ANOTHER year of darting dream begins in Milton Keynes, Eng and Kalkar, Germany, as 850 players will compete in the 2024 PDC Qualifying Schools from January 8-14, with 30 Tour Cards on offer for players to secure a spot on the PDC circuit.
Following a record-breaking World Darts Championship, the focus now switches to the Marshall Arena and Wunderland, as players from around the globe set their sights on a coveted two-year Tour Card.
Qualifying School will again feature concurrent events being staged in the UK and Germany, and is split into First Stage and Final Stage.
A total of 27 players are exempt to the Final Stage at UK Qualifying School, with 21 players exempt to the Final Stage of European Qualifying School.
Players exempt to the Final Stage include those who lost their Tour Cards at the end of 2023, along with a series of stars from the 2023 Challenge and Development Tour Orders of Merit.
First Stage – which will take place from January 8-10 – will see further players up to a total of 128 in the UK and Europe respectively qualifying to compete in Final Stage from January 11-14.
A total of 30 PDC Tour Cards will be on offer in Final Stage from January 12-15, with each of the daily winners in the UK and Europe receiving an automatic Tour Card.
The remaining 22 Tour Cards will be allocated to players from the UK and European Q School Final Stage Orders of Merit, and split on a pro-rata basis of total participants in each region.
Three-time World Champion John Part will headline the high-profile names in action during First Stage of UK Qualifying School, as the Canadian bids to roll back the years in Milton Keynes.
Robert Thornton – a former World Grand Prix and UK Open champion – will also star, alongside former World Championship finalists Kevin Painter, Andy Hamilton and Mark Dudbridge.
2022 Women’s World Matchplay winner Fallon Sherrock will also feature in First Stage, as she bids to secure a PDC Tour Card for the first time in her career.
Scotland’s former World Cup of Darts winner John Henderson will enter at the Final Stage, as South African trailblazer Devon Petersen and 2019 World Cup runner-up Steve Lennon also aim to regain their professional status.
Former Lakeside Champions Richie Burnett, Scott Waites and Scott Mitchell will also be among the Final Stage entrants, along with former World Youth Champions Ted Evetts and Bradley Brooks.
Newly crowned WDF Champion Andy Baetens is among the entrants in First Stage of European Qualifying School, with the talented Belgian having featured on the European Tour circuit in 2023.
Germany’s former World Youth Champion Max Hopp – a winner of two PDC ranking titles – will be looking to return to the professional circuit, and he will be joined by his compatriots Nico Kurz, Niko Springer and Lukas Wenig in Kalkar.
Jelle Klaasen – a two-time Premier League participant – will be another big name in First Stage action, as the Dutchman looks to secure a PDC Tour Card for the first time since 2021.
The Final Stage entrants at European Q School will include former Lakeside Champion Christian Kist and World Cup of Darts quarter-finalist Thibault Tricole, who became the first French player to compete at the World Darts Championship last month.
Radek Szaganski – a winner of a Players Championship event in October – will also be eyeing an immediate return to the ProTour, alongside American star Jules van Dongen and former Alexandra Palace quarter-finalist Darius Labanauskas.
Matches in the First Stage will be played over the best of nine legs, while the Final Stage encounters will be contested over the best of 11 legs.
2024 PDC Qualifying Schools
First Stage
UK Qualifying School Entries
Adam Atkinson
Adam Bowman
Adam Gawthrop
Adam Hunt
Adam Jenkinson
Adam Lipscombe
Adam Mark Griffiths
Adam Mould
Adam Paxton
Adam Serpell
Aden Kirk
Adrian Gray
Alan Norris
Alan Tabern
Alec Small
Alex Spellman
Alexander Elia
Alfie Smith
Andre Luke McGill
Andrew Hoare
Andrew Hyland
Andrew Whellans
Andy Hamilton
Anthony Hitchmough
Ash Khayat
Ashley Coleman
Ashley Ford
Ashley McKeever
Ashley Weaver
Barrie Bates
Ben Adams
Ben Davies
Ben Phillips
Ben Quenby
Benjamin Johnson
Bhav Patel
Brandon Jones
Brandon Western
Brett Claydon
Callum Francis
Callum Loose
Carl Beattie
Carl Sneyd
Carl Wilson
Carwyn Reed
Cavan Phillips
Charlie Large
Charlie Martin
Charlie Symons
Charlie Wiles
Chas Barstow
Chris Hartrey
Chris Hogg
Chris Hurds
Chris Quantock
Christopher Harvey
Christopher Sheldon
Christopher Wickenden
Ciaran Teehan
Coby Jones-Swanson
Cody Abel
Colin Osborne
Colin Tyrer
Coni Singh Nagi
Connor Hopkins
Conor Heneghan
Cory Evans
Craig Watkins
Curtis Thornton
Dale Gadsby
Dale Howard
Damien O’Driscoll
Dan Galloway
Dan Read
Dan Thompson
Daniel Astbury
Daniel Ayres
Danny Lauby
Dariusz Imbs
Darnell McCrory
Darren Armstrong
Darren Barton
Darren Beveridge
Darren Brown
Darren O’Neill
Darren Webster (Heanor)
David Davies
David Evans
David Saint
David Wawrzewski
Dean Croshaw
Dean Forde
Derek Barry
Derek Maclean
Duncan Parker
Dylan Dowling
Eddie Lovely
Edward Price
Fallon Sherrock
Gareth Hannan
Gareth Partridge
Gary Blades
Gary Brown
Gary Butcher
Gary Clark
Gary Jackson
Geoffrey Cope
Geoffrey Heath
George Connolly
Gethyn Bennett
Girish Sreedharan
Graham Borland
Graham Rackstraw
Grant Brown
Greg Ritchie
Harry Gregory
Harry Lane
Henry Coates
Ian Jones
Ian Lever
Jack Boardman
Jack Mayoh
Jack Vincent
Jacob Gwynne
Jaikob Selby-Rivas
Jake Carter
Jake Neale
James Beeton
James Green
James Howard Hughes
James Huthwaite
James Parkin
James Richardson
James Thompson
James Welding
James Woodhouse
Jamie Atkins
Jamie Dunsdon
Jamie Foster
Jamie Tilley
Jason Chisnall
Jason Davies
Jenson Walker
Jim McEwan
Jim Moston
Jim Walker
Jimmy McKirdy
Joe Croft
Joel Salerno
John Bowles
John Cook
John Court &nbs
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John Part
Jonathan Kavanagh
Jonathan Wynn
Jordan Brooks
Jordan Taylor
Joseph Bridle
Joseph Heywood
Josh Newton
Josh Phillips
Joshua Howarth
Joshua Morris
Joshua Richardson
Joshua Wise
Justin Giles
Justin Hood
Justin Smith
Kai Fan Leung
Kamil Janowicz
Keelan Kay
Keith Rooney
Kevin Bambrick
Kevin Garcia
Kevin Lane
Kevin Leadenham
Kevin Lowe
Kevin McDine
Kevin Mills
Kevin Painter
Kevin Thomas
Kieran Harris
Kieron Bridgwater
Kristian Barker
Lee Andrews
Lee Barrow
Lee Budgen
Lee Cocks
Lee Grace
Lee Howard Dutton
Lee Williams
Leighton Bennett
Lewis Coyne
Lewis Dare
Lewis Gurney
Lewis Pride
Liam Goyne
Liam Parish
Liam Saxon
Llew Bevan
Lloyd Walker
Lukasz Sawicki
Luke Constable
Luke Smith
Mark Craddock
Mark Dudbridge
Mark McGeeney
Martin Grearson
Martin Thomas
Martyn Moore
Mat Caste
Mathew Wood
Matt Good
Matthew Dennant
Matthew Gallivan-Piles
Max Baulcomb
Michael Baker
Michael Barnard
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Mike Warburton
Nathan Care
Nathan Girvan
Nathan Money
Nathan Potter
Neil Parry
Neilie Brouder
Niall Culleton
Nicholas Ellis
Nicky Denoon
Oliver Madge
Owen Maiden
Owen Sherriff
Ozzy Cook
Pat Scurfield
Patrick Lynskey
Patrick Quinn
Patrik Williams
Paul Anderson
Paul Barham
Paul Lewis
Paul Mitchell
Paul Redfern
Paul Rowley
Pearce Todd
Peter Burgoyne
Peter Gallacher
Peter Hudson
Peter Jacques
Peter Mitchell
Petros Christodoulou
Phil Coward
Phil Milburn
PJ Woods
Rab Sutherland
Rachel Brooks
Raymond Mulvey
Reece Colley
Reece Robinson
Rex Cole
Rhys Griffin
Richard Hill
Richard North
Ricky Caves
Robbie Martin
Robert Adnams
Robert Barrett-Gore
Robert Ellis-Brown
Robert Heard
Robert Nelson
Robert Thornton
Rohit Rabadia
Ronnie Rickner
Ryan Furness
Ryan Harrington
Ryan Hogarth
Ryan Murray
Ryan Newton
Ryan O’Connor
Sam Cankett
Sam Cromwell
Sam Spivey
Samuel Palmer
Scott Campbell
Scott Hunt
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Scott Walters
Scott Winder
Sean Fisher
Sean Ryan
Shane Hayward
Shane McGuirk
Shaun Alcock
Simon Perkins
Simon Stothart
Stephen Fanning
Stephen Jones
Stephen Wells
Steve Haggerty
Steve Hine
Steve Price
Steve Woodburn
Steven Harbert
Steven Inkpen
Steven Moss
Stu Wilson
Stuart Barrowcliffe
Stuart Owens
Stuart Wares
Tavis Dudeney
Thomas Banks
Thomas Cromwell
Thomas Lovely
Tom Lonsdale
Tom Martin
Tom Riding
Tom Sykes
Tommy Morris
Tony Clark
Tony Newell
Tony Norris
Tony Procter
Tony Selby
Trevor Burkhill
Tyler Mantle
Ultan McDyer
Wayne Jones
Wayne Morgan
Wayne Willis
William Borland
Zac Griffiths
First Stage
European Qualifying School Entries
Adrian Dudek
Ales Hock
Alexander Klein
Alexander Masek
Alexander Merkx
Alexandre Antunes
Andras Borbely
André Ritter
Andrea Micheletti
Andreas Flamme
Andreas Harrysson
Andreas Kumpan
Andy Baetens
Andy Mistr
Angelo Balsamo
Anoop Ramdajal
Anton Ostlund
Arjan Konterman
Arne Degryse
Arno Looijen
Arno Merk
Attila Valyi
Ayrton Wullen
Baggio Jacobs
Baranyi Zsombor
Bart Van Bogaert
Bastian Thiele
Ben Robb
Benjamin Drue Reus
Benjamin Goetze
Benjamin Pratnemer
Benjamin Werner
Benny van der Linden
Bent Lambertsen
Bernhard Payr
Bert Jan Mulder
Bert Van Roosbroeck
Bjarne Verleysen
Bjorn Beauprez
Bohuslav Hrbek
Born Van Put
Brian Verhelst
Bryan De Hoog
Bryan Menzel
Calvin Nicolai
Chris Massilge
Christian Goedl
Christian Helmecke
Christian Till
Christopher Weiss
Dalibor Smolik
Damian Palaszewski
Dan Bujok
Daniel Barborak
Daniel Domnick
Daniel Drewes
Daniel Grochotzky
Daniel Gross
Daniel Leithner
Daniel Zadach
Danny Tessmann
Danny Van Klompenburg
David Jeske
David Rosi
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David Sevce
Davy Proosten
Davy Robijns
Davy van der Zande
Davy Verkooijen
Davyd Venken
Dean Pokos
Dennie Olde Kalter
Dennis Akhtar
Dennis van der Ende
Derk Telnekes
Dieter Van Ham
Dmitriy Zhukov
Domagoj Bratincevic
Domenik Fink
Dominic Keller
Dominik Fischer
Dominik Moravcík
Dominik Nebe
Dominik Thiel
Donato Di Loreto
Dragan Simic
Dustin Straver
Dylan Porters
Edgar Znutins
Eric Boyer
Eric Gohde
Erik Schmeitz
Fabian Bihl
Fabian Schmutzler
Fabian Schor
Falco Hux
Felix Knappe
Felix Schiertz
Felix Schmitt
Felix Steinebrunner
Fetih Kaya
Filip Jech
Filip Prochazka
Filip Sebesta
Filipe Simoes
Florian Lindner
Florian Preis
Florian Socha
Frank Schroeder
Frantisek Mika
Franz Roetzsch
Frederic Willems
Frieder Lang
Fynn Schmidt
Gabor Jagicza
Gabriel Florin Olar
Gabriel Rollo
Geronimo Santos-Monteiro
Gilbert van der Meijden
Gino Vos
Giovanni Stecconi
Giuseppe Di Rocco
Grant Sampson
Gregory Verschuere
Guerkan Kaynarcalidan
Guyot Jessy
Gylian Surgeon
Halil Can Yildiz
Hallgrimur Egilsson
Hannes
Brehm
Hans Achten
Hatman Karaca
Haupai Puha
Heikki Hyvonen
Heiko Oschmann
Hendrie van Berkel
Hendrik Bouma
Henk Deschrevel
Hilger Zwick
Iain Cash
Imraan Jahangier
Ivan Springborg Poulsen
Jaime Nunez Cortes
Jakub Lar
Jamai van den Herik
James Vanbesien
James Vermaelen
Jan Boelen
Jan Dueckers
Jan Hendrik Wiechers
Jan Hlavacek
Jan Zagel
Jani Keskinarkaus
Jani Laurila
Jannes Bremermann
Jannis Barkhausen
Janos Borzsei
Janos Vegso
Jarno Bottenberg
Javanico Jansen
Jean-Pierre de Jonghe
Jef De Rooster
Jeffrey Bekema
Jeffrey De Graaf
Jeffrey Vanbergen
Jelle Klaasen
Jeroen Caron
Jeroen Mioch
Jesus Noguera
Jimmy De Bo
Jimmy van Schie
Jiri Brejcha
Jiri Rehak
Jitse Van der Wal
Joaquim Goncalves
Jochen Graudenz
Jody Tobback
Joel Breitenmoser
Joerg Mitterlehner
Joey ten Berge
Johann Brouwer
John Desreumaux
John Michael
John Nagelhout
Jon Hegaard Kirkeby
Jordy Van den Broek
Jorge Garcia del Pozo
Jos Wenders
José Alberto Da Silva Barbosa
Joshua Hermann
Jozef Sekeres
Julian Zwergel
Julio Barbero Gonzalez
Juraj Vindis
Jurrit Van Essen
Ju
stin Heidekrueger
Kai Gotthardt
Karl Jonsson
Kees-Jan Snel
Keith Zahner
Kenny Neyens
Kenny Vroman
Kevin Lankhuizen
Kevin Luhr
Kevin Munch
Kevin Rothweiler
Kevin Troppmann
Kevin Van Wauwe
Klaas Hooikammer
Krzysztof Chmielewski
Kyan Proksch
Lara Frerking
Lars Moinat
Lasse Petersen
Laurens Admiraal
Leon Katzmarzik
Leon Weber
Leon Zammert
Leroy Clarys
Levente Sarai
Levy Frauenfelder
Liam Maendl-Lawrance
Loek Van den Berg
Luc Bogaert
Luc Snels
Luca Pfaff
Ludovic Rubais
Luis Camacho
Lukas Fraulob
Lukas Unger
Lukas Wenig
Lukasz Waclawski
Luke Tucker
Maarten Bulckaen
Maikel Kustermans
Maikel Mossou
Manfred Kobelt
Manuel de Vreede
Manuel Gutjahr
Marc Burmeister
Marcel Althaus
Marcel Bos
Marcel Erba
Marcel Gerdon
Marcel Grote
Marcel Gugger
Marcel Hausotter
Marcel Hexel
Marcel Junk
Marcel Otter
Marcel Schachner
Marcel Teders
Marcel Walpen
Marcin Slomski
Marco Huss
Marco Jantzen
Marco Obst
Marco Peters
Marco Verhofstad
Marcus Kirchmann
Marek Purgy
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Mario Robbe
Mark Tabak
Mark Van De Lindeloof
Marko Kantele
Markus Grebe
Markus Kessler
Markus Walchshaeusl
Martijn Dragt
Martijn Klasens
Martijn Schoenmakers
Martin Hlavenka
Martin Kramer
Marvin Koch
Massimo Dante
Matej Cverha
Mats Gies
Matthew Joseph Smith
Matthias Athens
Matthias Ehlers
Maurice Locht
Maurizio Castrovinci
Max Arsenijevic
Max Hopp
Max Koenig
Maximilian Johansen
Maximilian Nirschl
Michael Busscher
Michael Hurtz
Michael Ladefoged
Michael Marijs
Michael Pausch
Michael Stoeten
Michael Unterbuchner
Michael Woraczek
Michal Janco
Michel Van de Bunt
Michele Turetta
Mick Hasse
Mihaly Vida
Mika Flueckiger
Mike Roesler
Mikolaj Konefal
Milos Nevidal
Miloslav Navratil
Mindaugas Barauskas
Miroslav Rajnoha
Miroslaw Grudziecki
Mladen Radosavljevic
Moritz Hilger
Moritz Richter
Moritz Schwarzbach
Nandor Major
Nandor Pres
Nauris Gleglu
Nayvin Corsten
Nick Hijmans
Nico Blum
Nico Kurz
Nico Plovier
Nico Riehle
Nico Wagner
Nico Wollweber
Nicolas Thuillier
Niels Heinsoe
Niklas Fahrenholz
Niko Springer &nb
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Nino Van Put
Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Ole Holtkamp
Oliver Mueller (Frankfurt)
Oskar Jonasson
Oskar Lukasiak
Paavo Myller
Pal Szekely
Par Riihonen
Pascal de Clercq
Pascal Devroey
Pascal Essmann
Pascal Hartung
Pascal Wirotius
Patrick Bulen
Patrick Dekker
Patrick Geeraets
Patrick Heitmueller
Patrick Klingelhoefer
Patrick Lehnert
Patrick Maat
Patrick Peters
Patrick Plotz
Patrick Schwab
Patrick Tringler
Patrik Kovacs
Paul Bereths
Paul Kalashnikov
Paul Krohne
Paul Vogt
Pavel Drtil
Pavel Jirkal
Peter Jensen
Peter Strbik
Peter van den Broek
Philip Van Gasse
Philipp Schweder
Pieter Hostyn
Rainer Sturm
Remo Mandiau
Rene Eidams
Rene Kahler
Rene Kunze
Ricardo Ham
Ricardo Perez
Riccardo Castelli
Richard Hallink
Ricky de Vos
Rino Ameel
Robby van Ballaert
Robert Pijpers
Robert Rolle
Roberto Vandaele
Robin Beger
Robin Smees
Robin Wunder
Rocco Fulciniti
Roemer Mooijman
Roman Benecky
Romeo Grbavac
Ron Meulenkamp
Ronald Balfoort
Roy van de Griendt
Ruben Mesters
Ryan De Vreede
Ryuta Arihara
Sandor Ballo
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Sascha Dupke
Sebastian Albrecht
Sebastian Steinmetz
Sebastian Steyer
Sergio Krassen
Shane Gardiner
Simeon Heinz
Simon Limani
Simon Teysen
Simon Trommler
Soeren Carlsson
Stef Goyvaerts
Stefaan Henderyck
Stefan Bellmont
Stefan Dees
Stefan Hajek
Stefan Hesse
Stefan Schroder
Stefan Taferner
Steffen Scheffler
Steffen Siepmann
Stephan Birk
Stephan Cobau
Stephan Griese
Stephan Schaak
Steve Vanwelkenhuysen
Steven Goetsch
Steven Luhr
Steven Morrison
Steven Noster
Steven Paesschesoone
Stieven Goyvaerts
Stijn Vekemans
Suleiman Naamo
Sven Bolyn
Sven Christophersen
Sven Preuss
Sven Scharf
Sven Wichmann
Sven Wille
Sybren Gijbels
Sylwester Karbowiak
Thomas Kohnlein
Thomas Morisse
Tim Darmstadter
Tim Reinhold
Tim Wolters
Timo Weermann
Timothy Verbrugghe
Tobias Frese
Tobias Limbach
Tobias Riese
Tom Hammermeister
Tom van den Hoogen
Tomas Hamrozi
Tomas Houdek
Tomáš Ledl
Tomas Materna
Tomas Rehak
Tonni Sorensen
Tonny Veenhof
Torbjorn Gustafsson
Torsten Janssen
Tytus Kanik
Udo Lercher
Ulrich Coussaert
Ulrich Jansen
Vidar Valdimarsson
Viktor Luft
Viktor Tingstrom
Vinay Ramnath
Vincent Kamphuis
Vitezslav Sedlak
Vitor Charrua
Vladimir Kovalev
Vladimir Zatko
Wesley van Trijp
William Leijten
Wim Dierckx
Wim Hofsink
Windels Levi
Wojciech Brulinski
Xanti Van den Bergh
Yanick Etter
Yente Vandewal
Yoran Pletinck
Yoshihisa Baba
Zdenek Vaisar
Zereso Zeverboom
Final Stage
UK Qualifying School
John Henderson
Andy Boulton
Dom Taylor
James Hurrell
Darryl Pilgrim
Robert Grundy
Scott Mitchell
Conan Whitehead
Bradley Brooks
Cam Crabtree
Jarred Cole
Connor Scutt
Scott Waites
Richie Burnett
John O’Shea
Ted Evetts
Lewis Williams
Joe Murnan
James Wilson
Ross Montgomery
Darren Webster
Shaun Wilkinson
Devon Petersen
Kevin Burness
Nick Fullwell
Steve Lennon
George Killington
Final Stage
European Qualifying School
Dragutin Horvat
Thibault Tricole
Chris Landman
Wesley Plaisier
Christian Kist
Sebastian Bialecki
Dominik Gruellich
Bradly Roes
Christopher Toonders
Vladimir Andersen
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Mario Vandenbogaerde
Radek Szaganski
Danny Jansen
Darius Labanauskas
Jules van Dongen
Krzysztof Kciuk
Brian Raman
Jimmy Hendriks
Jose Justicia
Damian Mol
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