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).
