2022 WDF World Darts Championship
The 2022 Lakeside WDF World Championship was the first World Championship organised by the World Darts Federation. The tournament was 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. Neil Duff and Thibault Tricole became the first players from Northern Ireland and France respectively to reach the final of a World Darts Championship. In his Last  16 victory over Luke Littler, Richard Veenstra recorded the highest three dart average in the venue's history with 104.91. In her second-round match, Veronika Ihász hit the biggest outshot for a female competitor in world championship history with a 164. 18-year-old Beau Greaves became the youngest ever winner of a senior world championship, defeating Kirsty Hutchinson 4–0 in the final. She also produced a record average of 92.02, which stands as the best in a final of the Women's World Championship, and the third-best in the history of the Women’s World Championship. Men 's. Format and qualifiers. Qualifying criteria is as follows (cut-off date 4 December 2021): Seeded players begin the competition in the second round. The remaining 32 qualifiers will start in the first round. 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: 1–16 in WDF Rankings"Seeded in second round" Platinum/Gold title winners Regional Table Qualifiers"First round" WDF Rankings to 44 players"First or second round" Assen Qualifier"First round" Lakeside Qualifiers"First round" Alternates"First round" Women's. Format and qualifiers . Qualifying criteria is as follows (cut-off date 4 December 2021): Seeded players begin the competition in the second round. The remaining 16 qualifiers will start in the first round. The top eight 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: 1–8 in WDF Rankings"Seeded in Second round" Platinum/Gold title winners"First round" Regional Table Qualifiers"First round" WDF Rankings to 22 players"First round" Assen Qualifier"First round" Lakeside Qualifier"First round" 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. Qualifying criteria is as follows (cut-off date 4 December 2021): Assen Qualifiers Lakeside Qualifiers 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. Qualifying criteria is as follows (cut-off date 4 December 2021): Assen Qualifier Lakeside Qualifier Statistics. Top averages. This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament. Representation. This table shows the number of players by country in the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship. A total of 18 nationalities were represented.