THE dates and venues for the 2019 PDC Asian Tour have been confirmed, with 12 tournaments to be held in next year's $120,000USD circuit.

The PDC Asian Tour was introduced in 2018 to great success as players from across the region competed across six weekends.

Eventual Order of Merit winner Lourence Ilagan won four tournaments during the year to top the rankings, ahead of Seigo Asada, Royden Lam and Noel Malicdem.

Malicdem also landed a nine-dart finish during the year, while that quartet - along with Sinapore's Paul Lim - will all compete later in December at the William Hill World Darts Championship.

The 2019 Asian Tour will begin on January 26-27 in Seoul, with the first of six double-header weekends as players compete in tournaments worth $10,000USD per event.

Further weekends will be held in Kobe, Tacloban, Taipei and Hong Kong, with details of the final weekend of the year being finalised.

For further details and entry information, please visit www.pdc-asia.tv.

2019 PDC Asian Tour
Events One & Two
January 26-27, PDK Darts Stadium, Seoul

Events Three & Four
February 16-17, Kobe Sanbo-Hall, Kobe

Events Five & Six
March 30-31, Leyte Academic Center, Pawing, Palo, Leyte

Events Seven & Eight
June 22-23, G Club, Taipei

Events Nine & Ten
July 27-28, Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

Events 11 & 12
Dates & Venue TBC

The Macau event seems to have been moved to Hong Kong. Malaysia is the missing host so far

Entries for the first event coming through, cut off mid week with events next weekend.

http://www.pdc-asia.tv/en/2019/1/entrylist.html

The Jolly Man wrote: ↑Sun Jan 20, 2019 9:12 pm Entries for the first event coming through, cut off mid week with events next weekend.

http://www.pdc-asia.tv/en/2019/1/entrylist.html

Final figure if 174 for the events

Add this to the 120 signed up for event on the DPA circuit this weekend and things look healthy as you travel round the world.

Interesting venue for 1st events, a darts stadium!

Quarter-final line up:

Ilagan v Gaweentuntavong
Lim v Leung
Shek v Perez
Lam v Hagane

Asada loses to Prince Shek in the last sixteen.

Looks like those who did well last year are back to do the same this year.

Excellent final. Lam wins it 5-4 despite a 105 average from Lim.

Great standard - this deserves a higher prize fund (as does the CT FWIW).

Paul Lim playing fantastically again, another early exit for Asada, got work to do in the coming events

Dannyboy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 26, 2019 11:50 am Great standard - this deserves a higher prize fund (as does the CT FWIW).

Average for the day was 68.2

Zapp Brannigan wrote: ↑Sun Jan 27, 2019 7:27 am

Dannyboy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 26, 2019 11:50 am Great standard - this deserves a higher prize fund (as does the CT FWIW).

Average for the day was 68.2

There is a lot of talent in Asia but it's very top-heavy at the moment. Maybe the prizes for the latter stages could be more, but that would create even more of an all of nothing situation so I'd say it's fine for now

Paul Lim beats Leung Kai Fan Kevin 5-2 in the final. Decent weekend for him then!

phil davies wrote: ↑Sun Jan 27, 2019 12:06 pm Lim sat atop the OOM after the first weekend probably will only need one more final run and he will have already gaunreteed himself a top 4 finish and another world champs appearance.

If so, he'd become the first player to play in it in 5 different decades - 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, 20s.

phil davies wrote: ↑Sun Jan 27, 2019 12:06 pm Lim sat atop the OOM after the first weekend probably will only need one more final run and he will have already gaunreteed himself a top 4 finish and another world champs appearance.

Worth pointing out that Lim would have missed out if Asada hadn't won the Japanese qualifier, but yeah, he's already gone a long way to securing another Ally Pally appearance

Smart move to make all the players in a floor tourney wear a PDC Asia badge at the PDK Satdium.
Gives a very professional look when you see the photos from the event.

BOOM wrote: ↑Sun Jan 27, 2019 12:22 pm
If so, he'd become the first player to play in it in 5 different decades - 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, 20s.

Technically so could Magnis Caris as his games in the 2010 Worlds were played in 2009

el_ringo wrote: ↑Mon Jan 28, 2019 8:20 pm

BOOM wrote: ↑Sun Jan 27, 2019 12:22 pm
If so, he'd become the first player to play in it in 5 different decades - 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, 20s.

Technically so could Magnis Caris as his games in the 2010 Worlds were played in 2009

Interesting loophole... Under that criteria, Lim's unlikely to play in the 20s in the 2020 Championship too.