PDC asian events open to all Asian players age over 16. Players who turn 16 shall be eligible to enter PDC asian events once their 16th birthday has passed.

Notes:

In order to implement a consistent global position in respect of players' eligibility to enter events by virtue of nationality, the PDC would like to clarify its position on the matter as follows:

A player who wishes to participate in a PDC or PDC-affiliated event where nationality is a determining factor for eligibility must prove the following in order to satisfy the PDC's criteria for nationality:

• The player was born in that nation; OR

• The player holds a valid passport for that nation; OR

• The player has continuous residency (defined as their primary or permanent home in the nation) for five consecutive years immediately preceding the date of the relevant event;

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• In cases where a player is holding dual citizenship, the player will be required to determine their primary nationality at the time of entering the relevant event and may not then change nationality for a period of five years;

• In cases where a qualifying event is being staged by a local PDC-affiliated organisation, the PDC's eligibility rules shall take precedence over those of the local organisation in respect of whether a player is permitted to enter the event or not.  In contentious cases, the player's eligibility must be approved in writing by the PDC before the player is permitted to participate in the event. A player who enters an event and is subsequently denied permission to participate for reasons of eligibility of their nationality shall be entitled to a refund of their entry fee but no further liability shall be accepted by the PDC or its affiliate organisation.

This ruling has been implemented following consultation with the PDPA and both the PDC and PDPA are aware that there are a large number of unique and specific cases regarding player nationalities.

Therefore, the PDC reserves the right to alter or adapt this ruling at its sole discretion in the interests of fairness and sporting integrity.

PLAYERS WHO ARE NOT ASIAN NATIONALITY WILL NEED TO CONTACT admin@pdc-asia.tv FIRST TO PROVIDE YOUR PROOF OF CONTINUOURS RESIDENCY FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS BEFORE ENTRY.

Asian Championship 48 Qualifier come from the folowing:

1) Top 16 players from the final 2023 PDC Asian Tour Order of Merit; 

2)  A series of national qualifying events will also take place to secure qualifying players, while territories without a national qualifier will see their top-ranked player on the PDC Asian Tour Order of Merit secure a spot in the event;

3) The Asian Championship Qualifiers will then produce the final 16 players (or more if there are places from national qualifying events), with the final four players from each of the four events being joined by qualifiers from Asian Championship Qualifiers Order of Merit.;

Asian Championship Qualifiers Order of Merit : Players will receive one point per victory from the first full round drawn without Byes to form the Orders of Merit. Any ties in Asian Championship Qualifiers Orders of Merit will be split as follows based on all matches results (Results in all matches played at the relevant events are included): Leg Difference, Legs Won, then Tournament 3-Dart Average. If players still cannot be split, a play-off would be organised. 

Wins by virtue of a walkover in any round shall be counted as a 4-0 win. If a player withdraws midway through a match their opponent shall be awarded the win by four legs to however many legs the withdrawing player has won at the time of withdrawal.

If a pre-qualified player withdraws any time up to the end of Friday October 18 (when the Qualifiers end) then it would be an extra place from Qualifiers OOM to make the 48 players for the main event. At the point the Qualifiers finish and then do the draw for the 48-player Group Stage, this is where the event technically begins for the pre-qualified players, and as such it would be a Bye from there onwards if someone withdrew.