2022 European Darts Matchplay

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The **2022 Interwetten European Darts Matchplay** was the ninth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Trier Arena, Trier, Germany, from 1–3 July 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 2019 final, but he lost 6–5 to Ian White in the second round.

Luke Humphries won his fourth European Tour title of 2022, beating first-time finalist Rowby-John Rodriguez 8–7 in the final. It was also the third consecutive European Tour event that he attended that he won the title, as he withdrew from the Dutch Darts Championship.

## 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 8 May 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 May), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 23 April), the two highest ProTour ranking German players, two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 23 April), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 20 February), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 24 April).

Michael van Gerwen, Peter Wright and Michael Smith, who were set to be the second, third and tenth seeds respectively, withdrew prior to the draw. Chris Dobey, Stephen Bunting and Daryl Gurney were promoted into seeded places, and Gabriel Clemens, Luke Woodhouse and Jeffrey de Zwaan were given first round byes.

The following players took part in the tournament:

2. Ryan Searle  *(Second round)*
3. **Luke Humphries**  **(Champion)**
4. José de Sousa  *(Second round)*
5. Rob Cross  *(Quarter-finals)*
6. Joe Cullen  *(Second round)*
7. Damon Heta  *(Quarter-finals)*
8. Nathan Aspinall  *(Quarter-finals)*
9. Jonny Clayton  *(Second round)*
10. Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Third round)*
11. Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(Second round)*
12. Krzysztof Ratajski  *(Second round)*
13. Martin Schindler  *(Second round)*
14. Chris Dobey  *(Second round)*
15. Stephen Bunting  *(Semi-finals)*
16. Daryl Gurney  *(Second round)*
* Ian White  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Steve Lennon  *(First round)*
* Jeffrey de Zwaan  *(Third round)*
* Danny Noppert  *(First round)*
* Mervyn King  *(First round)*
* Rowby-John Rodriguez  *(Runner-up)*
* Jermaine Wattimena  *(Second round)*
* Callan Rydz  *(Second round)*
* Joe Murnan  *(First round)*
* Bradley Brooks  *(First round)*
* Jamie Hughes  *(First round)*
* Cameron Menzies  *(Second round)*
* Ross Montgomery  *(First round)*
* Niels Zonneveld  *(First round)*
* Radek Szagański  *(First round)*
* Madars Razma  *(Semi-finals)*
* Luke Woodhouse  *(Third round)*
* Martin Lukeman  *(Third round)*
* James Wilson  *(Second round)*
* John Michael  *(First round)*
* Jonathan Worsley  *(First round)*
* Scott Williams  *(Third round)*
* Wesley Plaisier  *(Third round)*

**Highest Ranked Germans**
* Gabriel Clemens  *(Third round)*
* Florian Hempel  *(Second round)*

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

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

**East European Qualifier**
* Sebastian Białecki  *(Second round)*

## References

1. ↑ Super Cullen claims maiden European Tour title. PDC.
2. ↑ Humphries denies Rodriguez to prevail in European Darts Matchplay epic. PDC.
3. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules.
4. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC.
5. ↑ 2022 ET8-9 seeds & TCH Qualifier entries confirmed.
6. ↑ 2022 Interwetten European Darts Matchplay draw & schedule. PDC.