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.
Men
The 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 16
The 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 NED
8. Mark Barilli SCO
9. Kai Fan Leung HKG
10. 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 FRA
14. Alexander Merkx NED (West Europe Regional table)
15. Peter Machin AUS (Australia Regional table)
16. Barry Copeland NIR
Platinum and Gold Ranking Tournaments
Winners 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) - spot subsequently vacated by virtue of Owen becoming a PDC Tour Card holder
21. Raymond Smith AUS (Australian Darts Open 2022)
WDF Regional Tables
The 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 Table
28. Darren Johnson ENG
29. James Richardson ENG
30. Nick Kenny WAL - spot subsequently vacated by virtue of Kenny becoming a PDC Tour Card holder
31. Benjamin Pratnemer SLO
32. Antony Allen ENG
33. Jamie Lewis WAL
34. Moreno Blom NED
35. Martyn Turner ENG
36. Richard Veenstra NED - spot subsequently vacated by virtue of Veenstra becoming a PDC Tour Card holder
37. Scott Marsh ENG
38. Gary Stone SCO
39. Dennie Olde Kalter NED
40. Mike Gillet WAL
41. Gabor Takacs HUN
42. Jonathan Tata NZL
43. David Pallett ENG
44. David Kirwan SCO
Women
The 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 upon the Lakeside stage, with the line ups completed by those placed highest in the main WDF world ranking lists.
WDF Main Ranking Table 8
The 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 NED
5. Rhian O’Sullivan WAL
6. Wendy Harper NZL (New Zealand Regional table)
7. Lorraine Winstanley ENG
8. Anca Zijlstra NED
Platinum and Gold Ranking Tournaments
Winners of the Platinum and Gold graded tournaments from 2022:
9. Victoria Monaghan NZL (New Zealand Open 2022)
WDF Regional Tables
The 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 Table
15. Kirsty Hutchinson ENG
16. Suzanne Smith ENG
17. Nicole Regnaud NZL
18. Jo Clements ENG
19. Lorraine Hyde SCO
20. Paula Jacklin ENG
21. Priscilla Steenbergen NED
22. Laura Turner ENG
Qualifying Competitions
Four men and two women came through the one-day event held at De Bonte Wever in Assen on December 12th to complete the lineup for the 2023 WDF World Championships.
Men
Jarno Bottenberg NED
Christian Goedl AUT
Shaun McDonald SCO
Arjan Konterman NED
Women
Mayumi Ouchi JAP
Almudena Fajardo SPA
Youth Tournaments
Four Boys and two girls came through the early rounds held at De Bonte Wever in Assen on December 11th to determine the final stage lineups for the 2023 WDF World Championships.
Boys
Luke Littler ENG
Bradley van der Velden NED
Mats Theobald GER
Adam Dee IRE
Girls
Aurora Fochesato ITA
Krisztina Turai HUN
