2022 European Championship

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The **2022 Cazoo European Championship** was the fifteenth edition of the Professional Darts Corporation's European Championship tournament, which saw the top players from the thirteen European tour events compete against each other. The tournament took place from 27–30 October 2022 at the Westfalenhallen in Dortmund, Germany.

Rob Cross was the defending champion, having won the tournament for the second time with an 11–8 win over Michael van Gerwen in the 2021 final. However, he became the fourth consecutive defending champion to be eliminated in the first round after losing 6–5 to James Wade.

Ross Smith won his first major title, defeating Michael Smith 11–8 in the final.

## Format

The format remained the same as the previous year.

 Second
 Semi-finals
 Final

## Prize money

The 2022 European Championship had a total prize fund of £500,000, the same as its previous edition.

The following is the breakdown of the fund:

 **Last 32  (First round)** | (16) | £6,000

## Qualification

The 2022 tournament continued the established qualification system whereby the top 32 players from the European Tour Order of Merit qualified for the tournament. The Order of Merit is solely based on prize money won in the thirteen European tour events during the season.

As with the previous editions, players were drawn in a fixed bracket by their seeded order with the top qualifier playing the 32nd, the second playing the 31st and so on.

The following players qualified for the tournament:

1. Luke Humphries  *(Quarter-finals)*
2. Michael van Gerwen  *(First round)*
3. Peter Wright  *(Quarter-finals)*
4. Rob Cross  *(First round)*
5. Damon Heta  *(First round)*
6. Joe Cullen  *(First round)*
7. Dave Chisnall  *(Quarter-finals)*
8. Michael Smith  *(Runner-up)*
9. Nathan Aspinall  *(First round)*
10. Jonny Clayton  *(Second round)*
11. Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Second round)*
12. Danny Noppert  *(Quarter-finals)*
13. Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(Semi-finals)*
14. Gerwyn Price  *(First round)*
15. José de Sousa  *(Second round)*
16. Ryan Searle  *(Second round)*
17. Martin Lukeman  *(First round)*
18. Martin Schindler  *(First round)*
19. Rowby-John Rodriguez  *(Second round)*
20. Madars Razma  *(First round)*
21. Andrew Gilding  *(First round)*
22. Daryl Gurney  *(First round)*
23. Gabriel Clemens  *(First round)*
24. Josh Rock  *(Second round)*
25. Karel Sedláček  *(First round)*
26. Stephen Bunting  *(First round)*
27. **Ross Smith**  **(Champion)**
28. Vincent van der Voort  *(Second round)*
29. James Wade  *(Second round)*
30. Ryan Meikle  *(First round)*
31. Chris Dobey  *(Semi-finals)*
32. Krzysztof Ratajski  *(First round)*

## Draw

The draw was made following the conclusion of the 2022 Gibraltar Darts Trophy on 16 October.

## References

1. ↑ 2022 PDC calendar confirmed up to end of October. Professional Darts Corporation.
2. ↑ Cross denies Van Gerwen to end title drought at Cazoo European Championship. Professional Darts Corporation.
3. ↑ Ross Smith sensationally wins first TV title at Cazoo European Championship. Professional Darts Corporation.
4. ↑ 2022 Cazoo European Championship preview. PDC.
5. ↑ 2020 European Tour Order of Merit.
6. ↑ Cazoo European Championship field and draw confirmed. PDC.