Lakeside WDF World Championship Invitations confirmed



Following the completion of the final WDF ranking events in Italy and Russia, the World Darts Federation have formally sent invitations to 44 men and 22 women to compete at the 2022 Lakeside World Championships.

The winners of 9 platinum/gold events and the top ranked players in each of the 8 WDF regional tables are guaranteed a place upon the Lakeside stage, with the line ups completed by those placed highest in the main WDF world ranking lists.

WOMEN

The top 8 women in the world rankings that accept their invitations will be seeded into the second round. The provisional list of seeds and invited players is as follows.

  1. Deta Hedman ENG (England Open 2021)

  2. Anastasia Dobromyslova RDF (Irish Open 2021)

  3. Fallon Sherrock ENG (UK/Ireland regional table & British Open 2021)

  4. Anca Zijlstra NED (Denmark Open 2021)

  5. Aileen de Graaf NED (West Europe regional table & Dutch Open 2020)

  6. Beau Greaves ENG (Scottish Open 2020)

  7. Kirsty Hutchinson ENG (Welsh Open 2021)

  8. Maria O’Brien ENG

  9. Lorraine Winstanley ENG

  10. Corrine Hammond AUS

  11. Suzanne Smith ENG

  12. Lorraine Hyde SCO

  13. Laura Turner ENG

  14. Paula Jacklin ENG

  15. Paula Murphy USA (USA regional table & Seacoast Open 2021)

  16. Amanda Harwood ENG

INVITATIONS

  • Elena Shulgina RDF (North Europe regional table)

  • Veronika Ihasz HUN (East Europe regional table)

  • Tori Kewish AUS (Australia regional table)

  • Desi Mercer NZL* (New Zealand regional table)

  • Darlene van Sleeuwen CAN (Canada regional table)

  • Mikuru Suzuki JPN (World Champion 2020)

*New Zealand regional ranking No.1 Wendy Harper has declined her invitation.

MEN

The top 16 men in the world rankings that accept their invitations will be seeded into the second round. The provisional list of seeds and invited players is as follows.

  1. Brian Raman BEL (England Open 2021)

  2. Thibault Tricole FRA (Denmark Open 2021)

  3. Wayne Warren WAL (World Champion 2020)

  4. Ross Montgomery SCO (Dutch Open 2020)

  5. Neil Duff NIR (UK/Ireland regional table)

  6. James Hurrell ENG

  7. Andy Baetens BEL

  8. Luke Littler ENG (Irish Open 2021)

  9. Richard Veenstra NED (West Europe regional table)

  10. Scott Marsh ENG (British Open 2021)

  11. Jules van Dongen USA (USA regional table & Seacoast Open 2021)

  12. Nick Fullwell ENG

  13. Michael Warburton WAL

  14. Cameron Menzies SCO (Welsh Open 2021)

  15. Aleksey Kadochnikov RDF

  16. Antony Allen ENG

  17. Aaron Turner ENG

  18. Leonard Gates USA (USA regional table)

  19. James Richardson ENG

  20. Dave Parletti ENG

  21. Connor Scutt ENG

  22. Mark Barilli SCO

  23. John Desreumaux BEL (West Europe regional table)

  24. Mark Graham WAL

  25. Ben Hazel ENG

  26. Francesco Raschini ITA

  27. Martin Adams ENG

  28. Paul Hogan ENG

  29. Lee Shewan ENG

  30. Steve Hine ENG

  31. Ian Jones ENG

  32. Andreas Harrysson SWE (North Europe regional table)

  33. Jim McEwan SCO

  34. Dave Prins ENG

INVITATIONS

  • Haupai Puha NZL (New Zealand regional table)

  • Roman Obukhov RDF (North Europe regional table)

  • Sebastian Steyer POL (East Europe regional table)

  • Laszlo Kadar ROM (East Europe regional table)

  • David Cameron CAN (Canada regional table)

  • Jeremy Fagg AUS (Australia regional table)

  • Shawn Burt CAN (Canada regional table)

  • Rory Hansen CAN (Canada regional table)

  • Landon Gardiner NZL* (New Zealand regional table)

  • Justin Thompson AUS** (Australia regional table)

*New Zealand regional ranking No.1 Warren Parry has declined his invitation.

**Australia regional ranking No.2 Donovan Lottering has declined his invitation.

QUALIFYING COMPETITIONS

The 48-man and 24-woman fields will be finalised at the WDF World Championship qualifying competitions on Sunday 5th December. 2 men and 1 woman will qualify from EACH of the TWO play-off competitions, being held in Frimley Green, England and in Assen, the Netherlands.

In addition, the WDF World Youth Championships with separate competitions for boys and girls will also take place, with 2 boys and 1 girl going through from both Assen and Frimley Green to compete upon the Lakeside stage in January.

Entries to the men’s, women’s, boys and girls qualifying competitions can still be made via the following links.

LAKESIDE COUNTRY CLUB, FRIMLEY GREEN, ENGLAND

DE BONTE WEVER, ASSEN, THE NETHERLANDS



Tickets available for the 2022 Lakeside WDF World Championships via the link below https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/lakeside-country-club-35506406123

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