The 2019

PDC Pro Tour The PDC Pro Tour is a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They comprise Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) Players Championships and European Tour events. Only four players ...

was a series of non-televised

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tournaments organised by the

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(PDC). Players Championships and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. There were 43 PDC ProTour events held, 30 Players Championships and 13 European Tour events. There used to be UK Open qualifiers as part of this list, but they were abolished in September 2018 as the

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was made exclusive for the 128 Tour Card holders, 16 Challenge Tour qualifiers and 16 Riley's qualifiers. This page also includes results from the PDC's affiliated tours including the Development and Challenge Tours and all the regional tours as well as the results from the World Championship regional qualifiers. There were 20 Challenge Tour events, 20 Development Tour events, 10 PDC Nordic & Baltic Events, 12 PDC Asia Events, 30 Dartplayers Australia ProTour events, 6 EuroAsian Darts Corporation ProTour Events and 10 Championship Darts Circuit ProTour events during the 2019 season. The 2019 season in darts saw a major shift in the rules between players playing in the

and the

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(BDO). For the first time since the

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, the BDO let players that play in their World Championships take part in the PDC's Qualifying School without withholding their money or banning them. With the change in rules, high profile players such as

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Scott Waites Scott Waites (born 17 February 1977) is an English professional darts player who plays in tournaments of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He is a two-time BDO World Darts Champion having won the 2013 tournament and 2016 tournament. ...

and

Mark McGeeney Mark McGeeney (born 28 June 1972) is an English professional darts player from Coventry, Warwickshire. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career BDO In August 2010, McGeeney won the Weoley Castle Open, beati ...

committed themselves to the Qualifying School.

Prize money

The prize money for the European Tour events have increased for 2019. This is how the prize money is divided:

PDC Tour Cards

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

Tour cards

The 2019 Tour Cards are awarded to: * (64) The top 64 players from the

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after the 2019 World Championship. * (27) 27 qualifiers from 2018 Q-School not ranked in the top 64 of the

following the World Championship. * (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2017 Challenge Tour ( and ). * (1) The highest qualifiers from 2017 Development Tour ( and ). ** Luke Humphries is also in the top 64 of the

, and therefore, one extra Tour Card will be awarded to a Q-School qualifier. * (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2018 Challenge Tour ( and ). * (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2018 Development Tour ( and ). * (12) The 12 qualifiers from the 2019 Qualifying 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 had been reached. In 2019, that means that a total of 18 players will qualify this way.

Q-School

The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School (or Q-School) was split into a UK and European Q-School. Players that are not from Europe can choose which Q-School they want to compete in. *The UK Q-School took place at the

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from 17–20 January. *The European Q-School took place at Halle 39 in

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from 3–6 January. The following players won two-year tour cards on each of the days played: An Order of Merit was also created for each Q School. For every win after the first full round (without

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) the players get awarded 1 point. To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places will be allocated down the final Qualifying School Order of Merits in proportion to the number of entrants. The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result: UK Q-School Order of Merit # # # # # # # # # # # European Q-School Order of Merit # # # # # # #

Players Championships

Thirty events took place in the Players Championship. This also saw the rules change to mimic the new final phase implemented in the European Tour in 2018, where all matches were best of 11 legs up until the quarter-final, but then became best of 13 legs for the semi-final and best of 15 legs for the final.

European Tour

PDC Challenge Tour

The

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remained at 20 events in 2019.

PDC Development Tour

The Development Tour remained at 20 events in 2019.

Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic

The Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic Tour hosted 10 events held over 5 weekends. The two leading players of the PDCNB Order of Merit took part in the

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. The leaders were

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and

Darius Labanauskas Darius Labanauskas (born 26 July 1976) is a Lithuanian professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2015, he was the WDF world number 1. Career BDO Labanauskas is a three-time Lithuania National Ch ...

, but as Labanauskas has qualified via the Pro Tour Order of Merit, the third placed player,

Marko Kantele Marko Kantele (born 24 August 1968 in Mäntyharju) is a Finnish darts player. Career Kantele made his major debut in the 1997 Winmau World Masters, beating defending champion Colin Monk in the first round but lost in the second round to Mark Da ...

, also played at the World Championship.

Professional Darts Corporation Asia

The Professional Darts Corporation Asian Tour hosted 12 events held over 6 weekends.

Lourence Ilagan Lourence Gregorio Ilagan (born 11 February 1978) is a Filipino professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player who plays currently in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and international soft-tip events. His biggest achievement to date was adv ...

Seigo Asada is a Japanese professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career BDO Asada won the Japan Open in 2012 by beating Osamu Niki in the final. He won the tournament for the second time in 2014, beating Katsu ...

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and Noel Malicdem were the four players to qualify for the

, but since Asada then went onto qualify by winning the PDJ Championships, Yuki Yamada took the extra space.

Dartplayers Australia (DPA) Pro Tour

The leading player of the 30 tournaments on the

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will play at the

. That player was

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EuroAsian Darts Corporation (EADC) Pro Tour

The EuroAsian Darts Corporation hosted 6 events held over 2 weekends. The winner of the EADC Championship will play at the

Boris Koltsov Boris Koltsov (russian: Борис Сергеевич Кольцов; born 10 September 1988) is a Russian darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Career BDO In September 2014, Koltsov reached the semi-fin ...

took the title and the place at the World Championship.

Championship Darts Corporation (CDC) Pro Tour

The Championship Darts Corporation hosted 10 events held over 5 weekends. The top ranked players from Canada and the USA will play at the

. The leading players are Matt Campbell and

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World Championship International Qualifiers

References

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