The 2022

Interwetten Interwetten was founded in 1990. It operates in the field of online entertainment, offering its customers sports betting, live betting, a casino, a live casino, and games. In 1997, Interwetten became the second company in the world, after Inte ...

European Darts Open was the fifth 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

Ostermann-Arena Ostermann-Arena (formerly Wilhelm Dopatka Halle and Smidt-Arena) is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena located in Leverkusen, Germany. The capacity of the arena is 3,500 people. It is home to the Bayer Giants Leverkusen basketball team. As W ...

Leverkusen Leverkusen () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the eastern bank of the Rhine. To the south, Leverkusen borders the city of Cologne, and to the north the state capital, Düsseldorf. With about 161,000 inhabitants, Leverkusen is on ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, 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.

Michael van Gerwen Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2014, 2 ...

entered the event as defending champion, having defeated Rob Cross 8–6 in the 2019 final. He successfully defended his title with an 8–5 win over

Dimitri Van den Bergh Dimitri Van den Bergh (born 8 July 1994) is a Belgian professional darts player who currently competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a two-time World Youth Champion and the 2020 World Matchplay champion, after beating Gar ...

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 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 Daniel "Danny" Baggish (born 19 August 1983) is a Guamanian–born American professional darts player. He had a PDC tour card from 2021 to 2022, after being the only American player to win one at Q-School in 2021. He is a sponsored by Target ...

withdrew from the event for personal reasons, so

Karel Sedláček Karel Sedláček (born 17 February 1979) is a Czech darts player. Career Sedláček qualified for the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship playing Paul Hogan in the preliminary round, losing 1–3. He qualified for the 2014 BDO World Trophy, won i ...

received a bye into the second round. Due to illness,

James Wade James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He became the youngest player to win a major PDC title, when he won the 2007 World Matchplay at the ...

withdrew from his semi-final match, so

received a bye into the final. The following players took part in the tournament: :Top 16 # ''(third round)'' # ''(second round)'' # ''(third round)'' # ''(third round)'' # (champion) # ''(quarter-finals)'' # ''(runner-up)'' # ''(semi-finals)'' # ''(third round)'' # ''(second round)'' # ''(second round)'' # ''(third round)'' # ''(quarter-finals)'' # ''(semi-finals, withdrew)'' # ''(second round)'' # ''(quarter-finals)'' :Tour Card Qualifier :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(second round)'' :* ''(second round)'' :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(second round)'' :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(third round)'' :* ''(second round)'' :* ''(second round)'' :* ''(quarter-finals)'' :* ''(second round)'' :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(second round)'' :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(second round)'' :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(second round)'' :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(first round)'' :Associate Member Qualifier :* ''(second round)'' :* ''(third round)'' :Highest Ranked Germans :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(third round)'' :Host Nation Qualifier :* ''(first round)'' :* ''(first round)'' :Nordic & Baltic Qualifier :* ''(second round)'' :East European Qualifier :* ''(second round)''

Draw

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:European Darts Open 2022 PDC Pro Tour 2022 PDC European Tour 2022 in German sport May 2022 sports events in Germany