[Darts] 2022 PDC World Darts Championship 🎯

[cygan]

today the pdc dart world championship starts again at alexandra palace (london). Gerwyn Price would like to defend his title again. to see will be again new as well as old known dart players. with only his 16 years Fabian Schmutzler (germany) is the youngest player of this world championship.

the tournament starts today with the following matches:

Wednesday December 15 (1900 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Ritchie Edhouse v Peter Hudson (R1)
Ricky Evans v Nitin Kumar (R1)
Adrian Lewis v Matt Campbell (R1)
Gerwyn Price v Edhouse/Hudson (R2)

all further matches can then be viewed on the following page👉https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/12482634/pdc-world-darts-championship-2022-the-draw-as-gerwyn-price-defends-his-title
looking forward to your comments and good discussion

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[babygun]

Thanks for opening the topic; I like watching Darts and being from Belgium, I hope that Van Den Bergh can reach far into the tournament. The bookies see Price and Van Gerwen as the top 2 candidates to win the title, shortly after these 2 Wright and Clayton follow.
Just placed a first bet on Fallon Sherrock to win her first round match against Beaton @1.7 .

[cygan]

the current champion Gerwyn Price defeated yesterday in his first match (round #2) the english player Ritchie Edhouse 3-1
this thursday the following matches are scheduled:

Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Steve Lennon v Madars Razma (R1)
Scott Mitchell v Chris Landman (R1)
Chas Barstow v John Norman Jnr (R1)
Daryl Gurney v Ricky Evans (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
William O'Connor v Danny Lauby (R1)
Ryan Meikle v Fabian Schmutzler (R1)
Ron Meulenkamp v Lisa Ashton (R1)
Gary Anderson v Adrian Lewis (R2)

[Real-Duke]

Who is looking the live match William O'Connor v Danny Lauby right now?
What do you think? Lauby is on fire!
Nice to see all those great fans in the background. I missed them last year!

[LTU_btc]

the current champion Gerwyn Price defeated yesterday in his first match (round #2) the english player Ritchie Edhouse 3-1
this thursday the following matches are scheduled:

I missunderstood your post and thought that Price already lost in first game . I even went to check results.
I haven't followed darts much this season, but nothing suprising to see Price and Van Gerwen as main favorites.
Also, I hope that my countryman Darius Labanauskas will go far in this championship. Though, his first opponent on Saturday de Decker isn't easy for him.

Just placed a first bet on Fallon Sherrock to win her first round match against Beaton @1.7 .

I think it's good choice. She have very good season and even become first woman to reach 1/4 in Grand Slam. I'm definitely going to tune in her game.

[cygan]

today there was the first surprise at the pdc world darts championship and that is the number 12 ranked polish Krzysztof Ratajski was eliminated 1-3 against Steve Lennon in the second round

[Boristhecat]

Thanks for the thread! Sometimes I like to watch exotic sports and darts for me is such a sport. I saw many videos with competition highlights on YouTube, but for some reason it did not occur to me to watch the current competitions, maybe now I will go deeper into this topic )

[Real-Duke]

Oh my god! What happens to Peter Wright? First match and I just wonder when he wants to begin playing darts
Until now it's a little bit boring.

[cygan]

Oh my god! What happens to Peter Wright? First match and I just wonder when he wants to begin playing darts
Until now it's a little bit boring.

he won yesterday quite clearly against his rival Ryan Meikle with 3-0
but scotland's William Borland made darts history in the world championship by stealing the show from Peter Wright yesterday as he won his first round match against Bradley Brooks with a nine-dart finish on his debut

today we continue with the following matches:

Saturday December 18
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Jamie Hughes v Raymond Smith (R1)
Callan Rydz v Yuki Yamada (R1)
Darius Labanauskas v Mike De Decker (R1)
Ian White v Chris Landman (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Adam Hunt v Boris Krcmar (R1)
Ted Evetts v Jim Williams (R1)
Rowby-John Rodriguez v Nick Kenny (R1)
Michael van Gerwen v Chas Barstow (R2)

[AicecreaME]

Thanks for the thread! Sometimes I like to watch exotic sports and darts for me is such a sport. I saw many videos with competition highlights on YouTube, but for some reason it did not occur to me to watch the current competitions, maybe now I will go deeper into this topic )

Same here, dart sports for me is like golf sport competition, your first impression would be boring but the more you understand how it's played, you'll definitely gonna hook up to it. I bet Gerwyn Price would win this championship because he is really a remarkable dart player, been a dart sports fan since 2020 and it became my pastime especially when I'm bored.

[Davidvictorson]

Borland vs Brooks easily the match of the tournament so far. Borland is he a new player I haven't watched the darts for ages but I haven't see him before I stopped the start of this year. Very few  legs over 18 darts, some great 100+ finishes, and a magical 9-darter to win the match. Was rooting for Brooks, but can't begrudge Borland the win.

[Jackl87]

A thread regarding darts is definitely a good idea here because betting on matches has a very long tradition in darts. I am not really sure on which player i would bet at the moment to win the championship. It is definitely not the same as a few years ago where Van Gerwen was probably the biggest favorite by far for every title. I would say the best chances of winning the title has Gerwyn Price but that does not mean that i expect him to win it. Van Gerwen was also playing better again in the last few weeks and he can beat everyone if he is feeling good. The same is true for Gary Anderson and Peter Wright.

[Cling18]

Who is looking at the live match William O'Connor v Danny Lauby right now?
What do you think? Lauby is on fire!
Nice to see all those great fans in the background. I missed them last year!

I was also moved and surprised by Lauby's moves. I didn't expect that he would make the match that exciting. It's also a good thing that game isnmore alive because of the crowd. It's really a different scene if you see people enjoying while watching and cheering on the background.

[cygan]

after Krzysztof Ratajski (12) another ranked player has been eliminated from the pdc. in a very dramatic match in the afternoon session, Ross Smith defeated 16th ranked player Stephen Bunting with 3-2
in tonight's evening session the german duel between Florian Hempel vs Martin Schindler will take place today

[LTU_btc]

Disappointed about Labanauskas performance yesterday. He closed leg with nine darter, but despite it he lost match 3:1. Odds for De Decker were @3.00.
Today veteran Beaton won against Fallon Sherrock 3:2, It was really amazing game to watch.
Now last game of day finished just now where Clayton won against underdog Barry just 3:2.

[Real-Duke]

Today veteran Beaton won against Fallon Sherrock 3:2, It was really amazing game to watch.

Im really sad that I have missed this one! I read somewhere that this is already the end for Fallon Sherrrock in the 2022 PDC Tournament?
If yes she didn't deserve it

[cygan]

today the last two 1st round matches will take place and another 6 matches of round #2. among others the number 5 ranked player Dimitri Van den Bergh will play against the german Florian Hempel in the evening session.

Tuesday December 21
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
2x First Round, 2x Second Round
Lewy Williams v Toyokazu Shibata (R1)
Jason Lowe v Daniel Larsson (R1)
Mervyn King v Ryan Joyce (R2)
Dave Chisnall v Mike De Decker (R2)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
4x Second Round
Vincent van der Voort v Adam Hunt (R2)
Michael Smith v Ron Meulenkamp (R2)
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Florian Hempel (R2)
Devon Petersen v Raymond Smith (R2)

[YOSHIE]

I'm happy to see this topic, it turns out that there are people who like Darts, I thought Darts were only liked by a few people, I was wrong, this is a very stressful game and requires accurate throwing skills, similar to knife throwing.

I saw the Darts tournament.



It's not as easy as we imagine, many miss the mark, indeed sports need super skills to win the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship.

I will follow the development of the World Darts PDC 2022 match in the future, OP, let this topic discuss Darts in every tournament held around the world.

[babygun]

Today veteran Beaton won against Fallon Sherrock 3:2, It was really amazing game to watch.

Im really sad that I have missed this one! I read somewhere that this is already the end for Fallon Sherrrock in the 2022 PDC Tournament?
If yes she didn't deserve it

Yes, unfortunately she lost against Beaton, we will need to wait another year before Sherrock will be able to write history again.
Anybody saw Van Barneveld play yesterday? Was fun to see the atmossphere from the crowd with everybody cheering and singing for Barney. His secound round match is against Cross, it will be difficult but I hope he can win!

[Jackl87]

Today veteran Beaton won against Fallon Sherrock 3:2, It was really amazing game to watch.

Im really sad that I have missed this one! I read somewhere that this is already the end for Fallon Sherrrock in the 2022 PDC Tournament?
If yes she didn't deserve it

Yes, unfortunately she lost against Beaton, we will need to wait another year before Sherrock will be able to write history again.
Anybody saw Van Barneveld play yesterday? Was fun to see the atmossphere from the crowd with everybody cheering and singing for Barney. His secound round match is against Cross, it will be difficult but I hope he can win!

I an actually quite happy that this artificially built up hype about fallon Sherry sherrock is over now. I having nothing against her as a person but the hype around was just way to much and not justified. She have beat a few men in a sports where women have absolutely no disadvantage and everyone went crazy because of that for whatever reason and even wanted her to play in the premier League, even though he has not once beat a top 10 Player and does not even have a Tour card. That is not the definition of equality.

[cygan]

I'm happy to see this topic, it turns out that there are people who like Darts, I thought Darts were only liked by a few people, I was wrong, this is a very stressful game and requires accurate throwing skills, similar to knife throwing.

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glad to find so many interesting users here with the pdc thread who are also interested in darts
and indeed it is a very disciplined sport in terms of accuracy and throwing ability - but also find some players their big bellies also always funny

[LTU_btc]

I an actually quite happy that this artificially built up hype about fallon Sherry sherrock is over now. I having nothing against her as a person but the hype around was just way to much and not justified. She have beat a few men in a sports where women have absolutely no disadvantage and everyone went crazy because of that for whatever reason and even wanted her to play in the premier League, even though he has not once beat a top 10 Player and does not even have a Tour card. That is not the definition of equality.

I agree that hype about her was a bit artificial. But probably nothing surprising about it. Yeah, women don't have any disadvantage in darts, but very few women play it on high level, so, they're hyping her. But it's not nice when commentators can't keep neutral and cheering for her without hiding it.

[24Kt]

I an actually quite happy that this artificially built up hype about fallon Sherry sherrock is over now. I having nothing against her as a person but the hype around was just way to much and not justified. She have beat a few men in a sports where women have absolutely no disadvantage and everyone went crazy because of that for whatever reason and even wanted her to play in the premier League, even though he has not once beat a top 10 Player and does not even have a Tour card. That is not the definition of equality.

I agree that hype about her was a bit artificial. But probably nothing surprising about it. Yeah, women don't have any disadvantage in darts, but very few women play it on high level, so, they're hyping her. But it's not nice when commentators can't keep neutral and cheering for her without hiding it.

They need something to talk about or at least have an engagement among the audience, I guess. Honestly, we have not read so much articles when it comes to darts sports. So they need something to spice up this sports.

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[babygun]

Surprising loss yesterday of Van Den Bergh; didn't expect it but Hempel really played a good match. Even with an average of 104, Van Den Bergh lost the match with 3-1. Hempel his finishes were superb and if he can continue like this, he can probably reach quite far in the tournament!

[cygan]

Surprising loss yesterday of Van Den Bergh; didn't expect it but Hempel really played a good match. Even with an average of 104, Van Den Bergh lost the match with 3-1. Hempel his finishes were superb and if he can continue like this, he can probably reach quite far in the tournament!

Florian Hempel has seemed very disciplined and calm in his two matches so far. if he keeps his form and maybe gets a little more out of it and is also a little lucky, he can still achieve a lot and go far in this tournament.

[cygan]

in today's match (afternoon session) between the austrian Mensur Suljovic and the scotsman Alan Soutar it was extremely exciting. M. Suljovic won the first two sets and also the first two legs of the third set. but then A. Soutar turned up, the scotsman won the third and fourth set thanks to an extreme increase in performance.
so it went into the deciding set - and it was a dramatic one. MS showed too many nerves and missed eight matchdarts at the double. in the end too many, because AS checked 144, converted his third matchart and won the fifth set 6:4

[Real-Duke]

Looking Cross vs Van Barneveld in the moment. Cross is in advantage 2:1 Sets + 2 Legs.
Its not the match of Van Barneveld tonight

Edit 3 Match Darts for Cross and the first hit is the end for VB. Congrats to Cross!

[babygun]

Looking Cross vs Van Barneveld in the moment. Cross is in advantage 2:1 Sets + 2 Legs.
Its not the match of Van Barneveld tonight

Edit 3 Match Darts for Cross and the first hit is the end for VB. Congrats to Cross!

Too bad that Van Barneveld is out; the atmossphere is always more electric when he enters the stage! I was happy for him that he won his first match and hopefully he will continue on playing!
Till date, there are not so many surprises: biggest surprises were the loss of Van Den Bergh and of Suljovic yesterday.

[cygan]

Looking Cross vs Van Barneveld in the moment. Cross is in advantage 2:1 Sets + 2 Legs.
Its not the match of Van Barneveld tonight

Edit 3 Match Darts for Cross and the first hit is the end for VB. Congrats to Cross!

Too bad that Van Barneveld is out; the atmossphere is always more electric when he enters the stage! I was happy for him that he won his first match and hopefully he will continue on playing!
✂

Raymond van Barneveld has tested positive for the corona virus after his elimination from the world championship. the federation has not yet commented on the consequences.
Van Barneveld made his positive test public late on christmas eve via twitter. in the match on the day before christmas against former world champion Rob Cross, the dutchman had not yet felt any symptoms, it says in the message.
the darts federation PDC has not yet commented on the consequences of the positive test...

[babygun]

Raymond van Barneveld has tested positive for the corona virus after his elimination from the world championship. the federation has not yet commented on the consequences.
Van Barneveld made his positive test public late on christmas eve via twitter. in the match on the day before christmas against former world champion Rob Cross, the dutchman had not yet felt any symptoms, it says in the message.
the darts federation PDC has not yet commented on the consequences of the positive test...

There is no news yet from the darts federation itself. But I think the chances are quite high that Cross will need to withdraw for the tournament and also go in quarantine. Would be pity for Cross as he played a good match against van Barneveld and he could maybe go on for a long way in the tournament.

[yayayo]

Raymond van Barneveld has tested positive for the corona virus after his elimination from the world championship. the federation has not yet commented on the consequences.
Van Barneveld made his positive test public late on christmas eve via twitter. in the match on the day before christmas against former world champion Rob Cross, the dutchman had not yet felt any symptoms, it says in the message.
the darts federation PDC has not yet commented on the consequences of the positive test...

There is no news yet from the darts federation itself. But I think the chances are quite high that Cross will need to withdraw for the tournament and also go in quarantine. Would be pity for Cross as he played a good match against van Barneveld and he could maybe go on for a long way in the tournament.

Van Barneveld is no longer the player he used to be in his glory years. Still, that first set he threw was of a high standard. He also missed many doubles to throw out legs. Too bad, because he had been looking forward to the World Cup all year. Another chance next year. I don't think Cross will win the tournament. Van Gerwen or Price's I guess.

ya.ya.yo!

[cygan]

the dutchman Vincent van der Voort has tested positive for the coronavirus at the pdc world darts championship in london. this was announced by the world federation pdc on monday afternoon.
so his english opponent James Wade gets a free ticket and moves directly into the 1/8-finals.

[babygun]

the dutchman Vincent van der Voort has tested positive for the coronavirus at the pdc world darts championship in london. this was announced by the world federation pdc on monday afternoon.
so his english opponent James Wade gets a free ticket and moves directly into the 1/8-finals.

I don't think this will be the last positive case... Just read the news that Cross still can participate in the tournament if he presents a negative test.

Van Barneveld is no longer the player he used to be in his glory years. Still, that first set he threw was of a high standard. He also missed many doubles to throw out legs. Too bad, because he had been looking forward to the World Cup all year. Another chance next year. I don't think Cross will win the tournament. Van Gerwen or Price's I guess.

ya.ya.yo!

That's true, but I still like to watch him play. It is also nice to see that he still gets a lot of support from the crowd. He can still play on a high level, but there is also a lot more competition than before.

[cygan]

and it continues with the covid-19 infections....
Michael van Gerwen tested positive for the coronavirus yesterday at the darts world championship and has to tick off his fourth title early. the 32-yo dutchman was eliminated by his positive result from the most important and highest endowed tournament of the world. Van Gerwen's opponent Chris Dobey from england will now receive a free ticket for the match in the third round and moves directly into the 1/8-finals

[Real-Duke]

and it continues with the covid-19 infections....
Michael van Gerwen tested positive for the coronavirus yesterday at the darts world championship and has to tick off his fourth title early. the 32-yo dutchman was eliminated by his positive result from the most important and highest endowed tournament of the world. Van Gerwen's opponent Chris Dobey from england will now receive a free ticket for the match in the third round and moves directly into the 1/8-finals

This match becomes senseless with all this covid shit. The real competetion in the London 2022 PDC match is not to become infected by the virus!
In the meantime they can rename the tour to "last man standing"

[babygun]

and it continues with the covid-19 infections....
Michael van Gerwen tested positive for the coronavirus yesterday at the darts world championship and has to tick off his fourth title early. the 32-yo dutchman was eliminated by his positive result from the most important and highest endowed tournament of the world. Van Gerwen's opponent Chris Dobey from england will now receive a free ticket for the match in the third round and moves directly into the 1/8-finals

Yeah it is too bad that one of the favorites is out because of the coronavirus. I didn't think that Van Gerwen could win, this season is not his best, but it is a shame to see him leave the tournament in this kind of way.
Anyone saw the match of Price vs Huybrechts? Tense match with some frustations on both sides; but if Huybrechts had a better double percentage he could probably have won the match.

[toast]

and it continues with the covid-19 infections....
Michael van Gerwen tested positive for the coronavirus yesterday at the darts world championship and has to tick off his fourth title early. the 32-yo dutchman was eliminated by his positive result from the most important and highest endowed tournament of the world. Van Gerwen's opponent Chris Dobey from england will now receive a free ticket for the match in the third round and moves directly into the 1/8-finals

Yeah it is too bad that one of the favorites is out because of the coronavirus. I didn't think that Van Gerwen could win, this season is not his best, but it is a shame to see him leave the tournament in this kind of way.
Anyone saw the match of Price vs Huybrechts? Tense match with some frustations on both sides; but if Huybrechts had a better double percentage he could probably have won the match.

Where is this going with the tournament? After van gerwen, Chisnall has already also withdrawn from the World Darts Championship. Price himself wanted to propose to postpone the tournament after another period, but of course that is not possible because of the commercialization and all tickets sold. This way there are very few players left. Too bad, especially that van Gerwen is out because of Corona.

[LTU_btc]

Damn, sad to read about van Gerwen. Seems that goal of this tournament isn't to beat your opponent but simply don't get infected.
Gary Anderson made amazing comeback against Ian White. He lost first 3 sets, but managed to win match 4:3. Seems that White failed to handle pressure and made some big mistakes.
Gerwyn Price had slow start, but won match in very confident way 4:1.
Now Clayton - Smith game is in action. Should be most interesting match tonight.

[cygan]

Luke Humphries is in the 1/4-finals and in yesterday's match against Chris Dobey they gave each other nothing at all in a world class match. two-time pdc world champion Gary Anderson (2015 and 2016) is also in the last eight. in the duel of two former champions the scot defeated 2018 winner Rob Cross from england with 4:3.

[babygun]

Damn, sad to read about van Gerwen. Seems that goal of this tournament isn't to beat your opponent but simply don't get infected.
Gary Anderson made amazing comeback against Ian White. He lost first 3 sets, but managed to win match 4:3. Seems that White failed to handle pressure and made some big mistakes.
Gerwyn Price had slow start, but won match in very confident way 4:1.
Now Clayton - Smith game is in action. Should be most interesting match tonight.

Nice comeback from Anderson but White could and should have won this match when he was 3-0 up. The match between Clayton and Smith was also a good one, but what a strange mistake of Clayton on the end...
Too bad he is out as he was an outsider for the title.

[cygan]

today in the afternoon session both two-time pdc world champion Gary Anderson and top player James Wade progressed to this year's semifinals. "the machine", as J. Wade is known, won clearly 5:0 against his compatriot Mervyn King on thi saturday. former champion G. Anderson is also still in the tournament. the scot beat Luke Humphries from england 5:2 in the second match of the day.

[LTU_btc]

Both games on evening session were really impressive. Youngster Callan Rydz gave very good fight to Peter Wright. This match ended 5:4 and Wright reached semifinal.
Gervyn Price made first career 9-darter on TV tournament. Such things is very rare on late stages of tournaments. But it wasn't enough and he lost to Smith 4:5.

[babygun]

Both games on evening session were really impressive. Youngster Callan Rydz gave very good fight to Peter Wright. This match ended 5:4 and Wright reached semifinal.
Gervyn Price made first career 9-darter on TV tournament. Such things is very rare on late stages of tournaments. But it wasn't enough and he lost to Smith 4:5.

I am quite happy that Smith won against Price to reach the semi final; if he can continue like this he can probably reach the final again. Price is a special character and clearly not really loved by the audience. Last year it was a lot easier for him as there was no crowd.

[cygan]

after yesterday's defeat of Gerwyn Price (4-5 against Michael Smith) there will be again a new pdc world champion. the semifinal matches which will take place today will look like this:

Michael Smith vs James Wade
Peter Wright vs Gary Anderson

Peter Wright is now one of the favorites for this year's pdc world title.

[LTU_btc]

Semifinal between Wright and Andersen was epic. Can't remember did I ever saw so many 180 throwns. Wright 24 180 throwns achieved record of World Championship. He advanced to final by winning match 6:4.
In other semifinal Michael Smith won against James Wade quite confident.
So, tomorrow is the big day, final between Smith and Wright. Whos is your favorite?

[cygan]

✂
So, tomorrow is the big day, final between Smith and Wright. Whos is your favorite?

Michael Smith has gained a lot of confidence after his win against world champion Gerwyn Price, which you could see in his semifinal match against James Wade yesterday.
for me Peter Wright is the favorite for the title but i hope MS will be the new champion

[LTU_btc]

Peter Wright is new World Champion after beating Michael Smith 7:5. Smith had everything in his hands to win when he was leading 5:4, but again he lost another major final.
Final was really high level, there was impressive 167 or 148 checkouts.
And in general, it was on of the best World Championships in recent years, even despite that some players were removed because of Covid.

[cygan]

i watched the final and thought Michael Smith was a bit stronger until 5-4 ... but then Peter Wright attacked back and won 3 sets in a row.
Smith set a new 180 record in a world championship final. he threw the 72nd maximum and so overtook Gary Anderson who threw 71 times 180 in 2017.

[Real-Duke]

I have watched the final too yesterday evening (thank god for my last holiday today). First I thought Michael Smith is going to win this final but Peter Wright in the end had the better nerves.
Congrats!

Smith set a new 180 record in a world championship final. he threw the 72nd maximum and so overtook Gary Anderson who threw 71 times 180 in 2017.

Score is funny, check is money

[babygun]

Peter Wright is new World Champion after beating Michael Smith 7:5. Smith had everything in his hands to win when he was leading 5:4, but again he lost another major final.
Final was really high level, there was impressive 167 or 148 checkouts.
And in general, it was on of the best World Championships in recent years, even despite that some players were removed because of Covid.

I am happy that Wright won but Smith had his chances. But, it is as Wright also stated in his interview, in the next couple of years the chances that Smith will become the world title if he continues to play like this are high.
There were good matches but it is a pity that several top players needed to drop out of the tournament for Covid (Van Gerwen, Chisnall, ...).

[cygan]

i am now also curious to see whether Gervyn Price's proposal (to hold the upcoming world championships in a different country each year) will be heard by the pdc and perhaps realized - i personally think it would be better, fairer and also more interesting for everyone involved

game on🎯🍻🥳