| 2025 PDC season | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Country | Worldwide | ||
| Organisation(s) | Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) | ||
| Format | 501 Legs and Sets | ||
| Prize fund | Varies by tournament | ||
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The year 2025 is the 33rd year in the history of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), a darts promotion based in the United Kingdom.
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.
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. |
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| 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 | 100.42 Luke Humphries | 6–5 |  Jonny Clayton 97.99 | Danny Noppert  Dimitri Van den Bergh | [7] [8] |
| 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 | | – | | | |
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. |
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| 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 | | – | | | |
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. [9]
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. |
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| 1 | 16–17 January | Bahrain Masters |  Sakhir, Bahrain International Circuit | 99.33 Stephen Bunting | 8–4 | Gerwyn Price 96.64 | Luke Humphries  Peter Wright | [10] |
| 2 | 24–25 January | Dutch Darts Masters | Den Bosch, Maaspoort | 101.87 Rob Cross | 8–5 | Stephen Bunting 96.46 | Luke Littler Gerwyn Price | [11] |
| 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 | | – | | | |
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. [12] [13]
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.
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 |
128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships events, the UK Open, and qualifiers for all European Tours and select televised events.
The 2025 PDC Tour Cards are awarded to:
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. [15] [16]
The winner of each day's play in the Final Stage is given a PDC Tour Card.
| UK Q-School | |||
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| January 9 | January 10 | January 11 | January 12 |
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| 128 players | 127 players | 126 players | 125 players |
| European Q-School | |||
| January 9 | January 10 | January 11 | January 12 |
| 128 players | 127 players | 126 players | 125 players |
To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, a ranking is created for each Q-School and a point is awarded for every win after the Last 64. Available Tour Card places for each Q-School are allocated in proportion to the total number of participants, with 9 cards going to the UK Q-School and 12 going to the European Q-School.
At the end of the fourth day in the Final Stage, based on their ranking, the following players picked up Tour Cards as a result: [23]
UK Q-School Order of Merit [29]
| European Q-School Order of Merit [30]
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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. [31] In 2025, seven active PDC Global Affiliate Tours will be held.
Under PDC Order of Merit Rule 3.9, [32] 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.
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. [33]
The prizes for this PDC Global Affiliate Tour are as follows:
| No. | Date | Location | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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| 1 | 25–26 January |  Dubai | (94.08) Alexis Toylo  | 5 – 3 |  Tomoya Goto (89.22) | [34] |
| 2 | (100.65) Lourence Ilagan | 5 – 1 |  Man Lok Leung (88.64) | [35] | ||
| 3 | (100.22) Lourence Ilagan | 5 – 2 | Paolo Nebrida (93.65) | [36] | ||
| 4 | (76.60) Paul Lim  | 5 – 2 | Dolreich Tongcopanon (69.71) | [37] | ||
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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. [38] On 8 October 2024, a sixth weekend in Norway with four events was added. [39]
The prizes for this PDC Global Affiliate Tour are as follows:
| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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| 1 | Saturday 15 February | Bellevue Park Hotel, Riga | (89.32) Oskar Lukasiak  | 6 – 5 | Andreas Harrysson (88.01) | [40] |
| 2 | Sunday 16 February | (98.28) Jonas Masalin  | 6 – 5 | Teemu Harju (93.19) | [41] | |
| 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 | | |
The PDC Europe Next Gen is the PDC Global Affiliate Tour for players from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein. This series of tournaments is unique as the format of play is rotated event by event. These formats include: seeding, 'double in, double out' (DIDO), FA Cup (no seedings, random draw at the start of each round) and 'master out' (players can win a leg on a treble or double). This year's calendar will consist of fifteen events organized over seven weekends. [42]
The prizes for this PDC Global Affiliate Tour are as follows: [43]
| No. | Date | Location | Format | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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| 1 | 1–2 February | Hildesheim | DIDO | (79.73) Kevin Troppmann | 5 – 3 |  Rowby-John Rodriguez (59.73) | [44] |
| 2 | FA Cup | (85.99) Michael Klönhammer | 6 – 1 | Jarod Becker (76.71) | [45] | ||
| 3 | 1–2 March | Kalkar | Master Out | | | ||
| 4 | Seeding | | | ||||
| 5 | 20–22 June | Rust | DIDO | | | ||
| 6 | Master Out | | | ||||
| 7 | FA Cup | | | ||||
| 8 | 2–3 August | Sindelfingen | DIDO | | | ||
| 9 | Seeding | | | ||||
| 10 | 9–10 August | Master Out | | | |||
| 11 | FA Cup | | | ||||
| 12 | 23–24 August | Kalkar | DIDO | | | ||
| 13 | Seeding | | | ||||
| 14 | 13–14 September | Hildesheim | Master Out | | | ||
| 15 | FA Cup | | |
