2022 Hungarian Darts Trophy

2022 Hungarian Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates2–4 September 2022
VenueBOK Sportcsarnok
LocationBudapest
Country Hungary
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£140,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170  Dave Chisnall
Champion(s)
 Joe Cullen
«Event 9 Event 11»

The 2022 Hungarian Darts Trophy was the tenth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the BOK Sportcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary, from 2–4 September 2022. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Gerwyn Price was the defending champion after defeating Michael Smith 8–2 in the 2021 final.[1] However, he withdrew from the tournament before it started.

Joe Cullen won his third European tour title, defeating William O'Connor 8–2 in the final.[2]

The tournament equalled the European tour record for the most seeded players losing their first match as 11 of 16 players including Michael van Gerwen and Peter Wright lost in the second round. The previous event which involved 11 seeds being eliminated was the 2019 Czech Darts Open.

Prize money

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

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £25,000
Runner-up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £6,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £5,000
Third round losers (8) £3,000
Second round losers (16) £2,000*
First round losers (16) £1,000*
Total £140,000
  • Seeded players who lose in the second round and host nation qualifiers (who qualify automatically as a result of their ranking) who lose in their first match of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualifies as a qualifier, but later becomes a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event.[4]

Qualification and format

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The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 28 June 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 7 July), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 24 April), as there was only one Hungarian on the Order of Merit, three Hungarians would qualify from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 10 July), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 3 June), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 25 June).

Gerwyn Price withdrew from the tournament after the draw was made, so Madars Razma received a bye to the third round. Rowby-John Rodriguez withdrew for family reasons, meaning Raymond van Barneveld received a bye to the second round.[5]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
2 September
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
3 September
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
4 September
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
4 September
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
4 September
Final
(best of 15 legs)
4 September
  Simon Whitlock 95.2361 Michael van Gerwen 89.135
 János Végső 80.532 Simon Whitlock 88.986
  Whitlock 90.995
 Meikle 89.986
  Gabriel Clemens 93.96416 Krzysztof Ratajski 80.934
 Ryan Meikle 91.156 Ryan Meikle 85.106
 Meikle 97.855
9 Aspinall 99.106
  Thibault Tricole 82.7848 Ryan Searle 89.703
 Karel Sedláček 82.786 Karel Sedláček 96.816
 Sedláček 90.734
9 Aspinall 97.806
  Stephen Bunting 103.6669 Nathan Aspinall 88.626
 Callan Rydz 90.140 Stephen Bunting 91.393
9 Aspinall 79.555
 O'Connor 87.227
  Daryl Gurney 105.3064 Michael Smith 92.026
 Nathan Rafferty 93.031 Daryl Gurney 86.840
4 M. Smith 96.805
 O'Connor 98.806
  Pál Székely 77.21213 Dimitri Van den Bergh 80.703
 William O'Connor 83.766 William O'Connor 94.286
 O'Connor 95.146
12 de Sousa 93.494
  András Borbély 79.5725 Rob Cross 91.784
 Jeffrey de Zwaan 84.886 Jeffrey de Zwaan 92.966
 de Zwaan 84.494
12 de Sousa 88.466
  Raymond van Barneveld w/o12 José de Sousa 99.556
 Rowby-John Rodriguez w/d Raymond van Barneveld 90.955
 O'Connor 89.152
11 Cullen 97.598
  Boris Krčmar 90.0562 Luke Humphries 92.693
 Levente Sarai 74.681 Boris Krčmar 96.906
  Krčmar 88.513
 Chisnall 92.686
  Dave Chisnall 97.77615 Jonny Clayton 90.755
 Daniel Larsson 84.821 Dave Chisnall 91.046
  Chisnall 102.486
 Rock 87.070
  Darius Labanauskas 90.4247 Damon Heta 98.504
 Josh Rock 93.686 Josh Rock 103.586
 Rock 99.896
10 van Duijvenbode 93.415
  Ted Evetts 84.41310 Dirk van Duijvenbode 104.136
 Chris Dobey 94.976 Chris Dobey 100.703
 Chisnall 103.636
11 Cullen 98.557
  Franz Rötzsch 91.5153 Gerwyn Price w/d
 Madars Razma 93.516 Madars Razma w/o
  Razma 91.884
 Ru Rodriguez 90.656
  Jeff Smith 88.52214 Danny Noppert 91.931
 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 91.246 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 99.036
 Ru Rodriguez 81.914
11 Cullen 84.276
  Brett Claydon 85.6756 Peter Wright 100.355
 Jim Williams 84.536 Jim Williams 98.756
 Williams 85.674
11 Cullen 90.106
  Ian White 86.04411 Joe Cullen 90.756
 Martin Lukeman 92.146 Martin Lukeman 91.084

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Allen, Dave (5 September 2021). "Sensational Price Scoops Hungarian Darts Trophy Title". PDC. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Clinical Cullen clinches Hungarian Darts Trophy title". PDC. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules". PDC. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11.
  4. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".
  5. ^ "Rowby-John Rodriguez withdraws from Hungarian Darts Trophy". PDC. Retrieved 2 September 2022.