There are 96 players from as many as 27 different countries present at the 2024 World Darts Championship. This is less than at the 2022 World Darts Championship, where a record 31 different nationalities were present.
England has the largest representation at the World Darts Championship with 29 players. Thirteen English players are in the top 32 in the world and are automatically qualified for the second round. Twelve English qualified through the Pro Tour rankings, and the remaining four players qualified through the Development Tour, the Challenge Tour, the Women's Series and the PDPA qualifying tournament respectively.
With 12 players, the Netherlands has the most participants at the World Championship after England. Michael van Gerwen, Danny Noppert, Dirk van Duijvenbode and Raymond van Barneveld are in the top-32 of the world and are automatically qualified for the second round. Gian van Veen, Richard Veenstra, Kevin Doets, Christian Kist, Jermaine Wattimena and Niels Zonneveld have qualified through the Pro Tour rankings. Berry van Peer and Wessel Nijman qualified through the Challenge Tour and the Development Tour respectively.
Two bonus Dutchmen are also competing. Dutch American Jules van Dongen, in his second Tour Card year, managed to secure a spot on the World Darts Championship via the ProTour. Jeffrey de Graaf qualified through the Scandinavian Tour, although De Graaf currently darts under Swedish nationality.
For the first time, five German players will participate in the World Darts Championship. Gabriel Clemens and Martin Schindler qualified via the Order of Merit, Ricardo Pietreczko via the Pro Tour ranking. The other two Germans are Florian Hempel and Dragutin Horvat. Hempel secured his ticket to the World Darts Championship via the Tour Card Holder Qualifier at the last minute. By the way, it was the first time a German won here. Horvat won the PDC Europe Super League and therefore gets to take the stage at the Alexandra Palace.
Belgium has four players at this year's World Darts Championship, equaling the number of Belgian participants at the 2018 World Darts Championship. Dimitri van den Bergh and Kim Huybrechts qualified through the Order of Merit, Mike de Decker and Mario Vandenbogaerde through the Pro Tour rankings. Northern Ireland, Ireland and the Philippines also have four participants at this edition of the World Darts Championship.
Wales, Scotland, Poland, the United States, Australia and Japan all have 3 Ally Pally qualifiers. Canada and New Zealand each have two participants at this edition of the World Darts Championship. Guyana, South Africa, China, Hong Kong, India, Latvia, Finland, Sweden, France, Portugal, Austria and Croatia all have 1 representative at the Alexandra Palace. Thibault Tricole is the first Frenchman ever to qualify for the World Darts Championship at the Alexandra Palace via the Western European Qualifying Tournament.