PDC Confirms 2024 Calendar New destinations And All Midweek Players Championships

PDC Confirms 2024 Calendar New Destinations And All Midweek Players Championships.

Over 170 days of darts competition will take place on the 2024 PDC calendar, with trips to new locations and all midweek Players Championship tournaments among the highlights.

The PDC European Tour will make its debut in Switzerland the following year. From February to October 2024, 13 three-day tournaments will be held in a record seven countries, including a new tournament in Antwerp as the sport continues to expand in Belgium.

All 30 Players Championship competitions will be held for the first time in 2024 on midweek days in Wigan, Leicester, Hildesheim, and Milton Keynes.

The PDC Qualifying Schools, which will be held from January 8–14 with two stages of play in Milton Keynes, England (UK Q School) and Kalkar, Germany (European Q School), will take centre stage after the 2023–24 World Darts Championship is over. Complete entry information will be made available in due time at pdc.tv/QSchool.

The first of 16 league phase nights will be held in Cardiff on February 1, kicking off the Premier League season in Wales. On May 23, the season will come to a close with the Play-Offs at The O2 in London.

The top 24 players in the world compete in The Masters in Milton Keynes from February 2–4, continuing a busy start to the year.

The UK Open, a perennially well-liked annual darts event, will occur at Butlin’s Minehead Resort from March 1–3.

Before 32 of the biggest stars in the world travel to Blackpool for the World Matchplay from July 13–21, the World Cup of Darts will be held there from June 27–30.

On July 21, eight of the best female athletes will compete in the third edition of the Women’s World Matchplay at the Winter Gardens.

The World Series of Darts Finals will once again be held in Amsterdam from September 13–15, followed by the World Grand Prix from October 7–13.

The European Championship will be held in Dortmund from October 24-27 and will include the top 32 players on the European Tour Order of Merit. The Grand Slam of Darts will be held in Wolverhampton from November 9–17.

The Players Championship Finals, which will be held in Minehead from November 22–24, will include the top 64 competitors from the final Players Championship Order of Merit.

In addition to offering spots in televised events like the Women’s World Matchplay and World Darts Championship, the PDC Women’s Series will once again feature 24 events at venues in the UK and Germany over six double-header weekends.

Players from around the world will compete in 24 tournaments as part of the Challenge and Development Tours for spots in TV tournaments. The World Youth Championships will again see the group stages played in October before the final in Minehead.

The World Series will be confirmed ned once finalised

PDC Calendar 2024

January

8-14: European Q-School (Kalkar)

8-14: UK Q-School (Milton Keynes)

19-21: Challenge Tour 1-5 (Milton Keynes)

February

1: Premier League 1 (Cardiff)

2: The Masters (Milton Keynes)

8: Premier League 2 (Berlin)

12-13: Players Championship 1-2 (Wigan)

14: European Tour Card Holders Qualifier 1-2 (Wigan)

15: Premier League 3 (Glasgow)

16: European Tour Host Nation Qualifier 2+3 & Associate Member Qualifier 2+3 (Hildesheim)

17: European Tour Host Nation Qualifier 2+3 & Associate Member Qualifier 4+6 (Hildesheim)

18: European Tour Amateur Member Qualifier 1+6 (Hildesheim)

19-20 Players Championship 3-4 (Leicester)

21: European Tour Card Holders Qualifier 3-4 (Leicester)

22: Premier League 4 (Newcastle)

23-25: Development Tour 1-5 (Milton Keynes)

29: Premier League 5 (Exeter)

March

1-3: UK Open (Minehead)

7: Premier League 6 (Brighton)

7: European Tour Host Nation Qualifier 1 (Wieze)

8-10: European Tour 1 (Wieze)

14: Premier League 7 (Nottingham)

15-17: Challenge Tour 6-10 (Hildesheim)

18-19: Players Championship 5-6 (Hildesheim)

21: Premier League 8 (Dublin)

23-24: Women’s Series 1-4 (Wigan)

28: Premier League 9 (Belfast)

April 30- 1: European Tour 2 (Munich)

April

4: Premier League 10 (Manchester)

8-9: Players Championship 7-8 (Leicester)

10: European Tour Card Holders Qualifier 5-6 (Leicester)

10: European Tour Amateur Member Qualifier 7 (Riesa)

11: Premier League 11 (Birmingham)

11: European Tour Amateur Member Qualifier 8-9 (Riesa)

12-14: European Tour 3 (Riesa)

18: Premier League 12 (Rotterdam)

19-21: European Tour 4 (Sindelfingen)

20-21: Women’s Series 5-8 (Wigan)

25: Premier League 13 (Liverpool)

25: European Tour Host Nation Qualifier 5 (Graz)

26-28: European Tour 5 (Graz)

May

2: Premier League 14 (Aberdeen)

3-5: Development Tour 6-10 (Hildesheim)

6-7: Players Championship 9-10 (Hildesheim)

8: European Tour Card Holders Qualifier 7-8 (Hildesheim)

9: Premier League 15 (Leeds)

10-12: European Tour 6 (Kiel)

16: Premier League 16 (Sheffield)

17: European Tour Host Nation Qualifier 8-9 (Hildesheim)

18: European Tour Amateur Member Qualifier 10-11 (Hildesheim)

19: European Tour Amateur Member Qualifier 12-13 (Hildesheim)

23: Premier League Play-Offs (London)

23: European Tour Host Nation Qualifier 7 (Rosmalen)

24-26: European Tour 7 (Rosmalen)

June

7: Challenge Tour 11-15 (Leicester)

11-12: Players Championship 11-12 (Hildesheim)

13: European Tour Card Holders Qualifier 9-10 (Hildesheim)

15-16: Women’s Series 9-12 (Wigan)

21-23: European Tour 8 (Leverkusen)

21-23: Development Tour 11-15 (Wigan)

27-30: World Cup of Darts (Frankfurt)

July

2-3: Players Championship 13-14 (Milton Keynes)

4: European Tour Card Holders Qualifier 11-12 (Milton Keynes)

13-21: World Matchplay (Blackpool)

21: Women’s World Matchplay (Blackpool)

26-28: Development Tour 16-20 (Milton Keynes)

31: Players Championship 15 (Milton Keynes)

August

1-2: Players Championship 16-17 (Milton Keynes)

10-11: Women’s Series 13-16 (Niedernhausen)

16-18: Challenge Tour 16-20 (Milton Keynes)

21-22: Players Championship 18-19 (Milton Keynes)

23: European Tour Card Holders Qualifier 13 (Milton Keynes)

23: World Series of Darts Finals Qualifier (Milton Keynes)

Sept. 30- 1: European Tour 9 (Hildesheim)

September

5: European Tour Host Nation Qualifier 10 (Antwerp)

6-8: European Tour 10 (Antwerp)

7-8: Women’s Series 17-20 (Wigan)

13-15: World Series of Darts Finals (Amsterdam)

17-18: Players Championship 20-21 (Wigan)

19: European Tour Host Nation Qualifier 11 (Budapest)

20-22: European Tour 11 (Budapest)

24-25: Players Championship 22-23 (Milton Keynes)

26: European Tour Host Nation Qualifier 12 (Basel)

27: European Tour 12 (Basel)

October

1-3: Players Championship 24-26 (Wigan)

7-13: World Grand Prix (location not yet known)

12-13: Development Tour 21-24 (Wigan)

14: World Youth Championship (Wigan)

15-16: Players Championship 27-28 (Wigan)

17: European Tour Host Nation Qualifier 13 (Prague)

18-20: European Tour 13 (Prague)

19-20: Women’s Series 21-24 (Leicester)

24-27: European Championship (Dortmund)

30-31: Players Championship 29-30 (Leicester)

November

1: Grand Slam of Darts Qualifier (Leicester)

2-3: Challenge Tour 21-24 (Leicester)

9-17: Grand Slam of Darts (Wolverhampton)

22-24 Players Championship Finals (Minehead)

25: World Championship Qualifier (Wigan)

December

World Darts Championship (date not yet known)