Lakeside Lists Released

AFTER what has been a difficult but ultimately successful year the WDF have released their invitations for next year’s World Championship at Lakeside.

It seems a shame to many that there are still only 48 and 24 players that will represent the men’s and women’s amateur game in Frimley Green sometime next spring. Yet, but the same token the mere fact that a complete WDF year with a World Championship, and now a World Masters, under their belt has been delivered post-Covid, can only be good for the global reach of darts.

Here are the WDF’s invited players and the details of when the others will be added:

Following the completion of the final WDF ranking events of the season in The Netherlands, the World Darts Federation would like to congratulate the 44 men and 22 women that will be receiving invitations to compete at the 2023 Lakeside World Championships.

MenThe top 16 men in the WDF Main Ranking table for 2022, the winners of the 12 platinum/gold events and the top ranked players in each of the 7 WDF regional tables are guaranteed a place upon the Lakeside stage, with the line ups completed by those placed highest in the main WDF world ranking lists.WDF Main Ranking Table 16The top 16 men in the WDF Main Ranking table for 2022:1. Jelle Klaasen NED (Dutch Open and Irish Open 2022)2. Neil Duff NIR (World Championship 2022)3. James Hurrell ENG (Scottish Open 2022 and UK&I Regional table)4. Haupai Puha NZL (New Zealand Regional table)5. Danny Lauby USA (USA ranking table)6. Andy Baetens BEL (West Europe Regional table)7. Chris Landman NED8. Mark Barilli SCO9. Kai Fan Leung HKG10. Wesley Plaisier NED (World Masters 2022)11. Ben Robb NZL (New Zealand Open 2022 and New Zealand Regional table)12. Luke Littler ENG (Welsh Open 2022 and UK&I Regional table)13. Thibault Tricole FRA14. Alexander Merkx NED (West Europe Regional table)15. Peter Machin AUS (Australia Regional table)16. Barry Copeland NIRPlatinum and Gold Ranking TournamentsWinners of the Platinum and Gold graded tournaments from 2022:17. Dave Prins ENG (Isle of Man Open 2022)18. Reece Colley ENG (British Open 2022)19. Sebastian Bialecki POL (Denmark Open 2022)20. Robert Owen WAL (England Classic 2022)21. Raymond Smith AUS (Australian Darts Open 2022)WDF Regional TablesThe No1 and No2 ranked players from each of the 7 WDF Regional Tables for 2022:22. Aaron Morrison AUS (Australia Regional table)23. Dennis Nilsson SWE (North Europe Regional table)24. Ricky Nauman SWE (North Europe Regional table)25. Jim Widmayer USA (USA Regional table)26. Laszlo Kadar ROM (Eastern Europe Regional table)27. Patrik Kovacs HUN (Eastern Europe Regional table)WDF Main Ranking Table28. Darren Johnson ENG29. James Richardson ENG30. Nick Kenny WAL31. Benjamin Pratnemer SLO32. Antony Allen ENG33. Jamie Lewis WAL34. Moreno Blom NED35. Martyn Turner ENG36. Richard Veenstra NED37. Scott Marsh ENG38. Gary Stone SCO39. Dennie Olde Kalter NED40. Mike Gillet WAL41. Gabor Takacs HUN42. Jonathan Tata NZL43. David Pallett ENG44. David Kirwan SCOWomenThe top 8 women in the WDF Main Ranking table for 2022, the winners of the 12 platinum/gold events and the top-ranked

Players in each of the 7 WDF regional tables are guaranteed a place on the Lakeside stage, with the lineups

completed by those placed highest in the main WDF world ranking lists.WDF Main Ranking Table 8The top 8 women in the WDF Main Ranking table for 2022:1. Beau Greaves ENG (World Championship, Dutch Open, Isle of Man Open, Welsh Open, Australia Darts Open, England Classic, Irish Open 2022, World Masters 2022 and UK&I Regional table)2. Deta Hedman ENG (Scottish Open, Denmark Open 2022)3. Lisa Ashton ENG (British Open 2022)4. Aileen de Graaf NED5. Rhian O’Sullivan WAL6. Wendy Harper NZL (New Zealand Regional table)7. Lorraine Winstanley ENG8. Anca Zijlstra NEDPlatinum and Gold Ranking TournamentsWinners of the Platinum and Gold graded tournaments from 2022:9. Victoria Monaghan NZL (New Zealand Open 2022)WDF Regional TablesThe No1 ranked player from each of the 7 WDF Regional Tables for 2022:10. Anna Forsmark SWE (North Europe Regional table)11. Paula Murphy USA (USA Regional table)12. Aletta Wajer NED (Western Europe Regional table)13. Kym Mitchell AUS (Australia Regional table)14. Veronika Ihasz HUN (Eastern Europe Regional table)WDF Main Ranking Table15. Kirsty Hutchinson ENG16. Suzanne Smith ENG17. Nicole Regnaud NZL18. Jo Clements ENG19. Lorraine Hyde SCO20. Paula Jacklin ENG21. Priscilla Steenbergen NED22. Laura Turner ENGQualifying CompetitionsThe 48-man and 24-woman fields will be finalised at the WDF World Championship qualifier on Monday, December 12th. Four men and two women will come through the one-day event held at De Bonte Wever in Assen.

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Words: WDF and DW Editorial

Images: WDF/Chris Sargent

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