The PDC European Tour is a series of darts tournaments held across

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organized by the

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. Starting in 2012 with five events, the number of events has steadily risen with eight held in 2013 and 2014, nine in 2015, 10 in 2016, 12 in 2017, 13 in both 2018 and 2019. There were 13 scheduled in 2020 (although that was reduced to four, owing to the

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). Only two events took place in 2021, with a return to 13 events in 2022, 2023 and 2024, then 14 in 2025. These events see the top players on the

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and PDC ProTour Order of Merit compete against players from a tour card holder qualifier and three different regional qualifiers. Currently the prize fund for each tournament is £175,000, with £30,000 going to the winner. These events differ from others held on the Pro Tour as they are played on one board in front of an audience. They are not televised, but are streamed on the PDC's subscription service. Since 2016, the end of the European Tour marks the end of qualification for the

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, with the top 32 players on the European Tour Order of Merit comprising the field for the televised premier event.

Locations

For most of the time since its inception in 2012, the majority of PDC European Tour events have been held in

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. The only exception being in 2021, when owing to the

, the only two events held that year took place in

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and

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. In 2025, half of the 14 events will be held in Germany.

Prize money

Prize money for European Tour events rose to £175,000 in 2023. The prize fund has been divided as follows:

Active tournaments

Austrian Darts Open

German Darts Championship

European Darts Open

European Darts Trophy

European Darts Grand Prix

International Darts Open

German Darts Grand Prix

Dutch Darts Championship

Czech Darts Open

Hungarian Darts Trophy

Belgian Darts Open

Baltic Sea Darts Open

Flanders Darts Trophy

Swiss Darts Trophy

Former tournaments

UK Masters

German Darts Masters

Danish Darts Open

Austrian Darts Championship

Dutch Darts Masters

Belgian Darts Championship

Gibraltar Darts Trophy

European Darts Matchplay

German Darts Open

Records and statistics

Total finalist appearances

Nine-dart finishes

Twenty-one nine-darters have been thrown on the European Tour. The first one was thrown by Michael Smith in the inaugural tournament in Austria in 2012. After a gap of just over 5 years between nine-darters, the so-called "Curse of Ross Smith" hung over the European Tour, named after Smith, who got his in the 2013 Gibraltar Darts Trophy. Since

Michael van Gerwen Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player, who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number three; he was ranked world number one from 20 ...

broke the curse at the 2018 European Darts Matchplay, there have been fourteen more nine-dart finishes.

References

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