2022 European Darts Open

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The **2022 Interwetten European Darts Open** was the fifth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Ostermann-Arena, Leverkusen, Germany, from 6–8 May 2022. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael van Gerwen entered the event as defending champion, having defeated Rob Cross 8–6 in the 2019 final, and he successfully defended his title with an 8–5 win over Dimitri Van den Bergh in the final.

## 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 10 February 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 18 March), 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 6 March).

Danny Baggish withdrew from the event owing to personal reasons, so Karel Sedláček received a bye into the second round.

James Wade withdrew from his semi-final match due to illness, so Dimitri Van den Bergh received a bye into the final.

The following players took part in the tournament:

2. Peter Wright  *(Second round)*
3. José de Sousa  *(Third round)*
4. Joe Cullen  *(Third round)*
5. **Michael van Gerwen**  **(Champion)**
6. Ryan Searle  *(Quarter-finals)*
7. Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Runner-up)*
8. Luke Humphries  *(Semi-finals)*
9. Brendan Dolan  *(Third round)*
10. Rob Cross  *(Second round)*
11. Damon Heta  *(Second round)*
12. Jonny Clayton  *(Third round)*
13. Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(Quarter-finals)*
14. James Wade  *(Semi-finals, withdrew)*
15. Krzysztof Ratajski  *(Second round)*
16. Nathan Aspinall  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Kevin Burness  *(First round)*
* Krzysztof Kciuk  *(Second round)*
* Daryl Gurney  *(Second round)*
* Connor Scutt  *(First round)*
* Mickey Mansell  *(First round)*
* Cameron Menzies  *(Second round)*
* Stephen Bunting  *(First round)*
* Ritchie Edhouse  *(First round)*
* Dave Chisnall  *(Third round)*
* Luke Woodhouse  *(Second round)*
* Rowby-John Rodriguez  *(Second round)*
* Josh Rock  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Berry van Peer  *(Second round)*
* Keane Barry  *(First round)*
* Maik Kuivenhoven  *(Second round)*
* Adam Gawlas  *(First round)*
* Andrew Gilding  *(Second round)*
* Kevin Doets  *(First round)*
* Ian White  *(First round)*
* Martin Lukeman  *(First round)*
* Devon Petersen  *(Second round)*
* Luc Peters  *(First round)*
* Jermaine Wattimena  *(First round)*
* Darren Penhall  *(Second round)*
* Scott Williams  *(Third round)*

**Highest Ranked Germans**
* Gabriel Clemens  *(First round)*
* Martin Schindler  *(Third round)*

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* Lukas Wenig  *(First round)*
* Nico Kurz  *(First round)*

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

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

## References

1. ↑ Nine-Dart Van Gerwen Lifts First European Title of 2019.
2. ↑ Imperious Van Gerwen wins Interwetten European Darts Open.
3. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules.
4. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC.
5. ↑ Players Championships 5-6 entries & European Tour 4-5 seeds confirmed.
6. ↑ 2022 Interwetten European Darts Open draw & schedule. PDC.