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Provisional 2025 WDF Lakeside World Championship Fields

With nearly six months 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 the Faroe Islands and Hungary, the provisional fields for this year's World Championships as of Monday, April 14th are as follows.

Men

Top 16

1. David Fatum (USA) - USA ranking table

2. Benjamin Pratnemer (SLO) - East Europe ranking table

3. Shane McGuirk (IRE) - 2024 World Championship winner

4. James Beeton (ENG) 

5. Jeffrey Sparidaans (NED) - 2025 Dutch Open winner

6. David Cameron (CAN) - 2025 Las Vegas Open winner

7. Alex Spellman (USA) - USA ranking table

8. Thomas Junghans (SWI) - West Europe ranking table

9. Marko Kantele (FIN) - 2024 Irish Open winner

10. Jason Brandon (USA)

11. Bradley Kirk (ENG)

12. Corné Groeneveld (NED)

13. Ryan Hogarth (SCO) - UK & Ireland ranking table

14. Raymond Smith (AUS) - 2025 South Australian Classic winner, Australia ranking table

15. Karl Schaefer (AUS) - Australia ranking table

16. Jimmy van Schie (NED)

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. Martin Tremblay (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. Edwin Torbjörnsson - North Europe ranking table

31. Dennis Nilsson - North Europe ranking table

32. Martyn Turner (ENG) - UK & Ireland ranking table

33. Norbert Attard (MLT) - West Europe ranking table

Race Table

34. Paul Lim (SGP)

35. Sybren Gijbels (BEL)

36. Brian Raman (BEL)

37. Jeff Springer Jr (USA)

38. Francois Schweyen (BEL)

39. Alain Abiabi (PHI)

40. Andy Davidson (SCO)

41. David Pallett (ENG)

42. Darren Johnson (ENG)

43. Aaron Turner (ENG)

44. David Platt (AUS)

Qualifiers*

45. Qualifier #1

46. Qualifier #2

47. Qualifier #3

48. Qualifier #4

Women

Top 8

1. Lerena Rietbergen (NED)

2. Deta Hedman (ENG) - 2025 Las Vegas Open winner

3. Rhian O'Sullivan (WAL) - 2025 Dutch Open winner

4. Lorraine Hyde (SCO) - 2024 Irish Open winner

5. Beau Greaves (ENG) - 2024 World Championship winner

6. Jitka Císařová (CZE)- East Europe ranking table

7. Tracy Feiertag (USA)- USA ranking table

8. Sophie McKinlay (SCO)

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. Nicole Regnaud (NZL) - New Zealand ranking table

18. Maud Jansson (SWE) - North Europe ranking table

Race Table

19. Paula Jacklin (ENG)

20. Greta Tekauer (HUN)

21. Irina Armstrong (GER)

22. Paula Murphy (USA)

Qualifiers

23. Qualifier #1

24. Qualifier #2

Boys

Top 4 

1. Florian Preis (GER)

2. Balazs Szotak (HUN)

3. Oden Ollevier (BEL)

4. Milan Brinkman (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 WDF ranking tournaments are set to take place on April 19th and 20th - the Estonia Open (Bronze), Tallinn Open (Bronze), South Island Masters (Bronze), Victorian Easter Classic (Bronze), and Scottish Easter Singles (Bronze).