America’s Leonard Gates became the latest player to confirm his Lakeside spot with his victory at last weekend’s Toronto Area Open. The USA may also be providing one of the more remarkable tales of recent times with the return of The Scorpion, David Fatum, looking highly likely!
Following the latest rankings update and in line with the WDF’s World Championship Qualification Criteria, taking into account the results from the past weekend’s events in Canada, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand, the provisional fields for this year’s World Championships as of Monday, June 2nd are as follows.
Men
Top 16
1. James Beeton (ENG) – 2025 Denmark Open winner
2. Alex Spellman (USA) – USA ranking table
3. David Fatum (USA)
4. Benjamin Pratnemer (SLO) – East Europe ranking table
5. Leonard Gates (USA) – 2025 Toronto Area Open winner
6. Corné Groeneveld (NED)
7. Jason Brandon (USA) – USA ranking table
8. Dennis Nilsson (SWE) – North Europe ranking table
9. Shane McGuirk (IRE) – 2024 World Championship winner
10. Jeffrey Sparidaans (NED) – 2025 Dutch Open winner
11. Thomas Junghans (SWI)
12. David Cameron (CAN) – 2025 Las Vegas Open winner
13. Marko Kantele (FIN) – 2024 Irish Open winner
14. Francois Schweyen (BEL)
15. Raymond Smith (AUS) – 2025 South Australian Classic winner, Australia ranking table
16. Karl Schaefer (AUS) – Australia ranking table
Gold & Platinum Event Winners
17. New Zealand Open winner
18. Korean Open winner
19. Hungarian Masters winner
20. World Masters winner
Regional Ranking Table Qualifiers
21. Robert Okalany (UGA) – Africa & Western Asia ranking table
22. Ryusei Azemoto (JPN) – Asia ranking table
23. Yuta Hayashi (JPN) – Asia ranking table
24. Shane Sakchekapo (CAN) – Canada ranking table
25. Jeff Smith (CAN) – Canada ranking table
26. John Michael (GRE) – East Europe ranking table
27. Jonny Tata (NZL) – New Zealand ranking table
28. Mark Cleaver (NZL) – New Zealand ranking table
29. Thomas Skriver (DEN) – North Europe ranking table
30. Ryan Hogarth (SCO) – UK & Ireland ranking table
31. Martyn Turner (ENG) – UK & Ireland ranking table
32. Michael Unterbuchner (GER) – West Europe ranking table
33. Norbert Attard (MLT) – West Europe ranking table
Race Table
34. Sybren Gijbels (BEL)
35. Jeff Springer Jr (USA)
36. Jimmy van Schie (NED)
37. David Pallett (ENG)
38. Paul Lim (SGP)
39. Bradley Kirk (ENG)
40. Andy Davidson (SCO)
41. Peter Machin (AUS)
42. Vince Tipple (ENG)
43. Daniel Bauerdick (GER)
44. Aaron Turner (ENG)
Qualifiers*
45. Qualifier #1
46. Qualifier #2
47. Qualifier #3
48. Qualifier #4
Women
Top 8
1. Deta Hedman (ENG) – 2025 Las Vegas Open winner, 2025 Toronto Area Open winner
2. Lerena Rietbergen (NED)
3. Lorraine Hyde (SCO) – 2024 Irish Open winner, 2025 Denmark Open winner, UK & Ireland ranking table
4. Tracy Feiertag (USA) – USA ranking table
5. Rhian O’Sullivan (WAL) – 2025 Dutch Open winner
6. Sophie McKinlay (SCO)
7. Kirsi Viinikainen (FIN)
8. Aletta Wajer (NED)
Gold / Platinum Event winners
9. Joanne Hadley (AUS) – 2025 South Australian Classic winner, Australia ranking table
10. Beau Greaves (ENG) – 2024 World Championship winner
11. New Zealand Open winner
12. Korean Open winner
13. Hungarian Masters winner
14. World Masters winner
Regional Ranking Table leaders
15. Sarah Makanga (UGA) – Africa & Western Asia ranking table
16. Mikuru Suzuki (JPN) – Asia ranking table
17. Maria Carli (CAN) – Canada ranking table
18. Jitka Cisarova (CZE) – East Europe ranking table
19. Nicole Regnaud (NZL) – New Zealand ranking table
20. Maud Jansson (SWE) – North Europe ranking table
21. Lisa Zollikofer (GER) – West Europe ranking table
Race Table
22. Paula Murphy (USA)
Qualifiers
23. Qualifier #1
24. Qualifier #2
Boys
Top 4
1. Balazs Szotak (HUN)
2. Florian Preis (GER)
3. Zsolt Csajbok (HUN)
4. Oden Ollevier (BEL)
Qualifiers
5. Qualifier #1
6. Qualifier #2
7. Qualifier #3
8. Qualifier #4
Girls
Top 2
1. Paige Pauling (ENG)
2. Hanna Rabakozi (HUN)
Qualifiers
3. Qualifier #1
4. Qualifier #2
*The spots marked as qualifiers in each World Championship will be determined by a one-off qualifying event to be held on November 2nd in Budapest.
Ranking Period
The qualification period for the 2024 WDF World Championship officially ends on Saturday, November 1st. This provisional qualification list will be updated every week in the run-up to this cut-off point as the fields continue to take shape.
The next scheduled WDF ranking tournaments are set to take place on June 7th and 8th – a Silver double-header in England as well as Youth events in Hungary, Australia and the USA.
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