The 2022
Gambrinus
Gambrinus ( ) is a legendary European culture hero celebrated as an icon of beer, brewing, joviality, and ''joie de vivre''. Typical representations in the visual arts depict him as a rotund, bearded duke or king, holding a tankard or mug, ...
Czech Darts Open was the sixth of thirteen
PDC European Tour The PDC European Tour is a series of darts tournaments held across Europe organized by the Professional Darts Corporation. Starting in 2012 with five events, the number of events has steadily risen with eight held in 2013 and 2014, nine in 2015, ten ...
events on the
2022 PDC Pro Tour The 2022 PDC Pro Tour is the next series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. There will be thirty Players ...
. The tournament took place at the
Královka Arena
Královka Arena or Královka sports Hall (Czech: Sportovní hala Královka) is multipurpose hall located in Prague 7 district Letná, near to the Generali Arena. Sports and cultural events are held there. It has capacity for maximum 2500 people, ...
,
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
,
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
, from 13–15 May 2022. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.
Jamie Hughes was the defending champion after defeating
Stephen Bunting
Stephen Bunting (born 9 April 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Nicknamed The Bullet, Bunting won the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship and is a twice former Worl ...
8–3 in the
2019 final, but he failed to qualify for this tournament, so was unable to defend his title.
Luke Humphries
Luke Humphries (born 11 February 1995) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship.
Career
Humphries won five PDC Development Tour titles in 20 ...
won his second European Tour title with an 8–5 win over
Rob Cross in the final.
Prize money
The prize money is unchanged from the European Tours of the last 3 years:
* 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.
Qualification and format
The top 16 entrants from the
PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 29 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 8 April), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 24 April), the two highest ProTour ranking Czech players, two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 12 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 19 February), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 23 April).
Fourth seed
Peter Wright and Nordic and Baltic qualifier Niels Heinsøe withdrew from the tournament prior to the draw.
Martin Schindler
Martin Schindler (born 16 August 1996) is a German professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Schindler won a PDC Tour Card at Qualifying-School (Q-School) in January 2017. He represented Germany ...
was promoted to 16th seed and two extra places were made available in the Host Nation Qualifier.
The following players took part in the tournament:
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Draw
Notes
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Czech Darts Open, 2022
2022 PDC Pro Tour
2022 PDC European Tour
2022 in Czech sport
Gambrinus Czech Darts Open
Darts in the Czech Republic