Set to be played in September, the qualifying criteria has now been decided for the World Cup of Darts and Nordic Darts Masters by the PDC Nordic & Baltic Tour.
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The selection process for each country goes as follows with Tour Card holders getting preferential picks for the World Cup of Darts.
1. Highest placed PDC Tour Card Holders* and/or PDPA associate Members ** on PDC Order of Merit.
2. Highest placed PDC Tour Card Holders* and/or PDPA associate Members ** on PDC European Tour Order of Merit.
3. Highest placed non PDPA members on PDC or PDC European Tour Order of Merit.
4. Players with highest total amount of points accumulated from competing in first 5 PDCNB & Euro Tour events on Iceland 2021. * Full PDPA Member ** Q-School entrants that did not achieve full tour status.
While for the Nordic Darts Masters, it has already been decided that Darius Labanauskas, Madars Razma, Daniel Larsson and Marko Kantele will be involved as the first four host nation qualifiers.
The last four spots will go to the top three Danish players and the last spot will go to the winner of the Nordic Darts Masters qualifier.
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