The 2022
PDC Pro Tour
The PDC Pro Tour is a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They comprise Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) Players Championships and European Tour events. Only four players ...
was a series of non-televised
darts
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tournaments organised by the
Professional Darts Corporation
The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) is a professional darts organisation in the United Kingdom, established in 1992 when a group of leading players split from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to form what was initially called the Wor ...
(PDC). Players Championships and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. There were thirty Players Championship events and thirteen
PDC European Tour
The PDC European Tour is a series of darts tournaments held across Europe organized by the Professional Darts Corporation. Starting in 2012 with five events, the number of events has steadily risen with eight held in 2013 and 2014, nine in 2015, 10 ...
events, and after the split format last year, the Challenge and Development Tours returned as one big tour, rather than a UK/European split tour.
Prize money
The prize money for the Players Championship events rose from 2021 levels, with each event having a prize fund of £100,000.
This is how the prize money is divided:
PDC Tour Card
128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships events, the UK Open and qualifiers for all European Tour and select televised events.
Tour cards
The 2022 Tour Cards are awarded to:
* (64) The top 64 players from the
PDC Order of Merit
The PDC Order of Merit is a world ranking system used by one of the darts organisations, the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded ...
after the
2022 World Championship.
* (24) 24 qualifiers from
2021 Q-School not ranked in the top 64 of the
PDC Order of Merit
The PDC Order of Merit is a world ranking system used by one of the darts organisations, the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded ...
following the World Championship.
** and resigned their Tour Cards after one year.
* (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2020 Challenge Tour ( and ).
* (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2020 Development Tour ( and ).
* (1) The winner of the 2021 UK Challenge Tour ().
* (1) The winner of the 2021 European Challenge Tour ().
* (1) The winner of the 2021 UK Development Tour ().
* (1) The winner of the 2021 European Development Tour ().
* (8) The daily winners from the 2022 Qualifying Schools.
Afterwards, the playing field will be complemented by the highest qualified players from the Q-School Order of Merit until the maximum number of 128 Pro Tour Card players has been reached. In 2022, that means that a total of 24 additional players will qualify this way.
Q-School
The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School (or Q-School) was split into a UK and European Q-School. Players that are not from Europe can choose which Q-School they want to compete in.
Q-School was once again be split into two stages; with all players who lost their tour cards after the 2022 World Championship and the players who finished from second to fourth in the 2021 Challenge Tour and Development Tour Orders of Merit exempted to the final stage. The first stage consisted a block of three days, with the last eight players on each day qualifying into the final stage. A ranking of other players was also be produced with players qualifying via that ranking to produce a full list of 128 players for each final stage.
Stage One took place between 9–11 January; with the Final Stage held between 12 and 15 January. The winner of each day's play in the Final Stage were given a PDC Tour Card.
The UK Q-School was held at the
Marshall Arena
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,
Milton Keynes
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, England; with the European Q-School held at the H+ Hotel,
Niedernhausen
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Geography
Location
Niedernhausen lies in the Rhein-Taunus Nature Park in the west o ...
, Germany.
An Order of Merit was created for each Q School. For every win after the Last 64, the players will be awarded 1 point.
To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places were allocated down the final Q-School Order of Merits in proportion to the number of participants, with 13 cards going to the UK Q-School and 11 going to the European Q-School.
The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:
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Players Championships
Following the Super Series events in the last 18 months, the
Players Championship events returned to normal in 2022 with 30 events taking place.
European Tour
The
PDC European Tour
The PDC European Tour is a series of darts tournaments held across Europe organized by the Professional Darts Corporation. Starting in 2012 with five events, the number of events has steadily risen with eight held in 2013 and 2014, nine in 2015, 10 ...
returned to the pre-pandemic level of 13 events, having been reduced to four events in 2020, and just two in 2021. On 9 February 2022, the Belgian Darts Open, originally scheduled for 25–27 March was rescheduled to 23–25 September, owing to
COVID-19
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The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...
restrictions in Belgium.
PDC Challenge Tour
Following the split into UK and European Challenge Tours in 2021, the
Challenge Tour
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became one again in 2022, with 4 weekends of 5 events, and 1 weekend of 4 events. The top 2 players on the Order of Merit earned a PDC Tour Card and a place at the
2023 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2023 PDC World Darts Championship (known as the 2023 Cazoo World Darts Championship) was a professional darts event that took place at Alexandra Palace in London, England, from 15 December 2022 to 3 January 2023. It was the 30th PDC World ...
, while the winner of the Order of Merit earned a spot at the
2022 Grand Slam of Darts
The 2022 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts, was the sixteenth staging of the Grand Slam of Darts, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place at the Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton, 12–20 November 2022.
Gerwyn Price w ...
as well.
PDC Development Tour
Following the split into UK and European Development Tours in 2021, the
Development Tour became one again in 2022, with 4 weekends of 5 events, and 1 weekend of 4 events. The top 2 players on the Order of Merit get a PDC Tour Card and a place at the
2023 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2023 PDC World Darts Championship (known as the 2023 Cazoo World Darts Championship) was a professional darts event that took place at Alexandra Palace in London, England, from 15 December 2022 to 3 January 2023. It was the 30th PDC World ...
, meanwhile the winner of the Order of Merit gets a spot at the
2022 Grand Slam of Darts
The 2022 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts, was the sixteenth staging of the Grand Slam of Darts, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place at the Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton, 12–20 November 2022.
Gerwyn Price w ...
as well.
PDC Women's Series
The
PDC Women's Series was expanded to 20 events held over five weekends.
The top two ranked players qualify for the
2023 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2023 PDC World Darts Championship (known as the 2023 Cazoo World Darts Championship) was a professional darts event that took place at Alexandra Palace in London, England, from 15 December 2022 to 3 January 2023. It was the 30th PDC World ...
, meanwhile the Order of Merit leader after all events qualifies for the
2022 Grand Slam of Darts
The 2022 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts, was the sixteenth staging of the Grand Slam of Darts, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place at the Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton, 12–20 November 2022.
Gerwyn Price w ...
as well. The top eight ranked players (after 12 events) qualified for the first edition of the
Women's World Matchplay in 2022.
Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic (PDCNB) Tour
On 26 November 2021, the
PDCNB unveiled their 2022 calendar, which is set to include 5 weekends, incorporating 2 weekends in
Denmark
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, and one weekend each in
Sweden
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,
Finland
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and
Latvia
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...
, 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
The 2023 PDC World Darts Championship (known as the 2023 Cazoo World Darts Championship) was a professional darts event that took place at Alexandra Palace in London, England, from 15 December 2022 to 3 January 2023. It was the 30th PDC World ...
.
Dartplayers Australia (DPA) Pro Tour
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
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round robin rounds. After which an online 32 player knockout round would be played. After the first event there were technical difficulties with the online knockout round. It was then decided that every
state
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**Nation state, a ...
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.
Online Knockout Event
New South Wales
Queensland
Western Australia
South Australia
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.
Victoria
DPA ProTour Playoff
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
The 2023 PDC World Darts Championship (known as the 2023 Cazoo World Darts Championship) was a professional darts event that took place at Alexandra Palace in London, England, from 15 December 2022 to 3 January 2023. It was the 30th PDC World ...
.
DPA Oceanic Masters
On 23 October, the DPA hosted the Oceanic Masters.The tournament was won by
Mal Cuming
Malcolm Cuming (born 23 January 1976) is an Australian professional darts player playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He qualified for the 2019 BDO World Darts Championship.
Career
In 2018, Cuming qualified for the 2019 BDO ...
, who qualified for the
2023 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2023 PDC World Darts Championship (known as the 2023 Cazoo World Darts Championship) was a professional darts event that took place at Alexandra Palace in London, England, from 15 December 2022 to 3 January 2023. It was the 30th PDC World ...
.
Dartplayers New Zealand (DPNZ) Pro Tour
The Dartplayers New Zealand Tour consisted
of 8 events in 2022. They were held over 4 weekends.
EuroAsian Darts Corporation (EADC) Pro Tour
The EuroAsian Darts Corporation was due to
host 6 events over 2 weekends, however the second weekend was cancelled due to the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
, and the EADC was suspended from hosting any darting events until further notice.
Championship Darts Corporation (CDC) Pro Tour
The Championship Darts Corporation returned as one combined
tour in 2022, after having split US and Canadian events in 2021. It hosted 12 events held over 4 weekends. The top players from the United States and Canada on the Tour Points List qualified for the
2023 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2023 PDC World Darts Championship (known as the 2023 Cazoo World Darts Championship) was a professional darts event that took place at Alexandra Palace in London, England, from 15 December 2022 to 3 January 2023. It was the 30th PDC World ...
, and they were and .
Continental Cup
The CDC Continental Cup was held on 22 October. It featured the top sixteen players from the 2022 CDC Tour Points List (with the exception of and , due to their commitments on the PDC Pro Tour). The winner of the Continental Cup will earn entry into the
2023 US Darts Masters.
World Championship International Qualifiers
Amongst the World Championship qualifiers for the
2023 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2023 PDC World Darts Championship (known as the 2023 Cazoo World Darts Championship) was a professional darts event that took place at Alexandra Palace in London, England, from 15 December 2022 to 3 January 2023. It was the 30th PDC World ...
saw the guarantee of the first ever representative from
Ukraine
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, following the suspension of the Eurasian Darts Corporation (EADC), due to the as-still ongoing
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
.
References
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