With a third of the 2024/25 WDF season gone, we already know 10 of the 84 players that will grace the famous Lakeside stage at the 2025 WDF World Championships.
Following the latest rankings update and in line with published World Championship Qualification Criteria, taking into account the results from the past weekend's events in Slovakia and the USA, the provisional fields for this year's World Championships as of Monday, February 24th are as follows.
Men
Top 16
1. Shane McGuirk (IRE) - 2024 World Championship winner
2. Jeffrey Sparidaans (NED) - 2025 Dutch Open winner, West Europe ranking table
3. James Beeton (ENG)
4. David Fatum (USA)
5. Thomas Junghans (SWI)
6. David Cameron (CAN) - 2025 Las Vegas Open winner
7. Marko Kantele (FIN) - 2024 Irish Open winner
8. Jason Brandon (USA)
9. Benjamin Pratnemer (SLO) - East Europe ranking table
10. Bradley Kirk (ENG)
11. Raymond Smith (AUS) - 2025 South Australian Classic winner, Australia ranking table
12. Karl Schaefer (AUS) - Australia ranking table
13. Ryan Hogarth (SCO) - UK & Ireland ranking table
14. Jimmy van Schie (NED)
15. Paul Lim (SGP)
16. Martyn Turner (ENG) - UK & Ireland ranking table
Gold & Platinum Event Winners
17. Denmark Open winner
18. Toronto Area Open winner
19. New Zealand Open winner
20. Korean Open winner
Regional Ranking Table Qualifiers
21. Robert Okalany (UGA) - Africa & Western Asia
22. Teng-Lieh Pupo (TAI) - Asia
23. Tseng Chi-Jui (TAI) - Asia
24. Robbie King (AUS) - Australia ranking table
25. Robbie Mills (CAN) - Canada ranking table
26. Chad Brook (CAN) - Canada ranking table
27. Hannes Schnier (AUT) - East Europe ranking table
28. Jonny Tata (NZL) - New Zealand ranking table
29. Mark Cleaver (NZL) - New Zealand ranking table
30. North Europe #1
31. North Europe #2
32. Alex Spellman (USA) - USA ranking table
33. Jason Brandon (USA) - USA ranking table
34. Norbert Attard (MLT) - West Europe ranking table
Race Table
35. Brian Raman (BEL)
36. Francois Schweyen (BEL)
37. Alain Abiabi (PHI)
38. Jeff Springer Jr (USA)
39. Andy Davidson (SCO)
40. Aaron Turner (ENG)
41. David Platt (AUS)
42. Scott Walters (ENG)
43. Peter Machin (AUS)
44. Darren Johnson (ENG)
Qualifiers*
45. Qualifier #1
46. Qualifier #2
47. Qualifier #3
48. Qualifier #4
Women
Top 8
1. Lerena Rietbergen (NED) - West Europe ranking table
2. Rhian O'Sullivan (WAL) - 2025 Dutch Open winner
3. Lorraine Hyde (SCO) - 2024 Irish Open winner, UK & Ireland ranking table
4. Deta Hedman (ENG) - 2025 Las Vegas Open winner
5. Beau Greaves (ENG) - 2024 World Championship winner
6. Sophie McKinlay (SCO)
7. Nicole Regnaud (NZL) - New Zealand ranking table
8. Paula Jacklin (ENG)
Gold / Platinum Event winners
9. Joanne Hadley (AUS) - 2025 South Australian Classic winner, Australia ranking table
10. Denmark Open winner
11. Toronto Area Open winner
12. New Zealand Open winner
13. Korean Open winner
Regional Ranking Table leaders
14. Sarah Makanga (UGA) - Africa & Western Asia ranking table
15. Pei-Ying Liao (TAI) - Asia ranking table
16. Maria Carli (CAN) - Canada ranking table
17. Greta Tekauer (HUN) - East Europe ranking table
18. North Europe #1
19. Tracy Feiertag (USA) - USA ranking table
Race Table
20. Irina Armstrong (GER)
21. Aileen de Graaf (NED)
22. Aletta Wajer (NED)
Qualifiers
23. Qualifier #1
24. Qualifier #2
Boys
Top 4
1. Florian Preis (GER)
2. Milan Brinkman (NED)
3. Balazs Szotak (HUN)
4. Bradley van der Velden (NED)
Qualifiers
5. Qualifier #1
6. Qualifier #2
7. Qualifier #3
8. Qualifier #4
Girls
Top 2
1. Paige Pauling (ENG)
2. Hanna Rabakozi (HUN)
Qualifiers
3. Qualifier #1
4. Qualifier #2
*The spots marked as qualifiers in each World Championship will be determined by a one-off qualifying event to be held later this year.
Ranking Period
The qualification period for the 2024 WDF World Championship officially ends on Saturday, November 1st. This provisional qualification list will be updated every week in the run-up to this cut-off point as the fields continue to take shape.
The next scheduled senior WDF ranking tournaments are set to take place on March 1st and 2nd, with the Winter Special and Classic events in Hungary and the Great Lakes Open Youth in Australia.
