PDC Pro Tour 2014

The PDC Pro Tour 2014 was the thirteenth edition of the PDC darts tournament series . It included the UK Open Qualifiers , the Players Championships and the European Darts Tour . A total of 34 tournaments were held, 2 more than in the previous year - 20 Players Championships, 8 European Tour events and 6 UK Open Qualifiers.

This article also contains the PDC Youth Tour and the PDC Challenge Tour, which are counted as secondary tour events at the PDC, as well as the SDC Pro Tour, a non-UK affiliate tour of the PDC.

PDC Tour Card

In order to be able to play the tournaments of the PDC Pro Tour you must have a PDC Tour Card. This is valid for two years.

A total of 128 tour cards are awarded ¹ :

• (64) - 63 of the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit after the PDC World Championship 2014
• (16) - 16 qualifiers from Q-School 2013
• (4) - 1 semi-finalist of the BDO World Championship 2014
• (2) - Top 2 of the PDC Youth Tour Order of Merit
• (2) - Top 2 of the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit
• (1) - Top 1 of the Scandinavian Darts Corporation Order of Merit 2012
• (1) - Top 1 of the Scandinavian Darts Corporation Order of Merit 2013
• (38) - 42 qualifiers from Q-School 2014

¹The number of players who had the opportunity to qualify in this way is shown in brackets. The number behind it indicates how many players actually used the path.

Q-School

The remaining tour cards were given out through the Q-School. It took place January 15-18, 2014 at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan . The following players were able to earn a Tour Card for two years:

Day 1 - January 15th	Day 2 - January 16th	Day 3 - January 17th	Day 4 - January 18th
UK Q School
Kyle Anderson Benito van de Pas Toni Alcinas Andrew Gilding	Tomas Seyler Andy Parsons Gerwyn Price Dave Bird	Gary Stone Matt Padgett Robert Owen Tony Newell	Steve West Nigel Heydon Joe Murnan Jason Hogg

The remaining Tour Cards were given to the following players via the Q-School Order of Merit:

Top 27 Q-School Order of Merit

1. Brian Woods
2. Zoran Lerchbacher
3. Mick Todd
4. Pete Dyos
5. Keegan Brown
6. Stuart White
7. Steve Grubb
8. Ian Moss
9. Rowby-John Rodriguez
10. Christian Kist
11. Jim Walker
12. Dave Ladley
13. Mareno Michels
14. Mark Barilli

15. Jamie Bain
16. Michael Barnard
17. David Dodds
18. Steve Hine
19. Terry Temple
20. Ross Twell
21. Stuart Anderson
22. Conan Whitehead
23. Mark Cox
24. William O'Connor
25. Stuart Bousfield
26. Joey ten Berge
27. Kevin Voornhout

Prize money

The prize money of the UK Open Qualifiers has been increased and brought in line with that of the Players Championships. The prize money of the European Darts Tour remained unchanged

They are divided as follows:

round	Players Championships	UK Open Qualifiers	European Darts Tour
victory	£ 10,000	£ 10,000	£ 20,000
final	£ 5,000	£ 5,000	£ 8,000
Semifinals	£ 2,500	£ 2,500	£ 4,000
Quarter finals	£ 1,500 each	£ 1,500 each	£ 3,000
Round of 16	£ 1,000	£ 1,000	£ 2,000
Last 32	£ 500	£ 500	£ 1,250
Last 64	£ 250	£ 250	£ 1,000 1st
Total	£ 50,000	£ 50,000	£ 100,000

¹ In the case of the European Darts Tour: last 48

Players Championships

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	03/15/2014	Barnsley	Gary Anderson	6  : 5	Andrew Gilding
2	March 16, 2014	Barnsley	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 1	Dean Winstanley
3	03/22/2014	Crawley	Gary Anderson	6  : 5	Phil Taylor
4th	03/23/2014	Crawley	Phil Taylor	6  : 0	Ian White
5	04/12/2014	Wigan	Brendan Dolan	6  : 0	Michael Smith
6th	04/13/2014	Wigan	Robert Thornton	6  : 5	Ian White
7th	05/03/2014	Wigan	Robert Thornton	6  : 5	Keegan Brown
8th	05/04/2014	Wigan	Robert Thornton	6  : 4	Terry Jenkins
9	05/24/2014	Crawley	Peter Wright	6  : 2	Justin Pipe
10	05/25/2014	Crawley	Terry Jenkins	6  : 3	Stephen Bunting
11	06/14/2014	Coventry	Gary Anderson	6  : 2	Robert Thornton
12	06/15/2014	Coventry	Simon Whitlock	6  : 3	James Wade
13	09/13/2014	Crawley	Gary Anderson	6  : 5	Richie Burnett
14th	09/14/2014	Crawley	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 4	Michael Smith
15th	04/10/2014	Dublin	Justin Pipe	6  : 5	Michael van Gerwen
16	05/10/2014	Dublin	Brendan Dolan	6  : 2	Gary Anderson
17th	October 18, 2014	Crawley	James Wade	6  : 5	Kim Huybrechts
18th	October 19, 2014	Crawley	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 2	James Wade
19th	11/22/2014	Coventry	Ian White	6  : 2	Dave Chisnall
20th	11/23/2014	Coventry	Gary Anderson	6  : 5	Peter Wright

European Tour Events

→ Main article : European Darts Tour 2014

No.	date	Event	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	January 31st - February 2nd	German Darts Championship	Hildesheim	Gary Anderson	6  : 5	Justin Pipe
2	14.-16. February	Dutch Darts Masters	Veldhoven	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 4	Mervyn King
3	19. – 21. April	German Darts Masters	Berlin	Phil Taylor	6  : 4	Michael van Gerwen
4th	20.-22. June	Austrian Darts Open	Salzburg	Vincent van der Voort	6  : 5	Jamie Caven
5	27.-29. June	Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Gibraltar	James Wade	6  : 4	Steve Beaton
6th	11-13 July	European Darts Open	Dusseldorf	Peter Wright	6  : 2	Simon Whitlock
7th	5th-7th September	European Darts Grand Prix	Sindelfingen	Mervyn King	6  : 5	Michael Smith
8th	19. – 21. September	European Darts Trophy	Leipzig	Michael Smith	6  : 5	Michael van Gerwen

UK Open Qualifiers

→ Main article : UK Open Qualifiers 2014

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	02/07/2014	Wigan	Andy Hamilton	6  : 2	Adrian Lewis
2	02/08/2014	Wigan	Stephen Bunting	6  : 5	Andrew Gilding
3	02/09/2014	Wigan	Phil Taylor	6  : 2	Adrian Lewis
4th	02/21/2014	Wigan	Brendan Dolan	6  : 1	Jamie Lewis
5	02/22/2014	Wigan	Gary Anderson	6  : 2	Robert Thornton
6th	02/23/2014	Wigan	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 0	Michael Smith

Secondary tour events

PDC Youth Tour

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	03/01/2014	Wigan	Nick Kenny	4  : 2	Josh Payne
2	03/01/2014	Wigan	Lewis Venes	4  : 1	Josh Payne
3	03/29/2014	Reading	Mike Zuidwijk	4  : 0	James Hubbard
4th	04/05/2014	Reading	Dimitri Van den Bergh	4  : 2	Shaun Narain
5	04/26/2014	Wigan	Sam Hewson	4  : 0	John de Kruijf
6th	04/26/2014	Wigan	George Killington	4  : 2	Max Hopp
7th	05/17/2014	Coventry	Dimitri Van den Bergh	4  : 3	Adam Hunt
8th	05/17/2014	Coventry	James Hubbard	4  : 2	Reece Robinson
9	05/31/2014	Wigan	Adam Hunt	4  : 3	Rowby-John Rodriguez
10	05/31/2014	Wigan	Nick Kenny	4  : 1	Sam Hewson
11	07/05/2014	Coventry	Dean Reynolds	4  : 2	Max Hopp
12	07/05/2014	Coventry	Reece Robinson	4  : 2	Dimitri Van den Bergh
13	09/27/2014	Coventry	Dimitri Van den Bergh	4  : 1	Adam Smith-Neale
14th	09/27/2014	Coventry	Josh Payne	4  : 3	Keegan Brown
15th	11/01/2014	Wigan	Keegan Brown	4  : 3	Jake Jones
16	11/01/2014	Wigan	Dean Reynolds	4  : 3	Josh Payne

PDC Challenge Tour

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	02.03.2014	Wigan	Jamie Robinson	5  : 4	Matthew Edgar
2	02.03.2014	Wigan	Ron Meulenkamp	5  : 4	Alan Tabern
3	03/30/2014	Reading	Alan Tabern	5  : 4	Ian McFarlane
4th	04/06/2014	Reading	Matthew Edgar	5  : 4	Mark Frost
5	04/27/2014	Reading	Colin Fowler	5  : 2	Mark Frost
6th	04/27/2014	Reading	Colin Fowler	5  : 2	Matt Clark
7th	05/18/2014	Wigan	Alex Roy	5  : 4	Mark Lawrence
8th	05/18/2014	Wigan	Alan Tabern	5  : 3	Dave Honey
9	06/01/2014	Wigan	Alan Tabern	5  : 0	Luke Woodhouse
10	06/01/2014	Wigan	Jay Foreman	5  : 4	Max Hopp
11	07/06/2014	Coventry	Mark Frost	5  : 2	Jamie Robinson
12	07/06/2014	Coventry	Brett Claydon	5  : 4	Aden Kirk
13	09/28/2014	Coventry	Mark Frost	5  : 4	Prakash Jiwa
14th	09/28/2014	Coventry	Mark Frost	5  : 1	Steve Douglas
15th	11/02/2014	Wigan	Colin Fowler	5  : 1	Dirk van Duijvenbode
16	11/02/2014	Wigan	Matt Clark	5  : 4	Steve Douglas

Non-UK Affiliate Tours

Scandinavian Darts Corporation Pro Tour

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	03/01/2014	Vääksy	Ulf Ceder	6  : 2	Jarkko Komula
2	03/01/2014	Vääksy	Vesa Nuutines	6  : 1	Uki Takkinen
3	02.03.2014	Vääksy	Jani Haavisto	6  : 4	Ali Roberts
4th	04/26/2014	Stockholm	Jani Haavisto	6  : 3	Jarkko Komula
5	04/26/2014	Stockholm	Marko Kantele	6  : 4	Jarkko Komula
6th	04/27/2014	Stockholm	Jarkko Komula	6  : 3	Sami Sanssi
7th	08/30/2014	Copenhagen	Per Laursen	6  : 2	Daniel Larsson
8th	08/30/2014	Copenhagen	Kim Viljanen	6  : 4	Madars Razma

Web links

• Report on dartn.de