The 2018 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. In this year there are 41 PDC Pro Tour events being held – 22 Players Championships, six UK Open Qualifiers and 13 European Tour events.
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.
The prize money for the UK Open Qualifiers and Players Championship and European Tour events stayed the same as 2017.
This is how the prize money is divided:
Stage | |||||
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Winner | £25,000 | £10,000 | £10,000 | £2,000 | |
Runner-up | £10,000 | £6,000 | £5,000 | £1,000 | |
Semi-finalists | £6,000 | £3,000 | £2,500 | £500 | |
£4,000 | £2,250 | £2,000 | £300 | ||
Last 16 | £3,000 | £1,500 | £1,500 | £200 | |
Last 32 | £2,000 | £1,000 | £750 | £100 | |
Last 48 | £1,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Last 64 | N/A | £500 | £250 | £50 | |
Total | £135,000 | £75,000 | £60,000 | £10,000 |
128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events.
See main article: article and List of players with a 2018 PDC Tour Card.
The 2018 Tour Cards are awarded to:[1]
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 2018, that means that a total of 21 players will qualify this way.
In a change to previous years, The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School (or Q-School) was split into a UK and European Q-School.[2] Players that are not from Europe can choose which Q-School they want to compete in.
The following players won two-year tour cards on each of the days played:
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UK Q-School | |||||||
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435 contestants | 436 contestants | 430 contestants | 407 contestants | ||||
European Q-School | |||||||
172 contestants | 174 contestants | 175 contestants | 156 contestants | ||||
Total | |||||||
607 contestants | 610 contestants | 605 contestants | 563 contestants |
An Order of Merit was also created for each Q School. For every win after the first full round (without byes) the players get awarded 1 point.
To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places were 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 MeritEuropean Q-School Order of Merit
This would turn out to be the last year in which qualifiers for the UK Open would take place, as from the 2019 UK Open, all Tour Card holders would automatically qualify for the tournament.[3]
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | Friday 2 February | Wigan, Robin Park Arena | 6 – 3 | [4] | ||
2 | 6 – 3 | [5] | ||||
3 | Sunday 4 February | 6 – 0 | [6] | |||
4 | Friday 9 February | 6 – 2 | [7] | |||
5 | 6 – 4 | [8] | ||||
6 | Sunday 11 February | 6 – 4 | [9] |
As with 2017, there were 22 Players Championship events.
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | Barnsley, Barnsley Metrodome | [10] | ||||
2 | Sunday 18 February | 6 – 1 | [11] | |||
3 | Saturday 10 March | 6 – 0 | [12] | |||
4 | Sunday 11 March | 6 – 2 | [13] | |||
5 | Saturday 17 March | , Arena MK | 6 – 2 | [14] | ||
6 | Sunday 18 March | 6 – 5 | [15] | |||
7 | Saturday 7 April | Barnsley, Barnsley Metrodome | 6 – 2 | [16] | ||
8 | Sunday 8 April | 6 – 4 | [17] | |||
9 | Saturday 28 April | Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre | 6 – 4 | [18] | ||
10 | Sunday 29 April | 6 – 5 | [19] | |||
11 | Saturday 19 May | Milton Keynes, Arena MK | 6 – 5 | [20] | ||
12 | Sunday 20 May | 6 – 5 | [21] | |||
13 | Saturday 16 June | Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre | 6 – 4 | [22] | ||
14 | Sunday 17 June | 6 – 4 | [23] | |||
15 | Tuesday 26 June | Barnsley, Barnsley Metrodome | 6 – 2 | [24] | ||
16 | Wednesday 27 June | 6 – 3 | [25] | |||
17 | Tuesday 4 September | 6 – 2 | [26] | |||
18 | 6 – 4 | [27] | ||||
19 | Friday 28 September | Dublin, Citywest Hotel | 6 – 3 | [28] | ||
20 | Saturday 29 September | 6 – 4 | [29] | |||
21 | Saturday 20 October | Barnsley, Barnsley Metrodome | 6 – 2 | [30] | ||
22 | Sunday 21 October | 6 – 4 | [31] |
No. | Date | Event | Location | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. | |
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1 | 23–25 March | European Darts Open | Leverkusen, Ostermann-Arena | [32] | ||||
2 | 31 March–2 April | German Darts Grand Prix | Munich, Kulturhalle Zenith | 8 – 5 | [33] | |||
3 | 13–15 April | German Darts Open | Saarbrücken, Saarlandhalle | 8 – 7 | [34] | |||
4 | 20–22 April | Austrian Darts Open | Premstätten, Steiermarkhalle | 8 – 5 | [35] | |||
5 | 4–6 May | European Darts Grand Prix | Sindelfingen, Glaspalast | 8 – 3 | [36] | |||
6 | 11–13 May | Dutch Darts Masters | Zwolle, IJsselhallen | 8 – 5 | [37] | |||
7 | 8–10 June | Gibraltar Darts Trophy | Gibraltar, | 8 – 3 | [38] | |||
8 | 22–24 June | Danish Darts Open | Copenhagen, Brøndbyhallen | 8 – 3 | [39] | |||
9 | 29 June–1 July | European Darts Matchplay | 8 – 2 | [40] | ||||
10 | Hildesheim, Halle 39 | 8 – 6 | [41] | |||||
11 | 7–9 September | Dutch Darts Championship | Maastricht, MECC Maastricht | 8 – 5 | [42] | |||
12 | 14–16 September | International Darts Open | Riesa, SACHSENarena | 8 – 3 | [43] | |||
13 | 12–14 October | European Darts Trophy | Göttingen, Lokhalle | 8 – 3 | [44] |
As with the previous year, the 2018 PDC Challenge Tour series consisted of 20 events, held over 5 weekends.
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | Saturday 27 January | Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre | 5 – 2 | [45] | ||
2 | 5 – 3 | |||||
3 | Sunday 28 January | 5 – 4 | [46] | |||
4 | 5 – 4 | |||||
5 | Saturday 24 March | Milton Keynes, Arena MK | 5 – 0 | [47] | ||
6 | 5 – 2 | [48] | ||||
7 | Sunday 25 March | 5 – 2 | [49] | |||
8 | 5 – 1 | [50] | ||||
9 | Saturday 5 May | Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre | 5 – 2 | [51] | ||
10 | 5 – 1 | [52] | ||||
11 | Sunday 6 May | 5 – 3 | [53] | |||
12 | 5 – 3 | [54] | ||||
13 | Saturday 8 September | 5 – 2 | [55] | |||
14 | 5 – 2 | [56] | ||||
15 | Sunday 9 September | 5 – 0 | [57] | |||
16 | 5 – 3 | [58] | ||||
17 | Saturday 10 November | Peterborough, East of England Showground | 5 – 2 | [59] | ||
18 | 5 – 2 | [60] | ||||
19 | Sunday 11 November | 5 − 3 | [61] | |||
20 | 5 − 4 | [62] |
As with the previous year, the 2018 PDC Development Tour series consisted of 20 events, held over 5 weekends.
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | Saturday 14 April | Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre | 5 – 3 | [63] | ||
2 | 5 – 4 | |||||
3 | Sunday 15 April | 5 – 3 | [64] | |||
4 | 5 – 2 | |||||
5 | Saturday 26 May | Hildesheim, Halle 39 | 5 – 0 | [65] | ||
6 | 5 – 2 | |||||
7 | Sunday 27 May | 5 – 2 | [66] | |||
8 | 5 – 2 | |||||
9 | Saturday 9 June | Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre | 5 – 0 | [67] | ||
10 | 5 – 1 | |||||
11 | Sunday 10 June | 5 – 3 | [68] | |||
12 | 5 – 2 | |||||
13 | Saturday 22 September | Peterborough, East of England Showground | 5 – 4 | [69] | ||
14 | 5 – 3 | |||||
15 | Sunday 23 September | 5 – 3 | [70] | |||
16 | 5 – 1 | |||||
17 | Saturday 3 November | Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre | 5 – 1 | [71] | ||
18 | 5 – 4 | [72] | ||||
19 | Sunday 4 November | 5 – 3 | [73] | |||
20 | 5 – 4 | [74] |
The PDCNB replaced the events in Norway and Latvia with new events in Lithuania and Iceland in 2018. As with 2017, there were 10 events held over 5 weekends. Two players from the Tour earned a 2019 PDC World Darts Championship spot, Darius Labanauskas and Daniel Larsson.
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | Saturday 27 January | Copenhagen, Hotel Park Inn by Radisson | 6 – 2 | [75] | ||
2 | Sunday 28 January | 6 – 4 | ||||
3 | Vilnius, Panorama Hotel | 6 – 5 | [76] | |||
4 | Sunday 25 February | 6 – 5 | ||||
5 | Saturday 26 May | Vääksy, Hotelli Tallukka | 6 – 2 | [77] | ||
6 | Sunday 27 May | 6 – 3 | [78] | |||
7 | Saturday 11 August | Gothenburg, Apple Hotel & Konferens | 6 – 3 | [79] | ||
8 | Sunday 12 August | 6 – 5 | ||||
9 | Saturday 6 October | Reykjavík, City Park Hotel | 6 – 2 | [80] | ||
10 | Sunday 7 October | 6 – 4 | [81] |
The PDC introduced the PDC Asian Tour in 2018, with 12 events held over 6 weekends. Five players from the Tour earned a 2019 PDC World Darts Championship spot after Seigo Asada won the Japanese Qualifier. The other players to qualify were Lourence Ilagan, Royden Lam, Noel Malicdem and Paul Lim.[82]
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | Saturday 10 March | Seoul, KBS Sports World | 5 – 3 | [83] | ||
2 | Sunday 11 March | 5 – 4 | ||||
3 | Saturday 28 April | Macau, Regency Art Hotel | 5 – 2 | [84] | ||
4 | Sunday 29 April | 5 – 1 | [85] | |||
5 | Saturday 23 June | Kobe, Kobe Port Terminal | 5 – 3 | [86] | ||
6 | Sunday 24 June | 5 – 0 | [87] | |||
7 | Saturday 18 August | Kuala Lumpur, Grand Centro Ballroom | 5 – 4 | [88] | ||
8 | Sunday 19 August | 5 – 1 | [89] | |||
9 | Taipei, G Club | 5 – 4 | [90] | |||
10 | Sunday 9 September | 5 – 3 | [91] | |||
11 | Saturday 13 October | 5 – 4 | [92] | |||
12 | Sunday 14 October | 5 – 2 | [93] |
The leading player of the 18 tournaments on the 2018 DPA Tour series qualified for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship. That player was .
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. | |
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1 | Friday 16 February | St Clair, Blue Cattle Dog Hotel | 6 – 4 | align=center rowspan=3 | [94] | ||
2 | 6 – 5 | ||||||
3 | Sunday 18 February | 6 – 5 | |||||
4 | Friday 23 March | Seaford, Seaford Hotel | 6 – 1 | align=center rowspan=3 | [95] | ||
5 | Saturday 24 March | 6 – 4 | |||||
6 | Sunday 25 March | 6 – 5 | |||||
7 | Friday 13 April | Barrack Heights, Warilla Bowls and Recreation Club | 6 – 4 | align=center rowspan=3 | [96] | ||
8 | Saturday 14 April | 6 – 3 | |||||
9 | Sunday 15 April | 6 – 0 | |||||
10 | Friday 18 May | Mitchelton, Brook Hotel | 6 – 2 | align=center rowspan=3 | [97] | ||
11 | Saturday 19 May | 6 – 3 | |||||
12 | Sunday 20 May | 6 – 5 | |||||
13 | Friday 15 June | North Hobart, Australian Italian Club | 6 – 4 | align=center rowspan=3 | [98] | ||
14 | Saturday 16 June | 6 – 5 | |||||
15 | Sunday 17 June | 6 – 4 | |||||
16 | Friday 7 September | Mitchelton, Brook Hotel | 6 – 2 | align=center rowspan=3 | [99] | ||
17 | 6 – 4 | ||||||
18 | Sunday 9 September | 6 – 4 |
There were 6 EADC Pro Tour events in 2018. Players from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine are eligible to play.
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | Moscow, Omega Plaza Business Center | 6 – 4 | [100] | |||
2 | Sunday 25 February | 6 – 4 | [101] | |||
3 | Sunday 29 April | 6 – 1 | ||||
4 | 6 – 4 | |||||
5 | Monday 30 April | 6 – 5 | ||||
6 | 6 – 0 |
The top American and Canadian players over the 2018 CDC Tour qualified for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship.[102] Chuck Puleo and Jim Long took the two places.[103]
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | Chicago, North Shore Holiday Inn | 6 – 5 | [104] | |||
2 | Sunday 29 April | 6 – 4 | [105] | |||
3 | Saturday 19 May | Miamisburg, Moose Lodge #1645 | 6 – 5 | [106] | ||
4 | Sunday 20 May | 6 – 5 | [107] | |||
5 | Saturday 23 June | Burlington, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 60 | 6 – 1 | [108] | ||
6 | Sunday 24 June | 6 – 5 | [109] | |||
7 | Saturday 4 August | New York City, Knights of Baron DeKalb | 6 – 3 | [110] | ||
8 | Sunday 5 August | 6 – 1 | [111] | |||
9 | Saturday 25 August | Philadelphia, Columbia Social Club | 6 – 2 | [112] | ||
10 | Sunday 26 August | 6 – 4 | [113] |
Date | Event | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Ref. |
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Thursday 5 July[114] | North American Championship | Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay | [115] | |||
Friday 13 July[116] | DartPlayers New Zealand Qualifier | Invercargill, Working Mens Club | 7 – 2 | [117] | ||
South/Central American Qualifier | Palmas, Hotel Girassol Plaza | 6 – 4 | [118] | |||
Eastern Europe Qualifier | Vecsés, Bálint Ágnes Cultural Center | 6 – 4 | [119] | |||
Saturday 6 October[120] | South/East Europe Qualifier | Oberglatt, Chliriethalle Oberglatt | 6 – 4 | [121] | ||
Saturday 6 October | Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay | Dublin, Citywest Hotel | 6 – 3 | [122] | ||
Sunday 7 October[123] | PDJ Japan Championship | Tokyo, Ota City Industrial Plaza PiO | 5 – 1 | [124] | ||
Sunday 7 October[125] | Western Europe Qualifier | Zwolle, IJsselhallen | 6 – 3 | [126] | ||
Saturday 20 October[127] | South/West Europe Qualifier | Ávila, Lienzo Norte Congress and Exhibition Center | 6 – 4 | [128] | ||
Sunday 28 October[129] | Moscow, Omega Plaza Business Center | 3 – 0 | [130] | |||
Sunday 28 October[131] | Indian Qualifier | Pune, The Orbis School Auditorium | 5 – 0 | |||
Tuesday 30 October[132] | Oceanic Masters | 3 – 2 | [133] | |||
Sunday 11 November[134] | PDC Chinese Qualifier | Shanghai, Caohejing Hi-Tech Park | 5 – 2 | |||
Rest of the World Women's Qualifier | Düsseldorf, Maritim Hotel | 6 – 0 | [135] | |||
Sunday 18 November[136] | German Super League | 10 – 6 | ||||
Sunday 18 November[137] | African Qualifier | Johannesburg, Dinwiddie Sports Club | 7 – 2 | |||
Sunday 25 November[138] | World Youth Championship | Minehead, Butlin's | 6 – 3 | [139] | ||
Sunday 25 November | UK & Ireland Women's Qualifier | Milton Keynes, Arena MK | 6 – 3 | [140] | ||
Monday 26 November | Tour Card Holders' Qualifier | 7 – 4 | [141] | |||
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