2023 PDC Pro Tour

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The 2023 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Players Championships and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. There were thirty Players Championship events and thirteen PDC European Tour events, as well as 24 events for the Challenge and Development Tours, and the Women's Series.^[1]

Prize money[edit]

On 21 November 2022, it was announced that the prize money for the Women's Series will be doubled in 2023.^[2]

The following day, it was announced that the prize money for Challenge/Development Tour events would also increase, with the prize fund going up from £10,000 to £15,000 per event.^[3]

On 15 February 2023, it was announced that the prize money for the PDC European Tour events was to increase by 25% with prize funds increasing from £140,000 to £175,000 per event.^[4]

This is how the prize money is divided:

PDC Tour Card[edit]

128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships events, the UK Open and qualifiers for all European Tour and select televised events.^[5]

Tour cards[edit]

The 2023 Tour Cards were awarded to:^[5]

• (64) The top 64 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2023 World Championship.
• (30) 30 qualifiers from 2022 Q-School not ranked in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit following the World Championship.
• (1) The winner of the 2021 UK Challenge Tour (Jim Williams).
  • Jim Williams was also in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit, and therefore, one extra Tour Card was awarded to a Q-School qualifier.
• (1) The winner of the 2021 European Challenge Tour (Matt Campbell).
• (1) The winner of the 2021 UK Development Tour (Bradley Brooks).
• (1) The winner of the 2021 European Development Tour (Rusty-Jake Rodriguez).
• (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2022 Challenge Tour (Robert Owen and Danny van Trijp).
• (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2022 Development Tour (Geert Nentjes and Jurjen van der Velde).
• (8) The daily winners from the 2023 Q-Schools.

Afterwards, the playing field was complemented by the highest qualified players from the Q-School Order of Merit until the maximum number of 128 Pro Tour Card players has been reached. In 2023, that means that a total of 19 additional players qualified this way.

Q-School[edit]

The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School (or Q-School) was split into a UK and European Q-School. Players that are not from Europe could choose which Q-School to compete in.

Q-School was once again split into two stages; with all players who lost their tour cards after the 2023 World Championship and the players who finished from third to sixteenth in the 2022 Challenge Tour and Development Tour Orders of Merit exempted to the final stage. The first stage consisted a block of three days, with the last eight players on each day qualifying into the final stage. A ranking of other players will also be produced with players qualifying via that ranking to produce a full list of 128 players for each final stage.^[6]

Stage One took place between 9–11 January; with the Final Stage being held between 12 and 15 January. The winner of each day's play in the Final Stage will be given a PDC Tour Card.

The UK Q-School was held at the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England; with the European Q-School held at Wunderland Kalkar in Kalkar, Germany.

An Order of Merit was created for each Q School. For every win after the Last 64, the players will be awarded 1 point.

To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places will be allocated down the final Q-School Order of Merits in proportion to the number of participants, with 9 cards going to the UK Q-School and 10 going to the European Q-School.

The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:

Players Championships[edit]

There were 30 Players Championship events in 2023.

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 11 February	Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley	(100.75) Ryan Searle	8 – 4	Jamie Hughes (93.07)	[11]
2	Sunday 12 February		(100.70) Danny Noppert	8 – 3	Simon Whitlock (89.53)	[12]
3	Saturday 18 February		(92.60) Kim Huybrechts	8 – 1	Gabriel Clemens (85.89)	[13]
4	Sunday 19 February		(100.08) Dirk van Duijvenbode	8 – 2	Ryan Searle (88.66)	[14]
5	Saturday 11 March		(93.69) Ross Smith	8 – 6	Gary Anderson (92.12)	[15]
6	Sunday 12 March		(103.92) Dirk van Duijvenbode	8 – 4	Ryan Searle (96.97)	[16]
7	Sunday 19 March	Halle 39, Hildesheim	(98.29) Michael van Gerwen	8 – 4	Josh Rock (99.75)	[17]
8	Monday 20 March		(99.77) Gary Anderson	8 – 5	Krzysztof Ratajski (93.31)	[18]
9	Saturday 15 April	Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan	(94.17) Krzysztof Ratajski	8 – 1	Chris Landman (83.76)	[19]
10	Sunday 16 April		(99.92) Dirk van Duijvenbode	8 – 3	José de Sousa (94.37)	[20]
11	Saturday 20 May	Morningside Arena, Leicester	(101.59) Rob Cross	8 – 3	Mike De Decker (86.94)	[21]
12	Sunday 21 May		(98.30) Jonny Clayton	8 – 5	Josh Rock (99.52)	[22]
13	Monday 12 June	Halle 39, Hildesheim	(93.87) Michael Smith	8 – 7	Gary Anderson (93.96)	[23]
14	Tuesday 13 June		(89.83) Damon Heta	8 – 2	Luke Woodhouse (77.09)	[24]
15	Monday 10 July	Morningside Arena, Leicester	(98.46) Luke Humphries	8 – 7	Dave Chisnall (96.78)	[25]
16	Tuesday 11 July		(103.55) Damon Heta	8 – 4	Ryan Joyce (88.48)	[26]
17	Saturday 26 August	Halle 39, Hildesheim	(94.48) Gerwyn Price	8 – 5	Josh Rock (95.44)	[27]
18	Sunday 27 August		(98.52) Gerwyn Price	8 – 1	Gian van Veen (93.66)	[28]
19	Sunday 3 September	Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley	(91.90) Callan Rydz	8 – 7	Dave Chisnall (92.51)	[29]
20	Monday 4 September		(94.79) Luke Humphries	8 – 6	Kevin Doets (92.97)	[30]
21	Tuesday 5 September		(96.57) Gerwyn Price	8 – 6	Daniel Klose (89.99)	[31]
22	Wednesday 27 September		(95.74) Danny Noppert	8 – 7	Christian Kist (97.14)	[32]
23	Thursday 28 September		(103.98) Dave Chisnall	8 – 3	Luke Humphries (101.94)	[33]
24	Friday 29 September		(103.68) Gary Anderson	8 – 4	Ryan Joyce (92.81)	[34]
25	Wednesday 18 October		(97.39) Gary Anderson	8 – 4	Josh Rock (91.16)	[35]
26	Thursday 19 October		(95.80) Ryan Joyce	8 – 7	Gerwyn Price (96.70)	[36]
27	Friday 20 October		(98.28) Radek Szagański	8 – 5	Connor Scutt (89.84)	[37]
28	Saturday 21 October		(104.68) Ross Smith	8 – 6	Damon Heta (96.68)	[38]
29	Wednesday 1 November		(100.31) Gerwyn Price	8 – 3	Dave Chisnall (87.39)	[39]
30	Thursday 2 November		(96.46) Dave Chisnall	8 – 4	Jim Williams (94.19)	[40]

PDC European Tour[edit]

The PDC European Tour remained at 13 events for 2023, although there was no event in Gibraltar, ending 10 years of darts on the peninsula.

No.	Date	Event	Location	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	24–26 February	Baltic Sea Darts Open	Kiel, Wunderino Arena	(101.31) Dave Chisnall	8 – 5	Luke Humphries (96.27)	[41]
2	24–26 March	European Darts Open	Leverkusen, Ostermann-Arena	(96.28) Gerwyn Price	8 – 7	Dirk van Duijvenbode (98.27)	[42]
3	31 March–2 April	International Darts Open	Riesa, SACHSENarena	(105.64) Gerwyn Price	8 – 4	Michael van Gerwen (100.46)	[43]
4	8–10 April	German Darts Grand Prix	Munich, Kulturhalle Zenith	(102.88) Michael Smith	8 – 5	Nathan Aspinall (94.63)	[44]
5	21–23 April	Austrian Darts Open	Premstätten, Steiermarkhalle	(101.36) Jonny Clayton	8 – 6	Josh Rock (101.47)	[45]
6	28–30 April	Dutch Darts Championship	Leeuwarden, WTC Expo	(99.89) Dave Chisnall	8 – 5	Luke Humphries (96.31)	[46]
7	5–7 May	Belgian Darts Open	Wieze, Oktoberhallen	(99.69) Michael van Gerwen	8 – 6	Luke Humphries (101.03)	[47]
8	12–14 May	Czech Darts Open	Prague, PVA EXPO	(95.68) Peter Wright	8 – 6	Dave Chisnall (97.40)	[48]
9	26–28 May	European Darts Grand Prix	Sindelfingen, Glaspalast	(97.73) Rob Cross	8 – 6	Luke Humphries (104.22)	[49]
10	30 June–2 July	European Darts Matchplay	Trier, Trier Arena	(93.27) Luke Humphries	8 – 7	Dirk van Duijvenbode (91.06)	[50]
11	8–10 September	German Darts Open	Jena, Sparkassen-Arena	(93.68) Krzysztof Ratajski	8 – 3	Stephen Bunting (92.50)	[51]
12	22–24 September	Hungarian Darts Trophy	Budapest, BOK Sportcsarnok	(104.82) Dave Chisnall	8 – 7	Luke Humphries (100.97)	[52]
13	13–15 October	German Darts Championship	Hildesheim, Halle 39	(92.93) Ricardo Pietreczko	8 – 4	Peter Wright (85.08)	[53]

PDC Challenge Tour[edit]

The Challenge Tour will once again consist of 4 weekends of 5 events, and 1 weekend of 4 events. The top 2 players on the Order of Merit get a PDC Tour Card and a place at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, meanwhile the winner of the Order of Merit gets a spot at the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts as well. The Challenge Tour rankings are additionally used to top up Players Championship events should not all 128 Tour Card holders choose to enter. Furthermore, the eight highest ranked players from the 2023 Challenge Tour without a tour card for the 2024 season qualified for the first round of the 2024 UK Open.

2023 Challenge Tour ranking

Rank	Player	Earnings
1	Berry van Peer	£13,275
2	Owen Bates	£9,700
3	John Henderson	£9,525
4	Andy Boulton	£8,850
5	Cameron Crabtree	£8,850
6	Christian Kist [a]	£7,625
7	Dom Taylor	£6,200
8	James Hurrell	£6,200
9	Dragutin Horvat [a]	£6,075
10	Thibault Tricole [a]	£5,875

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Friday 20 January	Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes	(92.52) Chris Landman	5 – 2	Lukas Wenig (85.04)	[54]
2			(92.18) Christian Kist	5 – 2	Scott Mitchell (87.24)	[55]
3	Saturday 21 January		(86.19) Andy Boulton	5 – 3	Martijn Dragt (88.86)	[56]
4			(94.65) Cameron Crabtree	5 – 4	Owen Bates (103.22)	[57]
5	Sunday 22 January		(93.87) Thibault Tricole	5 – 2	Owen Bates (89.28)	[58]
6	Friday 17 March	Halle 39, Hildesheim	(94.51) Berry van Peer	5 – 2	Peter Jacques (94.56)	[59]
7			(87.96) John Henderson	5 – 3	Ron Meulenkamp (89.18)	[60]
8	Saturday 18 March		(98.88) Ron Meulenkamp	5 – 0	Alexander Merkx (84.80)	[61]
9			(78.28) Dragutin Horvat	5 – 0	Christian Kist (76.37)	[62]
10	Friday 5 May	Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes	(88.29) Berry van Peer	5 – 2	Dragutin Horvat (84.63)	[63]
11			(90.92) Wayne Jones	5 – 2	Daniel Ayres (83.57)	[64]
12	Saturday 6 May		(90.26) Berry van Peer	5 – 3	Harry Ward (88.32)	[65]
13			(87.77) Berry van Peer	5 – 3	Scott Mitchell (82.70)	[66]
14	Sunday 7 May		(97.60) Conan Whitehead	5 – 2	William Borland (84.76)	[67]
15	Friday 11 August		(96.42) Wesley Plaisier	5 – 2	Scott Mitchell (91.67)	[68]
16			(95.64) Darryl Pilgrim	5 – 1	Andy Boulton (88.40)	[69]
17	Saturday 12 August		(85.08) Robert Grundy	5 – 2	Christian Kist (84.44)	[70]
18			(86.64) Cameron Crabtree	5 – 2	Stefan Bellmont (85.90)	[71]
19	Sunday 13 August		(93.52) Owen Bates	5 – 4	Wesley Plaisier (87.98)	[72]
20	Saturday 28 October	Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan	(93.55) John Henderson	5 – 3	Lukas Wenig (86.80)	[73]
21			(94.50) Dom Taylor	5 – 2	Cameron Crabtree (87.53)	[74]
22	Sunday 29 October		(86.51) Vítězslav Sedlák	5 – 2	John Henderson (89.51)	[75]
23			(93.00) Andy Boulton	5 – 4	Owen Bates (89.07)	[76]
24	Monday 30 October		(90.03) James Hurrell	5 – 2	Owen Bates (78.35)	[77]

PDC Development Tour[edit]

The 2023 Development Tour will once again consist of 4 weekends of 5 events, and 1 weekend of 4 events. The top 2 players on the Order of Merit get a PDC Tour Card and a place at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, meanwhile the winner of the Order of Merit gets a spot at the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts as well. The Development Tour rankings additionally form a large part of qualification for the 2023 PDC World Youth Championship. Furthermore, the top 8 ranked players from the 2023 Development Tour Order of Merit, who do not manage to earn a Tour Card for the 2024 season, will qualify for the first round of the 2024 UK Open.

2023 Development Tour ranking

Rank	Player	Earnings
1	Gian van Veen [a][b]	£20,950
2	Luke Littler [b]	£20,175
3	Wessel Nijman	£14,825
4	Nathan Rafferty	£10,125
5	Sebastian Białecki	£9,025
6	Dylan Slevin [a][b]	£8,725
7	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez [a]	£8,000
8	Bradley Brooks	£7,475
9	Cameron Crabtree	£7,175
10	Jurjen van der Velde [b]	£7,125

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Friday 31 March	Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes	(90.65) Christopher Toonders	5 – 2	Marvin Kraft (82.22)	[78]
2			(97.34) Dylan Slevin	5 – 4	Luke Littler (93.64)	[79]
3	Saturday 1 April		(91.41) Luke Littler	5 – 1	Jurjen van der Velde (72.18)	[80]
4			(80.50) Gian van Veen	5 – 2	Adam Paxton (74.85)	[81]
5	Sunday 2 April		(92.55) Luke Littler	5 – 3	Kevin Troppmann (80.93)	[82]
6	Friday 28 April	Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan	(96.87) Wessel Nijman	5 – 3	Nathan Girvan (90.43)	[83]
7			(85.32) Sebastian Białecki	5 – 4	Leighton Bennett (82.78)	[84]
8	Saturday 29 April		(97.17) Gian van Veen	5 – 2	Thomas Banks (95.37)	[85]
9			(89.44) Ciarán Teehan	5 – 4	Jurjen van der Velde (90.50)	[86]
10	Sunday 30 April		(87.27) Gian van Veen	5 – 1	Bradly Roes (81.91)	[87]
11	Friday 9 June	Halle 39, Hildesheim	(101.38) Bradley Brooks	5 – 3	Owen Roelofs (98.24)	[88]
12			(100.34) Wessel Nijman	5 – 1	Dylan Slevin (95.38)	[89]
13	Saturday 10 June		(96.05) Gian van Veen	5 – 4	Wessel Nijman (98.48)	[90]
14			(90.09) Jarred Cole	5 – 1	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (80.94)	[91]
15	Sunday 11 June		(87.84) Adam Gawlas	5 – 4	Dylan Slevin (91.49)	[92]
16	Friday 14 July	Morningside Arena, Leicester	(90.03) Luke Littler	5 – 2	Bradly Roes (88.25)	[93]
17			(93.94) Gian van Veen	5 – 0	Reece Colley (74.58)	[94]
18	Saturday 15 July		(92.44) Nathan Rafferty	5 – 3	Cameron Crabtree (93.13)	[95]
19			(96.23) Wessel Nijman	5 – 3	Gian van Veen (93.28)	[96]
20	Sunday 16 July		(89.87) Luke Littler	5 – 4	Gian van Veen (89.36)	[97]
21	Friday 18 August	Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes	(84.35) Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	5 – 3	Dominik Grüllich (81.20)	[98]
22			(96.62) Sebastian Białecki	5 – 3	Keane Barry (96.08)	[99]
23	Saturday 19 August		(94.61) Gian van Veen	5 – 4	Luke Littler (95.68)	[100]
24			(91.97) Luke Littler	5 – 1	Cameron Crabtree (83.31)	[101]

World Youth Championship[edit]

The preliminary rounds of the 2023 World Youth Championship were held on 20 August 2023 at Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes; while the final was held on 26 November 2023 at Butlin's Minehead as part of the 2023 Players Championship Finals. The winner qualified for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship.

Josh Rock, who was not eligible to play on the Development Tour due to being in the top 32 on the PDC Order of Merit, was reigning champion and top seed going into the tournament.^[102]

The results from the third round onwards are shown below.

	Third round (best of 11 legs) 20 August[103]					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 20 August[103]					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 20 August[103]					Final (best of 11 legs) 26 November
	1	Josh Rock 91.06	6
		Jarno Bottenberg 90.98	4
						1	Josh Rock 88.90	5
						8	Gian van Veen 90.66	6
	8	Gian van Veen 95.78	6
	9	Dylan Slevin 88.99	3
											8	Gian van Veen 103.20	6
											21	Wessel Nijman 102.08	5
		Moreno Blom 79.89	4
	13	Owen Bates 91.08	6
						13	Owen Bates 82.32	2
						21	Wessel Nijman 102.95	6
	5	Nathan Rafferty 98.85	0
	21	Wessel Nijman 106.09	6
																8	Gian van Veen 97.48	4
																15	Luke Littler 102.16	6
	2	Keane Barry 85.35	3
	15	Luke Littler 92.94	6
						15	Luke Littler 90.76	6
							Jacob Gwynne 93.02	3
		Jacob Gwynne 84.61	6
	10	Jurjen van der Velde 82.75	3
											15	Luke Littler 101.86	6
											22	Sebastian Białecki 98.78	3
		Viktor Tingström 83.36	3
	19	Jitse Van der Wal 84.50	6
						19	Jitse Van der Wal 86.39	5
						22	Sebastian Białecki 87.46	6
	6	Bradley Brooks 74.79	1
	22	Sebastian Białecki 91.63	6

PDC Women's Series[edit]

The 2023 PDC Women's Series will be expanded from 20 to 24 events held over six weekends. The top 8 ranked players from money earned from the last 8 Women's Series events of 2022 and the first 12 events of 2023 will qualify for the 2023 Women's World Matchplay in Blackpool. The top two players from the series will qualify for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, while the top non-qualified player will qualify for the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts.

Final standings of the 2023 Women's World Matchplay Race

(Cut-off: June 26, 2023)

Rank	Player	Earnings
1	Beau Greaves	£24,300
2	Mikuru Suzuki	£12,100
3	Fallon Sherrock	£7,750
4	Robyn Byrne	£6,150
5	Rhian O'Sullivan	£5,400
6	Lisa Ashton	£5,200
7	Aileen de Graaf	£4,400
8	Noa-Lynn van Leuven	£3,750
9	Lorraine Winstanley	£3,150
10	Priscilla Steenbergen	£2,700

2023 Women's Series ranking

Rank	Player	Earnings
1	Beau Greaves [a][b]	£29,400
2	Fallon Sherrock	£17,200
3	Mikuru Suzuki	£13,600
4	Rhian O'Sullivan	£9,100
5	Lisa Ashton	£8,950
6	Robyn Byrne	£6,900
7	Aileen de Graaf	£5,400
8	Noa-Lynn van Leuven	£5,300
9	Natalie Gilbert	£4,700
10	Anastasia Dobromyslova [c]	£4,300

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 25 February	Morningside Arena, Leicester	(94.34) Beau Greaves	5 – 3	Mikuru Suzuki (86.82)	[104]
2			(81.68) Beau Greaves	5 – 0	Kim Holden (65.72)	[105]
3	Sunday 26 February		(84.62) Mikuru Suzuki	5 – 1	Rhian O'Sullivan (79.43)	[106]
4			(89.46) Beau Greaves	5 – 0	Robyn Byrne (74.38)	[107]
5	Saturday 13 May	Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes	(94.75) Beau Greaves	5 – 2	Fallon Sherrock (93.48)	[108]
6			(84.53) Rhian O'Sullivan	5 – 3	Beau Greaves (80.21)	[109]
7	Sunday 14 May		(78.88) Robyn Byrne	5 – 1	Laura Turner (69.44)	[110]
8			(78.10) Mikuru Suzuki	5 – 3	Noa-Lynn van Leuven (76.45)	[111]
9	Saturday 24 June	Halle 39, Hildesheim	(95.94) Beau Greaves	5 – 1	Mikuru Suzuki (84.47)	[112]
10			(88.95) Fallon Sherrock	5 – 2	Robyn Byrne 81.82	[113]
11	Sunday 25 June		(89.05) Beau Greaves	5 – 4	Fallon Sherrock (90.92)	[114]
12			(104.38) Beau Greaves	5 – 0	Noa-Lynn van Leuven (81.77)	[115]
13	Saturday 29 July	Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes	(93.31) Beau Greaves	5 – 2	Lisa Ashton (90.76)	[116]
14			(104.96) Beau Greaves	5 – 1	Fallon Sherrock (83.89)	[117]
15	Sunday 30 July		(91.65) Beau Greaves	5 – 0	Mikuru Suzuki (74.77)	[118]
16			(85.02) Beau Greaves	5 – 4	Mikuru Suzuki (77.51)	[119]
17	Saturday 16 September	Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan	(81.93) Mikuru Suzuki	5 – 1	Lisa Ashton (72.73)	[120]
18			(93.94) Lisa Ashton	5 – 0	Anastasia Dobromyslova [c] (68.46)	[121]
19	Sunday 17 September		(94.01) Beau Greaves	5 – 2	Anastasia Dobromyslova [c] (80.66)	[122]
20			(84.78) Fallon Sherrock	5 – 4	Beau Greaves (92.67)	[123]
21	Saturday 14 October		(95.13) Fallon Sherrock	5 – 0	Vicky Pruim (80.40)	[124]
22			(82.58) Fallon Sherrock	5 – 0	Aoife McCormack (79.11)	[125]
23	Sunday 15 October		(88.30) Fallon Sherrock	5 – 3	Rhian O'Sullivan (82.85)	[126]
24			(74.61) Natalie Gilbert	5 – 3	Lorraine Winstanley (71.63)	[127]

PDC Asian Tour[edit]

Following a break of three years, the PDC Asian Tour returns in 2023 with an expanded tour consisting of 24 events held over 8 weekends. The first 15 events were confirmed on 10 November 2022, with the remaining 9 confirmed at a later date.^[128] The top four players from the final 2023 PDC Asian Tour Order of Merit will qualify automatically for the World Darts Championship.

The Asian Championship will also return, this time taking place in Shimonoseki between 5–8 October.^[129] The PDC Asian Championship winner and runner-up will also qualify, and if either or both players have already qualified from the PDC Asian Tour Order of Merit then the place(s) would be passed to the next-best-placed non-qualified player from the PDC Asian Championship (split by PDC Asian Tour OOM if required using standard PDC countback rules). In addition, the best-placed non-qualified Japanese player from the PDC Asian Championship (if no Japanese player reaches the final) will also qualify for the World Championship, with any ties to be split by PDC Asian Tour OOM if required using standard PDC countback rules. If one or both of the PDC Asian Championship finalists are Japanese, this place will pass to the PDC Asian Tour Order of Merit.^[130]

The last two places are occupied by the PDC China Premier League qualifiers, which are held between June and August, with a final playoff at the end, and an Indian Qualifier from an event to take place on October 28, 2023.^[131]

2023 Asian Tour ranking

Rank	Player	Earnings
1	Lourence Ilagan	$11,000
2	Tomoya Goto	$9,150
3	Paolo Nebrida	$9,100
4	Reynaldo Rivera	$8,700
5	Man Lok Leung [a]	$8,700
6	Lok Yin Lee	$7,800
7	Jun Matsuda	$7,300
8	Paul Lim	$6,650
9	Rosendo Lubaton	$6,050
10	Nitin Kumar	$5,900

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 11 March	Kobe International Exhibition Centre, Kobe	(94.91) Man Lok Leung	5 – 3	Lourence Ilagan (89.29)	[133]
2			(97.70) Lourence Ilagan	5 – 2	Motomu Sakai (90.96)	[134]
3	Sunday 12 March		(82.38) Haruki Muramatsu	5 – 4	Lourence Ilagan (88.91)	[135]
4	Saturday 25 March	KINTEX 1 Hall Grand Ballroom, Seoul	(90.51) Lok Yin Lee	5 – 2	Keita Ono (77.43)	[136]
5			(84.38) Jun Matsuda	5 – 3	Tomoya Goto (81.11)	[137]
6	Sunday 26 March		(87.27) Man Lok Leung	5 – 2	Tomoya Goto (87.62)	[138]
7	Saturday 15 April	Leyte Academic Center, Palo	(104.59) Rosendo Lubaton	5 – 2	Lourence Ilagan (89.40)	[139]
8			(96.77) Ryan Condat	5 – 2	Nitin Kumar (86.02)	[140]
9	Sunday 16 April		(110.51) Reynaldo Rivera	5 – 0	Lourence Ilagan (93.71)	[141]
10	Saturday 29 April	Riverside Regal Hotel, Hong Kong	(95.71) Christian Perez	5 – 1	Nitin Kumar (85.68)	[142]
11			(88.14) Lourence Ilagan	5 – 1	Reynaldo Rivera (83.84)	[143]
12	Sunday 30 April		(88.96) Paolo Nebrida	5 – 4	Reynaldo Rivera (94.57)	[144]
13	Saturday 27 May	Triple Event Hall, Ulaanbaatar	(92.73) Zong Xiao Chen	5 – 2	Altantulkhuur Myagmarsuren (75.83)	[145]
14			(88.20) Nitin Kumar	5 – 4	Paul Lim (81.47)	[146]
15	Sunday 28 May		(83.03) Zong Xiao Chen	5 – 1	Jun Matsuda (74.47)	[147]
16	Saturday 1 July	Forest3 Cafe, Singapore	(89.49) Mohd Nasir Bin Jantan	5 – 3	Paolo Nebrida (86.07)	[148]
17	Sunday 2 July		(88.99) Tomoya Goto	5 – 3	Alexis Toylo (89.02)	[149]
18			(94.00) Mohd Nasir Bin Jantan	5 – 2	Paolo Nebrida (93.75)	[150]
19	Saturday 29 July	Tide Resort, Bang Saen	(88.76) Mitsuhiko Tatsunami	5 – 2	Paolo Nebrida (78.85)	[151]
20			(93.44) Man Lok Leung	5 – 3	Paolo Nebrida (90.62)	[152]
21	Sunday 30 July		(91.74) Paul Lim	5 – 1	Paolo Nebrida (85.70)	[153]
22	Saturday 9 September	Hampton by Hilton, Qingdao	(84.20) Lok Yin Lee	5 – 4	Rosendo Lubaton (84.57)	[154]
23			(93.16) Reynaldo Rivera	5 – 2	Alexis Toylo (78.96)	[155]
24	Sunday 10 September		(100.21) Tomoya Goto	5 – 1	Paolo Nebrida (87.78)	[156]

Due to a tie, the fourth advancing place had to be decided by a decisive match:

Date	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
Sunday 10 September	(88.71) Reynaldo Rivera	5 – 4	Man Lok Leung (86.59)	[157]

PDC Asian Championship[edit]

The Asian Championship was held in Shimonoseki.^[158] The top 16 players from the PDC Asian Tour Order of Merit qualified, as did the winners of sixteen national qualifiers and qualifiers from events held prior to the Championship, up to a count of 48 players.^[159] The finalists qualified for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship; while the winner qualified for the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts.^[130]

The results from the second round onwards are shown below.

	Second round (best of 9 legs) 7 October[160]					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 8 October[160]					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 8 October[160]					Final (best of 13 legs) 8 October[160]
	1	Lourence Ilagan 85.71	4
		Motomu Sakai 92.59	5
							Motomu Sakai 85.08	6
						8	Paul Lim 72.48	0
	8	Paul Lim 82.66	5
	9	Rosendo Lubaton 81.58	4
												Motomu Sakai 82.02	1
											13	Haruki Muramatsu 87.38	6
		Alex Tagarao 91.93	2
	13	Haruki Muramatsu 101.76	5
						13	Haruki Muramatsu 92.60	6
							Raymond Copano 88.91	1
		Raymond Copano 79.99	5
	12	Mohd Nasir Bin Jantan 76.19	4
																13	Haruki Muramatsu 91.08	7
																	Sandro Eric Sosing 81.53	6
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