2022 Grand Slam of Darts

The 2022 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts, was the sixteenth staging of the Grand Slam of Darts, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place at the Aldersley Leisure Village, Aldersley, Wolverhampton, 12–20 November 2022.[1]

2022 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates12–20 November 2022
VenueAldersley Leisure Village
LocationAldersley, Wolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£650,000
Winner's share£150,000
Nine-dart finish Josh Rock
High checkout170  Luke Woodhouse
170  Joe Cullen
Champion(s)
 Michael Smith
«2021 2023»

Gerwyn Price was the defending champion, after defeating Peter Wright 16–8 in the 2021 final,[2] but he was eliminated by Raymond van Barneveld, losing 16–13 in their quarter-final.

Michael Smith won his first major title, defeating Nathan Aspinall 16–5 in the final. It was the first time the tournament had been won by an Englishman since 2014, when it was won by Phil Taylor.[3]

Josh Rock, who made his debut, hit a nine-dart finish during his second-round defeat to Michael van Gerwen.[4]

Prize money

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The quarter finals of the Grand Slam of Darts 2022 at Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton

The prize fund for the Grand Slam increased by £100,000 to £650,000.[5][6]

Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £650,000)
Winner (1) £150,000
Runner-up (1) £70,000
Semi-finalists (2) £50,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £25,000
Last 16 (8) £12,250
Third in group (8) £8,000
Fourth in group (8) £5,000
Group winner bonus (8) £3,500

Qualification

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The qualification criteria were slightly altered again for the 2022 tournament, with no representation from the World Darts Federation.[7]

The qualifiers are:

PDC Qualifying Tournaments

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PDC Main Tournaments
Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
PDC World Darts Championship 2022 Winner   Peter Wright   Peter Wright
  Gerwyn Price
  Michael van Gerwen
  Joe Cullen
  Danny Noppert
  Ross Smith
  Damon Heta
  Simon Whitlock
  Michael Smith
  Nathan Aspinall
  Dave Chisnall
  Ryan Searle
  Dirk van Duijvenbode
  Jonny Clayton
Grand Slam of Darts 2021 Winner   Gerwyn Price
Premier League Darts 2022 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
World Matchplay 2022 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
World Grand Prix 2022 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Masters 2022 Winner   Joe Cullen
UK Open 2022 Winner   Danny Noppert
European Championship 2022 Winner   Ross Smith
Players Championship Finals 2021 Winner   Peter Wright
World Series of Darts Finals 2022 Winner   Gerwyn Price
PDC World Cup of Darts 2022 Winners   Damon Heta
  Simon Whitlock
PDC World Darts Championship 2022 Runner-up   Michael Smith
Grand Slam of Darts 2021 Runner-up   Peter Wright
Premier League Darts 2022 Runner-up   Joe Cullen
World Matchplay 2022 Runner-up   Gerwyn Price
World Grand Prix 2022 Runner-up   Nathan Aspinall
Masters 2022 Runner-up   Dave Chisnall
UK Open 2022 Runner-up   Michael Smith
European Championship 2022 Runner-up   Michael Smith
Players Championship Finals 2021 Runner-up   Ryan Searle
World Series of Darts Finals 2022 Runner-up   Dirk van Duijvenbode
PDC World Cup of Darts 2022 Runners-Up   Gerwyn Price
  Jonny Clayton
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

If the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than the required number of players (16), the field will be filled from the reserve lists. The first list consisted of the winners from 2022 European Tour events, in which the winners were ordered firstly by number of wins, then by Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.

PDC European Tour
Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers
2022 European Tour
International Darts Open Winner   Gerwyn Price   Luke Humphries
German Darts Championship Winner   Michael van Gerwen
German Darts Grand Prix Winner   Luke Humphries
Austrian Darts Open Winner   Michael van Gerwen
European Darts Open Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Czech Darts Open Winner   Luke Humphries
European Darts Grand Prix Winner   Luke Humphries
Dutch Darts Championship Winner   Michael Smith
European Darts Matchplay Winner   Luke Humphries
Hungarian Darts Trophy Winner   Joe Cullen
German Darts Open Winner   Peter Wright
Belgian Darts Open Winner   Dave Chisnall
Gibraltar Darts Trophy Winner   Damon Heta
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

If there are still not enough qualifiers after European Tour events are added, the winners of 2022 Players Championship events will be added, firstly in order by number of wins, then in Order of Merit order.

PDC Pro Tour
Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers
2022 PDC Pro Tour
Players Championship 1 Winner   Luke Humphries   Rob Cross
Players Championship 2 Winner   Peter Wright
Players Championship 3 Winner   Joe Cullen
Players Championship 4 Winner   Joe Cullen (2)
Players Championship 5 Winner   Damon Heta
Players Championship 6 Winner   Jim Williams
Players Championship 7 Winner   Gerwyn Price
Players Championship 8 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 9 Winner   Danny Jansen
Players Championship 10 Winner   Michael van Gerwen (2)
Players Championship 11 Winner   Ryan Searle
Players Championship 12 Winner   Dirk van Duijvenbode
Players Championship 13 Winner   Nathan Aspinall
Players Championship 14 Winner   Michael Smith
Players Championship 15 Winner   Michael Smith (2)
Players Championship 16 Winner   Michael Smith (3)
Players Championship 17 Winner   Scott Williams
Players Championship 18 Winner   Dirk van Duijvenbode (2)
Players Championship 19 Winner   Danny Noppert
Players Championship 20 Winner   Adrian Lewis
Players Championship 21 Winner   Brendan Dolan
Players Championship 22 Winner   Nathan Aspinall (2)
Players Championship 23 Winner   Keegan Brown
Players Championship 24 Winner   Rob Cross
Players Championship 25 Winner   Dave Chisnall
Players Championship 26 Winner   Damon Heta (2)
Players Championship 27 Winner   Rob Cross (2)
Players Championship 28 Winner   Josh Rock
Players Championship 29 Winner   Gerwyn Price (2)
Players Championship 30 Winner   James Wade
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

PDC Qualifying Event

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A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from a PDC Tour Card Holder qualifier held on 6 November in Barnsley.

These are the qualifiers:

Additional Qualifiers

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The winners of these tournaments and tours also qualified for the tournament.

Tournament Year Position Player
PDC World Youth Championship 2021 Winner   Ted Evetts
Runner-up   Nathan Rafferty
PDC Challenge Tour 2022 Order of Merit Winner   Scott Williams
PDC Development Tour 2022 Order of Merit Winner   Josh Rock [a]
Women's World Matchplay 2022 Winner   Fallon Sherrock
PDC Women's Series 2022 Order of Merit Winner   Lisa Ashton
PDC Asian Championship 2022 Winner   Christian Perez
PDC North American Championship 2022 Winner   Leonard Gates
  1. ^ Rock qualified as 2nd of the Development Tour Order of Merit after Nathan Rafferty was already qualified.

Draw

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The draw was done by PDC executive Matt Porter on 7 November.[8]

Pools

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Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
(Seeded Players) (Qualifiers)

  Gerwyn Price (1)
  Peter Wright (2)
  Michael van Gerwen (3)
  Michael Smith (4)
  Rob Cross (5)
  Luke Humphries (6)
  Jonny Clayton (7)
  Danny Noppert (8)

  Nathan Aspinall
  Dave Chisnall
  Joe Cullen
  Dirk van Duijvenbode
  Ryan Searle
  Damon Heta
  Ross Smith
  Simon Whitlock

  Mensur Suljović
  Martin Schindler
  Jermaine Wattimena
  Alan Soutar
  Luke Woodhouse
  Raymond van Barneveld
  Josh Rock
  Ritchie Edhouse

  Adam Gawlas
  Scott Williams
  Nathan Rafferty
  Ted Evetts
  Lisa Ashton
  Leonard Gates
  Christian Perez
  Fallon Sherrock

Group stage

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All group matches are best of nine legs
After three games, the top two in each group qualify for the knock-out stage

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to knockout stage

Knockout stage

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Second round (best of 19 legs)
16–17 November
Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
18–19 November
Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
20 November
Final (best of 31 legs)
20 November
            
A1   Raymond van Barneveld 97.40 (Q) 10
B2   Simon Whitlock 101.14 8
A1   Raymond van Barneveld 99.64 (Q) 16
A2   Gerwyn Price 101.78 (1) 13
B1   Danny Noppert 98.04 (8) 8
A2   Gerwyn Price 100.10 (1) 10
A1   Raymond van Barneveld 94.97 (Q) 12
C1   Michael Smith 104.10 (4) 16
C1   Michael Smith 96.01 (4) 10
D2   Rob Cross 97.02 (5) 8
C1   Michael Smith 100.11 (4) 16
C2   Joe Cullen 98.13 15
D1   Dirk van Duijvenbode 93.47 4
C2   Joe Cullen 95.46 10
C1   Michael Smith 96.84 (4) 16
E1   Nathan Aspinall 90.94 5
E1   Nathan Aspinall 97.49 10
F2   Jermaine Wattimena 94.55 (Q) 6
E1   Nathan Aspinall 95.18 16
E2   Alan Soutar 95.12 (Q) 12
F1   Jonny Clayton 94.54 (7) 8
E2   Alan Soutar 97.42 (Q) 10
E1   Nathan Aspinall 96.70 16
H1   Luke Humphries 94.38 (6) 12
G1   Michael van Gerwen 107.71 (3) 10
H2   Josh Rock 103.93 8
G1   Michael van Gerwen 95.99 (3) 10
H1   Luke Humphries 96.71 (6) 16
H1   Luke Humphries 96.20 (6) 10
G2   Ross Smith 92.72 8

Top averages

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The table lists all players who achieved an average of at least 100 in a match. In the case one player has multiple records, this is indicated by the number in brackets.

# Player Round Average Result
1   Ross Smith RR 107.92 Won
2   Michael van Gerwen 2R 107.71 Won
3   Scott Williams RR 107.46 Won
4   Luke Humphries RR 107.04 Won
5   Gerwyn Price RR 105.99 Lost
6   Michael van Gerwen (2) RR 104.80 Lost
7   Michael Smith SF 104.10 Won
8   Josh Rock 2R 103.93 Lost
9   Ryan Searle RR 103.59 Lost
10   Gerwyn Price (2) RR 103.16 Won
11   Dirk van Duijvenbode RR 102.89 Won
12   Michael Smith (2) RR 102.20 Won
13   Ryan Searle (2) RR 101.92 Lost
14   Gerwyn Price (3) QF 101.78 Lost
15   Michael van Gerwen (3) RR 101.58 Won
16   Dave Chisnall RR 101.50 Won
17   Dave Chisnall (2) RR 101.44 Lost
18   Gerwyn Price (4) RR 101.39 Won
19   Luke Woodhouse RR 101.26 Lost
20   Simon Whitlock 2R 101.14 Lost
21   Rob Cross RR 100.87 Won
22   Michael Smith (3) QF 100.11 Won
23   Gerwyn Price (5) 2R 100.10 Won
24   Raymond van Barneveld RR 100.08 Won

References

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  1. ^ Phillips, Josh (24 November 2020). "PDC's November 2022 schedule confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. ^ Allen, Dave (21 November 2021). "Peerless Price completes Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts treble". PDC. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  3. ^ Gorton, Josh (20 November 2022). "Super Smith seals first TV ranking title with Cazoo Grand Slam glory". PDC. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  4. ^ Gorton, Josh (17 November 2022). "Van Gerwen denies nine-dart Rock in Cazoo Grand Slam classic". PDC. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  5. ^ "PDC chairman Hearn announces record prize money for 2022". PDC.tv. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Increased prize funds confirmed for PDC televised events". PDC. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  7. ^ "2022 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts qualification criteria confirmed". PDC.tv. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  8. ^ "2022 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts draw & schedule confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
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