The full playing schedule has been confirmed for the 2023 WDF Lakeside World Championships. Broadcast live from Saturday, December 2nd to Sunday, December 10th, 78 players will grace the iconic Lakeside stage in the hope of becoming a WDF World Champion.
The 2023 WDF Lakeside World Championships will kick off at the home of world darts on December 2nd with England’s Scott Marsh facing Polish teenager Sebastian Białecki for the right to face top seed Andy Baetens in the second round.
James Richardson gets his second Lakeside campaign underway in the first round on Saturday evening, while the popular American Leonard Gates will face New Zealand debutant Brian Corbett on Sunday evening.
Beau Greaves will begin her title defence on Monday evening against either Lorraine Hyde or Laura Turner. That game is part of a stellar session also set to feature Men’s No.1 seed Andy Baetens, the current England captain James Hurrell and 2022 World Masters finalist Barry Copeland.
2022 Men’s Champion Neil Duff enters the tournament on Tuesday evening, facing either Moreno Blom or Gábor Takács. Joining ‘The Duffman’ in action that night will be 2006 World Champion Jelle Klaasen and three-time Lakeside finalist Deta Hedman.
Tournament Structure
The tournament’s opening weekend will feature 24 top tungsten tussles, with 16 Men and 8 Women progressing through to the second round.
The Men’s Second Round will run through from Monday, December 4th to the first game of the evening session of Wednesday, December 6th. The Women’s Second Round, meanwhile, has two games a day from Monday, December 4th through to Thursday, December 7th.
The Last 16 of the Men’s tournament will be settled between December 6th and 7th, with the quarter-finals in the Men’s and Women’s Championships taking place on what is certain to be a dramatic Friday.
Saturday, December 9th will be ‘Semi-Final Saturday’, with the finalists in the Men’s, Women’s and Boys tournaments determined ahead of four World Champions being crowned on Sunday, December 10th.
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2023 WDF Lakeside World Championship Schedule
Saturday 2 December
1pm
R1 – Scott Marsh (ENG) v Sebastian Białecki (POL)
R1 - Jo Clements (ENG) v Veronika Ihász (HUN)
R1 - Aaron Turner (ENG) v Ricky Nauman (SWE)
R1 - Jordan Brooks (ENG) v Dennis Nilsson (SWE)
R1 - Paula Murphy (USA) v Almudena Fajardo (SPA)
R1 - Dave Prins (ENG) v Reece Colley (ENG)
7pm
R1 - James Richardson (ENG) v Christian Goedl (AUT)
R1 - Aletta Wajer (NED) v Paula Jacklin (ENG)
R1 - Patrik Kovacs (HUN) v Jim Widmayer (USA)
R1 - Jonny Tata (NZL) v Shaun McDonald (SCO)
R1 - Lorraine Hyde (SCO) v Laura Turner (ENG)
R1 - Danny Porter (AUS) v Arjan Konterman (NED)
Sunday 3 December
1pm
R1 - Liam Maendl-Lawrance (GER) v Mike Gillet (WAL)
R1 - Kirsty Hutchinson (ENG) v Mayumi Ouchi (JPN)
R1 - Laszlo Kadar (ROM) v Edwin Torbjörnsson (SWE)
R1 - Moreno Blom (NED) v Gábor Takács (HUN)
R1 - Kym Mitchell (AUS) v Priscilla Steenbergen (NED)
R1 - Jamie Lewis (WAL) v Jarno Bottenberg (NED)
7pm
R1 – Thomas Junghans (SWI) v David Pallett (ENG)
R1 - Suzanne Smith (ENG) v Victoria Monaghan (NZL)
R1 - Benjamin Pratnemer (SLO) v Davie Kirwan (SCO)
R1 - Leonard Gates (USA) v Brian Corbett (NZL)
R1 - Nicole Regnaud (NZL) v Anna Forsmark (SWE)
R1 - Antony Allen (ENG) v Dennie Olde Kalter (NED)
Monday 4 December
1pm
R2 - #12 Peter Machin (AUS) v Richardson/Goedl
R2 - #8 Anca Zijlstra (NED) v Murphy/Fajardo
R2 - #9 Mark Barilli (SCO) v Kovacs/Widmayer
R2 - #16 Gary Stone (SCO) v A Turner/Nauman
7pm
R2 - #8 Barry Copeland (NIR) v Tata/McDonald
R2 - #1 Beau Greaves (ENG) v Hyde/Turner
R2 - #1 Andy Baetens (BEL) v Marsh/Białecki
R2 - #4 James Hurrell (ENG) v Brooks/Nilsson
Tuesday 5 December
1pm
R2 - #13 Alexander Merkx (NED) v Porter/Konterman
R2 - #5 Rhian O’Sullivan (WAL) v Smith/Monaghan
R2 - #15 Martyn Turner (ENG) v Maendl-Lawrance/Gillet
R2 - #5 Wesley Plaisier (NED) v Prins/Colley
7pm
R2 - #3 Jelle Klaasen (NED) v Kadar/Torbjörnsson
R2 - #4 Deta Hedman (ENG) v Wajer/Jacklin
R2 - #2 Neil Duff (NIR) v Blom/Takács
R2 - John Scott (ENG) v Gates/Corbett
Wednesday 6 December
1pm
R2 - #7 Chris Landman (NED) v Pratnemer/Kirwan
R2 - #7 Lorraine Winstanley (ENG) v Clements/Ihász
R2 - #10 Kai Fan Leung (HKG) v Junghans/Pallett
R2 - #14 Darren Johnson (ENG) v Allen/Olde Kalter
7pm
R2 - #6 Danny Lauby (USA) v Lewis/Bottenberg
R2 - #2 Aileen de Graaf (NED) v Regnaud/Forsmark
R3 - 2 x Men's matches
Thursday 7 December
1pm
R2 – #6 Wendy Harper (NZL) v Hutchinson/Ouchi
R3 – 3 x Men's matches
7pm
R2 - #3 Lisa Ashton (ENG) v Mitchell/Steenbergen
R3 – 3 x Men's matches
Friday 8 December Quarter-Finals Day
1pm
QF – 2 x Women's matches
QF – 2 x Men's matches
7pm
QF – 2 x Women's matches
QF – 2 x Men's matches
Saturday 9 December Semi-Finals Day
2pm
SF – Boys: Mats Theobald (GER) v Bradley Van der Velden (NED)
SF – Women
SF – Men
7pm
SF – Boys: András Borbély (HUN) v Adam Dee (IRE)
SF – Women
SF – Men
Sunday 10 December Finals Day
5pm
FINAL – Girls: Aurora Fochesato (ITA) Vs Krisztina Turai (HUN)
FINAL – Boys
FINAL – Women
FINAL – Men
PLAYING FORMAT
Men
R1 – 3 sets
R2 – 5 sets
R3 – 5 sets
QF – 7 sets
SF – 9 sets
Final – 11 sets
Women
R1 – 3 sets
R2 – 3 sets
QF – 3 sets
SF – 5 sets
Final – 7 sets
Youth
Boys SF – 3 sets
Girls Final – 3 sets
Boys Final – 5 sets
