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Raman and Groeneveld to kick off Lakeside 2024

The 2024 WDF World Championships will kick off at the home of world darts on Friday, 29th November with former WDF World No.1 Brian Raman facing Dutch debutant Corne Groeneveld for the right to face Martyn Turner in the second round.

Across 18 sessions and 10 days of darting drama, 84 players will grace the iconic Lakeside stage as we crown the latest WDF World Champions across the Girls’, Boys’, Women’s and Men’s competitions.

In addition to Raman v Groeneveld, the new Friday evening opening session will feature three further Men’s First Round matches: Scott Walters v Craig Brown, Francois Schweyen v Michael Cassar and Carl Wilkinson v Jacob Taylor.

Saturday afternoon will see 2023 Irish Open champion Shane McGuirk make his Lakeside debut, with Matthew Edgar enjoying the same experience that evening when he faces reigning Dutch Open winner Jarno Bottenberg.

The winners of Raman/Groeneveld and Schweyen/Cassar will return on the evening of Saturday, 30th November to take on England’s Martyn Turner and the top seed from Australia, Danny Porter.

Lisa Ashton begins her bid for a fifth World Championship when she faces Sophie McKinlay on Sunday evening, a session that will also feature seeded players Cliff Prior and Nicole Regnaud.

The Men’s and Women’s first round will wrap up on Monday, 2nd December, with Monday evening’s special attraction being the return of the legendary Paul Lim to Lakeside for the first time in three decades. The 70-year-old will be looking to recap his nine-dart magic from 1990 against Moreno Blom at the start of a session that will also feature Deta Hedman and Australian duo Brandon Weening and Peter Machin.

Beau Greaves will begin her title defence on Tuesday evening against either Amanda Loch or Kirsi Viinikainen. That game is part of a stellar session also set to feature 2022 Men’s World Champion Neil Duff and the new Men’s WDF World No.1, Jimmy van Schie.

Quarter-Final action in the Boys tournament begins on Thursday, with the semi-final lineups for all four World Championships being confirmed on a bumper Friday.

Saturday, 7th December, the first of two days broadcast live and uninterrupted on BLAZE, will be ‘Semi-Final Saturday’, with the finalists in the Girls’, Boys’, Women’s and Men’s tournaments being determined ahead of four World Champions being crowned on Sunday, 8th December.

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2024 WDF Lakeside World Championship Schedule

Friday 29th November

7pm

Men’s R1 - Brian Raman (BEL) v Corne Groeneveld (NED)

Men’s R1 - Scott Walters (ENG) v Craig Brown (NZL)

Men’s R1 - Francois Schweyen (BEL) v Michael Cassar (AUS)

Men’s R1 - Carl Wilkinson (ENG) v Jacob Taylor (CAN)

Saturday 30th November

1pm

Men’s R1 - Jordan Brooks (ENG) v Jun Matsuda (JPN)

Women’s R1 - Anca Zijlstra (NED) v Jitka Cisarova (CZE)

Men’s R1 - Mark Barilli (SCO) v Shane McGuirk (IRE)

Women’s R1 - Wendy Harper (NZL) v Greta Tekauer (HUN)

Men’s R1 - Patrik Kovacs (HUN) v Bjorn Lejon (SWE)

7pm

Men’s R1 - Matthew Edgar (ENG) v Jarno Bottenberg (NED)

Women’s R1 - Amanda Loch (AUS) v Kirsi Viinikainen (FIN)

Men’s R2 - #1 Danny Porter (AUS) v Schweyen/Cassar

Women’s R1 - Kirsty Hutchinson (ENG) v Veronika Ihasz (HUN)

Men’s R2 - #16 Martyn Turner (ENG) v Raman/Groeneveld                

Sunday 1st December

1pm

Men’s R1 - Sybren Gijbels (BEL) v Kevin Luke (USA)

Women’s R1 - Lorraine Hyde (SCO) v Mayumi Ouchi (JPN)

Men’s R1 - James Beeton (ENG) v Bradley Kirk (ENG)

Women’s R1 - Paula Murphy (USA) v Paula Jacklin (ENG)

Men’s R2 - #13 Edwin Torbjornsson (SWE) v Barilli/McGuirk             

7pm

Men’s R1 - Aaron Turner (ENG) v Jeff Springer Jr (USA)

Women’s R1 - Lisa Ashton (ENG) v Sophie McKinlay (SCO)

Men’s R2 - #12 Cliff Prior (ENG) v Walters/Brown

Women’s R2 - #5 Nicole Regnaud (NZL) v Harper/Tekauer

Men’s R1 - Mike Gillet (WAL) v Ky Smith (AUS)                          

Monday 2nd December      

1pm

Men’s R1 - Dennis Nilsson (SWE) v Howard Jones (AUS)

Women’s R1 - Lerena Rietbergen (NED) v Maud Jansson (SWE)

Men’s R1 - Laszlo Kadar (ROM) v Hannes Schnier (AUT)

Men’s R1 - Darren Johnson (ENG) v Reece Colley (ENG)

7pm

Men’s R1 - Moreno Blom (NED) v Paul Lim (SGP)

Women’s R2 - #4 Deta Hedman (ENG) v Hutchinson/Ihasz

Men’s R2 - #4 Brandon Weening (AUS) v Brooks/Matsuda

Men’s R2 - #5 Peter Machin (AUS) v Gillet/Smith                     

Tuesday 3rd December

1pm

Men’s R2 - #8 Benjamin Pratnemer (SLO) v Wilkinson/Taylor

Women’s R2 - #8 Desi Mercer (NZL) v Zijlstra/Cisarova

Men’s R2 - #9 Thomas Junghans (SWI) v Beeton/Kirk

Men’s R2 - #15 Ryan Hogarth (SCO) v Edgar/Bottenberg

7pm

Men’s R2 - #2 Jimmy van Schie (NED) v Kovacs/Lejon

Women’s R2 - #1 Beau Greaves (ENG) v Loch/Viinikainen

Men’s R2 - #7 Kai-Fan Leung (HKG) v Blom/Lim

Men’s R2 - #3 Neil Duff (NIR) v Johnson/Colley

Wednesday 4th December

1pm

Men’s R2 - #14 Barry Copeland (NIR) v Turner/Springer Jr

Women’s R2 - #6 Aletta Wajer (NED) v Murphy/Jacklin

Men’s R2 - #6 Liam Maendl-Lawrance (GER) v Gijbels/Luke

Men’s R2 - #11 Jason Brandon (USA) v Kadar/Schnier

7pm

Men’s R2 - #10 Gary Stone (SCO) v Nilsson/Jones

Women’s R2 - #3 Rhian O’Sullivan (WAL) v Rietbergen/Jansson

Men’s R3 - Porter/Schweyen/Cassar v M Turner/Raman/Groeneveld

Men’s R3 - Weening/Brooks/Matsuda v Torbjornsson/Barilli/McGuirk                    

Thursday 5th December    

1pm

Men’s R3 - Pratnemer/Wilkinson/Taylor v Junghans/Beeton/Kirk

Boys QF - #3 Ralfs Laumanis (LAT) v Lex Paeshuyse (BEL)

Men’s R3 - Machin/Gillet/Smith v Prior/Walters/Brown

Women’s R2 - #2 Aileen de Graaf (NED) v Hyde/Ouchi

Men’s R3 - Maendl-Lawrance/Gijbels/Luke v Brandon/Kadar/Schnier

7pm

Men’s R3 - Duff/Johnson/Colley v Copeland/Turner/Springer Jr

Boys QF - #2 Kendji Steinbach (NED) v Archie Self (ENG)

Men’s R3 - Van Schie/Kovacs/Lejon v Hogarth/Edgar/Bottenberg

Women’s R2 - #7 Irina Armstrong (GER) v Ashton/McKinlay

Men’s R3 - Leung/Blom/Lim v Stone/Nilsson/Jones    

Friday 6th December                      

1pm

Boys’ QF - #4 Balazs Szotak (HUN) v Florian Preis (GER)

Women’s QF - TBC

Men’s QF - TBC

Women’s QF - TBC

Men’s QF - TBC

7pm

Boys’ QF - #1 Jenson Walker (ENG) v Mason Teese (ENG)

Women’s QF - TBC

Men’s QF - TBC

Women’s QF - TBC

Men’s QF - TBC                    

Saturday 7th December

2pm (Order TBC)

Girls’ SF - #1 Paige Pauling (ENG) v Jentl Fransen (BEL)

Boys’ SF - Steinbach/Self v Laumanis/Paeshuyse

Women’s SF

Men’s SF

7pm (Order TBC)

Girls’ SF - #2 Sophie McKinlay (SCO) v Aurora Fochesato (ITA)

Boys’ SF - Walker/Teese v Szotak/Preis

Women’s SF

Men’s SF

Sunday 8th December                    

5pm

Girls’ Final

Boys’ Final

Women’s Final

Men’s Final

Playing Format (all best of)

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’ Quarter-Finals - 3 sets

Boys’ Semi-Finals - 3 sets

Boys’ Final - 5 sets

Girls’ Semi-Finals - 3 sets

Girls’ Final - 3 sets

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