PDC-Regeländerungen zur Saison 2018

(2017er Änderungen hier

Wie immer: Wenn zu einer Änderung nur eine Textfassung aufgeführt ist, stellen rote Teile neu hinzufügte Passagen dar, während blaue Teile entfernt worden sind, also nicht mehr Teil der aktuellen Formulierung sind. Stehen alte und neue Fassung nebeneinander, sind die relevanten Unterschiede blau = alt und rot = neu dargestellt.

Generell kann man sagen, dass nach den sehr überhastet wirkenden Änderungen des letzten Jahres diesmal deutlich mehr Sorgfalt an den Tag gelegt wurde und so gut wie keine Flüchtigkeitsfehler mehr drin sind, und auch sprachlich wurde einiges geglättet. Außerdem ist das "tournament" den Gnadentod gestorben - im PDC-Sprech ist jetzt offiziell alles ein "Event" (inklusive obligatorischer Großschreibung).

Dann wollen wir mal...

Sektion 1, Eligibility

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1.1 An Associate Member is defined as a player who has joined the PDPA but does not hold a Tour Card (for example a player who attempted to win a Tour Card through Q School or non-UK national who is a paid-up PDPA member).

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1.1 An Associate Member is defined as a player who has joined the PDPA but does not hold a Tour Card (for example a player who attempted to win a Tour Card through Q School or non-UK national who has paid a PDPA membership having qualified for the World Championship).

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Endlich haben sie mal klargestellt, was diese ominösen "paid-up PDPA members" sind, denn eigentlich kann man ja schon seit Jahren nicht mehr einfach so zur PDPA gehen und eine Mitgliedschaft anmelden.

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An Non-UK ProTour Member is defined as a non-UK national who pays an annual membership to participate in non-UK ProTour events or European Tour events, or relevant qualifying events.

Nach einem Jahr wieder gestrichen worden, da auch die European Tour nun generell teilnahmebeschränkt ist.

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A Day Member is defined as a non-UK national who pays a supplement to his entry fee for non-UK ProTour events or European Tour events, or relevant qualifying events.

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A Day Member is defined as a non-UK national who enters and participates in non-UK ProTour Events (including European Tour Events), or relevant qualifying Events.

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Das verspricht anscheinend mehr, als es hält - laut PDC Europe zahlen Tagesmitglieder weiterhin €125 in den ET-Qualis. (Siehe auch Regel 4.6.)

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A Secondary Tour Member is defined as a player who is only permitted to play in Challenge or Development Tour Events. For the avoidance of doubt, they are not permitted to play in qualifiers for Premier or ProTour Events unless otherwise allowed under these Rules.

Wohl zur Verdeutlichung in Hinsicht auf z.B. die Teilnahme von UK-Associates an ET-Qualis.

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1.2 All players who participate in the televised stages of the following Events must be a Full Member of the PDPA: World Championship (excluding PDPA Associate Members), World Matchplay, World Grand Prix, Grand Slam (excluding BDO qualifiers) UK Open (excluding Amateur Qualifiers and PDPA Associate Members), European Championship, Players Championship Finals (excluding PDPA Associate Members), Masters, World Series Finals, Premier League, Champions League.

Heißt wohl, dass Associates nicht nachzahlen müssen, wenn sie sich für die betreffenden TV-Turnier qualifizieren. Keine Ahnung, wie das bisher gehandhabt wurde, und ob diese extra aufgeführten Ausnahmeregelungen bedeuten, dass es z.B. bei der European Championship anders geregelt ist.

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In the event of a non-PDPA member qualifying for or being invited into an event through an Order of Merit, a World Championship qualifier, or PDC Board invitation they must join the PDPA prior to participation in the event.

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In the event of a non-PDPA member qualifying for or being invited into an Event through an Order of Merit, a qualifying Event, or PDC Board invitation they must join the PDPA prior to participation in the Event.

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Hmm. Nur auf Verdacht geändert worden, oder wird es eventuell externe Quali-Turniere auch für andere TV-Turniere geben (z.B. World Series)?

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1.3 All Full Members or Honorary Members who wish to participate in Events must sign and accept the PDC Player Contract and the PDPA Constitution and Code of Conduct and agree to abide by the Rules of the Darts Regulation Authority (DRA) and pay any appropriate Sanction Fees to the DRA before being allowed to participate in any PDC organised Event.

Associate Members who wish to participate in Events must agree to abide by the Rules of the DRA and pay any appropriate Sanction Fees to the DRA before being allowed to participate in any PDC organised Event.

Existierende Regelungen, die bisher nur z.B. bei der PDPA zu finden waren, stehen jetzt auch hier im Regelwerk.

Sektion 2, Order of Merit

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2.2 For every Premier Event there shall be a £5,000 prize fund for any player achieving a nine-dart leg. (...) If this prize fund is won during a Doubles match at the World Cup, each player shall be paid half the available prize fund.

Könnte ja passieren.

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2.6 All prize money paid to PDPA Members in all Events will be paid in UK£ directly by the PDC or its local agents in the standard amounts detailed above, unless otherwise advertised.

Prize money will be paid in to the bank account nominated by the player to the PDC which must be either in his own name, the name of a company of which he is a Director, the name of his DRA Licensed Agent, or in the case of a Development Tour player, the name of one or more of his parents/guardians.

Ob's da mal Probleme gab, dass sie es jetzt so explizit in die Regeln schreiben?

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2.7 The Order of Merit is calculated on prize money won by players over a two-year period and is added to each player’s total at the conclusion of each tournament.

All ProTour prize money shall count for two years and be removed from the main Order of Merit on the second anniversary of it being won, regardless of the corresponding position in the calendar of any events.

All Premier Ranked Events prize money will count for a period of two corresponding tournaments so as to ensure no Premier Ranked Event counts three times at any point on a player’s total. If an event lapses from the PDC calendar or changes position to a later date in the PDC calendar, prize money won will last for two calendar years.

In the event of a clash of dates with tournaments (for example: March 23 2015, March 23 2017), money will be removed before the commencement of the tournament which clashes with the event from two years previously.

For the avoidance of doubt, money will count from 0900 the day after it is won. For example, if the final of an event is also the cut-off date for another tournament, no money won in that event will count until 0900 the following day. All tournament prize money is added at the same time, regardless of the time/date any player was eliminated.

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2.7 The main Order of Merit is calculated on prize money won by players over a two-year period and is added to each player’s total at 0900 on the day following the conclusion of each Event.

All prize money shall count for two years and be removed from the main Order of Merit 104 weeks after it was won, regardless of the corresponding position in the calendar of any Events.

If there is a clash of dates with Events (for example: March 23 2016, March 23 2018), money will be removed before the commencement of the Event which clashes with the Event from two years previously.

No Premier Event shall count three times towards the main Order of Merit.

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Nach einer gefühlten Ewigkeit hat die PDC endlich ein Einsehen und stellt die OOM jetzt auch offiziell auf ein 104-Wochen-System um, so dass z.B. Preisgelder eines Samstags-Turniers jetzt immer Preisgelder eines anderen Samstags-Turniers ersetzen. Teilweise haben sie es in der Vergangenheit schon so gehandhabt, aber jetzt kommt hoffentlich Konsistenz in die Methodik.

Sowohl der 9-Uhr-Kram als auch die Regelung zu den Preisgeldern von TV-Turnieren sind jetzt zumindest in der Formulierung drastisch vereinfacht worden.

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2.10 Invitations to and seedings for ranked events will be based on the relevant Orders of Merit at the closing date for entries or qualification for the tournament in question.

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2.9 Invitations to and seedings for ranked Premier and European Tour Events will be based on the relevant Orders of Merit at the closing date for entries or qualification for the Event in question.

Seedings for Players Championship and UK Open qualifying Events will be based on the relevant Order of Merit at the time of the draw being made – usually the day of the event.

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Nichts wirklich Neues, aber jetzt sind die schon bisher verwendeten Regelungen endlich auch eindeutig im Regelwerk verzeichnet.

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2.11 Players will need to have participated in a minimum of ten events over a rolling two-year period to be eligible to qualify for Premier Ranked Events through the Order of Merit and a minimum of five events over a rolling one-year period to retain their Tour Card. However, players only need to have competed in one event to be eligible to win a Tour Card.

Players who fall beneath these thresholds will remain on the Order of Merit but will not be eligible for qualification for Premier Events until they have reached the level again with all eligible prize money counted.

Players need only participate in one Players Championship event in order to qualify for the Players Championship Finals through the Players Championship Order of Merit, one European Tour event to qualify for the European Championship through the European Tour Order of Merit and one UK Open qualifier to qualify for the UK Open through the UK Open Order of Merit.

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2.10 Players will need to have participated in a minimum of one ProTour or Premier Event over a rolling two-year period to be eligible to qualify for Premier Ranked Events through the main Order of Merit or be eligible to win a Tour Card.

Once a player has not participated in one ProTour or Premier Event over a rolling two-year period, they will be removed from the Order of Merit.

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Alle Minimumregeln komplett eingestampft.

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2.12 (...) Non-Tour Card holders who qualify for a one-year Tour Card by virtue of their ranking at the end of the previous year will retain their prize money won during the previous year on the Order of Merit.

Vorher hieß es "Associate Members", also nur verdeutlicht, dass es sich auch auf Kandidaten wie z.B. Ratajski im letzten Jahr bezieht.

Sektion 3, Invitations and Seedings

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3.1 2017 European Championship
Seeds: Top 8 in European Tour Order of Merit

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3.1 2018 European Championship
Seeds: Top 32 in European Tour Order of Merit (drawn in seed pattern)

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Wurde schon hier im Thread erwähnt, deshalb nur der Vollständigkeit halber, dass die European Championship jetzt analog zum Players Championship Final vollgesetzt sein wird.

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2017 World Series Finals
Qualifying Players:
Top 8 in World Series Merit Table
Top 4 in Order of Merit not otherwise qualified
4 invited players at discretion of PDC board * updated October 9 2017
8 qualifiers from a Tour Card Holder Qualifier * updated October 9 2017

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2018 World Series Finals
Qualifying Players:
Top 8 in World Series Merit Table
Top 4 in Order of Merit not otherwise qualified
Between 4 and 8 invited players at discretion of PDC board
Between 4 and 8 qualifiers from a Full Member qualifier

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Nachdem sie im letzten Jahr sehr kurzfristig von 8 Einladungen + 4 Qualiplätzen abgewichen sind (siehe Update-Notiz), haben sie es sich diesmal gleich komplett vorbehalten, wie der Zuschnitt werden soll.

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2018 Grand Slam of Darts

If it [die Liste der automatischen Qualifikationen] produces fewer than 16 places then additional places shall be filled from the reserve list in the following order:

2018 European Tour winners (in Order of Merit order at Nov 5)
2018 Players Championship winners (in Order of Merit order at Nov 5)
2018 UK Open Qualifier winners (in Order of Merit order at Nov 5)

Players shall be separated within the reserve list first by the number of Events in each category they have won and then by their position in the PDC main Order of Merit on the cut-off date.

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Wurde auch schon erwähnt - mehr Pro Tour Events gewinnen kann jetzt hilfreich sein, um in der GSOD-Nachrückerliste voranzukommen.

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The 24 competing PDC players shall be ordered in three pots of eight players each, determined in Order of Merit order after the Grand Slam qualifier.

The top eight ranked PDC players on the main Order of Merit at the cut-off date shall be seeded as per the bracket order in groups A – H with the remaining 16 players placed in main Order of Merit order in to the two remaining pots.

The eight BDO qualifiers shall be drawn randomly, one placed in each group.

Nicht neu, stand aber bisher noch nicht im Regelwerk, sondern immer nur in den Turniernews zum Grand Slam.

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2017/18 World Championship
Seeds:
Top 32 in Order of Merit
Qualifying Players:
Top 32 in Order of Merit
Top 16 in ProTour Order of Merit not otherwise qualified
24 invitations at the PDC’s discretion (non-UK qualifying events, PDPA qualifier)

Invited players shall be placed in to either the Preliminary or First Round draws for the event based on their position in the Order of Merit (if applicable). If insufficient players hold a position of the Order of Merit, the PDC will select which players are placed in to which round at the discretion of its board of Directors.

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2018/19 World Championship

Seeds: TO BE CONFIRMED
Qualifying Players: TO BE CONFIRMED

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Kann natürlich nur eine Vorsichtsmaßnahme sein, aber schon interessant, dass sie noch nicht mal das Weiterbestehen von 32 Seeds bestätigen wollen.

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3.2 In the case of ties in any Order of Merit (money won) or Merit Table (points won), the countback rule will apply; this will be the cumulative money or points won by a player in the previous four eligible Events in the Order of Merit or Merit Table where a tie has occurred. In cases where there is still a tie, this countback will continue one Event at a time until there is a separation.

If two or more players cannot be separated by countback over the entire eligible period of the relevant Order of Merit, the player ranked highest in the main Order of Merit shall be deemed to be highest ranked, with countback continuing indefinitely until a split can be made after the initial four Events on the main Order of Merit.

If this procedure does not produce a separation, a play-off will be organised between the affected players.

Offenbar wegen der Punkteliste für die World Series? (Q School ja offensichtlich nicht, die hatte immer noch ihre eigene Regelung.)

Der letzte, neue Absatz dieht wohl zur Absicherung, falls es bei den UK Open Qualifiers zu einem kompletten Gleichstand kommen sollte. War schon letztes Jahr so, dass es beinahe passiert ist zwischen mehreren Spielern, die alle die Saison mit £0 begonnen hatten und außer den UKOQ-Preisgeldern nichts hatten, was man für den Countback noch zusätzlich heranziehen konnte.

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3.4 The Orders of Merit in operation are as follows:

- PDC main Order of Merit: comprised of all money won over a rolling 104-week period in Premier Ranked and Pro Tour (European Tour, Players Championship, UK Open qualifier) events;

Vorher hier "24-month period".

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3.9 (...) If a player qualifies through his own nation or region’s World Championship or World Youth Championship qualifying Event as well as his position on an Order of Merit, he will be deemed to have qualified through that route and not through the relevant Order of Merit and so the next unqualified player on the relevant Order of Merit will be invited to participate. This does not apply to players who qualify through the Development Tour Order of Merit.

Ein wenig verwirrend, was sie hier eigentlich meinen. Die erste Ergänzung scheint wohl auszudrücken, dass die World Youth Championship bezüglich der Nachrücker analog zur "großen" WM behandelt werden soll...allerdings war das auch schon mit den Youth-WM-spezifischen Regelungen in Sektion 6 so abgedeckt.

Die zweite Änderung am Ende des Absatzes scheint das direkt wieder ad absurdum zu führen - ich vermute mal, diese soll sich nur auf die große WM beziehen, falls sich dort ein internationaler Qualifikant auch über die Development Tour qualifiziert. So ganz schlau werden ich aus all dem jedoch nicht.

Sektion 4, ProTour

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4.1 (...) If any players from the above list choose not to take up their Tour Card or are deemed ineligible due to DRA sanction by a deadline determined by the PDC, extra places will be allocated to players from Q School on an alternate basis (UK Q School first) from the Q School Merit Table.

Die "above list" ist die Aufteilung der 128 Tour Cards. Ich weiß nicht, ob das wirklich so gemeint ist, wie es geschrieben steht, da das bedeutet hätte, dass z.B. eine zurückgegebene 2-Jahres-Karte automatisch im UK-QS-Pool gelandet wäre, statt in die anteilsmäßige Verteilung aufgenommen zu werden. (Oder ganz extrem: Falls einer der 4 Tagesgewinner bei der europäischen Q School seine Tour Card nicht akzeptiert hätte, hätte er laut dieser Regelung durch einen UK-Spieler ersetzt werden müssen...)

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If a player is in the top two of both the Challenge and Development Tour Orders of Merit then the Challenge Tour shall take priority and any further places shall pass down the Development Tour Order of Merit.

Teil der (wieder mal...) neu geregelten Szenarien bei Doppelqualifikation für die Tour Card - es wird wieder aufgerückt.

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4.2 Entry to UK Open qualifying Events is open to all Full and Associate Members but is limited to 256 players per Event. Once all Full Members have entered, Associate Members shall have their entries accepted on the basis of their Q School Order of Merit position until a 256 player field has been reached. Places will be allocated to Associate Members from both the UK and European Q Schools on a pro-rata basis depending on how many places are available to be filled and how many entrants there were in each Q School. For example, if there were 200 entrants in the UK Q School and 100 in the European Q School, two-thirds of the available places will be allocated to players from the UK Q School. If this does not fill the 256 places once all players from one Q School have been offered the opportunity to compete, players from the other Q School shall be entitled to enter in order of their position on their Q School Order of Merit.

Das wurde ja mittlerweile schon zur Genüge diskutiert. Mal sehen, ob sie sich für 2019 dann wieder etwas Neues einfallen lassen, um die UKOQ nicht ausufern zu lassen.

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4.3 Entry to all Players Championship events is open only to Tour Card holders on payment of the relevant entry fee.

All Players Championship events will have a 128-player draw. In instances where the number of Tour Card holders entering a Players Championship event does not reach 128, Associate Members shall be invited to enter, first in order of Q School Merit Table position and then, following an appointed deadline, on a first-come-first-served basis to make the total number of entries up to 128.

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4.3 Entry to all Players Championship Events is open initially to Full Members.

All Players Championship Events will have a 128-player draw. In instances where the number of Full Members entering a Players Championship Event does not reach 128, Associate Member entries shall then be accepted in order of Challenge Tour Order of Merit position as of the Event entry deadline to make the total number of entries up to 128.

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Die mittlerweile schon lange bekannten Änderungen - keine Startgelder mehr, und Associates rücken per Challenge Tour statt per Q School nach. Außerdem offenbar keine Lückenfüllung mehr mit Spielern, die auf Verdacht am Turnierort erscheinen und nicht sowieso die nächsten Nachrücker per CT-Rangliste sind. (Da gab es teilweise PC-Teilnehmer, die zig Plätze unterhalb des Melde-Cutoffs waren.) Weitere relevante Regelungen kommen auch gleich noch bei 4.7.

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4.4 Entry to European Tour non-UK qualifiers is open to any player from the relevant nations on payment of the relevant entry fee. However, once a player has participated in two European or Host Nation qualifying events in any one calendar year, that player must become a PDPA ProTour member in order to participate in further qualifying events that year. Nordic & Baltic or East European qualifier entrants are not subject to this rule for 2017.

Entry to European Tour UK qualifiers is open to any Tour Card Holder and any player who finished in the top 32 of UK and non-European players (including ties) of that year’s Q School.

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4.4 Entry to European Tour non-UK qualifiers is open to any player from the relevant nations on payment of the relevant entry fee (if applicable). However, once a player has participated as a Day Member in two West & South Europe or Host Nation qualifying Events in any one calendar year, that player may not participate in further qualifying Events that year unless he played at least one day at the 2018 European Q School. Nordic & Baltic or East European qualifier entrants are not subject to this rule for 2018.

Entry to European Tour UK qualifying Events is open to any UK Full Member and any UK player ranked in the top 32 of UK and non-European players (including ties) of the Challenge Tour Order of Merit as of the Event entry deadline.

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Auch inzwischen bekannt - statt "mehr als 2 ET-Qualis nur mit Sondergebühr" jetzt "mehr als 2 ET-Qualis nur per Q School". (Allerdings ist der "unless he played at least one day at the 2018 European Q School"-Passus de facto überflüssig, weil Day Members ja per Definition nicht die Q School gespielt haben...)

Und auch hier die UK-Associates jetzt teilnahmeberechtigt per CT-Platzierung, nicht mehr QS.

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4.5 (...) - UK Qualifier: shall produce 18 players from those entered and eligible under rule 4.4. Players with the following nationalities are eligible to enter: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Gibraltar.
- West & South Europe Qualifier: shall produce eight players from those entered and eligible under rule 4.4. Players with the following nationalities are eligible to enter: Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, Andorra, Italy, San Marino, Monaco, Malta, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey. (...)
- East Europe Qualifier: shall produce one player from those entered and eligible under rule 4.4. Players with the following nationalities are eligible to enter: Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo and any state not listed here which falls within the EADC region.

Nur Fehlerkorrekturen aus dem letztjährigen Update, mit Ausnahme der Verschiebung der Gibraltarer in den UK Qualifier, analog zur Q School in diesem Jahr.

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In the case of the 2018 European Tour Event to be staged in Denmark, the four Host Nation qualifiers shall be allocated two to Denmark and two to the rest of the PDC Nordic & Baltic region combined. The Nordic & Baltic qualifying place for this Event will be awarded to the highest ranked player from the PDCNB region on the main Order of Merit as per the cut-off date.

In the case of the 2018 European Tour Event to be staged in Gibraltar, the four Host Nation qualifiers shall be allocated to a stand-alone qualification event for Gibraltar based players who shall, for this Event only, not be eligible to compete in the UK qualifier.

Neu hereingenommene Ausnahmeregelungen.

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The UK Qualifier, West Europe Qualifier and Host Nation Qualifier will each feature one seed per qualifying place available, based on the ProTour Order of Merit. The East Europe Qualifiers and Nordic & Baltic Qualifiers will be unseeded.

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Qualifying Events shall be seeded from the ProTour Order of Merit depending on the number of qualifying places with one seed per place available.

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De facto keine wirkliche Änderung, nur alles vereinfacht. Einzig für die Dänemark-Qualis dürfte die Umformulierung relevant sein, da damit feststehen dürfte, dass es dort jeweils zwei Seeds geben soll, anders als bei den normalen Nordic-Qualis (die für das Ausspielen eines Startplatzes logischerweise nicht seeden).

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PDPA members who are not of a nationality covered by the above qualification criteria (i.e. non-European) may participate in the UK qualifier. Non-PDPA members who are not of a nationality covered by the above qualification criteria (i.e. non-European) may participate in the West & South Europe qualifier.

Hier hat sich nichts am Wortlaut geändert - was interessanterweise der vor der Q School bekanntgewordenen Regel widerspricht, dass nicht-europäische Teilnehmer an der Europa-QS (d.h. Diogo Portela) jetzt die South & West-Qualis spielen dürfen/müssen. Mal schauen, wie sich das entwickelt.

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4.6 The entry fee for all ProTour events, including UK qualifiers for European Tour events, is £100 for Tour Card holders, Associate Members and other Full Members.

European Tour Host Nation and West Europe qualifying events can be entered by eligible players for a fee of €125. (includes a €15 Day Membership supplement).

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4.6 There is no entry fee for players to enter ProTour Events, including qualifiers for European Tour Events.

Any player who enters and subsequently withdraws from an Event will be subject to rule 4.14.

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Die Abschaffung der Startgelder. Und noch ein Passus, der eigentlich so klingt, als müssten die ET-Qualis auch für Day Members jetzt startgeldfrei sein...

4.14 ist die Strafandrohung beim Fernbleiben von gemeldeten Turnieren, als Erinnerung an die Spieler, dass sie jetzt trotzdem nicht einfach für alles melden sollen, nur weil's nix mehr kostet.

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4.7 The closing date for Tour Card holders to enter for the main draw of Players Championship events will be 1400 UK time on the Tuesday the week before each tournament is due to be played (for the avoidance of doubt, this is 11 days before a Saturday event).

The closing date for Associate Members to fill any remaining spaces in the last 128 of an event will be 1400 on the Friday the week before each tournament is due to be played (for the avoidance of doubt, this is eight days before a Saturday event).

Tour Card holders who miss their appointed deadline but enter in the interim period before the Associate Member deadline passes will have their entries voided and may lose their entry fee.

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4.7 The closing date for entries for the main draw of Players Championship Events will be 1400 UK time on the Tuesday the week before each Event is due to be played (for the avoidance of doubt, this is 11 days before a Saturday Event).

Associate Members shall be informed as soon as possible after this deadline whether their entry has been successful.

Only Associate Members who entered by the appointed deadline shall be considered for ‘top up’ places if not all Full Members enter an Event.

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Nach ein paar Jahren ist die aus pragmatischen Gründen eingeführte Zusatz-Deadline für Associates am Freitag wieder Geschichte. Das bedeutet im Idealfall auch, das die PC-Meldelisten zukünftig vielleicht wieder etwas früher erscheinen, und nicht teilweise erst in der Turnierwoche, wie zuletzt häufig gesehen.

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4.10 All ProTour main draw matches will be best of 11 legs throughout except for European Tour semi-finals (best of 13 legs) and final (best of 15 legs).

Wurde auch schon vor längerem erwähnt - jetzt etwas mehr Darts in der finalen Session der ET-Turniere.

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4.12 (...) Draws for European Tour Events will be conducted either following the UK qualifier or the completion of the field for the last 48 at the PDC’s discretion and with the intention of ensuring players have the most possible time to plan their travel arrangements for the Event.

Jetzt komplett im Ermessen der PDC, wann sie die ET-Auslosungen machen wollen. Bleibt abzuwarten, was das in der Praxis bedeutet. (Vielleicht gar nichts.)

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4.14 (...) First offence: £300
Second offence: £600
Third offence: £1200
Fourth offence: DRA referral

Die DRA-Strafen für ungerechtfertigtes Fernbleiben vom Turnier sind um 20% inflationiert worden, vorher 250 / 500 / 1000.

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4.15 All games are 501 up, straight start and finishing on a double. The player on the left of the draw will throw first for the bull to determine who throws first in the first leg. The throw will then be reversed and alternate thereafter. All darts will be removed before each player throws.

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4.15 All matches shall be played under the General Playing Rules of the Darts Regulation Authority, as covered in Section 5 of the DRA Rule Book published on its website.

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Damit befinden sich jetzt keine spiel-spezifischen Regelungen mehr in den eigenen Regeln der PDC.

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4.18 Players who are timed out, fail to complete or who otherwise miss their scheduled match shall not be entitled to receive the prize money eligible to them for participating in that round or have it added to their applicable Order of Merit totals.

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4.19 Players who are timed out, fail to complete or who otherwise miss their scheduled match shall be awarded loser money for that round and be eliminated from the Event unless their withdrawal instigates a referral to the DRA in which case their prize money payment will be withheld subject to the DRA’s investigation and not appear on any Order of Merit until that investigation has been concluded.

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Bei z.B. einer zum Spielabbruch führenden Erkrankung oder Verletzung können Spieler jetzt also trotzdem ihr Preisgeld erhalten, wenn es keine Zweifel an der Ernsthaftigkeit des Grundes gibt. ("Musste meinen Flug erreichen" dürfte also auch weiterhin nicht gehen...)

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A player who benefits from a bye but then loses the match in the round in to which they were placed as a result of the bye shall only be awarded prize money based on the previous round. For example, if a player receives a bye from the first round in to the second round of an Event, but then loses in the second round, he shall only receive and be awarded first round loser prize money. However, if he wins his second round match but loses in the third round, he shall be awarded third round loser prize money.

Ist komplett neu im Regelwerk. Der Absatz ist ein Teil von 4.19 (siehe voriger Block), was es nicht eindeutig macht, ob "benefits from a bye" in diesem Zusammenhang lediglich ein Freilos durch ein abgesagtes Spiel bedeutet, oder auch direkt gezogene Freilose.

(Die separate Regelung, dass Seeds auf der European Tour kein Preisgeld für die OOM erhalten, besteht weiterhin unverändert. Das könnte darauf hindeuten, dass hier nur unerwartete Freilose gemeint sind.)

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4.20 If a player intends competing in any Event despite suffering from illness or injury which may affect his performance, he must report this to the Tournament Director in advance. Failure to do this may result in a DRA referral.

Verdeutlicht, dass es bei dieser Regel speziell um Fälle geht, in denen Spieler potenziell deutlich unter ihrer Normalleistung bleiben könnten. Ob das in Verbindung mit der neu formulierten 4.19 womöglich bedeutet, dass Spieler wie z.B. Kist im letzten Jahr vom Turnierdirektor rausgenommen werden könnten, um das Ansehen des Turniers zu schützen, aber dann zum Ausgleich trotzdem noch Anrecht aufs Preisgeld hätten?

Sektion 5, Qualifying School

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Zitat

5.3 A Merit Table shall be compiled based on the following criteria to determine the allocation of any additional Tour Cards as necessary:
Last 128 defeat: 1 point (assuming a minimum of 256 entrants is reached)
Last 64 defeat: 2 points
Last 32 defeat: 3 points
Last 16 defeat: 5 points
Last 8 defeat: 9 points

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Zitat

5.3 A Merit Table for each Q School shall be compiled with players awarded one point per win from the first round which is drawn without byes to determine the allocation of any additional Tour Cards as necessary.

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Ist mittlerweile schon durch als Thema, aber zur Vollständigkeit nochmal die in diesem Jahr neu zur Anwendung gekommene QS-Punkteregelung (die vermutlich auch in den nächsten Jahren so bestehen bleiben wird).

Zitat

If two or more players are tied on points, they will be separated in the ranking list by a countback, one Event at a time, until they can be separated. If they can not be separated after all matches have been taken in to consideration, legs won will be used to determine positions in the Merit Table and then leg difference if that does not separate the players. If the players still can not be split, a play-off will be organised.

Es gab in diesem Jahr einen zusätzlichen Tiebreaker für die QS-Ranglisten.

Sektion 6, Challenge Tour/Development Tour/World Youth Championship

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6.1 Entry to Challenge Tour events is open to all players who participated in the 2017 [2018] Q School but did not obtain a Tour Card.

Entry is also open to players who did not compete in the 2017 Q School but have paid the £250 Secondary Tour membership fee to the PDPA. These players are not entitled to receive any of the additional benefits open to Challenge Tour players including, for the avoidance of doubt, competing in any other PDC events

Wie schon bekannt, in diesem Jahr keine offenen Meldungen zur Challenge Tour mehr möglich.

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6.3 The World Youth Championship starts at the Last 64 stage and is comprised of up to 16 international invitations (...)

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6.3 The World Youth Championship starts at the Last 64 round and is comprised of a minimum of 16 invitations (...)

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Ab diesem Jahr mehr internationale Einladungen zur Youth-WM? "International" vermutlich gestrichen wegen der JDC-Einladungen seit einigen Jahren.

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6.6 (...) If there are fewer than 128 entries for any Challenge or Development Tour events, exemptions to the last 64 shall be awarded based on the relevant Order of Merit in order from top down.

Gestrichen. Unwahrscheinlich, dass CT/DT-Turniere unter die 128er Marke fallen werden, aber falls doch, werden die Freilose ins Preisgeld wieder offen verteilt.

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6.9 The following incentives are on offer to players competing in the Challenge Tour, Development Tour and World Youth Championship:

- The finalists of the 2018 World Youth Championship receive a one-year invitation to the 2019 Grand Slam of Darts subject to the entry criteria as stated in rule 3.1 of this document.
- The winner of the 2018 World Youth Championship receives an invitation to the 2018/19 World Championship.
- The highest ranked player on the 2018 Development Tour Order of Merit receives an invitation to the 2018/19 World Championship.

Nachdem die Nr. 1 der Dev Tour im letzten Jahr ad hoc in die WM befördert wurde, steht es diesmal von Beginn an fest.

Zitat

- The 2018 Challenge and Development Tour Order of Merit winners and runners-up will receive two-year Tour Cards for 2019 and 2020.

NOTE: if any of the players who achieve the above otherwise qualify for a Tour Card or reject their invitations, places will not be offered further down the Challenge and Development Tour Orders of Merit.

Wie schon weiter oben erwähnt, das "not" ist offiziell wieder weg, nachdem sie schon für dieses Jahr Adam Hunt entgegen der eigentlichen Planung eine Tour Card als Nachrücker über die Dev Tour gegeben haben. Hoffentlich bleibt es zur Abwechslung auch mal länger so...

Sektion 7, General

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7.6 For clarification, reference to ‘non-UK’ in this document shall refer to mainland Europe, America, Asia, Africa or Oceania. Players from Gibraltar and the Republic of Ireland shall be included with UK players.

Gibraltar auch hier jetzt generell als Teil des UK, soweit es das Regelwerk betrifft.

Das war's.

Zitat von mocky

Wenn man ganz spitzfindig sein will, macht das aber schon einen Unterschied. Nämlich den, dass der in der ProTour höchstplatzierte Spieler in der ersten (unvollständigen) Runde ein Freilos garantiert hat.

Berechtigter Einwand. Müsste man mal darauf achten, ob sie es bei der PDCNB und in Osteuropa beachten.

(Anscheinend nicht - Razma als einziger NB-Spieler, der in den bereinigten OOMs noch Preisgeld stehen hat, musste bei der ET1-Quali durch die Vorrunde.)