2022 European Darts Open
{{short description|2022 edition of European Darts Open}}
{{infobox individual darts tournament
|tournament_name = 2022 Interwetten European Darts Open
|image =
|dates = 6–8 May 2022
|venue = Ostermann-Arena
|location = Leverkusen
|country = {{GER}}
|organisation = PDC
|format = Legs
|prize_fund = £140,000
|winners_share = £25,000
|nine_dart =
|high_checkout = {{nowrap|164 {{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen}}}}
|winner = {{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|b=1}}
|prev = Event 4
|next = Event 6
}}
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.{{cite web |title=Nine-Dart Van Gerwen Lifts First European Title of 2019|url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2019/03/24/nine-dart-van-gerwen-lifts-first-european-title-2019 |website=PDC |access-date=24 March 2019}} He successfully defended his title with an 8–5 win over Dimitri Van den Bergh in the final.{{cite web |date=8 May 2022 |title=PDC European Tour: Michael van Gerwen defeats Dimitri Van den Bergh in European Darts Open final |url=https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/12609007/pdc-european-tour-michael-van-gerwen-defeats-dimitri-van-den-bergh-in-european-darts-open-final |website=Sky Sports}}{{cite web |title=Imperious Van Gerwen wins Interwetten European Darts Open|url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2022/05/08/imperious-van-gerwen-wins-interwetten-european-darts-open |website=PDC |access-date=8 May 2022}}
Prize money
The prize money is unchanged from the European Tours of the last 3 years:{{cite web |title=PDC Order of Merit Rules |url=https://www.pdc.tv/pdc-order-merit-rules |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220211/https://www.pdc.tv/pdc-order-merit-rules |archive-date=2022-02-11 |url-status=live|website=PDC}}{{cbignore}}
class="wikitable"
! colspan=2 | Stage (num. of players) !Prize money |
Winner
| align=center | (1) | align=center | £25,000 |
Runner-up
| align=center | (1) | align=center | £10,000 |
Semi-finalists
| align=center | (2) | align=center | £6,500 |
Quarter-finalists
| align=center | (4) | align=center | £5,000 |
Third round losers
| align=center | (8) | align=center | £3,000 |
Second round losers
| align=center | (16) | align=center | £2,000* |
First round losers
| align=center | (16) | align=center | £1,000* |
colspan=3 | |
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Total
| align=center colspan=2 | £140,000 |
- 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.pdc.tv/pdc-order-merit-rules | title=PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC }}
Qualification and format
The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 16 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 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 for personal reasons, so Karel Sedláček received a bye into the second round.
Due to illness, James Wade withdrew from his semi-final match, so Dimitri Van den Bergh received a bye into the final.
The following players took part in the tournament:
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:Top 16
- {{PDCFlag|Gerwyn Price}} (third round)
- {{PDCFlag|Peter Wright}} (second round)
- {{PDCFlag|Jose de Sousa}} (third round)
- {{PDCFlag|Joe Cullen}} (third round)
- {{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|b=1}} (champion)
- {{PDCFlag|Ryan Searle}} (quarter-finals)
- {{PDCFlag|Dimitri Van den Bergh}} (runner-up)
- {{PDCFlag|Luke Humphries}} (semi-finals)
- {{PDCFlag|Brendan Dolan}} (third round)
- {{PDCFlag|Rob Cross}} (second round)
- {{PDCFlag|Damon Heta}} (second round)
- {{PDCFlag|Jonny Clayton}} (third round)
- {{PDCFlag|Dirk van Duijvenbode}} (quarter-finals)
- {{PDCFlag|James Wade}} (semi-finals, withdrew)
- {{PDCFlag|Krzysztof Ratajski}} (second round)
- {{PDCFlag|Nathan Aspinall}} (quarter-finals)
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:Tour Card Qualifier
:* {{PDCFlag|Kevin Burness}} (first round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Krzysztof Kciuk}} (second round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Daryl Gurney}} (second round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Connor Scutt}} (first round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Mickey Mansell}} (first round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Cameron Menzies}} (second round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Stephen Bunting}} (first round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Ritchie Edhouse}} (first round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Dave Chisnall}} (third round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Luke Woodhouse}} (second round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Rowby-John Rodriguez}} (second round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Josh Rock}} (quarter-finals)
:* {{PDCFlag|Berry van Peer}} (second round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Keane Barry}} (first round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Maik Kuivenhoven}} (second round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Adam Gawlas}} (first round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Andrew Gilding}} (second round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Kevin Doets}} (first round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Ian White}} (first round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Martin Lukeman}} (first round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Devon Petersen}} (second round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Luc Peters}} (first round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Jermaine Wattimena}} (first round)
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:Associate Member Qualifier
:* {{PDCFlag|Darren Penhall}} (second round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Scott Williams}} (third round)
:Highest Ranked Germans
:* {{PDCFlag|Gabriel Clemens}} (first round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Martin Schindler}} (third round)
:Host Nation Qualifier
:* {{PDCFlag|Lukas Wenig}} (first round)
:* {{PDCFlag|Nico Kurz}} (first round)
:Nordic & Baltic Qualifier
:* {{PDCFlag|Dennis Nilsson}} (second round)
:East European Qualifier
:* {{PDCFlag|Karel Sedlacek}} (second round)
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Draw
{{48TeamBracket
| RD1-shift = -1
| RD1=First round
(best of 11 legs)
6 May
| RD2=Second round
(best of 11 legs)
7 May
| RD3=Third round
(best of 11 legs)
8 May
| RD4=Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
8 May
| RD5=Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
8 May
| RD6=Final
(best of 15 legs)
8 May
| group1=
| group2=
| group3=
| group4=
| seed-width=
| team-width=220
| score-width=20
| boldwinner=high
| RD1-seed01 =
| RD1-team01 = {{PDCFlag|Mickey Mansell|avg=94.58}}
| RD1-score01= 0
| RD1-seed02 =
| RD1-team02 = {{PDCFlag|Luke Woodhouse|avg=109.98|b=1}}
| RD1-score02= 6
| RD1-seed03 =
| RD1-team03 = {{PDCFlag|Karel Sedlacek|avg=|b=1}}
| RD1-score03= bye
| RD1-seed04 =
| RD1-team04 = {{PDCFlag||avg=|b=1}}
| RD1-score04=
| RD1-seed05 =
| RD1-team05 = {{PDCFlag|Darren Penhall|avg=100.20|b=1}}
| RD1-score05= 6
| RD1-seed06 =
| RD1-team06 = {{PDCFlag|Luc Peters|avg=90.54}}
| RD1-score06= 0
| RD1-seed07 =
| RD1-team07 = {{PDCFlag|Andrew Gilding|avg=91.29|b=1}}
| RD1-score07= 6
| RD1-seed08 =
| RD1-team08 = {{PDCFlag|Lukas Wenig|avg=87.02}}
| RD1-score08= 3
| RD1-seed09 =
| RD1-team09 = {{PDCFlag|Devon Petersen|avg=87.19|b=1}}
| RD1-score09= 6
| RD1-seed10 =
| RD1-team10 = {{PDCFlag|Kevin Doets|avg=88.05}}
| RD1-score10= 5
| RD1-seed11 =
| RD1-team11 = {{PDCFlag|Stephen Bunting|avg=83.05}}
| RD1-score11= 5
| RD1-seed12 =
| RD1-team12 = {{PDCFlag|Maik Kuivenhoven|avg=81.70|b=1}}
| RD1-score12= 6
| RD1-seed13 =
| RD1-team13 = {{PDCFlag|Daryl Gurney|avg=91.96|b=1}}
| RD1-score13= 6
| RD1-seed14 =
| RD1-team14 = {{PDCFlag|Kevin Burness|avg=83.11}}
| RD1-score14= 5
| RD1-seed15 =
| RD1-team15 = {{PDCFlag|Rowby-John Rodriguez|avg=86.47|b=1}}
| RD1-score15= 6
| RD1-seed16 =
| RD1-team16 = {{PDCFlag|Nico Kurz|avg=86.68}}
| RD1-score16= 4
| RD1-seed17 =
| RD1-team17 = {{PDCFlag|Adam Gawlas|avg=98.51}}
| RD1-score17= 5
| RD1-seed18 =
| RD1-team18 = {{PDCFlag|Scott Williams|avg=98.60|b=1}}
| RD1-score18= 6
| RD1-seed19 =
| RD1-team19 = {{PDCFlag|Josh Rock|avg=98.02|b=1}}
| RD1-score19= 6
| RD1-seed20 =
| RD1-team20 = {{PDCFlag|Connor Scutt|avg=82.59}}
| RD1-score20= 0
| RD1-seed21 =
| RD1-team21 = {{PDCFlag|Cameron Menzies|avg=92.94|b=1}}
| RD1-score21= 6
| RD1-seed22 =
| RD1-team22 = {{PDCFlag|Ian White|avg=90.51}}
| RD1-score22= 3
| RD1-seed23 =
| RD1-team23 = {{PDCFlag|Martin Schindler|avg=97.08|b=1}}
| RD1-score23= 6
| RD1-seed24 =
| RD1-team24 = {{PDCFlag|Ritchie Edhouse|avg=97.10}}
| RD1-score24= 2
| RD1-seed25 =
| RD1-team25 = {{PDCFlag|Dennis Nilsson|avg=92.81|b=1}}
| RD1-score25= 6
| RD1-seed26 =
| RD1-team26 = {{PDCFlag|Martin Lukeman|avg=89.13}}
| RD1-score26= 3
| RD1-seed27 =
| RD1-team27 = {{PDCFlag|Berry van Peer|avg=88.02|b=1}}
| RD1-score27= 6
| RD1-seed28 =
| RD1-team28 = {{PDCFlag|Jermaine Wattimena|avg=84.85}}
| RD1-score28= 4
| RD1-seed29 =
| RD1-team29 = {{PDCFlag|Krzysztof Kciuk|avg=85.82|b=1}}
| RD1-score29= 6
| RD1-seed30 =
| RD1-team30 = {{PDCFlag|Keane Barry|avg=87.27}}
| RD1-score30= 3
| RD1-seed31 =
| RD1-team31 = {{PDCFlag|Dave Chisnall|avg=92.10|b=1}}
| RD1-score31= 6
| RD1-seed32 =
| RD1-team32 = {{PDCFlag|Gabriel Clemens|avg=88.79}}
| RD1-score32= 3
| RD2-seed01 = 1
| RD2-team01 = {{PDCFlag|Gerwyn Price|avg=91.32|b=1}}
| RD2-score01= 6
| RD2-seed02 =
| RD2-team02 = {{PDCFlag|Luke Woodhouse|avg=92.69}}
| RD2-score02= 4
| RD2-seed03 = 16
| RD2-team03 = {{PDCFlag|Nathan Aspinall|avg=90.67|b=1}}
| RD2-score03= 6
| RD2-seed04 =
| RD2-team04 = {{PDCFlag|Karel Sedlacek|avg=88.37}}
| RD2-score04= 2
| RD2-seed05 = 8
| RD2-team05 = {{PDCFlag|Luke Humphries|avg=99.63|b=1}}
| RD2-score05= 6
| RD2-seed06 =
| RD2-team06 = {{PDCFlag|Darren Penhall|avg=85.96}}
| RD2-score06= 2
| RD2-seed07 = 9
| RD2-team07 = {{PDCFlag|Brendan Dolan|avg=103.66|b=1}}
| RD2-score07= 6
| RD2-seed08 =
| RD2-team08 = {{PDCFlag|Andrew Gilding|avg=94.66}}
| RD2-score08= 0
| RD2-seed09 = 4
| RD2-team09 = {{PDCFlag|Joe Cullen|avg=96.08|b=1}}
| RD2-score09= 6
| RD2-seed10 =
| RD2-team10 = {{PDCFlag|Devon Petersen|avg=85.23}}
| RD2-score10= 1
| RD2-seed11 = 13
| RD2-team11 = {{PDCFlag|Dirk van Duijvenbode|avg=88.21|b=1}}
| RD2-score11= 6
| RD2-seed12 =
| RD2-team12 = {{PDCFlag|Maik Kuivenhoven|avg=83.38}}
| RD2-score12= 1
| RD2-seed13 = 5
| RD2-team13 = {{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|avg=113.79|b=1}}
| RD2-score13= 6
| RD2-seed14 =
| RD2-team14 = {{PDCFlag|Daryl Gurney|avg=95.04}}
| RD2-score14= 3
| RD2-seed15 = 12
| RD2-team15 = {{PDCFlag|Jonny Clayton|avg=96.88|b=1}}
| RD2-score15= 6
| RD2-seed16 =
| RD2-team16 = {{PDCFlag|Rowby-John Rodriguez|avg=93.84}}
| RD2-score16= 2
| RD2-seed17 = 2
| RD2-team17 = {{PDCFlag|Peter Wright|avg=86.84}}
| RD2-score17= 4
| RD2-seed18 =
| RD2-team18 = {{PDCFlag|Scott Williams|avg=84.91|b=1}}
| RD2-score18= 6
| RD2-seed19 = 15
| RD2-team19 = {{PDCFlag|Krzysztof Ratajski|avg=98.78}}
| RD2-score19= 2
| RD2-seed20 =
| RD2-team20 = {{PDCFlag|Josh Rock|avg=101.68|b=1}}
| RD2-score20= 6
| RD2-seed21 = 7
| RD2-team21 = {{PDCFlag|Dimitri Van den Bergh|avg=95.83|b=1}}
| RD2-score21= 6
| RD2-seed22 =
| RD2-team22 = {{PDCFlag|Cameron Menzies|avg=87.74}}
| RD2-score22= 1
| RD2-seed23 = 10
| RD2-team23 = {{PDCFlag|Rob Cross|avg=88.36}}
| RD2-score23= 4
| RD2-seed24 =
| RD2-team24 = {{PDCFlag|Martin Schindler|avg=93.06|b=1}}
| RD2-score24= 6
| RD2-seed25 = 3
| RD2-team25 = {{PDCFlag|Jose de Sousa|avg=95.09|b=1}}
| RD2-score25= 6
| RD2-seed26 =
| RD2-team26 = {{PDCFlag|Dennis Nilsson|avg=82.02}}
| RD2-score26= 5
| RD2-seed27 = 14
| RD2-team27 = {{PDCFlag|James Wade|avg=102.25|b=1}}
| RD2-score27= 6
| RD2-seed28 =
| RD2-team28 = {{PDCFlag|Berry van Peer|avg=91.71}}
| RD2-score28= 1
| RD2-seed29 = 6
| RD2-team29 = {{PDCFlag|Ryan Searle|avg=102.60|b=1}}
| RD2-score29= 6
| RD2-seed30 =
| RD2-team30 = {{PDCFlag|Krzysztof Kciuk|avg=89.66}}
| RD2-score30= 2
| RD2-seed31 = 11
| RD2-team31 = {{PDCFlag|Damon Heta|avg=99.11}}
| RD2-score31= 4
| RD2-seed32 =
| RD2-team32 = {{PDCFlag|Dave Chisnall|avg=100.90|b=1}}
| RD2-score32= 6
| RD3-seed01 = 1
| RD3-team01 = {{PDCFlag|Gerwyn Price|avg=96.25|surname=1}}
| RD3-score01= 5
| RD3-seed02 = 16
| RD3-team02 = {{PDCFlag|Nathan Aspinall|avg=99.32|b=1|surname=1}}
| RD3-score02= 6
| RD3-seed03 = 8
| RD3-team03 = {{PDCFlag|Luke Humphries|avg=98.47|b=1|surname=1}}
| RD3-score03= 6
| RD3-seed04 = 9
| RD3-team04 = {{PDCFlag|Brendan Dolan|avg=96.02|surname=1}}
| RD3-score04= 4
| RD3-seed05 = 4
| RD3-team05 = {{PDCFlag|Joe Cullen|avg=99.44|surname=1}}
| RD3-score05= 3
| RD3-seed06 = 13
| RD3-team06 = {{PDCFlag|Dirk van Duijvenbode|avg=106.90|b=1|surname=van Duijvenbode}}
| RD3-score06= 6
| RD3-seed07 = 5
| RD3-team07 = {{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|avg=98.06|b=1|surname=van Gerwen}}
| RD3-score07= 6
| RD3-seed08 = 12
| RD3-team08 = {{PDCFlag|Jonny Clayton|avg=99.23|surname=1}}
| RD3-score08= 4
| RD3-seed09 =
| RD3-team09 = {{PDCFlag|Scott Williams|avg=84.07|surname=1}}
| RD3-score09= 1
| RD3-seed10 =
| RD3-team10 = {{PDCFlag|Josh Rock|avg=96.36|b=1|surname=1}}
| RD3-score10= 6
| RD3-seed11 = 7
| RD3-team11 = {{PDCFlag|Dimitri Van den Bergh|avg=105.31|b=1|surname=Van den Bergh}}
| RD3-score11= 6
| RD3-seed12 =
| RD3-team12 = {{PDCFlag|Martin Schindler|avg=97.25|surname=1}}
| RD3-score12= 4
| RD3-seed13 = 3
| RD3-team13 = {{PDCFlag|Jose de Sousa|avg=89.18|surname=de Sousa}}
| RD3-score13= 4
| RD3-seed14 = 14
| RD3-team14 = {{PDCFlag|James Wade|avg=94.82|b=1|surname=1}}
| RD3-score14= 6
| RD3-seed15 = 6
| RD3-team15 = {{PDCFlag|Ryan Searle|avg=93.57|b=1|surname=1}}
| RD3-score15= 6
| RD3-seed16 =
| RD3-team16 = {{PDCFlag|Dave Chisnall|avg=100.62|surname=1}}
| RD3-score16= 5
| RD4-seed01 = 16
| RD4-team01 = {{PDCFlag|Nathan Aspinall|avg=100.47|surname=1}}
| RD4-score01= 3
| RD4-seed02 = 8
| RD4-team02 = {{PDCFlag|Luke Humphries|avg=107.87|b=1|surname=1}}
| RD4-score02= 6
| RD4-seed03 = 13
| RD4-team03 = {{PDCFlag|Dirk van Duijvenbode|avg=91.07|surname=van Duijvenbode}}
| RD4-score03= 5
| RD4-seed04 = 5
| RD4-team04 = {{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|avg=93.07|b=1|surname=van Gerwen}}
| RD4-score04= 6
| RD4-seed05 =
| RD4-team05 = {{PDCFlag|Josh Rock|avg=94.90|surname=1}}
| RD4-score05= 1
| RD4-seed06 = 7
| RD4-team06 = {{PDCFlag|Dimitri Van den Bergh|avg=97.63|b=1|surname=Van den Bergh}}
| RD4-score06= 6
| RD4-seed07 = 14
| RD4-team07 = {{PDCFlag|James Wade|avg=94.93|b=1|surname=1}}
| RD4-score07= 6
| RD4-seed08 = 6
| RD4-team08 = {{PDCFlag|Ryan Searle|avg=96.50|surname=1}}
| RD4-score08= 5
| RD5-seed01 = 8
| RD5-team01 = {{PDCFlag|Luke Humphries|avg=95.38|surname=1}}
| RD5-score01= 2
| RD5-seed02 = 5
| RD5-team02 = {{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|avg=105.26|b=1|surname=van Gerwen}}
| RD5-score02= 7
| RD5-seed03 = 7
| RD5-team03 = {{PDCFlag|Dimitri Van den Bergh|avg=|b=1|surname=Van den Bergh}}
| RD5-score03= w/o
| RD5-seed04 = 14
| RD5-team04 = {{PDCFlag|James Wade|avg=|surname=1}}
| RD5-score04= w/d
| RD6-seed01 = 5
| RD6-team01 = {{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|avg=102.49|b=1|surname=van Gerwen}}
| RD6-score01= 8
| RD6-seed02 = 7
| RD6-team02 = {{PDCFlag|Dimitri Van den Bergh|avg=89.54|surname=1}}
| RD6-score02= 5
}}
Notes
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References
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