Schedule for 2022 Premier League Darts released

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.

Schedule 2022 Premier League Darts

Night 1 - Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff

Thursday February 3

Quarter-Finals

Jonny Clayton v Joe Cullen

Gerwyn Price v James Wade

Peter Wright v Michael Smith

Michael van Gerwen v Gary Anderson

Night 2 - M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool

Thursday February 10

Quarter-Finals

Peter Wright v Michael van Gerwen

Jonny Clayton v Michael Smith

James Wade v Joe Cullen

Gerwyn Price v Gary Anderson

Night 3 - The SSE Arena, Belfast

Thursday February 17

Quarter-Finals

Michael Smith v Gerwyn Price

Joe Cullen v Michael van Gerwen

Gary Anderson v Peter Wright

James Wade v Jonny Clayton

Night 4 - Westpoint Exeter

Thursday March 3

Quarter-Finals

Jonny Clayton v Michael van Gerwen

Michael Smith v Joe Cullen

Gerwyn Price v Peter Wright

James Wade v Gary Anderson

Night 5 - The Brighton Centre

Thursday March 10

Quarter-Finals

Gary Anderson v Michael Smith

Peter Wright v Jonny Clayton

Michael van Gerwen v James Wade

Joe Cullen v Gerwyn Price

Night 6 - Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham

Thursday March 17

Quarter-Finals

Michael Smith v James Wade

Michael van Gerwen v Gerwyn Price

Gary Anderson v Jonny Clayton

Joe Cullen v Peter Wright

Night 7

Quarter-Finals

Peter Wright v James Wade

Gary Anderson v Joe Cullen

Jonny Clayton v Gerwyn Price

Michael van Gerwen v Michael Smith

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

Michael Smith v Peter Wright

Gary Anderson v Michael van Gerwen

Joe Cullen v Jonny Clayton

James Wade v Gerwyn Price

Night 10

Quarter-Finals

Peter Wright v Gerwyn Price

Gary Anderson v James Wade

Michael van Gerwen v Jonny Clayton

Joe Cullen v Michael Smith

Night 11

Quarter-Finals

Jonny Clayton v Gary Anderson

Peter Wright v Joe Cullen

James Wade v Michael Smith

Gerwyn Price v Michael van Gerwen

Night 12

Quarter-Finals

James Wade v Michael van Gerwen

Gerwyn Price v Joe Cullen

Michael Smith v Gary Anderson

Jonny Clayton v Peter Wright

Night 13

Quarter-Finals

Peter Wright v Gary Anderson

Jonny Clayton v James Wade

Gerwyn Price v Michael Smith

Michael van Gerwen v Joe Cullen

Night 14

Quarter-Finals

Joe Cullen v James Wade

Gary Anderson v Gerwyn Price

Michael van Gerwen v Peter Wright

Michael Smith v Jonny Clayton

Night 15

Quarter-Finals

Gerwyn Price v Jonny Clayton

Michael Smith v Michael van Gerwen

James Wade v Peter Wright

Joe Cullen v Gary Anderson

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