2022 WDF World Darts Championship

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Lakeside World Championship
Tournament information
Dates2–10 April 2022
VenueLakeside Country Club
LocationFrimley Green, Surrey
CountryEngland England
Organisation(s)WDF
FormatSets
Prize fund£300,000 (total)
Winner's share£50,000 (men's)
£25,000 (women's)
£5,000 (boys)
£2,000 (girls)
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The 2022 Lakeside WDF World Championship will be the first World Championship organised by the World Darts Federation. The tournament will be held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey, which hosted the now-defunct BDO World Darts Championship from 1986 to 2019.

The WDF made the decision to postpone the tournament by three months, due to growing concerns and potential government restrictions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Prize money[]

Position Prize money
Men[2] Women[3] Boys[4] Girls[5]
Winner £50,000 £25,000 £5,000 £2,000
Runner-up £25,000 £12,500 £2,500 £1,000
Semi-finalist £12,500 £6,500 £1,000 N/A
Quarter-finalist £6,500 £3,250 N/A
Last 16 £3,250 £2,000
Last 24 N/A £1,000
Last 32 £2,000 N/A
Last 48 £1,000
Event Totals £200,000 £87,500 £9,500 £3,000
Overall Total £300,000

Men's[]

Format and qualifiers[]

Qualifying criteria is as follows (cut-off date 4 December 2021):

  • 1) Top 16 players in WDF World Rankings (seeded)
  • 2) Latest winners of the eleven Platinum/Gold ranked tournaments (World Championship, World Masters (later cancelled), Dutch Open, Scottish Open, England Open, Denmark Open, British Open, Welsh Open, Seacoast Open, Irish Open, World Open (later cancelled))
  • 3) First and second ranked players from each of eight regional tables (Australia, Canada, East Europe, New Zealand, North Europe, UK/Ireland, USA, West Europe)
  • 4) Next highest ranked players in the WDF World Rankings to bring the total entry list to 44
  • 5) Two qualifiers from the final qualification tournament in Assen, Netherlands on 5 December 2021
  • 6) Two qualifiers from the final qualification tournament in Frimley Green, England on 5 December 2021

Seeded players begin the competition in the second round. The remaining 32 qualifiers will start in the first round.[6][7]

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:[8]

  1. ^ a b c d Jim Williams (WDF ranked 2, UK/Ireland ranked 2) and Chris Landman (WDF ranked 16) withdrew to play in the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship. Aleksei Kadochnikov (WDF ranked 17) and Antony Allen (WDF ranked 18) replaced them as seeds, while their places in the tournament were filled by the next highest ranked unqualified players from the WDF rankings, Ian Jones and Jim McEwan
  2. ^ a b Ross Montgomery and Mario Vandenbogaerde withdrew after winning PDC tour cards in January 2022. They were replaced by Roman Obukhov and Donovan Lottering who had previously turned down their invitations. Aaron Turner (WDF ranked 19) replaced Montgomery as a seed.[9]
  3. ^ a b Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the WDF withdrew Aleksei Kadochnikov and Roman Obukhov and replaced them with Leonard Gates and Landon Gardiner respectively. Before that, Kadochnikov and Obukhov will compete as neutral competitors after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian sportspeople[10][8]
  4. ^ a b Australia region No.1 ranked Raymond Smith withdrew to play in 2022 PDC World Darts Championship. His place was offered to number 3 ranked Donovan Lottering, who also declined his invite, thus he was replaced by 4th ranked Justin Thompson
  5. ^ a b c Shawn Burt, Rory Hansen and Matt Campbell finished joint second in the Canada regional table. The WDF decided to invite all three players to the championships, a total of four from the table.[11][7] Campbell later withdrew to play in the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship. As players ranked below 4 in the regional tables could not be invited, he was replaced by the next highest ranked unqualified player from the WDF rankings, Dave Prins
  6. ^ a b New Zealand region number 1 ranked Ben Robb withdrew to play in the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship. Second ranked player Warren Parry also declined his invitation. They were replaced by Haupai Puha and Landon Gardiner, ranked 3 and 4 in the New Zealand table respectively[8]
  7. ^ a b c d Having initially accepted invitations to compete, North Europe number 1 Roman Obukhov, Australia number 2 Jeremy Fagg and New Zealand number 4 Landon Gardiner withdrew. They were replaced by alternates based on the WDF world rankings: WDF number 38 Kevin Luke, number 40 Jordan Brooks, number 41 Shaun McDonald and Donovan Lottering. 37th ranked Ben Robb and number 39 Raymond Smith had already rejected their invitations[14]

Draw[]

  First round
(best of 3 sets)
TBA 		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
TBA 		Third round
(best of 5 sets)
TBA 		Quarter-finals
(best of 7 sets)
TBA 		Semi-finals
(best of 9 sets)
TBA 		Final
(best of 11 sets)
TBA
                                                         
 John Scott     1  Brian Raman  
 Johnny Haines        
     
  England   
 Martin Adams 16  Antony Allen
 Jarred Cole     England   
     
     
 Ben Hazel     8  Luke Littler  
 Haupai Puha        
   
     
 Andreas Harrysson 9  Richard Veenstra
 Laszlo Kadar        
     
     
 Landon Gardiner     4  Aaron Turner  
 Jim McEwan        
   
     
 Mark Graham 13  Michael Warburton
 Dave Prins        
   
     
 Paul Hogan     5  Neil Duff  
 Justin Thompson        
   
     
 Mark Barilli 12  Nick Fullwell
 Rory Hansen        
 
 
 Connor Scutt     2  Thibault Tricole  
 Shawn Burt        
     
     
 Steve Hine 15  Leonard Gates
Alt  Kevin Luke        
     
     
 Dave Parletti     7  Andy Baetens  
Alt  Shaun McDonald        
   
     
 James Richardson 10  Scott Marsh
 Sebastian Steyer        
   
     
 Lee Shewan     3  Wayne Warren  
Alt  Jordan Brooks     England   
   
     
 Ian Jones 14  Cameron Menzies
 David Cameron        
   
     
 John Desreumaux     6  James Hurrell  
Alt  Donovan Lottering        
   
     
 Francesco Raschini 11  Jules van Dongen
 Ryan de Vreede        

Women's[]

Format and qualifiers[]

Qualifying criteria is as follows (cut-off date 4 December 2021):

  • 1) Top 8 players in WDF World Rankings (seeded)
  • 2) Latest winners of the eleven Platinum/Gold ranked tournaments (World Championship, World Masters (later cancelled), Dutch Open, Scottish Open, England Open, Denmark Open, British Open, Welsh Open, Seacoast Open, Irish Open, World Open (later cancelled))
  • 3) Top ranked players from each of eight regional tables (Australia, Canada, East Europe, New Zealand, North Europe, UK/Ireland, USA, West Europe)
  • 4) Next highest ranked players in the WDF World Rankings to bring the total entry list to 22
  • 5) One qualifier from the final qualification tournament in Assen, Netherlands on 5 December 2021
  • 6) One qualifier from the final qualification tournament in Frimley Green, England on 5 December 2021

Seeded players begin the competition in the second round. The remaining 16 qualifiers will start in the first round.[6][7]

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:[8]

  1. ^ a b Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the WDF withdrew Dobromyslova and Shulgina and replaced them with Fallon Sherrock and Jo Clements respectively. Before that, Anastasia Dobromyslova and Elena Shulgina would have competed as neutral competitors after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian sportspeople.[15][10][8]
  2. ^ a b Fallon Sherrock has withdrawn and she replaced by Priscilla Steenbergen. Her seeded place was taken by Corrine Hammond.[16]
  3. ^ New Zealand region number 1 ranked Wendy Harper declined her invitation. Her place was taken by second ranked Desi Mercer[8]

Draw[]

  First round
(best of 3 sets)
TBA 		Second round
(best of 3 sets)
TBA 		Quarter-finals
(best of 3 sets)
TBA 		Semi-finals
(best of 5 sets)
TBA 		Final
(best of 7 sets)
TBA
                                               
 Lorraine Hyde     1  Deta Hedman  
 Tori Kewish        
     
     
 Vicky Pruim 8  Lorraine Winstanley
 Desi Mercer        
     
     
 Laura Turner     4  Aileen de Graaf  
 Mikuru Suzuki        
   
     
 Paula Murphy 5  Beau Greaves
 Veronika Ihász        
   
   
 Paula Jacklin     2  Corrine Hammond  
 Rhian O'Sullivan        
   
     
 Amanda Harwood 7  Maria O'Brien
 Marjolein Noijens        
   
     
 Priscilla Steenbergen     3  Anca Zijlstra  
 Darlene Van Sleeuwen        
   
  England   
 Suzanne Smith 6  Kirsty Hutchinson
 Jo Clements     England   

Boys[]

Format and qualifiers[]

All boys that will be under the age of 18 on 9 January 2022 shall be eligible to play in the 2022 Lakeside WDF Boys World Championship tournaments. The semi-finals and final of the tournament shall be played at the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, England as a part of the 2022 WDF World Darts Championships tournament.[6][7]

Qualifying criteria is as follows (cut-off date 4 December 2021):

  • 1) Two qualifiers from the final qualification tournament in Assen, Netherlands on 5 December 2021
  • 2) Two qualifiers from the final qualification tournament in Frimley Green, England on 5 December 2021

Draw[]

Semi-finals
(best of 3 sets)
TBA 		Final
(best of 5 sets)
TBA
      
 
 
 
England 
 Leighton Bennett
 

Girls[]

Format and qualifiers[]

All girls that will be under the age of 18 on 9 January 2022 shall be eligible to play in the 2022 Lakeside WDF Girls World Championship tournaments. Final of the tournament shall be played at the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, England as a part of the 2022 WDF World Darts Championships tournament.[6][7]

Qualifying criteria is as follows (cut-off date 4 December 2021):

  • 1) One qualifier from the final qualification tournament in Assen, Netherlands on 5 December 2021
  • 2) One qualifier from the final qualification tournament in Frimley Green, England on 5 December 2021

Draw[]

Final
(best of 3 sets)
TBA
   
 
 

Representation[]

This table shows the number of players by country in the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship. A total of 19 nationalities were represented.

Men's[]

England
ENG 		Scotland
SCO 		Belgium
BEL 		Canada
CAN 		Wales
WAL 		United States
USA 		Australia
AUS 		Netherlands
NED 		New Zealand
NZL 		France
FRA 		Italy
ITA 		Northern Ireland
NIR 		Poland
POL 		Romania
ROU 		Sweden
SWE 		Total
Final 2
Semi-finals 4
Quarter-finals 8
Third round 1 16
Second round 8 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 32
First round 14 3 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 N/A 1 N/A 1 1 1 32
Total 20 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 48

Women's[]

England
ENG 		Netherlands
NED 		Australia
AUS 		Canada
CAN 		Hungary
HUN 		Japan
JPN 		New Zealand
NZL 		Scotland
SCO 		Sweden
SWE 		Wales
WAL 		United States
USA 		Total
Final 2
Semi-finals 4
Quarter-finals 1 8
Second round 6 2 1 16
First round 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16
Total 10 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 24

Boys[]

England
ENG 		Germany
GER 		Netherlands
NED 		Total
Final 1 2
Semi-finals 2 1 1 4
Total 2 1 1 4

Girls[]

England
ENG 		Germany
GER 		Total
Final 1 1 2
Total 1 1 2

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