2022 European Darts Grand Prix

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The **2022 Interwetten European Darts Grand Prix** was the seventh of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany, from 20–22 May 2022. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

José de Sousa was the defending champion after defeating Michael van Gerwen 8–4 in the 2020 final, but he lost in the second round 6–5 to Andrew Gilding.

Luke Humphries won his third European Tour title of 2022, defeating Rob Cross 8–7 in a repeat of the final from the previous European Tour event a week earlier.

The original venue for this tournament was the Glaspalast in Sindelfingen, but it was being used as accommodation for Ukrainian refugees fleeing from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

## 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 4 April 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 8 April), 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 23 April).

Top seed Gerwyn Price withdrew from the event, so Martin Schindler became a seed and Eddie Lovely received a bye into the second round.

The following players took part in the tournament:

2. José de Sousa  *(Second round)*
3. Peter Wright  *(Semi-finals)*
4. Joe Cullen  *(Second round)*
5. Rob Cross  *(Runner-up)*
6. Michael Smith  *(Second round)*
7. Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Second round)*
8. Damon Heta  *(Semi-finals)*
9. Ryan Searle  *(Third round)*
10. **Luke Humphries**  **(Champion)**
11. Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(Second round)*
12. Krzysztof Ratajski  *(Third round)*
13. Daryl Gurney  *(Third round)*
14. Jonny Clayton  *(Third round)*
15. Brendan Dolan  *(Quarter-finals)*
16. Martin Schindler  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Ryan Meikle  *(Second round)*
* Danny Jansen  *(Second round)*
* Stephen Bunting  *(First round)*
* Martijn Kleermaker  *(First round)*
* Eddie Lovely  *(Second round)*
* Radek Szagański  *(First round)*
* Martin Lukeman  *(Third round)*
* Mickey Mansell  *(Second round)*
* Jim Williams  *(First round)*
* Ryan Joyce  *(First round)*
* Danny Noppert  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Nathan Rafferty  *(Third round)*
* Niels Zonneveld  *(First round)*
* Joe Murnan  *(Third round)*
* Kim Huybrechts  *(Second round)*
* Rowby-John Rodriguez  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Adrian Lewis  *(Second round)*
* Andrew Gilding  *(Third round)*
* Callan Rydz  *(First round)*
* John Michael  *(First round)*
* Adam Gawlas  *(Second round)*
* Luke Woodhouse  *(First round)*
* Madars Razma  *(Second round)*
* Ron Meulenkamp  *(First round)*
* Jelle Klaasen  *(Second round)*
* Stefan Bellmont  *(First round)*

**Highest Ranked Germans**
* Gabriel Clemens  *(First round)*

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* Dragutin Horvat  *(First round)*
* Lukas Wenig  *(First round)*

**Nordic & Baltic Qualifier**
* Johan Engström  *(Second round)*

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

## References

1. ↑ Incredible De Sousa claims European Darts Grand Prix title. PDC.
2. ↑ Humphries completes European Tour treble with stunner in Stuttgart.
3. ↑ Interwetten European Darts Grand Prix moves to Stuttgart. PDC.
4. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules.
5. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC.
6. ↑ European Tour 6-7 seeds & qualifier entries confirmed.
7. ↑ 2022 Interwetten European Darts Grand Prix draw & schedule. PDC.