2025 PDC Challenge Tour series
The 2025 PDC Challenge Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. A secondary tour to the PDC Pro Tour, it consisted of 24 tournaments, held over four weekends of five events and one weekend of four events.
The Challenge Tour is the PDC's second-tier system for players who competed at the 2025 Qualifying Schools but did not win a PDC Tour Card. Under PDC Order of Merit Rule 4.2, the Challenge Tour Order of Merit rankings were used to top up Players Championship events up to 128 entries, when any of the 2025 Tour Card holders not enter the PC tournaments.
Under PDC Order of Merit Rule 6.9, the 2025 Challenge Tour prizes were as follows:
- The top two players on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, who had not obtained a PDC Tour Card via another method, won a two-year Tour Card for the 2026 and 2027 seasons.
- The top three players on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, who had not qualified via another method, qualified for places at the 2026 PDC World Championship.
- The highest ranked player on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, Stefan Bellmont, received a spot at the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts.
- The players in the top 16 of the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, who had not obtained a PDC Tour Card before 2026 Qualifying School, were granted free entry to the final stage of Q–School.
- The eight highest ranked players from the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, who did not earn a Tour Card for the 2026 season, qualified for the first round of the 2026 UK Open.
Prize money
The prize money for the Challenge Tour events remained the same as in 2023 and 2024. £360,000 was the total prize fund, with £15,000 being the prize fund for each of the 24 events. The winner of each event received £2,500. The prize fund breakdown was:The top players on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit act as reserves for 2025 PDC Players Championship series events. If one of the Tour Card holders does not enter or withdraws from a Players Championship event, the highest ranked available player on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit may fill in.
January
Challenge Tour 1
Challenge Tour 1 was contested on Friday 17 January 2025 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by Beau Greaves, who defeated Stefan Bellmont 5–4 in the final.Challenge Tour 2
Challenge Tour 2 was contested on Friday 17 January 2025 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by, who defeated 5–1 in the final.Challenge Tour 3
Challenge Tour 3 was contested on Saturday 18 January 2025 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by Beau Greaves, who defeated John Henderson 5–0 in the final.Challenge Tour 4
Challenge Tour 4 was contested on Saturday 18 January 2025 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. Ted Evetts hit a nine-dart finish in his match against Shane McGuirk. The tournament was won by Darius Labanauskas, who defeated Mervyn King 5–3 in the final.Challenge Tour 5
Challenge Tour 5 was contested on Sunday 19 January 2025 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by Stefan Bellmont, who defeated Danny Jansen 5–1 in the final.March
Challenge Tour 6
Challenge Tour 6 was contested on Friday 14 March at the Halle 39 in Hildesheim. The tournament was won by Dragutin Horvat, who defeated Ted Evetts 5–4 in the final.Challenge Tour 7
Challenge Tour 7 was contested on Friday 14 March at the Halle 39 in Hildesheim. The tournament was won by Darius Labanauskas, who defeated Keegan Brown 5–2 in the final.Challenge Tour 8
Challenge Tour 8 was contested on Saturday 15 March at the Halle 39 in Hildesheim. The tournament was won by Darius Labanauskas, who defeated Scott Waites 5–4 in the final.Challenge Tour 9
Challenge Tour 9 was contested on Saturday 15 March at the Halle 39 in Hildesheim. The tournament was won by Ted Evetts, who defeated Michael Unterbuchner 5–1 in the final.Challenge Tour 10
Challenge Tour 10 was contested on Sunday 16 March at the Halle 39 in Hildesheim. The tournament was won by Scott Campbell, who defeated Dan Hands 5–3 in the final.May
Challenge Tour 11
Challenge Tour 11 was contested on Friday 2 May at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by Mervyn King, who defeated Henry Coates 5–0 in the final.Challenge Tour 12
Challenge Tour 12 was contested on Friday 2 May at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. Jamai van den Herik hit a nine-dart finish in his match against Carl Sneyd. The tournament was won by Jamai van den Herik, who defeated Graham Hall 5–2 in the final.Challenge Tour 13
Challenge Tour 13 was contested on Saturday 3 May at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by Danny van Trijp, who defeated Graham Hall 5–2 in the final.Challenge Tour 14
Challenge Tour 14 was contested on Saturday 3 May at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by Stefan Bellmont, who defeated Keegan Brown 5–3 in the final.Challenge Tour 15
Challenge Tour 15 was contested on Sunday 4 May at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by Jack Tweddell, who defeated Mervyn King 5–1 in the final.August
Challenge Tour 16
Challenge Tour 16 was contested on Friday 15 August at the Leicester Arena. Joe Hunt won his first Challenge Tour title by defeating Derek Maclean 5–4 in the final.Challenge Tour 17
Challenge Tour 17 was contested on Friday 15 August at the Leicester Arena. Lee Cocks defeated Jack Tweddell 5–3 in the final to claim his second career Challenge Tour title.Challenge Tour 18
Challenge Tour 18 was contested on Saturday 16 August at the Leicester Arena. David Davies won his first Challenge Tour title by defeating Alexander Merkx 5–3 in the final.Challenge Tour 19
Challenge Tour 19 was contested on Saturday 16 August at the Leicester Arena. Jamai van den Herik won his second title of the season, beating Jenson Walker 5–4 in the final despite being 4–0 down.Challenge Tour 20
Challenge Tour 20 was contested on Sunday 17 August at the Leicester Arena. The tournament was won by Scott Waites, who defeated Michael Unterbuchner 5–2 in the final.October
Challenge Tour 21
Challenge Tour 21 was contested on Saturday 25 October at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan. Michael Unterbuchner won his first Challenge Tour title by defeating Peter Burgoyne 5–3 in the final.Challenge Tour 22
Challenge Tour 22 was contested on Saturday 25 October at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan.Challenge Tour 23
Challenge Tour 23 was contested on Sunday 26 October at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan.Challenge Tour 24
Challenge Tour 24 was contested on Sunday 26 October at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan.Order of Merit
| 2025 Grand Slam of Darts, 2026 PDC World Championship and 2026–27 PDC Tour Card |
| 2026–27 Tour Card |
| 2026 PDC World Championship and 2026 UK Open |
| 2026 UK Open |