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Everything you need to know about PDC Q-School, including how much it costs to enter the 2026 edition

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PDC Q-School is over for another year as the PDC Tour is finally complete for 2025.

This year, Tom Bissell, Justin Hood, Tavis Dudeney, and Jim Long were outright winners of the Milton Keynes event.

They were followed by Order of Merit Winners Bradley Brooks, Darryl Pilgrim, Greg Ritchie, Adam Lipscombe, Adam Paxton, Cameron Crabtree, Adam Warner, Andy Boulton, and Thomas Lovely.

At the EU Q-School, Viktor Tingstrom, Kai Gotthardt, Dennie Olde Kalter, and Maik Kuivenhoven were outright winners.

The Order of Merit winners were Cor Dekker, Per Ljubic, Karel Sedlacek, Oskar Lukasiak, Tytus Kanik, Rusty-Jake Rodriguez, Dominik Gruellich, Stefaan Henderyck, Max Czerwinski.

Those 26 players will join the other 99 PDC Tour Card holders for the Players Championship events across the year.

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Can anyone enter PDC Q-School?

Anyone over the age of 16 can enter the PDC Q-School for a chance to win a Tour Card and brush shoulders with the elite players of the game.

Where does PDC Q-School take place?

PDC Q-School takes place in both the UK and Germany simultaneously at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, UK and Wunderland in Kalkar, Germany

How does PDC Q-School work?

PDC Q-School is split into two stages, the first stage and the final stage. The first stage is a round-robin event, which sees the non-seeded players attempting to become the top eight players of the day.

Those players go through to the final stage, which features 128 players competing for 21 Tour Cards across the UK and Germany in a league table set-up.

The First Stage is best of nine legs, while the Final Stage matches are a slightly longer format with best of 11 legs.

How much does PDC Q-School cost to enter?

Entries cost £475 per player, including the 2024 DRA Sanction Fee. You can register for Q-School at this link.