2024 PDC Pro Tour

The 2024 PDC Pro Tour is the current series of non-televised darts tournaments and European Tour events organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. There will be 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]

PDC ProTour Order of Merit as of 2 Aug 2024:[2][3]
Prize money in the tables is in units of £1,000.

Rank Player Earnings
1  Dave Chisnall 153.25
2  Ross Smith 132.5
3  Luke Humphries 131.25
4  Josh Rock 125.75
5  Gerwyn Price 122.75
6  Gary Anderson 120.25
7  Danny Noppert 116
8  Damon Heta 110.25
9  Stephen Bunting 110.25
10  Ryan Searle 105.25
Correct as of 2 Aug 2024

Prize money

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This is how the prize money is divided:

Stage ET PC CT/DT WS
Winner £30,000 £15,000 £2,500 £2,000
Runner-up £12,000 £10,000 £1,000 £1,000
Semi-finalists £8,500 £5,000 £750 £500
Quarter-finalists £6,000 £3,500 £500 £300
Last 16 £4,000 £2,500 £300 £200
Last 32 £2,500 £1,500 £200 £100
Last 48 £1,250 N/A N/A N/A
Last 64 N/A £1,000 £75 £50[a]
Total £175,000 £125,000 £15,000 £10,000
  1. ^ Last 64 prize money will only be paid out, if a minimum of 128 participants take part in a Women's Series event.

PDC Tour Card

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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.

Tour cards

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The 2023 Tour Cards were awarded to:

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 was reached. In 2024, that meant that a total of 23 additional players qualified this way.[5]

Q-School

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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.

Stage One took place between 8–10 January; with the Final Stage being held between 11 and 14 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.

UK Q-School
January 11 January 12 January 13 January 14
 Steve Lennon [6][7]  Robert Grundy [8][9]  Leighton Bennett [10]  Dom Taylor [11]
127 players 126 players 124 players 119 players
European Q-School
January 11 January 12 January 13 January 14
 Martijn Dragt [12][7]  Jelle Klaasen [8][9]  Andy Baetens [10]  Jeffrey de Graaf [11]
127 players 124 players 119 players 105 players

An Order of Merit was created for each Q School. For every win after the Last 64, the players will be awarded 1 point. The top ten from the UK rankings and top thirteen from the Europe rankings, excluding those who won their cards outright, will win a Tour Card.

The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:

Players Championships

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There are 30 Players Championship events in 2024.

PDC Players Championship Order of Merit as of 2 Aug 2024:[15]
Prize money in the tables is in units of £1,000.

Rank Player Earnings Rank Player Earnings
1  Ryan Searle 50 33  Dimitri Van den Bergh 20.5
2  Ross Smith 47.5 34  Scott Williams 20
3  Gary Anderson 46 35  Andrew Gilding 20
4  Chris Dobey 46 36  James Wade 18.5
5  Damon Heta 42 37  James Hurrell 18
6  Raymond van Barneveld 42 38  Luke Woodhouse 18
7  Luke Littler 41 39  Jeffrey de Graaf 18
8  Josh Rock 40 40  Dom Taylor 17.5
9  Danny Noppert 39.5 41  Michael van Gerwen 17.5
10  Jonny Clayton 37.5 42  Joe Cullen 16.5
11  Daryl Gurney 36.5 43  Martin Lukeman 16.5
12  Michael Smith 35.5 44  Stephen Burton 16.5
13  Mike De Decker 33.5 45  William O'Connor 16.5
14  Alan Soutar 33 46  Martin Schindler 16.5
15  Brendan Dolan 33 47  Florian Hempel 16
16  Dave Chisnall 32.5 48  Gerwyn Price 16
17  Gian van Veen 32.5 49  Jermaine Wattimena 15.5
18  Stephen Bunting 31.5 50  Ian White 15.5
19  Cameron Menzies 28.5 51  Madars Razma 15.5
20  Dirk van Duijvenbode 28.5 52  Ryan Meikle 15.5
21  Ryan Joyce 28 53  Graham Hall 15
22  Wesley Plaisier 26 54  Nathan Aspinall 15
23  Peter Wright 25 55  Jim Williams 14.5
24  Niels Zonneveld 24.5 56  Berry van Peer 14.5
25  Wessel Nijman 24.5 57  Mario Vandenbogaerde 14.5
26  Ricky Evans 24 58  Richard Veenstra 14.5
27  Karel Sedláček 23.5 59  Nick Kenny 14
28  Callan Rydz 23.5 60  Kim Huybrechts 14
29  Ritchie Edhouse 23 61  Andy Baetens 14
30  Kevin Doets 23 62  Connor Scutt 13.5
31  Krzysztof Ratajski 23 63  Thibault Tricole 13.5
32  Luke Humphries 22.5 64  Lee Evans 13.5
No. Date Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref.
1 12 February England Wigan (109.64) Luke Littler  8 – 7  Ryan Searle (111.71) [16]
2 13 February (101.14) Gary Anderson  8 – 5  Ryan Searle (91.33) [17]
3 19 February England Leicester (107.63) Ryan Searle  8 – 7  Gary Anderson (108.61) [18]
4 20 February (103.37) Damon Heta  8 – 4  Chris Dobey (106.44) [19]
5 18 March Germany Hildesheim (95.28) Raymond van Barneveld  8 – 1  Stephen Bunting (93.89) [20]
6 19 March (90.07) Dave Chisnall  8 – 6  Dirk van Duijvenbode (91.47) [21]
7 8 April England Leicester (99.52) Chris Dobey  8 – 4  Josh Rock (97.18) [22]
8 9 April (95.59) Danny Noppert  8 – 6  Luke Humphries (95.70) [23]
9 6 May Germany Hildesheim (88.39) Michael Smith  8 – 6  Ryan Joyce (92.09) [24]
10 7 May (98.14) Brendan Dolan  8 – 4  Jeffrey de Graaf (88.50) [25]
11 11 June (93.63) Alan Soutar  8 – 7  Daryl Gurney (85.38) [26]
12 12 June (87.42) Dimitri Van den Bergh  8 – 3  Matt Campbell (87.31) [27]
13 2 July England Milton Keynes (107.35) Ross Smith  8 – 7  Wesley Plaisier (104.79) [28]
14 3 July (106.05) Jonny Clayton  8 – 5  Wesley Plaisier (100.36) [29]
15 31 July (99.66) Luke Littler  8 – 6  Wessel Nijman (91.61) [30]
16 1 August (104.87) Mike De Decker  8 – 2  Ricky Evans (94.10) [31]
17 2 August (95.63) Josh Rock  8 – 6  Joe Cullen (92.25) [32]
18 21 August    
19 22 August    
20 17 September England Wigan    
21 18 September    
22 24 September England Milton Keynes    
23 25 September    
24 1 October England Wigan    
25 2 October    
26 3 October    
27 15 October    
28 16 October    
29 30 October England Leicester    
30 31 October    

PDC European Tour

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There are 13 European Tour events in 2024.

No. Date Event Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref.
1 8–10 March Belgian Darts Open Belgium Wieze (103.76) Luke Littler  8 – 7  Rob Cross (108.00) [33]
2 30 March–1 April German Darts Grand Prix Germany Munich (112.66) Luke Humphries  8 – 1  Michael van Gerwen (96.80) [34]
3 12–14 April International Darts Open Germany Riesa (96.35) Martin Schindler  8 – 5  Gerwyn Price (101.62) [35]
4 19–21 April European Darts Grand Prix Germany Sindelfingen (90.76) Gary Anderson  8 – 6  Ross Smith (90.88) [36]
5 26–28 April Austrian Darts Open Austria Graz (102.71) Luke Littler  8 – 4  Joe Cullen (85.54) [37]
6 10–12 May Baltic Sea Darts Open Germany Kiel (105.56) Rob Cross  8 – 6  Luke Humphries (104.38) [38]
7 24–26 May Dutch Darts Championship Netherlands Rosmalen (89.89) Josh Rock  8 – 4  Jonny Clayton (90.59) [39]
8 21–23 June European Darts Open Germany Leverkusen (89.67) Dave Chisnall  8 – 6  Ross Smith (93.82) [40]
9 30 August–1 September German Darts Championship Germany Hildesheim    
10 6–8 September Flanders Darts Trophy Belgium Antwerp    
11 20–22 September Hungarian Darts Trophy Hungary Budapest    
12 27–29 September Swiss Darts Trophy Switzerland Basel    
13 18–20 October Czech Darts Open Czech Republic Prague    

PDC Challenge Tour

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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 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, while the winner of the Order of Merit gets a spot at the 2024 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 2024 Challenge Tour without a tour card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round of the 2025 UK Open.

2024 Challenge Tour ranking
after 15 events[41][42]
Rank Player Earnings
1  Danny Jansen £6,625
2  Christian Kist £6,100
3  Andy Boulton £5,975
4  Connor Scutt £5,675
5  Wesley Plaisier [a] £5,475
6  John Henderson £4,800
7  Darryl Pilgrim £4,450
8  Oskar Lukasiak £4,400
9  Dragutin Horvat £4,375
10  Stefan Bellmont £4,300
No. Date Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref.
1 19 January England Milton Keynes (89.50) Richie Burnett  5 – 4  Darryl Pilgrim (96.86) [43]
2 (96.37) Danny Jansen  5 – 3  Darryl Pilgrim (97.96) [44]
3 20 January (81.98) Oskar Lukasiak  5 – 3  Danny Jansen (86.95) [45]
4 (86.38) Stefan Bellmont  5 – 0  Pál Székely (75.31) [46]
5 21 January (85.67) Aden Kirk  5 – 3  Danny Jansen (87.43) [47]
6 15 March Germany Hildesheim (100.97) Noa-Lynn van Leuven  5 – 3  Tytus Kanik (88.18) [48]
7 (87.99) René Eidams  5 – 4  Dennie Olde Kalter (89.47) [49]
8 16 March (101.55) Andy Boulton  5 – 0  Danny Jansen (98.52) [50]
9 (89.87) Andy Boulton  5 – 4  Jamie Atkins (92.27) [51]
10 17 March (93.94) Lee Cocks  5 – 0  Wesley Plaisier (85.50) [52]
11 7 June England Leicester (93.32) Christian Kist  5 – 4  Michael Unterbuchner (86.12) [53]
12 (102.39) Christian Kist  5 – 3  John Henderson (100.55) [54]
13 8 June (93.94) Connor Scutt  5 – 0  Dragutin Horvat (81.88) [55]
14 (107.24) Justin Hood  5 – 1  Dragutin Horvat (89.62) [56]
15 9 June (89.79) Wesley Plaisier  5 – 4  Damian Mol (84.93) [57]
16 16 August England Milton Keynes    
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20 18 August    
21 2 November England Leicester    
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23 3 November    
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  1. ^ Provisionally qualified for 2025 PDC World Darts Championship via another method.

PDC Development Tour

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The 2024 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 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, meanwhile the winner of the Order of Merit gets a spot at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts as well. The Development Tour rankings additionally form a large part of qualification for the 2024 PDC World Youth Championship. Furthermore, the top 8 ranked players from the 2024 Development Tour Order of Merit, who do not manage to earn a Tour Card for the 2025 season, will qualify for the first round of the 2025 UK Open.

2024 Development Tour ranking
after 20 events
Rank Player Earnings
1  Wessel Nijman [a][b] £19,525
2  Niko Springer £13,975
3  Keane Barry [a] £12,275
4  Nathan Rafferty [a] £9,775
5  Gian van Veen [a][b][c] £9,350
6  Sebastian Białecki £7,950
7  Danny Jansen £7,275
8  Beau Greaves [c] £6,950
9  Charlie Manby £4,250
10  Dominik Grüllich £4,175
No. Date Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref.
1 23 February England Milton Keynes (90.94) Danny Jansen  5 – 4  Owen Roelofs (97.84) [58]
2 (99.28) Keane Barry  5 – 4  Gian van Veen (96.57) [59]
3 24 February (90.54) Keane Barry  5 – 0  Sebastian Białecki (87.54) [60]
4 (86.38) Jurjen van der Velde  5 – 0  Leighton Bennett (76.76) [61]
5 25 February (87.38) Gian van Veen  5 – 0  Dylan Slevin (79.14) [62]
6 3 May Germany Hildesheim (85.23) Roman Benecký  5 – 4  Thomas Banks (89.78) [63]
7 (93.69) Gian van Veen  5 – 1  Nathan Rafferty (87.19) [64]
8 4 May (113.03) Wessel Nijman  5 – 4  Niko Springer (95.39) [65]
9 (89.97) Nathan Rafferty  5 – 2  Danny Jansen (81.03) [66]
10 5 May (91.83) Niko Springer  5 – 2  Gian van Veen (98.01) [67]
11 21 June England Wigan (87.44) Beau Greaves  5 – 1  Daniel Perry (74.20) [68]
12 (92.22) Keane Barry  5 – 2  Angelo Balsamo (82.03) [69]
13 22 June (88.95) Wessel Nijman  5 – 2  Niko Springer (92.70) [70]
14 (91.32) Nathan Rafferty  5 – 3  Marvin van Velzen (94.38) [71]
15 23 June (91.75) Sebastian Białecki  5 – 4  Levy Frauenfelder (84.85) [72]
16 26 July England Milton Keynes (97.18) Wessel Nijman  5 – 4  Tavis Dudeney (96.65) [73]
17 (94.72) Wessel Nijman  5 – 3  Niko Springer (94.40) [74]
18 27 July (90.49) Niko Springer  5 – 4  Wessel Nijman (94.92) [75]
19 (90.69) Wessel Nijman  5 – 2  Jack Male (91.18) [76]
20 28 July (87.00) Niko Springer  5 – 3  Leon Weber (82.08) [77]
21 12 October England Wigan    
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23 13 October    
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  1. ^ a b c d Provisionally qualified for 2025 Tour Card via another method.
  2. ^ a b Provisionally qualified for 2025 PDC World Darts Championship via another method.
  3. ^ a b Qualified for the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts via another method.

PDC Women's Series

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There are 24 2024 PDC Women's Series events in 2024. The top two players from the series will qualify for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, while the top non-qualified player will qualify for the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts. The top 8 ranked players from money earned from the last 12 Women's Series events of 2023 and the first 12 events of 2024 will qualify for the 2024 Women's World Matchplay in Blackpool.

2024 Women's World Matchplay Race after 24/24 events (Cut-off: 16 June, 2024)
Rank Player Earnings
1  Beau Greaves £25,100
2  Fallon Sherrock £18,800
3  Lisa Ashton £12,600
4  Mikuru Suzuki £12,500
5  Noa-Lynn van Leuven £8,700
6  Rhian O'Sullivan £7,500
7  Anastasia Dobromyslova [a] £5,000
8  Aileen de Graaf [b] £4,700
9  Katie Sheldon £4,200
10  Gemma Hayter £4,000
2024 Women's Series Race after 12 events
Rank Player Earnings
1  Beau Greaves [c][d] £12,000
2  Fallon Sherrock £8,200
3  Mikuru Suzuki £7,700
4  Lisa Ashton £6,800
5  Noa-Lynn van Leuven £6,500
6  Gemma Hayter £4,000
7  Rhian O'Sullivan £3,100
8  Katie Sheldon £2,700
9  Aileen de Graaf £2,200
10  Steph Clarke £2,100
No. Date Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref.
1 23 March England Wigan (89.35) Fallon Sherrock  5 – 4  Beau Greaves (85.63) [79]
2 (87.23) Noa-Lynn van Leuven  5 – 2  Katie Sheldon (79.55) [80]
3 24 March (80.71) Mikuru Suzuki  5 – 2  Deta Hedman 80.55 [81]
4 (87.82) Fallon Sherrock  5 – 1  Beau Greaves (76.68) [82]
5 20 April (90.65) Noa-Lynn van Leuven  5 – 4  Beau Greaves (91.36) [83]
6 (86.62) Beau Greaves  5 – 1  Lisa Ashton (73.44) [84]
7 21 April (98.88) Beau Greaves  5 – 0  Fallon Sherrock (86.75) [85]
8 (74.33) Mikuru Suzuki  5 – 1  Beau Greaves (75.65) [86]
9 15 June (91.17) Beau Greaves  5 – 4  Mikuru Suzuki 87.33 [87]
10 72.00 Gemma Hayter  5 – 3  Rhian O'Sullivan 66.21 [88]
11 16 June (83.16) Lisa Ashton  5 – 1  Aileen de Graaf (71.03) [89]
12 (89.39) Lisa Ashton  5 – 1  Beau Greaves (90.13) [90]
13 10 August Germany Niedernhausen    
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15 11 August    
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17 7 September England Wigan    
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19 8 September    
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21 19 October England Leicester    
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23 20 October    
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  1. ^ Anastasia Dobromyslova Martin competes as a neutral athlete because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  2. ^ Aileen de Graaf, who occupied eighth position in the final 12-month Order of Merit, has informed the PDC that she is unavailable to compete in Blackpool due to a prior commitment. As such, Katie Sheldon will now come into the field for the event.[78]
  3. ^ Qualified for 2024 Grand Slam of Darts via another method.
  4. ^ Decided to play at 2024 WDF World Darts Championship after PDC didn't permit to play at two World Championships in one year.

PDC Europe Next Gen

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PDC Europe has announced a new tournament series in November 2023 called PDC Europe Next Gen.[91] There are 18 PDC Europe Next Gen events in 2024. There will be a separate ranking list for the PDC Europe Next Gen, which will be used directly for qualification for the PDC Europe Super League. The top 10 in the rankings qualify for the event for the World Cup starting place.

2024 PDC Europe Next Gen ranking after 12 events
Rank Player Earnings
1  Niko Springer [a] €6,169
2  Steven Noster €4,324
3  Kai Gotthardt [b] €3,368
4  Marcel Gerdon €3,206
5  Patrick Tringler €3,099
6  Marcel Hausotter €2,548
7  Sascha Stuhlemmer €2,245
8  Franz Rötzsch €1,680
9  Leon Weber €1,650
10  Patrick Klingelhöfer €1,433
No. Date Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref.
1 10–11 February Germany Hildesheim (87.19) Patrick Tringler  6 – 5  Dragutin Horvat (87.74) [92]
2 (87.64) Sascha Stuhlemmer  6 – 2  Kai Gotthardt (85.29) [93]
3 2–3 March Austria Eisenstadt (79.90) Kai Gotthardt  6 – 2  David Schlichting (66.02) [94]
4 (74.16) Patrick Tringler  6 – 5  Niko Springer (71.58) [95]
5 15–16 June Germany Hildesheim (103.66) Niko Springer  6 – 0  Marcel Gerdon 91.31 [96]
6 (88.39) Steven Noster  6 – 5  Kai Gotthardt (87.79) [97]
7 29–30 June Austria Eisenstadt (81.81) Niko Springer  5 – 4  Marcel Gerdon (76.99) [98]
8 (77.52) Marcel Hausotter  5 – 3  Steven Noster (77.10) [99]
9 20–21 July Germany Sindelfingen (87.19) Niko Springer  6 – 2  Maximilian Nirschl (74.60) [100]
10 (94.80) Niko Springer  6 – 4  Leon Weber 88.69 [101]
11 3–4 August (88.04) Steven Noster  6 – 3  Kai Gotthardt (89.75) [102]
12 (81.30) Moritz Bohrmann  6 – 5  Patrick Tringler (81.34) [103]
13 17–18 August Germany Hildesheim    
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15 24–25 August    
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17 14–15 September Austria Eisenstadt    
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  1. ^ Provisionally qualified for 2025 PDC World Darts Championship via another method.
  2. ^ Already qualified for PDC Europe Super League 2024.

PDC Asian Tour

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There are 24 PDC Asian Tour events in 2024.[104]

2024 Asian Tour ranking after 15 events
Rank Player Earnings
1  Alexis Toylo $13,200
2  Paolo Nebrida $9,500
3  Ryusei Azemoto $8,950
4  Sandro Eric Sosing $5,450
5  Tomoya Goto $5,450
6  Man Lok Leung $5,250
7  Lourence Ilagan $4,700
8  Nitin Kumar $2,850
9  Shusaku Nakamura $2,700
10  Reynaldo Rivera $2,600
No. Date Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref.
1 13–14 January United Arab Emirates Dubai (91.47) Alexis Toylo  5 – 3  Paolo Nebrida (90.76) [105]
2 (93.70) Alexis Toylo  5 – 3  Joel Hizon (86.47) [106]
3 (88.24) Paolo Nebrida  5 – 3  Nitin Kumar (80.85) [107]
4 16–17 March Japan Kyoto (86.60) Alexis Toylo  5 – 4  Noel Malicdem (89.37) [108]
5 (96.32) Sandro Eric Sosing  5 – 3  Tomoya Goto (87.24) [109]
6 (79.38) Shusaku Nakamura  5 – 3  Seigo Asada (84.81) [110]
7 20–21 April Philippines Manila (94.57) Alexis Toylo  5 – 4  Haruki Muramatsu (91.67) [111]
8 (82.81) Ryusei Azemoto  5 – 3  Tomoya Goto (81.24) [112]
9 (77.90) Ryusei Azemoto  5 – 1  Alexis Toylo (73.64) [113]
10 18–19 May Malaysia Penang (82.02) Lourence Ilagan  5 – 2  Alexis Toylo (71.48) [114]
11 (99.06) Alexis Toylo  5 – 2  Paolo Nebrida (91.49) [115]
12 (93.94) Ryusei Azemoto  5 – 0  Reynaldo Rivera (83.46) [116]
13 8–9 June Mongolia Ulaanbaatar (105.36) Paolo Nebrida  5 – 4  Tomoya Goto (95.91) [117]
14 (88.47) Paolo Nebrida  5 – 1  Ryusei Azemoto (79.84) [118]
15 (89.02) Man Lok Leung  5 – 2  Sandro Eric Sosing (78.54) [119]
16 10-11 August Singapore Singapore    
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19 4-6 October China Qingdao    
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