These 48 men have qualified for Lakeside 2023 including top seeds Andy Baetens, Neil Duff and Jelle Klaasen

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Tuesday, 31 October 2023 at 13:30
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From December 2 to 10, 48 men will compete for the WDF world title at Lakeside. Among the participants in the legendary Frimley Green are one Belgian and eight Dutch players. The draw for this tournament will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 1.
Leading the seeding list is Andy Baetens. The Belgian reigned supreme this year with seven WDF titles, including a win at the prestigious Australian Darts Open. Baetens has competed in the WDF World Championship twice before and managed to reach the quarter-finals each time. Neil Duff, the winner of the last edition at Lakeside, is the second seed this year.
Jelle Klaasen is the highest-ranked Dutchman at Lakeside. It will be a return for 'The Cobra' to the place where he became world champion in 2006 at the expense of Raymond van Barneveld. Also among the top-16 seeded players are players well known to many such as Danny Lauby Jr, James Hurrell and Wesley Plaisier. Like Klaasen, they will enter the tournament from the second round. 
In the first round of Lakeside, players who finished between spot 17 and 32 on the qualification list will be paired with someone between spot 33 and 48. Notable players such as Liam Maendl-Lawrance, Leonard Gates, James Richardson, Jamie Lewis and Sebastian Bialecki will start the WDF World Championship from the first round.

Lakeside 2023 participant field (men's tournament)

Top-16 placed players)
1. Andy Baetens
2. Neil Duff
3. Jelle Klaasen
4. James Hurrell
5. Wesley Plaisier
6. Danny Lauby
7. Chris Landman
8. Barry Copeland
9. Mark Barilli
10. Kai-Fan Leung
11. John Scott
12. Peter Machin
13. Alexander Merkx
14. Darren Johnson
15. Martyn Turner
16. Gary Stone
Numbers 17-32
17. Liam Maendl-Lawrance
18. Danny Porter
19. Laszlo Kadar
20. Patrik Kovacs
21. Jonny Tata
22. Leonard Gates
23. Moreno Blom
24. Antony Allen
25. Benjamin Pratnemer
26. James Richardson
27. Thomas Junghans
28. Jamie Lewis
29. Jordan Brooks
30. Aaron Turner
31. Dave Prins
32. Scott Marsh
Numbers 33-48
33. Dennie Olde Kalter
34. Edwin Torbjörnsson
35. Mike Gillet
36. Dennis Nilsson
37. Brian Corbett
38. Jim Widmayer
39. Shaun McDonald
40. Davie Kirwan
41. Gábor Takács
42. David Pallett
43. Ricky Nauman
44. Reece Colley
45. Sebastian Białecki
46. Arjan Konterman
47. Jarno Bottenberg
48. Christian Goedl