2023 WDF World Darts Championship

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The **2023 WDF World Darts Championship** (officially referred to as the **2023 Lakeside World Darts Championship**) will be the 2nd 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.

Neil Duff and Beau Greaves will be defending seniors titles.

## Men's

### Format and qualifiers

Qualifying criteria are as follows.

1. Top 16 players in WDF World Rankings (seeded)
2. Winners of the 12 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 in Assen, Netherlands on 12 December 2022

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. Andy Baetens
2. Neil Duff
3. Jelle Klaasen
4. James Hurrell
5. Wesley Plaisier
6. Danny Lauby
7. Chris Landman
8. Barry Copeland
9. Mark Barilli
10. Kai Fan Leung
11. John Scott
12. Peter Machin
13. Alexander Merkx
14. Darren Johnson
15. Martyn Turner
16. Gary Stone
* Sebastian Białecki
* Reece Colley
* Dave Prins

**Regional Table Qualifiers***First round*
* Brian Corbett
* László Kádár
* Patrik Kovács
* Ricky Nauman
* Dennis Nilsson
* Jim Widmayer
* Jonny Tata
* Moreno Blom
* Antony Allen
* Benjamin Pratnemer
* James Richardson
* Jamie Lewis
* Scott Marsh
* Dennie Olde Kalter
* Mike Gillet
* David Kirwan
* Gábor Tákacs
* David Pallett
* Jarno Bottenberg
* Christian Gödl
* Arjan Konterman
* Shaun McDonald

**Reserves***First round*
* Liam Maendl-Lawrance
* Danny Porter
* Leonard Gates
* Thomas Junghans
* Jordan Brooks
* Aaron Turner
* Edwin Torbjörnsson

## Women's

### Format and qualifiers

Qualifying criteria are as follows.

1. Top 8 players in WDF World Rankings (seeded)
2. Winners of the 12 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 in Assen, Netherlands on 12 December 2022

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. Lisa Ashton
4. Deta Hedman
5. Rhian O'Sullivan
6. Wendy Harper
7. Lorraine Winstanley
8. Anca Zijlstra
* Victoria Monaghan

**Regional Table Qualifiers***First round*
* Anna Forsmark
* Veronika Ihász
* Kym Mitchell
* Paula Murphy
* Aletta Wajer

* Kirsty Hutchinson
* Suzanne Smith
* Nicole Regnaud
* Jo Clements
* Lorraine Hyde
* Paula Jacklin
* Priscilla Steenbergen
* Laura Turner
* Almudena Fajardo
* Mayumi Ouchi

## Statistics

### Top averages

This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament.

## Representation

This tables shows the number of players by country (men and women) in the World Championship. 18 countries were represented in the World Championship at men competition and 11 at the women. Overall 20 countries competed at the World Championship.

## References

1. ↑ Lakeside WDF World Championships to Take Place Each December.
2. ↑ 2023 WDF World Championships Update – Prize Fund, Broadcast, Draw Date Confirmed. World Darts Federation.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 WDF Rules.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Invitation List – 2023 Lakeside WDF World Championships. World Darts Federation (11 December 2022).
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Six more qualify for 2023 Lakeside WDF World Championship. World Darts Federation (12 December 2022).