2022 European Darts Grand Prix
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 to 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,[1] but 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.[2] 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.[3] Prize moneyThe prize money is unchanged from the European Tours of the last 3 years:[4]
Qualification and formatThe top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 29 March 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:
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