2022 Gibraltar Darts Trophy

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The **2022 Gibraltar Darts Trophy** was the thirteenth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar, from 14–16 October 2022. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Gerwyn Price was the defending champion, after defeating Mensur Suljović 8–0 in the 2021 final.. However, he was defeated by Suljović 6–4 in the second round.

Damon Heta won his first European title, defeating Peter Wright 8–7 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 28 July 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 2 August), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 28 August), as Gibraltar has no players on the Order of Merit, four places will come from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 13 October), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 30 July), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 26 June).

Two additional places were made available in the Host Nation Qualifier following the withdrawals of Tour Card Qualifier Krzysztof Kciuk and East European Qualifier Karel Sedláček. Gibraltarian qualifier Justin Hewitt withdrew after the draw through illness, giving his first round opponent, Steve Beaton, a bye to the second round.

The following players took part in the tournament:

2. Michael van Gerwen  *(Semi-finals)*
3. Gerwyn Price  *(Second round)*
4. Michael Smith  *(Second round)*
5. Rob Cross  *(Semi-finals)*
6. **Damon Heta**  **(Champion)**
7. Nathan Aspinall  *(Quarter-finals)*
8. Ryan Searle  *(Third round)*
9. Peter Wright  *(Runner-up)*
10. Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(Third round)*
11. Joe Cullen  *(Third round)*
12. Danny Noppert  *(Second round)*
13. Jonny Clayton  *(Third round)*
14. Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Second round)*
15. José de Sousa  *(Third round)*
16. Dave Chisnall  *(Second round)*
* Martin Schindler  *(First round)*
* Steve Beaton  *(Second round)*
* Adam Hunt  *(First round)*
* Rowby-John Rodriguez  *(Second round)*
* Ryan Joyce  *(Third round)*
* William O'Connor  *(Second round)*
* Daryl Gurney  *(First round)*
* Mario Vandenbogaerde  *(First round)*
* John Henderson  *(First round)*
* Vincent van der Voort  *(First round)*
* Gabriel Clemens  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Jason Lowe  *(Second round)*
* Jeff Smith  *(First round)*
* Keane Barry  *(First round)*
* Keegan Brown  *(First round)*
* Mensur Suljović  *(Third round)*
* Stephen Bunting  *(Second round)*
* Josh Rock  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Ritchie Edhouse  *(Second round)*
* Rusty-Jake Rodriguez  *(Second round)*
* Ryan Meikle  *(First round)*
* Chris Dobey  *(Second round)*
* Jim Williams  *(First round)*
* Kenny Neyens  *(Second round)*
* Wesley Plaisier  *(Third round)*

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* Sean Negrette  *(First round)*
* Manuel Vilerio  *(First round)*
* Dylan Duo Jr  *(First round)*
* Dyson Parody  *(First round)*
* Craig Galliano  *(Second round)*
* ~~Justin Hewitt  *(Withdrew)*~~

**Nordic & Baltic Qualifier**
* Marko Kantele  *(First round)*

## References

1. ↑ Price whitewashes Suljovic to claim Gibraltar Darts Trophy title.
2. ↑ Heta secures maiden European Tour title at Gibraltar Darts Trophy (16 October 2022).
3. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC.
4. ↑ Players Championships 22-24 entries & ET12-13 seeds confirmed.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 2022 Gibraltar Darts Trophy draw & schedule. PDC.