Michael van Gerwen won a record-equalling sixth Premier League title by defeating Cullen 11–10 in the final, after Cullen missed a dart at double to win the title, which would have made him the third debutant in a row (after Glen Durrant and Clayton) to win the title at his first attempt.[3]
On 14 January 2022, the PDC announced a new format for the Premier League. Instead of the previously used round robin format, the event consisted of an eight-person knockout bracket every night. Each of the seven matches was played over the best-of-11 legs. The players were guaranteed to meet each other once in the quarter-finals throughout the first seven weeks and once in the quarterfinals in weeks 9–15, with weeks 8 and 16 being drawn based on the league standings at that point. Players received two points per semi-final finish, three points per runner-up finish, and five points per final win.[5]
Though it was assured that players meet each other only twice in the quarter-finals on regular nights (i.e. weeks 1–7 and 9–15), no other guarantees are made. So certain players were drawn onto the same semi-final branch more often than others. For example, while Price–Wright, van Gerwen–Anderson and Wade–Smith pairs were on the same branch only when they play each other in the quarter-finals, a Wright–Anderson and van Gerwen–Smith final was possible only twice on the regular 14 nights.
Following the regular phase, the top four players in the league table contested the two knockout semi-finals with 1st playing 4th and 2nd playing 3rd.
Venuesedit
2022 saw the return of the Brighton Centre, which was last used as a Premier League venue in 2017.
The prize money for the 2022 tournament increased to £1 million, including a £10,000 bonus to each night's winner.[6][7]
Stage
Prize Money
Winner
£275,000
Runner-up
£125,000
Semi-finalists (x2)
£85,000
5th place
£75,000
6th place
£70,000
7th place
£65,000
8th place
£60,000
Weekly Winner Bonus (x16)
£10,000
Total
£1,000,000
Playersedit
Usually, the top four players in the PDC Order of Merit following the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship would be joined by six invited players, of which they would have been announced following the World Championship final. However, this year, following the announcement of the new format, it was announced that only 8 players will participate in 2022.
It was revealed that the new format would encompass eight players, each playing against each other in a knockout tournament each night. The winner of each night would receive an additional £10,000 towards their prize money. Those who make it out of the last 8 each receive 2 points, the runner-up will receive 3 points and the winner receives 5.
The full list of players was announced on 31 January 2022, with the Top 6 players on the PDC Order of Merit joined by the reigning Premier League champion Jonny Clayton, and debutant Joe Cullen, fresh from winning his first televised title at the Masters the previous evening.[8]
This new format saw “Judgement Night” and relegation disappear from the league.
^Anderson tested positive for COVID-19, and therefore had to withdraw. Under the rules of the competition, his opponent, van Gerwen, was given a 6–0 win.[10]
^Wade was forced withdraw after falling ill during the 2022 European Darts Open, and was still in hospital in Leverkusen, after being ruled unable to fly home. Under the rules of the competition, his opponent, Cullen, was given a 6–0 win.[11]
19 May – Night 15edit
December 11, 2023
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The 2022 Cazoo Premier League Darts was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation the eighteenth edition of the tournament The event began on Thursday 3 February 2022 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff and finished with the play offs at the Mercedes Benz Arena in Berlin on Monday 13 June 2022 1 2022 Cazoo Premier League DartsWinnerMichael van GerwenRunner upJoe CullenScore11 10Dates3 February 13 June 2022Edition18thNumber of players8Venues17Nine Dart Finish Gerwyn Price x2 Premier League Darts lt 2021 2022 2023 gt Jonny Clayton was the reigning champion after defeating Jose de Sousa 11 5 in the 2021 final 2 but he lost 10 4 to debutant Joe Cullen in the semi finals Michael van Gerwen won a record equalling sixth Premier League title by defeating Cullen 11 10 in the final after Cullen missed a dart at double to win the title which would have made him the third debutant in a row after Glen Durrant and Clayton to win the title at his first attempt 3 On Night 3 Gerwyn Price hit nine dart finishes in consecutive matches in his semi final against Michael van Gerwen and the final against James Wade making him the second person in Premier League history to hit two nine darters on the same night after Phil Taylor who did both of his in the 2010 Premier League Darts final against Wade This tournament also saw the beginning of the PDC s new partnership with Winmau as their dartboard supplier 4 Contents 1 Format 2 Venues 3 Prize money 4 Players 5 League stage 5 1 3 February Night 1 5 2 10 February Night 2 5 3 17 February Night 3 5 4 3 March Night 4 5 5 10 March Night 5 5 6 17 March Night 6 5 7 24 March Night 7 5 8 31 March Night 8 5 9 7 April Night 9 5 10 14 April Night 10 5 11 21 April Night 11 5 12 28 April Night 12 5 13 5 May Night 13 5 14 12 May Night 14 5 15 19 May Night 15 5 16 26 May Night 16 6 13 June Play offs 7 Table and streaks 7 1 Table 7 2 Streaks 7 3 Positions by Week 8 References 9 External linksFormat editOn 14 January 2022 the PDC announced a new format for the Premier League Instead of the previously used round robin format the event consisted of an eight person knockout bracket every night Each of the seven matches was played over the best of 11 legs The players were guaranteed to meet each other once in the quarter finals throughout the first seven weeks and once in the quarterfinals in weeks 9 15 with weeks 8 and 16 being drawn based on the league standings at that point Players received two points per semi final finish three points per runner up finish and five points per final win 5 Though it was assured that players meet each other only twice in the quarter finals on regular nights i e weeks 1 7 and 9 15 no other guarantees are made So certain players were drawn onto the same semi final branch more often than others For example while Price Wright van Gerwen Anderson and Wade Smith pairs were on the same branch only when they play each other in the quarter finals a Wright Anderson and van Gerwen Smith final was possible only twice on the regular 14 nights Following the regular phase the top four players in the league table contested the two knockout semi finals with 1st playing 4th and 2nd playing 3rd Venues edit2022 saw the return of the Brighton Centre which was last used as a Premier League venue in 2017 nbsp nbsp Liverpool nbsp Glasgow nbsp Exeter nbsp Nottingham nbsp Leeds nbsp Cardiff nbsp Sheffield nbsp Aberdeen nbsp Manchester nbsp Birmingham nbsp Newcastle nbsp London nbsp Belfast nbsp Dublin nbsp Brighton nbsp class notpageimage Locations of the 2022 Premier League venues in the UK and Ireland nbsp nbsp Berlin nbsp Rotterdamclass notpageimage Other locations of the 2022 Premier League venues in Europe nbsp Cardiff nbsp Liverpool nbsp Belfast nbsp ExeterMotorpoint Arena CardiffThursday 3 February M amp S Bank ArenaThursday 10 February SSE Arena BelfastThursday 17 February Westpoint ArenaThursday 3 March nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Brighton nbsp Nottingham nbsp Rotterdam nbsp BirminghamBrighton CentreThursday 10 March Motorpoint Arena NottinghamThursday 17 March Rotterdam AhoyThursday 24 March Utilita Arena BirminghamThursday 31 March nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Leeds nbsp Manchester nbsp Aberdeen nbsp DublinFirst Direct ArenaThursday 7 April AO ArenaThursday 14 April P amp J LiveThursday 21 April 3ArenaThursday 28 April nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Glasgow nbsp Sheffield nbsp London nbsp NewcastleOVO HydroThursday 5 May Utilita Arena SheffieldThursday 12 May The O2Thursday 19 May Utilita Arena NewcastleThursday 26 May nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp BerlinMercedes Benz ArenaMonday 13 June nbsp Prize money editThe prize money for the 2022 tournament increased to 1 million including a 10 000 bonus to each night s winner 6 7 Stage Prize MoneyWinner 275 000Runner up 125 000Semi finalists x2 85 0005th place 75 0006th place 70 0007th place 65 0008th place 60 000Weekly Winner Bonus x16 10 000Total 1 000 000Players editUsually the top four players in the PDC Order of Merit following the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship would be joined by six invited players of which they would have been announced following the World Championship final However this year following the announcement of the new format it was announced that only 8 players will participate in 2022 It was revealed that the new format would encompass eight players each playing against each other in a knockout tournament each night The winner of each night would receive an additional 10 000 towards their prize money Those who make it out of the last 8 each receive 2 points the runner up will receive 3 points and the winner receives 5 The full list of players was announced on 31 January 2022 with the Top 6 players on the PDC Order of Merit joined by the reigning Premier League champion Jonny Clayton and debutant Joe Cullen fresh from winning his first televised title at the Masters the previous evening 8 This new format saw Judgement Night and relegation disappear from the league Player Appearance inPremier League ConsecutiveStreak Order of MeritRank on 31 1 22 Previous best performance nbsp Gerwyn Price 4th 1 a 1 5th Place 2019 2020 nbsp Peter Wright 9th 9 2 Runner up 2017 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 10th 10 3 Winner 2013 2016 2017 2018 2019 nbsp James Wade 12th 2 4 Winner 2009 nbsp Michael Smith 5th 1 5 Runner up 2018 nbsp Gary Anderson 11th 3 b 6 Winner 2011 2015 nbsp Jonny Clayton 2nd 2 8 Winner 2021 nbsp Joe Cullen 1st 1 11 Debut Price qualified for the 2021 Premier League Darts but withdrew following a positive COVID 19 test Anderson qualified for the 2019 Premier League Darts but withdrew following an injury League stage edit3 February Night 1 edit nbsp Motorpoint Arena Cardiff Cardiff Quarter finals best of 11 legs Semi finals best of 11 legs Final best of 11 legs nbsp Jonny Clayton 103 616 nbsp Joe Cullen 95 362 nbsp Jonny Clayton 96 496 nbsp James Wade 91 454 nbsp Gerwyn Price 89 123 nbsp James Wade 88 786 nbsp Jonny Clayton 88 721 nbsp Peter Wright 113 026 nbsp Peter Wright 100 136 nbsp Michael Smith 88 573 nbsp Peter Wright 98 436 nbsp Gary Anderson 99 985 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 96 124 nbsp Gary Anderson 91 376Night 1 StatisticsNight s Total Average 95 80 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Gary Anderson 155Most 180s in one match nbsp Jonny Clayton and nbsp Joe Cullen 5Night s 180s 33 10 February Night 2 edit nbsp M amp S Bank Arena Liverpool Quarter finals best of 11 legs Semi finals best of 11 legs Final best of 11 legs nbsp Peter Wright 84 711 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 102 986 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 105 114 nbsp Jonny Clayton 106 646 nbsp Jonny Clayton 100 826 nbsp Michael Smith 95 953 nbsp Jonny Clayton 88 136 nbsp Joe Cullen 93 124 nbsp James Wade 87 853 nbsp Joe Cullen 93 746 nbsp Joe Cullen 101 546 nbsp Gerwyn Price 95 595 nbsp Gerwyn Price 96 336 nbsp Gary Anderson 90 853Night 2 StatisticsNight s Total Average 95 95 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Gerwyn Price 156Most 180s in one match nbsp Joe Cullen 4 x2 Night s 180s 34 17 February Night 3 edit nbsp SSE Arena Belfast Quarter finals best of 11 legs Semi finals best of 11 legs Final best of 11 legs nbsp Michael Smith 103 553 nbsp Gerwyn Price 108 546 nbsp Gerwyn Price 108 906 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 106 485 nbsp Joe Cullen 91 883 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 91 056 nbsp Gerwyn Price 105 326 nbsp James Wade 99 914 nbsp Gary Anderson 96 434 nbsp Peter Wright 100 356 nbsp Peter Wright 105 204 nbsp James Wade 102 816 nbsp James Wade 93 136 nbsp Jonny Clayton 94 453Night 3 StatisticsNight s Total Average 100 57 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Gerwyn Price 170Most 180s in one match nbsp Gerwyn Price x2 and nbsp Michael van Gerwen 5Night s 180s 43Nine Dart Finish nbsp Gerwyn Price x2 3 March Night 4 edit nbsp Westpoint Arena Exeter Quarter finals best of 11 legs Semi finals best of 11 legs Final best of 11 legs nbsp Jonny Clayton 97 391 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 102 366 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 104 376 nbsp Michael Smith 97 142 nbsp Michael Smith 97 316 nbsp Joe Cullen 93 895 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 99 106 nbsp Peter Wright 87 520 nbsp Gerwyn Price 94 892 nbsp Peter Wright 101 066 nbsp Peter Wright 103 466 nbsp James Wade 85 812 nbsp James Wade 97 016 nbsp Gary Anderson 99 764Night 4 StatisticsNight s Total Average 97 22 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Joe Cullen 145Most 180s in one match nbsp Peter Wright 5Night s 180s 39 10 March Night 5 edit nbsp Brighton Centre Brighton Quarter finals best of 11 legs Semi finals best of 11 legs Final best of 11 legs nbsp Gary Anderson 85 711 nbsp Michael Smith 90 896 nbsp Michael Smith 89 196 nbsp Jonny Clayton 90 252 nbsp Peter Wright 102 925 nbsp Jonny Clayton 92 616 nbsp Michael Smith 100 614 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 103 896 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 96 416 nbsp James Wade 92 325 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 101 796 nbsp Joe Cullen 88 841 nbsp Joe Cullen w o6 nbsp Gerwyn Price w d0 a Night 5 StatisticsNight s Total Average 94 62 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Michael van Gerwen 170Most 180s in one match nbsp Michael Smith 5Night s 180s 31 Price couldn t compete at Brighton due to a hand injury Under the rules of the competition his opponent Cullen was given a 6 0 win 9 17 March Night 6 edit nbsp Motorpoint Arena Nottingham Nottingham Quarter finals best of 11 legs Semi finals best of 11 legs Final best of 11 legs nbsp Michael Smith 102 926 nbsp James Wade 102 631 nbsp Michael Smith 89 116 nbsp Gerwyn Price 86 254 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 95 934 nbsp Gerwyn Price 102 706 nbsp Michael Smith 99 024 nbsp Gary Anderson 104 246 nbsp Gary Anderson 89 936 nbsp Jonny Clayton 91 655 nbsp Gary Anderson 101 886 nbsp Peter Wright 95 333 nbsp Joe Cullen 86 304 nbsp Peter Wright 87 026Night 6 StatisticsNight s Total Average 95 35 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Michael van Gerwen 144Most 180s in one match nbsp James Wade 6Night s 180s 40 24 March Night 7 edit nbsp Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam Quarter finals best of 11 legs Semi finals best of 11 legs Final best of 11 legs nbsp Peter Wright 95 556 nbsp James Wade 91 095 nbsp Peter Wright 87 874 nbsp Joe Cullen 88 176 nbsp Gary Anderson 88 765 nbsp Joe Cullen 92 826 nbsp Joe Cullen 90 646 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 97 495 nbsp Jonny Clayton 98 506 nbsp Gerwyn Price 94 915 nbsp Jonny Clayton 98 083 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 103 286 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 89 536 nbsp Michael Smith 96 825Night 7 StatisticsNight s Total Average 93 82 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Gary Anderson 164Most 180s in one match nbsp Joe Cullen 7Night s 180s 40 31 March Night 8 edit nbsp Utilita Arena Birmingham Birmingham Quarter finals best of 11 legs Semi finals best of 11 legs Final best of 11 legs 1 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 87 9328 nbsp James Wade 99 0068 nbsp James Wade 94 7864 nbsp Joe Cullen 86 3824 nbsp Joe Cullen 93 6965 nbsp Gerwyn Price 92 0238 nbsp James Wade 83 9713 nbsp Jonny Clayton 111 1662 nbsp Peter Wright 97 2067 nbsp Gary Anderson 92 4952 nbsp Peter Wright 107 7143 nbsp Jonny Clayton 103 6863 nbsp Jonny Clayton 99 5366 nbsp Michael Smith 99 811Night 8 StatisticsNight s Total Average 96 38 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Peter Wright 156Most 180s in one match nbsp Peter Wright 6Night s 180s 29 7 April Night 9 edit nbsp First Direct Arena Leeds Quarter finals best of 11 legs Semi finals best of 11 legs Final best of 11 legs nbsp Michael Smith 102 212 nbsp Peter Wright 103 996 nbsp Peter Wright 86 373 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 90 746 nbsp Gary Anderson w d0 a nbsp Michael van Gerwen w o6 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 103 876 nbsp James Wade 93 591 nbsp Joe Cullen 87 771 nbsp Jonny Clayton 98 256 nbsp Jonny Clayton 96 964 nbsp James Wade 96 176 nbsp James Wade 90 656 nbsp Gerwyn Price 97 325Night 9 StatisticsNight s Total Average 95 66 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Peter Wright 108Most 180s in one match nbsp Michael van Gerwen 5Night s 180s 23 Anderson tested positive for COVID 19 and therefore had to withdraw Under the rules of the competition his opponent van Gerwen was given a 6 0 win 10 14 April Night 10 edit nbsp AO Arena Manchester Quarter finals best of 11 legs Semi finals best of 11 legs Final best of 11 legs nbsp Peter Wright 93 984 nbsp Gerwyn Price 97 016 nbsp Gerwyn Price 90 492 nbsp James Wade 93 006 nbsp Gary Anderson 94 072 nbsp James Wade 100 106 nbsp James Wade 105 486 nbsp Joe Cullen 96 935 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 105 145 nbsp Jonny Clayton 109 106 nbsp Jonny Clayton 101 763 nbsp Joe Cullen 94 996 nbsp Joe Cullen 94 386 nbsp Michael Smith 89 652Night 10 StatisticsNight s Total Average 97 58 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp James Wade 161Most 180s in one match nbsp Peter Wright 5Night s 180s 33 21 April Night 11 edit nbsp P amp J Live Aberdeen Quarter finals best of 11 legs Semi finals best of 11 legs Final best of 11 legs nbsp Jonny Clayton 93 536 nbsp Gary Anderson 87 442 nbsp Jonny Clayton 96 216 nbsp Peter Wright 99 605 nbsp Peter Wright 103 226 nbsp Joe Cullen 96 085 nbsp Jonny Clayton 103 406 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 102 765 nbsp James Wade 89 746 nbsp Michael Smith 91 045 nbsp James Wade 88 253 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 99 846 nbsp Gerwyn Price 92 103 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 106 936Night 11 StatisticsNight s Total Average 96 44 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp James Wade 110Most 180s in one match nbsp Jonny Clayton x2 and nbsp Peter Wright x2 4Night s 180s 34 28 April Night 12 edit nbsp 3Arena Dublin Quarter finals best of 11 legs Semi finals best of 11 legs Final best of 11 legs nbsp James Wade 99 676 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 103 035 nbsp James Wade 114 736 nbsp Gerwyn Price 99 171 nbsp Gerwyn Price 90 066 nbsp Joe Cullen 81 023 nbsp James Wade 95 386 nbsp Jonny Clayton 101 295 nbsp Michael Smith 102 146 nbsp Gary Anderson 102 752 nbsp Michael Smith 104 734 nbsp Jonny Clayton 104 166 nbsp Jonny Clayton 100 446 nbsp Peter Wright 97 093Night 12 StatisticsNight s Total Average 99 69 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Michael Smith 150Most 180s in one match nbsp Michael van Gerwen 6Night s 180s 43 5 May Night 13 edit nbsp OVO Hydro Glasgow Quarter finals best of 11 legs Semi finals best of 11 legs Final best of 11 legs nbsp Peter Wright 87 102 nbsp Gary Anderson 97 216 nbsp Gary Anderson 89 154 nbsp Jonny Clayton 98 536 nbsp Jonny Clayton 95 556 nbsp James Wade 93 102 nbsp Jonny Clayton 99 816 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 96 413 nbsp Gerwyn Price 94 503 nbsp Michael Smith 99 196 nbsp Michael Smith 100 015 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 99 046 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 98 366 nbsp Joe Cullen 90 595Night 13 StatisticsNight s Total Average 95 61 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Gary Anderson 150Most 180s in one match nbsp Michael van Gerwen 6Night s 180s 32 12 May Night 14 edit nbsp Utilita Arena Sheffield Sheffield Quarter finals best of 11 legs Semi finals best of 11 legs Final best of 11 legs nbsp Joe Cullen w o6 nbsp James Wade w d0 a nbsp Joe Cullen 90 693 nbsp Gerwyn Price 100 826 nbsp Gary Anderson 94 804 nbsp Gerwyn Price 100 266 nbsp Gerwyn Price 94 466 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 98 375 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 103 186 nbsp Peter Wright 90 931 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 95 156 nbsp Michael Smith 94 595 nbsp Michael Smith 95 676 nbsp Jonny Clayton 96 535Night 14 StatisticsNight s Total Average 96 29 citation needed Highest Checkout nbsp Gary Anderson 128Most 180s in one match nbsp Michael Smith x2 and nbsp Gerwyn Price 4Night s 180s 27 Wade was forced withdraw after falling ill during the 2022 European Darts Open and was still in hospital in Leverkusen after being ruled unable to fly home Under the rules of the competition his opponent Cullen was given a 6 0 win 11 19 May Night 15 edit span, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
