The qualifying race for the 2024 WDF World Darts Championship at
Lakeside is drawing to a close. The cut-off for the biggest tournament at the WDF is on Monday, Oct. 28. Then it will be clear which 48 men will be allowed to compete in Frimley Green.
The field of participants consists of the top-34 WDF rankings, supplemented by four leaders of regional rankings, winners of tournaments with gold or platinum status on the WDF calendar and the four winners at the World Championship qualifying tournament.
However, there is an additional factor. Players may not compete in the WDF World Championship and the PDC World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace in the same year. With Wesley Plaisier, Ben Robb, Leonard Gates and Connor Scutt, there are four players who have qualified for both tournaments. So they will have to choose where to play. It is already clear from Plaisier that he will participate in PDC World Championship. Robb and Scutt have either previously played PDC or have played on tour this season.
As well as those names, Neil Duff who is former champion. As well as Liam Maendl-Lawrance, Matthew Edgar, Patrick Kovacs, Ryan Hogarth, Darren Johnson and former World Trophy champion Peter Machin sit within the top 34. Among those outside include Mike Gillet, Brian Raman, Raymond Smith, Aaron Turner, Alex Spellman among others with nine events to go.
Provisional field of participants WDF World Darts Championship 2024 (men)
Qualifying race via WDF ranking
Position - Name - Points
1. Wesley Plaisier 983
2. Danny Porter 835
3. Jimmy van Schie 819
4. Ben Robb 732
5. Leonard Gates 712
6. Neil Duff 701
7. Brandon Weening 684
8. Liam Maendl-Lawrance 625
9. Thomas Junghans 567
10. Alexander Merkx 557
11. Peter Machin 516
12. Cliff Prior 507
13. Edwin Torbjörnsson 492
14. Jason Brandon 487
15. Kai Fan Leung 473
16. Gary Stone 457
17. Martyn Turner 449
18. Carl Wilkinson 448
19. Connor Scutt 445
20. Darren Johnson 436
21. Moreno Blom 434
22. Benjamin Pratnemer 428
23. Matthew Edgar 426
24. Francois Schweyen 416
25. Jonny Tata 407
26. Laszlo Kadar 402
27. Ryan Hogarth 398
28. Patrik Kovacs 394
29. Scott Walters 378
30. Mark Barilli 374
31. Aaron Morrison 371
32. Jordan Brooks 366
33. Sybren Gijbels 364
34. Hannes Schnier 359
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35. Mike Gillet 354
36. Dennis Nilsson 353
37. Björn Lejon 349
38. Howard Jones 347
39. Aaron Turner 339
40. Kevin Luke 339
41. Brian Raman 335
42. James Beeton 327
43. Jarno Bottenberg 324
44. Antony Allen 319
45. Reece Colley 318
46. Raymond Smith 317
47. Daniel Zapata 307
48. Corné Groeneveld 301
49. Alex Spellman 295
50. Brian Corbett 286
51. Ky Smith 285
52. Jeff Smith 283
53. John Scott 283
54. Barry Copeland 278
55. Craig Borwn 267
56. Bailey Marsh 265
57. Xanti van den Bergh 249
58. Darren Herewini 246
59. Johan Engström 245
60. Dave Ladley 243
Qualified via regional ranking
Craig Brown
Björn Lejon
Jun Matsuda
Paul Lim
Qualified via tournament wins/qualifiers
Howard Jones
Jarno Bottenberg
Ky Smith
Corné Groeneveld
Jeff Springer
Shane McGuirk
Jacob Taylor
Reece Colley
Barry Copeland
Bradley Kirk
