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2023 World Seniors Darts Champion of Champions

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The **2023 JENNINGSbet World Seniors Champion of Champions** was the first staging of the World Seniors Champion of Champions tournament, organised by the World Seniors Darts Tour. The tournament took place at Viva!, Blackpool, England, from 25–26 March 2023. It featured a field of 8 players.

Leonard Gates won his first World Seniors title, defeating Richie Howson 13–10 in the final. It was made even more impressive by the fact that Gates won the "Golden Ticket Qualifier" held the day before the tournament just to qualify in the first place.

## Qualification

Seven players were invited to the event, four of which were seeded, with one place available to a 'Golden Ticket Winner'. The qualifying event was held the day before the event, with Leonard Gates being the winner. 76 players entered the qualifying event.

1. Robert Thornton  *(Quarter-finals)*
2. Phil Taylor  *(Quarter-finals)*
3. Martin Adams  *(Semi-finals)*
4. David Cameron  *(Semi-finals)*
* Richie Howson  *(Runner-up)*
* Trina Gulliver  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Kevin Painter  *(Quarter-finals)*
* **Leonard Gates**  **(Champion)**

## Draw

The draw was made during the 2023 World Seniors Darts Championship on 12 February 2023.

## Broadcast rights

The tournament was shown live on Channel 5 in the UK, and over 3.5 million viewers tuned in.

## References

1. ↑ SCHEDULE AND PREVIEW SATURDAY AFTERNOON SESSION 2023 WORLD SENIORS CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS INCLUDING TAYLOR, ADAMS AND THORNTON.
2. ↑ World Seniors Champion of Champions 2023. Draw, Live Scores and Schedule of Play.
3. ↑ GOLDEN TICKET QUALIFIER LEONARD GATES COMPLETES SUPERB RUN, WINS INAUGURAL WORLD SENIORS CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS TITLE.
4. ↑ Darts results: Leonard Gates beats Richie Howson to win the World Seniors Champion of Champions.
5. ↑ WSDT Money List.
6. ↑ LEONARD GATES SEALS GOLDEN TICKET FOR WORLD SENIORS CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS, SET TO FACE PHIL TAYLOR IN QUARTER-FINALS.
7. ↑ The Draw Bracket for the jenningsbetinfo Champion of Champions.
8. ↑ TV FIGURES.
Man Lok Leung

**Man Lok Leung** (born 29 March 1999) is a Hong Kongese professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a WDF World Cup silver medalist.
He also represented his country at the PDC World Cup of Darts.

## Career

Leung made his first international appearance as the winner of the Asian Qualifier tournament for the 2017 PDC World Youth Championship. He lost first round match to Rhys Hayden. In the following years, he focused on personal development and playing in national tournaments. In 2019, he represented Hong Kong during the 2019 WDF World Cup, where he advanced to the final match in the team competition. Ultimately, the Hong Kong representatives won the silver medal, losing the final match to Wales. The following year he appeared during the PDC Development Tour events.

In the same year he qualified for the 2020 PDC World Youth Championship and he prevailed in his preliminary group with victories over Marcus Brambati and Geert Nentjes. In the second round he was eliminated by Jaikob Selby-Rivas in the deciding leg. In 2021, he was able to win a place alongside Kai Fan Leung at the 2021 PDC World Cup of Darts through a series of qualifying events. There they had to admit defeat against Northern Ireland.

At the beginning of October 2022, Leung made a quarter-finals at the 2022 PDC World Youth Championship. He advanced to the fourth round, where he lost to Nathan Girvan. For the first edition of the 2023 Bahrain Darts Masters in January 2023, Leung received a wildcard from the Professional Darts Corporation and thus celebrated his debut at the World Series of Darts. His first opponent was Luke Humphries, for whom it was also his first World Series start. Despite a respectable performance, Leung had to admit defeat.

In March, Leung won the first event of the PDC Asian Tour and was then also successful in sixth event. He competed again at the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts for Hong Kong team together with Lok Yin Lee. They met Germany and Japan in the group-stage, where they suffered two defeats. At the end of July, Leung won his third PDC Asian Tour event of this season and he also moved through local ranking. Since Haruki Muramatsu was already able to qualify for the PDC World Darts Championship as the winner of the 2023 PDC Asian Championship, the free starting place for the Japanese player in the PDC Asian Championship 2023 went to Leung, who is in fifth place in the PDC Asian Tour Order of Merit ranked. In October 2023, he also won the Malaysian Open and Johor Open.

In the first round of the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, he surprisingly narrowly defeated Gian van Veen and set the record for the most 180s thrown in a first round match with eleven. The previous record was set by Scott Williams last year. In the second round he lost to Gabriel Clemens.

## World Championship results

### PDC

* 2024: Second round (lost to Gabriel Clemens 1–3) (sets)
Gábor Tákacs

**Gábor Tákacs** (born 26 September 1973) is a Hungarian professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He has represented Hungary during the PDC World Cup of Darts, WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup. Winner of several international World Darts Federation tournaments.

## Career

Takács was seen internationally for the first time in 2015. Together with Nándor Bezzeg he represented Hungary during 2015 PDC World Cup of Darts. After opening win in first round against Sweden (Magnus Caris and Daniel Larsson), they then lost to Scotland (Gary Anderson and Peter Wright). Since then, the Hungarian has primarily been seen at World Darts Federation international tournaments in Eastern Europe. He took part in the WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup tournaments six times, but without significant success.

Here he secured victory at the Hungarian Masters in 2020. In 2022, he also won Iceland Open and Swiss Open tournaments. In the final match during Swiss Open he beat Martyn Turner by 5–2 in legs. Following these victories, he qualified for the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship.

## World Championship results

### WDF

* 2023: First round (lost to Moreno Blom 0–2)
2024 Masters

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The **2024 Cazoo Masters** will be the twelfth staging of the non-ranking Masters darts tournament, held by the Professional Darts Corporation. It will be held from 2–4 February 2024 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England.

Chris Dobey is the defending champion, after defeating Rob Cross 11–7 in the 2023 final.

## Qualifiers

The Masters will feature the top 24 players in the PDC Order of Merit after the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, with the top 8 automatically qualifying for the second round.

Josh Rock and Martin Schindler will make their debuts in the event.

The following players will take part in the tournament:

1. Luke Humphries
2. Michael van Gerwen
3. Michael Smith
4. Nathan Aspinall
5. Gerwyn Price
6. Rob Cross
7. Danny Noppert
8. Peter Wright
9. Jonny Clayton
10. Dave Chisnall
11. Damon Heta
12. Joe Cullen
13. Dirk van Duijvenbode
14. Dimitri Van den Bergh
15. Chris Dobey
16. Stephen Bunting
17. Ross Smith
18. Andrew Gilding
19. James Wade
20. Ryan Searle
21. Josh Rock
22. Gabriel Clemens
23. Martin Schindler
24. Krzysztof Ratajski

## Prize money

The prize money will remain at £275,000 in total, with the winner earning £65,000.

 **First round losers** | (8) | £4,000

## References

1. ↑ Gorton, Josh. Dobey defeats Cross to clinch first televised title at Cazoo Masters. Professional Darts Corporation.
2. ↑ 2024 Cazoo Masters draw confirmed as Dobey opens up against Gilding (6 January 2024).
2012 European Championship

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The **2012 PartyPoker.net European Championship** was the fifth edition of the Professional Darts Corporation tournament, the European Championship, which allows the top European players to compete against the highest ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit.

The tournament took place from 20–23 September 2012 at the RWE-Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany.

Phil Taylor was once again defending the title, after defeating Adrian Lewis 11–8 in the 2011 final, but he lost for the first time in the history of the torunament, losing 10–6 to Brendan Dolan in the quarter-finals.

Simon Whitlock won his first major title, defeating Wes Newton 11–5 in the final.

## Format

The format remained the same as the previous year.

 Second
 Semi-finals
 Final

## Prize money

The prize fund remained at £200,000.

The following is the breakdown of the fund:

 **First round** | (16) | £2,500

## Qualification

The top 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit on 9 September automatically qualified for the event. The top 8 from these rankings were also the seeded players.

The remaining 16 places went to the top 8 non-qualified players from the 2012 Players Championship Order of Merit, and then from the top 8 non-qualified players of the 2012 Continental Europe Order of Merit.

On 13 August, #4 seed Gary Anderson was banned from the event due to breaching the PDC's rules at the 2012 German Darts Championship.

These were the participants:

1. Phil Taylor  *(Quarter-finals)*
2. Adrian Lewis  *(First round)*
3. James Wade  *(First round)*
4. Wes Newton  *(Runner-up)*
5. Andy Hamilton  *(Quarter-finals)*
6. **Simon Whitlock**  **(Champion)**
7. Terry Jenkins  *(First round)*
8. Mark Webster  *(First round)*
9. Raymond van Barneveld  *(Quarter-finals)*
10. Justin Pipe  *(First round)*
11. Kevin Painter  *(Second round)*
12. Dave Chisnall  *(Second round)*
13. Ronnie Baxter  *(Second round)*
14. Mark Walsh  *(First round)*
15. Paul Nicholson  *(First round)*
16. Vincent van der Voort  *(First round)*
1. Ian White  *(Second round)*
2. Kim Huybrechts  *(Semi-finals)*
3. Michael van Gerwen  *(Second round)*
4. Colin Lloyd  *(Quarter-finals)*
5. Richie Burnett  *(Second round)*
6. Brendan Dolan  *(Semi-finals)*
7. Andy Smith  *(First round)*
8. Mervyn King  *(First round)*
1. Magnus Caris  *(First round)*
2. Co Stompé  *(First round)*
3. Gino Vos  *(First round)*
4. Jerry Hendriks  *(Second round)*
5. Mensur Suljović  *(First round)*
6. Andree Welge  *(Second round)*
7. Michael Rosenauer  *(First round)*
8. Tomas Seyler  *(First round)*

## References

1. ↑ Four-some Taylor's Euro Glory. PDC.
2. ↑ Whitlock Is European King!. PDC.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 PartyPoker.net European Championship Schedule. PDC.
4. ↑ Anderson Banned For Three Events. PDC.
2023 World Series of Darts

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The **2023 World Series of Darts** is a series of televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. In 2023, there were set to be 5 World Series events and one finals event, which as the previous year, will take place in Amsterdam, Netherlands, but on 23 March 2023, a sixth event in Poland was announced.

Included in the schedule is a return to the Middle East for the first time since the 2017 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters, with the announcement of the Bahrain Darts Masters to be held at the Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir in January 2023.

## Prize money

The prize money for the regional events remained the same for 2023, but the Finals had their prize fund increased to £350,000.

## 2023 World Series Order of Merit

The top eight will qualify for the World Series of Darts Finals and determine their seeding. The table only involves players with at least one win during the 2023 World Series tour.

## References

1. ↑ World Series of Darts to break new ground as 2023 schedule announced.
2. ↑ New Poland Darts Masters event completes 2023 World Series schedule.
3. ↑ World Series of Darts to debut in Bahrain in January 2023.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 PDC Order of Merit Rules.
5. ↑ Bahrain Darts Masters glory for classy Smith.
6. ↑ Wright sees off Price to claim Viaplay Nordic Darts Masters triumph. *PDC* (21 January 2023).
7. ↑ Victory for Van Gerwen at bet365 US Darts Masters. *PDC* (3 June 2023).
8. ↑ Inspired Van Gerwen claims inaugural Poland Darts Masters crown. *PDC* (8 July 2023).
9. ↑ Cross edges out Aspinall to claim NZ Darts Masters title. PDC. Retrieved on August 6, 2023.
10. ↑ Clinical Cross completes World Series double Down Under. PDC. Retrieved on August 12, 2023.
11. ↑ Nine-dart Van Gerwen seals fifth Jack's World Series Finals title.
Noel Malicdem

**Noel Malicdem** (born 10 January 1977) is a Filipino professional darts player who plays currently in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and other national events. He has represented the Philippines during the PDC World Cup of Darts.

## Career

Malicdem debut on the international stage during Malaysian Open in 2017. In 2018, he took part in the entire season of the PDC Asian Tour, which was newly created to determine PDC World Darts Championship qualifiers from Asia. In March, he threw nine-dart finish during one of the PDC Asian Tour in a match against Royden Lam. Malicdem finally qualified for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship. In his first round, he defeated Jeffrey de Graaf by 3–2 in sets, but lost in the second round to Kyle Anderson. He then represented his home country for the first time at the 2019 PDC World Cup of Darts. Together with Lourence Ilagan they lost to England (Rob Cross and Michael Smith) by 1–5 in legs.

A year later, he again managed to qualify for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship as a qualifier from PDC Asian Tour, where he finished on fourth place overall. In the first round of the tournament, he beat Rowby-John Rodriguez by 3–0 in sets. In the second round, he was leading and had match darts against Peter Wright, but in the end he wasn't able to check-out and eventually lost in sudden death leg.

In the same year, Malicdem again represented Philippines together with Lourence Ilagan at the 2020 PDC World Cup of Darts. The Philippine national team faced England again in the first round and lost by 3–5 in legs. In the following years, Malicdem competed in PDC Asian Tour tournaments.

## World Championship results

### PDC

* 2019: Second round (lost to Kyle Anderson 1–3)
* 2020: Second round (lost to Peter Wright 2–3)

## References

1. ↑ 2018/2019 William Hill World Darts Championship Draw. *PDC.tv* (12 December 2018). Retrieved on December 12, 2018.
2. ↑ Asian Tour Order of Merit | PDC.
3. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"Wright wins sudden-death thriller". *BBC Sport*.
2017 Champions League of Darts

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The **2017 Unibet Champions League of Darts** was the 2nd annual staging of the Champions League of Darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It took place from 16–17 September 2017 at the Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Wales.

Phil Taylor was the defending champion after winning the first edition of the tournament against Michael van Gerwen 11–5, but he lost 11–6 in the semi-finals to Gary Anderson.

Mensur Suljović won his first major title, beating Anderson 11–9 in the final, after already defeating him in the group stage.

## Format

The eight qualifiers were split in two groups, playing each other one time in a best of 19-legs match. The top two of each group proceeded to the semi-finals. Both semi-finals and the final were a best of 21-legs match.

## Prize money

 **Fourth in group stage** | (2) | £10,000

## Qualifiers

The top 7 players on the PDC Order of Merit following the 2017 World Matchplay qualified. Reigning champion Phil Taylor was given a guaranteed place in the tournament, as will each future winner of the tournament. As Taylor was also one of the Top 7 players, the eighth ranked player also qualified.

Three players made their debuts in this tournament with Dave Chisnall, Mensur Suljović and Raymond van Barneveld replacing James Wade, Michael Smith and Robert Thornton.

1. Michael van Gerwen  *(Group stage)*
2. Gary Anderson  *(Runner-up)*
3. Peter Wright  *(Group stage)*
4. Phil Taylor  *(Semi-finals)*
5. Adrian Lewis  *(Group stage)*
6. Dave Chisnall  *(Group stage)*
7. **Mensur Suljović**  **(Champion)**
8. Raymond van Barneveld  *(Semi-finals)*

## Results

### Group stage

*All matches first-to-10 (best of 19 legs)*

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Avg – 3-dart average; Pts = Points

## References

1. ↑ Champions League of Darts: Phil Taylor beats Michael van Gerwen in final. BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 23, 2017.
2. ↑ Super Suljovic's Champions League Glory. PDC (17 September 2017). Retrieved on September 17, 2017.
3. ↑ New BBC Deal For Unibet Champions League. PDC (21 June 2017). Retrieved on July 11, 2017.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Unibet Champions League Field Confirmed. PDC. Retrieved on August 1, 2017.
5. ↑ 2017 Unibet Champions League Schedule. PDC (24 August 2017). Retrieved on August 26, 2017.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 2017 Unibet Champions League Day One. PDC (16 September 2017). Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 2017 Unibet Champions League Day Two. PDC (17 September 2017). Retrieved on September 17, 2017.[*permanent dead link*]
Ricardo Perez

**Ricardo Perez Ibarra** (born 4 April 1988) is a Spanish professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player who currently plays in the World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is an EDU European Darts Champion and EDF European Darts Championship silver medalist.

## Career

Perez played his first tournaments on electronic dartboards. In 2018, thanks to good results in domestic steel-tip tournaments, he was invited to participate in the 2018 World Masters. He advanced to the third round where he lost to Aaron Turner by 1–3 in sets. A month later, at the Italian Open, he advanced to the final, where he lost to Martin Adams by 5–6 in legs. It was his first final on steel-tip tournament.

He returned to international competitions in 2022, when he won the gold medal in cricket competition at the EDU European Darts Championship. In the final of the tournament he defeated Dragutin Pecnjak. He won another medal individually during EDF European Darts Championship, but in the final he lost to Boris Krčmar. In December 2022, he took part in the 2022 World Masters, where he advanced to the final phase of the tournament. In the fourth round he lost to Vítězslav Sedlák by 1–5 in legs.

In January 2023, he took part in the PDC Q-School qualifying tournament.

## References

1. ↑ Winmau World Masters Men 2018. World Darts Federation.
2. ↑ Italian Open Men 2018. World Darts Federation.
3. ↑ EUROPEAN DART CHAMPIONSHIP – 2022. TodoDardos.
4. ↑ EDF - European Dart Championship 2022. European Darts Federation.
5. ↑ Winmau World Masters Men 2022. World Darts Federation.
6. ↑ RESULTS DAY ONE 2023 PDC EUROPEAN Q-SCHOOL: VAN DE PAS AND VEENSTRA JOIN FINAL ROUND LINE-UP. dartsnews.com.
László Kádár

**László Kádár** (born 31 March 1969) is a Romanian professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is a Apatin Open and Slovak Open champion. His other big achievements to date was qualified and advanced to the second round of the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship.

## Career

Kadar has been playing at international World Darts Federation tournaments since 2010, made his debut at the 2010 WDF Europe Cup, where he was defeated by a whitewash in his opening game against Christian Demazure. In his subsequent 2010 World Masters debut, Kadar won his first game against Peter Holczer before losing to Dennis Harbour in the third round.

In 2011, Kadar took part in the 2011 WDF World Cup for the first time, winning his first game against Kevin Jacob 4–3 in legs. It was followed by the end against Hiroaki Shimizu in the second round. In the years that followed, Kadar only played the WDF tournaments in his region, primarily in Romania. He landed a bigger success at the 2014 WDF Europe Cup, where it went to the third round in singles competition, but lost 0–4 to Ross Montgomery.

In 2017, he advanced to Last 16 stage at the Hungarian Classic for the first time. Two more rather meager years were then followed by a significant improvement in form from 2020. Kadar made it to the final of the Romanian Open, but had to admit defeat against Nick Kenny. In 2021, he snagged his first tournament victory at the Apatin Open, did it in a decider leg over Oliver Ferenc.

In 2022, he won the Slovak Open against Scott Marsh. As the best Eastern European player in the World Darts Federation rankings, Kadar qualified for the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship for the first time, where in the first round he beat Andreas Harrysson by 2–1 in sets. Kadar survived match darts and advanced to second round, but failed to win a set against Richard Veenstra.

## World Championship results

### WDF

* 2022: Second round (lost to Richard Veenstra 0–3) (sets)
* 2023: First round (lost to Edwin Torbjörnsson 0–2)

## References

1. ↑ Duff and Turner among winners during WDF Slovak Masters and Open weekend. dartsnews.com.
2. ↑ Raman seals marathon thriller against Haines, Veenstra eases past Kadar. dartsnews.com.
2019 PDC Asian Tour series

The **2019 PDC Asian Tour series** consisted of 12 darts tournaments on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour.

The venues for the first 10 events were announced in December 2018.

## Prize money

Each event had a prize fund of $10,000.

This is how the prize money is divided:

 **Last 32** | (16) | $100

## January

### Event 1

Event 1 was contested on Saturday 26 January 2019 at KBS Sports World in Seoul, South Korea. The winner was Royden Lam.

### Event 2

Event 2 was contested on Sunday 27 January 2019 at KBS Sports World in Seoul, South Korea. The winner was Paul Lim.

## February

### Event 3

Event 3 was contested on Saturday 16 February 2019 at Kobe Sanbo-Hall in Kobe, Japan. The winner was Haruki Muramatsu.

### Event 4

Event 4 was contested on Sunday 17 February 2019 at Kobe Sanbo-Hall in Kobe, Japan. The winner was Seigo Asada.

## March

### Event 5

Event 5 was contested on Saturday 30 March 2023 at Leyte Academic Center in Palo, Philippines. The winner was Noel Malicdem.

### Event 6

Event 6 was contested on Sunday 31 March 2023 at Leyte Academic Center in Palo, Philippines. The winner was Lourence Ilagan.

## June

### Event 7

Event 7 was contested on Saturday 22 June 2019 at G-Club in Taipei, Taiwan. The winner was Lourence Ilagan, who also hit a nine-dart finish in the final.

### Event 8

Event 8 was contested on Sunday 23 June 2019 at G-Club in Taipei, Taiwan. The winner was Lourence Ilagan.

## July

### Event 9

Event 9 was contested on Saturday 27 July 2019 at the Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong. The winner was Paul Lim.

### Event 10

Event 10 was contested on Sunday 28 July 2019 at the Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong. The winner was Yuki Yamada.

## August

### Event 11

Event 11 was contested on Saturday 31 August 2019 at the AUPE Club in Singapore. The winner was Seigo Asada.

## September

### Event 12

Event 12 was contested on Sunday 1 September 2019 at the AUPE Club in Singapore. The winner was Seigo Asada.

## References

1. ↑ 2019 PDC Asian Tour Dates Confirmed. PDC (3 December 2018).
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lam & Lim Share Asian Tour Wins. PDC (27 January 2019).
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Japanese Pair Secure Asian Tour Success. PDC (17 February 2019).
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Philippines Duo Enjoy Home Success On Asian Tour. PDC (2 April 2019).
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Asian Tour Double For Nine-Dart Ilagan. PDC (23 June 2019).
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Asian Tour Wins For Lim & Yamada. PDC (28 July 2019).
7. ↑ Japanese Pair Secure Asian Tour Success. PDC (31 August 2019).
8. ↑ Asada completes Asian Tour double. PDC (1 September 2019).
2023 New South Wales Darts Masters

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The **2023 PalmerBet New South Wales Darts Masters** was the second staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, and the sixth entry in the 2023 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight PDC players and eight regional qualifiers) and was held at the WIN Entertainment Centre in Wollongong, Australia on 11–12 August 2023.

Jonny Clayton was the defending champion after defeating James Wade 8–1 in the 2022 final, but he withdrew from the 2023 tournament for family reasons.

Rob Cross won his third World Series title, and his second consecutive event in a row by defeating Damon Heta 8–1 in the final.

## Prize money

The total prize fund remained at £60,000.

 **First round** | (8) | £1,250

## Qualifiers

The PDC announced the 8 players who will represent them at the event on 19 June 2023. Both Michael van Gerwen and Luke Humphries declined their invites for family reasons.

On 26 July, it was announced that Jonny Clayton had withdrawn from this event and the 2023 New Zealand Darts Masters due to family reasons. As such, Damon Heta was moved from the Oceanic qualifiers to the PDC representatives, and Harley Kemp (as the highest ranked non-qualifier on the DPA Order of Merit) was called up as a replacement.

The seedings were based on the World Series Order of Merit following the first 5 events.

1. Gerwyn Price  *(Quarter-finals)*
2. Michael Smith  *(Quarter-finals)*
3. **Rob Cross**  **(Champion)**
4. Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Semi-finals)*
5. Peter Wright  *(Semi-finals)*
6. Nathan Aspinall  *(First round)*
7. Danny Noppert  *(Quarter-finals)*
8. Damon Heta  *(Runner-up)*

The Oceanic qualifiers consisted of their PDC Tour Card holders (Damon Heta (who then subsequently got promoted to the PDC representatives) and Simon Whitlock), plus the four Australian players who won the DPA qualifiers, along with one New Zealand player from the DPNZ qualifier, and the highest-ranked non-qualifier on the DPA Order of Merit.

## Draw

The draw was done on 10 August by Mark Webster.

## Notes

1. ↑ Brandon Weening had qualified as the highest non-qualifier, but he withdrew due to a prior commitment, with Joe Comito taking his place as the next highest qualifier.

## References

1. ↑ Clinical Clayton dominates Wade to win New South Wales Darts Masters (en).
2. ↑ Clinical Cross completes World Series double Down Under. PDC. Retrieved on August 12, 2023.
3. ↑ Reigning champions return for NZ Darts Masters & NSW Darts Masters. *PDC* (19 June 2023).
4. ↑ Clayton to miss August's World Series double-header. *PDC* (26 July 2023).
5. ↑ Lloyd, Comito & Penhall seal World Series spots after latest DPA weekend. *PDC* (10 July 2023).
6. ↑ Aspinall to take on Whitlock in PalmetBet NSW Darts Masters opener. PDC. Retrieved on August 11, 2023.
2022 New Zealand Darts Masters

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The **2022 TAB New Zealand Darts Masters** was the second staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, and the sixth entry in the 2022 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight PDC players and eight regional qualifiers) and was held at the Globox Arena in Hamilton, New Zealand on 26–27 August 2022.

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Raymond van Barneveld 8–1 in the 2019 final. However, he was defeated by Jonny Clayton 6–3 in the quarter-finals.

Gerwyn Price won his first World Series title (excluding the World Series Finals in 2020) after beating Clayton 8–4 in the final.

## Prize money

The total prize fund remained at £60,000.

 **First round** | (8) | £1,250

## Qualifiers

The PDC announced 6 of the 8 players who have been their representatives at the event on 11 April 2022, including Fallon Sherrock, who was denied her chance to appear on the 2020 World Series of Darts circuit, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 30 May 2022, it was announced that Jonny Clayton and Joe Cullen would complete the field of PDC representatives.

On 27 July, it was announced that Peter Wright had withdrawn from the three Oceania events for medical reasons, and so was replaced by the current World Series Order of Merit leader Dimitri Van den Bergh.

The seeding are based on the World Series Order of Merit following the first 5 events.

1. Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Semi-finals)*
2. Michael van Gerwen  *(Quarter-finals)*
3. Michael Smith  *(Semi-finals)*
4. James Wade  *(Quarter-finals)*
5. **Gerwyn Price**  **(Champion)**
6. Jonny Clayton  *(Runner-up)*
7. Joe Cullen  *(Quarter-finals)*
8. Fallon Sherrock  *(First round)*

The Oceanic qualifiers consisted of their three PDC Tour Card holders (Damon Heta, Simon Whitlock and Gordon Mathers), plus the top two on the DPNZ Order of Merit, the two New Zealand players who won the DPNZ qualifiers, along with one Australian player from the DPA qualifier.

## References

1. ↑ Van Gerwen Victorious in Hamilton. PDC. Retrieved on August 24, 2019.
2. ↑ Price powers past Clayton to claim NZ Darts Masters glory. PDC. Retrieved on August 27, 2022.
3. ↑ PDC stars confirmed for 2022 World Series of Darts events. *PDC* (11 April 2022).
4. ↑ Clayton & Cullen heading Down Under for World Series treble-header (en).
5. ↑ Wright to miss August's World Series treble-header (en).
Abdulnasser Yusuf

**Abdulnasser Yusuf** (born 1 January 1961) is a Bahrainese professional darts player who plays currently in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He has represented Bahrain during the PDC World Cup of Darts and 2023 Bahrain Darts Masters.

## Career

Yusuf debut on the international stage during the 2023 Bahrain Darts Masters. In the first round of this tournament he lost to Michael Smith by 1–6 in legs. With an unorthodox throwing style, Abdulnasser Yusuf achieved an average of a meager 63 points. He became the first player from Bahrain to win a leg in the Professional Darts Corporation tournament.

In June 2023, he represented his country for the first time together with Basem Mahmood during the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts. The first group stage there was against New Zealand (Ben Robb and Warren Parry) and they lost 1–4 in legs. They were able to win two legs against Latvia (Madars Razma and Dmitrijs Žukovs), but were eliminated. Yusuf played the worst individual average in history of the television-stage.

## Performance timeline

 QF
2001 World Grand Prix

Darts tournamentTemplate:SHORTDESC:Darts tournament
The **2001 Paddy Power World Grand Prix** was the fourth staging of the World Grand Prix darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, between 24–28 October 2001. This was the first World Grand Prix to be held at the Citywest Hotel, while Paddy Power was the tournament's first sponsor.

Phil Taylor, the winner of the three previous stagings of the tournament, lost 2–1 to Kevin Painter in the first round; this was Painter's sole win against Taylor in 33 professional meetings.

The final was contested between Alan Warriner and Roland Scholten, with Warriner winning 8–2, in what would be his only PDC major in his career.

In his first-round win over Andy Jenkins, Warriner averaged 106.45 – a record for a televised match with a double start, which still stands to this day.

## Format

All matches were played as double in, double out; requiring the players to score 501 points to win a leg, beginning with as well as finishing on either a double or the bullseye. Matches were played to set format, with each set being the best of five legs (first to three).

This is the only "double in" tournament on the PDC circuit, and along with the World Championship the only tournament which uses the set format.

The matches got longer as the tournament progressed:

 Second
 Quarter-finals
 Semi-finals
 Final

## Prize money

The prize fund was increased to £78,000, although the winner still received £15,000.

 **First round losers** | (16) | £1,250

## Qualifiers

In a change to the format, there were 32 players, of which there were 8 seeded players. There was also a qualifier for 2 players from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

1. Peter Manley  *(First round)*
2. **Alan Warriner**  **(Champion)**
3. Phil Taylor  *(First round)*
4. Rod Harrington  *(First round)*
5. John Part  *(Quarter-finals)*
6. Dennis Priestley  *(First round)*
7. Dave Askew  *(Quarter-finals)*
8. Steve Beaton  *(Second round)*
* Martin Adams  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Ronnie Baxter  *(First round)*
* Chris Bowring  *(First round)*
* Steve Brown  *(First round)*
* Shayne Burgess  *(Second round)*
* Richie Burnett  *(Second round)*
* Ian Cullingworth  *(Second round)*
* Keith Deller  *(Second round)*
* Peter Evison  *(First round)*
* Andy Jenkins  *(First round)*
* Cliff Lazarenko  *(First round)*
* Colin Lloyd  *(First round)*
* John Lowe  *(Semi-finals)*
* Mick Manning  *(Second round)*
* Doug McCarthy  *(First round)*
* George McLean  *(First round)*
* Denis Ovens  *(Second round)*
* Kevin Painter  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Alex Roy  *(Second round)*
* Roland Scholten  *(Runner-up)*
* Dennis Smith  *(Semi-finals)*
* Kit Young  *(First round)*
* Francis McMahon  *(First round)*
* Keith Rooney  *(First round)*

## References

1. ↑ Kevin Painter V Phil Taylor Head to Head.
2024 WDF World Darts Championship

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The **2024 WDF World Darts Championship** (officially referred to as the **2024 Lakeside World Darts Championship**) will be the 3rd edition of the WDF World Darts Championship organised by the World Darts Federation (WDF). The tournament will be held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey, England.

Andy Baetens will not defend his World Champion title due to obtaining a PDC Tour Card.

## Men's

### Format and qualifiers

Qualifying criteria are as follows.

1. Top 16 players in WDF World Rankings (seeded)
2. Winners of the Platinum/Gold ranked tournaments
3. First and second ranked players from each of seven regional tables
4. Next highest ranked players in the WDF World Rankings to bring the total entry list to 44
5. Four qualifiers from the final qualification tournament

Seeded players begin the competition in the second round. The remaining 32 qualifiers will start in the first round. The provisional list of seeds and invited players is as follows.

1. Neil Duff
2. Liam Maendl-Lawrance
3. Thomas Junghans
4. Gary Stone
5. Martyn Turner
6. Leonard Gates
7. Mark Barilli
8. Ben Robb
9. Moreno Blom
10. Jordan Brooks
11. Danny Porter
12. Hannes Schnier
13. Wesley Plaisier
14. Edwin Torbjörnsson
15. Scott Walters
16. Jonny Tata
* Shane McGuirk
* Ky Smith
* Jacob Taylor

**WDF Rankings Qualifiers***First round*
* John Scott
* Darren Johnson
* Aaron Turner
* Kai Fan Leung
* Alexander Merkx
* François Schweyen
* Dennis Nilsson
* Cliff Prior
* Matthew Edgar
* Brandon Weening
* Raymond Smith
* Jason Brandon
* Craig Brown
* Clint Clarkson
* Brian Corbett
* Rory Hansen
* László Kádár
* Patrik Kovács
* Björn Lejon
* Paul Lim
* Kevin Luke
* Gordon Mathers
* Jun Matsuda
* Valters Melderis
* Matt Mullen

## Women's

### Format and qualifiers

Qualifying criteria are as follows.

1. Top 8 players in WDF World Rankings (seeded)
2. Winners of the Platinum/Gold ranked tournaments
3. First and second ranked players from each of seven regional tables
4. Next highest ranked players in the WDF World Rankings to bring the total entry list to 22
5. Two qualifiers from the final qualification tournament

Seeded players begin the competition in the second round. The remaining 16 qualifiers will start in the first round. The provisional list of seeds and invited players is as follows.

1. Beau Greaves
2. Aileen de Graaf
3. Rhian O'Sullivan
4. Noa-Lynn van Leuven
5. Deta Hedman
6. Aletta Wajer
7. Irina Armstrong
8. Kirsty Hutchinson
* Lisa Ashton
* Amanda Loch
* Fallon Sherrock
* Mary-Anne Teinaki

**WDF Rankings Qualifiers***First round*
* Desi Mercer
* Kym Mitchell
* Sophie McKinlay
* Joanne Hadley
* Veronika Ihász
* Maud Jansson
* Paula Murphy
* Nicole Regnaud
* Yukie Sakaguchi
* Darlene van Sleeuwen

## References

1. ↑ Lakeside WDF World Championships to Take Place Each December.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 WDF Rules.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Invitation List – 2023 Lakeside WDF World Championships. World Darts Federation (11 December 2022).
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Six more qualify for 2023 Lakeside WDF World Championship. World Darts Federation (12 December 2022).
Fabian Schmutzler

**Fabian Schmutzler** (born 19 October 2005) is a German professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the second-youngest player ever to compete in the PDC World Darts Championship and is one of the most promising talents in Germany.

## Career

At the December 2018, Schmutzler got an electronic dartboard from his mother as a holiday gift. In February 2019, he really started playing darts and won his first national youth's tournament very quickly. Schmutzler plays in the DDV Bundesliga for the ESV Blaugold Flörsheim and is also part of the national team. After reaching the required age, Schmutzler gained his first experiences at the Professional Darts Corporation in November 2021 at the PDC Development Tour tournaments in Niedernhausen.

Right at his very first event, he played his way into the finals and could only be stopped there by the Rusty-Jake Rodriguez, who defeated him by 3–5 in legs. On November, he won his first international tournament against Marcel Gerdon by 5–2 in legs. The next day, he repeated his success by defeating Adam Gawlas by 5–2 in legs. Since Rusty-Jake Rodriguez already qualified for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship via 2022 PDC Pro Tour, as a second ranked player in the European Development Tour Order of Merit, at just 16 years old he qualified for his first World Darts Championship.

At the 2021 PDC World Youth Championship at the end of November, Schmutzler did not survive the group stage, where he lost his decisive game against Keelan Kay. In December, Schmutzler made his PDC World Darts Championship debut against Ryan Meikle, but failed to win a set and lost. After attending PDC Q-School for the first time, Schmutzler made his European Tour debut at the 2022 International Darts Open, where he lost to Daryl Gurney by 2–6 in legs. Schmutzler was also at the 2022 UK Open for the first time. There he started this tournament with a 6–5 win against Kai Fan Leung and thus celebrated his first victory on television stage. He also edged Steve Clayson by 6–2 in legs. In the third round he lost to Adrian Lewis by 0–6 in legs.

## World Championship results

### PDC

* 2022: First round (lost to Ryan Meikle 0–3) (sets)

## References

1. ↑ Schmutzler seals back-to-back PDC European Development Tour titles, edges closer to World Darts Championship debut. dartsnews.com (7 November 2021).
2. ↑ German teenager Schmutzler qualifies for PDC World Darts Championship after sensational debut weekend on Development Tour. dartsnews.com (7 November 2021).
3. ↑ Fabian Schmutzler wins a place at the PDC World Championship. onlinedarts.com (7 November 2021).
4. ↑ Meikle claims first PDC World Darts Championship win over debutant Schmutzler. dartsnews.com (16 December 2021).
5. ↑ Fabian Schmutzler. mastercaller.com.
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Dalibor Šmolík

**Dalibor Šmolík** (born 17 October 1979) is a Czech professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He represented his country at the WDF Europe Cup.

## Career

Šmolík make his international debut on the Antwerp Open in 2022, where he advanced to the Last 16 phase and eventually lost to Andy Baetens by 2–4 in legs.

At the end of September 2022, he was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. On the second day of the tournament, he advanced to the second round of the pairs competition, where he played together with Tomáš Houdek and they lost to England (James Hurrell and Luke Littler). On the third day of the tournament, he advanced to the second round of the singles competition, but lost to previous gold-medalist in this competition David Concannon by 2–4 in legs.  In the team competition, Czech team advanced to the second round, where he lost to England by 7–9 in legs.

At the Hungarian Masters in the same year, he defeated several well-know names in a row with András Borbély, Richard Veenstra, Benjamin Pratnemer, László Kádár and in the final Jeffrey de Graaf and thus nagged his first international World Darts Federation tournament title. His appearance at the 2022 World Masters, where he didn't past the group-stage, was a bit disappointing.

During the Budapest Masters in 2023 it went to the quarter-finals. In April, Šmolík then took part in the East European Qualifiers for the events of the PDC European Tour and he won a qualification for the 2023 Belgian Darts Open. There he lost to Chris Dobey by 3–6 in legs. Next time he qualified via Host Nation Qualifier for the domestic 2023 Czech Darts Open. There in first round match he defeat Richard Veenstra by 6–4 in legs. In the second round he lost to Josh Rock by 3–6 in legs.

## References

1. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs. World Darts Federation.
2. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Singles. World Darts Federation.
3. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Teams. World Darts Federation.
Alexander Mašek

**Alexander Mašek** (born 4 March 1991) is a Czech professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player who currently plays in the World Darts Federation (WDF). He is a bronze medalist of the WDF Europe Cup. He also represented his country during WDF World Cup.

## Career

Mašek started playing darts at the age of 13 as a supplement to football, but only actively at the age of 21. He collected many domestic and regional successes in soft-tip darts events. In steel-tip darts tournaments, he took bronze medal from the national doubles championship together with Michal Ulrich. With the Steel Lions team, he is a two-time national vice-champion. He is the winner of the Gamlin Cup with the Maséři Hradec Králové team. He also managed to dominate the same tournament in the individual tournament.

In 2020, he took part in the PDC European Q-School, where he went to the fourth round. In the next three tournaments, he finished in the third, first and second round. He then embarked on the opening four events of the PDC Challenge Tour, finishing in the second round. In April 2020, he became one of ten participants in the newly formed Tipsport Premier League in 2020. In the initial phase of the competition, he did not do well, but then with 8 wins in a row, he moved forward in the table and secured a place in the play-offs. He defeated Adam Gawlas 10–8 in legs in the semi-finals and advance to the final. In a direct fight for the title, he lost to Vítězslav Sedlák by 6–10 in legs.

At the end of September 2022, he was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. On the second day of the tournament, he advanced to the semi-finals of the pairs competition, where he played together with Vítězslav Sedlák and they lost to England (Joshua Richardson, Scott Williams) and won bronze medal. On the third day of the tournament, he lost in the quarter-finals match to eventual winner Jacques Labre by 4–5 in legs. In the team competition, Czech team advanced to the second round, where he lost to England by 7–9 in legs.

In the 2022 World Masters he was eliminated in the group-stage, but managed to defeat Paul Lim. In the 2023 WDF World Cup he did not achieve any major successes. In the singles competition, he won only his first match and lost to Jamie Bain in the second round. In 2023, he played again at the Czech Open, where he was eliminated in the match against Dennis Nilsson.

## References

1. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs. World Darts Federation.
2. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Singles. World Darts Federation.
3. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Teams. World Darts Federation.
2016 WDF Europe Cup

Darts tournamentTemplate:SHORTDESC:Darts tournament
The **2016 WDF Europe Cup** will be the 20th edition of the WDF Europe Cup organised by the World Darts Federation. The tournament will be held for third time in Netherlands and for the first time in Hotel Zuiderduin in Egmond aan Zee. Medals were distributed in eight disciplines (singles, pairs, teams and overalls) appropriately for each of the sex. **32** nations participated in this tournament. Netherlands won medal tally.
Dominik Kočik

**Dominik Kočik** (born 22 June 2009) is a Slovak steel-tip and soft-tip darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is a soft-tip and steel-tip Slovak Youth Darts Champion and also the winner of the Dutch Open for younger boys.

## Career

Dominik was a multiple winner of the youth's regional masters tournaments at the soft-tip darts. In 2020, he was the youngest participant at the Slovak Open and reached the second round. He has also been nominated to the East Slovak Regional Premier League for adults.

Kočik is the winner of the 2021 Slovak Youth Championship on steel-tip and soft-tip darts. In the same year, he made his debut at the senior and youth Czech Open. In the tournament for adults he ended the competition in the second round, while in the youth tournament he reached the quarter-finals, where he lost to Tomáš Houdek. At the end of the year, he took part in the qualification for the 2022 WDF World Boys Championship, but he lost to Luis Liptow by 1–4 in legs.

At the start of 2022, he sign a contract with Mission Darts. In February, he again played at the Slovak Open and reached a semi-finals in youth's competition, where he lost to eventual winner Rajmund Papp by 0–3 in legs. In March, he took part in the International Youth Challenge in Vienna, which he was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Robin Stegler. In June, he took part in the Dutch Open tournament for boys younger than 14 years old. In the final he beat Koen Schreuders by 3–2 in legs.

## References

1. ↑ Dominik Kočik. missiondarts.com.
2. ↑ Dominik Kočik. World Darts Federation.
3. ↑ Another up and coming talent added by Mission Darts. dartsnews.com.
4. ↑ Dominik Kočik. mastercaller.com.
5. ↑ Klaasen and Greaves claim WDF Dutch Open glory. dartsplanet.tv.