What is the PDC European Tour?
PDC darts European tour explained with schedule, prize money and all other key information you need to know. The PDC European Tour (also known as the Euro Tour) is a series of tournaments organized by the PDC in conjunction with PDC Europe. Taking place in various cities in Europe, these 3 day events form a great opporuntity for some players not on the main tour as well as offering fans to experience the excitement attending PDC tournaments has to offer.
Huge boost to a player’s world ranking
The results of the European Tour counts towards the PDC Order of Merit which forms the darts world rankings, and the Pro Tour Order of merit which gives the top players access to major tournaments like the World Championships, Grand Prix and Matchplay. The currently the prize money for each of the 15 events (increased from 14 in 2025) in the 2026 season is £230,000, with £35,000 going to the winner and £15,000 to the runner up. All qualifiers are guarenteed £2,000.
European Tour Events
Winner: £35,000
Runner-Up: £15,000
Semi-Finalists: £10,000
Quarter-Finalists: £8,000
Last 16 losers: £5,000
Last 32 losers: £3,500
Last 48 losers: £2,000
Total: £230,000
6 time winner and 6 time runner up on the Euro tour Michael Smith will be targetting a good european darts season as he aims to climb back up the rankings
How players qualify for a Euro Tour tournament
The 2025 season qualification criteria caused controversy among players due to rule changes which severely impacts the chances of players breaking into the world’s top 32. Whilst some changes have been made for the 2026 tour it still sees the vast majority of the tour disadvantaged and thus with fewer chances to break into the elite of the game. The Top 16 in the world and the top 16 of the pro tour order of merit are seeeded into the tournament with 16 qualifiers from host nation, regional, and tour cvard holder qualifiers. The only main rule change is that Euro Tour reserve players are no longer seeded in round 1
Top 32 dart players qualify for the PDC European Championship
The top 32 players collecting the most prize money during the 15 PDC European Tour events qualify for the season ending European Championship tournament. The 2025 European Darts Championship will be held on October 23 in Dortmund, Germany.
PDC European Darts Tour schedule
As mentioned each tournament on the PDC European Tour is played out over 3 days, with an afternoon and evening session every day.
2026 PDC European Tour Calendar
February 20-22: European Tour 1 (Krakow, Poland)
March 13-15: European Tour 2 (Goettingen, Germany)
March 20-22: Belgian Darts Open
April 4- 6: European Tour 4 (Munich, Germany)
April 17-19: European Tour 5 (Sindelfingen, Germany)
May 8-10: Austrian Darts Open
May 22-24: International Darts Open
May 29-31: Baltic Sea Darts Open
June 19-21: European Tour 9 (Bratislava, Slovakia)
July 10-12: European Tour 10 (Leverkusen, Germany)
August 28-30: Hungarian Darts Trophy
September 4-6: Czech Darts Open
September 11-13: Flanders Darts Trophy
October 9-11: Swiss Darts Trophy
October 16-18: Dutch Darts Championship
The Full schedule of PDC tournaments can be found in our tournament calendar
As with most PDC tournaments the Euro Tour format of play is double out 501 and is a straight knockout.
First round: best of 11 legs
Second round: best of 11 legs
Quarter-final: best of 11 legs
Semi-final: best of 13 legs
Final: best of 15 legs