2022 PDC North American Championship

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2022 bet365 North American Championship
Tournament information
Dates4 June 2022
Venue Hulu Theater
Location New York City
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Prize fund US$25,000
Winner's shareUS$10,000
High checkout142 Flag of the United States.svg   Danny Baggish
(Quarter-finals)
Champion(s)
Flag of the United States.svg   Leonard Gates
«2019 2023»

The 2022 bet365 North American Championship was the fourth edition of the tournament organized by the Professional Darts Corporation for North American players. The tournament took place at the Hulu Theater, New York City, United States on 4 June 2022, and featured the 8 players from the North American side of players that had qualified for the 2022 US Darts Masters, competing in a knockout system, with the winner earning a place in the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship and the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts.

Contents

Danny Baggish was the defending champion after defeating Jeff Smith 6–5 in the 2019 final, [1] but he would lose 6–3 in the final to Leonard Gates , who became the new North American darts champion. [2]

Format

The format of the tournament was the same as before, using a leg format, with all the matches being the best of 11 legs (or first to 6 legs).

Prize money

The total prize fund was US$25,000. The winner of the tournament got a spot in the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship and the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts.

Position (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: US$25,000)
Winner(1)US$10,000
Runner-up(1)US$5,000
Semi-finalists(2)US$2,500
Quarter-finalists(4)US$1,250

Qualifiers

The eight qualifiers for the tournament were the 8 players from the North American side of players on the 2022 US Darts Masters. 4 of them were PDC Tour Card holders from North America, and the other 4 came through the CDC qualifier. [3]

The qualifiers are:

  1. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   Jeff Smith (Quarter-finals)
  2. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   Matt Campbell (Quarter-finals)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg   Danny Baggish (Runner-Up)
  4. Flag of the United States.svg   Jules van Dongen (Quarter-finals)
  5. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   David Cameron (Semi-finals)
  6. Flag of the United States.svg   Leonard Gates (Champion)
  7. Flag of the United States.svg  Doug Boehm(Quarter-finals)
  8. Flag of the United States.svg   Danny Lauby Jr. (Semi-finals)

Draw

Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
Semi-finals
(best of 11 legs)
Final
(best of 11 legs)
         
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   Jeff Smith 84.244
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   David Cameron 91.816
  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   David Cameron 89.615
Flag of the United States.svg   Leonard Gates 95.316
4 Flag of the United States.svg   Jules van Dongen 87.662
Flag of the United States.svg   Leonard Gates 95.286
Flag of the United States.svg   Leonard Gates 87.716
3 Flag of the United States.svg   Danny Baggish 94.843
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   Matt Campbell 90.025
Flag of the United States.svg   Danny Lauby Jr. 92.486
Flag of the United States.svg   Danny Lauby Jr. 88.764
3 Flag of the United States.svg   Danny Baggish 91.786
3 Flag of the United States.svg   Danny Baggish 90.646
Flag of the United States.svg  Doug Boehm 82.342

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