The 2025 PDC Challenge Tour (known for sponsorship reasons as the Winmau Challenge Tour) is a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). A secondary tour to the PDC Pro Tour, it consists of 24 tournaments, held over four weekends of five events and one weekend of four events.
The Challenge Tour is the PDC's second-tier system for players who competed at the 2025 Qualifying Schools but did not win a PDC Tour Card.[1] Under PDC Order of Merit Rule 4.2,[2] the Challenge Tour Order of Merit rankings are used to top up Players Championship (PC) events up to 128 entries, should any of the current Tour Card holders not enter the PC tournaments.
Under PDC Order of Merit Rule 6.9, the 2025 Challenge Tour prizes are as follows:
The top two players on the Challenge Order of Merit, who have not obtained a Tour Card via another method, win a two-year PDC Tour Card for the 2026 and 2027 seasons.
The top three players on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, who have not qualified via another method, qualify for places at the 2026 PDC World Championship.
The highest ranked player on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, who has not already qualified for the tournament via another method, receives a spot at the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts.
The players in the top sixteen on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, who do not obtain a PDC Tour Card before the 2026 Q-Schools, receive free entry to the Final Stage of Q-School.
The eight highest ranked players from the Challenge Tour Order of Merit who remain non-Tour Card Holders for the 2026 season qualify for the first round of the 2026 UK Open.
£360,000 is the total prize fund, with £15,000 being the prize fund for each of the 24 CT events.
Stage (no. of players)
Prize money (Total: £15,000)
Winner
(1)
£2,500
Runner-up
(1)
£1,000
Semi-finalists
(2)
£750
Quarter-finalists
(4)
£500
Last 16
(8)
£300
Last 32
(16)
£200
Last 64
(32)
£75
The top players on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit act as reserves for 2025 PDC Players Championship series events. If one of the Tour Card holders does not enter or withdraws from a Players Championship event, the highest ranked available player on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit may fill in.[3][4]
Challenge Tour 2 was contested on Friday 17 January 2025 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by Carl Sneyd, who defeated Tommy Lishman 5–1 in the final.[7]
Challenge Tour 6 was contested on Friday 14 March at the Halle 39 in Hildesheim. The tournament was won by Dragutin Horvat, who defeated Ted Evetts 5–4 in the final.[11]
Challenge Tour 8 was contested on Saturday 15 March at the Halle 39 in Hildesheim. The tournament was won by Darius Labanauskas, who defeated Scott Waites 5–4 in the final.[12]
Challenge Tour 9 was contested on Saturday 15 March at the Halle 39 in Hildesheim. The tournament was won by Ted Evetts, who defeated Michael Unterbuchner 5–1 in the final.[12]
Challenge Tour 10 was contested on Sunday 16 March at the Halle 39 in Hildesheim. The tournament was won by Scott Campbell, who defeated Dan Hands 5–3 in the final.[13]
Challenge Tour 11 was contested on Friday 2 May at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by Mervyn King, who defeated Henry Coates 5–0 in the final.[14]
Challenge Tour 12 was contested on Friday 2 May at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. Jamai van den Herik hit a nine-dart finish in his match against Carl Sneyd. The tournament was won by Jamai van den Herik, who defeated Graham Hall 5–2 in the final.[14]
Challenge Tour 15 was contested on Sunday 4 May at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by Jack Tweddell, who defeated Mervyn King 5–1 in the final.[16]
Challenge Tour 16 was contested on Friday 15 August at the Leicester Arena. The tournament was won by Joe Hunt, who defeated Derek Maclean 5–4 in the final. It was Hunt's first Challenge Tour title in his debut season.[17][18]
Challenge Tour 17 was contested on Friday 15 August at the Leicester Arena. Lee Cocks defeated Jack Tweddell 5–3 in the final to claim his second career Challenge Tour title.[17][19]
Challenge Tour 18 was contested on Saturday 16 August at the Leicester Arena. David Davies won his first Challenge Tour event, beating Alexander Merkx 5–3 in the final. [20][21]
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Jarno Bottenberg 84.99
Stefan Bellmont 85.39
Tommy Lishman 95.78
Simon Whitlock 93.79
Michael Unterbuchner 91.93
Kevin Burness 81.65
Nathan Girvan 79.13
John O'Shea 87.42
Darius Labanauskas 87.17
Andreas Harrysson 82.82
