The 2024 PDC calendar has been released, with midweek Players Championship events and new European Tour destinations among the notable changes.
The European Tour will visit Switzerland for the first time in 2024 as 13 three-day events take place across a record seven nations from February-October, including a new tournament in Antwerp, Belgium.
For the first time, all 30 Players Championship events will be played on midweek dates across 2024 in Wigan, Leicester, Hildesheim and Milton Keynes.
Following the conclusion of the 2023/24 World Darts Championship, focus initially turns to the PDC Qualifying Schools, which will be held from January 8-14 as two stages of play each take place in Milton Keynes, England (UK Q School) and Kalkar, Germany (European Q School).
The Premier League Darts season will begin in Wales on February 1, the first of 16 league phase nights being staged in Cardiff, before reaching its climax with the Play-Offs at The O2 in London on May 23.
A busy start to the year continues as the world’s top 24 players compete in The Masters in Milton Keynes from February 2-4, with the event now being held after the start of the Premier League in a change to recent years.
The ever-popular annual festival of darts – the UK Open – will take place from March 1-3 at Butlin’s Minehead.
The World Cup of Darts will take place in Frankfurt from June 27-30, before 32 of the world’s biggest stars head to Blackpool for the Betfred World Matchplay from July 13-21.
The third staging of the Women’s World Matchplay will also take place on July 21 as eight of the women’s game’s top talents take to the Winter Gardens stage.
Amsterdam will once again play host to the World Series of Darts Finals from September 13-15, before the World Grand Prix takes place from October 7-13.
The schedule of World Series events for 2024 are still to be confirmed.
Meanwhile, the top 32 players on the European Tour Order of Merit will head to Dortmund for the European Championship from October 24-27, while the Grand Slam of Darts is set to take place from November 9-17 in Wolverhampton.
The top 64 players from the final Players Championship Order of Merit will advance to Minehead for the Players Championship Finals, taking place from November 22-24.
The PDC Women’s Series will again see 24 events take place at venues in the UK and Germany across six double-header weekends, with places in televised events – including the Women’s World Matchplay and World Darts Championship – on offer.
The Challenge and Development Tours will also see 24 tournaments take place, as players from across the globe compete for places in TV events, while the World Youth Championship will see its early rounds staged in October and the final played in Minehead in November.
PDC Calendar 2024
Day | Dates | Venue | Tournament |
January | |||
Mon-Sun | 8-14 | Kalkar | European Q School |
Mon-Sun | 8-14 | Milton Keynes | UK Q School |
Fri | 19 | Milton Keynes | Challenge Tour 1 + 2 |
Sat | 20 | Milton Keynes | Challenge Tour 3 + 4 |
Sun | 21 | Milton Keynes | Challenge Tour 5 |
February | |||
Thu | 1 | Cardiff | Premier League 1 |
Fri-Sun | 2-4 | Milton Keynes | The Masters |
Thu | 8 | Berlin | Premier League 2 |
Mon | 12 | Wigan | Players Championship 1 |
Tue | 13 | Wigan | Players Championship 2 |
Wed | 14 | Wigan | European Tour TCHQ 1 + 2 |
Thu | 15 | Glasgow | Premier League 3 |
Fri | 16 | Hildesheim | European Tour HNQ 2 + 3 / AMQ 2 + 3 |
Sat | 17 | Hildesheim | European Tour HNQ 4 + 6 / AMQ 4 + 6 |
Sun | 18 | Hildesheim | European Tour AMQ 1 / AMQ 5 |
Mon | 19 | Leicester | Players Championship 3 |
Tue | 20 | Leicester | Players Championship 4 |
Wed | 21 | Leicester | European Tour TCHQ 3 + 4 |
Thu | 22 | Newcastle | Premier League 4 |
Fri | 23 | Milton Keynes | Development Tour 1 + 2 |
Sat | 24 | Milton Keynes | Development Tour 3 + 4 |
Sun | 25 | Milton Keynes | Development Tour 5 |
Thu | 29 | Exeter | Premier League 5 |
March | |||
Fri-Sun | 1-3 | Minehead | UK Open |
Thu | 7 | Brighton | Premier League 6 |
Thu | 7 | Wieze | European Tour HNQ 1 |
Fri – Sun | 8-10 | Wieze | European Tour 1 |
Thu | 14 | Nottingham | Premier League 7 |
Fri | 15 | Hildesheim | Challenge Tour 6 + 7 |
Sat | 16 | Hildesheim | Challenge Tour 8 + 9 |
Sun | 17 | Hildesheim | Challenge Tour 10 |
Mon | 18 | Hildesheim | Players Championship 5 |
Tue | 19 | Hildesheim | Players Championship 6 |
Thu | 21 | Dublin | Premier League 8 |
Sat | 23 | Wigan | Women’s Series 1 + 2 |
Sun | 24 | Wigan | Women’s Series 3 + 4 |
Thu | 28 | Belfast | Premier League 9 |
Sat-Mon | 30 to Apr 1 | Munich | European Tour 2 |
April | |||
Thu | 4 | Manchester | Premier League 10 |
Mon | 8 | Leicester | Players Championship 7 |
Tue | 9 | Leicester | Players Championship 8 |
Wed | 10 | Leicester | European Tour TCHQ 5 + 6 |
Wed | 10 | Riesa | European Tour AMQ 7 |
Thu | 11 | Birmingham | Premier League 11 |
Thu | 11 | Riesa | European Tour AMQ 8 + 9 |
Fri-Sun | 12-14 | Riesa | European Tour 3 |
Thu | 18 | Rotterdam | Premier League 12 |
Fri-Sun | 19-21 | Sindelfingen | European Tour 4 |
Sat | 20 | Wigan | Women’s Series 5 + 6 |
Sun | 21 | Wigan | Women’s Series 7 + 8 |
Thu | 25 | Liverpool | Premier League 13 |
Thu | 25 | Graz | European Tour HNQ 5 |
Fri-Sun | 26-28 | Graz | European Tour 5 |
May | |||
Thu | 2 | Aberdeen | Premier League 14 |
Fri | 3 | Hildesheim | Development Tour 6 + 7 |
Sat | 4 | Hildesheim | Development Tour 8 + 9 |
Sun | 5 | Hildesheim | Development Tour 10 |
Mon | 6 | Hildesheim | Players Championship 9 |
Tue | 7 | Hildesheim | Players Championship 10 |
Wed | 8 | Hildesheim | European Tour TCHQ 7 + 8 |
Thu | 9 | Leeds | Premier League 15 |
Fri-Sun | 10-12 | Kiel | European Tour 6 |
Thu | 16 | Sheffield | Premier League 16 |
Fri | 17 | Hildesheim | European Tour HNQ 8 + 9 |
Sat | 18 | Hildesheim | European Tour AMQ 10 + 11 |
Sun | 19 | Hildesheim | European Tour AMQ 12 + 13 |
Thu | 23 | London | Premier League Play-Offs |
Thu | 23 | Rosmalen | European Tour HNQ 7 |
Fri-Sun | 24-26 | Rosmalen | European Tour 7 |
June | |||
Fri | 7 | Leicester | Challenge Tour 11 + 12 |
Sat | 8 | Leicester | Challenge Tour 13 + 14 |
Sun | 9 | Leicester | Challenge Tour 15 |
Tue | 11 | Hildesheim | Players Championship 11 |
Wed | 12 | Hildesheim | Players Championship 12 |
Thu | 13 | Hildesheim | European Tour TCHQ 9 + 10 |
Sat | 15 | Wigan | Women’s Series 9 + 10 |
Sun | 16 | Wigan | Women’s Series 11 + 12 |
Fri-Sun | 21-23 | Leverkusen | European Tour 8 |
Fri | 21 | Wigan | Development Tour 11 + 12 |
Sat | 22 | Wigan | Development Tour 13 + 14 |
Sun | 23 | Wigan | Development Tour 15 |
Thu-Sun | 27-30 | Frankfurt | World Cup of Darts |
July | |||
Tue | 2 | Milton Keynes | Players Championship 13 |
Wed | 3 | Milton Keynes | Players Championship 14 |
Thu | 4 | Milton Keynes | European Tour TCHQ 11 + 12 |
Sat-Sun | 13-21 | Blackpool | World Matchplay |
Sun | 21 | Blackpool | Women’s World Matchplay |
Fri | 26 | Milton Keynes | Development Tour 16 + 17 |
Sat | 27 | Milton Keynes | Development Tour 18 + 19 |
Sun | 28 | Milton Keynes | Development Tour 20 |
Wed | 31 | Milton Keynes | Players Championship 15 |
August | |||
Thu | 1 | Milton Keynes | Players Championship 16 |
Fri | 2 | Milton Keynes | Players Championship 17 |
Sat | 10 | Niedernhausen | Women’s Series 13 + 14 |
Sun | 11 | Niedernhausen | Women’s Series 15 + 16 |
Fri | 16 | Milton Keynes | Challenge Tour 16 + 17 |
Sat | 17 | Milton Keynes | Challenge Tour 18 + 19 |
Sun | 18 | Milton Keynes | Challenge Tour 20 |
Wed | 21 | Milton Keynes | Players Championship 18 |
Thu | 22 | Milton Keynes | Players Championship 19 |
Fri | 23 | Milton Keynes | WSOD Finals TCHQ + European Tour TCHQ 13 |
Fri-Sun | 30 to Sep 1 | Hildesheim | European Tour 9 |
September | |||
Thu | 5 | Antwerp | European Tour HNQ 10 |
Fri-Sun | 6-8 | Antwerp | European Tour 10 |
Sat | 7 | Wigan | Women’s Series 17 + 18 |
Sun | 8 | Wigan | Women’s Series 19 + 20 |
Fri-Sun | 13-15 | Amsterdam | World Series Finals |
Tue | 17 | Wigan | Players Championship 20 |
Wed | 18 | Wigan | Players Championship 21 |
Thu | 19 | Budapest | European Tour HNQ 11 |
Fri-Sun | 20-22 | Budapest | European Tour 11 |
Tue | 24 | Milton Keynes | Players Championship 22 |
Wed | 25 | Milton Keynes | Players Championship 23 |
Thu | 26 | Basel | European Tour HNQ 12 |
Fri-Sun | 27-29 | Basel | European Tour 12 |
October | |||
Tue | 1 | Wigan | Players Championship 24 |
Wed | 2 | Wigan | Players Championship 25 |
Thu | 3 | Wigan | Players Championship 26 |
Mon-Sun | 7-13 | TBC | World Grand Prix |
Sat | 12 | Wigan | Development Tour 21 + 22 |
Sun | 13 | Wigan | Development Tour 23 + 24 |
Mon | 14 | Wigan | World Youth Championship Qualifier |
Tue | 15 | Wigan | Players Championship 27 |
Wed | 16 | Wigan | Players Championship 28 |
Thu | 17 | Prague | European Tour HNQ 13 |
Fri-Sun | 18-20 | Prague | European Tour 13 |
Sat | 19 | Leicester | Women’s Series 21 + 22 |
Sun | 20 | Leicester | Women’s Series 23 + 24 |
Thu-Sun | 24-27 | Dortmund | European Championship |
Wed | 30 | Leicester | Players Championship 29 |
Thu | 31 | Leicester | Players Championship 30 |
November | |||
Fri | 1 | Leicester | Grand Slam Qualifier |
Sat | 2 | Leicester | Challenge Tour 21 + 22 |
Sun | 3 | Leicester | Challenge Tour 23 + 24 |
Sat-Sun | 9-17 | Wolverhampton | Grand Slam of Darts |
Fri-Sun | 22-24 | Minehead | Players Championship Finals |
Mon | 25 | Wigan | World Championship Qualifier |
December | |||
TBC | TBC | London | World Darts Championship |