2022 Grand Slam of Darts
2022 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 12–20 November 2022 | ||
Venue | Aldersley Leisure Village | ||
Location | Aldersley, Wolverhampton | ||
Country | ![]() | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs | ||
Prize fund | £650,000 | ||
Winner's share | £150,000 | ||
Nine-dart finish | ![]() | ||
High checkout | 170 ![]() ![]() | ||
Champion(s) | |||
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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, Aldersley, Wolverhampton, 12–20 November 2022.[1]
Gerwyn Price was the defending champion, after defeating Peter Wright 16–8 in the 2021 final,[2] but he was eliminated by Raymond van Barneveld, losing 16–13 in their quarter-final.
Michael Smith won his first major title, defeating Nathan Aspinall 16–5 in the final. It was the first time the tournament had been won by an Englishman since 2014, when it was won by Phil Taylor.[3]
Josh Rock, who made his debut, hit a nine-dart finish during his second-round defeat to Michael van Gerwen.[4]
Prize money
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The prize fund for the Grand Slam increased by £100,000 to £650,000.[5][6]
Position (num. of players) | Prize money (Total: £650,000) | |
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Winner | (1) | £150,000 |
Runner-up | (1) | £70,000 |
Semi-finalists | (2) | £50,000 |
Quarter-finalists | (4) | £25,000 |
Last 16 | (8) | £12,250 |
Third in group | (8) | £8,000 |
Fourth in group | (8) | £5,000 |
Group winner bonus | (8) | £3,500 |
Qualification
[edit]The qualification criteria were slightly altered again for the 2022 tournament, with no representation from the World Darts Federation.[7]
The qualifiers are:
PDC Qualifying Tournaments
[edit]If the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than the required number of players (16), the field will be filled from the reserve lists. The first list consisted of the winners from 2022 European Tour events, in which the winners were ordered firstly by number of wins, then by Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.
PDC European Tour | |||||
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Tournament | Event | Position | Player | Qualifiers | |
2022 European Tour | |||||
International Darts Open | Winner | ![]() |
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German Darts Championship | Winner | ![]() | |||
German Darts Grand Prix | Winner | ![]() | |||
Austrian Darts Open | Winner | ![]() | |||
European Darts Open | Winner | ![]() | |||
Czech Darts Open | Winner | ![]() | |||
European Darts Grand Prix | Winner | ![]() | |||
Dutch Darts Championship | Winner | ![]() | |||
European Darts Matchplay | Winner | ![]() | |||
Hungarian Darts Trophy | Winner | ![]() | |||
German Darts Open | Winner | ![]() | |||
Belgian Darts Open | Winner | ![]() | |||
Gibraltar Darts Trophy | Winner | ![]() | |||
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament. |
If there are still not enough qualifiers after European Tour events are added, the winners of 2022 Players Championship events will be added, firstly in order by number of wins, then in Order of Merit order.
PDC Qualifying Event
[edit]A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from a PDC Tour Card Holder qualifier held on 6 November in Barnsley.
These are the qualifiers:
Ritchie Edhouse
Raymond van Barneveld
Adam Gawlas
Alan Soutar
Martin Schindler
Luke Woodhouse
Mensur Suljović
Jermaine Wattimena
Additional Qualifiers
[edit]The winners of these tournaments and tours also qualified for the tournament.
Tournament | Year | Position | Player |
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PDC World Youth Championship | 2021 | Winner | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() | ||
PDC Challenge Tour | 2022 | Order of Merit Winner | ![]() |
PDC Development Tour | 2022 | Order of Merit Winner | ![]() |
Women's World Matchplay | 2022 | Winner | ![]() |
PDC Women's Series | 2022 | Order of Merit Winner | ![]() |
PDC Asian Championship | 2022 | Winner | ![]() |
PDC North American Championship | 2022 | Winner | ![]() |
- ^ Rock qualified as 2nd of the Development Tour Order of Merit after Nathan Rafferty was already qualified.
Draw
[edit]The draw was done by PDC executive Matt Porter on 7 November.[8]
Pools
[edit]Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
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(Seeded Players) | (Qualifiers) | ||
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Group stage
[edit]All group matches are best of nine legs
After three games, the top two in each group qualify for the knock-out stage
NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to knockout stage
Group A[edit]
12 November
13 November
14 November
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Group B[edit]
12 November
13 November
14 November
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Group C[edit]
12 November
13 November
14 November
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Group D[edit]
12 November
13 November
14 November
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Group E[edit]
12 November
13 November
15 November
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Group F[edit]
12 November
13 November
15 November
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Group G[edit]
12 November
13 November
15 November
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Group H[edit]
12 November
13 November
15 November
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Knockout stage
[edit]Second round (best of 19 legs) 16–17 November | Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 18–19 November | Semi-finals (best of 31 legs) 20 November | Final (best of 31 legs) 20 November | ||||||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
B2 | ![]() | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
A2 | ![]() | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
A2 | ![]() | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
C1 | ![]() | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
C1 | ![]() | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
D2 | ![]() | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
C1 | ![]() | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
C2 | ![]() | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
D1 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
C2 | ![]() | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
C1 | ![]() | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | ![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | ![]() | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
F2 | ![]() | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | ![]() | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | ![]() | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
F1 | ![]() | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | ![]() | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | ![]() | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
H1 | ![]() | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
G1 | ![]() | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
H2 | ![]() | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
G1 | ![]() | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
H1 | ![]() | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
H1 | ![]() | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
G2 | ![]() | 8 |
Top averages
[edit]The table lists all players who achieved an average of at least 100 in a match. In the case one player has multiple records, this is indicated by the number in brackets.
# | Player | Round | Average | Result |
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1 | ![]() |
RR | 107.92 | Won |
2 | ![]() |
2R | 107.71 | Won |
3 | ![]() |
RR | 107.46 | Won |
4 | ![]() |
RR | 107.04 | Won |
5 | ![]() |
RR | 105.99 | Lost |
6 | ![]() |
RR | 104.80 | Lost |
7 | ![]() |
SF | 104.10 | Won |
8 | ![]() |
2R | 103.93 | Lost |
9 | ![]() |
RR | 103.59 | Lost |
10 | ![]() |
RR | 103.16 | Won |
11 | ![]() |
RR | 102.89 | Won |
12 | ![]() |
RR | 102.20 | Won |
13 | ![]() |
RR | 101.92 | Lost |
14 | ![]() |
QF | 101.78 | Lost |
15 | ![]() |
RR | 101.58 | Won |
16 | ![]() |
RR | 101.50 | Won |
17 | ![]() |
RR | 101.44 | Lost |
18 | ![]() |
RR | 101.39 | Won |
19 | ![]() |
RR | 101.26 | Lost |
20 | ![]() |
2R | 101.14 | Lost |
21 | ![]() |
RR | 100.87 | Won |
22 | ![]() |
QF | 100.11 | Won |
23 | ![]() |
2R | 100.10 | Won |
24 | ![]() |
RR | 100.08 | Won |
References
[edit]- ^ Phillips, Josh (24 November 2020). "PDC's November 2022 schedule confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ Allen, Dave (21 November 2021). "Peerless Price completes Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts treble". PDC. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (20 November 2022). "Super Smith seals first TV ranking title with Cazoo Grand Slam glory". PDC. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (17 November 2022). "Van Gerwen denies nine-dart Rock in Cazoo Grand Slam classic". PDC. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "PDC chairman Hearn announces record prize money for 2022". PDC.tv. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Increased prize funds confirmed for PDC televised events". PDC. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ "2022 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts qualification criteria confirmed". PDC.tv. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "2022 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts draw & schedule confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 8 November 2022.