Saturday morning begins the eighth tournament of the PDC Challenge Tour 2025. The Challenge Tour circuit is open to players who participated in the Q-School but did not win a Tour Card.
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On this tour, starting tickets for the 2025 Pro Tour and Tour Cards for 2026 and 2027 can be earned. The highest-ranked players on the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit are eligible for reserve spots on the Players Championships.
The number one and two on the Challenge Tour rankings will be offered a PDC Tour Card at the end of the season for the following two seasons. In addition, they may also participate in the World Darts Championship.
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Draw PDC Challenge Tour 8
Last 256
Jacques Labre - | - Lukasz Waclawski
Wesley van Trijp - | - Marcel Gugger
Michele Moscelli - | - Fabian Schoen
Fetih Kaya - | - Gilbert van der Meijden
Steve Sewell - | - Paul Rowley
Remo Mandiau - | - Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Jurjen van der Velde - | - James Vanbesien
Ash Ling - | - Adam Mould
Jan Dueckers - | - Ulrich Jansen
Andreas Harrysson - | - Henry Coates
Andrea Micheletti - | - Darius Labanauskas
Alexander Elia - | - Ruben Mesters
Matthias Ehlers - | - Craig Watkins
Jack Tweddell - | - Kevin Lankhuizen
Neil Parry - | - Tommy Morris
Levy Frauenfelder - | - Kevin Troppmann
Petr Krivka - | - Mike Warburton
Chris Hogg - | - Patrick Tringler
David Davies - | - Gillian Koehoorn
Stefan Bellmont - | - Clemens Schmiedlau
Colin Osborne - | - Daniel Nicholls
Sean Fisher - | - Nathan Potter
Chas Barstow - | - Bruno Rangel
Dimitri Nees - | - Luis Camacho
Arno Brand - | - Ashley Coleman
Stefan Dees - | - Marc Vleghert
Kelvin O'Keefe - | - Michael Huntley
Andy Hamilton - | - John Henderson
Aaron Beeney - | - Serge Brisset
Maikel Mossou - | - Sascha Stuhlemmer
Scott Campbell - | - Colin Gibson
Bruno Stoeckli - | - Jaikob Selby-Rivas
Keith O'Neill - | - Ron Meulenkamp
Graham Hall - | - Sergio Scratches
James Beeton - | - Dmitrii Rogov
Ryan O'Connor - | - Andrew Callary
Eddie Lovely - | - Robin Bos
Arjan Konterman - | - David Sharp
Jarod Becker - | - Oliver Klein
Laurin Welk - | - Paul Kalashnikov
Michael Hurtz - | - Sandro Egli
Sebastian Steyer - | - Gino Vermeersch
Dustin Straver - | - Scott Baker
Owen Maiden - | - Graham Usher
Rowby-John Rodriguez - | - Alen Alukic
Nathan Girvan - | - Bradley Whitehead
John Part - | - Kevin Lane
Jody Tobback - | - Moritz Richter
Max Timmers - | - Tom Riding
Jenson Walker - | - Rene Eidams
Gerko Tibbe - | - Frankie Ansell
Ted Evetts - | - Gabriel Rollo
Jozsef Szlanyina - | - Sietse Lap
Simon Stothart - | - David Schlichting
Lee Cocks - | - Shane Turner
Trevor Burkhill - | - Steven Beasley
Krzysztof Kciuk - | - Jarno Bottenberg
Danny van Trijp - | - Michael Rosenauer
Sebastian Fey - | - Halil Can Yildiz
Kirk De Ruyter - | - Deian Roberts
Kenny Neyens - | - Lukas Fraulob
Nils Stahlhut - | - James Evans-Bradford
Dennis van der Ende - | - Tom Sykes
David Evans - | - Luca Pfaff
Tommy Lishman - | - Neilie Brouder
Mitja Gustorf - | - Michal Smejda
Lee Barrow - | - Donny Scheurwater
Dalibor Smolik - | - Ultan McDyer
Ryan Palmer - | - Jamai van den Herik
Zion Thomas - | - Dylan Dowling
Kevin Burness - | - Kevin Leadenham
Martin Tonks - | - Bailey White
Mat Caste - | - Benjamin Allen
Joe Hunt - | - Reece Colley
Nicolas Thuillier - | - Simeon Heinz
Scott Waites - | - Pat Scurfield
Jan Schmidt - | - Danny Van Klompenburg
Jimmy van Schie - | - Steven Inkpen
Marcel Erba - | - Danny Jansen
Steve Hine - | - Anton Ostlund
Born Van Put - | - Rik Mollink
Thomas Banks - | - Danny Trueman
Jeffrey Sparidaans - | - Christopher Wickenden
Pal Szekely - | - Felix Schiertz
Michael Unterbuchner - | - Sam Spivey
Patrick Klingelhoefer - | - Calvin Nicolai
Rob Holroyd - | - Marcel Hexel
Matthew Hall - | - Boris Nowak
Patrick Dekker - | - Franz Roetzsch
David Pallett - | - Marcel Otter
Conor Heneghan - | - Carl Wilson
Liam Kitchen - | - Mervyn King
Chris Hurds - | - Sean Taylor
Chi-Minh Tran - | - Dan Hands
Jeroen Mioch - | - Peter Burgoyne
Ronnie Rickner - | - Conor Roberts
Maikel Kustermans - | - Rene Kaehler
Robert Nelson - | - Vinay Ramnath
Ieuan Halsall - | - Aden Kirk
Charlie Martin - | - Damian Mol
Joe Croft - | - Daniel Klose
Alexander Merkx - | - Jeffrey De Zwaan
Geert Nentjes - | - Paul Mitchell
Last 128
Davy Robijns - | - -
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John Davey - | - -
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Marcel Walpen - | - -
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Richard Wagenaar - | - -
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Dmitriy Zhukov - | - -.
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Keegan Brown - | -
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Oliver Mueller (FfO) - | - -.
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Callum Goffin - | - -
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Jarred Cole - | -.
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Jeroen Caron - | - -
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Stevie Moreira - | - -
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Vitezslav Sedlak - | - -.
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Adrian Gray - | -.
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Ersan Alan - | - -
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Dylan Hauser - | - -.
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Brian Raman - | -.
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Charlie Kemp - | -.
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Igor Perak - | - -
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Stu Wilson - | -.
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Michael Flynn - | - -
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Dragutin Horvat - | -.
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Tomas Hamrozi - | -.
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Tom Lonsdale - | - -
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Jannes Bremermann - | -.
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Carl Sneyd - | -.
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Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He contributes to DartsNews.com, where he covers professional darts through news, match reports, analysis, and live coverage across the PDC calendar and major tournaments.
A key part of his work is on-site reporting from leading events. Kieran has covered the PDC World Darts Championship in person, reporting daily from the venue and providing first-hand insight from the tournament. During his coverage, he has conducted interviews with leading players including Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, and Gerwyn Price.
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- Play all legs and the winners split the pot. Luke gets the lot of he wins them all. If your occupation is darts player you can't enter, regardless of ability.BandB01-11-2026
- I'm quite a jaded person all things considered, but to be honest I found Beat Luke Littler to be pretty entertaining. It certainly wasn't seamless, which is to be expected given the lack of precedence, but I actually think the pacing was pretty good, the production was impressive, and there was a good sense of humour and levity to it. I think it was a very ambitious undertaking but one that, for the most part, paid off. I liked the system with the four pots and I think it added to the drama and intrigue. I enjoyed seeing the diverse range of entrants and learning about their backstories. I think the interactivity was pretty clever and well-integrated. The panel was a little incoherent at times; Lee Mack shone however, and his improvisational skills were appreciated during some more awkward interstitial moments. As far as the darts is concerned, it was a shame that the format didn't allow Littler to get into full flow. You obviously don't want him to steamroll everyone but you want to feel like you're getting the full Littler package rather than seeing him struggling to get out of first gear. I will say that his leg against Jayden Walker was very impressive, but it was mostly downhill from there. The attraction revolves around Littler being this untouchable, indomitable force, yet the format doesn't really allow him to fulfil that characterisation. As for Fallon Sherrock, she was mightily impressive and deserved the victory. It is a testament to her unshakeable character that she was able to bang in a 14-darter under such mind-bending pressure. Everything that has been said about the misleading marketing is valid, though they were clear about their eligibility criteria and were able to offload the responsibility somewhat by bringing the viewers into the decision-making process in real time. What is clear though, is that Fallon played the game according to the rules, and she should not be criticised for that, much less abused. I will admit though that it is a kick in the teeth for those true amateurs who committed time and money to the course, and I would also question those who think pub players would have no chance, given that some of Littler's winning legs were dispatched in 7 visits to the board! The great thing about darts is that it isn't so much that amateurs cannot replicate the feats of brilliance pulled off by professionals of the sport, than it is that they simply cannot replicate the consistency of their output, something that this format almost entirely removes from the equation. It should also be noted that, financially, Fallon certainly stands to benefit much less in relative terms from the paycheque than would your average pub thrower, as I'm sure she nets a fair income from the lucrative exhibition circuit alone. What I do hope is that she might use this as an opportunity to really build up a head of steam heading into the new season, as it seems long overdue that she come through Q-School and really take it to the pros on a week-in week-out basis, but whatever she chooses to do, she has certainly achieved enough already for one if not several lifetimes, so who am I to dictate terms? To conclude though, I will state once again that I found Beat Luke Littler to be a pretty enjoyable evening of entertainment. I do feel for the contestants who never actually had the chance to try their luck against the world #1, although I suppose it comes with the format, but all which inevitably raises the question: will Netflix be tempted to do it all again next year? It's hard to say. Whether it would be financially viable, I can't weigh in there. One point I have been making though, and which I touched on earlier, is that the entire concept relies on a public perception that Littler is more or less unbeatable, and that certainly hasn't been the case of late. If the execs had been trying to pitch the show in recent months while Littler has seemed vulnerable, rather than when he was mopping up almost every major title on the calendar, it would certainly be a tougher sell. We will have to see in about 6 months' time whether Littler can still reliably command perception as a near-unstoppable force in darts, and then we'll have a clearer idea about whether we should expect a second helping. Even as a one-off experiment though, and with all the controversy taken into account, I still don't think they disgraced themselves by any means, and that will probably be my lingering assessment of the event when all is said and done.Deduce635801-11-2026
- Fair play to Fallon. But...shows the mockery when a professional players wins what was meant to be an amateur v Pro event, Littlers performance was poor, and what about the players who didn't get a game? Would have been better if the pot was split amoungst all the winners and they all got a leg.BandB31-10-2026
- Not even slightly interestedrick6730-10-2026
- And yet the PDC has decided to aggravate this problem by doubling the Players Championship Finals field from 2027. I can't imagine there will be fewer withdrawals next year with even less reason to turn up. I can only hope that a whole slew of Challenge Tour top-up players receive enough prize money in the absence of much of the elite, that some of the more complacent among them struggle to scrape into even a heavily diluted field! More semi-pro players will get to test their mettle, but the standard of competition will be much inferior. It could hardly be said that the Players Championship series will provide an opportunity for darts' second string to test their Tour Card credentials anymore, but at least it will underscore the achievements of those Challenge Tour players of current and previous years, who were able to prove themselves as more than capable of competing with, and beating, the elite of the sport on a consistent basis, and reaping the due rewards.Deduce635828-10-2026
- No point in being there? Champions want to win.Deduce635828-10-2026
- Littler lost to crabtree in the youth/junior/whatever you call it. He had no point in being there. He's unfortunately now got to the stage,he feels all he has to do is get on the stage to win. Well,I hope he realises part of his fear factor has gone. Happened to Taylor,then van gerwen,and it's causing him to realise pretty sharp,he isn't unstoppable. It's good for the sport,not 1 single player in my 60 years has ever,or will ever be, unbeatable.rick6725-10-2026
- I think it's great to see Mark Webster looking good,good ladrick6725-10-2026
- I agree,I can't believe the lack of coverage of this sad loss. Always enjoyed watching him,but I guess now it's all about littler,well it seems that way. Darts has sadly lost a good manrick6717-10-2026
- In the absence of a report regarding the death of Stefan Lord, I'll assist. An excellent player in the late 70s and early 80s, he actually won the now defunct 3rd place match at two World Championships and a couple of the News of the World Championships. A fabulous player and easily the best Swedish player ever. Rest peacefully Stefan.richieburnettrocks16-10-2026