The PDC has announced the schedule for the 2022
Premier League Darts. However, it became clear that the competition will not be finished in May as usual.
Only the first six weeks have been given a date and location. It is not known on which date the ten remaining rounds and the play-offs will be played. The PDC did announce that a round will be played in Berlin on Monday June 13.
On Thursday 3 February the
Premier League Darts gets underway in the Welsh capital Cardiff. Defending champion
Jonny Clayton opens the event with a match against newcomer
Joe Cullen. World number one
Gerwyn Price takes on
James Wade in front of his own audience. World Championship runner-up
Michael Smith gets a new chance against
Peter Wright, against whom Smith lost the battle for the world title.
Michael van Gerwen and
Gary Anderson close the first week of play.
New format
The eight participants play a tournament sixteen times. It will be arranged so that a player meets the other participants twice in the quarter-finals. During two weeks of play, in the eighth and sixteenth week, the draw is determined by league standings heading into each night.
Points can be scored with results in the sixteen tournaments. A semi-final earns two points, a second place three points and a tournament win five points and a £10,000 bonus.
Based on these points the new
Premier League Darts ranking is formed. The four best players advance to the Premier League Darts play-offs.
Night 1 - Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
Thursday February 3
Quarter-Finals
Night 2 - M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool
Thursday February 10
Quarter-Finals
Night 3 - The SSE Arena, Belfast
Thursday February 17
Quarter-Finals
Night 4 - Westpoint Exeter
Thursday March 3
Quarter-Finals
Night 5 - The Brighton Centre
Thursday March 10
Quarter-Finals
Night 6 - Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
Thursday March 17
Quarter-Finals
Night 7
Quarter-Finals
Night 8
Quarter-Finals
Rank 1 v Rank 8
Rank 4 v Rank 5
Rank 2 v Rank 7
Rank 3 v Rank 6
Night 9
Quarter-Finals
Night 10
Quarter-Finals
Night 11
Quarter-Finals
Night 12
Quarter-Finals
Night 13
Quarter-Finals
Night 14
Quarter-Finals
Night 15
Quarter-Finals
Night 16
Quarter-Finals
Rank 1 v Rank 8
Rank 4 v Rank 5
Rank 2 v Rank 7
Rank 3 v Rank 6
Play-Offs
Semi-Finals
Rank 1 v Rank 4
Rank 2 v Rank 3