More darts than ever in 2025 as PDC calendar released

Ross Smith (Taylor Lanning, PDC)

The growth of the PDC circuit will continue in 2025, with next year's calendar confirming an increase to 34 Players Championship events, a 14th European Tour event and expansion of The Masters to become a ranked event.

Over 130 days of PDC ranked events will take place in 2025, in addition to the PDC's secondary tours and qualifying events which will be part of the biggest-ever year on the professional circuit.

The PDC European Tour will expand to 14 events as German city Göttingen returns to hosting one of the three-day tournaments alongside the 13 venues from the 2024 season.

An additional four one-day Players Championships will also be held next year, taking the total to 34 for players on the PDC ProTour.

A further development sees The Masters expand to feature 32 players and become a ranked event, and the tournament will be held across four days in Milton Keynes from January 30-February 2.

The year's action will commence with the PDC Qualifying School from January 6-12, with concurrent events being staged in Milton Keynes and Kalkar.

The Premier League and Players Championship seasons will then begin in February, while the UK Open will take place from February 28-March 2 at Butlin's Minehead Resort.

The European Tour begins in March in Wieze, Belgium, with the first eight events being held in an action-packed three-month period.

The World Cup of Darts will be held in Frankfurt from June 12-15, while the following month features the hugely popular World Matchplay and Women's World Matchplay in Blackpool from July 19-27.

Visits to Belgium, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Switzerland and Germany see the European Tour conclude in the autumn ahead of the European Championship from October 23-26 in Dortmund.

Amsterdam will again host the World Series of Darts Finals, from September 12-14, while the dates for the global World Series events will be confirmed in due course.

The World Grand Prix will remain in Leicester from October 6-12, while November will feature the Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton and the Players Championship Finals in Minehead ahead of the start of the 2025/26 World Darts Championship in December.

The PDC's Challenge Tour, Development Tour and Women's Series will again feature 24 events each during the year, providing valuable experience for players away from the PDC ProTour circuit.

"2024 has been another year of growth for the PDC circuit, particularly with the addition of two new venues on the European Tour and the move of all Players Championships to midweek, and we will be continuing that expansion next year," said PDC chief executive Matt Porter.

"This is an incredibly exciting time for all darts players and we're delighted that we can provide more opportunities than ever for players across our system."

2025 PDC Calendar

DAY DATE VENUE TOURNAMENT
  JANUARY    
Mon - Sun 6 - 12 Kalkar, Germany European Q School
Mon - Sun 6 - 12 Milton Keynes UK Q School
Fri 17 Milton Keynes Challenge Tour 1 + 2
Sat 18 Milton Keynes Challenge Tour 3 + 4
Sun 19 Milton Keynes Challenge Tour 5
Thu - Sun 30 - Feb 2 Milton Keynes The Masters
  FEBRUARY    
Thu 6 Belfast Premier League 1
Sat - Sun 8 - 9 Hildesheim, Germany ET 2, 3, 4, 6 Host Nation Qualifiers
Mon 10 Wigan Players Championship 1
Tue 11 Wigan Players Championship 2
Wed 12 Wigan ET1 - 2 Tour Card Holder Qualifiers
Thu 13 Glasgow Premier League 2
Sat 15 Leicester Women's Series 1 + 2
Sun 16 Leicester Women's Series 3 + 4
Mon 17 Rosmalen, Netherlands Players Championship 3
Tue 18 Rosmalen, Netherlands Players Championship 4
Wed 19 Rosmalen, Netherlands ET3 - 4 Tour Card Holder Qualifiers
Thu 20 Dublin, Republic of Ireland Premier League 3
Fri 21 Milton Keynes Development Tour 1 + 2
Sat 22 Milton Keynes Development Tour 3 + 4
Sun 23 Milton Keynes Development Tour 5
Thu 27 Exeter Premier League 4
Fri - Sun 28 - Mar 2 Minehead UK Open
  MARCH    
Thu 6 Brighton Premier League 5
Thu 6 Wieze, Belgium ET1 Host Nation Qualifier
Fri - Sun 7 - 9 Wieze, Belgium European Tour 1
Sat 8 Leicester Women's Series 5 + 6
Sun 9 Leicester Women's Series 7 + 8
Tue 11 Leicester Players Championship 5
Wed 12 Leicester Players Championship 6
Thu 13 Nottingham Premier League 6
Fri 14 Hildesheim, Germany Challenge Tour 6 + 7
Sat 15 Hildesheim, Germany Challenge Tour 8 + 9
Sun 16 Hildesheim, Germany Challenge Tour 10
Mon 17 Hildesheim, Germany Players Championship 7
Tue 18 Hildesheim, Germany Players Championship 8
Thu 20 Cardiff Premier League 7
Fri - Sun 21 - 23 Göttingen, Germany European Tour 2
Thu 27 Newcastle Premier League 8
Fri 28 Leicester Development Tour 6 + 7
Sat 29 Leicester Development Tour 8 + 9
Sun 30 Leicester Development Tour 10
Mon 31 Leicester Players Championship 9
  APRIL    
Tue 1 Leicester Players Championship 10
Wed 2 Leicester ET5 - 6 Tour Card Holder Qualifiers
Thu 3 Berlin Premier League 9
Fri - Sun 4 - 6 Riesa, Germany European Tour 3
Tue 8 Leicester Players Championship 11
Wed 9 Leicester Players Championship 12
Thu 10 Manchester Premier League 10
Sat 12 Rosmalen, Netherlands Women's Series 9 + 10
Sun 13 Rosmalen, Netherlands Women's Series 11 + 12
Mon 14 Rosmalen, Netherlands Players Championship 13
Tue 15 Rosmalen, Netherlands Players Championship 14
Thu 17 Rotterdam, Netherlands Premier League 11
Sat - Mon 19 - 21 Munich, Germany European Tour 4
Thu 24 Liverpool Premier League 12
Thu 24 Graz, Austria ET5 Host Nation Qualifier
Fri - Sun 25 - 27 Graz, Austria European Tour 5
  MAY    
Thu 1 Birmingham Premier League 13
Fri - Sun 2 - 4 Sindelfingen, Germany European Tour 6
Fri 2 Milton Keynes Challenge Tour 11 + 12
Sat 3 Milton Keynes Challenge Tour 13 + 14
Sun 4 Milton Keynes Challenge Tour 15
Thu 8 Leeds Premier League 14
Fri 9 Hildesheim, Germany Development Tour 11 + 12
Sat 10 Hildesheim, Germany Development Tour 13 + 14
Sun 11 Hildesheim, Germany Development Tour 15
Mon 12 Hildesheim, Germany Players Championship 15
Tue 13 Hildesheim, Germany Players Championship 16
Wed 14 Hildesheim, Germany ET7 - 8 Tour Card Holder Qualifiers
Thu 15 Aberdeen Premier League 15
Sat - Sun 17 - 18 Hildesheim, Germany ET 8, 9, 14 Host Nation Qualifier
Thu 22 Sheffield Premier League 16
Thu 22 Rosmalen, Netherlands ET7 Host Nation Qualifier
Fri - Sun 23 - 25 Rosmalen, Netherlands European Tour 7
Thu 29 London Premier League Play-Offs
Fri - Sun 30 - June 1 Leverkusen, Germany European Tour 8
  JUNE    
Sat 7 Milton Keynes Women's Series 13 + 14
Sun 8 Milton Keynes Women's Series 15 + 16
Thu - Sun 12 - 15 Frankfurt, Germany World Cup of Darts
Tue 17 Leicester Players Championship 17
Wed 18 Leicester Players Championship 18
Thu 19 Leicester Players Championship 19
Fri 20 Leicester ET9-10 Tour Card Holder Qualifier
  JULY    
Fri-Sun 11 - 13 Kiel, Germany European Tour 9
Sat - Sun 19 - 27 Blackpool World Matchplay
Sun 27 Blackpool Women's World Matchplay
Tue 29 Hildesheim, Germany Players Championship 20
Wed 30 Hildesheim, Germany Players Championship 21
Thu 31 Hildesheim, Germany ET11-12 Tour Card Holder Qualifier
  AUGUST    
Fri 15 Leicester Challenge Tour 16 + 17
Sat 16 Leicester Challenge Tour 18 + 19
Sun 17 Leicester Challenge Tour 20
Sat 23 Milton Keynes Women's Series 17 + 18
Sun 24 Milton Keynes Women's Series 19 + 20
Mon 25 Milton Keynes Players Championship 22
Tue 26 Milton Keynes Players Championship 23
Wed 27 Milton Keynes Players Championship 24
Thu 28 Milton Keynes World Series of Darts Finals Qualifier
Thu 28 Antwerp, Belgium ET10 Host Nation Qualifier
Fri - Sun 29 - 31 Antwerp, Belgium European Tour 10
  SEPTEMBER    
Thu 4 Prague, Czech Republic ET11 Host Nation Qualifier
Fri - Sun 5 - 7 Prague, Czech Republic European Tour 11
Fri 5 Wigan Development Tour 16 + 17
Sat 6 Wigan Development Tour 18 + 19
Sun 7 Wigan Development Tour 20
Tue 9 Hildesheim, Germany Players Championship 25
Wed 10 Hildesheim, Germany Players Championship 26
Thu 11 Hildesheim, Germany ET13 - 14 Tour Card Holder Qualifier
Fri - Sun 12 - 14 Amsterdam, Netherlands World Series of Darts Finals
Thu 18 Budapest, Hungary ET12 Host Nation Qualifier
Fri - Sun 19 - 21 Budapest, Hungary European Tour 12
Thu 25 Basel, Switzerland ET13 Host Nation Qualifier
Fri - Sun 26 - 28 Basel, Switzerland European Tour 13
Tue 30 Leicester Players Championship 27
  OCTOBER    
Wed 1 Leicester Players Championship 28
Thu 2 Leicester Players Championship 29
Mon - Sun 6 - 12 Leicester World Grand Prix
Sat 11 Wigan Development Tour 21 + 22
Sun 12 Wigan Development Tour 23 + 24
Mon 13 Wigan World Youth Championship L128
Tue 14 Wigan Players Championship 30
Wed 15 Wigan Players Championship 31
       
Fri - Sun 17 - 19 Hildesheim, Germany European Tour 14
Sat 18 Wigan Women's Series 21 + 22
Sun 19 Wigan Women's Series 23 + 24
Thu - Sun 23 - 26 Dortmund, Germany European Championship
Sat 25 Wigan Challenge Tour 21 + 22
Sun 26 Wigan Challenge Tour 23 + 24
Tue 28 Wigan Players Championship 32
Wed 29 Wigan Players Championship 33
Thu 30 Wigan Players Championship 34
Fri 31 Wigan Grand Slam of Darts Qualifier
  NOVEMBER    
Sat - Sun 8 - 16 Wolverhampton Grand Slam of Darts
Fri - Sun 21 - 23 Minehead Players Championship Finals
Mon 24 Leicester World Championship Qualifier
  DECEMBER    
TBC TBC London World Darts Championship