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The 2022 World Series of Darts was a series of televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. Six World Series events and one finals event, which like the previous year took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands, were held.[1]

After delays in 2020 and 2021, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, three new venues made their debuts with New York City replacing Las Vegas for the US Darts Masters, and two Australian events were moved to new cities in Wollongong and Townsville. A fourth new venue was added on 11 April, with the Dutch Darts Masters making its debut at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, scheduled for 24–25 June,[2] meaning that Amsterdam hosted two events in the 2022 World Series.

Just before the Oceanic events, it was announced that the winner and runner-up of the Queensland Masters and New South Wales Masters will receive boomerang-style trophies in honour of Kyle Anderson, who died in 2021, with the best Oceanic player across the 3 Oceanic World Series events (Queensland, New South Wales and New Zealand) receiving the Kyle Anderson Memorial Trophy.[3] For his run to the semi-finals of the Queensland Masters, Gordon Mathers was awarded the trophy following the conclusion of the New Zealand Masters.[4]

Prize money[edit]

International events[5]
Stage Prize money
Winner £20,000
Runner-up £10,000
Semi-finals £5,000
Quarter-finals £2,500
First round £1,250
Total £60,000
Finals[5]
Stage Prize money
Winner £70,000
Runner-up £30,000
Semi-finals £20,000
Quarter-finals £15,000
Second round £7,500
First round £5,000
Total £300,000

World Series events[edit]

No. Date Event Venue Champion Legs Runner-up Ref
1 3–4 June US Darts Masters United States New York City, Hulu Theater Michael Smith  8–4  Michael van Gerwen [6]
2 10–11 June Nordic Darts Masters Denmark Copenhagen, Forum Copenhagen Dimitri Van den Bergh  11–5  Gary Anderson [7]
3 24–25 June Dutch Darts Masters Netherlands Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome Dimitri Van den Bergh  8–2  Dirk van Duijvenbode [8]
4 12–13 August Queensland Darts Masters Australia Townsville, Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre Michael van Gerwen  8–5  Gerwyn Price [9]
5 19–20 August New South Wales Darts Masters Australia Wollongong, WIN Entertainment Centre Jonny Clayton  8–1  James Wade [10]
6 26–27 August New Zealand Darts Masters New Zealand Hamilton, Globox Arena Gerwyn Price  8–4  Jonny Clayton [11]
7 16–18 September World Series of Darts Finals Netherlands Amsterdam, AFAS Live Gerwyn Price  11–10  Dirk van Duijvenbode [12]

References[edit]

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