The third staging of the PDC Asian Championship will take place in the Philippines in October, as a 48-player field compete for the coveted title across four days of action.
The PDC Asian Championship was introduced in 2022, with Christian Perez and Haruki Muramatsu winning the first two editions in Fukuoka and Shimonoseki respectively.
This year's showpiece will be staged from October 17-20 in Manila, as the biggest names in Asian darts battle it out in the capital of the Philippines.
The top 16 players from the final 2024 Asian Tour Order of Merit will be seeded for this year's PDC Asian Championship, with Order of Merit leader Alexis Toylo set to headline on home soil.
2022 runner-up Paolo Nebrida will also feature alongside Japan's Tomoya Goto, Hong Kong's Man Lok Leung and India's Nitin Kumar, while Singapore icon Paul Lim is also poised to be amongst the seeded stars.
A series of national qualifying events will also take place to determine qualifying players, while territories without a national qualifier will see their top-ranked player on the PDC Asian Tour Order of Merit secure a spot in the event.
The Asian Championship Qualifiers on October 17-18 will then produce the final 16 players (or more if there are places from national qualifying events), with the final four players from each of the four events qualifying for the main event.
The 48 players will compete in a round-robin phase of 16 groups of three on Saturday October 19, with the group winners progressing to play in the last 16, before the tournament concludes with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final on Sunday October 20.
The 2024 PDC Asian Championship will be streamed through PDCTV, with the Asian Series Qualifiers being streamed through PDCTV from the last 16 onwards.
In addition, the final weekend of the 2024 PDC Asian Tour has now been confirmed, with six events to be held in Qingdao, China from October 4-6 in a bumper weekend of action.
The PDC Asian Tour returns on August 10-11 with Events 16-18 in Singapore – with coverage to be streamed on PDCTV from 1000 local time on each day.
2024 PDC Asian Championship
Prize Money
Winner - $15,000
Runner-Up $7,000
Semi-Finalists - $5,000
Quarter-Finalists - $3,000
Last 16 - $2,000
Second in Group - $1,500
Third in Group - $1,000
Total - $100,000
Asian Championship Qualifiers
Quarter-Finalists - $200
Last 16 - $150
Last 32 - $100
Last 64 - $50
Total - $5,200 per event
Format
Asian Championship Qualifiers 1-4 - Best of seven legs (no seedings)
Round Robin (Last 48) - Best of nine legs (top 16 players from 2024 PDC Asian Tour seeded one per group)
Last 16 - Best of nine legs
Quarter-Finals - Best of 11 legs
Semi-Finals - Best of 11 legs
Final - Best of 13 legs