2022 European Darts Matchplay

The 2022 Interwetten European Darts Matchplay was the ninth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Trier Arena, Trier, Germany, from 1–3 July 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 Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates1–3 July 2022
VenueTrier Arena
LocationTrier
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£140,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170  Lukas Wenig
Champion(s)
 Luke Humphries
«Event 8 Event 10»

Joe Cullen was the defending champion after defeating Michael van Gerwen 8–5 in the 2019 final,[1] but he lost to Ian White in the second round.

Luke Humphries won his fourth European Tour title of 2022, beating first-time finalist Rowby-John Rodriguez 8–7 in the final. It was also the third consecutive European Tour event that he attended that he won the title, as he withdrew from the Dutch Darts Championship.[2]

Prize money

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The prize money was 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 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.[4]

Qualification and format

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The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 30 April 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 9 May), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 23 April), the two highest ProTour ranking German players, two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 23 April), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 20 February), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 24 April).

Michael van Gerwen, Peter Wright and Michael Smith, who were set to be the second, third and tenth seeds respectively, withdrew prior to the draw. Chris Dobey, Stephen Bunting and Daryl Gurney were promoted into seeded places, and three players were given first-round byes.

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
1 July
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
2 July
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
3 July
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
3 July
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
3 July
Final
(best of 15 legs)
3 July
   Danny Noppert 93.7951  Gerwyn Price 88.272
  Rowby-John Rodriguez 93.676  Rowby-John Rodriguez 96.756
   Rodriguez 95.696
  Clemens 85.394
   Gabriel Clemens bye16  Daryl Gurney 95.065
     Gabriel Clemens 98.536
  Rodriguez 92.206
8  Aspinall 86.932
   Ross Montgomery 78.8418  Nathan Aspinall 95.786
  Jermaine Wattimena 87.406  Jermaine Wattimena 93.622
8  Aspinall 103.106
  Williams 93.753
   Radek Szagański 97.5759  Jonny Clayton 103.134
  Scott Williams 96.886  Scott Williams 96.076
   Rodriguez 88.347
  Razma 82.356
   Jamie Hughes 98.5244  José de Sousa 80.721
  Wesley Plaisier 97.226  Wesley Plaisier 88.316
   Plaisier 95.494
  Razma 94.766
   Madars Razma 92.15613  Martin Schindler 96.005
  Dragutin Horvat 85.023  Madars Razma 95.466
  Razma 87.816
5  Cross 94.134
   Johan Engström 84.1735  Rob Cross 92.116
  James Wilson 84.686  James Wilson 92.385
5  Cross 101.656
  Woodhouse 89.843
   Luke Woodhouse bye12  Krzysztof Ratajski 87.933
     Luke Woodhouse 86.946
  Rodriguez 91.227
3  Humphries 97.268
   Martin Lukeman 90.5662  Ryan Searle 80.384
  John Michael 87.274  Martin Lukeman 89.756
  Lukeman 92.185
15  Bunting 95.916
   Sebastian Białecki 87.84615  Stephen Bunting 92.396
  Mervyn King 89.134  Sebastian Białecki 90.945
15  Bunting 90.316
7  Heta 95.924
   Callan Rydz 97.5767  Damon Heta 91.536
  Jonathan Worsley 94.513  Callan Rydz 94.054
7  Heta 93.806
10  Van den Bergh 98.403
   Florian Hempel 79.12610  Dimitri Van den Bergh 110.836
  Bradley Brooks 80.302  Florian Hempel 89.392
15  Bunting 84.160
3  Humphries 96.527
   Niels Zonneveld 95.5433  Luke Humphries 97.436
  Cameron Menzies 101.646  Cameron Menzies 100.154
3  Humphries 96.986
  Wenig 90.932
   Lukas Wenig 89.01614  Chris Dobey 100.184
  Steve Lennon 91.394  Lukas Wenig 101.076
3  Humphries 100.996
  White 97.891
   Joe Murnan 87.9016  Joe Cullen 98.965
  Ian White 95.756  Ian White 100.566
   White 91.546
  de Zwaan 89.783
   Jeffrey de Zwaan bye11  Dirk van Duijvenbode 96.445
     Jeffrey de Zwaan 98.376

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Allen, Dave (8 September 2019). "Super Cullen claims maiden European Tour title". PDC. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  2. ^ Gorton, Josh (3 July 2022). "Humphries denies Rodriguez to prevail in European Darts Matchplay epic". PDC. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules". PDC. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022.
  4. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".