# 2022 PDC Asian Championship

The 2022 PDC Asian Championship was a tournament organized by the Professional Darts Corporation for Asian players. The tournament featured 48 players from all around Asia, with the four semi-finalists earning a place in the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship and the winner also earning a place in the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts.
Christian Perez won the tournament, defeating Paolo Nebrida 7–5 in the final. Perez, Nebrida, plus semi-finalists Lourence Ilagan and Toru Suzuki all qualified for the World Championship as a result of this tournament, with Perez also qualifying for the Grand Slam, becoming only the second Asian player after Mikuru Suzuki to do so.
This was the first edition of the tournament, which was created following the inability to revive the successful PDC Asian Tour, which had not been able to be run since 2019, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Format

The 48-player main event on 24–25 September was preceded by two days of Asian Series qualifiers in Fukuoka, with four qualifying events being split across 22–23 September.
The 48 player main event began with a round-robin stage on 24 September, with the players split into 16 groups of three.
Each group winner progressed to compete in the last 16 later on 24 September, with 25 September featuring the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.

### Match Format

| Round | Best of (legs) |
| Asian Series Qualifiers | 7 |
| Round Robin Stage | 9 |
| Last 16 | 9 |
| Quarter-finals | 11 |
| Semi-finals | 11 |
| Final | 13 |
In the Asian Series Qualifiers, players will receive one point per victory from the first full round drawn without byes to form the Order of Merit.

## Prize money

The total prize fund will be US$100,000. The four semi-finalists of the tournament will earn a place in the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship and the winner will earn a place in the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts as well.
| Position (no. of players) | Position (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: US$100,000) |
| Winner | (1) | US$15,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | US$7,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | US$5,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | US$3,000 |
| Last 16 | (8) | US$2,000 |
| Second in Group | (16) | US$1,500 |
| Third in Group | (16) | US$1,000 |

## Qualifiers

The 48-player main event was preceded by two days of Asian Series qualifiers in Fukuoka, with four qualifying events, two being held on 22 September, two being held on 23 September.
The last four players from each qualifier secured a place in the main event, alongside a further 10 players from an Asian Series Order of Merit.
The main event also featured the eight players who competed in the 2022 PDC World Cup of Darts for Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines and Singapore, plus one additional qualifier per country.
A further ten regional qualifiers - held in Bahrain, mainland China, India, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates - each produced one qualifier.
The qualifiers were:

## Draw
### 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; AVG = mean average; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to knockout stage

### Knockout stage

| Last 16 (best of 9 legs) 24 September | Last 16 (best of 9 legs) 24 September | Last 16 (best of 9 legs) 24 September | Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 25 September | Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 25 September | Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 25 September | Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 25 September | Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 25 September | Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 25 September | | Final (best of 13 legs) 25 September | Final (best of 13 legs) 25 September | Final (best of 13 legs) 25 September |
| E1 | Akito Yamagata 77.34 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| I1 | Yuichiro Ogawa 79.79 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| I1 | Yuichiro Ogawa 79.79 | 5 | I1 | Yuichiro Ogawa 70.62 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | N1 | Lourence Ilagan 74.13 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| N1 | Lourence Ilagan 83.50 | 5 | N1 | Lourence Ilagan 74.13 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| D1 | Chaiyan Paiaree 72.83 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| D1 | Chaiyan Paiaree 72.83 | 0 | | | | N1 | Lourence Ilagan 77.14 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | H1 | Christian Perez 91.75 | 6 | | | | |
| H1 | Christian Perez 93.24 | 5 | | | | | | | H1 | Christian Perez 91.75 | 6 | | | | |
| C1 | RJ Escaros 84.29 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| C1 | RJ Escaros 84.29 | 2 | H1 | Christian Perez 84.77 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | J1 | Yoshihisa Baba 78.02 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| J1 | Yoshihisa Baba 78.32 | 5 | J1 | Yoshihisa Baba 78.02 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| L1 | Alain Abiabi 76.02 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| L1 | Alain Abiabi 76.02 | 2 | | | | | | | | H1 | Christian Perez 83.52 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | G1 | Paolo Nebrida 83.95 | 5 |
| A1 | Yong-Seok Kim 65.24 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | G1 | Paolo Nebrida 83.95 | 5 |
| K1 | Yuki Yamada 82.62 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| K1 | Yuki Yamada 82.62 | 5 | K1 | Yuki Yamada 82.14 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | O1 | Toru Suzuki 78.57 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| O1 | Toru Suzuki 92.91 | 5 | O1 | Toru Suzuki 78.57 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| B1 | Paul Lim 93.70 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| B1 | Paul Lim 93.70 | 4 | | | | O1 | Toru Suzuki 73.65 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | G1 | Paolo Nebrida 86.80 | 6 | | | | |
| G1 | Paolo Nebrida 79.72 | 5 | | | | | | | G1 | Paolo Nebrida 86.80 | 6 | | | | |
| M1 | Lok Yin Lee 82.24 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| M1 | Lok Yin Lee 82.24 | 4 | G1 | Paolo Nebrida 90.03 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | F1 | Jun Matsuda 85.00 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| P1 | Yutaka Sunakawa 79.72 | 0 | F1 | Jun Matsuda 85.00 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| F1 | Jun Matsuda 96.35 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Statistics
### Top averages

This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament.
| # | Player | Round | Average | Result |
| 1 | Yoshihisa Baba | Group J | 104.38 | Won |
| 2 | Lourence Ilagan | Group N | 98.83 | Won |
| 3 | Jun Matsuda | Last 16 | 96.35 | Won |
| 4 | Shingo Enomata | Group N | 95.26 | Won |
| 5 | Lourence Ilagan | Group N | 95.08 | Lost |
| 6 | Paul Lim | Last 16 | 93.70 | Lost |
| 7 | Christian Perez | Last 16 | 93.24 | Won |
| 8 | Toru Suzuki | Last 16 | 92.91 | Won |
| 9 | Christian Perez | SF | 91.75 | Won |
| 10 | Paolo Nebrida | QF | 90.03 | Won |