2022 Cazoo European Championship | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 27–30 October 2022 | ||
Venue | Westfalenhallen | ||
Location | Dortmund | ||
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Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs | ||
Prize fund | £500,000 | ||
Winner's share | £120,000 | ||
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The 2022 Cazoo European Championship will be the fifteenth edition of the Professional Darts Corporation's European Championship tournament, which will see the top players from the thirteen European tour events compete against each other. The tournament will take place from 27 to 30 October 2022 at the Westfalenhallen in Dortmund, Germany.[1]
Rob Cross is the defending champion, having won the tournament for the second time with an 11–8 win over Michael van Gerwen in the 2021 final.[2]
Prize money
The 2022 European Championship is expected to have a total prize fund of £500,000, the same as its previous edition.[3]
The following is the breakdown of the fund:
Position (no. of players) | Prize Money (Total: £500,000) | |
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Winner | (1) | £120,000 |
Runner-Up | (1) | £60,000 |
Semi-finalists | (2) | £32,000 |
Quarter-finalists | (4) | £20,000 |
Last 16 (Second round) | (8) | £10,000 |
Last 32 (First round) | (16) | £6,000 |
Qualification
The 2022 tournament will continue the now established qualification system whereby the top 32 players from the European Tour Order of Merit will qualify for the tournament.[4] The Order of Merit is solely based on prize money won in the thirteen European tour events during the season.
As with the previous tournaments, 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.
After 8 events, the following players will qualify for the tournament:
Michael van Gerwen
Luke Humphries
Rob Cross
Michael Smith
Danny Noppert
Gerwyn Price
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Jonny Clayton
Peter Wright
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Martin Lukeman
Ryan Searle
Nathan Aspinall
Damon Heta
Martin Schindler
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Daryl Gurney
James Wade
Dave Chisnall
Joe Cullen
Karel Sedláček
José de Sousa
Madars Razma
Callan Rydz
Andrew Gilding
Vincent van der Voort
Adam Gawlas
Ricky Evans
Stephen Bunting
Wesley Plaisier
Ross Smith
Krzysztof Ratajski
Draw
First round (best of 11 legs) 27–28 October | Second round (best of 19 legs) 28–29 October | Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs) 30 October | Semi-finals (best of 21 legs) 30 October | Final (best of 21 legs) 30 October | ||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- ^ Phillips, Josh. "2022 PDC calendar confirmed up to end of October". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Phillips, Josh. "Cross denies Van Gerwen to end title drought at Cazoo European Championship". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ Allen, Dave. "Prize Money Soars Above £14m In 2019". PDC. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "2020 European Tour Order of Merit". PDC. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.