In 2025, PDC announced European trip The rules will change again. This latest change means that the best players will be greater than ever before, in this process it makes life difficult to all outside the first 16. This turned out to be a controversial change, which leads to the criticism of many players, the latest is Josh Rock.
16 best in global rankings, which for the first time in 2024 was awarded to automatic entrance to tournaments, will be promoted to the second round. This means that big names, such as Michael Van Gerwen, Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, and especially Nathan Aspinall, who is currently outside the qualifying places for the Grand Prix World Grand Prix and other directions, will have many chances to qualify
In the first round, 16 best merits will be set up, which means that 32 players are pre -qualified: 16 best in the world ranking 16 best ranking players and 16 qualifiers.
“It makes no sense to have orders Pro Tour of Merit, if you work hard and will not work for you! Ordering Pro Tour of Merit led you to Saturday, and I sat in 7th place. Now they have changed it to the 16 best in the world – he says about the situation. “I am there, so I will be inside and go out until I get a bit of detachment from Michael Smith – because we are sitting in the same position.”
Josh Rock in action
“Rocky” does not agree with the new rules. “I do not agree with this, but I do not create the rules … so I will have to accept it!” Rock assesses.
“You want to be in the top 16, so you play on Saturday and you don’t have to travel on Thursday to play on Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Instead, you just travel on Friday, you play on Saturday and Sunday, and then you go back home on Monday, “he sums up, admitting that now it will direct him and the others on the edge of the first 16.” I think that it will give me, she will I am more striving to compete in other tournaments! “
