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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. [42] Under PDC Order of Merit Rule 4.2, [43] the Challenge Tour OoM rankings are used to top up Players Championship events to ...
The tour was introduced in 1986, when the national tours of Sweden, France and Italy became open to foreign players, and was initially called the Satellite Tour.The Order of Merit was introduced in 1989, with the top five players on it winning membership of the European Tour for the following season. [1]
The Challenge Tour once again consisted of 4 weekends of 5 events, and 1 weekend of 4 events. The top 2 not yet qualified players on the Order of Merit received a PDC Tour Card and a place at the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, while the winner of the Order of Merit received a spot at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts as well. The Challenge Tour ...
The top players on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit act as reserves for 2024 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. [1] [2
The Development Tour is open to players outside of the top 32 on the main Order of Merit who are between the ages of 16 and 23. Similarly to the Challenge Tour, the top players on the Development Tour order of merit receive tour cards and invitations to the UK Open and World Championship.
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 top 64 players in the PDC Order of Merit (OoM) and the players who won a card last year automatically receive Tour Cards for the rest of the year. Players can have their card stripped if they relinquish it, do not compete in any ProTour for a whole year, or have been banned for a period longer than the remaining duration of the card.
The top 64 in the PDC Order of Merit all receive Tour Cards automatically, and those who won a two-year card in 2023 still have a valid card for 2024. The top two players from the 2023 Challenge Tour and Development Tour received cards automatically.