Howard Jones' last-leg decider victory at the South Australian Classic saw him become the 12th 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 and Iceland, the provisional fields as of Monday, April 15th for this year's World Championships are as follows.
Men
Players ranked 1-16
1. Neil Duff (NIR)
2. Brandon Weening (AUS) - Australia ranking table
3. Liam Maendl-Lawrance (GER) - West Europe ranking table
4. Wesley Plaisier (NED) - West Europe ranking table
5. Thomas Junghans (SWI)
6. Leonard Gates (USA) - USA ranking table
7. Edwin Torbjornsson (SWE) - North Europe ranking table
8. Ben Robb (NZL) - New Zealand ranking table
9. Peter Machin (AUS)
10. Alexander Merkx (NED)
11. Danny Porter (AUS) - Australia ranking table
12. Patrik Kovacs (HUN) - East Europe ranking table
13. Gary Stone (SCO)
14. Martyn Turner (ENG)
15. Moreno Blom (NED)
16. Jordan Brooks (ENG) - UK & Ireland ranking table
Players ranked 17-32
17. Laszlo Kadar (ROM) - East Europe ranking table
18. Sybren Gijbels (BEL)
19. Scott Walters (ENG)
20. Mark Barilli (SCO)
21. Hannes Schnier (AUT)
22. Antony Allen (ENG)
23. Matthew Edgar (ENG)
24. Bjorn Lejon (SWE) - North Europe ranking table
25. Jonny Tata (NZL)
26. Aaron Morrison (AUS)
27. Benjamin Pratnemer (SLO)
28. Jarno Bottenberg (NED) - 2024 Dutch Open winner
29. Darren Johnson (ENG)
30. Jason Brandon (USA) - USA ranking table
31. James Beeton (ENG)
32. Aaron Turner (ENG)
Players ranked 33-48
33. Mike Gillet (WAL)
34. Kai-Fan Leung (HKG)
35. John Scott (ENG)
36. Francois Schweyen (BEL)
37. Ky Smith (AUS) - 2023 South Australian Classic winner
38. Carl Wilkinson (ENG) - UK & Ireland ranking table
39. Howard Jones (AUS) - 2024 South Australian Classic winner
40. Shane McGuirk (IRE) - 2023 Irish Open winner
41. Jacob Taylor (CAN) - 2024 Las Vegas Open winner
42. Craig Brown (NZL) - New Zealand ranking table
43. Jun Matsuda (JPN) - Asia-Pacific ranking table
44. Paul Lim (SGP) - Asia-Pacific ranking table
45. Q1
46. Q2
47. Q3
48. Q4
Women
Players ranked 1-8
1. Beau Greaves (ENG) - 2023 World Championship winner, 2024 Dutch Open winner, UK & Ireland ranking table
2. Aileen de Graaf (NED) - 2023 Dutch Open winner, 2023 Irish Open winner
3. Rhian O'Sullivan (WAL)
4. Deta Hedman (ENG)
5. Noa-Lynn van Leuven (NED) - 2023 Denmark Open winner, West Europe ranking table
6. Joanne Hadley (AUS) - Australia ranking table
7. Aletta Wajer (NED)
8. Amanda Loch (AUS) - 2023 South Australian Classic winner, 2024 South Australian Classic winner
Players ranked 9-16
9. Nicole Regnaud (NZL) - New Zealand ranking table
10. Desi Mercer (NZL)
11. Irina Armstrong (GER)
12. Kirsty Hutchinson (ENG)
13. Kym Mitchell (AUS)
14. Paula Murphy (USA) - USA ranking table
15. Sophie McKinlay (SCO)
16. Wendy Harper (NZL)
Players ranked 17-24
17. Maud Jansson (SWE) - North Europe ranking table
18. Lisa Ashton (ENG) - 2023 Australian Darts Open winner
19. Veronika Ihasz (HUN) - East Europe ranking table
20. Fallon Sherrock (ENG) - 2024 Las Vegas Open winner
21. Mary-Anne Teinaki (NZL) - 2023 New Zealand Open winner
22. Yukie Sakaguchi (JPN) - Asia-Pacific ranking table
23. Q1*
24. Q2
*The four spots in the Men's World Championship designated as Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4, as well as the two spots in the Women's World Championship designated as Q1 and Q2 will be determined by a one-off qualifying event to be held later in the year. The dates and location of this will be revealed in due course.
Youth
The final stages of both the Boys and Girls World Championships will be determined later in the year when dates are confirmed for the initial rounds. The Boys and Girls rankings have now been updated following the action at the North Island Masters and Kyle Anderson Memorial.
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 that take place on April 28th is the Bronze-ranked Murray Bridge Grand Prix in Australia.
