2022 in PDC
The year 2022 was the 31st year in the history of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), a darts organisation based in the United Kingdom.
Changes
[edit]Winmau partnership
[edit]2022 was the debut year of Winmau supplying the Professional Darts Corporation dartboards after Unicorn's 25-year partnership ended. They debuted at the 2022 Premier League Darts.
UK Open amateur qualifiers return
[edit]After the COVID-19 pandemic ended, the amateur qualifiers returned for the 2022 UK Open, although the format would decrease to 158 players, instead of the 160 players they had prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Premier events
[edit]Ranked events
[edit]These events contribute to a player's ranking on the PDC Order of Merit. The prize money won in these tournaments is added to the player's total earnings over a two-year period, which determines their ranking.
| Date | Event | Venue | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Ref |
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| 15 December 2021 — 3 January 2022 | 2022 World Championship | Alexandra Palace, London, England | Peter Wright  (98.34)
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7 – 5 |  Michael Smith (99.22)
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| 4–6 March 2022 | UK Open | Butlin's, Minehead, England | Danny Noppert  (84.82)
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11 – 10 | Michael Smith (90.33)
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| 16–24 July 2022 | World Matchplay | Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England | Michael van Gerwen (101.19)
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18 – 14 |  Gerwyn Price (96.92)
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| 3–9 October 2022 | World Grand Prix | Leicester Arena, Leicester, England | Michael van Gerwen (91.07)
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5 – 3 | Nathan Aspinall (91.88)
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| 27–30 October 2022 | European Championship | Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, Germany | Ross Smith (101.32)
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11 – 8 | Michael Smith (100.47)
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| 12–20 November 2022 | Grand Slam | Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton, England | Michael Smith (96.84)
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16 – 5 | Nathan Aspinall (90.89)
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| 25–27 November 2022 | Players Championship Finals | Butlin's, Minehead, England | Michael van Gerwen (99.92)
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11 – 6 | Rob Cross (100.33)
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| 15 December 2022 – 3 January 2023 | 2023 World Championship | Alexandra Palace, London, England | Michael Smith (100.87)
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7 – 4 | Michael van Gerwen (99.58)
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Non-ranked
[edit]These events do not affect the PDC Order of Merit.
| Date | Event | Venue | Champion | Score | Runner-up |
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| 28–30 January | Masters | Arena MK, Milton Keynes, England | Joe Cullen (96.89)
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11 – 4 | Dave Chisnall (90.23)
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| 3 February – 13 June | Premier League | Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin, Germany | Michael van Gerwen (99.10)
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11 – 10 | Joe Cullen (99.36)
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| 16–19 June | World Cup | Eissporthalle, Frankfurt, Germany | Australia  (92.80)(Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock) |
3 – 1 | Wales (89.22) (Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton) |
| 16–18 September | World Series Finals | AFAS Live, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Gerwyn Price (100.14)
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11 – 10 | Dirk van Duijvenbode (97.69)
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World Series of Darts
[edit]The 2022 World Series of Darts was a series of televised darts tournaments organised by the PDC, consisting of seven events held across three continents.
Three new venues made their World Series debuts, with New York City replacing Las Vegas for the US Darts Masters, and two Australian events being moved to Wollongong and Townsville. A fourth new venue was added on 11 April, with the Dutch Darts Masters making its debut at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
| No. | Date | Event | Venue | Champion | Legs | Runner-up |
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| 1 | 3–4 June | US Masters |  Hulu Theater, New York City, United States
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Michael Smith (99.14)
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8 – 4 | Michael van Gerwen (96.79)
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| 2 | 10–11 June | Nordic Masters |  Forum Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Dimitri Van den Bergh  (98.16)
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11 – 5 | Gary Anderson (93.78)
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| 3 | 24–25 June | Dutch Masters | Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Dimitri Van den Bergh (104.60)
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8 – 2 | Dirk van Duijvenbode (94.01)
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| 4 | 12–13 August | Queensland Masters | Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville, Australia
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Michael van Gerwen (99.87)
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8 – 5 | Gerwyn Price (89.17)
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| 5 | 19–20 August | New South Wales Masters | Wollongong Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, Australia
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Jonny Clayton (94.50)
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8 – 1 | James Wade (84.93)
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| 6 | 26–27 August | New Zealand Masters |  Globox Arena, Hamilton, New Zealand
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Gerwyn Price (93.15)
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8 – 4 | Jonny Clayton (96.31)
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Pro Tour
[edit]The 2022 PDC Pro Tour was a series of darts tournaments organised by the PDC, made up of 30 Players Championship events and 13 European Tour events.
Tour cards
[edit]The 2022 PDC Tour Cards were awarded to:
- (64) The top 64 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2022 World Championship.
- Kirk Shepherd and Robert Marijanović resigned their tour cards despite having a year left on them, meaning an extra two cards were up for grabs at Q-School[1]
- (2) Two highest qualifiers from the 2020 Challenge Tour (Ritchie Edhouse and David Evans).
- (1) Highest qualifier from the 2021 UK Challenge Tour (Jim Williams)
- (1) Highest qualifier from the 2021 EU Challenge Tour (Matt Campbell)
- (1) Highest qualifier from the 2021 UK Development Tour (Bradley Brooks)
- (1) Highest qualifier from the 2021 EU Development Tour (Rusty-Jake Rodriguez)
- (1) Highest qualifier from the 2020 Development Tour (Berry van Peer)
- (24) 24 qualifiers from 2021 Q-School not ranked in the top 64 in the PDC Order of Merit following the World Championship.
Afterwards, the playing field was complemented by the highest qualified players from the Q-School Order of Merit until the maximum number of 128 Pro Tour Card players was reached.
Q-School
[edit]The players below won their PDC Tour Cards through Q-School.
UK Automatic Tour Card winners
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EU Automatic Tour Card winners
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José Justicia
Brian Raman
Luc Peters
Krzysztof Kciuk
UK PDC Q-School Order of Merit
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Jamie Clark
Ted Evetts- Connor Scutt
Richie Burnett
Kevin Burness- Scott Waites
- Nathan Rafferty
- Cameron Menzies
John O'Shea- George Killington
- Nick Fullwell
- Shaun Wilkinson
EU Q-School Order of Merit
[edit]- Mario Vandenbogaerde
Jules van Dongen- Kevin Doets
- Tony Martinez
- Danny Jansen
- Radek Szagański
- Damian Mol
- Jimmy Hendriks
Ricardo Pietreczko
Vladimir Andersen
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Secondary Tours
[edit]The 2022 PDC Secondary Tours were series of darts tournaments organised by the PDC predominantly participated in by players without a Tour Card. There were three secondary tours – the Challenge Tour (for players who unsuccessfully participated in the 2022 Q-School), Development Tour (for players aged 16–24) and Women's Series (for female players). All three offered qualification to the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts and 2023 World Championship, while the Challenge and Development Tours offered 2023–24 PDC Tour Cards.
Women's World Matchplay
[edit]World Youth Championship
[edit]PDC Nordic & Baltic Tour
[edit]On 26 November 2021, the PDCNB unveiled their 2022 calendar, which is set to include 5 weekends, incorporating 2 weekends in Denmark, and one weekend each in Sweden, Finland and Latvia, although the Sweden weekend will be purely held for European Tour qualifiers. The top two players on the Order of merit qualify for the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship.
| Rank | Player | Points |
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| 1 | Darius Labanauskas | 6825 |
| 2 | Daniel Larsson | 4425 |
| 3 | Vladimir Andersen | 3575 |
| 4 | Madars Razma | 3125 |
| 5 | Marko Kantele | 2650 |
| 6 | Dennis Nilsson | 2500 |
| 7 | Andreas Harrysson | 2200 |
| 8 | Benjamin Drue Reus | 1675 |
| 9 | Andreas Toft Jørgensen | 1150 |
| 10 | Veijo Viinikka | 1100 |
| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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| 1 | Saturday 29 January | Slangerup Dart Club, | Vladimir Andersen (86.93) | 6 – 5 | Daniel Larsson (87.75) | |
| 2 | Sunday 30 January | Madars Razma (87.21) | 6 – 4 | Darius Labanauskas (87.40) | ||
| 3 | Saturday 4 June | Hotelli Tallukka, | Darius Labanauskas (85.30) | 6 – 3 | Marko Kantele (77.10) | |
| 4 | Sunday 5 June | Dennis Nilsson (82.10) | 6 – 1 | Madars Razma (79.72) | ||
| 5 | Saturday 30 July | Slangerup Dart Club, | Andreas Harrysson (92.04) | 6 – 3 | Darius Labanauskas (87.35) | |
| 6 | Sunday 31 July | Daniel Larsson (84.05) | 6 – 4 | Vladimir Andersen (77.12) | ||
| 7 | Friday 12 August | Bellevue Park Hotel, | Darius Labanauskas (94.82) | 6 – 2 | Veijo Viinikka (82.88) | |
| 8 | Saturday 13 August | Darius Labanauskas (83.41) | 6 – 4 | Daniel Larsson (84.60) | ||
| 9 | Darius Labanauskas (90.45) | 6 – 1 | Vladimir Andersen (81.83) | |||
| 10 | Sunday 14 August | Marko Kantele (88.73) | 6 – 4 | Daniel Larsson (88.68) |
Dartplayers Australia Pro Tour
[edit]The Dartplayers Australia Tour was modified once again to reduce the amount of travel required within the context of the global pandemic. The original format was that every event would consist of five state round robin rounds. After which an online 32 player knockout round would be played.[2] After the first event there were technical difficulties with the online knockout round. It was then decided that every state event would be played out with separate knockout stages. With the top 16 from every state after all 15 events qualifying for the Australasian Championships.[3]
Online Knockout Event
[edit]| No. | Date | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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| 1 | Friday 11 February | (85.38) Tim Pusey | 6 – 3 | David Littleboy (73.88) |
New South Wales
[edit]| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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| 2 | Saturday 12 February | Warilla Bowls Club, | (69.83) Jake Buckley | 5 – 4 | Daniel Pearson (66.95) | |
| 3 | Sunday 13 February | (67.69) Mark Taafe | 6 – 3 | David Cairns (67.12) | ||
| 4 | Friday 11 March | (90.53) Dave Hanel | 6 – 2 | Pat Molloy (79.92) | ||
| 5 | Saturday 12 March | (80.64) Jamie Browne | 6 – 3 | Dave Hanel (72.43) | ||
| 6 | Sunday 13 March | (69.49) Mitchell Clegg | 6 – 5 | David Cairns (68.77) | ||
| 7 | Friday 8 April | (83.34) Dave Marland | 6 – 5 | Mark Taafe (78.34) | ||
| 8 | Saturday 9 April | (79.46) Mitchell Clegg | 6 – 4 | Dave Hanel (81.12) | ||
| 9 | Sunday 10 April | (73.57) Dave Marland | 6 – 3 | Mark Taafe (69.17) | ||
| 10 | Friday 13 May | (81.98) Dave Hanel | 6 – 5 | Jamie Browne (80.36) | ||
| 11 | Saturday 14 May | (83.98) Dave Marland | 6 – 4 | Daniel Pearson (76.52) | ||
| 12 | Sunday 15 May | (78.32) Dave Marland | 6 – 5 | Dave Hanel (78.14) | ||
| 13 | Friday 10 June | (82.73) Dave Marland | 6 – 0 | Dave Hanel (69.72) | ||
| 14 | Saturday 11 June | (76.31) Matt Liddall | 6 – 3 | Andrew Eagers (66.14) | ||
| 15 | Sunday 12 June | (77.83) Dave Hanel | 6 – 2 | David Cairns (76.45) |
Queensland
[edit]| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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| 2 | Saturday 12 February | Surfers Paradise Golf Club, | (84.64) Raymond O'Donnell | 6 – 4 | Robbie King (76.91) | |
| 3 | Sunday 13 February | (92.44) Raymond Smith | 6 – 4 | Robbie King (82.88) | ||
| 4 | Friday 11 March | (91.09) Raymond Smith | 6 – 2 | Robbie King (89.15) | ||
| 5 | Saturday 12 March | (86.76) Raymond Smith | 6 – 3 | Jeremy Fagg (81.97) | ||
| 6 | Sunday 13 March | (96.92) Raymond Smith | 6 – 2 | Robbie King (92.04) | ||
| 7 | Friday 8 April | North Lakes Community Centre, | Cancelled | |||
| 8 | Saturday 9 April | |||||
| 9 | Sunday 10 April | |||||
| 10 | Friday 13 May | (89.36) Robbie King | 6 – 2 | James Bailey (78.05) | ||
| 11 | Saturday 14 May | (75.93) Peter Willmott | 6 – 5 | Robbie King (77.01) | ||
| 12 | Sunday 15 May | (88.59) Robbie King | 6 – 2 | James Bailey (78.84) | ||
| 13 | Friday 24 June | Surfers Paradise Golf Club, | (83.94) Peter Willmott | 6 – 3 | Matthew McLennan (78.04) | |
| 14 | Saturday 25 June | (83.05) Bill Aitken | 6 – 3 | Matthew McLennan (81.77) | ||
| 15 | Sunday 26 June | (83.04) Bill Aitken | 6 – 3 | Matthew McLennan (76.90) | ||
Western Australia
[edit]| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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| 2 | Saturday 12 February | Port Kennedy Tavern, | (89.70) Tim Pusey | 6 – 2 | Justin Miles (83.48) | |
| 3 | Sunday 13 February | (69.19) Bailey Marsh | 6 – 2 | Dave Burke (71.19) | ||
| 4 | Friday 11 March | (89.53) Bailey Marsh | 6 – 5 | Joe Comito (81.10) | ||
| 5 | Saturday 12 March | (88.70) David Platt | 6 – 2 | Tim Pusey (83.18) | ||
| 6 | Sunday 13 March | (82.44) Bailey Marsh | 6 – 3 | Brenton Lloyd (80.54) | ||
| 7 | Friday 8 April | (78.50) Justin Miles | 6 – 5 | David Platt (76.79) | ||
| 8 | Saturday 9 April | (91.52) David Platt | 6 – 2 | Howard Jones (84.32) | ||
| 9 | Sunday 10 April | (79.72) Justin Miles | 6 – 4 | Bailey Marsh (83.59) | ||
| 10 | Friday 13 May | (100.24) Justin Miles | 6 – 1 | David Platt (90.09) | ||
| 11 | Saturday 14 May | (92.23) Howard Jones | 6 – 3 | Tim Pusey (86.36) | ||
| 12 | Sunday 15 May | (85.71) Justin Miles | 6 – 2 | Joe Comito (82.40) | ||
| 13 | Friday 10 June | (77.06) Koha Kokiri | 6 – 4 | Dave Burke (74.51) | ||
| 14 | Saturday 11 June | (73.23) Blake Hatchett | 6 – 5 | Brenton Lloyd (71.27) | ||
| 15 | Sunday 12 June | (72.38) Howard Jones | 6 – 5 | Bailey Marsh (73.00) |
South Australia
[edit]Notably in the South Australian events, Kym Mitchell became the first female winner of a DPA event in the 20-year history of the organisation.[4]
| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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| 2 | Saturday 12 February | Northern Districts Darts Association, | (77.84) Danny Porter | 6 – 5 | Scott Hallett (77.18) | |
| 3 | Sunday 13 February | (79.66) Danny Porter | 6 – 4 | Adam Leek (74.66) | ||
| 4 | Friday 11 March | (66.94) Danny Porter | 6 – 3 | Adam Leek (66.75) | ||
| 5 | Saturday 12 March | (86.01) Rob Modra | 6 – 4 | Danny Porter (84.43) | ||
| 6 | Sunday 13 March | (70.31) Kevin Young | 6 – 5 | Danny Porter (71.47) | ||
| 7 | Friday 8 April | (85.28) Rob Modra | 6 – 3 | Danny Porter (83.13) | ||
| 8 | Saturday 9 April | (69.77) Danny Porter | 6 – 1 | Jed Nethercott (64.41) | ||
| 9 | Sunday 10 April | (87.40) Danny Porter | 6 – 1 | Rob Modra (76.23) | ||
| 10 | Friday 13 May | (80.79) Danny Porter | 6 – 1 | Adam Leek (68.36) | ||
| 11 | Saturday 14 May | (80.79) Danny Porter | 6 – 3 | Brett Selga (73.24) | ||
| 12 | Sunday 15 May | (71.95) Danny Porter | 6 – 3 | Phillip Rowland (70.91) | ||
| 13 | Friday 10 June | (81.12) Danny Porter | 6 – 4 | Rob Modra (76.55) | ||
| 14 | Saturday 11 June | (81.43) Kym Mitchell | 6 – 5 | Danny Porter (79.90) | ||
| 15 | Sunday 12 June | (84.75) Danny Porter | 6 – 1 | Kym Mitchell (70.98) |
Victoria
[edit]| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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| 2 | Saturday 12 February | Australian Italian Club, | (85.46) Mal Cuming | 5 – 2 | Brody Klinge (83.48) | |
| 3 | Sunday 13 February | (84.30) Mal Cuming | 6 – 3 | Brody Klinge (77.59) | ||
| 4 | Friday 11 March | Melton Dart Club, | (81.09) Brandon Weening | 6 – 1 | Barry Leddington (74.07) | |
| 5 | Saturday 12 March | (81.60) Brandon Weening | 6 – 4 | Justin Thompson (79.29) | ||
| 6 | Sunday 13 March | (87.45) Mal Cuming | 6 – 2 | Justin Thompson (89.05) | ||
| 7 | Friday 8 April | Australian Italian Club, | (84.95) Brandon Weening | 6 – 4 | Mal Cuming (81.45) | |
| 8 | Saturday 9 April | (87.20) Stuart Coburn | 6 – 4 | Brandon Weening (83.87) | ||
| 9 | Sunday 10 April | (86.81) Mal Cuming | 6 – 3 | Brandon Weening (89.18) | ||
| 10 | Friday 13 May | Melton Dart Club, | (84.61) Brandon Weening | 6 – 2 | Mal Cuming (77.76) | |
| 11 | Saturday 14 May | (88.63) Brandon Weening | 6 – 3 | Mal Cuming (85.95) | ||
| 12 | Sunday 15 May | (88.16) Mal Cuming | 6 – 1 | Stuart Coburn (79.51) | ||
| 13 | Friday 10 June | Geelong Darts Club, | (82.88) Brandon Weening | 6 – 3 | Stuart Coburn (81.62) | |
| 14 | Saturday 11 June | (82.67) Brandon Weening | 6 – 4 | Stuart Coburn (81.40) | ||
| 15 | Sunday 12 June | (87.66) Stuart Coburn | 6 – 4 | Brandon Weening (83.84) |
DPA ProTour Playoff
[edit]On 17 July, the DPA hosted the ProTour Playoff.The tournament was won by Raymond Smith, who qualified for the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship.[5][6]
DPA Oceanic Masters
[edit]On 23 October, the DPA hosted the Oceanic Masters.The tournament was won by Mal Cuming, who qualified for the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship.[7][8]
Dartplayers New Zealand Pro Tour
[edit]The Dartplayers New Zealand Tour consisted of 8 events in 2022. They were held over 4 weekends.
| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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| 1 | Saturday 11 June | Papakura Club, | Ben Robb | 7 – 5 | Haupai Puha | |
| 2 | Sunday 12 June | Warren Parry | 7 – 5 | Ben Robb | ||
| 3 | Saturday 6 August | Black Horse Hotel, | Ben Robb | 7 – 5 | Mark Cleaver | |
| 4 | Sunday 7 August | Ben Robb | 7 – 2 | Warren Parry | ||
| 5 | Saturday 24 September | Birkenhead RSA, | (85.36) Mark Cleaver | 7 – 3 | John Hurring (81.27) | |
| 6 | Sunday 25 September | (91.74) Ben Robb | 7 – 5 | Haupai Puha (87.30) | ||
| 7 | Saturday 15 October | Dunedin Metro Club, | Haupai Puha | 7 – 6 | Kayden Milne | |
| 8 | Sunday 16 October | Ben Robb | 7 – 1 | Haupai Puha |
EuroAsian Dart Corporation (EADC) Pro Tour
[edit]The EuroAsian Darts Corporation was due to host 6 events over 2 weekends,[9] however the second weekend was cancelled due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the EADC was suspended from hosting any darting events until further notice.
| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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| 1 | Saturday 26 February | Maxima Zarya Hotel, | Aleksei Kadochnikov | 6 – 3 | Anton Kolesov | |
| 2 | Dmitriy Sitkarev | 6 – 5 | Roman Obukhov | |||
| 3 | Sunday 27 February | Boris Koltsov | 6 – 1 | Andrey Pontus | ||
| 4 | Saturday 23 April | Cancelled | ||||
| 5 | ||||||
| 6 | Sunday 24 April | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ Allen, Dave (6 January 2022). "2022 PDC Qualifying School final entries, exemptions & info confirmed". PDC. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ Allen, Dave (18 January 2022). "2022 DPA ProTour season confirmed for February start". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ "2022 DPA statement 11 February 2022". Darts Players Australia. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ "Kym Mitchell wins SA Pro Tour". Dartplayers Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ "DPA ProTour Playoff". DartConnect. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "Super Smith books Ally Pally return with DPA Play-Off success". PDC. 18 July 2022. Archived from the original on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "DPA Oceanic Masters". DartConnect. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "Cuming seals Cazoo World Championship spot with Oceanic Masters win". PDC. 23 October 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "EADC Pro Tour Calendar". EADCdarts. Retrieved 16 January 2022.