2022 International Darts Open

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The **2022 Interwetten International Darts Open** was the first of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the SACHSENarena, Riesa, Germany, from 25–27 February 2022. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Joe Cullen was the defending champion after defeating Michael van Gerwen 8–5 in the 2020 final, but he lost to Nathan Aspinall in the third round.

Gerwyn Price won his sixth European Tour title after beating Peter Wright 8–4 in the final, retaining his status as world number one, which he would have surrendered to Wright had he lost.

## Prize money

The prize money was unchanged from the European Tours of the last 3 years:

* Seeded players who lose in the second round 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 June 2021 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 9 July 2021), one from the Associate Member Qualifiers (held on 5 July 2021 and 23 February), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 24 February), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held in 2021), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held in 2021).

As three qualifying events were held in 2021, but only two actual events were held, the qualifiers for the third event of 2021 were carried over to the first event of 2022. This resulted in Wayne Jones competing as a Tour Card holder despite having lost his Tour Card. Players who had entered either of the qualifiers that took place in 2021 were not eligible to enter a qualifier in 2022; and players who had gained a Tour Card since the 2021 qualifier were eligible to enter the Associate Member qualifier for this event.

Ryan Joyce withdrew prior to the event. A fifth place was made available to the Host Nation Qualifier.

The following players took part in the tournament:

1. Joe Cullen  *(Third round)*
2. José de Sousa  *(Second round)*
3. Peter Wright  *(Runner-up)*
4. Michael van Gerwen  *(Third round)*
5. **Gerwyn Price**  **(Champion)**
6. Michael Smith  *(Quarter-finals)*
7. Jonny Clayton  *(Semi-finals)*
8. James Wade  *(Quarter-finals)*
9. Devon Petersen  *(Second round)*
10. Krzysztof Ratajski  *(Second round)*
11. Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(Third round)*
12. Damon Heta  *(Third round)*
13. Danny Noppert  *(Quarter-finals)*
14. Brendan Dolan  *(Second round)*
15. Mensur Suljović  *(Second round)*
16. Nathan Aspinall  *(Semi-finals)*
* Kim Huybrechts  *(Third round)*
* Florian Hempel  *(First round)*
* Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Jermaine Wattimena  *(First round)*
* Rob Cross  *(First round)*
* Luke Woodhouse  *(Second round)*
* Martin Lukeman  *(First round)*
* Krzysztof Kciuk  *(Second round)*
* Daryl Gurney  *(Second round)*
* Jeff Smith  *(Second round)*
* Ritchie Edhouse  *(Second round)*
* Madars Razma  *(Second round)*
* Mervyn King  *(Second round)*
* Andy Boulton  *(First round)*
* Ron Meulenkamp  *(First round)*
* Gabriel Clemens  *(First round)*
* Keane Barry  *(Second round)*
* Vincent van der Voort  *(Second round)*
* Lewy Williams  *(Third round)*
* Ryan Searle  *(First round)*
* Wayne Jones  *(First round)*
* Simon Whitlock  *(Second round)*
* Adam Gawlas  *(First round)*
* Danny van Trijp  *(First round)*
* Brian Raman  *(Third round)*

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* Fabian Schmutzler  *(First round)*
* Niko Springer  *(Third round)*
* David Schlichting  *(First round)*
* Dragutin Horvat  *(First round)*
* Nico Kurz  *(Second round)*

**Nordic & Baltic Qualifier**
* Dennis Nilsson  *(First round)*

**East European Qualifier**
* János Végső  *(First round)*

## Notes

1. ↑ In 2021, Associate Member qualifiers were held in the EU and UK; however the relevant UK qualifier was not held for this event.

## References

1. ↑ Cullen defeats Van Gerwen to win International Darts Open. Professional Darts Corporation.
2. ↑ Price denies Wright top spot in International Darts Open final. Professional Darts Corporation.
3. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules.
4. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC.
5. ↑ European Tour set to return with Budapest and Gibraltar events.
6. ↑ 2022 International Darts Open draw and schedule. PDC. Retrieved on September 7, 2023.