2022 Cazoo Premier League Darts |
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Winner |
Michael van Gerwen |
Runner-up |
Joe Cullen |
Score |
11–10 |
Dates |
3 February – 13 June 2022 |
Edition |
18th |
Number of players |
8 |
Venues |
17 |
Nine Dart Finish |
Gerwyn Price (x2) |
Premier League Darts |
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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]
Jonny Clayton was the reigning champion after defeating José 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]