PDC confirms 29 available Tour Cards for Q-School

The stacked field for PDC Q-School this year will be competing for 29 Tour Cards after the 99 Tour Card holders for this season were confirmed.

This year Q-School is divided into two phases. Due to Coronavirus restrictions, the first phase has been split into two parts, from 8 to 10 February and from 11 to 13 February. Players who lost their Tour Card after 2020 will immediately qualify for the second phase (February 14-17) alongside the top players not with Tour Cards from the Challenge and Development Tours. The rest must start in the first phase which will include the returning Raymond Van Barneveld.

European darts players participate in the European Q-School in Niedernhausen and the UK based players have the flagship Q-School in Milton Keynes. Players from other parts of the world outside these areas can choose which one they participate in. At UK Q-School, two direct Tour Cards can be earned per day for the two finalists, while at European Q-School only the day winner will receive a Tour Card.

That leaves seventeen Tour Cards, which are distributed through the Q-School Order of Merit. The number of Tour Cards per Q-School depends on the number of participants at each one. It is expected that about two-thirds will go to UK Q-School and the rest to European Q-School.