2022 WDF World Darts Championship

The 2022 Lakeside WDF World Championship will be the 1st World Championship organised by the World Darts Federation held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green.

Lakeside World Championship
Tournament information
Dates2–10 April 2022
VenueLakeside Country Club
LocationFrimley Green, Surrey
Country 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)
«2020 2023»

World Darts Federation have 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. Jim Williams (WDF #2, UK/Ireland #2) and Chris Landman (WDF #16) withdrew to play in the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship. Aleksei Kadochnikov (WDF #17) and Antony Allen (WDF #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. Aleksei Kadochnikov is Russian, but will compete as a neutral competitor 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 athletes.[9][8]
  3. Australia region No.1 ranked Raymond Smith withdrew to play in 2022 PDC World Darts Championship. His place was offered to #3 ranked Donovan Lottering, who also declined his invite, thus he was replaced by #4 ranked Justin Thompson.
  4. 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.[10][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.
  5. New Zealand region #1 ranked Ben Robb withdrew to play in the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship. #2 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]
  6. Having initially accepted invitations to compete, North Europe #1 Roman Obukhov, Australia #2 Jeremy Fagg and New Zealand #4 Landon Gardiner withdrew. They were replaced by alternates based on the WDF world rankings: WDF #38 Kevin Luke, #40 Jordan Brooks and #41 Shaun McDonald. #37 Ben Robb and #39 Raymond Smith had already rejected their invitations.[11]

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
                                                         
 Leonard Gates     1  Brian Raman  
 Johnny Haines        
     
     
 Martin Adams 16  Antony Allen
 Jarred Cole        
     
     
 Ben Hazel     8  Luke Littler  
 Haupai Puha        
   
     
 Andreas Harrysson 9  Richard Veenstra
 Laszlo Kadar        
     
     
 Aaron Turner     4  Ross Montgomery  
 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  Aleksei Kadochnikov
 Kevin Luke        
     
     
 Dave Parletti     7  Andy Baetens  
 Shaun McDonald        
   
     
 James Richardson 10  Scott Marsh
 Sebastian Steyer        
   
     
 Lee Shewan     3  Wayne Warren  
 Jordan Brooks        
   
     
 Ian Jones 14  Cameron Menzies
 David Cameron        
   
     
 John Desreumaux     6  James Hurrell  
 Mario Vandenbogaerde        
   
     
 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. Anastasia Dobromyslova & Elena Shulgina are Russian, but 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 athletes.[16][8]
  2. Fallon Sherrock (WDF #3, UK/Ireland #1) withdrew following the announcement of the provisional entry list. She was replaced as a seed by WDF #9 Lorraine Winstanley, while her place in the tournament was taken by the next player in the WDF world rankings, Vicky Pruim.[17]
  3. New Zealand region #1 ranked Wendy Harper declined her invitation. Her place was taken by #2 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  Anastasia Dobromyslova  
 Rhian O'Sullivan        
   
     
 Amanda Harwood 7  Maria O'Brien
 Marjolein Noijens        
   
     
 Corrine Hammond     3  Anca Zijlstra  
 Darlene Van Sleeuwen        
   
     
 Suzanne Smith 6  Kirsty Hutchinson
 Elena Shulgina        

Boys

Format and qualifiers

All boys that will be under the age of 18 on Sunday 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
          
     Luis Liptow
     Bradly Roes
     
     
     Leighton Bennett
     Charlie Large

    Girls

    Format and qualifiers

    All girls that will be under the age of 18 on Sunday 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
         
       Eleanor Cairns
       Wibke Riemann

      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

      ENG
      SCO
      BEL
      CAN
      WAL
      USA
      NED
      AUS
      FRA
      ITA
      NIR
      NZL
      POL
      RDF[lower-alpha 1]
      ROU
      SWE      		 Total
      Final 2
      Semi-finals 4
      Quarter-finals 8
      Third round 116
      Second round 72321111132
      First round 143231211N/A1N/A11N/A1132
      Total1954333211111111148

      Women's

      ENG
      NED
      AUS
      RDF[lower-alpha 1]
      CAN
      HUN
      JPN
      NZL
      SCO
      SWE
      WAL
      USA      		 Total
      Final 2
      Semi-finals 4
      Quarter-finals 8
      Second round 52116
      First round 41211111111116
      Total93221111111124

      Boys

      ENG
      GER
      NED      		 Total
      Final 12
      Semi-finals 2114
      Total2114

      Girls

      ENG
      GER      		 Total
      Final 112
      Total112
      1. Players from Russia will compete as part of the National Darts Federation of Russia

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