2022 German Darts Grand Prix Explained

Tournament Name:2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix
Dates:16–18 April 2022
Venue:Kulturhalle Zenith
Location:Munich
Organisation:PDC
Format:Legs
Prize Fund:£140,000
Winners Share:£25,000
High Checkout:170
Prev:Event 2
Next:Event 4

The 2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix was the third of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Kulturhalle Zenith, Munich from 16 to 18 April 2022. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Simon Whitlock 8–3 in the 2019 final,[1] but he was whitewashed 7–0 by Luke Humphries in the semi-finals.

Humphries went on to win his first European Tour event, defeating Martin Lukeman 8–2 in the final.[2]

Prize money

The prize money was unchanged from the European Tours of the last 3 years:[3]

Stage (num. of players)Prize money
Winneralign=center (1)align=center £25,000
Runner-upalign=center (1)align=center £10,000
Semi-finalistsalign=center (2)align=center £6,500
Quarter-finalistsalign=center (4)align=center £5,000
Third round losersalign=center (8)align=center £3,000
Second round losersalign=center (16)align=center £2,000*
First round losersalign=center (16)align=center £1,000*
Totalalign=center colspan=2 £140,000

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 1 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 11 February), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 23 February), the two highest ProTour ranking German players, two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 24 February), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 29 January), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 5 March).

Krzysztof Ratajski withdrew after the qualifiers, so Gabriel Clemens was promoted into the seeded positions, and Karel Sedláček received a bye into the second round.[5]

Gerwyn Price withdrew from his second round match due to illness, so Keane Barry received a bye to the third round.

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Top 16

  1. (second round, withdrew)
  2. (second round)
  3. (third round)
  4. (second round)
  5. (quarter-finals)
  6. (second round)
  7. (semi-finals)
  8. (second round)
  9. (third round)
  10. (third round)
  11. (third round)
  12. (second round)
  13. (semi-finals)
  14. (champion)
  15. (second round)
  16. (second round)

Tour Card Qualifier

Associate Member Qualifier

Highest Ranked Germans

Host Nation Qualifier

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

East European Qualifier

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Van Gerwen Wins 30th Euro Tour Title. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220211/https://www.pdc.tv/news/2019/04/22/van-gerwen-wins-30th-euro-tour-title . 2022-02-11 . live. PDC. 22 April 2019. 22 April 2019.
  2. Web site: Brilliant Humphries wins Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix.
  3. Web site: PDC Order of Merit Rules . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220211/https://www.pdc.tv/pdc-order-merit-rules . 2022-02-11 . live. PDC.
  4. Web site: PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC .
  5. Web site: Phillips . Josh . 2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix draw & schedule . . 14 April 2022.