Battle for World Darts Championship spot nears dramatic conclusion: Here's the standings prior to final Pro Tour double-header
PDC
It will be two very exciting days of Darts this Wednesday and Thursday at the PDC Players Championship double-header in Leicester. They are the last chances for players to qualify for the World Darts Championship via the rankings.
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The field of participants for the World Darts Championship consists of a total of 96 players. In addition to the 32 international qualifiers, the top-32 of the world rankings and the top-32 of the Pro Tour Order of Merit are also guaranteed to participate. The world rankings may still change in order in November with the Grand Slam of Darts and Players Championship Finals, but the Pro Tour Order of Merit will be determined after Thursday's tournament.
Jose de Sousa (No. 38 in the world) is currently the highest ranked name missing from the virtual field of participants. Players such as Steve Beaton, Matt Campbell, Simon Whitlock and Vincent van der Voort have also not currently qualified for the tournament at Alexandra Palace.
Players who do not qualify for the Worlds will have one last chance at the end of November. On Monday, Nov. 24, the final spots will be distributed at the qualifying tournament for Tour Card holders.
PDC Order of Merit (top-32 to World Championship)
Rank - Name - Prize money (in units of £1,000)
1 Luke Humphries 1684.25
2 Michael Smith 879
3 Michael van Gerwen 812.5
4 Rob Cross 550.25
5 Dave Chisnall 535
6 Jonny Clayton 499
7 Gerwyn Price 480.5
8 Damon Heta 470
9 Stephen Bunting 468.75
10 Dimitri Van den Bergh 467
11 Nathan Aspinall 440.5
12 Chris Dobey 426.75
13 Peter Wright 416.5
14 Luke Littler 413
15 Danny Noppert 412.5
16 James Wade 405
17 Ryan Searle 393.25
18 Josh Rock 392
19 Gary Anderson 389.5
20 Andrew Gilding 376
21 Joe Cullen 365.75
22 Ross Smith 363.25
23 Martin Schindler 361
24 Mike De Decker 326.75
25 Dirk van Duijvenbode 315.25
26 Daryl Gurney 314.25
27 Gabriel Clemens 302.25
28 Brendan Dolan 271.5
29 Ritchie Edhouse 266
30 Krzysztof Ratajski 261.75
31 Gian van Veen 259
32 Raymond van Barneveld 255.75
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33 Ricardo Pietreczko 243.25
34 Luke Woodhouse 239.75
35 Ryan Joyce 223.25
36 Scott Williams 193.75
37 Jermaine Wattimena 190.75
38 Jose de Sousa 174
39 Kim Huybrechts 159
40 Callan Rydz 141
41 Cameron Menzies 141
42 Ricky Evans 132.25
43 Madars Razma 131.25
44 Martin Lukeman 128
45 Jim Williams 126.25
46 Alan Soutar 113
47 Richard Veenstra 112.75
48 Kevin Doets 109
PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit (top-32 to World Championship)
Rank - Name - Prize money (in units of £1,000)
1 Wessel Nijman 71
2 Cameron Menzies 66.25
3 Jermaine Wattimena 60.5
4 Ricardo Pietreczko 56.5
5 Luke Woodhouse 56
6 Ryan Joyce 54
7 Alan Soutar 49.5
8 Niels Zonneveld 48.25
9 Callan Rydz 47
10 Madars Razma 45.75
11 Wesley Plaisier 45
12 Martin Lukeman 44.5
13 Kevin Doets 42
14 Scott Williams 40.5
15 Richard Veenstra 39.75
16 Dom Taylor 38.5
17 Kim Huybrechts 37.5
18 Karel Sedlacek 36.75
19 Stephen Burton 34.75
20 Connor Scutt 32.5
21 William O'Connor 30.75
22 Thibault Tricole 30.75
23 Mensur Suljovic 29.5
24 Ian White 29.5
25 Jim Williams 27.25
26 Florian Hempel 26.75
27 Nick Kenny 26.5
28 Ricky Evans 26.25
29 Ryan Meikle 25.75
30 James Hurrell 25.25
31 Robert Owen 24.75
32 Mickey Mansell 24.5
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33 Maik Kuivenhoven 24.25
34 Jose de Sousa 23.25
35 Keane Barry 23
36 Mervyn King 22.75
37 Chris Landman 22.75
38 Berry van Peer 22.5
39 Andy Baetens 22
40 Lukas Wenig 21.5
41 Jeffrey Sparidaans 21.5
42 Mario Vandenbogaerde 21.5
43 Nathan Rafferty 21.25
44 Jeffrey De Zwaan 21
45 Steve Beaton 20.75
46 Graham Hall 20.5
47 Dylan Slevin 20.25
48 Lee Evans 20.25
49 Matt Campbell 20
50 Radek Szaganski 19.75
51 Christian Kist 19.75
52 Jamie Hughes 19.25
53 Matthew Dennant 17.5
54 Steve Lennon 17.5
55 Jitse Van der Wal 17.25
56 Daniel Klose 16.75
57 Andy Boulton 16
58 Danny Lauby 14.5
59 Robert Grundy 14.5
60 Patrick Geeraets 14.5
61 Darren Beveridge 14.25
62 Rowby-John Rodriguez 14
63 Boris Krcmar 13.75
64 Adam Hunt 13.5
65 Simon Whitlock 13.25
66 Arron Monk 13.25
67 Owen Bates 13
68 Martijn Dragt 12.5
69 Danny Jansen 12.5
70 George Killington 12
71 Benjamin Reus 12
72 Rhys Griffin 12
73 Callum Goffin 11.5
74 Jurjen van der Velde 11.5
75 Stefan Bellmont 11.5
76 Vincent van der Voort 11.5
77 Haupai Puha 11.5
78 Leighton Bennett 11.5
79 Brett Claydon 11.25
80 Christian Perez 11
81 Jelle Klaasen 10.75
82 Darryl Pilgrim 10.5
83 Adam Gawlas 10.5
84 Graham Usher 10.5
85 Franz Roetzsch 10.5
86 William Borland 10
87 Danny van Trijp 10
88 Cam Crabtree 10
89 Owen Roelofs 8.5
90 Kai Gotthardt 8.25
91 Lee Cocks 8
92 Keegan Brown 8
93 Paul Krohne 7.5
94 Adam Warner 7.5
95 Pascal Rupprecht 7.5
96 Justin Hood 7
97 Richie Burnett 6.5
98 Robbie Knops 6.5
99 John Henderson 6
100 Michele Turetta 6
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