The 2022

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Grand Slam of Darts, was the sixteenth staging of the

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, organised by the

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. The event took place at the Aldersley Leisure Village,

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, 12–20 November 2022.

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was the defending champion, after defeating Peter Wright 16–8 in the 2021 final, but he was eliminated by

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, losing 16–13 in their quarter-final. Michael Smith won his first major title, defeating

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16–5 in the final. It was the first time the tournament had been won by an Englishman since

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, when it was won by Phil Taylor. Josh Rock, who made his debut, hit a

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during his second-round defeat to

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Prize money

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

Qualification

The qualification criteria were slightly altered again for the 2022 tournament, with no representation from the

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. The qualifiers are:

PDC Qualifying Tournaments

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. 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 Qualifying Event

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

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. These are the qualifiers: * * * * * * * *

Additional Qualifiers

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

Draw

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

Pools

Group stage

''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

Group A

12 November 13 November 14 November

Group B

12 November 13 November 14 November

Group C

12 November 13 November 14 November

Group D

12 November 13 November 14 November

Group E

12 November 13 November 15 November

Group F

12 November 13 November 15 November

Group G

12 November 13 November 15 November

Group H

12 November 13 November 15 November

Knockout stage

Top averages

The table lists all players who achieved an

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of at least 100 in a match. In the case one player has multiple records, this is indicated by the number in brackets.

References

External links

Official website
{{2022 in PDC darts

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