Field confirmed for 2022 Hungarian Darts Trophy led by Van Gerwen, Humphries and Price

After the World Series of Darts has dominated the PDC calendar as of late, the European Tour will return with the Hungarian Darts Trophy set to take place between 2-4 September, 2022.

Michael van Gerwen while skipping other remaining tournaments will be in Budapest, as will other top seeds in Luke Humphries, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Rob Cross and Peter Wright - with the latter returning after gallstones surgery.

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The other 32 starting spots are distributed through various qualification tournaments. Dave Chisnall, Rowby-John Rodriguez, Stephen Bunting, Simon Whitlock, Chris Dobey, Ian White and Raymond van Barneveld are among the main names.

The Hungarian Darts Trophy is only the second time on the PDC calendar. The first edition took place in 2021 and was won by Price, who was too strong for Michael Smith in the final, 8-2.

Top-16 Pro Tour Order of Merit

1. Michael van Gerwen

2. Luke Humphries

3. Gerwyn Price

4. Michael Smith

5. Rob Cross

6. Peter Wright

7. Damon Heta

8. Ryan Searle

9. Nathan Aspinall

10. Dirk van Duijvenbode

11. Joe Cullen

12. José de Sousa

13. Dimitri van den Bergh

14. Danny Noppert

15. Jonny Clayton

16. Krzysztof Ratajski

Tour Card Qualifiers

Nathan Rafferty, Jeff Smith, Dave Chisnall, Josh Rock, Callan Rydz, Ryan Meikle, Daryl Gurney, Rowby-John Rodriguez, Stephen Bunting, Boris Krcmar, Martin Lukeman, William O'Connor, Darius Labanauskas, Simon Whitlock, Ted Evetts, Raymond van Barneveld, Chris Dobey, Jeffrey de Zwaan, Madars Razma, Rusty-Jake Rodriguez, Gabriel Clemens, Jim Williams, Ian White, Brett Claydon

Associate Member Qualifier

Thibault Tricole

Franz Rötzsch

Highest Ranked Hungarian

Janos Vegso

Host Nation Qualifiers

Levente Sarai

Andras Borbely

Pal Szekely

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

Daniel Larsson

East European Qualifier

Karel Sedlacek