The 2022 Australian Darts Open was the second edition of the
Australian Darts Open organised by
Darts Australia. The tournament was held at the Moama Bowling Club in
Moama,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. Australian Darts Open has been added to the
WDF calendar and has been awarded Platinum ranking status, with a total prize fund of A$80,000.
who won the previous men's tournament was absent from the event, having switched to the
Professional Darts Corporation
The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) is a professional darts organisation in the United Kingdom, established in 1992 when a group of leading players split from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to form what was initially called the World ...
in January 2020.
Lisa Ashton was defending the women's title as one of the seeded players, but lost in the group-stage match to
Nicole Regnaud from
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
.
Raymond Smith became the new men's champion and
Beau Greaves
Beau Greaves (born 9 January 2004) is an English darts player who currently plays in the World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. She is the current World Darts Federation women's world champion, having won t ...
became the new women's champion.
Prize money
Men's
Format and qualifiers
Qualifying criteria is as follows:
#
2022 Lakeside Men's World Champion (seeded)
# Two best players from World men's ranking (seeded)
# Three best players from Australia men's ranking (seeded)
# Two best players from New Zealand men's ranking (seeded)
# Eight qualifiers from the state qualifiers (
Australian Capital Territory
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,
New South Wales
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Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...
,
Queensland
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South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
,
Tasmania
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Victoria,
Western Australia
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)
# Eight qualifiers from open qualification tournaments in
Moama,
Australia
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on 3–4 August 2022
The final 24 men will be drawn into groups of 3 and will compete upon the stage.
Seeded players
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# ''(quarter-finals)''
# ''(runner-up)''
# (champion)
# ''(quarter-finals)''
# ''(group stage)''
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# ''(quarter-finals)''
State qualifiers
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Open qualifiers
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Group stage
''All group matches are best of nine legs''
''Only winners 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
Source:
Group A
4 August
5 August
Group B
4 August
5 August
Group C
4 August
5 August
Group D
4 August
5 August
Group E
4 August
5 August
Group F
4 August
5 August
Group G
4 August
5 August
Group H
4 August
5 August
Knockout stage
Women's
Format and qualifiers
Qualifying criteria is as follows:
#
2022 Lakeside Women's World Champion (seeded)
# Best player from World Women's Ranking (seeded)
# 2019 Australian Darts Open finalists (seeded)
# Two best players from Australia Women's Ranking
# Two best players from New Zealand Women's Ranking
# Four qualifiers from open qualification tournaments in
Moama,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
on 3–4 August 2022
The final 12 women will be drawn into groups of 3 and will compete upon the stage.
Seeded players
# (champion)
# ''(group stage)''
# ''(runner-up)''
# ''(group stage)''
Rankings qualifiers
* ''(semi-finals)''
* ''(group stage)''
* ''(group stage)''
* ''(semi-finals)''
Open qualifiers
*
''(group stage)''
*
''(group stage)''
*
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*
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Group stage
''All group matches are best of seven legs''
''Only winners 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
Group A
4 August
5 August
Group B
4 August
5 August
Group C
4 August
5 August
Group D
4 August
5 August
Knockout stage
References
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Australian Darts Open
Australian Darts Open
Australian Darts Open
Darts in Australia
Moama
Sport in the Riverina
Sports competitions in New South Wales