The 2022 Dutch Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2022 Jack's Dutch Darts Championship) was the eighth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the IJsselhallen, Zwolle, Netherlands, from 27 to 29 May 2022. It featured a field of 48 players and ã140,000 in prize money, with ã25,000 going to the winner.
Ian White was the defending champion after defeating Ricky Evans 8âÂÂ5 in the 2018 final, but he failed to qualify for the tournament.
Michael Smith won the tournament, his fifth European Tour title and first since 2017, with an 8âÂÂ7 win over Danny Noppert.
The prize money was unchanged from the European Tours of the last 3 years:
The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 30 April automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.
The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events â 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 9 May), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 24 April), the two highest ProTour ranking Dutch players, two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 26 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 20 February), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 24 April).
Luke Humphries was due to participate as the fifth seed but withdrew due to a personal commitment. As a result, Chris Dobey became a seed and an additional place was made available at the Host Nation Qualifier.
Jim Williams withdrew on the morning of the first day, as he missed his flight to the Netherlands, so Ritchie Edhouse received a bye into the second round.
The following players took part in the tournament: