The 2022 European Darts Open is the fifth European Tour tournament of the season which will take place between 6-8 May.
Michael van Gerwen, Peter Wright and Gerwyn Price - if he returns after withdrawing from Graz this past weekend will be the main seeds.
Daryl Gurney, Cameron Menzies, Dave Chisnall and Devon Petersen are among the Tour Card holders, with Scott Williams one of two Associate Member Qualifiers.
Gabriel Clemens, Martin Schindler, Lukas Wenig and Nico Kurz represent a strong contingent of Host Nation stars aiming to delight the home crowd in Leverkusen.
The European Darts Open is one of the longest-running Euro Tour tournaments. This year will be the ninth edition. Raymond van Barneveld won the first edition in 2012, while Van Gerwen took the win in 2013, 2016, 2018 and 2019.
Participants European Darts Open 2022
Top 16 seeded players
1. Gerwyn Price
2. Peter Wright
3. José de Sousa
4. Joe Cullen
5. Michael van Gerwen
6. Ryan Searle
7. Dimitri van den Bergh
8. Luke Humphries
9. Brendan Dolan
10. Rob Cross
11. Damon Heta
12. Jonny Clayton
13. Dirk van Duijvenbode
14. James Wade
15. Krzysztof Ratajski
16. Nathan Aspinall
Tour Card Qualifiers
Kevin Burness
Krzysztof Kciuk
Daryl Gurney
Connor Scutt
Mickey Mansell
Cameron Menzies
Stephen Bunting
Ritchie Edhouse
Dave Chisnall
Luke Woodhouse
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Josh Rock
Berry van Peer
Keane Barry
Danny Baggish
Maik Kuivenhoven
Adam Gawlas
Andrew Gilding
Kevin Doets
Ian White
Martin Lukeman
Devon Petersen
Luc Peters
Jermaine Wattimena
Associate Member Qualifiers
Darren Penhall
Scott Williams
Top seeded Germans
Gabriel Clemens
Martin Schindler
Host Nation Qualifiers
Lukas Wenig
Nico Kurz
Nordic & Baltic Qualifier
Dennis Nilsson
East European Qualifier
Karel Sedlacek