Every year the PDC (Professional Darts Corporation) organizes the so-called Qualifying School (Q School). This year players will compete for the coveted tour card from Monday 8 January to Sunday 14 January. To explain Q School, it is first necessary to explain briefly what a tour card is, because it is issued during Q School.

PDC issued 128 tour tickets to the world’s best players. The tour card is valid for two years. After those two years, as a player you have to be in the top 64 in the world, which means you keep your place in the PDC. If you fall outside those 64 players, you lose your card and you have to (probably) go back to Q School.

Anyone can apply to Q School. However, you have to pay a registration fee. This tournament has been held in Germany for European players for many years. Players from England have their own Q School.

The 2024 edition kicks off next week, where nearly 500(!) darts players will participate. The first three days of Q School consist of preliminary rounds. As a darts player you must progress to the ‘Final Stage’, which is then played over four days. About half of players will qualify for this.

During those final four days, you will win a tour card if you are the best on that day. In addition, a ranking list is also kept of the performances of all players. Ultimately, the 10 to 20 best (possible) players from that ranking will receive tour cards. They will then be among the likes of Michael van Gerwen, Luke Humphries, Raymond van Barneveld, Luke Littler and Rob Cross over the next two years.

See the full list of Brabant participants below:

Damian Mol (Sint Willebrord), Davy van der Zande (Schijndel), Mario Robbe (Tilburg), Stefan Schroder (Goirle), Wesley van Trijp (Etten-Leur), Jimmy van Schie (Breda), Alexander Merkx (Hapert), Maikel Mossou (Breda), Jelle Klaassen (Alphen), Roy van de Griendt (Vlijmen), Levy Frauenfelder (Oss), Gino Vos (Oss), Javanico Jansen (Oss), Hendrie van Berkel (Diessen), Davy Verkooijen (Oirschot), William Leijten (Tilburg), Michael Kustermans (Etten-Leur), Michael Marijs (Fijnaart), Peter van den Broek (Mariahout), Ruben Mesters (Rijsbergen).