Darts tournament
The 2022 PDC Asian Championship was a tournament organized by the Professional Darts Corporation for Asian players. The tournament featured 48 players from all around Asia, with the four semi-finalists earning a place in the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship and the winner also earning a place in the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts.
Christian Perez won the tournament, defeating Paolo Nebrida 7–5 in the final. Perez, Nebrida, plus semi-finalists Lourence Ilagan and Toru Suzuki all qualified for the World Championship as a result of this tournament, with Perez also qualifying for the Grand Slam, becoming only the second Asian player after Mikuru Suzuki to do so.[1]
This was the first edition of the tournament, which was created following the inability to revive the successful PDC Asian Tour, which had not been able to be run since 2019, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Format
The 48-player main event on 24–25 September was preceded by two days of Asian Series qualifiers in Fukuoka, with four qualifying events being split across 22–23 September.
The 48 player main event began with a round-robin stage on 24 September, with the players split into 16 groups of three.
Each group winner progressed to compete in the last 16 later on 24 September, with 25 September featuring the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.
Match Format
| Round
|
Best of (legs)
|
| Asian Series Qualifiers
|
7
|
| Round Robin Stage
|
9
|
| Last 16
|
9
|
| Quarter-finals
|
11
|
| Semi-finals
|
11
|
| Final
|
13
|
In the Asian Series Qualifiers, players will receive one point per victory from the first full round drawn without byes to form the Order of Merit.
Prize money
The total prize fund will be US$100,000. The four semi-finalists of the tournament will earn a place in the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship and the winner will earn a place in the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts as well.
| Position (no. of players)
|
Prize money
(Total: US$100,000)
|
| Winner
|
(1)
|
US$15,000
|
| Runner-up
|
(1)
|
US$7,000
|
| Semi-finalists
|
(2)
|
US$5,000
|
| Quarter-finalists
|
(4)
|
US$3,000
|
| Last 16
|
(8)
|
US$2,000
|
| Second in Group
|
(16)
|
US$1,500
|
| Third in Group
|
(16)
|
US$1,000
|
Qualifiers
The 48-player main event was preceded by two days of Asian Series qualifiers in Fukuoka, with four qualifying events, two being held on 22 September, two being held on 23 September.
The last four players from each qualifier secured a place in the main event, alongside a further 10 players from an Asian Series Order of Merit.
The main event also featured the eight players who competed in the 2022 PDC World Cup of Darts for Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines and Singapore, plus one additional qualifier per country.
A further ten regional qualifiers - held in Bahrain, mainland China, India, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates - each produced one qualifier.
The qualifiers were:
Statistics
Top averages
This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament.
Japan
Paul Lim 
Christian Perez 
