Thornton 87.314
      Robert Thornton 94.663S Trina Gulliver 74.190
     Bob Anderson 80.910 Robert Thornton 92.633
     Robert Thornton 91.173
    Q Dave Prins 77.270
     Paul Lim 84.951S John Lowe 71.770
    Q Dave Prins 90.153Q Dave Prins 90.793
     Robert Thornton 92.665
    S Martin Adams 89.061
      Les Wallace 74.322S John Part 74.681
     John Walton 76.393 John Walton 77.153
      John Walton 75.441
     Terry Jenkins 77.023
      Terry Jenkins 84.323S Lisa Ashton 80.661
     Roland Scholten 76.190 Terry Jenkins 86.583
     Terry Jenkins 86.322
    S Martin Adams 88.974
      Alan Warriner-Little 56.810S Keith Deller 74.332
     Larry Butler 88.993 Larry Butler 78.743
     Larry Butler 83.491
    S Martin Adams 84.833
     Darryl Fitton 76.692S Martin Adams 91.463
    Q Richie Howson 83.073Q Richie Howson 87.452

    Statistics

    Top averages

    This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament.

    # Player Round Average Result
    1Scotland Robert ThorntonR194.66Won
    2England Kevin PainterR294.59Won
    3Scotland Robert ThorntonF92.66Won
    4Scotland Robert ThorntonR292.63Won
    5England Martin AdamsR291.46Won
    6Scotland Robert ThorntonQF91.17Won
    7England Dave PrinsR290.79Won
    8England Dave PrinsR190.15Won
    9England Martin AdamsF89.06Lost
    10United States Larry ButlerR188.99Won

    Representation

    This table shows the number of players by country in the 2022 World Seniors Darts Championship. A total of seven nationalities were represented.

    England
    ENG
    Scotland
    SCO
    United States
    USA
    Canada
    CAN
    Wales
    WAL
    Netherlands
    NED
    Singapore
    SGP
    Total
    Final 11000002
    Semi-finals 31000004
    Quarter-finals 61100008
    Second round 1211110016
    First round 1121001116
    Total1721111124

    Broadcasting rights

    BT Sport won the rights to air the championship, and their coverage was Ray Stubbs and Bobby George, with Helen Chamberlain conducting interviews, while commentary duties were covered by Mark Webster, Paul Nicholson, John Gwynne, and Chris Murphy.[11] BBC aired the event via the BBC iPlayer & BBC Sport website and app.[11] In Ireland, Virgin Media Three broadcast the whole tournament with Sport1 covering the tournament in Germany.[12]

    References

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