The WDF’s fullest and best season for quite some time came to its conclusion with the final ranking events of the 2023/24 WDF season and confirmation of the full player fields for the 2024 WDF Lakeside World Championships.
Danny Porter, Beau Greaves, Paige Pauling and Jenson Walker will head to the iconic Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green as top seeds as we look to crown four World Champions between November 29th and December 8th.
Should any player withdraw from the Lakeside field before the draw on November 5th, they will be replaced in accordance with WDF rules and the seedings/draw pots will be adjusted accordingly.
Connor Scutt, Leonard Gates and Wesley Plaisier are amongst those to qualify and choose to play at the Alexandra Palace and have already been replaced accordingly.
Should a player withdraw after the draw has been done, they will be replaced with the highest-ranked player on the Lakeside Race table not yet qualified. Should that player replace a seed but lose in their first game, they will only be entitled to first-round prize money and first-round ranking points.
Qualification for Lakeside was determined by the Race Tables but as with all tournaments, seeding is based on the Main Ranking Tables.
Men
Seeds
1. Danny Porter (AUS) – Australia ranking table
2. Jimmy van Schie (NED) – West Europe ranking table
3. Neil Duff (NIR)
4. Brandon Weening (AUS) – Australia ranking table
5. Peter Machin (AUS)
6. Liam Maendl-Lawrance (GER) – West Europe ranking table
7. Kai-Fan Leung (HKG)
8. Benjamin Pratnemer (SLO) – East Europe ranking table
9. Thomas Junghans (SWI)
10. Gary Stone (SCO)
11. Jason Brandon (USA) – USA ranking table
12. Cliff Prior (ENG) – UK & Ireland ranking table
13. Edwin Torbjornsson (SWE) – North Europe ranking table
14. Barry Copeland (NIR) – Lakeside Qualifier #3
15. Ryan Hogarth (SCO)
16. Martyn Turner (ENG)
Players ranked 17-32
17. Carl Wilkinson (ENG) – UK & Ireland ranking table
18. Moreno Blom (NED)
19. Darren Johnson (ENG)
20. Matthew Edgar (ENG)
21. Patrik Kovacs (HUN) – East Europe ranking table
22. Francois Schweyen (BEL)
23. Dennis Nilsson (SWE)
24. Laszlo Kadar (ROM)
25. Mark Barilli (SCO)
26. Scott Walters (ENG)
27. Jordan Brooks (ENG)
28. Mike Gillet (WAL) – replacing Wesley Plaisier
29. James Beeton (ENG) – replacing Alexander Merkx
30. Brian Raman (BEL)
31. Sybren Gijbels (BEL) – replacing Ben Robb
32. Aaron Turner (ENG) – replacing Jonny Tata
Players ranked 33-48
33. Hannes Schnier (AUT) – replacing Aaron Morrison
34. Kevin Luke (USA) – USA ranking table, replacing Leonard Gates
35. Bjorn Lejon (SWE) – North Europe ranking table
36. Howard Jones (AUS) – 2024 South Australian Classic winner
37. Michael Cassar (AUS) – replacing Connor Scutt
38. Jarno Bottenberg (NED) – 2024 Dutch Open winner
39. Reece Colley (ENG) – 2024 World Open champion
40. Corne Groeneveld (NED) – Lakeside Qualifier #4
41. Ky Smith (AUS) – 2023 South Australian Classic winner
42. Craig Brown (NZL) – New Zealand ranking table
43. Bradley Kirk (ENG) – Lakeside Qualifier #2
44. Shane McGuirk (IRE) – 2023 Irish Open winner
45. Jacob Taylor (CAN) – 2024 Las Vegas Open winner
46. Paul Lim (SGP) – Asia-Pacific ranking table
47. Jun Matsuda (JPN) – Asia-Pacific ranking table
48. Jeff Springer Jr (USA) – Lakeside Qualifier #1
Women
Seeds
1. Beau Greaves (ENG) – 2023 World Championship winner, 2024 Dutch Open winner, 2024 Denmark Open winner, 2024 World Masters winner, UK & Ireland ranking table
2. Aileen de Graaf (NED) – 2023 Dutch Open winner, 2023 Irish Open winner, West Europe ranking table
3. Rhian O’Sullivan (WAL)
4. Deta Hedman (ENG)
5. Nicole Regnaud (NZL) – 2024 New Zealand Open winner, New Zealand ranking table
6. Aletta Wajer (NED)
7. Irina Armstrong (GER)
8. Desi Mercer (NZL)
Players ranked 9-16
9. Amanda Loch (AUS) – 2023 South Australian Classic winner, 2024 South Australian Classic winner, Australia ranking table
10. Lorraine Hyde (SCO)
11. Wendy Harper (NZL)
12. Paula Murphy (USA) – USA ranking table
13. Lisa Ashton (ENG) – 2023 Australian Darts Open winner
14. Kirsty Hutchinson (ENG) – replacing Fallon Sherrock
15. Anca Zijlstra (NED) – replacing Joanne Hadley
16. Lerena Rietbergen (NED)
Players ranked 17-24
17. Jitka Cisarova (CZE) – East Europe ranking table
18. Greta Tekauer (HUN) – replacing Noa-Lynn van Leuven
19. Sophie McKinlay (SCO) – Lakeside Qualifier #1
20. Maud Jansson (SWE) – North Europe ranking table
21. Veronika Ihasz (HUN) – replacing Kym Mitchell
22. Mary-Anne Teinaki (NZL) – 2023 New Zealand Open winner
23. Kirsi Viinikainen (FIN) – Lakeside Qualifier #2
24. Mayumi Ouchi (JPN) – Asia-Pacific ranking table
Boys
Seeds
1. Jenson Walker (ENG)
2. Kendji Steinbach (NED) – Budapest Qualifier #1
3. Ralfs Laumanis (LAT)
4. Balazs Szotak (HUN)
Players ranked 5-8
5. Mason Teese (ENG)
6. Lex Paeshuyse (BEL) – Budapest Qualifier #2
7. Florian Preis (GER) – Budapest Qualifier #3
8. Archie Self (ENG) – Budapest Qualifier #4
Girls
Seeds
1. Paige Pauling (ENG)
2. Sophie McKinlay (SCO)
Players ranked 3-4
3. Aurora Fochesato (ITA) – Budapest Qualifier #2
4. Jentl Fransen (BEL) – Budapest Qualifier #1
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Images: WDF/Chris Sargeant
