2022 World Seniors Darts Championship

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2022 JENNINGSbet World Seniors Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates3–6 February 2022
Venue Circus Tavern
Location Purfleet
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Organisation(s) WSDT
Format Sets
Prize fund£72,500
Winner's share£30,000
High checkout170 Flag of England.svg Kevin Painter
(semi-finals)
Champion(s)
Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Thornton
2023»

The 2022 World Seniors Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2022 JENNINGSbet World Seniors Darts Championship) was the first World Seniors Darts Championship organised by the World Seniors Darts Tour and was held at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet between 3 and 6 February 2022.

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The event was open to players over the age of 50, and was a joint venture between MODUS Sports and Jason Francis, which organised Snooker Legends and World Seniors Championship of Snooker in 2017–18. [1]

Target Darts were announced as one of the leading sponsors for the 2022 World Seniors Darts Championship. [2] The World Seniors Darts Championship was broadcast in United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Austria and Switzerland. [3]

Robert Thornton became the inaugural champion, defeating Martin Adams 5–1 in the final.

Prize money

The prize fund for the event was £72,500, with £30,000 going to the champion.

Position (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: £72,500)
Winner(1)£30,000
Runner-up(1)£12,500
Semi-finalists(2)£4,000
Quarter-finalists(4)£2,000
First round(8)£1,000
Preliminary round(8)£750

Qualifiers

The first player announced to take part in the event on 3 April 2021 was 16-time world champion Phil Taylor.

The 24-player field comprised 11 former PDC and BDO World Champions, plus a further 11 invited players. Two further places were completed by a qualifying event which took place 13–14 November 2021 at The Crucible Club in Reading. [4] Current PDC Tour Card holders were ineligible, ruling out world champions Richie Burnett, Peter Wright, Gary Anderson, Raymond van Barneveld, Steve Beaton, Glen Durrant and Scott Mitchell. [5]

Tony David was invited to the tournament but withdrew due to visa reasons and was replaced by Alan Warriner-Little. Dennis Priestley was also invited to the tournament but he suffered a leg injury. Andy Fordham had also accepted an invite to participate, but he died in July 2021 and was replaced by Deta Hedman. Ted Hankey withdrew in December 2021 and was replaced by Larry Butler. Richie Burnett and Kevin Burness then had to withdraw in January 2022 upon winning PDC Tour Cards. Lisa Ashton (who had subsequently lost hers), and Dave Prins (as the highest ranked non-qualified player from the qualifiers) replaced them.

    Draw

    The draw for the tournament was announced on 18 January 2022.

    First round
    (best of 5 sets)
    3–4 February
    Second round
    (best of 5 sets)
    4–5 February
    Quarter-finals
    (best of 5 sets)
    5 February
    Semi-finals
    (best of 7 sets)
    6 February
    Final
    (best of 9 sets)
    6 February
      Flag of England.svg   Peter Manley 76.163S Flag of England.svg   Phil Taylor 81.293
    Flag of England.svg   Deta Hedman 71.491 Flag of England.svg   Peter Manley 74.431
    S Flag of England.svg   Phil Taylor 86.100
    Flag of England.svg   Kevin Painter 88.883
      Flag of England.svg   Tony O'Shea 84.402S Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Wayne Warren 75.520
    Flag of England.svg   Kevin Painter 85.273 Flag of England.svg   Kevin Painter 94.593
      Flag of England.svg   Kevin Painter 84.152
    Flag of Scotland.svg   Robert Thornton 87.314
      Flag of Scotland.svg   Robert Thornton 94.663S Flag of England.svg   Trina Gulliver 74.190
    Flag of England.svg   Bob Anderson 80.910 Flag of Scotland.svg   Robert Thornton 92.633
    Flag of Scotland.svg   Robert Thornton 91.173
    Q Flag of England.svg   Dave Prins 77.270
    Flag of Singapore.svg   Paul Lim 84.951S Flag of England.svg   John Lowe 71.770
    Q Flag of England.svg   Dave Prins 90.153Q Flag of England.svg   Dave Prins 90.793
    Flag of Scotland.svg   Robert Thornton 92.665
    S Flag of England.svg   Martin Adams 89.061
      Flag of Scotland.svg   Les Wallace 74.322S Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   John Part 74.681
    Flag of England.svg   John Walton 76.393 Flag of England.svg   John Walton 77.153
      Flag of England.svg   John Walton 75.441
    Flag of England.svg   Terry Jenkins 77.023
      Flag of England.svg   Terry Jenkins 84.323S Flag of England.svg   Lisa Ashton 80.661
    Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Roland Scholten 76.190 Flag of England.svg   Terry Jenkins 86.583
    Flag of England.svg   Terry Jenkins 86.322
    S Flag of England.svg   Martin Adams 88.974
      Flag of England.svg   Alan Warriner-Little 56.810S Flag of England.svg   Keith Deller 74.332
    Flag of the United States.svg   Larry Butler 88.993 Flag of the United States.svg   Larry Butler 78.743
    Flag of the United States.svg   Larry Butler 83.491
    S Flag of England.svg   Martin Adams 84.833
    Flag of England.svg   Darryl Fitton 76.692S Flag of England.svg   Martin Adams 91.463
    Q Flag of England.svg   Richie Howson 83.073Q Flag of England.svg   Richie Howson 87.452

    Statistics

    Top averages

    This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament.

    #PlayerRoundAverageResult
    1 Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Thornton R194.66Won
    2 Flag of England.svg Kevin Painter R294.59Won
    3 Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Thornton F92.66Won
    4 Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Thornton R292.63Won
    5 Flag of England.svg Martin Adams R291.46Won
    6 Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Thornton QF91.17Won
    7 Flag of England.svg Dave Prins R290.79Won
    8 Flag of England.svg Dave Prins R190.15Won
    9 Flag of England.svg Martin Adams F89.06Lost
    10 Flag of the United States.svg Larry Butler R188.99Won

    Representation

    This table shows the number of players by country in the 2022 World Seniors Darts Championship. A total of seven nationalities were represented.

    Flag of England.svg
    ENG
    Flag of Scotland.svg
    SCO
    Flag of the United States.svg
    USA
    Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
    CAN
    Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg
    WAL
    Flag of the Netherlands.svg
    NED
    Flag of Singapore.svg
    SGP
    Total
    Final11000002
    Semi-finals31000004
    Quarter-finals61100008
    Second round1211110016
    First round1121001116
    Total1721111124

    Broadcasting rights

    BT Sport won the rights to air the championship, and their coverage was Ray Stubbs and Bobby George, with Helen Chamberlain conducting interviews, while commentary duties were covered by Mark Webster, Paul Nicholson, John Gwynne, and Chris Murphy. [11] BBC aired the event via the BBC iPlayer & BBC Sport website and app. [11] In Ireland, Virgin Media Three broadcast the whole tournament with Sport1 covering the tournament in Germany. [12]

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