DETAILS of the 2019 PDC Qualifying Schools have been confirmed ahead of entries being made open to players wishing to challenge to win a PDC Tour Card.

For a second successive year, two Qualifying Schools will take place, as players compete in Europe and the UK to secure their place on the PDC’s £14 million circuit.

The top 64 players in the PDC Order of Merit at January 2nd following the William Hill World Darts Championship, retain a one-year Tour Card, alongside any players who secured their Tour Card at the 2018 Qualifying Schools.

The European Qualifying School will take place in Hildesheim, Germany, from January 3rd – 6th with the winning player from each day securing an automatic PDC Tour Card. The UK Qualifying School, from January 17th – 20th in Wigan, will see two players from each day securing an automatic Tour Card.

Further Tour Cards will be awarded based on the respective Qualifying School Orders of Merit from each venue, to take the total number of 2019 PDC Tour Card Holders to 128.

For the European Q-School event brief CLICK HERE for all the events rules, hotels, travel, dress code, guests, timings and registration etc.

The 2019 European Q-School.

Dates: January Thursday 3rd – Sunday 6th January
Venue: Halle 39, Schinkelstraße 7, 31137, Hildesheim, Germany

Entry Deadline: Tuesday January 1st (14.00 GMT)
European Qualifying School is for the following nationalities: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine

Players from other nations may choose in which Qualifying School to participate.

Entry: Entry costs £450 (which includes £50 DRA sanction fee)
How to enter: Entry will be available through the PDC Tournament Entry System. All players must Register their details with the new system at this link (existing PDC players are required to do this with the new system to ensure that your details are correct).

Following your registration, you will receive an email to confirm that you are available to enter tournaments, and at this stage you can login to make your entry to the relevant Qualifying School. This verification may take up to 48 hours, so do not leave it until the last minute.

Entries:

These will be announced after the deadline date.

PDPA Membership:

Following your confirmed entry, the PDPA will contact you via your registered email address to complete your PDPA Membership.

Tour Cards:

Automatic Tour Cards: The UK Qualifying School will play down to the final two players on each day, to give eight automatic Tour Cards. The European Qualifying School will play down to a winner on each day, to give four automatic Tour Cards.

Remaining Tour Cards: will be awarded to players based on positions in the Qualifying School Order of Merit on a pro-rata basis across the UK and European Qualifying Schools depending on final entry numbers, with separate ranking lists to be collated for each venue.

European Tour 2019:

All player who play at the European Q-School will be eligible to enter all 13 European Tour events in 2019.