Viktor Tingstrom and Tom Bissell become the first to win PDC Tour Cards at 2025 Q-School

At the 2025 Qualifying Schools on Thursday, Viktor Tingstrom and Tom Bissell became the first players to win PDC Tour Cards.

Tingstrom received the first card in the European Qualifying School in Kalkar, Germany, while Bissell, the newbie on the block, won at the UK Qualifying School in Milton Keynes.

This week, Bissell, who had never participated in an event linked with PDC, fought his way through a difficult draw to secure his place on the ProTour for the upcoming two years.

After defeating Jarred Cole 6-3 to start the afternoon, the Englishman defeated Jamie Owens and John Henderson to go to the Round of 16.

After Thomas Lovely missed a match dart, he defeated him in a thrilling match to advance to the quarterfinals, where he defeated James Howard Hughes.

In order to secure his spot on the professional circuit for the first time, Bissell then overcame Tom Sykes 6-3 in the semifinals before defeating 2020 World Youth Champion Bradley Brooks in a last-leg match.

Tingstrom, meantime, defeated World Cup great Stefan Bellmont, Kevin Troppman, Andrea Micheletti, and former Tour Card Holder Karel Sedlacek en route to the final in Kalkar, where he had three ton-plus averages.

In the final, Swedish sensation Tingstrom faced Dutchman Jimmy van Schie. He won the final two legs to defeat him 6-4, nailing a 129 checkout to earn his maiden Tour Card.

Players will have another opportunity to win Tour Cards on Friday, when play starts at 1200 GMT in Milton Keynes and 1300 CET in Kalkar.

After Day Four, players from the corresponding Final Stage Orders of Merit will get an additional 21 Tour Cards on a pro rata basis, 12 in Europe and 9 in the UK, in addition to the daily Tour Card winners.

Viktor Tingstrom and Tom Bissell become the first to win PDC Tour Cards at 2025 Q-School

UK Final Stage Day One

Last 16

Tom Sykes 6-1 John O’Shea

Adam Paxton 6-3 Graham Hall

Tom Bissell 6-5 Thomas Lovely

James Howard Hughes 6-3 Greg Ritchie

Jimmy Bristow 6-5 Adam Warner

Bradley Brooks 6-4 Jim McEwan

Henry Coates 6-3 Adam Lipscombe

Aden Kirk 6-2 Mark McGeeney

Quarter-Finals

Tom Sykes 6-2 Adam Paxton

Tom Bissell 6-3 James Howard Hughes

Bradley Brooks 6-3 Jimmy Bristow

Aden Kirk 6-5 Henry Coates

Semi-Finals

Tom Bissell 6-3 Tom Sykes

Bradley Brooks 6-2 Aden Kirk

Final

Tom Bissell 6-5 Bradley Brooks

European Final Stage Day One

Last 16

Jimmy van Schie 6-5 Ben Robb

Alexander Merkx 6-1 Angelo Balsamo

Cor Dekker 6-2 Marcel Althaus

Leon Weber 6-1 Andreas Harrysson

Viktor Tingstrom 6-3 Stefan Bellmont

Tytus Kanik 6-5 Jurjen van der Velde

Krzysztof Kciuk 6-5 Vitezslav Sedlak

Karel Sedlacek 6-1 Dmitriy Zhukov

Quarter-Finals

Jimmy van Schie 6-1 Alexander Merkx

Cor Dekker 6-2 Leon Weber

Viktor Tingstrom 6-2 Tytus Kanik

Karel Sedlacek 6-0 Krzysztof Kciuk

Semi-Finals

Jimmy van Schie 6-3 Cor Dekker

Viktor Tingstrom 6-4 Karel Sedlacek

Final

Viktor Tingstrom 6-4 Jimmy van Schie