THE 2012 PDC calendar of events has been announced, and will include the introduction of a European Tour next year.
The 2012 Qualifying School will be held at the Barnsley Metrodome from January 19-22. Full details will be confirmed shortly of how to enter.
The UK-based PDC ProTour events will continue to be held at the K2 Centre in Crawley and at the Barnsley Metrodome, as well as at Reading's Rivermead Centre and in the Community Hall of the NIA in Birmingham.
However, the PDC will operate a new series of events in Germany, Holland and Austria next year, which will be held across four days from Thursday-Sunday, featuring a minimum prize fund of £75,000 with at least the last 32 playing on stage.
The PDC ProTour season will kick off in Benidorm in late January with a Players Championship double-header, with Dublin and Killarney also hosting non-UK events.
The European Championship will move to be played in September in Muelheim, Germany, while the second World Cup of Darts will be played in Holland in February at a venue to be confirmed.
Full details for the European Tour events will be announced in due course. The 2012 PDC Unicorn Youth Tour schedule is still being finalised and will also be announced in due course.
2012 PDC Calendar
| DATE | VENUE | TOURNAMENT |
| JANUARY | ||
| 3 | Dorchester Hotel | Awards Dinner |
| 19 - 22 | Barnsley | Qualifying School |
| 28 | Benidorm, Spain | Players Championship 1 |
| 29 | Benidorm, Spain | Players Championship 2 |
| FEBRUARY | ||
| 3 - 5 | TBC, Holland | World Cup |
| 9 | Manchester | Premier League Darts 1 |
| 11 | Crawley | UK Open Qualifier 1 |
| 12 | Crawley | UK Open Qualifier 2 |
| 16 | Aberdeen | Premier League Darts 2 |
| 23 | Belfast | Premier League Darts 3 |
| MARCH | ||
| 1 | Exeter | Premier League Darts 4 |
| 8 | Brighton | Premier League Darts 5 |
| 10 | Reading | Players Championship 3 |
| 11 | Reading | Players Championship 4 |
| 15 | Glasgow | Premier League Darts 6 |
| 22 | Dublin, Ireland | Premier League Darts 7 |
| 24 | Barnsley | UK Open Qualifier 3 |
| 25 | Barnsley | UK Open Qualifier 4 |
| 29 | Cardiff | Premier League Darts 8 |
| APRIL | ||
| 5 | Nottingham | Premier League Darts 9 |
| 12 | Sheffield | Premier League Darts 10 |
| 14 | Barnsley | UK Open Qualifier 5 |
| 15 | Barnsley | UK Open Qualifier 6 |
| 19 | Bournemouth | Premier League Darts 11 |
| 26 | Liverpool | Premier League Darts 12 |
| 26 - 29 | Vienna, Austria | European Tour 1 |
| MAY | ||
| 3 | Birmingham | Premier League Darts 13 |
| 5 | Birmingham | UK Open Qualifier 7 |
| 6 | Birmingham | UK Open Qualifier 8 |
| 10 | Newcastle | Premier League Darts 14 |
| 17 | O2, London | Premier League Darts Play-Offs |
| 26 | Crawley | Players Championship 5 |
| 27 | Crawley | Players Championship 6 |
| JUNE | ||
| 7 - 10 | Bolton | UK Open Finals |
| 16 | Birmingham | Players Championship 7 |
| 17 | Birmingham | Players Championship 8 |
| 21 - 24 | TBC, Germany | European Tour 2 |
| 30 | Crawley | Players Championship 9 |
| JULY | ||
| 1 | Crawley | Players Championship 10 |
| 5 - 8 | Duesseldorf, Germany | European Tour 3 |
| 21 - 29 | Blackpool | World Matchplay |
| SEPTEMBER | ||
| 6 - 9 | Stuttgart, Germany | European Tour 4 |
| 15 | Birmingham | Players Championship 11 |
| 16 | Birmingham | Players Championship 12 |
| 20 - 23 | Muelheim, Germany | European Championship |
| 25 - 27 | Crondon Park | Championship League Darts 1, 2, 3 |
| OCTOBER | ||
| 6 | Dublin, Ireland | Players Championship 13 |
| 7 | Dublin, Ireland | Players Championship 14 |
| 8 - 14 | Dublin, Ireland | World Grand Prix |
| 16 - 18 | Crondon Park | Championship League Darts 4, 5, 6 |
| 21 | Killarney, Ireland | Players Championship 15 |
| 25 - 28 | TBC, Germany | European Tour 5 |
| 30 - 1 Nov | Crondon Park | Championship League Darts 7, 8, Play-Offs |
| NOVEMBER | ||
| 2 | Crawley | Grand Slam Qualifier |
| 3 | Crawley | Players Championship 16 |
| 4 | Crawley | Players Championship 17 |
| 10 - 18 | Wolverhampton | Grand Slam of Darts |
| 24 | Barnsley | Players Championship 18 |
| 25 | Barnsley | Players Championship 19 |
| 26 | Barnsley | PDPA World Championship Qualifier |
| DECEMBER | ||
| TBC | Doncaster | Players Championship Finals |
| TBC | London | World Darts Championship |
* The PDC reserves the right to change event dates and/or venues at no liability to itself up to three months before the scheduled event date.
* Events in Italics still have details to be confirmed.