THE qualification structure for the PDC European Tour in 2019 has been amended to allow European-based Tour Card Holders to compete in qualifying events alongside the UK Qualifiers.
The move will see all Tour Card Holders from the UK and West & South Europe compete ahead of Players Championship weekends in the relevant qualifying events for the 13 European Tour events next year.
Alongside the 18 places on offer for the UK Tour Card Holders' Qualifier, a further six places will be open to players in the European Qualifier.
Two places will then be allocated to a West & South Europe Qualifier for Associate Members, alongside four Host Nation Qualifiers, one East Europe Qualifier and one PDC Nordic & Baltic Qualifier.
As in previous years, the leading 16 players from the ProTour Order of Merit qualify by right and are seeded, entering events in round two.
2019 PDC European Tour Qualifying Dates
February 22 (Barnsley) - European Tour 1-2 UK Qualifier & European Qualifier
March 15 (Wigan) - European Tour 3-4 UK Qualifier & European Qualifier
March 21 (Leverkusen) - European Tour 1 Host Nation Qualifier & European Associate Member Qualifier
March 28 (Hildesheim) - European Tour 2 Host Nation Qualifier & European Associate Member Qualifier
April 12 (Barnsley) - European Tour 5-6 UK Qualifier & European Qualifier
April 19 (Munich) - European Tour 3 Host Nation Qualifier & European Associate Member Qualifier
April 25 (Saarbrucken) - European Tour 4 Host Nation Qualifier & European Associate Member Qualifier
May 2 (Graz) - European Tour 5 Host Nation Qualifier & Associate European Member Qualifier
May 9 (Sindelfingen) - European Tour 6 Host Nation Qualifier & European Associate Member Qualifier
May 17 (Barnsley) - European Tour 7-8 UK Qualifier & European Qualifier
May 18 (Hildesheim) - European Tour 7-8 European Associate Member Qualifier
May 19 (Hildesheim) - European Tour 9 European Associate Member Qualifier
May 23 (Zwolle) - European Tour 7 Host Nation Qualifier
June 13 (Copenhagen) - European Tour 8 Host Nation Qualifier
June 21 (Wigan) - European Tour 9-10 UK Qualifier & European Qualifier
June 27 (Prague) - European Tour 9 Host Nation Qualifier
August 2 (Hildesheim) - European Tour 11-12 UK Qualifier & European Qualifier
August 29 (Vienna) - European Tour 10 Host Nation Qualifier and European Associate Member Qualifier
September 5 (Mannheim) - European Tour 11 Host Nation Qualifier and European Associate Member Qualifier
September 12 (Riesa) - ET12 Host Nation Qualifier and European Associate Member Qualifier & ET13 European Associate Member Qualifier
September 20 (Barnsley) - European Tour 13 UK Qualifier & European Qualifier
September 26 (Gibraltar) - ET13 Host Nation Qualifier
The 32 qualifiers shall come from the following qualifying Events:
- UK Tour Card Holder Qualifier: shall produce 18 players.
- European Tour Card Holder Qualifier: shall produce six players.
- West & South Europe Associate Member Qualifier: shall produce two players.
- Host Nation Qualifier: shall produce four players.
- Nordic & Baltic Qualifier: shall produce one player.
- East Europe Qualifier: shall produce one player.
In the case of the 2019 European Tour Event to be staged in Denmark, the four Host Nation qualifiers shall be allocated two to Denmark and two to the rest of the PDC Nordic & Baltic region combined. The Nordic & Baltic qualifying place for this Event will be awarded to the highest ranked player from the PDCNB region on the main Order of Merit as per the cut-off date.
In the case of the 2019 European Tour Event to be staged in Gibraltar, the four Host Nation qualifiers shall be allocated to a stand-alone qualification event for Gibraltar based players who shall, for this Event only, not be eligible to compete in the UK qualifier.