The 2022 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (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 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:
Stage Winner £25,000 £12,000 £2,000 £1,000 Runner-up £10,000 £8,000 £1,000 £600 Semi-finalists £6,500 £4,000 £500 £400 £5,000 £3,000 £300 £250 Last 16 £3,000 £2,000 £200 £100 Last 32 £2,000 £1,250 £100 £50 Last 48 £1,000 N/A N/A N/A Last 64 N/A £750 £50 N/A Total £140,000 £100,000 £10,000 £5,000
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 after the 2022 World Championship. (24) 24 qualifiers from 2021 Q-School not ranked in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit 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 Arena MK, Milton Keynes, England; with the European Q-School held at the H+ Hotel, Niedernhausen, Germany.
UK Q-School January 12 January 13 January 14 January 15 128 players 127 players 125 players 119 playersEuropean Q-School January 12 January 13 January 14 January 15 128 players 125 players 121 players 110 players
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:
UK Q-School Order of Merit
European Q-School Order of Merit
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.
No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley 2 3 Robin Park Sports Centre, Wigan 4 5 Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley 6 7 H+ Hotel, Niedernhausen 8 9 Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley 10 11 12 13 14 Robin Park Sports Centre, Wigan 15 16 H+ Hotel, Niedernhausen 17 18 Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
European Tour The PDC European Tour 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 restrictions in Belgium.
No. Date Event Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 8 – 4 2 8 – 5 3 8 – 2 4 8 – 5 5 8 – 5 6 8 – 5 7 8 – 7 8 8 – 7 9 8 – 7 10 8 – 2 11 8 – 6 12 8 – 6 13 8 – 7
PDC Challenge Tour Following the split into UK and European Challenge Tours in 2021, the Challenge 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 earned a PDC Tour Card and a place at the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship, while the winner of the Order of Merit earned a spot at the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts as well. +Final Challenge Tour ranking Rank Player Earnings1 £9,8502 £6,2003 £5,9504 £5,3005 £5,1506 £5,1007 £4,9008 £4,7009 £4,30010 £4,100
No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 Friday 21 January Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes 2 3 Saturday 22 January 4 5 Sunday 23 January 6 Friday 1 April Halle 39, Hildesheim 7 8 Saturday 2 April 9 10Sunday 3 April 11 Friday 15 July 12 13 Saturday 16 July 14 15 Sunday 17 July 16 Friday 16 September Morningside Arena, Leicester 17 18 Saturday 17 September 19 20 21 Saturday 15 October 22 23 Sunday 16 October 24
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, meanwhile the winner of the Order of Merit gets a spot at the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts as well. +Final Development Tour ranking Rank Player Earnings1 £14,2002 £13,6503 £9,9504 £8,5005 £8,4506 £7,1007 £6,7508 £6,5009 £6,30010 £5,700 No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 Friday 18 February Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan 2 3 Saturday 19 February 4 5 Sunday 20 February 6 Friday 6 May 7 8 Saturday 7 May 9 10 Sunday 8 May 11 Friday 3 June Halle 39, Hildesheim 12 13 Saturday 4 June 14 15 Sunday 5 June 16 Friday 19 August 17 18 Saturday 20 August 19 20Sunday 21 August 21 Friday 7 October Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan 22 23 Saturday 8 October 24
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, meanwhile the Order of Merit leader after all events qualifies for the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts as well. The top eight ranked players (after 12 events) qualified for the first edition of the Women's World Matchplay in 2022.
+Final Women's Series Order of Merit Rank Player Earnings1 £10,1502 £8,0003 £6,9504 £5,0505 £4,8006 £4,5507 £3,4008 £2,9509 £2,85010 £2,200 No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 Saturday 12 March Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley 5 – 2 2 5 – 3 3 Sunday 13 March 5 – 3 4 5 – 4 5 Saturday 30 April Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan 5 – 1 6 5 – 2 7 Sunday 1 May 5 – 1 8 5 – 2 9 Saturday 25 June Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley 5 – 1 10 5 – 4 11 Sunday 26 June 5 – 3 12 5 – 2 13 Saturday 27 August Halle 39, Hildesheim 5 – 1 14 5 – 2 15 Sunday 28 August 5 – 3 16 5 – 3 17 Saturday 29 October Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan 5 – 3 18 5 – 4 19 Sunday 30 October 5 – 3 20 5 – 1
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, 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.
+Final PDCNB Order of Merit Rank Player Points 1 68252 44253 35754 31255 26506 25007 22008 16759 115010 1100 No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 Saturday 29 January Slangerup Dart Club, Slangerup 6 – 5 2 Sunday 30 January 6 – 4 3 Saturday 4 June Hotelli Tallukka, Vääksy 6 – 3 4 Sunday 5 June 6 – 1 5 Saturday 30 July Slangerup Dart Club, Slangerup 6 – 3 6 Sunday 31 July 6 – 4 7 Friday 12 August Bellevue Park Hotel, Riga 6 – 2 8 Saturday 13 August 6 – 4 9 6 – 1 10 Sunday 14 August 6 – 4
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 state 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 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 No. Date Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 Friday 11 February 6 – 3
New South Wales No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 2 Saturday 12 February Warilla Bowls Club, Barrack Heights 5 – 4 3 Sunday 13 February 6 – 3 4 Friday 11 March 6 – 2 5 Saturday 12 March 6 – 3 6 Sunday 13 March 6 – 5 7 Friday 8 April 6 – 5 8 Saturday 9 April 6 – 4 9 Sunday 10 April 6 – 3 10 Friday 13 May 6 – 5 11 Saturday 14 May 6 – 4 12 Sunday 15 May 6 – 5 13 Friday 10 June 6 – 0 14 Saturday 11 June 6 – 3 15 Sunday 12 June 6 – 2
Queensland No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 2 Saturday 12 February Surfers Paradise Golf Club, Clear Island Waters 6 – 4 3 Sunday 13 February 6 – 4 4 Friday 11 March 6 – 2 5 Saturday 12 March 6 – 3 6 Sunday 13 March 6 – 2 7 Friday 8 April North Lakes Community Centre, North Lakes bgcolor="ffffcc" colspan=4 rowspan=3 8 Saturday 9 April 9 Sunday 10 April 10 Friday 13 May 6 – 2 11 Saturday 14 May 6 – 5 12 Sunday 15 May 6 – 2 13 Friday 24 June Surfers Paradise Golf Club, Clear Island Waters 6 – 3 14 Saturday 25 June 6 – 3 15 Sunday 26 June 6 – 3
Western Australia No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 2 Saturday 12 February Port Kennedy Tavern, Port Kennedy 6 – 2 3 Sunday 13 February 6 – 2 4 Friday 11 March 6 – 5 5 Saturday 12 March 6 – 2 6 Sunday 13 March 6 – 3 7 Friday 8 April 6 – 5 8 Saturday 9 April 6 – 2 9 Sunday 10 April 6 – 4 10 Friday 13 May 6 – 1 11 Saturday 14 May 6 – 3 12 Sunday 15 May 6 – 2 13 Friday 10 June 6 – 4 14 Saturday 11 June 6 – 5 15 Sunday 12 June 6 – 5
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. No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 2 Saturday 12 February Northern Districts Darts Association, Elizabeth North 6 – 5 3 Sunday 13 February 6 – 4 4 Friday 11 March 6 – 3 5 Saturday 12 March 6 – 4 6 Sunday 13 March 6 – 5 7 Friday 8 April 6 – 3 8 Saturday 9 April 6 – 1 9 Sunday 10 April 6 – 1 10 Friday 13 May 6 – 1 11 Saturday 14 May 6 – 3 12 Sunday 15 May 6 – 3 13 Friday 10 June 6 – 4 14 Saturday 11 June 6 – 5 15 Sunday 12 June 6 – 1
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