2022 Belgian Darts Open

The 2022 Belgian Darts Open was the twelfth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Oktoberhallen, Wieze, Belgium, from 23–25 September 2022. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2022 Belgian Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates	23–25 September 2022
Venue	Oktoberhallen
Location	Wieze
Country	Belgium
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£140,000
Winner's share	£25,000
Nine-dart finish	Dave Chisnall
High checkout	170  Dave Chisnall (second round)
Champion(s)
Dave Chisnall
«Event 11 Event 13»

Dave Chisnall won his third European tour title, beating Andrew Gilding 8–6 in the final. He also hit the first European Tour nine-darter for three years in his semi-final win over Danny Noppert.^[1]

Prize money

The prize money was unchanged from the European Tours of the last 3 years:^[2]

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.^[3]

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 26 July 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 2 August), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 27 August), the two highest ProTour ranking Belgian players, two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 22 September), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 29 July), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 26 June).

Luke Humphries, Gerwyn Price and Michael Smith withdrew as seeds prior to the draw, meaning Martin Schindler, Gabriel Clemens and Adrian Lewis were promoted into seeded positions and three extra places were made available in the Host Nation Qualifier.

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16  Michael van Gerwen (second round)  Rob Cross (third round)  Damon Heta (second round)  Nathan Aspinall (third round)  Ryan Searle (third round)  Peter Wright (second round)  Dirk van Duijvenbode (third round)  Joe Cullen (third round)  Danny Noppert (semi-finals)  Jonny Clayton (semi-finals)  Dimitri Van den Bergh (second round)  José de Sousa (quarter-finals)  Dave Chisnall (winner)  Martin Schindler (quarter-finals)  Gabriel Clemens (quarter-finals)  Adrian Lewis (quarter-finals)

Tour Card Qualifier  Jeff Smith (first round)  Danny Baggish (first round)  Boris Krčmar (second round)  Niels Zonneveld (third round)  Ross Smith (second round)  Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (third round)  Vincent van der Voort (first round)  Simon Whitlock (first round)  Keane Barry (second round)  Bradley Brooks (second round)  Alan Soutar (first round)  Andrew Gilding (runner-up)  Mervyn King (second round)  Steve Beaton (first round)  Kevin Doets (first round)  Steve West (first round)  Ryan Meikle (second round)  Chris Dobey (first round)  Jamie Hughes (second round)  Madars Razma (second round)  Cameron Menzies (first round)

Associate Member Qualifier  Gian van Veen (first round)  Jelle Klaasen (second round) Highest Ranked Belgians  Kim Huybrechts (third round)  Mike De Decker (second round) Host Nation Qualifier  Andy Baetens (first round)  Wouter Vanrolleghem (first round)  Roberto Vandaele (first round)  Remo Mandiau (first round)  François Schweyen (first round) Nordic & Baltic Qualifier  Dennis Nilsson (second round) East European Qualifier  Karel Sedláček (second round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 23 September					Second round (best of 11 legs) 24 September					Third round (best of 11 legs) 25 September					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 25 September					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 25 September					Final (best of 15 legs) 25 September
		Steve West 78.16	4			1	Michael van Gerwen 88.93	4
		Kim Huybrechts 82.41	6				Kim Huybrechts 84.83	6
												Huybrechts 88.09	1
											16	Lewis 93.72	6
		Boris Krčmar 86.78	6			16	Adrian Lewis 102.94	6
		Cameron Menzies 83.20	1				Boris Krčmar 96.91	1
																16	Lewis 86.40	3
																9	Noppert 95.53	6
		Dennis Nilsson 90.49	6			8	Joe Cullen 97.04	6
		Kevin Doets 86.21	2				Dennis Nilsson 91.09	2
											8	Cullen 102.20	4
											9	Noppert 101.65	6
		Andy Baetens 88.56	4			9	Danny Noppert 92.13	6
		Madars Razma 82.88	6				Madars Razma 90.58	5
																					9	Noppert 99.60	4
																					13	Chisnall 103.89	7
		Jamie Hughes 90.17	6			4	Nathan Aspinall 97.74	6
		Vincent van der Voort 93.36	3				Jamie Hughes 92.59	1
											4	Aspinall 94.59	4
											13	Chisnall 94.84	6
		Jelle Klaasen 92.50	6			13	Dave Chisnall 98.39	6
		François Schweyen 90.91	4				Jelle Klaasen 95.76	2
																13	Chisnall 89.72	6
																12	de Sousa 85.96	2
		Bradley Brooks 82.27	6			5	Ryan Searle 90.18	6
		Chris Dobey 84.03	5				Bradley Brooks 79.67	1
											5	Searle 97.20	4
											12	de Sousa 106.18	6
		Steve Beaton 85.90	2			12	José de Sousa 98.52	6
		Ross Smith 100.82	6				Ross Smith 103.31	5
																										13	Chisnall 92.31	8
																											Gilding 89.69	6
		Mike De Decker 83.46	6			2	Rob Cross 93.37	6
		Remo Mandiau 79.42	3				Mike De Decker 91.59	4
											2	Cross 86.38	3
											15	Clemens 94.43	6
		Gian van Veen 82.44	4			15	Gabriel Clemens 100.13	6
		Ryan Meikle 81.68	6				Ryan Meikle 91.94	1
																15	Clemens 96.46	5
																10	Clayton 97.59	6
		Mervyn King 88.69	6			7	Dirk van Duijvenbode 99.53	6
		Wouter Vanrolleghem 75.72	3				Mervyn King 95.71	5
											7	van Duijvenbode 105.74	4
											10	Clayton 106.68	6
		Keane Barry 96.58	6			10	Jonny Clayton 91.21	6
		Danny Baggish 85.21	2				Keane Barry 88.09	5
																					10	Clayton 97.49	5
																						Gilding 97.87	7
		Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 89.07	6			3	Damon Heta 91.80	5
		Jeff Smith 91.10	3				Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 88.91	6
												Rodriguez 86.18	3
											14	Schindler 94.04	6
		Karel Sedláček 84.87	6			14	Martin Schindler 95.75	6
		Roberto Vandaele 81.05	4				Karel Sedláček 90.85	2
																14	Schindler 84.73	2
																	Gilding 87.41	6
		Niels Zonneveld 88.16	6			6	Peter Wright 97.61	5
		Alan Soutar 81.64	2				Niels Zonneveld 94.86	6
												Zonneveld 94.74	3
												Gilding 93.74	6
		Andrew Gilding 99.81	6			11	Dimitri Van den Bergh 95.57	5
		Simon Whitlock 92.60	5				Andrew Gilding 96.00	6

Notes