2022 Hungarian Darts Trophy

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The **2022 Hungarian Darts Trophy** was the tenth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the BOK Sportcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary, from 2–4 September 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 Michael Smith 8–2 in the 2021 final. However, he withdrew from the tournament before it started.

Joe Cullen won his third European tour title, defeating William O'Connor 8–2 in the final.

The tournament equalled the European tour record for the most seeded players losing their first match as 11 of 16 players including Michael van Gerwen and Peter Wright lost in the second round. The previous event which involved 11 seeds being eliminated was the 2019 Czech Darts Open.

## Prize money

The prize money was 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 30 June 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 7 July), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 24 April), as there was only one Hungarian on the Order of Merit, three Hungarians would qualify from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 10 July), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 3 June), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 25 June).

Gerwyn Price withdrew from the tournament after the draw was made, so Madars Razma received a bye to the third round. Rowby-John Rodriguez withdrew for family reasons, meaning Raymond van Barneveld received a bye to the second round.

The following players took part in the tournament:

2. Luke Humphries  *(Second round)*
3. ~~Gerwyn Price  *(Withdrew)*~~
4. Michael Smith  *(Third round)*
5. Rob Cross  *(Second round)*
6. Peter Wright  *(Second round)*
7. Damon Heta  *(Second round)*
8. Ryan Searle  *(Second round)*
9. Nathan Aspinall  *(Semi-finals)*
10. Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(Third round)*
11. **Joe Cullen**  **(Champion)**
12. José de Sousa  *(Quarter-finals)*
13. Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Second round)*
14. Danny Noppert  *(Second round)*
15. Jonny Clayton  *(Second round)*
16. Krzysztof Ratajski  *(Second round)*
* Nathan Rafferty  *(First round)*
* Jeff Smith  *(First round)*
* Dave Chisnall  *(Semi-finals)*
* Josh Rock  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Callan Rydz  *(First round)*
* Ryan Meikle  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Daryl Gurney  *(Second round)*
* ~~Rowby-John Rodriguez  *(Withdrew)*~~
* Stephen Bunting  *(Second round)*
* Boris Krčmar  *(Third round)*
* Martin Lukeman  *(Second round)*
* William O'Connor  *(Runner-up)*
* Darius Labanauskas  *(First round)*
* Simon Whitlock  *(Third round)*
* Ted Evetts  *(First round)*
* Raymond van Barneveld  *(Second round)*
* Chris Dobey  *(Second round)*
* Jeffrey de Zwaan  *(Third round)*
* Madars Razma  *(Third round)*
* Rusty-Jake Rodriguez  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Gabriel Clemens  *(First round)*
* Jim Williams  *(Third round)*
* Ian White  *(First round)*
* Brett Claydon  *(First round)*
* Thibault Tricole  *(First round)*
* Franz Rötzsch  *(First round)*

**Highest Ranked Hungarian**
* János Végső  *(First round)*

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* Levente Sárai  *(First round)*
* András Borbély  *(First round)*
* Pál Székely  *(First round)*

**Nordic & Baltic Qualifier**
* Daniel Larsson  *(First round)*

**East European Qualifier**
* Karel Sedláček  *(Third round)*

## References

1. ↑ Sensational Price Scoops Hungarian Darts Trophy Title. PDC.
2. ↑ Clinical Cullen clinches Hungarian Darts Trophy title. PDC.
3. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules.
4. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC.
5. ↑ Players Championships 18-21 entries & European Tour 10-11 seeds confirmed.
6. ↑ Rowby-John Rodriguez withdraws from Hungarian Darts Trophy. PDC.
7. ↑ 2022 Hungarian Darts Trophy draw & schedule. PDC.