Reece Colley's victory at the World Open saw him become the latest player to automatically secure their spot at the 2024 WDF World Championships later this year.
Following the latest rankings update, taking into account the results from the past weekend's events in Hungary, Australia and Canada, the provisional fields for this year's World Championships as of Monday, October 14th are as follows.
Men
Players ranked 1-16
1. Wesley Plaisier (NED) - 2024 World Masters winner, West Europe ranking table
2. Danny Porter (AUS) - Australia ranking table
3. Jimmy van Schie (NED) - West Europe ranking table
4. Ben Robb (NZL) - 2024 New Zealand Open winner, New Zealand ranking table
5. Leonard Gates (USA) - USA ranking table
6. Neil Duff (NI)
7. Brandon Weening (AUS) - Australia ranking table
8. Liam Maendl-Lawrance (GER)
9. Peter Machin (AUS)
10. Thomas Junghans (SWI)
11. Alexander Merkx (NED)
12. Cliff Prior (ENG) - UK & Ireland ranking table
13. Edwin Torbjornsson (SWE) - North Europe ranking table
14. Jason Brandon (USA) - USA ranking table
15. Kai-Fan Leung (HKG)
16. Gary Stone (SCO)
Players ranked 17-32
17. Martyn Turner (ENG)
18. Carl Wilkinson (ENG) - UK & Ireland ranking table
19. Connor Scutt (ENG) - 2024 Denmark Open winner
20. Darren Johnson (ENG)
21. Moreno Blom (NED)
22. Benjamin Pratnemer (SLO) - East Europe ranking table
23. Matthew Edgar (ENG)
24. Francois Schweyen (BEL)
25. Jonny Tata (NZL)
26. Laszlo Kadar (ROM)
27. Ryan Hogarth (SCO)
28. Patrik Kovacs (HUN) - East Europe ranking table
29. Scott Walters (ENG)
30. Mark Barilli (SCO)
31. Aaron Morrison (AUS)
32. Jordan Brooks (ENG)
Players ranked 33-48
33. Sybren Gijbels (BEL)
34. Hannes Schnier (AUT)
35. Bjorn Lejon (SWE) - North Europe ranking table
36. Howard Jones (AUS) - 2024 South Australian Classic winner
37. Jarno Bottenberg (NED) - 2024 Dutch Open winner
38. Reece Colley (ENG) - 2024 World Open winner
39. Corne Groeneveld (NED) - Budapest Qualifier #4
40. Ky Smith (AUS) - 2023 South Australian Classic winner
41. Barry Copeland (NI) - Budapest Qualifier #3
42. Craig Brown (NZ) - New Zealand ranking table
43. Shane McGuirk (IRE) - 2023 Irish Open winner
44. Jacob Taylor (CAN) - 2024 Las Vegas Open winner
45. Bradley Kirk (ENG) - Budapest Qualifier #2
46. Paul Lim (SGP) - Asia-Pacific ranking table
47. Jun Matsuda (JPN) - Asia-Pacific ranking table
48. Jeff Springer Jr (USA) - Budapest Qualifier #1
Women
Players ranked 1-8
1. Beau Greaves (ENG) - 2023 World Championship winner, 2024 Dutch Open winner, 2024 Denmark Open winner, 2024 World Open winner, 2024 World Masters winner, UK & Ireland ranking table
2. Aileen de Graaf (NED) - 2023 Dutch Open winner, 2023 Irish Open winner
3. Rhian O'Sullivan (WAL)
4. Noa-Lynn van Leuven (NED) - 2023 Denmark Open winner, West Europe ranking table
5. Deta Hedman (ENG)
6. Nicole Regnaud (NZL) - 2024 New Zealand Open winner, New Zealand ranking table
7. Irina Armstrong (GER)
8. Desi Mercer (NZL)
Players ranked 9-16
9. Joanne Hadley (AUS) - Australia ranking table
10. Aletta Wajer (NED)
11. Amanda Loch (AUS) - 2023 South Australian Classic winner, 2024 South Australian classic winner
12. Wendy Harper (NZL)
13. Kym Mitchell (AUS)
14. Paula Murphy (USA) - USA ranking table
15. Lorraine Hyde (SCO)
16. Lisa Ashton (ENG) - 2023 Australian Darts Open winner
Players ranked 17-24
17. Kirsty Hutchinson (ENG)
18. Jitka Cisarova (CZE) - East Europe ranking table
19. Maud Jansson (SWE) - North Europe ranking table
20. Sophie McKinlay (SCO) - Budapest Qualifier #1
21. Mary-Anne Teinaki (NZL) - 2023 New Zealand Open winner
22. Kirsi Viinikainen (FIN) - Budapest Qualifier #2
23. Fallon Sherrock (ENG) - 2024 Las Vegas Open winner
24. Mayumi Ouchi (JPN) - Asia-Pacific ranking table
Boys
Players ranked 1-4
1. Jenson Walker (ENG)
2. Balazs Szotak (HUN)
3. Kendji Steinbach (NED) - Budapest Qualifier #1
4. Mason Teese (ENG)
Players ranked 5-8
5. Robert Vadas (HUN)
6. Lex Paeshuyse (BEL) - Budapest Qualifier #2
7. Florian Preis (GER) - Budapest Qualifier #3
8. Archie Self (ENG) - Budapest Qualifier #4
Girls
Players ranked 1-2
1. Paige Pauling (ENG)
2. Sophie McKinlay (SCO)
Players ranked 3-4
3. Aurora Fochesato (ITA) - Budapest Qualifier #2
4. Jentl Fransen (BEL) - Budapest Qualifier #1
Ranking Period
The qualification period for the 2024 WDF World Championship officially ends on Monday, October 28th following the conclusion of the Hungarian Classic and Hungarian Masters in Budapest. 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 between October 19th and 20th, namely the Bronze-ranked Thunder Bay Open, the Bronze-ranked Murray Bridge Classic, the Silver-ranked Latvia Open, and the Bronze-ranked Riga Open.
