The defending champion was Fan Zhengyi, who defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–9 in the final of the tournament's previous edition.

Kyren Wilson defeated Barry Hawkins 9–3 in the final to win the fifth ranking title of his career.

The 2022 European Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament played between 16 and 21 August 2022 at the Stadthalle Fürth in Germany.

[4][5] It was the second staging of the European Masters in 2022; the previous tournament, held in February 2022, was won by Fan Zhengyi, who defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–9 in the final.

[8] In China, the event was broadcast on Liaoning TV, Superstar Online, Migu, Youku and Huya Live.

The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:[10] Qualifiers for the tournament were held from 15 to 17 July and 22 to 24 July 2022 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, although qualifying matches featuring the defending champion, Fan Zhengyi, and those involving Mark Selby and Judd Trump, were held over to be played in Fürth.

World number one Ronnie O'Sullivan also had his qualifying match held over, but he withdrew for medical reasons a week before the tournament and was replaced in the draw by Luke Simmonds.

[12][13] World number five John Higgins lost his qualifying match 3–5 to his Scottish compatriot Scott Donaldson.

[23] World number two Trump played his held-over qualifier in a waistcoat borrowed from Xiao Guodong after his luggage did not arrive in Fürth; he defeated Noppon Saengkham 5–2.

[24] Li Hang, Chang Bingyu, and Lei Peifan were forced to withdraw from the tournament due to visa issues; their last-64 opponents, Zhao Xintong, Scott Donaldson, and Marco Fu, received byes to the last 32.

Carter defeated David Grace, also in a deciding frame, while Wu beat Ryan Day 5–2.

Williams and Barry Hawkins reached the quarter-finals with 5–0 whitewash wins over Zhou and Robert Milkins respectively.

[21] The two players had previously contested the final of the 2019 Paul Hunter Classic at the same venue, with Hawkins winning 4–3 on that occasion.

[34] He went on to win three of the four frames played in the evening session to clinch the match 9–3 and claim the fifth ranking title of his professional career.

Runner-up Hawkins said he was "disappointed" and that the match had been a "struggle all day", whilst Wilson said "we both lost our timing today".