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2022 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	12–20 November 2022
Venue	Aldersley Leisure Village
Location	Aldersley, Wolverhampton
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£650,000
Winner's share	£150,000
Nine-dart finish	Josh Rock
High checkout	170  Luke Woodhouse 170  Joe Cullen
Champion(s)
Michael Smith
«2021 2023»

The 2022 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts, was the sixteenth staging of the Grand Slam of Darts, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place at the Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton, 12–20 November 2022.

Gerwyn Price was the defending champion, after defeating Peter Wright 16–8 in the 2021 final, but he was eliminated by Raymond van Barneveld, losing 16–13 in their quarter-final.

Michael Smith won his first major title, defeating Nathan Aspinall 16–5 in the final. It was the first time the tournament had been won by an Englishman since 2014, when it was won by Phil Taylor.

Josh Rock, who made his debut, hit a nine-dart finish during his second-round defeat to Michael van Gerwen.

Prize money

The prize fund for the Grand Slam increased by £100,000 to £650,000.

Qualification

The qualification criteria were slightly altered again for the 2022 tournament, with no representation from the World Darts Federation.

The qualifiers are:

PDC Qualifying Tournaments

PDC Main Tournaments
Tournament	Year	Position	Player		Qualifiers
PDC World Darts Championship	2022	Winner	Peter Wright		Peter Wright  Gerwyn Price  Michael van Gerwen  Joe Cullen  Danny Noppert  Ross Smith  Damon Heta  Simon Whitlock  Michael Smith  Nathan Aspinall  Dave Chisnall  Ryan Searle  Dirk van Duijvenbode  Jonny Clayton
Grand Slam of Darts	2021	Winner	Gerwyn Price
Premier League Darts	2022	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
World Matchplay	2022	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
World Grand Prix	2022	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
Masters	2022	Winner	Joe Cullen
UK Open	2022	Winner	Danny Noppert
European Championship	2022	Winner	Ross Smith
Players Championship Finals	2021	Winner	Peter Wright
World Series of Darts Finals	2022	Winner	Gerwyn Price
PDC World Cup of Darts	2022	Winners	Damon Heta  Simon Whitlock
PDC World Darts Championship	2022	Runner-up	Michael Smith
Grand Slam of Darts	2021	Runner-up	Peter Wright
Premier League Darts	2022	Runner-up	Joe Cullen
World Matchplay	2022	Runner-up	Gerwyn Price
World Grand Prix	2022	Runner-up	Nathan Aspinall
Masters	2022	Runner-up	Dave Chisnall
UK Open	2022	Runner-up	Michael Smith
European Championship	2022	Runner-up	Michael Smith
Players Championship Finals	2021	Runner-up	Ryan Searle
World Series of Darts Finals	2022	Runner-up	Dirk van Duijvenbode
PDC World Cup of Darts	2022	Runners-Up	Gerwyn Price  Jonny Clayton
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

If the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than the required number of players (16), the field will be filled from the reserve lists. The first list consisted of the winners from 2022 European Tour events, in which the winners were ordered firstly by number of wins, then by Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.

PDC European Tour
Tournament	Event	Position	Player		Qualifiers
2022 European Tour
	International Darts Open	Winner	Gerwyn Price		Luke Humphries
	German Darts Championship	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
	German Darts Grand Prix	Winner	Luke Humphries
	Austrian Darts Open	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
	European Darts Open	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
	Czech Darts Open	Winner	Luke Humphries
	European Darts Grand Prix	Winner	Luke Humphries
	Dutch Darts Championship	Winner	Michael Smith
	European Darts Matchplay	Winner	Luke Humphries
	Hungarian Darts Trophy	Winner	Joe Cullen
	German Darts Open	Winner	Peter Wright
	Belgian Darts Open	Winner	Dave Chisnall
	Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Winner	Damon Heta
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

If there are still not enough qualifiers after European Tour events are added, the winners of 2022 Players Championship events will be added, firstly in order by number of wins, then in Order of Merit order.

PDC Pro Tour
Tournament	Event	Position	Player		Qualifiers
2022 PDC Pro Tour
	Players Championship 1	Winner	Luke Humphries		Rob Cross
	Players Championship 2	Winner	Peter Wright
	Players Championship 3	Winner	Joe Cullen
	Players Championship 4	Winner	Joe Cullen (2)
	Players Championship 5	Winner	Damon Heta
	Players Championship 6	Winner	Jim Williams
	Players Championship 7	Winner	Gerwyn Price
	Players Championship 8	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
	Players Championship 9	Winner	Danny Jansen
	Players Championship 10	Winner	Michael van Gerwen (2)
	Players Championship 11	Winner	Ryan Searle
	Players Championship 12	Winner	Dirk van Duijvenbode
	Players Championship 13	Winner	Nathan Aspinall
	Players Championship 14	Winner	Michael Smith
	Players Championship 15	Winner	Michael Smith (2)
	Players Championship 16	Winner	Michael Smith (3)
	Players Championship 17	Winner	Scott Williams
	Players Championship 18	Winner	Dirk van Duijvenbode (2)
	Players Championship 19	Winner	Danny Noppert
	Players Championship 20	Winner	Adrian Lewis
	Players Championship 21	Winner	Brendan Dolan
	Players Championship 22	Winner	Nathan Aspinall (2)
	Players Championship 23	Winner	Keegan Brown
	Players Championship 24	Winner	Rob Cross
	Players Championship 25	Winner	Dave Chisnall
	Players Championship 26	Winner	Damon Heta (2)
	Players Championship 27	Winner	Rob Cross (2)
	Players Championship 28	Winner	Josh Rock
	Players Championship 29	Winner	Gerwyn Price (2)
	Players Championship 30	Winner	James Wade
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

PDC Qualifying Event

A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from a PDC Tour Card Holder qualifier held on 6 November in Barnsley.

These are the qualifiers:

•  Ritchie Edhouse
•  Raymond van Barneveld
•  Adam Gawlas
•  Alan Soutar
•  Martin Schindler
•  Luke Woodhouse
•  Mensur Suljović
•  Jermaine Wattimena

Additional Qualifiers

The winners of these tournaments and tours also qualified for the tournament.

Tournament	Year	Position	Player
PDC World Youth Championship	2021	Winner	Ted Evetts
		Runner-up	Nathan Rafferty
PDC Challenge Tour	2022	Order of Merit Winner	Scott Williams
PDC Development Tour	2022	Order of Merit Winner	Josh Rock
Women's World Matchplay	2022	Winner	Fallon Sherrock
PDC Women's Series	2022	Order of Merit Winner	Lisa Ashton
PDC Asian Championship	2022	Winner	Christian Perez
PDC North American Championship	2022	Winner	Leonard Gates

1. Rock qualified as 2nd of the Development Tour Order of Merit after Nathan Rafferty was already qualified.

Draw

The draw was done by PDC executive Matt Porter on 7 November.

Pools

Group stage

All group matches are best of nine legs
After three games, the top two in each group qualify for the knock-out stage

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to knockout stage

Group A Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts Status 1  Raymond van Barneveld (Q) 3 3 0 15 7 +8 6 Q 2  Gerwyn Price (1) 3 2 1 14 10 +4 4 3  Dave Chisnall 3 1 2 12 12 0 2 Eliminated 4  Ted Evetts 3 0 3 3 15 –12 0 12 November 90.40 Dave Chisnall  3–5  Raymond van Barneveld 90.71 101.39 Gerwyn Price  5–1  Ted Evetts 94.66 13 November 101.50 Dave Chisnall  5–2  Ted Evetts 87.21 105.99 Gerwyn Price  4–5  Raymond van Barneveld 100.08 14 November 97.60 Raymond van Barneveld  5–0  Ted Evetts 78.80 103.16 Gerwyn Price  5–4  Dave Chisnall 101.44

Group B Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts Status 1  Danny Noppert (8) 3 3 0 15 10 +5 6 Q 2  Simon Whitlock 3 2 1 12 10 +2 4 3  Mensur Suljović (Q) 3 1 2 11 12 –1 2 Eliminated 4  Christian Perez 3 0 3 9 15 –6 0 12 November 97.21 Simon Whitlock  5–2  Mensur Suljović 91.24 95.61 Danny Noppert  5–4  Christian Perez 85.43 13 November 83.98 Mensur Suljović  5–2  Christian Perez 82.21 99.98 Danny Noppert  5–2  Simon Whitlock 99.09 14 November 99.24 Simon Whitlock  5–3  Christian Perez 91.12 88.70 Danny Noppert  5–4  Mensur Suljović 86.16

Group C Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts Status 1  Michael Smith (4) 3 3 0 15 5 +10 6 Q 2  Joe Cullen 3 2 1 11 9 +2 4 3  Ritchie Edhouse (Q) 3 1 2 7 12 –5 2 Eliminated 4  Lisa Ashton 3 0 3 8 15 –7 0 12 November 93.51 Joe Cullen  5–1  Ritchie Edhouse 86.67 91.21 Michael Smith  5–3  Lisa Ashton 77.28 13 November 85.98 Ritchie Edhouse  5–2  Lisa Ashton 82.25 95.19 Michael Smith  5–1  Joe Cullen 90.70 14 November 97.18 Joe Cullen  5–3  Lisa Ashton 89.88 102.20 Michael Smith  5–1  Ritchie Edhouse 89.88

Group D Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts Status 1  Dirk van Duijvenbode 3 3 0 15 10 +5 6 Q 2  Rob Cross (5) 3 2 1 13 11 +2 4 3  Martin Schindler (Q) 3 1 2 13 13 0 2 Eliminated 4  Adam Gawlas (Q) 3 0 3 8 15 –7 0 12 November 102.89 Dirk van Duijvenbode  5–4  Martin Schindler 98.31 100.87 Rob Cross  5–2  Adam Gawlas 81.75 13 November 90.28 Martin Schindler  5–3  Adam Gawlas 90.17 88.80 Rob Cross  3–5  Dirk van Duijvenbode 95.33 14 November 98.07 Dirk van Duijvenbode  5–3  Adam Gawlas 97.57 91.90 Rob Cross  5–4  Martin Schindler 90.35

Group E Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts Status 1  Nathan Aspinall 3 2 1 14 8 +6 4 Q 2  Alan Soutar (Q) 3 2 1 14 11 +3 4 3  Peter Wright (2) 3 2 1 12 10 +2 4 Eliminated 4  Fallon Sherrock 3 0 3 4 15 –11 0 12 November 92.41 Nathan Aspinall  4–5  Alan Soutar 91.09 87.59 Peter Wright  5–1  Fallon Sherrock 84.35 13 November 93.92 Nathan Aspinall  5–1  Fallon Sherrock 88.15 89.60 Peter Wright  5–4  Alan Soutar 95.47 15 November 89.79 Alan Soutar  5–2  Fallon Sherrock 84.24 90.54 Peter Wright  2–5  Nathan Aspinall 92.89

Group F Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts Status 1  Jonny Clayton (7) 3 2 1 12 5 +7 4 Q 2  Jermaine Wattimena (Q) 3 2 1 10 8 +2 4 3  Damon Heta 3 2 1 12 11 +1 4 Eliminated 4  Leonard Gates 3 0 3 5 15 –10 0 12 November 93.03 Damon Heta  2–5  Jermaine Wattimena 97.51 92.78 Jonny Clayton  5–0  Leonard Gates 85.37 13 November 95.98 Damon Heta  5–4  Leonard Gates 90.94 89.46 Jonny Clayton  5–0  Jermaine Wattimena 85.19 15 November 88.35 Jermaine Wattimena  5–1  Leonard Gates 79.07 85.61 Jonny Clayton  2–5  Damon Heta 93.25

Group G Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts Status 1  Michael van Gerwen (3) 3 2 1 14 8 +6 4 Q 2  Ross Smith 3 2 1 14 11 +3 4 3  Luke Woodhouse (Q) 3 1 2 10 14 –4 2 Eliminated 4  Nathan Rafferty 3 1 2 9 14 –5 2 12 November 92.24 Ross Smith  4–5  Luke Woodhouse 96.90 101.58 Michael van Gerwen  5–2  Nathan Rafferty 87.97 13 November 94.51 Ross Smith  5–2  Nathan Rafferty 86.51 99.75 Michael van Gerwen  5–1  Luke Woodhouse 90.41 15 November 101.26 Luke Woodhouse  4–5  Nathan Rafferty 96.51 104.80 Michael van Gerwen  4–5  Ross Smith 107.92

Group H Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts Status 1  Luke Humphries (6) 3 2 1 13 8 +5 4 Q 2  Josh Rock 3 2 1 14 12 +2 4 3  Scott Williams 3 1 2 11 13 –2 2 Eliminated 4  Ryan Searle 3 1 2 9 14 –5 2 12 November 88.05 Ryan Searle  5–4  Josh Rock 89.91 94.45 Luke Humphries  5–2  Scott Williams 88.82 13 November 96.62 Josh Rock  5–4  Scott Williams 93.91 107.04 Luke Humphries  5–1  Ryan Searle 103.59 15 November 101.92 Ryan Searle  3–5  Scott Williams 107.46 99.31 Luke Humphries  3–5  Josh Rock 99.26

Knockout stage

Second round (best of 19 legs) 16–17 November

Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 18–19 November

Semi-finals (best of 31 legs) 20 November

Final (best of 31 legs) 20 November

A1

Raymond van Barneveld 97.40 (Q)

10

B2

Simon Whitlock 101.14

8

A1

Raymond van Barneveld 99.64 (Q)

16

A2

Gerwyn Price 101.78 (1)

13

B1

Danny Noppert 98.04 (8)

8

A2

Gerwyn Price 100.10 (1)

10

A1

Raymond van Barneveld 94.97 (Q)

12

C1

Michael Smith 104.10 (4)

16

C1

Michael Smith 96.01 (4)

10

D2

Rob Cross 97.02 (5)

8

C1

Michael Smith 100.11 (4)

16

C2

Joe Cullen 98.13

15

D1

Dirk van Duijvenbode 93.47

4

C2

Joe Cullen 95.46

10

C1

Michael Smith 96.84 (4)

16

E1

Nathan Aspinall 90.94

5

E1

Nathan Aspinall 97.49

10

F2

Jermaine Wattimena 94.55 (Q)

6

E1

Nathan Aspinall 95.18

16

E2

Alan Soutar 95.12 (Q)

12

F1

Jonny Clayton 94.54 (7)

8

E2

Alan Soutar 97.42 (Q)

10

E1

Nathan Aspinall 96.70

16

H1

Luke Humphries 94.38 (6)

12

G1

Michael van Gerwen 107.71 (3)

10

H2

Josh Rock 103.93

8

G1

Michael van Gerwen 95.99 (3)

10

H1

Luke Humphries 96.71 (6)

16

H1

Luke Humphries 96.20 (6)

10

G2

Ross Smith 92.72

8

Top averages

The table lists all players who achieved an average of at least 100 in a match. In the case one player has multiple records, this is indicated by the number in brackets.

#	Player	Round	Average	Result
1	Ross Smith	RR	107.92	Won
2	Michael van Gerwen	2R	107.71	Won
3	Scott Williams	RR	107.46	Won
4	Luke Humphries	RR	107.04	Won
5	Gerwyn Price	RR	105.99	Lost
6	Michael van Gerwen (2)	RR	104.80	Lost
7	Michael Smith	SF	104.10	Won
8	Josh Rock	2R	103.93	Lost
9	Ryan Searle	RR	103.59	Lost
10	Gerwyn Price (2)	RR	103.16	Won
11	Dirk van Duijvenbode	RR	102.89	Won
12	Michael Smith (2)	RR	102.20	Won
13	Ryan Searle (2)	RR	101.92	Lost
14	Gerwyn Price (3)	QF	101.78	Lost
15	Michael van Gerwen (3)	RR	101.58	Won
16	Dave Chisnall	RR	101.50	Won
17	Dave Chisnall (2)	RR	101.44	Lost
18	Gerwyn Price (4)	RR	101.39	Won
19	Luke Woodhouse	RR	101.26	Lost
20	Simon Whitlock	2R	101.14	Lost
21	Rob Cross	RR	100.87	Won
22	Michael Smith (3)	QF	100.11	Won
23	Gerwyn Price (5)	2R	100.10	Won
24	Raymond van Barneveld	RR	100.08	Won

References

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External links

• Official website

• Grand Slam of Darts
• 2022 in darts
• 2022 in English sport
• November 2022 sports events in the United Kingdom