The 2025 PDC Challenge Tour, known as the

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Challenge Tour for sponsorship reasons, is a series of non-televised

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tournaments organised by the

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(PDC). It consists of 24 darts tournaments on the

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. The series is being held over four weekends of five events, and one weekend of four events. The Challenge Tour is the PDC's second-tier system for players who competed at the 2025 Qualifying Schools but did not win a

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. Under ''PDC Order of Merit Rule 4.2'', the Challenge Tour Order of Merit rankings are used to top up Players Championship (PC) events up to 128 entries, should any of the current Tour Card holders not enter the PC tournaments. Under PDC Order of Merit Rule 6.9, the 2025 Challenge Tour prizes are as follows: * The top two players on the Challenge Order of Merit, who have not qualified for these via another method, win a two-year PDC Tour Card for the 2026 and 2027 seasons as well as a place at the 2026 PDC World Championship. * The highest ranked player on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, who has not already qualified for the tournament via another method, receives a spot at the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts. * The players in the top sixteen on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, who do not obtain a PDC Tour Card before the 2026 Q-Schools, receive free entry to the Final Stage of Q-School. * The eight highest ranked players from the Challenge Tour Order of Merit who remain non-Tour Card Holders for the 2026 season qualify for the first round of the 2026 UK Open.

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided: £360,000 is the total prize fund, with £15,000 being the prize fund for each of the 24 CT events. The top players on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit act as reserves for

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events. If one of the Tour Card holders does not enter or withdraws from a Players Championship event, the highest ranked available player on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit may fill in.

January

Challenge Tour 1

Challenge Tour 1 was contested on Friday 17 January 2025 at the

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. The tournament was won by

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, who defeated

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5–4 in the final.

Challenge Tour 2

Challenge Tour 2 was contested on Friday 17 January 2025 at the

. The tournament was won by , who defeated 5–1 in the final.

Challenge Tour 3

Challenge Tour 3 was contested on Saturday 18 January 2025 at the

. The tournament was won by

, who defeated John Henderson 5–0 in the final.

Challenge Tour 4

Challenge Tour 4 was contested on Saturday 18 January 2025 at the

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hit a

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in his match against

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. The tournament was won by

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, who defeated Mervyn King 5–3 in the final.

Challenge Tour 5

Challenge Tour 5 was contested on Sunday 19 January 2025 at the

. The tournament was won by

, who defeated Danny Jansen 5–1 in the final.

March

Challenge Tour 6

Challenge Tour 6 was contested on Friday 14 March at the Halle 39 in

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. The tournament was won by

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, who defeated

5–4 in the final.

Challenge Tour 7

Challenge Tour 7 was contested on Friday 14 March at the Halle 39 in

. The tournament was won by

, who defeated

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5–2 in the final.

Challenge Tour 8

Challenge Tour 8 was contested on Saturday 15 March at the Halle 39 in

. The tournament was won by

, who defeated

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5–4 in the final.

Challenge Tour 9

Challenge Tour 9 was contested on Saturday 15 March at the Halle 39 in

. The tournament was won by

, who defeated

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5–1 in the final.

Challenge Tour 10

Challenge Tour 10 was contested on Sunday 16 March at the Halle 39 in

. The tournament was won by Scott Campbell, who defeated Dan Hands 5–3 in the final.

May

Challenge Tour 11

Challenge Tour 11 was contested on Friday 2 May at the

. The tournament was won by Mervyn King, who defeated Henry Coates 5–0 in the final.

Challenge Tour 12

Challenge Tour 12 was contested on Friday 2 May at the

. Jamai van den Herik hit a

in his match against Carl Sneyd. The tournament was won by Jamai van den Herik, who defeated Graham Hall 5–2 in the final.

Challenge Tour 13

Challenge Tour 13 was contested on Saturday 3 May at the

. The tournament was won by

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, who defeated Graham Hall 5–2 in the final.

Challenge Tour 14

Challenge Tour 14 was contested on Saturday 3 May at the

. The tournament was won by

, who defeated

5–3 in the final.

Challenge Tour 15

Challenge Tour 15 was contested on Sunday 4 May at the

. The tournament was won by Jack Tweddell, who defeated Mervyn King 5–1 in the final.

Order of Merit

References

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