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2018 PDC Pro Tour

Darts tournaments

The 2018 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. In this year there are 41 PDC Pro Tour events being held – 22 Players Championships, six UK Open Qualifiers and 13 European Tour events.

This page also includes results from the PDC’s affiliated tours including the Development and Challenge Tours and all the regional tours as well as the results from the World Championship regional qualifiers.

Prize money

The prize money for the UK Open Qualifiers and Players Championship and European Tour events stayed the same as 2017.

This is how the prize money is divided:

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Stage	ET	PC	UKQ	CT/DT
Winner	£25,000	£10,000	£10,000	£2,000
Runner-up	£10,000	£6,000	£5,000	£1,000
Semi-finalists	£6,000	£3,000	£2,500	£500
Quarter-finalists	£4,000	£2,250	£2,000	£300
Last 16	£3,000	£1,500	£1,500	£200
Last 32	£2,000	£1,000	£750	£100
Last 48	£1,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
Last 64	N/A	£500	£250	£50
Total	£135,000	£75,000	£60,000	£10,000

PDC Tour Card

128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events.

Tour cards

Main article: List of players with a 2018 PDC Tour Card

The 2018 Tour Cards are awarded to:^[1]

(64) The top 64 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2018 World Championship.
- Phil Taylor resigned his card, and therefore, Martin Schindler moved into the top 64.
(24) 24 qualifiers from 2017 Q-School not ranked in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit following the World Championship.
(2) Two highest qualifiers from 2016 Challenge Tour (Rob Cross^{[lower-alpha 1]} and Ryan Searle).
(2) Two highest qualifiers from 2016 Development Tour (Ross Twell and Aden Kirk).
(2) Two highest qualifiers from 2017 Challenge Tour (Wayne Jones and Mark Dudbridge).
(2) Two highest qualifiers from 2017 Development Tour (Luke Humphries and Adam Hunt).^{[lower-alpha 2]}
(12) The 12 qualifiers from the 2018 Qualifying Schools.

Afterwards, the playing field will be complemented by the highest qualified players from the Q School Order of Merit until the maximum number of 128 Pro Tour Card players had been reached. In 2018, that means that a total of 21 players will qualify this way.

Rob Cross is in the top 64 of the Order of Merit, and therefore, one extra Tour Card was awarded to a Q-School qualifier.
Dimitri Van den Bergh is also in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit, and therefore, a Pro Tour Card was awarded to Adam Hunt, who finished third on the Development Tour Order of Merit.

Q-School

In a change to previous years, The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School (or Q-School) was split into a UK and European Q-School.^[2] Players that are not from Europe can choose which Q-School they want to compete in.

The UK Q-School took place at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan from 18–21 January.
The European Q-School took place at the Halle 39 in Hildesheim from 18–21 January.

The following players won two-year tour cards on each of the days played:

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18 January	19 January	20 January	21 January
UK Q-School
Eddie Dootson Corey Cadby	Alan Tabern Robert Owen	Arron Monk George Killington	Bradley Brooks Dawson Murschell
435 contestants	436 contestants	430 contestants	407 contestants
European Q-School
Jeffrey de Zwaan	Mario Robbe	Tytus Kanik	Gabriel Clemens
172 contestants	174 contestants	175 contestants	156 contestants
Total
607 contestants	610 contestants	605 contestants	563 contestants

An Order of Merit was also created for each Q School. For every win after the first full round (without byes) the players get awarded 1 point.

To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places were allocated down the final Qualifying School Order of Merits in proportion to the number of entrants. The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:

UK Q-School Order of Merit

Nathan Aspinall
Ross Smith
Terry Temple
Ryan Harrington
Simon Stevenson
Gary Eastwood
John Goldie
Matthew Edgar
Ryan Meikle
Ryan Joyce
Kevin Burness
Tony Newell
Luke Woodhouse
Peter Hudson
Mark Wilson

European Q-School Order of Merit

Danny Noppert
Robert Marijanović
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Vincent Kamphuis
José Justicia
Davy Van Baelen

UK Open Qualifiers

This would turn out to be the last year in which qualifiers for the UK Open would take place, as from the 2019 UK Open, all Tour Card holders would automatically qualify for the tournament.^[3]

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No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Friday 2 February	Wigan, Robin Park Arena	(105.50) Michael van Gerwen	6 – 3	Michael Smith (107.69)	^[4]
2	Saturday 3 February		(98.33) Michael van Gerwen	6 – 3	Darren Webster (101.29)	^[5]
3	Sunday 4 February		(96.97) Michael Smith	6 – 0	Zoran Lerchbacher (84.38)	^[6]
4	Friday 9 February		(100.05) Gary Anderson	6 – 2	Jeffrey de Zwaan (94.42)	^[7]
5	Saturday 10 February		(108.77) Corey Cadby	6 – 4	Rob Cross (102.67)	^[8]
6	Sunday 11 February		(101.93) Krzysztof Ratajski	6 – 4	Daryl Gurney (95.94)	^[9]

Players Championships

As with 2017, there were 22 Players Championship events.

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No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 17 February	Barnsley, Barnsley Metrodome	(103.82) Michael van Gerwen	6 – 4	James Wade (94.25)	^[10]
2	Sunday 18 February		(101.68) Michael van Gerwen	6 – 1	Corey Cadby (94.45)	^[11]
3	Saturday 10 March		(101.33) Gary Anderson	6 – 0	Peter Wright (99.64)	^[12]
4	Sunday 11 March		(91.42) Gary Anderson	6 – 2	Jeffrey de Zwaan (80.70)	^[13]
5	Saturday 17 March	Milton Keynes, Arena MK	(99.58) Michael van Gerwen	6 – 2	Chris Dobey (109.62)	^[14]
6	Sunday 18 March	Milton Keynes, Arena MK	(97.57) Ian White	6 – 5	Dave Chisnall (97.38)	^[15]
7	Saturday 7 April	Barnsley, Barnsley Metrodome	(98.03) Michael Smith	6 – 2	Adrian Lewis (101.07)	^[16]
8	Sunday 8 April	Barnsley, Barnsley Metrodome	(97.93) Mickey Mansell	6 – 4	Adrian Lewis (90.37)	^[17]
9	Saturday 28 April	Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre	(100.86) Michael van Gerwen	6 – 4	Scott Taylor (92.70)	^[18]
10	Sunday 29 April	Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre	(92.91) Jeffrey de Zwaan	6 – 5	Jonny Clayton (96.11)	^[19]
11	Saturday 19 May	Milton Keynes, Arena MK	(100.65) Gary Anderson	6 – 5	Gabriel Clemens (98.47)	^[20]
12	Sunday 20 May	Milton Keynes, Arena MK	(99.62) Josh Payne	6 – 5	Peter Wright (101.62)	^[21]
13	Saturday 16 June	Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre	(100.32) Rob Cross	6 – 4	Ian White (90.85)	^[22]
14	Sunday 17 June	Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre	(96.57) Peter Wright	6 – 4	Rob Cross (95.63)	^[23]
15	Tuesday 26 June	Barnsley, Barnsley Metrodome	(105.24) Mervyn King	6 – 2	James Wade (88.67)	^[24]
16	Wednesday 27 June		(91.54) Ian White	6 – 3	Darren Webster (88.49)	^[25]
17	Tuesday 4 September		(97.17) Peter Wright	6 – 2	Daryl Gurney (92.34)	^[26]
18	Wednesday 5 September		(94.68) Nathan Aspinall	6 – 4	Ryan Searle (94.41)	^[27]
19	Friday 28 September	Dublin, Citywest Hotel	(95.21) Max Hopp	6 – 3	Madars Razma (87.73)	^[28]
20	Saturday 29 September	Dublin, Citywest Hotel	(98.68) Danny Noppert	6 – 4	Ian White (98.56)	^[29]
21	Saturday 20 October	Barnsley, Barnsley Metrodome	(99.78) Krzysztof Ratajski	6 – 2	Chris Dobey (94.65)	^[30]
22	Sunday 21 October	Barnsley, Barnsley Metrodome	(96.51) Krzysztof Ratajski	6 – 4	Adrian Lewis (91.70)	^[31]

European Tour

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No.	Date	Event	Location	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	23–25 March	European Darts Open	Leverkusen, Ostermann-Arena	(102.04) Michael van Gerwen	8 – 7	Peter Wright (98.55)	^[32]
2	31 March–2 April	German Darts Grand Prix	Munich, Kulturhalle Zenith	(99.24) Michael van Gerwen	8 – 5	Peter Wright (94.97)	^[33]
3	13–15 April	German Darts Open	Saarbrücken, Saarlandhalle	(94.62) Max Hopp	8 – 7	Michael Smith (95.17)	^[34]
4	20–22 April	Austrian Darts Open	Premstätten, Steiermarkhalle	(96.80) Jonny Clayton	8 – 5	Gerwyn Price (94.84)	^[35]
5	4–6 May	European Darts Grand Prix	Sindelfingen, Glaspalast	(110.87) Michael van Gerwen	8 – 3	James Wade (98.38)	^[36]
6	11–13 May	Dutch Darts Masters	Zwolle, IJsselhallen	(97.53) Michael van Gerwen	8 – 5	Steve Lennon (91.40)	^[37]
7	8–10 June	Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Gibraltar, Victoria Stadium	(108.13) Michael van Gerwen	8 – 3	Adrian Lewis (96.69)	^[38]
8	22–24 June	Danish Darts Open	Copenhagen, Brøndbyhallen	(99.31) Mensur Suljović	8 – 3	Simon Whitlock (94.78)	^[39]
9	29 June–1 July	European Darts Matchplay	Hamburg, Edel-optics.de Arena	(105.17) Michael van Gerwen	8 – 2	William O'Connor (93.92)	^[40]
10	31 August–2 September	German Darts Championship	Hildesheim, Halle 39	(101.24) Michael van Gerwen	8 – 6	James Wilson (93.30)	^[41]
11	7–9 September	Dutch Darts Championship	Maastricht, MECC Maastricht	(89.18) Ian White	8 – 5	Ricky Evans (89.23)	^[42]
12	14–16 September	International Darts Open	Riesa, SACHSENarena	(98.26) Gerwyn Price	8 – 3	Simon Whitlock (88.50)	^[43]
13	12–14 October	European Darts Trophy	Göttingen, Lokhalle	(111.27) Michael van Gerwen	8 – 3	James Wade (79.09)	^[44]

PDC Challenge Tour

As with the previous year, the 2018 PDC Challenge Tour series consisted of 20 events, held over 5 weekends.

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No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 27 January	Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre	Simon Preston	5 – 2	Jarred Cole	^[45]
2	Saturday 27 January		Diogo Portela	5 – 3	Michael Barnard	^[45]
3	Sunday 28 January		Martin Atkins	5 – 4	Michael Barnard	^[46]
4	Sunday 28 January		Jason Cullen	5 – 4	Cameron Menzies	^[46]
5	Saturday 24 March	Milton Keynes, Arena MK	(83.50) John Davey	5 – 0	Adrian Gray (70.03)	^[47]
6	Saturday 24 March		(104.56) Michael Barnard	5 – 2	Jason Lowe (99.99)	^[48]
7	Sunday 25 March		(78.64) Dennis Nilsson	5 – 2	Harry Ward (83.88)	^[49]
8	Sunday 25 March		(89.57) Ted Evetts	5 – 1	Krzysztof Ratajski (86.85)	^[50]
9	Saturday 5 May	Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre	(83.88) Cody Harris	5 – 2	Yordi Meeuwisse (77.08)	^[51]
10	Saturday 5 May		(93.31) Michael Barnard	5 – 1	Martin Atkins (80.19)	^[52]
11	Sunday 6 May		(99.98) Michael Barnard	5 – 3	Andy Jenkins (92.14)	^[53]
12	Sunday 6 May		(89.00) Adam Huckvale	5 – 3	Darren Beveridge (77.77)	^[54]
13	Saturday 8 September		(94.23) Jamie Hughes	5 – 2	Cody Harris (80.72)	^[55]
14	Saturday 8 September		(90.39) Krzysztof Ratajski	5 – 2	Mick Todd (83.20)	^[56]
15	Sunday 9 September		(93.94) Cameron Menzies	5 – 0	Mark Frost (90.67)	^[57]
16	Sunday 9 September		(86.51) Lee Budgen	5 – 3	Michael Barnard (94.56)	^[58]
17	Saturday 10 November	Peterborough, East of England Showground	(88.46) David Evans	5 – 2	Ryan Murray (86.12)	^[59]
18	Saturday 10 November		(96.64) Jonathan Worsley	5 – 2	Cody Harris (90.09)	^[60]
19	Sunday 11 November		(97.38) Michael Rasztovits	5 − 3	Andy Boulton (93.53)	^[61]
20	Sunday 11 November		(88.72) Ted Evetts	5 − 4	David Evans (98.98)	^[62]

PDC Development Tour

As with the previous year, the 2018 PDC Development Tour series consisted of 20 events, held over 5 weekends.

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No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 14 April	Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre	(82.98) Nathan Rafferty	5 – 3	Dawson Murschell (82.86)	^[63]
2	Saturday 14 April		(89.54) Wessel Nijman	5 – 4	Bradley Brooks (85.59)	^[63]
3	Sunday 15 April		(86.96) Rob Hewson	5 – 3	Melvin de Fijter (73.99)	^[64]
4	Sunday 15 April		(80.16) Niels Zonneveld	5 – 2	Joe Davis (74.91)	^[64]
5	Saturday 26 May	Hildesheim, Halle 39	Rowby-John Rodriguez	5 – 0	George Killington	^[65]
6	Saturday 26 May		Kenny Neyens	5 – 2	Jarred Cole	^[65]
7	Sunday 27 May		Luke Humphries	5 – 2	Niels Zonneveld	^[66]
8	Sunday 27 May		Ted Evetts	5 – 2	Geert Nentjes	^[66]
9	Saturday 9 June	Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre	(98.88) Martin Schindler	5 – 0	Dimitri Van den Bergh (93.24)	^[67]
10	Saturday 9 June		(94.29) Martin Schindler	5 – 1	George Gardner (85.97)	^[67]
11	Sunday 10 June		(89.04) Ryan Meikle	5 – 3	Rowby-John Rodriguez (82.26)	^[68]
12	Sunday 10 June		(87.00) Ted Evetts	5 – 2	Dimitri Van den Bergh (91.42)	^[68]
13	Saturday 22 September	Peterborough, East of England Showground	(81.85) Luke Humphries	5 – 4	Justin van Tergouw (89.59)	^[69]
14	Saturday 22 September		(87.20) George Killington	5 – 3	Christian Bunse (85.68)	^[69]
15	Sunday 23 September		(84.52) Dimitri Van den Bergh	5 – 3	Lee Budgen (84.23)	^[70]
16	Sunday 23 September		(96.68) Jarred Cole	5 – 1	Christian Bunse (91.03)	^[70]
17	Saturday 3 November	Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre	(94.92) Luke Humphries	5 – 1	Bradley Brooks (82.55)	^[71]
18	Saturday 3 November		(89.01) Berry van Peer	5 – 4	Geert Nentjes (89.76)	^[72]
19	Sunday 4 November		(84.29) Dimitri Van den Bergh	5 – 3	Geert Nentjes (84.27)	^[73]
20	Sunday 4 November		(93.41) Ted Evetts	5 – 4	Christian Bunse (83.12)	^[74]

Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic

The PDCNB replaced the events in Norway and Latvia with new events in Lithuania and Iceland in 2018. As with 2017, there were 10 events held over 5 weekends. Two players from the Tour earned a 2019 PDC World Darts Championship spot, Darius Labanauskas and Daniel Larsson.

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No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 27 January	Copenhagen, Hotel Park Inn by Radisson	Kim Viljanen	6 – 2	Ulf Ceder	^[75]
2	Sunday 28 January	Copenhagen, Hotel Park Inn by Radisson	Daniel Larsson	6 – 4	Darius Labanauskas	^[75]
3	Saturday 24 February	Vilnius, Panorama Hotel	Darius Labanauskas	6 – 5	Cor Dekker	^[76]
4	Sunday 25 February	Vilnius, Panorama Hotel	Darius Labanauskas	6 – 5	Daniel Larsson	^[76]
5	Saturday 26 May	Vääksy, Hotelli Tallukka	(95.06) Marko Kantele	6 – 2	Ulf Ceder (86.01)	^[77]
6	Sunday 27 May	Vääksy, Hotelli Tallukka	(87.84) Cor Dekker	6 – 3	Magnus Caris (82.63)	^[78]
7	Saturday 11 August	Gothenburg, Apple Hotel & Konferens	Daniel Larsson	6 – 3	Kim Viljanen	^[79]
8	Sunday 12 August	Gothenburg, Apple Hotel & Konferens	Marko Kantele	6 – 5	Darius Labanauskas	^[79]
9	Saturday 6 October	Reykjavík, City Park Hotel	(93.42) Madars Razma	6 – 2	Magnus Caris (89.40)	^[80]
10	Sunday 7 October	Reykjavík, City Park Hotel	(89.44) Madars Razma	6 – 4	Marko Kantele (88.01)	^[81]

Professional Darts Corporation Asia

The PDC introduced the PDC Asian Tour in 2018, with 12 events held over 6 weekends. Five players from the Tour earned a 2019 PDC World Darts Championship spot after Seigo Asada won the Japanese Qualifier. The other players to qualify were Lourence Ilagan, Royden Lam, Noel Malicdem and Paul Lim.^[82]

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No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 10 March	Seoul, KBS Sports World	(91.82) Royden Lam	5 – 3	Noel Malicdem (83.38)	^[83]
2	Sunday 11 March	Seoul, KBS Sports World	(83.34) Seigo Asada	5 – 4	Park Hyun-Chul (76.44)	^[83]
3	Saturday 28 April	Macau, Regency Art Hotel	(90.57) Lourence Ilagan	5 – 2	Alexis Toylo (77.02)	^[84]
4	Sunday 29 April	Macau, Regency Art Hotel	(91.78) Lourence Ilagan	5 – 1	Royden Lam (86.84)	^[85]
5	Saturday 23 June	Kobe, Kobe Port Terminal	(91.39) Royden Lam	5 – 3	Seigo Asada (85.62)	^[86]
6	Sunday 24 June	Kobe, Kobe Port Terminal	(89.46) Noel Malicdem	5 – 0	Daisuke Akamatsu (82.04)	^[87]
7	Saturday 18 August	Kuala Lumpur, Grand Centro Ballroom	(86.47) Seigo Asada	5 – 4	Royden Lam (79.64)	^[88]
8	Sunday 19 August	Kuala Lumpur, Grand Centro Ballroom	(87.90) Lourence Ilagan	5 – 1	Harith Lim (73.13)	^[89]
9	Saturday 8 September	Taipei, G Club	(89.60) Seigo Asada	5 – 4	Paul Lim (87.85)	^[90]
10	Sunday 9 September	Taipei, G Club	(92.39) Paul Lim	5 – 3	Lourence Ilagan (99.00)	^[91]
11	Saturday 13 October	Manila, Crown Plaza Manila Galleria Ballroom	(93.21) Lourence Ilagan	5 – 4	Val Capuyan (87.57)	^[92]
12	Sunday 14 October	Manila, Crown Plaza Manila Galleria Ballroom	(99.70) Noel Malicdem	5 – 2	Paul Lim (93.68)	^[93]

Dartplayers Australia (DPA) Pro Tour

The leading player of the 18 tournaments on the 2018 DPA Tour series qualified for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship. That player was Raymond Smith.

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No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Friday 16 February	St Clair, Blue Cattle Dog Hotel	Raymond Smith	6 – 4	Tim Pusey	^[94]
2	Saturday 17 February		James Bailey	6 – 5	Steve MacArthur
3	Sunday 18 February		James Bailey	6 – 5	Steve MacArthur
4	Friday 23 March	Seaford, Seaford Hotel	Corey Cadby	6 – 1	Gordon Mathers	^[95]
5	Saturday 24 March		Raymond Smith	6 – 4	Steve MacArthur
6	Sunday 25 March		Mal Cuming	6 – 5	James Bailey
7	Friday 13 April	Barrack Heights, Warilla Bowls and Recreation Club	Corey Cadby	6 – 4	Lucas Cameron	^[96]
8	Saturday 14 April		Corey Cadby	6 – 3	Laurence Ryder
9	Sunday 15 April		Corey Cadby	6 – 0	Laurence Ryder
10	Friday 18 May	Mitchelton, Brook Hotel	Corey Cadby	6 – 2	Tim Pusey	^[97]
11	Saturday 19 May		Corey Cadby	6 – 3	Raymond Smith
12	Sunday 20 May		Corey Cadby	6 – 5	Raymond Smith
13	Friday 15 June	North Hobart, Australian Italian Club	Raymond Smith	6 – 4	Steve MacArthur	^[98]
14	Saturday 16 June		Raymond Smith	6 – 5	Lucas Cameron
15	Sunday 17 June		Gordon Mathers	6 – 4	James Bailey
16	Friday 7 September	Mitchelton, Brook Hotel	Raymond Smith	6 – 2	Gordon Mathers	^[99]
17	Saturday 8 September		Mark Smyth	6 – 4	James Bailey
18	Sunday 9 September		Tim Pusey	6 – 4	Robbie King

Euroasian Darts Corporation (EADC) Pro Tour

There were 6 EADC Pro Tour events in 2018. Players from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine are eligible to play.

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No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 24 February	Moscow, Omega Plaza Business Center	Aleksandr Oreshkin	6 – 4	Maxim Aldoshin	^[100]
2	Sunday 25 February		Maxim Aldoshin	6 – 4	Vladimir Akshulakov	^[101]
3	Sunday 29 April		Aleksei Kadochnikov	6 – 1	Maxim Aldoshin
4	Sunday 29 April		Aleksei Kadochnikov	6 – 4	Maxim Aldoshin
5	Monday 30 April		Roman Obukhov	6 – 5	Aleksei Kadochnikov
6	Monday 30 April		Aleksei Kadochnikov	6 – 0	Dmitriy Gorbunov

Championship Darts Circuit Pro Tour

The top American and Canadian players over the 2018 CDC Tour qualified for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship.^[102] Chuck Puleo and Jim Long took the two places.^[103]

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No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 28 April	Chicago, North Shore Holiday Inn	(88.72) Gary Mawson	6 – 5	Darin Young (83.59)	^[104]
2	Sunday 29 April	Chicago, North Shore Holiday Inn	(83.80) Chuck Puleo	6 – 4	Jim Long (81.39)	^[105]
3	Saturday 19 May	Miamisburg, Moose Lodge #1645	(86.37) Leonard Gates	6 – 5	DJ Sayre (83.12)	^[106]
4	Sunday 20 May	Miamisburg, Moose Lodge #1645	(85.11) Darin Young	6 – 5	Chuck Puleo (82.69)	^[107]
5	Saturday 23 June	Burlington, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 60	(94.68) Leonard Gates	6 – 1	Darin Young (80.43)	^[108]
6	Sunday 24 June	Burlington, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 60	(81.53) Darin Young	6 – 5	Matt Campbell (88.62)	^[109]
7	Saturday 4 August	New York City, Knights of Baron DeKalb	(81.70) Nick Linberg	6 – 3	Rob Modra (77.94)	^[110]
8	Sunday 5 August	New York City, Knights of Baron DeKalb	(87.91) Chuck Puleo	6 – 1	Darin Young (71.59)	^[111]
9	Saturday 25 August	Philadelphia, Columbia Social Club	(84.22) John Part	6 – 2	Danny Lauby (83.98)	^[112]
10	Sunday 26 August	Philadelphia, Columbia Social Club	(88.10) Chuck Puleo	6 – 4	Jim Widmayer (82.99)	^[113]

World Championship International Qualifiers

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Date	Event	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Ref.
Thursday 5 July^[114]	North American Championship	Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay	(85.10) Jeff Smith	6 – 4	John Norman Jnr (81.18)	^[115]
Friday 13 July^[116]	DartPlayers New Zealand Qualifier	Invercargill, Working Mens Club	(89.04) Tahuna Irwin	7 – 2	Craig Ross (85.20)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	^[118]
Saturday 15 September^[119]	South/Central American Qualifier	Palmas, Hotel Girassol Plaza	Diogo Portela	6 – 4	Sudesh Fitzgerald	^[120]
Saturday 22 September^[121]	Eastern Europe Qualifier	Vecsés, Bálint Ágnes Cultural Center	(79.17) Karel Sedláček	6 – 4	Pál Székely (80.43)	^[122]
Saturday 6 October^[123]	South/East Europe Qualifier	Oberglatt, Chliriethalle Oberglatt	Rowby-John Rodriguez	6 – 4	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	^[124]
Saturday 6 October	Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay	Dublin, Citywest Hotel	(79.66) Kevin Burness	6 – 3	Mick McGowan (80.79)	^[125]
Sunday 7 October^[126]	PDJ Japan Championship	Tokyo, Ota City Industrial Plaza PiO	(79.98) Seigo Asada	5 – 1	Shingo Enomata (73.04)	^[127]
Sunday 7 October^[128]	Western Europe Qualifier	Zwolle, IJsselhallen	Yordi Meeuwisse	6 – 3	Fabian Roosenbrand	^[129]
Saturday 20 October^[130]	South/West Europe Qualifier	Ávila, Lienzo Norte Congress and Exhibition Center	(86.93) José de Sousa	6 – 4	Jesús Noguera (88.72)	^[131]
Sunday 28 October^[132]	Euroasian Darts Corporation Qualifier	Moscow, Omega Plaza Business Center	(93.94) Boris Koltsov	3 – 0	Aleksei Kadochnikov (75.02)	^[133]
Sunday 28 October^[134]	Indian Qualifier	Pune, The Orbis School Auditorium	(78.28) Nitin Kumar	5 – 0	Ankit Goenka (61.42)	^[133]
Tuesday 30 October^[135]	Oceanic Masters	Barrack Heights, Warilla Bowls and Recreation Club	(84.68) James Bailey	3 – 2	Tim Pusey (86.41)	^[136]
Sunday 11 November^[137]	PDC Chinese Qualifier	Shanghai, Caohejing Hi-Tech Park	(73.50) Yuanjun Liu	5 – 2	Zong Xiao Chen (77.70)
Saturday 17 November^[138]	Rest of the World Women's Qualifier	Düsseldorf, Maritim Hotel	Anastasia Dobromyslova	6 – 0	Silvia Keller	^[139]
Sunday 18 November^[140]	German Super League	Düsseldorf, Maritim Hotel	(93.72) Robert Marijanović	10 – 6	Dragutin Horvat (88.59)	^[117]
Sunday 18 November^[141]	African Qualifier	Johannesburg, Dinwiddie Sports Club	Devon Petersen	7 – 2	Nolan Arendse	^[117]
Sunday 25 November^[142]	World Youth Championship	Minehead, Butlin's	(100.44) Dimitri Van den Bergh	6 – 3	Martin Schindler (91.60)	^[143]
Sunday 25 November^[138]	UK & Ireland Women's Qualifier	Milton Keynes, Arena MK	(83.27) Lisa Ashton	6 – 3	Maria O'Brien (74.18)	^[144]
Monday 26 November^[142]	Tour Card Holders' Qualifier		(90.11) Adam Hunt	7 – 4	Richie Burnett (91.99)	^[145]
			(94.44) Aden Kirk	7 – 6	Madars Razma (96.38)
			(93.10) Stephen Burton	7 – 6	Scott Taylor (93.49)

Tahuna Irwin withdrew from the World Championship following an immigration issue. Craig Ross, the qualifier runner-up, replaced him.^[117]

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