Following the completion of the final WDF ranking events in Italy and Russia, the World Darts Federation have formally sent invitations to 44 men and 22 women to compete at the 2022 Lakeside World Championships.
The winners of 9 platinum/gold events and the top ranked players in each of the 8 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.
WOMEN
The top 8 women in the world rankings that accept their invitations will be seeded into the second round. The provisional list of seeds and invited players is as follows.
- Deta Hedman ENG (England Open 2021)
- Anastasia Dobromyslova RDF (Irish Open 2021)
- Fallon Sherrock ENG (UK/Ireland regional table & British Open 2021)
- Anca Zijlstra NED (Denmark Open 2021)
- Aileen de Graaf NED (West Europe regional table & Dutch Open 2020)
- Beau Greaves ENG (Scottish Open 2020)
- Kirsty Hutchinson ENG (Welsh Open 2021)
- Maria O’Brien ENG
- Lorraine Winstanley ENG
- Corrine Hammond AUS
- Suzanne Smith ENG
- Lorraine Hyde SCO
- Laura Turner ENG
- Paula Jacklin ENG
- Paula Murphy USA (USA regional table & Seacoast Open 2021)
- Amanda Harwood ENG
INVITATIONS
- Elena Shulgina RDF (North Europe regional table)
- Veronika Ihasz HUN (East Europe regional table)
- Tori Kewish AUS (Australia regional table)
- Desi Mercer NZL* (New Zealand regional table)
- Darlene van Sleeuwen CAN (Canada regional table)
- Mikuru Suzuki JPN (World Champion 2020)
*New Zealand regional ranking No.1 Wendy Harper has declined her invitation.
MEN
The top 16 men in the world rankings that accept their invitations will be seeded into the second round. The provisional list of seeds and invited players is as follows.
- Brian Raman BEL (England Open 2021)
- Thibault Tricole FRA (Denmark Open 2021)
- Wayne Warren WAL (World Champion 2020)
- Ross Montgomery SCO (Dutch Open 2020)
- Neil Duff NIR (UK/Ireland regional table)
- James Hurrell ENG
- Andy Baetens BEL
- Luke Littler ENG (Irish Open 2021)
- Richard Veenstra NED (West Europe regional table)
- Scott Marsh ENG (British Open 2021)
- Jules van Dongen USA (USA regional table & Seacoast Open 2021)
- Nick Fullwell ENG
- Michael Warburton WAL
- Cameron Menzies SCO (Welsh Open 2021)
- Aleksey Kadochnikov RDF
- Antony Allen ENG
- Aaron Turner ENG
- Leonard Gates USA (USA regional table)
- James Richardson ENG
- Dave Parletti ENG
- Connor Scutt ENG
- Mark Barilli SCO
- John Desreumaux BEL (West Europe regional table)
- Mark Graham WAL
- Ben Hazel ENG
- Francesco Raschini ITA
- Martin Adams ENG
- Paul Hogan ENG
- Lee Shewan ENG
- Steve Hine ENG
- Ian Jones ENG
- Andreas Harrysson SWE (North Europe regional table)
- Jim McEwan SCO
- Dave Prins ENG
INVITATIONS
- Haupai Puha NZL (New Zealand regional table)
- Roman Obukhov RDF (North Europe regional table)
- Sebastian Steyer POL (East Europe regional table)
- Laszlo Kadar ROM (East Europe regional table)
- David Cameron CAN (Canada regional table)
- Jeremy Fagg AUS (Australia regional table)
- Shawn Burt CAN (Canada regional table)
- Rory Hansen CAN (Canada regional table)
- Landon Gardiner NZL* (New Zealand regional table)
- Justin Thompson AUS** (Australia regional table)
*New Zealand regional ranking No.1 Warren Parry has declined his invitation.
**Australia regional ranking No.2 Donovan Lottering has declined his invitation.
QUALIFYING COMPETITIONS
The 48-man and 24-woman fields will be finalised at the WDF World Championship qualifying competitions on Sunday 5th December. 2 men and 1 woman will qualify from EACH of the TWO play-off competitions, being held in Frimley Green, England and in Assen, the Netherlands.
In addition, the WDF World Youth Championships with separate competitions for boys and girls will also take place, with 2 boys and 1 girl going through from both Assen and Frimley Green to compete upon the Lakeside stage in January.
Entries to the men’s, women’s, boys and girls qualifying competitions can still be made via the following links.
LAKESIDE COUNTRY CLUB, FRIMLEY GREEN, ENGLAND
DE BONTE WEVER, ASSEN, THE NETHERLANDS
