PDC World Darts Championship 2022

PDC World Darts Championship 2022
Tournament status
Tournament type	World Championship
organizer	PDC
venue	Alexandra Palace , London
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Gerwyn Price
subscriber	96 from 29 nations
Opening game	December 15, 2021
Endgame	January 3, 2022
Prize money (total)	£ 2,500,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 500,000
winner	Peter Wright
statistics
highest average	106.32 points from Michael Smith
highest finish	170 points from William O'Connor Raymond van Barneveld Rob Cross Gary Anderson
Nine dart finish	William Borland Darius Labanauskas Gerwyn Price
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Alexandra Palace in London, venue of the World Darts Championship

The William Hill World Darts Championship 2022 was the 29th edition of the Darts World Championship hosted by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and took place from December 15, 2021 to January 3, 2022. The venue was for the fifteenth time the Alexandra Palace (Ally Pally) in London .

In the final, the Scot Peter Wright won over the Englishman Michael Smith . Wright won his second world title, while Smith lost for the second time in a final.

The defending champion and often named Welshman Gerwyn Price had been eliminated in the quarter-finals against Smith, as was his compatriot Jonny Clayton , the player with the most major titles in the calendar year 2021 , in the second round. Three players had the world championship because of a positive test for SARS -CoV-2 have to stop prematurely, including the long-time world number one and co-favorite Michael van Gerwen .

Events in advance

On July 21, 2021 the PDC published the first information about the tournament. Among other things, the date and schedule were confirmed. It was also confirmed that over 3,000 spectators should attend the individual sessions.

On November 29, 2021 at 19:15 GMT (20:15 CET ) the individual games were drawn, which could be seen live on Sky Sports and on the PDC Facebook page. Also Sport1 offered a live stream on its website. Losers were the two former dart players Wayne Mardle and Colin Lloyd .

Tournament course

The world championship was traditionally opened with the first round encounter, the winner of which had to play against the reigning world champion in round 2. In the duel between the two Englishmen Ritchie Edhouse and Peter Hudson , Edhouse prevailed 3-2. Later that evening he faced defending champion Gerwyn Price from Wales, to whom he lost 3-1.

On the second day, the German Fabian Schmutzler - at 16 years of age, the second youngest World Cup participant in history - made his debut and lost to Ryan Meikle 3-0. The highlight of the second day of the tournament was the last game of the evening, in which the former world champions of two consecutive years Gary Anderson and Adrian Lewis faced each other. Anderson won 3-1.

On the third day the first seeded player was eliminated from the tournament, the Pole Krzysztof Ratajski . In addition, the Scot William Borland played a nine dart finish in his first round game against Bradley Brooks . It was also the first 9-darter with which a match was decided at a world championship. The following day the Lithuanian Darius Labanauskas also played a nine dart finish against Mike De Decker .

In the midday session of the fifth day of the tournament, a match was decided for the first time in the tournament using the two-clear-legs rule. The Englishman Ross Smith prevailed against his compatriot Stephen Bunting , who was eliminated as the second seeded player. In the evening session there was a new edition of the final of the Super League 2021 between Florian Hempel and Martin Schindler . At the second meeting of two Germans at a World Cup, Hempel prevailed this time. Especially in Great Britain, the following game between Steve Beaton and Fallon Sherrock was in the media focus. Beaton, who played his 31st World Cup, won against Sherrock, who became the first woman to win a World Cup game at the 2020 World Cup.

On tournament day six, Raymond van Barneveld , one of the PDC's most successful players, made his World Cup comeback; against the Filipino Lourence Ilagan he won 3-0. Before that, the Austrian Rusty-Jake Rodriguez had prevailed on his World Cup debut against Ben Robb from New Zealand. The following day Florian Hempel played his second game , beating world number five Dimitri Van den Bergh from Belgium 3-1. A little later, with the South African Devon Petersen against Raymond Smith from Australia, another seeded player was eliminated. The following day, two other seeded players were eliminated: Glen Durrant was defeated by the Irishman William O'Connor , who played the highest check-out with a 170, and Martijn Kleermaker eliminated the Australian Simon Whitlock, seeded in 20th place .

In the midday session of December 23rd, another seeded player in the second round, the Northern Irishman Brendan Dolan, lost to the Englishman Callan Rydz . The following game between Mensur Suljović from Austria and the Scottish Alan Soutar was the first match over the full distance. The Scot survived eight match darts from Suljović and played a 144 checkout to win the match in the decisive leg. In the evening, the fourth German participant, Gabriel Clemens , who was placed 25th, beat Lewis Williams from Welsh 3-0. In the following game two former world champions met again in the second round, the Englishman Rob Cross and Raymond van Barneveld from the Netherlands. In the first set van Barneveld prevailed, cheered on by the audience, and played the second 170 finish of the World Cup. However, Cross, who had only played 77 points in the average in the first set, fought his way back, winning three sets in a row and with it the match. A short time after the game, van Barneveld went straight to his hotel room because he was suffering from shortness of breath and fever; shortly afterwards, the Dutchman tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 .

After a three-day break over Christmas, the third round began on December 27th. In the first game of the lunchtime session, the Dutchman Dirk van Duijvenbode turned a 3-0 set deficit in his game against Ross Smith from England and made it into the round of 16 with 4: 3 sets. Michael Smith qualified in the second game of the session with a 4-2 win over Irishman William O'Connor for the round of 16. The last game in the afternoon was played by Florian Hempel and the Australian Raymond Smith . The Australian played over 100 points in the average in the first two sets and won the game with 4: 1 sets. In the evening, only two games took place due to another positive SARS-CoV-2 test by Vincent van der Voort . His opponent James Wade moved into the round of 16 without a fight. In the first game of the evening between Gerwyn Price and Kim Huybrechts from Belgium, the score was 3: 3 sets up to the sudden death leg. After Price had already led 2-0 legs in the seventh set, the Belgian fought back and equaled to 2-2. But Price got the upper hand and ended the game with his first match dart on double-20. In the second game of the evening there was a duel between Gabriel Clemens and Jonny Clayton . The latter played an average of 102.56 points despite a double rate of 37.5% and won with 4-0 sets.

The second day of the tournament after the Christmas break began with a 4-0 win for Mervyn King over Irishman Steve Lennon , followed by a 4-2 win for Ryan Searle over Danny Noppert . Martijn Kleermaker and Joe Cullen faced each other in the last game of the afternoon . Kleermaker quickly took the lead with 3-0 sets and had his first match dart in the fourth set, which he, however, missed. Cullen started a race to catch up and equalized to 3: 3 in sets. After Cullen won seven legs in a row, Kleermaker stopped the run with a 130 finish. He then gave another match dart, but then ended the match with a check-out on the bull's eye. Since Michael van Gerwen also tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 , Chris Dobey moved into the round of 16 without a fight, so only two games took place that evening. Rob Cross from England and Northern Ireland's Daryl Gurney created tension in the first game of the evening. Although Cross quickly took the lead with 2-0 sets, Gurney improved and shortened it to 2: 3 sets. In the following set, Cross missed four match darts and Gurney fought his way into the seventh and decisive set. But the English got the upper hand and won the game with a checkout of 170 points. Cross played the 180 13 times, setting a new record at the time of the tournament. In the second game of the evening, the Scot Peter Wright eliminated the Australian Damon Heta . After Heta won the first two sets, Wright changed his darts, from then on played an average of over 100 points in each set and made it 4: 2 in the round of 16.

On December 29th there was another player, Dave Chisnall , who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 , which is why his opponent Luke Humphries made it to the round of 16 without a fight. In the first game of the day, the Scot Alan Soutar , who was considered an outsider, won against the Portuguese José de Sousa . In the second game, the outsider Callan Rydz prevailed against Nathan Aspinall with 4-0 sets . In the first game of the evening session, Ian White won the first three sets against Gary Anderson , but then the Scot began to catch up. In the sixth set, White threw his matchdart into double 5 instead of double 20 when he led the legs 2-0. Anderson then equalized to 3: 3 in sets and also won the decisive seventh set. The second game of the evening was also the first quarter-final encounter of the tournament. The defending champion Gerwyn Price prevailed against Dirk van Duijvenbode with 4: 1 sets. The last game of the day was a high class match between Jonny Clayton and Michael Smith . Clayton played an average of 102.48 and Smith 99.84 points, and both players threw a total of 25 maxima of 180 points. The game finally went into the seventh set, which Smith won 5-4.

The following day the PDC announced that the world championship would continue despite the many SARS-CoV-2 infections. Previously, Gary Anderson and Gerwyn Price , among others, had pleaded for a postponement after Danny Noppert tested positive as the fifth World Cup participant on the trip home. On the last day of the tournament in 2021, Mervyn King and the only remaining non-European Raymond Smith met . The Australian won the first two sets confidently, but in the third set Smith felt, as he later announced on Twitter, lovesickness because his wife had stayed in Australia. He lost focus on his game, which is why King won the set 3-0. Although Smith still won the fourth set, in the end King emerged victorious from the game. With Callan Rydz and Alan Soutar , two players faced each other, both of whom were playing a World Cup round of 16 for the first time. Soutar won the first set 3-1, but only won a leg in the following set when he checked 110 points. Rydz won the three other sets all 3-0 and advanced to the quarter-finals with 4-1 sets. The last game of midday was played by the two Englishmen Luke Humphries and Chris Dobey , who both made it through to the round of 16 without a fight due to Corona cases from their opponents. But both showed their class, so despite an average of 103 points, Humphries was 0: 2 behind after two sets. In the third set Dobey missed two darts to take the 3-0 lead and Humphries found his way back into the game via a 121 check-out. Humphries succeeded in the same check-out again, but Dobey secured the fourth set for a 3-1 lead. With a total of 14 maxima, Humphries managed to equalize the set 3: 3. In the decisive seventh set he managed a break when the score was 3: 3 legs, ended the game over the double 1 in the eighth leg and then fell relieved to the floor. In the evening, James Wade's victory over the Dutchman Martijn Kleermaker ensured that, for the first time since the 2006 World Cup, only Brits made it to the quarter-finals. Wade lost only four legs in the entire match and won the game 4-0 sets; so he reached the quarter-finals without throwing a 180 in the tournament so far. In the second game of the evening session, Gary Anderson had to go into the seventh set against Rob Cross, as in the previous round. Cross won the first set, but then the Scot turned the game to a 3-1 lead. Anderson managed the fourth 170 finish of the tournament in the third set. Cross, who fell out at 81 points in the meantime, found his way back into the game and equalized to 3: 3 in the sets. In the seventh set, Anderson managed a break to make it 2-1. He then converted his fourth match dart to double-20. Anderson's compatriot Peter Wright had few problems in the last encounter of the day, in which he beat Ryan Searle 4-1 and thus completed the quarter-finals.

After a day of rest on December 31st, the World Championship continued on New Year's Eve in two sessions with the quarter-finals. In the lunchtime session, James Wade won 5-0 against Mervyn King . Gary Anderson qualified as the second player with a 5-2 win over Luke Humphries for the semifinals. The two quarter-finals in the evening session were particularly exciting. Callan Rydz from England and the Scot Peter Wright met in the first game . Rydz secured the first set 3-0 and an average of 111.24 points. The Englishman also won the second set 3-0. He checked 106, 106 and 105 points. After Wright secured the third set, Rydz increased to 3: 1, before the Scot reduced it again to 3: 2 with a set average of 110.26 points. In the sixth set Peter Wright equalized and missed a nine dart finish by one dart . After six legdarts in a row from Wright, Rydz increased again to 4: 3. But Wright forced a ninth sentence in which his opponent showed nerves. In the end, Wright won the set with 4-2 legs and moved into the final as the third player with a personal record of seventeen 180s. In the game between Welsh Gerwyn Price and Michael Smith from England, it was again over nine sets. In the fourth set, the reigning world champion played the third nine dart finish of the world championship. With a score of 4: 3 for Price, he felt disturbed by heckling, which is why he briefly interrupted his throw and complained to the caller George Noble. After this incident, the Welshman never found his way back into the game and Smith completed the field in the semifinals.

mode

The tournament was played in the best of sets mode and the double-out variant .

The player who won three legs first won a set . The first player to throw exactly 501 points won a leg . The last throw of a leg had to be on a double field.

Unlike in 2021, when the score was 2: 2 legs in a crucial final set, the two-clear legs rule applied. If no player managed to get a lead of 4: 2, 5: 3 or 6: 4 legs , the set went up to a maximum of 5: 5 legs . The subsequent eleventh leg was played as the so-called Sudden Death Leg . Games in the 1st round were excluded from this; there, when the score was 2: 2 legs, the fifth leg of each set decided .

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qualification

As in the previous year, 96 players took part in the World Cup. The field of participants consisted of the 32 best placed players of the PDC Order of Merit , the top 32 of the unqualified players of the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit and 32 international players of the World Championship International Qualifiers. The seeded players (Top 32 of the PDC Order of Merit) only entered the tournament in the second round.

overview

The following players had qualified:

PDC Order of Merit

1. Gerwyn Price
2. Peter Wright
3. Michael van Gerwen
4. James Wade
5. Dimitri Van den Bergh
6. Gary Anderson
7. José de Sousa
8. Jonny Clayton
9. Michael Smith
10. Nathan Aspinall
11. Rob Cross
12. Krzysztof Ratajski
13. Joe Cullen
14. Dave Chisnall
15. Ryan Searle
16. Stephen Bunting
17. Dirk van Duijvenbode
18. Danny Noppert
19. Luke Humphries
20. Simon Whitlock
21. Mervyn King
22. Daryl Gurney
23. Brendan Dolan
24. Glen Durrant
25. Gabriel Clemens
26. Scale length Suljović
27. Ian White
28. Devon Petersen
29. Vincent van der Voort
30. Chris Dobey
31. Damon Heta
32. Kim Huybrechts

PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit

1. Callan Rydz
2. Ross Smith
3. Raymond van Barneveld
4. Ryan Joyce
5. Adrian Lewis
6. Scott Mitchell
7. Alan Soutar
8. Martijn Kleermaker
9. Darius Labanauskas
10. Ritchie Edhouse
11. Luke Woodhouse
12. Jamie Hughes
13. Maik Kuivenhoven
14. Rowby-John Rodriguez
15. Steve Beaton
16. William O'Connor
17. Ricky Evans
18. Keane Barry
19. Jason Heaver
20. William Borland
21. Ron Meulenkamp
22. Steve Lennon
23. Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
24. Lewis Williams
25. Florian Hempel
26. Jermaine Wattimena
27. Joe Murnan
28. Ryan Meikle
29. Chas Barstow
30. Ted Evetts
31. Adam Hunt
32. Jason Lowe

International Qualifiers

• Martin Schindler (winner PDC Europe Super League Germany )
• Jim Williams (1st UK Challenge Tour)
• Matt Campbell (1st European Challenge Tour)
• Madars Razma (1st PDC Nordic & Baltic Order of Merit)
• Daniel Larsson (2nd PDC Nordic & Baltic Order of Merit)
• Danny Lauby (1st CDC Pro Tour Order of Merit USA)
• Lourence Ilagan (PDC Asian Tour Qualifier Philippines)
• Yuki Yamada (PDJ Japanese Qualifier)
• Diogo Portela (Central & South America Qualifier)
• Ben Robb (representative of New Zealand) ¹
• Charles Losper (African Qualifier) ²
• Fallon Sherrock (1st Women's Series Order of Merit)
• Lisa Ashton (2nd Women's Series Order of Merit)
• John Norman Jnr (1st CDC Pro Tour Order of Merit Canada)
• Ky Smith (Oceanic Masters winner)
• Wen Lihao (PDC China Qualifier) ³
• Boris Kolzow (EADC Qualifier)
• Raymond Smith (DPA Satellite Tour Finals)
• Bradley Brooks (1st UK Development Tour Order of Merit )
• Fabian Schmutzler (2nd European Development Tour Order of Merit ) ⁴
• Toyokazu Shibata (PDC Asian Tour Qualifier Japan)
• Nitin Kumar (Indian Qualifier)
• Roman Benecký (East Europe Qualifier)
• Chris Landman (West Europe Qualifier)
• Royden Lam (PDC Asian Tour Qualifier Hong Kong)
• Paul Lim (PDC Asian Tour Qualifier Singapore)
• Juan Rodríguez (South West Europe Qualifier) ⁵
• John Michael (South East Europe Qualifier)
• Jeff Smith (winner CDC Continental Cup)
• James Wilson (PDPA Tour Card Holder Qualifier)
• Boris Krčmar (PDPA Tour Card Holder Qualifier)
• Nick Kenny (PDPA Tour Card Holder Qualifier) ⁶
• Mike De Decker (successor PDPA Tour Card Holder Qualifier) ²
• Gordon Mathers (successor PDPA Tour Card Holder Qualifier) ⁵
• Peter Hudson (successor PDPA Tour Card Holder Qualifier) ³

¹The DPNZ had canceled the New Zealand qualifier for the World Cup due to the COVID-19 restrictions in the country . The number one of the previous DPNZ Pro Tour was chosen as the representative.

²Due to problems with the visa, Charles Losper had to cancel his participation. He was replaced by the Belgian Mike De Decker , because of the losers in the final at the PDPA Tour Card Holder Qualifier he was the highest ranked in the Order of Merit.

³Since Wen Lihao did not get a visa for the UK in time, he had to cancel his participation. He was replaced by Peter Hudson , because of the losers in the final at the PDPA Tour Card Holder Qualifier, he was the third-highest ranking position in the Order of Merit.

^4thFirst place Rusty-Jake Rodriguez was already qualified.

⁵Due to a positive test for SARS-CoV-2 , Juan Rodríguez had to cancel his participation. He was replaced by the Australian Gordon Mathers , because of the losers in the final at the PDPA Tour Card Holder Qualifier he was the second highest ranked player in the Order of Merit.

^6thSince the youth world champion Ted Evetts was already qualified via the Pro Tour Order of Merit, the remaining qualification place went to the Tour Card Holder Qualifier.

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Gerwyn Price Quarter finals 02.  Peter Wright victory 03.  Michael van Gerwen 03rd round 8 04th  James Wade Semifinals 05.  Dimitri Van den Bergh 2nd round 06th  Gary Anderson Semifinals 07th  José de Sousa 3rd round 08th.  Jonny Clayton Round of 16 09.  Michael Smith final 10.  Nathan Aspinall 3rd round 11th  Rob Cross Round of 16 12th  Krzysztof Ratajski 2nd round 13th  Joe Cullen 3rd round 14th  Dave Chisnall 03rd round 9 15th  Ryan Searle Round of 16 16.  Stephen Bunting 2nd round

No. player Round reached 17th  Dirk van Duijvenbode Round of 16 18th  Danny Noppert 3rd round 19th  Luke Humphries Quarter finals 20th  Simon Whitlock 2nd round 21.  Mervyn King Quarter finals 22nd  Daryl Gurney 3rd round 23  Brendan Dolan 2nd round 24  Glen Durrant 2nd round 25th  Gabriel Clemens 3rd round 26th  Scale length Suljović 2nd round 27  Ian White 3rd round 28.  Devon Petersen 2nd round 29  Vincent van der Voort 03rd round 7 30th  Chris Dobey Round of 16 31.  Damon Heta 3rd round 32.  Kim Huybrechts 3rd round

Prize money

As in the previous three years, the 2022 World Cup received a total of £ 2,500,000 in prize money. Had a player played two nine dart finishes during the World Cup, an additional £ 100,000 would have been paid out by a sponsor. The corresponding player should receive half of this sum. Half of the remaining £ 50,000 would have been given to charity and half to a spectator at Alexandra Palace.

The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	0.£ 500,000
finalist	(1)	0.£ 200,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	0.£ 100,000
Quarter finalists	(4)	0.0£ 50,000
Round of 16 players	(8th)	0.0£ 35,000
3rd round loser	(16)	0.0£ 25,000
2nd round loser	(32)	0.0£ 15,000
1st round loser	(32)	0.00£ 7,500
total		£ 2,500,000

results

The draw for the first and second round took place on November 29, 2021 at 8 p.m.
The number behind the name indicates the 3-dart average , i.e. how many points were achieved on average with three darts / throws.

Upper half 1

	1st round 15-21 Dec. 2021 best of 5 sets				2nd round 15-23 Dec. 2021 best of 5 sets					3rd round 27-29 Dec. 2021 best of 7 sets					Round of 16 29-30 Dec. 2021 best of 7 sets					Quarter-finals Jan. 1, 2022 best of 9 sets
		Ritchie Edhouse 84.26	3		1	Gerwyn Price 101.28	3
		Peter Hudson 82.85	2			Ritchie Edhouse 95.67	1
										1	Gerwyn Price 92.04	4th
										32	Kim Huybrechts 93.60	3
		Steve Beaton 90.69	3		32	Kim Huybrechts 88.71	3
		Fallon Sherrock 88.74	2			Steve Beaton 85.72	1
															1	Gerwyn Price 96.66	4th
															17th	Dirk van Duijvenbode 83.22	1
		Ross Smith 85.15	3		16	Stephen Bunting 88.36	2
		Jeff Smith 79.79	0			Ross Smith 94.34	3
											Ross Smith 85.70	3
										17th	Dirk van Duijvenbode 91.71	4th
		Jermaine Wattimena 90.84	0		17th	Dirk van Duijvenbode 88.69	3
		Boris Kolzow 90.50	3			Boris Kolzow 86.34	2
																				1	Gerwyn Price 99.57	4th
																				9	Michael Smith 101.94	5
		Keane Barry 83.59	3		8th	Jonny Clayton 103.70	3
		Royden Lam 81.61	2			Keane Barry 95.85	2
										8th	Jonny Clayton 102.56	4th
										25th	Gabriel Clemens 87.66	0
		Lewis Williams 93.05	3		25th	Gabriel Clemens 86.29	3
		Toyokazu Shibata 75.17	0			Lewis Williams 75.12	0
															8th	Jonny Clayton 102.48	3
															9	Michael Smith 99.84	4th
		Ron Meulenkamp 87.32	3		9	Michael Smith 106.32	3
		Lisa Ashton 73.99	0			Ron Meulenkamp 90.66	0
										9	Michael Smith 97.42	4th
											William O'Connor 92.46	2
		William O'Connor 96.02	3		24	Glen Durrant 80.45	0
		Danny Lauby 93.46	2			William O'Connor 90.74	3

Upper half 2

	1st round 15-21 Dec. 2021 best of 5 sets				2nd round 15-23 Dec. 2021 best of 5 sets					3rd round 27-29 Dec. 2021 best of 7 sets					Round of 16 29-30 Dec. 2021 best of 7 sets					Quarter-finals Jan. 1, 2022 best of 9 sets
		Maik Kuivenhoven 88.88	3		4th	James Wade 83.74	3
		Ky Smith 79.36	1			Maik Kuivenhoven 88.60	1
										4th	James Wade	where 7
										29	Vincent van der Voort
		Adam Hunt 89.26	3		29	Vincent van der Voort 89.55	3
		Boris Krčmar 89.04	0			Adam Hunt 92.01	0
															4th	James Wade 93.66	4th
																Martijn Kleermaker 88.98	0
		Ted Evetts 87.93	1		13th	Joe Cullen 96.96	3
		Jim Williams 89.71	3			Jim Williams 89.76	2
										13th	Joe Cullen 95.03	3
											Martijn Kleermaker 88.94	4th
		Martijn Kleermaker 91.17	3		20th	Simon Whitlock 87.93	1
		John Michael 83.37	1			Martijn Kleermaker 88.84	3
																				4th	James Wade 86.50	5
																				21	Mervyn King 86.67	0
		Florian Hempel 89.18	3		5	Dimitri Van den Bergh 101.78	1
		Martin Schindler 88.52	0			Florian Hempel 98.37	3
											Florian Hempel 87.66	1
											Raymond Smith 94.85	4th
		Jamie Hughes 96.05	1		28	Devon Petersen 87.03	0
		Raymond Smith 94.84	3			Raymond Smith 93.25	3
																Raymond Smith 83.72	3
															21	Mervyn King 87.29	4th
		Steve Lennon 93.22	3		12th	Krzysztof Ratajski 94.39	1
		Madars Razma 94.11	1			Steve Lennon 91.34	3
											Steve Lennon 86.72	0
										21	Mervyn King 92.03	4th
		Ryan Joyce 93.44	3		21	Mervyn King 92.72	3
		Roman Benecký 86.80	2			Ryan Joyce 93.47	2

^7th Vincent van der Voort was tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the run-up to the ninth day of the tournament on December 27, 2021 and was therefore no longer allowed to participate in the tournament. His third-round opponent James Wade continued without a fight.

Lower half 1

	1st round 15-21 Dec. 2021 best of 5 sets				2nd round 15-23 Dec. 2021 best of 5 sets					3rd round 27-29 Dec. 2021 best of 7 sets					Round of 16 29-30 Dec. 2021 best of 7 sets					Quarter-finals Jan. 1, 2022 best of 9 sets
		Ryan Meikle 89.30	3		2	Peter Wright 92.19	3
		Fabian Schmutzler 89.14	0			Ryan Meikle 79.29	0
										2	Peter Wright 102.15	4th
										31	Damon Heta 94.38	2
		Luke Woodhouse 91.52	3		31	Damon Heta 94.65	3
		James Wilson 85.81	1			Luke Woodhouse 91.15	1
															2	Peter Wright 98.91	4th
															15th	Ryan Searle 88.24	1
		William Borland 94.81	3		15th	Ryan Searle 92.45	3
		Bradley Brooks 94.22	2			William Borland 77.69	0
										15th	Ryan Searle 92.28	4th
										18th	Danny Noppert 90.44	2
		Jason Heaver 84.28	3		18th	Danny Noppert 88.42	3
		Gordon Mathers 81.61	1			Jason Heaver 85.19	1
																				2	Peter Wright 99.75	5
																					Callan Rydz 97.80	4th
		Jason Lowe 88.89	3		7th	José de Sousa 96.15	3
		Daniel Larsson 78.13	0			Jason Lowe 95.01	2
										7th	José de Sousa 83.89	3
											Alan Soutar 88.54	4th
		Alan Soutar 89.46	3		26th	Scale length Suljović 88.34	2
		Diogo Portela 90.29	2			Alan Soutar 90.92	3
																Alan Soutar 87.79	1
																Callan Rydz 96.43	4th
		Joe Murnan 79.33	3		10	Nathan Aspinall 93.15	3
		Paul Lim 79.35	2			Joe Murnan 87.86	2
										10	Nathan Aspinall 95.56	0
											Callan Rydz 98.35	4th
		Callan Rydz 91.32	3		23	Brendan Dolan 100.02	0
		Yuki Yamada 83.36	0			Callan Rydz 102.73	3

Lower half 2

1st round 15-21 Dec. 2021 best of 5 sets

2nd round 15-23 Dec. 2021 best of 5 sets

3rd round 27-29 Dec. 2021 best of 7 sets

Round of 16 29-30 Dec. 2021 best of 7 sets

Quarter-finals Jan. 1, 2022 best of 9 sets

Chas Barstow 93.02

3

3

Michael van Gerwen 94.54

3

John Norman Jnr 86.54

1

Chas Barstow 87.37

1

3

Michael van Gerwen

30th

Chris Dobey

where 8

Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 93.86

3

30th

Chris Dobey 92.68

3

Ben Robb 87.47

1

Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 90.45

2

30th

Chris Dobey 97.81

3

19th

Luke Humphries 97.77

4th

Darius Labanauskas 89.35

1

14th

Dave Chisnall 96.43

3

Mike De Decker 89.36

3

Mike De Decker 96.43

0

14th

Dave Chisnall

19th

Luke Humphries

where 9

Rowby-John Rodriguez 97.50

3

19th

Luke Humphries 92.91

3

Nick Kenny 82.14

0

Rowby-John Rodriguez 82.64

0

19th

Luke Humphries 94.92

2

6th

Gary Anderson 96.32

5

Adrian Lewis 94.42

3

6th

Gary Anderson 93.74

3

Matt Campbell 93.57

1

Adrian Lewis 92.07

1

6th

Gary Anderson 90.31

4th

27

Ian White 88.56

3

Scott Mitchell 88.02

0

27

Ian White 90.92

3

Chris Landman 88.97

3

Chris Landman 83.21

1

6th

Gary Anderson 97.27

4th

11th

Rob Cross 93.36

3

Raymond van Barneveld 96.70

3

11th

Rob Cross 90.38

3

Lourence Ilagan 82.52

0

Raymond van Barneveld 92.45

1

11th

Rob Cross 99.77

4th

22nd

Daryl Gurney 99.49

3

Ricky Evans 96.20

3

22nd

Daryl Gurney 95.90

3

Nitin Kumar 83.80

0

Ricky Evans 93.11

1

^8thMichael van Gerwen was tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the run-up to the tenth day of the tournament on December 28, 2021 and was therefore no longer allowed to participate in the tournament. His third round opponent Chris Dobey continued without a fight.

⁹Dave Chisnall was tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the run-up to the eleventh day of the tournament on December 29, 2021 and was therefore no longer allowed to participate in the tournament. His third-round opponent Luke Humphries continued without a fight.

Semifinals and finals

	Semi-finals Jan. 2, 2022 best of 11 sets					Final Jan. 3, 2022 best of 13 sets
	9	Michael Smith 100.98	6th
	4th	James Wade 95.43	3
						9	Michael Smith 99.22	5
						2	Peter Wright 98.34	7th
	2	Peter Wright 104.32	6th
	6th	Gary Anderson 102.72	4th

Semifinals

Semi-Final 1: Best of 11 Sets Referee: Kirk Bevins Alexandra Palace, London, England, January 2, 2022 (9) Michael Smith 6  : 3 (4) James Wade 3 : 2, 3 : 1, 2: 3 , 3 : 2, 3 : 1, 3 : 0, 1: 3 , 2: 3 , 3 : 1 100.98 3-dart average 95.43 46 100+ shots 60 27 140+ shots 35 16 180s 5 130 Supreme finish 160 3 100+ finishes 3 45.10% Checkout rate 40.00%

Semifinals 2: Best of 11 Sets Referee: George Noble Alexandra Palace, London, England, January 2, 2022 (2) Peter Wright 6  : 4 (6) Gary Anderson 3 : 1, 3 : 2, 3 : 1, 1: 3 , 1: 3 , 3 : 1, 1: 3 , 3 : 1, 1: 3 , 3 : 2 104.38 3-dart average 102.72 46 100+ shots 53 29 140+ shots 27 24 180s 15th 138 Supreme finish 116 2 100+ finishes 4th 42.31% Checkout rate 43.48%

final

Michael Smith checkout darts	Final: Best of 13 Sets Referee: Kirk Bevins, George Noble Alexandra Palace, London, England, January 3, 2022			Checkout darts from Peter Wright
	(9) Michael Smith	5: 7	(2) Peter Wright
	1: 3 , 1: 3 , 3 : 1, 3 : 2, 2: 3 , 3 : 1, 3 : 0, 1: 3 , 3 : 2, 2: 3 , 0: 3 , 1: 3
	99.22	3-dart average	98.34
	48	100+ shots	52
	35	140+ shots	42
	24	180s	17th
	167	Supreme finish	148
	1	100+ finishes	4th
	35.4	Checkout rate	39.1

statistics

Participants per country and round

	CLOSELY	SCO	WHALE	NED	OUT	IRL	GER	BEL	NIR	POR	AUT	RUS	POLE	RSA	CAN	JPN	BRA	GRE	HKG	IND	CRO	LAT	LTU	NZL	PHI	SWE	SIN	CZE	USA	total
final	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Semifinals	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th
Quarter finals	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th
Round of 16	8th	3	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16
3rd round	13th	3	2	5	2	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32
2nd round	27	4th	4th	9	3	3	2	3	2	1	3	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	64
1 round	22nd	2	3	6th	3	3	3	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	64
total	35	4th	5	10	5	3	4th	3	2	1	3	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	96

Player statistics

player	country	OoM	round	Games	Sets		Legs		100+	140+	180s	Highest checkout	Checkout 100+	Checkout Av .%	Average
					w.	lost	w.	lost
Peter Wright		2	winner	6th	29	16	106	80	202	154	82	161	13th	41.07	99.29
Michael Smith		9	final	6th	27	19th	115	84	224	143	83	167	15th	48.73	100.95
James Wade		4th	Semifinals	4th	15th	7th	50	43	146	73	9	160	7th	39.68	89.71
Gary Anderson		6th	Semifinals	5	15th	13th	80	66	185	100	36	170	14th	40.83	96.07
Callan Rydz		36	Quarter finals	5	18th	6th	61	33	114	57	30th	152	10	46.62	97.33
Gerwyn Price		1	Quarter finals	4th	15th	10	59	47	138	61	23	164	17th	43.69	97.39
Mervyn King		21	Quarter finals	4th	11th	10	46	36	91	46	19th	124	5	37.71	89.68
Luke Humphries		19th	Quarter finals	3	9	8th	42	34	70	44	29	121	4th	41.43	95.20
Raymond Smith		-	Round of 16	4th	13th	6th	43	33	116	62	9	121	6th	46.83	91.65
Alan Soutar		77	Round of 16	4th	11th	11th	46	49	114	63	15th	144	6th	33.75	89.18
Jonny Clayton		8th	Round of 16	3	10	6th	41	31	91	72	29	161	11th	40.77	102.91
Rob Cross		11th	Round of 16	3	10	8th	39	38	94	44	24	170	7th	42.53	94.50
Martijn Kleermaker		50	Round of 16	4th	10	9	40	37	100	42	12th	156	2	33.18	89.48
Ryan Searle		15th	Round of 16	3	8th	6th	31	28	66	38	2	151	2	37.43	90.99
Dirk van Duijvenbode		17th	Round of 16	3	8th	9	31	38	69	40	21	100	1	25.30	87.87
Chris Dobey		30th	Round of 16	2	6th	6th	29	27	62	40	13th	114	2	38.55	95.25
Ross Smith		34	3rd round	3	9	6th	35	26th	75	45	11th	167	8th	36.93	88.40
William O'Connor		42	3rd round	3	8th	6th	32	26th	65	34	15th	170	2	49.44	93.07
Florian Hempel		87	3rd round	3	7th	5	27	24	68	27	10	158	5	47.23	91.74
Daryl Gurney		22nd	3rd round	2	6th	5	27	24	60	41	16	116	3	42.75	97.70
Ian White		27	3rd round	2	6th	5	24	21	53	34	6th	124	1	40.75	89.74
Kim Huybrechts		32	3rd round	2	6th	5	23	28	53	34	14th	147	3	26.05	91.20
José de Sousa		7th	3rd round	2	6th	6th	26th	24	56	29	14th	124	2	32.60	90.02
Joe Cullen		13th	3rd round	2	6th	6th	24	22nd	51	23	17th	130	2	39.75	96.00
Steve Lennon		52	3rd round	3	6th	6th	24	26th	62	33	14th	136	2	23.90	90.43
Danny Noppert		18th	3rd round	2	5	5	21	20th	64	12th	10	104	2	28.75	89.43
Damon Heta		31	3rd round	2	5	5	20th	21	43	31	7th	124	2	47.50	94.52
Dave Chisnall		14th	03rd round 9	1	3	0	9	4th	14th	10	4th	146	2	34.60	96.43
Vincent van der Voort		29	03rd round 7	1	3	0	9	4th	17th	10	3	106	1	27.30	89.55
Michael van Gerwen		3	03rd round 8	1	3	1	11th	5	16	7th	6th	99	0	30.60	94.54
Gabriel Clemens		25th	3rd round	2	3	4th	13th	15th	24	18th	14th	143	2	44.82	86.98
Nathan Aspinall		10	3rd round	2	3	6th	16	22nd	44	28	11th	145	4th	29.65	94.36
Boris Kolzow		119	2nd round	2	5	3	20th	15th	48	24	9	130	2	32.15	88.42
Jason Lowe		53	2nd round	2	5	3	17th	14th	35	30th	7th	128	5	31.50	91.95
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez		91	2nd round	2	5	4th	20th	19th	52	18th	12th	130	2	40.75	92.16
Jim Williams		116	2nd round	2	5	4th	16	15th	46	9	3	130	3	48.35	89.74
Keane Barry		85	2nd round	2	5	5	21	20th	49	31	4th	122	7th	37.04	89.72
Joe Murnan		95	2nd round	2	5	5	22nd	22nd	51	20th	7th	81	0	38.50	83.60
Ryan Joyce		38	2nd round	2	5	5	17th	19th	50	22nd	6th	114	1	32.69	93.45
Ricky Evans		40	2nd round	2	4th	3	16	13th	64	26th	7th	167	3	42.71	94.66
Raymond van Barneveld		68	2nd round	2	4th	3	15th	12th	37	22nd	9	170	2	28.70	94.58
Chris Landman		-	2nd round	2	4th	3	14th	13th	58	22nd	5	80	0	49.25	86.09
Maik Kuivenhoven		56	2nd round	2	4th	4th	16	14th	34	14th	9	99	0	28.99	88.74
Jason Heaver		98	2nd round	2	4th	4th	16	16	43	12th	5	96	0	38.20	84.74
Luke Woodhouse		44	2nd round	2	4th	4th	17th	18th	41	18th	11th	128	2	29.30	91.34
Chas Barstow		101	2nd round	2	4th	4th	15th	17th	53	25th	5	116	3	49.10	90.20
Adrian Lewis		35	2nd round	2	4th	4th	15th	18th	66	26th	9	108	1	35.63	93.25
Ritchie Edhouse		80	2nd round	2	4th	5	19th	16	41	29	6th	106	1	31.15	89.97
Steve Beaton		43	2nd round	2	4th	5	18th	19th	37	23	7th	146	2	27.80	88.21
Lewis Williams		93	2nd round	2	3	3	12th	11th	24	13th	5	87	0	28.35	84.09
Rowby-John Rodriguez		79	2nd round	2	3	3	11th	10	21	14th	6th	113	1	30.55	90.07
Adam Hunt		48	2nd round	2	3	3	13th	13th	31	13th	10	96	0	35.14	90.63
Ryan Meikle		71	2nd round	2	3	3	12th	12th	25th	11th	5	89	0	35.40	84.30
Ron Meulenkamp		55	2nd round	2	3	3	10	11th	23	20th	1	90	0	39.50	88.99
Mike De Decker		70	2nd round	2	3	4th	14th	13th	35	17th	6th	84	0	41.18	92.89
William Borland		65	2nd round	2	3	5	15th	20th	35	21	5	148	3	37.30	86.25
Scale length Suljović		26th	2nd round	1	2	3	14th	13th	32	24	2	141	3	37.80	88.34
Stephen Bunting		16	2nd round	1	2	3	9	13th	19th	16	5	150	1	34.60	88.36
Dimitri Van den Bergh		5	2nd round	1	1	3	6th	9	13th	11th	6th	142	1	35.30	101.78
Krzysztof Ratajski		12th	2nd round	1	1	3	6th	9	13th	10	4th	132	1	40.00	94.39
Simon Whitlock		20th	2nd round	1	1	3	6th	11th	19th	8th	2	135	1	23.10	87.93
Brendan Dolan		23	2nd round	1	0	3	3	9	15th	13th	2	25th	0	23.10	100.02
Devon Petersen		28	2nd round	1	0	3	3	9	11th	7th	2	114	1	37.50	87.03
Glen Durrant		24	2nd round	1	0	3	1	9	11th	3	1	36	0	14.30	80.45
Bradley Brooks		72	1 round	1	2	3	10	12th	19th	12th	6th	134	2	45.80	94.22
Danny Lauby		-	1 round	1	2	3	10	12th	31	19th	3	121	3	41.27	93.46
Paul Lim		-	1 round	1	2	3	10	12th	16	15th	2	118	1	27.80	79.35
Fallon Sherrock		94	1 round	1	2	3	9	11th	28	10	5	100	1	45.00	88.74
Roman Benecký		-	1 round	1	2	3	9	11th	22nd	7th	5	78	0	40.90	86.80
Royden Lam		-	1 round	1	2	3	9	12th	32	13th	2	101	1	39.10	81.61
Diogo Portela		-	1 round	1	2	3	9	13th	26th	16	4th	106	1	64.30	90.29
Peter Hudson		128	1 round	1	2	3	7th	12th	40	15th	6th	57	0	28.00	82.85
Madars Razma		49	1 round	1	1	3	8th	10	32	13th	1	128	1	50.00	94.11
Jamie Hughes		41	1 round	1	1	3	7th	10	21	14th	3	115	3	30.04	96.05
Matt Campbell		137	1 round	1	1	3	7th	11th	32	13th	2	80	0	46.67	93.57
James Wilson		98	1 round	1	1	3	7th	11th	20th	8th	3	74	0	46.70	85.81
John Norman Jnr		-	1 round	1	1	3	6th	10	26th	8th	1	65	0	28.57	86.54
Ben Robb		-	1 round	1	1	3	6th	11th	13th	8th	2	100	1	46.20	87.47
Gordon Mathers		109	1 round	1	1	3	6th	11th	15th	7th	3	40	0	30.00	81.61
Ted Evetts		75	1 round	1	1	3	5	9	15th	9	3	81	0	18.50	87.93
Darius Labanauskas		33	1 round	1	1	3	5	10	19th	13th	1	164	3	26.30	89.35
John Michael		125	1 round	1	1	3	5	10	17th	10	1	88	0	27.80	83.37
Ky Smith		-	1 round	1	1	3	5	10	11th	7th	3	116	1	31.30	79.36
Jermaine Wattimena		37	1 round	1	0	3	4th	9	13th	6th	3	57	0	25.00	90.84
Boris Krčmar		64	1 round	1	0	3	4th	9	11th	13th	2	100	1	30.80	89.04
Martin Schindler		69	1 round	1	0	3	4th	9	16	7th	3	97	0	40.00	88.52
Fabian Schmutzler		-	1 round	1	0	3	3	9	13th	6th	3	62	0	33.33	89.14
Jeff Smith		58	1 round	1	0	3	3	9	9	4th	1	54	0	12.50	79.79
Scott Mitchell		81	1 round	1	0	3	2	9	32	11th	1	81	0	12.50	88.02
Nitin Kumar		-	1 round	1	0	3	2	9	23	8th	1	88	0	25.00	83.80
Yuki Yamada		-	1 round	1	0	3	2	9	17th	16	1	32	0	11.10	83.36
Lourence Ilagan		-	1 round	1	0	3	2	9	11th	7th	1	50	0	20.00	82.52
Toyokazu Shibata		-	1 round	1	0	3	2	9	11th	6th	0	42	0	16.70	75.17
Lisa Ashton		83	1 round	1	0	3	2	9	8th	6th	0	25th	0	15.40	73.99
Nick Kenny		78	1 round	1	0	3	1	9	12th	4th	2	16	0	12.50	82.14
Daniel Larsson		105	1 round	1	0	3	1	9	11th	3	1	54	0	9.10	78.13
Source: PDC	Average values ​​(total values ​​in brackets)								Ø 45.8 (4,393)	Ø 24.7 (2,370)	Ø 8.9 (857)	Ø 110.8 (170)	Ø 2.4 (228)	Ø 34.52	Ø 89.63

Games of the German participants

Name ( OoM )	1 round		2nd round		3rd round
	Opponent ( OoM )	Result 3-Dart-Avg. Checkouts	Opponent ( OoM )	Result 3-Dart-Avg. Checkouts	Opponent ( OoM )	Result 3-Dart-Avg. Checkouts
Gabriel Clemens (25)	Set for round 2		Lewis Williams (93)	3: 0 (3: 0, 3: 2, 3: 1) 86.29  : 75.12 56%: 16%	Jonny Clayton (8)	0: 4 (1: 3, 1: 3, 2: 3, 0: 3) 87.66  : 102.56 33%: 38%
Martin Schindler (69)	Florian Hempel (87)	0: 3 (1: 3, 2: 3, 1: 3) 88.52  : 89.18 40%: 32%	eliminated
Florian Hempel (87)	Martin Schindler (69)	3: 0 (3: 1, 3: 2, 3: 1) 89.18  : 88.52 32%: 40%	Dimitri Van den Bergh (5)	3: 1 (3: 2, 0: 3, 3: 1, 3: 0) 98.37  : 101.78 75%: 35%	Raymond Smith (-)	1: 4 (1: 3, 2: 3, 3: 2, 1: 3, 2: 3) 87.66  : 94.79 35%: 39%
Fabian Schmutzler (-)	Ryan Meikle (71)	0: 3 (0: 3, 1: 3, 2: 3) 89.14  : 89.30 33%: 33%	eliminated

Games of the Austrian participants

Name ( OoM )	1 round		2nd round
	Opponent ( OoM )	Result 3-Dart-Avg. Checkouts	Opponent ( OoM )	Result 3-Dart-Avg. Checkouts
Scale Suljović (26)	Set for round 2		Alan Soutar (93)	2: 3 (3: 1, 3: 0, 2: 3, 2: 3, 4: 6) 88.34  : 90.92 38%: 34%
Rowby-John Rodriguez (79)	Nick Kenny (77)	3: 0 (3: 0, 3: 1, 3: 0) 97.50  : 82.14 43%: 13%	Luke Humphries (19)	0: 3 (0: 3, 1: 3, 1: 3) 82.64  : 92.91 18%: 38%
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (91)	Ben Robb (-)	3: 1 (3: 2, 2: 3, 3: 0, 3: 1) 93.86  : 87.47 44%: 46%	Chris Dobey (30)	2: 3 (3: 2, 3: 2, 1: 3, 1: 3, 1: 3) 90.45  : 92.68 38%: 36%

Records and trivia

• For the first time in World Cup history, three nine-dart finishes were thrown during the tournament. The previous maximum value was two nine-dart finishes within a World Cup (2013 and 2014 respectively).
• Peter Wright achieved 24 180 shots in the semifinals against Gary Anderson . He exceeded the previous high of 22 maxima in a World Cup match that Gary Anderson set up in 2017 . Just one day later, the new record was set by finalist Michael Smith .
• During the tournament, Michael Smith scored 180 points 83 times. He also outbid Gary Anderson, who had succeeded 71 times in 2017.
• Also in the quarterfinals, Gary Anderson became the first player alongside Phil Taylor , who threw 500 or more maxima at world championships in the course of his career. By the end of the game it increased to 505, Phil Taylor reached 688.
• With Raymond and Ky Smith , two players who are in a father-son relationship had qualified for a world championship for the first time.
• Paul Lim played his game on December 17th at the age of 67 years and 326 days, making him the oldest World Cup participant in history. He outbid John MaGowan , who played in December 2008 at the age of 67 years and 202 days.
• With the duels Gary Anderson - Adrian Lewis and Rob Cross - Raymond van Barneveld there were already two games in round 2 in which former PDC world champions met each other.
• For the first time since the 2006 World Cup , only players from the United Kingdom were in the quarter-finals .

Transfers

The tournament was broadcast worldwide via the official PDC livestream. The following television channels and streaming services broadcast the tournament:

country	Channel
Germany Austria Switzerland	Sport1 , DAZN
United Kingdom of Ireland	Sky Sports Darts
Brazil Italy Japan Canada Spain United States	DAZN

country	Channel
Denmark Norway Sweden	Viaplay
Estonia Latvia Lithuania	TV3 sport
France	L'Équipe
Iceland	Stöð 2 sport
Croatia	Sportska televizija
Netherlands	RTL 7

country	Channel
Poland	TVP Sport
Russia	NTW
Slovakia Czech Republic	Nova Sport
South Africa	SuperSport
Hungary	SportTV
Australia	Fox Sports
New Zealand	Sky
Belgium	VTM 2

Individual evidence

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13. ↑ Rydz moves into the round of the last eight in London with a victory over Soutar. December 30, 2021, accessed January 1, 2022 . 
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