2024 WDF edit

Format and qualifiers edit

Qualifying criteria are as follows.

  1. Top 16 players in WDF World Rankings (seeded)
  2. Winners of the 12 Platinum/Gold ranked tournaments
  3. First and second ranked players from each of seven regional tables
  4. Next highest ranked players in the WDF World Rankings to bring the total entry list to 44
  5. Four qualifiers from the final qualification tournament in Assen, Netherlands on 12 December 2022

Seeded players begin the competition in the second round. The remaining 32 qualifiers will start in the first round.[1] The provisional list of seeds and invited players is as follows.[2]

2024 WDF (Women's) edit

Men's edit

Draw edit

Fifth round
(best of 7 legs)
12 June
Sixth round
(best of 7 legs)
12 June
Quarter-finals
(best of 9 legs)
12 June
Semi-finals
(best of 3 sets)
12 June
Final
(best of 5 sets)
12 June
               
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  

Soft-tip edit

Bullshooter European Championship edit

Year Champion Av. Score Runner-Up Av. Prize Money Venue
Total Ch. R.-Up
1993   Toni Martin n/a beat   Leo Montalbano n/a €1,900 €1,200 €700
1994   Alain Cherpion n/a beat   Manuel Despotin n/a €1,900 €1,200 €700
1995   Christian Kotal n/a beat   Klaus Schaall n/a €1,900 €1,200 €700
1996   Harold de Gruyter n/a beat   Christian Kotal n/a €1,900 €1,200 €700
1997   Christian Kotal (2) n/a beat   Steve Lebon n/a €1,900 €1,200 €700
1998   Peter Muehlboeck n/a beat   Dieter Joob n/a €1,900 €1,200 €700
1999   Mensur Suljović n/a beat   Zoran Baltovski n/a €1,900 €1,200 €700
2000   Mensur Suljović (2) n/a beat   Goran Protega n/a €1,900 €1,200 €700
2001   Andre Brantjes n/a beat   Henry Creyelman n/a €1,900 €1,200 €700
2002   Horacio Sorroche n/a beat   Krzysztof Ratajski n/a €1,700 €1,000 €700
2003   Frank Mast n/a beat   Krzysztof Ratajski n/a €1,700 €1,000 €700 Festplatz Castroper Straße, Bochum
2004   Mensur Suljović (3) n/a beat   Thor Johansen n/a €1,700 €1,000 €700 Wunderland Kalkar, Kalkar
2005   Mikel van Maastrigt n/a beat   Masatoshi Yoshinaga n/a €1,700 €1,000 €700
2006   Laurent Toussaint n/a beat   Andre Ruiter n/a €1,700 €1,000 €700
2007   Thor Johansen n/a beat   Carlos Rodriguez n/a €1,700 €1,000 €700
2008   Laurent Toussaint (2) n/a beat   Thor Johansen n/a €1,700 €1,000 €700
2009   Ray Carver n/a beat   Sebastijan Pečjak n/a €1,700 €1,000 €700
2010   Raymond Hoek n/a beat   Bobby Biemans n/a €1,700 €1,000 €700
2011   Diego Martinez n/a beat   Kurt van de Rijck n/a €1,700 €1,000 €700
2012   José Justicia n/a beat   Toni Alcinas n/a €1,300 €800 €500
2013   José de Sousa n/a beat   Franck Guillermont n/a €1,700 €1,000 €700
2016   Martin Marti n/a beat   Ricardo Lopes n/a €1,700 €1,000 €700

EDU European Championship (Girls U18) edit

Year Location Medals Details
Gold Silver Bronze
2022   Benidorm   Asia Marini   Zehra Gemi   Irem Can [3]

EDU European Championship (Boys U15) edit

Year Location Medals Details
Gold Silver Bronze
2022   Benidorm   Willi Keller   Dino Živkovic   Jan Ligus [3]

EDU European Championship (Girls U15) edit

Year Location Medals Details
Gold Silver Bronze
2022   Benidorm   Belinay Pehlivan   Ceylin Atas   Sandra Doležalová [3]

SDWF European Championship (Men's) edit

Year Champion Av. Score Runner-Up Av. Prize Money Venue
Total Ch. R.-Up
1997   n/a beat   n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000   Lloret de Mar
1998   n/a beat   n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000
1999   n/a beat   n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000
2000   Carlos Rodriguez n/a beat   David Puyo n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000
2001   Hannes Schnier n/a beat   Martin Benischko n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000
2002   Norbert Meszes n/a beat   Martin Hoffmann n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000   Vila-seca
2003   Martin Hoffmann n/a beat   Mensur Suljović n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000   Lloret de Mar
2004   Mensur Suljović n/a beat   Hannes Schnier n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000
2005   Krzysztof Ratajski n/a beat   Mensur Suljović n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000
2006   Carlos Rodriguez (2) n/a beat   Hannes Schnier n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000

SDWF European Championship (Women's) edit

Year Champion Av. Score Runner-Up Av. Prize Money Venue
Total Ch. R.-Up
1997   Olga Libertinová n/a beat   n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000   Lloret de Mar
1998   n/a beat   Květa Drahuská n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000
1999   n/a beat   n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000
2000   Marene Rácz n/a beat   Adel Urgyan n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000
2001   Markéta Abadžievová n/a beat   Kamila Straková n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000
2002   Anastasia Dobromyslova n/a beat   Denise Winter n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000   Vila-seca
2003   Hedvika Kynzlová n/a beat   Anastasia Dobromyslova n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000   Lloret de Mar
2004   Stephanie Woischke n/a beat   Lenka Schedivá n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000
2005    n/a beat    n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000
2006    n/a beat    n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000

SDWF European Championship (Youth's) edit

Year Champion Av. Score Runner-Up Av. Prize Money Venue
Total Ch. R.-Up
2002   Pavel Jirkal n/a beat   Paweł Użakow n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000   Vila-seca
2003   n/a beat   n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000   Lloret de Mar
2004   Nora Fekete n/a beat   Joeri Raats n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000
2005    n/a beat    n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000
2006    n/a beat    n/a €10,000 €8,000 €2,000

FECS European Championship edit

Year Champion Av. Score Runner-Up Av. Prize Money Venue
Total Ch. R.-Up
2008   Mensur Suljović n/a beat   Dietmar Burger n/a €1,900 €1,200 €700 Städtische Sporthalle, Bochum
2009   Mensur Suljović (2) n/a beat   Dietmar Burger n/a €1,900 €1,200 €700
2010   Boris Krčmar n/a beat   José Justicia n/a €1,900 €1,200 €700
2011   Peter Martin n/a beat   Christer Tegner n/a €1,900 €1,200 €700 Festplatz Castroper Straße, Bochum
2012   Mensur Suljović (3) n/a beat   Erwin Freidl n/a €1,900 €1,200 €700 Wunderland Kalkar, Kalkar
2013   Mensur Suljović (4) n/a beat   Max Hopp n/a €1,900 €1,200 €700

IDF World Championship edit

Men's edit

Year Location Medals Details
Gold Silver Bronze
2009   Zagreb   Boris Krčmar   Peter Martin   [4]
2011   Benidorm   Boris Krčmar (2)   Krzysztof Kciuk   János Végső [5]
2013   Shanghai   Boris Krčmar (3)   Paul Lim   [6]
2015   Poreč   Boris Krčmar (4)   Zdravko Antunović   Rainer Sturm [7]

Soft Darts World Championship edit

Year Champion Av. Score Runner-Up Av. Prize Money Venue
Total Ch. R.-Up
2011   Paul Lim n/a beat   Sho Katsumi n/a HKD 1,900,000 HKD 1,000,000 HKD 300,000 Hong Kong
2012   Takehiro Suzuki n/a beat   Christian Perez n/a HKD 2,284,000 HKD 1,000,000 HKD 300,000
2013   Lourence Ilagan n/a beat   Christian Perez n/a HKD 2,316,000 HKD 1,000,000 HKD 300,000
2016   Boris Krčmar n/a beat   Hyung-chul Park n/a $122,000 $50,000 $20,000
2018   Royden Lam n/a beat   Boris Krčmar n/a $82,000 $30,000 $10,000

THE WORLD Ranking edit

Ideal European Champ edit

Silesia Masters edit

Valters Melderis edit

Valters Melderis
Personal information
Full nameValters Melderis
Nickname"Expelliarmus"
Born (1995-05-18) 18 May 1995 (age 29)
Ogre, Latvia
Home townOgre, Latvia
Darts information
Playing darts since2011
Darts22g Target
LateralityRight-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
WDF2022–
Current world ranking73   (14 November 2023)[8]
Other tournament wins
Estonia Open 2023
Kaunas Open 2023

Valters Melderis is a Latvian professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events.

Janis Mustafejevs edit

Janis Mustafejevs
Personal information
Full nameJanis Mustafejevs
Born (1992-05-26) 26 May 1992 (age 32)
Kandava, Latvia
Home townSt Helens, Merseyside, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2019
LateralityLeft-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2019–
Current world rankingNR (26 May 2024)[9]

Janis Mustafejevs (born 26 May 1992) is a Latvian professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Dmitrijs Zukovs edit

Dmitrijs Zukovs
Personal information
Full nameDmitrijs Zukovs
Born (1985-12-13) 13 December 1985 (age 38)
Ventspils, Latvia
Home townGalway, Connacht, Republic of Ireland
Darts information
Playing darts since2005
Darts22g Target
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Adventure of a Lifetime" by Coldplay
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2023–
Current world rankingNR (26 May 2024)[9]

Dmitrijs Zukovs (born 13 December 1985) is a Latvian professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Filip Sebesta edit

Filip Šebesta
Personal information
Full nameFilip Šebesta
Born (1995-05-18) 18 May 1995 (age 29)
Brno, Czech Republic
Home townBrno, Czech Republic
Darts information
Playing darts since2011
Darts21g Red Dragon
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Tam u nebeských bran" by Michal Tučný
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2011–2020
PDC2022–
WDF2011–
Current world rankingNR (26 May 2024)[9]
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersLast 128: 2022
Other tournament wins
Youth events
Czech Open 2012

Filip Šebesta (born 18 May 1995) is a Czech professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Wojciech Bruliński edit

Wojciech Bruliński
Personal information
Full nameWojciech Bruliński
Nickname"Brulion"
Born (1992-09-29) 29 September 1992 (age 31)
Poznań, Poland
Home townPoznań, Poland
Darts information
Playing darts since2015
Darts21g Unicorn
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"If You Want My Love" by Cheap Trick
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2022–
WDF2019–
Current world rankingNR (14 November 2023)[8] (WDF)

Wojciech Bruliński (born 29 September 1992) is a Polish professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events.

David Concannon edit

David Concannon
Personal information
Full nameDavid Concannon
Born
Ballinaheglish, County Roscommon, Ireland
Home townBallinaheglish, County Roscommon, Ireland
Darts information
LateralityRight-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2014–2020
WDF2014–
Current world ranking680   (14 November 2023)[8]
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersLast 32: 2015
Dutch OpenLast 64: 2015
Other tournament wins
Central Coast Classic 2016
Irish Open 2015
INDO Kilkenny 2013
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing   Ireland
WDF World Cup
  2015 Kemer Men's team
WDF Europe Cup
  2014 Bucharest Men's singles

David Concannon is an Irish professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is a WDF Europe Cup singles Champion. Multiple time representative of Ireland during the WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup.

Mindaugas Barauskas edit

Mindaugas Barauskas
Personal information
Full nameMindaugas Barauskas
Born (1980-01-03) 3 January 1980 (age 44)
Prienai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Home townPrienai, Lithuania
Darts information
Playing darts since2015
Darts25g Shot
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2015–2020
PDC2019–
WDF2015–
Current world rankingNR (26 May 2024)[9] (PDC)
391   (14 November 2023)[8] (WDF)
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersLast 256: 2016, 2017
Other tournament wins
PDCNB Tour 2023

Mindaugas Barauskas (born 3 January 1980) is a Lithuanian professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Performance timeline edit

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
WDF Ranked televised events
World Masters 3R 5R DNQ
Dutch Open DNP 6R DNP

Martin Hoffmann edit

Martin Hoffmann
Personal information
Full nameMartin Hoffmann
Nickname"Hoffi"
Born
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Home townPrague, Czech Republic
Darts information
LateralityRight-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2007–2019
PDC2019–
WDF2007–2019
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersLast 128: 2009, 2013
Other tournament wins
Czech Ch'ship 2004
Czech Ch'ship Pairs 2004

Soft-tip events

Czech Ch'ship 2006
Czech Ch'ship Pairs 2004
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing   Czech Republic
SDWF World Ch'ship
  2003 Lloret de Mar Men's singles
  2002 Vila-seca Men's singles
  2004 Lloret de Mar Men's doubles cr.
EDU European Ch'ship
  2007 Prague Men's cricket
  2007 Prague Men's doubles
  2007 Prague Men's triples
  2014 Poreč Men's cricket
  2015 Poreč Men's singles
  2022 Benidorm Men's singles
  2018 Caorle Men's cricket

Martin Hoffmann is a Czech soft-tip and steel-tip professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and many soft-tip international events. Multiple medalist of international soft-tip tournaments. He is a singles SDWF World Darts Champion, cricket EDU European Darts Champion and multiple Czech Champion at soft-tip and steel-tip dartboards. He also represented Czech Republic at the WDF World Cup.

Career edit

Performance timeline edit

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
WDF Ranked televised events
World Masters 1R DNQ 2R 1R DNQ 1R 2R

Women's edit

Format and qualifiers edit

Qualifying criteria is as follows:[10]

  1. 2022 Lakeside Women's World Champion (seeded)
  2. Best player from World Women's Ranking (seeded)
  3. 2019 Australian Darts Open finalists (seeded)
  4. Two best players from Australia Women's Ranking
  5. Two best players from New Zealand Women's Ranking
  6. Four qualifiers from open qualification tournaments in Moama, Australia on 3–4 August 2022

The final 12 women will be drawn into groups of 3 and will compete upon the stage.[10]

  1. ^ Deta Hedman (#2 in WDF World Women's Ranking) withdrew before official announcement about qualifiers. She replaced by Kirsty Hutchinson (#3 from WDF World Women's Ranking).

Group stage edit

All group matches are best of nine legs
Only winners in each group qualify for the knock-out stage

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to knockout stage

Knockout stage edit

Semi-finals (best of 11 legs)
6 August
Final (best of 15 legs)
6 August
      
A1   
B1   
  
  
C1   
D1   

References edit

  1. ^ "WDF Rules". Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Invitation List – 2023 Lakeside WDF World Championships". World Darts Federation. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
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  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference USO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "EM Benidorm". Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  6. ^ "IDFDarts". Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  7. ^ "EM 2015". European Dart Union. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  9. ^ a b c d "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  10. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Platinum was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ "Match Report". DartConnect. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Match Report". DartConnect. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.