2025 in PDC

2025 PDC season
Tournament information
Dates	Yearly
Country	Worldwide
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	501 Legs
Prize fund	Depends on tournament's category
«2024 2026»

The year 2025 is the 33rd year in the history of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), a darts promotion based in the United Kingdom.

Premier Events

The PDC Premier Events are a series of major professional darts tournaments organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). These events, globally broadcast, are considered the most prestigious in the darts sport due their high level of competition and largest prize funds in PDC.

Ranked

These events contribute to a player's ranking on the PDC Order of Merit (PDC OoM). The prize money won in these tournaments is added to the player's total earnings over a two-year period, which determines their PDC OoM ranking.

On 28 October 2024, it was announced that the then non-ranked event, the Masters, would be renamed as the World Masters ^[1] and become a ranked ^[2] premier event. With this change, the tournament would now be played in sets instead of legs, and preliminary rounds will be held to complete the 32-player tournament field. On 24 December, the prize fund and the money distribution were announced. ^{[3] [4]}

Date	Event	Venue	Prize fund	Format	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Semi-finalists	Ref.
15 December 2024 – 3 January 2025	2025 World Darts Championship	London, Alexandra Palace	£2,500,000	Sets	102.73 Luke Littler	7–3	Michael van Gerwen 100.69	Stephen Bunting   Chris Dobey	[5] [6]
30 January–2 February 2025	World Masters	Milton Keynes, Marshall Arena	£500,000	Sets		–
28 February–2 March 2025	UK Open	Minehead, Butlin's Minehead	£600,000	Legs		–
19–27 July 2025	World Matchplay	Blackpool, Winter Gardens	£800,000	Legs		–
6–12 October 2025	World Grand Prix	Leicester, Mattioli Arena	£600,000	Sets		–
23–26 October 2025	European Championship	Dortmund, Westfalenhallen	£500,000	Legs		–
8–16 November 2025	Grand Slam of Darts	Wolverhampton, WV Active Aldersley	£650,000	Legs		–
21–23 November 2025	Players Championship Finals	Minehead, Butlin's Minehead	£600,000	Legs		–
15 December 2025 – 3 January 2026	2026 World Darts Championship	London, Alexandra Palace	£2,500,000	Sets		–

Non-ranked

These events do not affect the PDC Order of Merit; therefore, the prize money won does not contribute to the players' PDC OoM rankings.

Date	Event	Venue	Prize fund	Format	Champion	Legs	Runner-up	Semi-finalists	Ref.
6 February – 29 May 2025	Premier League Darts	London, The O2 Arena [a]	£1,000,000	Legs		–
12–15 June 2025	World Cup of Darts	Frankfurt, Eissporthalle	£450,000	Legs		–

1. The tournment is held across 17 different venues, with the finals being played in The O2 Arena.

World Series of Darts

Main article: 2025 World Series of Darts

The 2025 World Series of Darts will be a series of televised darts tournaments organized by the Professional Darts Corporation, consisting of seven World Series events and one finals. ^[7]

There were no changes from the previous year; all eight events remained the same, with the only change being the Nordic Masters being held before the US Masters.

No.	Date	Event	Venue	Champion	Legs	Runner-up	Semi-finalists	Ref.
1	16–17 January	Bahrain Masters	Sakhir, Bahrain International Circuit		–
2	24–25 January	Dutch Darts Masters	Den Bosch, Maaspoort		–
3	6–7 June	Nordic Darts Masters	Copenhagen, Forum Copenhagen		–
4	27–28 June	US Darts Masters	New York City, Hulu Theater		–
5	4–5 July	Poland Darts Masters	Gliwice, PreZero Arena		–
6	8–9 August	Australian Darts Masters	Wollongong, WIN Entertainment Centre		–
7	15–16 August	New Zealand Masters	Auckland, Spark Arena		–
8	12–14 September	World Series of Darts Finals	Amsterdam, AFAS Live		–

Pro Tour

Main article: 2025 PDC Pro Tour

The 2025 PDC Pro Tour is a series of darts tournaments organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), made up by thirty-four Players Championship events and fourteen European Tour events. This year's Pro Tour is the biggest ever, as the PDC expanded its calendar by adding four more Players Championship events and increasing the number of European Tour events by one compared to previous years. ^{[8] [9]}

The PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit is formed by combining the results from the PDC European Tour Order of Merit and the PDC Players Championships Order of Merit.

Prize money

The prize money remained unchanged from the previous year. This is how it will be divided:

Stage	ET	PC
Winner	£30,000	£12,000
Runner-up	£12,000	£8,000
Semifinalists	£8,500	£4,000
Quarterfinalists	£6,000	£3,000
Last 16	£4,000	£2,000
Last 32	£2,500 [a]	£1,500
Last 48	£1,250 [a]	N/A
Last 64	N/A	£1,000
Total	£175,000	£125,000

1. Pre-qualified players from the PDC and PDC Pro Tour Orders of Merit who lose in their first match of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualifies as a qualifier, but later becomes a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event.

Tour cards

Main article: List of players with a 2025 PDC Tour Card

128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships events, the UK Open, and qualifiers for all European Tour and select televised events.

The 2025 PDC Tour Cards are awarded to:

• (64) The top 64 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2025 World Championship.
  • 56th-placed Steve Beaton resigned his Tour Card. ^[10] His spot went to the 65th qualified, Nick Kenny.
• (28) 28 qualifiers from 2024 Q-School not ranked in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit following the World Championship.
  • Leighton Bennett's Tour Card was removed as he had received an eight-year ban from competing in DRA-sanctioned events.
  • Paul Krohne handed in his Tour Card.
• (2) Two highest qualifiers from the 2023 Challenge Tour (Berry van Peer and Owen Bates).
• (1) Highest qualifier from the 2023 Development Tour (Nathan Rafferty).
  • Wessel Nijman, the other highest qualifier from the 2023 Development Tour, was in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit, and therefore, one extra Tour Card was awarded to a Q-School qualifier.
• (2) Two highest qualifiers from the 2024 Challenge Tour (Wesley Plaisier and Christian Kist).
• (2) Two highest qualifiers from the 2024 Development Tour (Niko Springer and Sebastian Białecki).
• (8) The daily winners from the 2025 Q-Schools.

Afterwards, the playing field will be complemented by the highest qualified players from the Q-School Order of Merit until the maximum number of 128 Pro Tour Card players has been reached. In 2025, that means that a total of 21 additional players will qualify this way. ^{[11] [12]}

The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School (or Q–School) is split into the UK Q-School for British and Irish players, held at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England; and the European Q-School for the rest of European players, held at Wunderland Kalkar in Kalkar, Germany. Non-European players can choose which Q-School to compete in. ^{[13] [14]}

There are two stages in Q-School: ^[15]

• The First Stage, played between 6–8 January, is entered by any darts player who registers to Q-School. The eight quarterfinalists from each of the three days qualify into the Final Stage alongside other players coming from a First Stage ranking to produce a full list of 128 players for each Final Stage.
• The Final Stage, held between 9–12 January, consists of all players qualified from the First Stage plus the players exempted to the Final Stage. They are those who lost their PDC Tour Cards after the 2025 World Championship, and those who finished from third to sixteenth in the 2024 Challenge Tour and Development Tour Orders of Merit and do not have PDC Tour Cards yet.

The winner of each day's play in the Final Stage is given a PDC Tour Card.

Player Championships

Main article: 2025 PDC Players Championship series

The PDC Player Championships (PC) are a series of non-televised darts events that are part of the PDC Pro Tour. Starting in 2025, the number of events will increase by four compared to previous years, bringing the total to thirty-four Players Championship events per year. ^[8]

The Players Championship Order of Merit is determined based on the total prize money won by each player in the Players Championship events throughout the year. The top 64 players on this ranking qualify for the premier event Players Championship Finals .

2025 PDC Players Championship season

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Monday 10 February	Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre
2	Tuesday 11 February
3	Monday 17 February	Rosmalen, Autotron
4	Tuesday 18 February
5	Tuesday 11 March	Leicester, Mattioli Arena
6	Wednesday 12 March
7	Monday 17 March	Hildesheim, Halle 39
8	Tuesday 18 March
9	Monday 31 March	Leicester, Mattioli Arena
10	Tuesday 1 April
11	Tuesday 8 April
12	Wednesday 9 April
13	Monday 14 April	Rosmalen, Autotron
14	Tuesday 15 April
15	Monday 12 May	Hildesheim, Halle 39
16	Tuesday 13 May
17	Tuesday 17 June	Leicester, Mattioli Arena
18	Wednesday 18 June
19	Thursday 19 June
20	Tuesday 29 July	Hildesheim, Halle 39
21	Wednesday 30 July
22	Monday 25 August	Milton Keynes, Marshall Arena
23	Tuesday 26 August
24	Wednesday 27 August
25	Tuesday 9 September	Hildesheim, Halle 39
26	Wednesday 10 September
27	Tuesday 30 September	Leicester, Mattioli Arena
28	Wednesday 1 October
29	Thursday 2 October
30	Tuesday 14 October	Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre
31	Wednesday 15 October
32	Tuesday 28 October
33	Wednesday 29 October
34	Thursday 30 October

European Tour

Main article: PDC European Tour

The PDC European Tour (ET) is a series of televised darts events that are part of the PDC Pro Tour. Beginning in 2025, the total number of events will expand to fourteen per year, one more than the previous years. The German Darts Open returns after a one-year absence and will be hosted in Göttingen, location rejoining the tour for the first time since 2018. ^[16]

The PDC European Tour Order of Merit is determined based on the total prize money won by each player in the European Tour events throughout the year. The top 32 players on this ranking qualify for the premier event European Championship .

2025 PDC European Tour season

No.	Date	Event	Location	Winner	Legs	Runner-Up	Ref.
1	7–9 March	Belgian Darts Open	Wieze, Oktoberhallen
2	21–23 March	German Darts Open	Göttingen, Lokhalle
3	4–6 April	International Darts Open	Riesa, WT Energiesysteme Arena
4	19–21 April	German Darts Grand Prix	Munich, Zenith
5	25–27 April	Austrian Darts Open	Graz, Premstättner Halle
6	2–4 May	European Darts Grand Prix	Sindelfingen, Glaspalast
7	23–25 May	Dutch Darts Championship	Rosmalen, Autotron
8	30 May–1 June	European Darts Open	Leverkusen, Ostermann-Arena
9	11–13 July	Baltic Sea Darts Open	Kiel, Wunderino Arena
10	29–31 August	Flanders Darts Trophy	Antwerp, Antwerp Expo
11	5–7 September	Czech Darts Open	Prague, PVA EXPO Praha
12	19–21 September	Hungarian Darts Trophy	Budapest, MVM Dome
13	26–28 September	Swiss Darts Trophy	Basel, St. Jakobshalle
14	17–19 October	German Darts Championship	Hildesheim, Halle 39

Secondary Tours

The PDC Secondary Tours refer to a group of darts tournaments organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) that are separate from the main PDC Pro Tour. These tours provide players opportunities to compete, develop their skills, and earn various rewards like major PDC Premier Events qualification spots and Tour Cards through their own ranking systems.

Prize money

The prize money remained unchanged from the previous year. This is how is divided:

Stage	CT/DT	WS
Winner	£2,500	£2,000
Runner-up	£1,000	£1,000
Semi-finalists	£750	£500
Quarter-finalists	£500	£300
Last 16	£300	£200
Last 32	£200	£100
Last 64	£75	£50 [a]
Total	£15,000	£10,000

1. Last 64 prize money will only be paid out, if a minimum of 128 participants take part in a Women's Series event.

Challenge Tour

Main article: 2025 PDC Challenge Tour series

The Challenge Tour, known as the Winmau Challenge Tour for sponsorship reasons, is the PDC's second tier system for players of any age who competed at the current year's Qualifying Schools but did not win a Tour Card ^[17] . Under PDC Order of Merit Rule 4.2 ^[18] , the Challenge Tour OoM rankings are used to top up Players Championship events to make the total number of entries up to 128, should any of the current Tour Card holders choose not to enter the brackets, as of the Event entry deadline.

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 the further rewards via another method, win a two-year PDC Tour Card starting 2026, and a place in the first round of the 2026 World Darts Championship .
• The highest ranked player on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, who has not obtained the further reward via another method, gets a spot at the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts .
• The players in the Top 16 of the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, who have not obtained a PDC Tour Card before the 2025 Q-School, receive free entry to the Final Stage of the later event.
• 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 .

The 2025 Challenge Tour will consist of four weekends of five events, and one weekend of four events.

2025 PDC Challenge Tour season

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Friday 17 January	Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes
2
3	Saturday 18 January
4
5	Sunday 19 January
6	Friday 14 March	Halle 39, Hildesheim
7
8	Saturday 15 March
9
10	Sunday 16 March
11	Friday 2 May	Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes
12
13	Saturday 3 May
14
15	Sunday 4 May
16	Friday 15 August	Mattioli Arena, Leicester
17
18	Saturday 16 August
19
20	Sunday 17 August
21	Saturday 25 October	Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
22
23	Sunday 26 October
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Development Tour

Main article: 2025 PDC Development Tour series

The Development Tour, known as the Winmau Development Tour for sponsorship reasons, is the PDC's youth system open to all players aged 16–24 ^[19] . According to PDC Order of Merit Rule 6.2 ^[18] , players ranked in the top 32 of the PDC Order of Merit or outside the previously mentioned age range on the cut-off date of a Development Tour event are not eligible to enter said event.

Under PDC Order of Merit Rule 6.9, the 2025 Development Tour prizes are as follows:

• The top two players on the Development Order of Merit, who have not obtained the further rewards via another method, win a two-year PDC Tour Card, starting 2025, and a place in the first round of the 2026 World Darts Championship .
• The highest ranked player on the Development Tour Order of Merit, who has not obtained the further reward via another method, gets a spot at the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts .
• The players in the Top 16 of the Development Tour Order of Merit, who have not obtained a PDC Tour Card before the 2025 Q-School, receive free entry to the Final Stage of the later event.
• The eight highest ranked players from the Development Tour Order of Merit who do not manage to earn a Tour Card for the 2026 season qualify for the first round of the 2026 UK Open .
• The two finalists of the PDC World Youth Championship qualify for the 2026 Grand Slam of Darts . Furthermore, the winner of the PDC World Youth Championship receives an invitation to play in the first round of the 2026 World Darts Championship .

The 2025 PDC Development Tour consisted of four weekends of five events, and one weekend of four events.

2025 PDC Development Tour season

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Friday 21 February	Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes
2
3	Saturday 22 February
4
5	Sunday 23 February
6	Friday 28 March	Mattioli Arena, Leicester
7
8	Saturday 29 March
9
10	Sunday 30 March
11	Friday 9 May	Halle 39, Hildesheim
12
13	Saturday 10 May
14
15	Sunday 11 May
16	Friday 5 September	Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
17
18	Saturday 6 September
19
20	Sunday 7 September
21	Saturday 11 October
22
23	Sunday 12 October
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Women's Series

Main article: 2025 PDC Women's Series

The PDC Women's Series is a series of female-only darts tournaments organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) ^[20] . According to PDC Order of Merit Rule 6.2 ^[18] , women players ranked in the top 32 of the PDC Order of Merit or under 16 years of age on the cut-off date of a Women's Series event are not eligible to enter said event.

Under PDC Order of Merit Rule 6.9 ^[18] , the Women's Series prizes are as follows:

• The winner of the Women's World Matchplay earns a place in the first round of the 2026 World Darts Championship and qualifies for the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts .
• The top two players on the Women's Series Order of Merit, who have not obtained the further rewards via another method, win a place in the first round of the 2026 World Darts Championship .
• The top player on the Women's Series Order of Merit, who has not obtained the further rewards via another method, gets a spot at the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts .
• The players in the Top 8 of the Women's Series Order of Merit, who have not obtained a PDC Tour Card before the 2025 Q-School, receive free entry to the later event.
• The highest ranked U24 player on the Women's Series Order of Merit obtains a place in the 2025 PDC World Youth Championship .

The 2025 PDC Women's Series consisted of six weekends of four events.

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 15 February	Mattioli Arena, Leicester
2
3	Sunday 16 February
4
5	Saturday 8 March
6
7	Sunday 9 March
8
9	Saturday 12 April	Autotron, Rosmalen
10
11	Sunday 13 April
12
13	Saturday 7 June	Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes
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15	Sunday 8 June
16
17	Saturday 23 August
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19	Sunday 24 August
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21	Saturday 18 October	Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
22
23	Sunday 19 October
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Global Affiliate Tours

The PDC Global Affiliate Tours are a series of regional darts competitions organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) in collaboration with various local darts organizations around the world ^[21] . In 2025, seven active PDC Global Affiliate Tours will be held.

Under PDC Order of Merit Rule 3.9 ^[18] , first year Tour Card holders can participate without restrictions, in their second year they may only qualify for a major event if at the entries' closing date they are outside the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit, and beyond the second year of being a Tour Card Holder they can play but not qualify for any PDC Premier Event via this route.

Asian Tour

Main article: 2025 PDC Asian Tour series

The PDC Asian Tour is the PDC Global Affiliate Tour specifically for Asian darts players. This year's calendar will consist of twenty-four events organized over six weekends. ^[22]

The prizes for this PDC Global Affiliate Tour are as follows:

• The top four players on the Asian Tour Order of Merit, who have not obtained the further reward via another method, earn a spot in the first round of the 2026 World Darts Championship .
• The top two players of the PDC Asian Championship, who have not obtained the further reward via another method, qualify to the first round of the 2026 World Darts Championship . Furthermore, the winner of the PDC Asian Championship receives an invitation to play in the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts .

2025 PDC Asian Tour season

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	25–26 January	Dubai
2
3
4
5	12–13 April	Shizuoka
6
7
8
9	3–4 May	Kuala Lumpur
10
11
12
13	17–18 May	Ulaanbaatar
14
15
16
17	5–6 July	Singapore
18
19
20
21	2–3 August	Manila
22
23
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Nordic & Baltic Tour

Main article: 2025 PDC Nordic & Baltic ProTour series

The Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic Tour (PDCNB) is the PDC Global Affiliate Tour for players from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden. On 30 August 2024, the 2025 calendar was announced, consisting of five weekends in five different countries. ^[23] On 8 October 2024, a sixth weekend in Norway with four events was added. ^[24]

The prizes for this PDC Global Affiliate Tour are as follows:

• The top four players on the PDCNB Order of Merit, who have not obtained the further reward via another method, earn a spot in the first round of the 2026 World Darts Championship .
• The players in the Top 8 of the PDCNB Order of Merit, who have not obtained a PDC Tour Card before the 2025 Q-School, receive free entry to the later event.
• The two highest ranked U24 players on the PDCNB Order of Merit obtain a place in the 2025 PDC World Youth Championship .

2025 PDCNB Tour season

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 15 February	Bellevue Park Hotel, Riga
2	Sunday 16 February
3	Saturday 29 March	Apple Hotel, Gothenburg
4	Sunday 30 March
5	Saturday 10 May	Hotelli Tallukka, Vääksy
6	Sunday 11 May
7	Saturday 5 July	Slangerup Dartklub, Slangerup
8	Sunday 6 July
9	Saturday 2 August	Olavsgaard Hotel, Oslo
10	Sunday 3 August
11	Saturday 6 September	Bullseye, Reykjavík
12	Sunday 7 September

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