The 2022 Interwetten European Darts Open was the fifth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Ostermann-Arena, Leverkusen, Germany, from 6–8 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 Open | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 6–8 May 2022 | ||
| Venue | Ostermann-Arena | ||
| Location | Leverkusen | ||
| Country |  Germany | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £140,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £25,000 | ||
| High checkout | 164  Michael van Gerwen (final) | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Michael van Gerwen | |||
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Michael van Gerwen entered the event as defending champion, having defeated Rob Cross 8–6 in the 2019 final.[1] He successfully defended his title with an 8–5 win over Dimitri Van den Bergh in the final.[2][3]
Prize money edit
The prize money is unchanged from the European Tours of the last 3 years:[4]
| Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |
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| 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 edit
The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 16 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 18 March), 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 6 March).
Danny Baggish withdrew from the event for personal reasons, so Karel Sedláček received a bye into the second round.
Due to illness, James Wade withdrew from his semi-final match, so Dimitri Van den Bergh received a bye into the final.
The following players took part in the tournament:
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Draw edit
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ "Nine-Dart Van Gerwen Lifts First European Title of 2019". PDC. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "PDC European Tour: Michael van Gerwen defeats Dimitri Van den Bergh in European Darts Open final". Sky Sports. 8 May 2022.
- ^ "Imperious Van Gerwen wins Interwetten European Darts Open". PDC. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules". PDC. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".