Abbreviation | WDF |
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Formation | 1974 |
Type | Darts organisation |
Website | www |
The World Darts Federation (WDF) is a sport governing body [1] [2] and (along with the PDC) a tournament organiser for the game of darts. It was formed in 1974 by representatives of the original fourteen founding members. [2] Membership is open to the national organising body for darts in all nations. The WDF encourages the promotion of the sport of darts among and between those bodies, in an effort to gain international recognition for darts as a major sport. The WDF is a full member of Global Association of International Sports Federations, which is the governing body for international sports federations.
The WDF stages a world championship (called the WDF World Cup), as well as continental championships such as the WDF Americas Cup, the WDF Asia-Pacific Cup and the WDF Europe Cup. The country that is first in the overall leader board (overall best result in the two events, singles, pairs, teams) becomes the world champion. Winners of any of the events can also call themselves the official World Champion. Winners of continental championships can call themselves the official champion of their own areas.
After the collapse of the British Darts Organisation in September 2020, the WDF announced plans to launch the WDF World Championship and WDF World Masters. [3] Both competitions took place for the first time in 2022, starting with the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship in April. [4]
76 national full members plus 3 interim nembers (Mauritania, Yemen, Papua New Guinea) : [5]
The WDF Rankings, as defined by the World Darts Federation, are the "objective merit-based method used for determining qualification for entry and seeding in all of its tournaments for both male and female singles, pairs and team". The rankings tables are "rolling tables", and points from an event are counted until that event occurs the following year. If a particular event does not occur in the following year, points are deleted after a calendar year. [6]
A player's WDF Ranking is based on the points they have accrued from their best 10 performances over the previous 12 month rolling period. [7] The eligible tournaments include a selection of Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze level tournaments with decreasing points at each level.
Since the formation of the WDF rankings in 1974 the method used to calculate a player's ranking points has changed several times. Notes: The WDF international tournaments have six categories for both men and women (singles, pairs and teams)
Points are currently awarded as follows: [8]
Tournament category | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 |
WDF Platinum tournaments | 270 | 167 | 103 | 64 | 39 | 26 | 13 |
WDF Gold tournaments | 180 | 111 | 68 | 43 | 26 | 17 | 9 |
WDF Silver tournaments | 90 | 56 | 34 | 21 | 13 | 9 | |
WDF Bronze tournaments | 45 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 6 |
The rankings are based on a cumulative points system similar to ATP rankings in tennis they are done on a rolling one year basis. When a tournament is played, the previous year's results are removed from the rankings. This list is used to determine seeds for some of the WDF Opens. The World Darts Federation also have a ranking system designed to provide a measure of the global activities of darts players in every WDF recognised darts event. It used to be very similar to the BDO system but was revised in January 2007 to include categories by country and by events, and the distribution of ranking points reflect the levels of prize money on offer and the numbers of entries in a tournament. Therefore, the WDF World Rankings give a better reflection on BDO player world ranking. The leading players gain points in different levels of categorised events and prize money and at the end of the season the leading players receive monetary bonus rewards from the WDF. [9]
Rank | Change | Player | Points |
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1 | 6 | Andy Baetens | 1221 |
2 | Neil Duff | 970 | |
3 | 2 | Jelle Klaasen | 948 |
4 | Haupai Puha | 904 | |
5 | 4 | James Hurrell | 673 |
6 | 3 | Luke Littler | 667 |
7 | 49 | Wesley Plaisier | 666 |
8 | 2 | Ben Robb | 664 |
9 | Danny Lauby | 565 | |
10 | 1 | Raymond Smith | 563 |
11 | 17 | Kai Fan Leung | 531 |
12 | 6 | Mark Barilli | 516 |
13 | Darren Johnson | 492 | |
14 | 6 | Chris Landman | 487 |
15 | 11 | Barry Copeland | 485 |
16 | 8 | Thibault Tricole | 458 |
17 | Peter Machin | 458 | |
18 | 2 | Martyn Turner | 449 |
19 | 1 | Alexander Merkx | 446 |
20 | 12 | Leonard Gates | 444 |
21 | Gary Stone | 444 | |
22 | Liam Maendl-Lawrance | 425 | |
23 | 12 | James Richardson | 416 |
24 | Danny Porter | 416 | |
25 | 3 | László Kádár | 411 |
26 | 1 | Patrik Kovács | 409 |
27 | Jonny Tata | 402 | |
28 | 9 | Moreno Blom | 391 |
29 | 8 | Antony Allen | 388 |
30 | 17 | Benjamin Pratnemer | 385 |
Rank | Change | Player | Points |
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1 | 4 | Beau Greaves | 1641 |
2 | 1 | Deta Hedman | 1190 |
3 | 9 | Kirsty Hutchinson | 784 |
4 | Anca Zijlstra | 710 | |
5 | 9 | Suzanne Smith | 625 |
6 | Anastasia Dobromyslova | 594 | |
7 | 17 | Jo Clements | 565 |
8 | 6 | Fallon Sherrock | 560 |
9 | 2 | Lorraine Winstanley | 508 |
10 | 7 | Aileen de Graaf | 504 |
11 | Rhian O'Sullivan | 502 | |
12 | 3 | Laura Turner | 482 |
13 | 25 | Lorraine Hyde | 455 |
14 | 3 | Wendy Harper | 443 |
15 | 5 | Paula Jacklin | 427 |
16 | 1 | Paula Murphy | 386 |
17 | 4 | Nicole Regnaud | 373 |
18 | 22 | Vicky Pruim | 371 |
19 | 18 | Corrine Hammond | 355 |
20 | Mikuru Suzuki | 354 | |
21 | 102 | Anna Forsmark | 348 |
22 | 6 | Tori Kewish | 319 |
23 | 9 | Veronika Ihász | 318 |
24 | 16 | Maria O'Brien | 316 |
25 | 7 | Priscilla Steenbergen | 312 |
26 | 19 | Jitka Cisarova | 307 |
27 | 184 | Aletta Wajer | 283 |
28 | 43 | Natalie Gilbert | 283 |
29 | 6 | Margaret Sutton | 268 |
30 | 15 | Elena Shulgina | 253 |
Year | Men | Women |
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1976 | Alan Evans | No rankings |
1977 | John Lowe | No rankings |
1978 | Leighton Rees | No rankings |
1979 | John Lowe (2) | No rankings |
1980 | Eric Bristow | No rankings |
1981 | Eric Bristow (2) | No rankings |
1982 | Jocky Wilson | No rankings |
1983 | Eric Bristow (3) | No rankings |
1984 | Eric Bristow (4) | Sandy Reitan |
1985 | Eric Bristow (5) | Lilian Barnett |
1986 | John Lowe (3) | Linda Batten |
1987 | Bob Anderson | Maarit Fagerholm |
1988 | John Lowe (4) | Jayne Kempster |
1989 | Bob Anderson (2) | Sharon Colclough |
1990 | Eric Bristow (6) | Sharon Colclough (2) |
1991 | Phil Taylor | Sharon Colclough (3) |
1992 | Rod Harrington | Mandy Solomons |
1993 | Leo Laurens | Mandy Solomons (2) |
1994 | Steve Beaton | Deta Hedman |
1995 | Richie Burnett | Deta Hedman (2) |
1996 | Martin Adams | Deta Hedman (3) |
1997 | Martin Adams (2) | Deta Hedman (4) |
1998 | Ronnie Baxter | Francis Hoenselaar |
1999 | Raymond van Barneveld | Trina Gulliver |
2000 | Raymond van Barneveld (2) | Trina Gulliver (2) |
2001 | Mervyn King | Trina Gulliver (3) |
2002 | John Walton | Trina Gulliver (4) |
2003 | Martin Adams (3) | Trina Gulliver (5) |
2004 | Raymond van Barneveld (3) | Trina Gulliver (6) |
2005 | Raymond van Barneveld (4) | Trina Gulliver (7) |
2006 | Jelle Klaasen | Trina Gulliver (8) |
2007 | Gary Anderson | Trina Gulliver (9) |
2008 | Scott Waites | Francis Hoenselaar (2) |
2009 | Tony O'Shea | Trina Gulliver (10) |
2010 | Martin Adams (4) | Deta Hedman (5) |
2011 | Scott Waites (2) | Deta Hedman (6) |
2012 | Stephen Bunting | Deta Hedman (7) |
2013 | James Wilson | Deta Hedman (8) |
2014 | Alan Norris | Deta Hedman (9) |
2015 | Darius Labanauskas | Deta Hedman (10) |
2016 | Darius Labanauskas (2) | Deta Hedman (11) |
2017 | Scott Mitchell | Aileen de Graaf |
2018 | Jim Williams | Deta Hedman (12) |
2019 | Nick Kenny | Aileen de Graaf (2) |
2020 | Wayne Warren | Deta Hedman (13) |
2021 | Brian Raman | Deta Hedman (14) |
2022 | Jelle Klaasen (2) | Beau Greaves |
2023 | Andy Baetens | Beau Greaves (2) |
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