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[[Scott Waites]] is the defending men's champion, having won the title for the first time in the [[2013 BDO World Darts Championship|2013]] championship. The defending women's champion is [[Anastasia Dobromyslova]], who won her third title in 2013.
[[Scott Waites]] is the defending men's champion, having won the title for the first time in the [[2013 BDO World Darts Championship|2013]] championship. The defending women's champion is [[Anastasia Dobromyslova]], who won her third title in 2013.

This tournament sees the biggest ever field for a BDO world championships. 56 players - 40 men, up from 32 in 2013, and 16 women - up for 8 in 2013 - will compete for the world titles.


Players from around the globe compete to reach the [[BBC]] and ESPN televised finals, which run from 4 to 12 January at Frimley Green.
Players from around the globe compete to reach the [[BBC]] and ESPN televised finals, which run from 4 to 12 January at Frimley Green.

Revision as of 21:06, 14 October 2013

Lakeside World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates4–12 January 2014
VenueLakeside Country Club
LocationFrimley Green, Surrey
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Organisation(s)BDO
FormatSets
Finals:
best of 13 (men's)
best of 3 (women's)
Prize fundTBC
Winner's shareTBC
«2013 2015»

The 2014 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship is the 37th World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 29th staging at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green.

Scott Waites is the defending men's champion, having won the title for the first time in the 2013 championship. The defending women's champion is Anastasia Dobromyslova, who won her third title in 2013.

This tournament sees the biggest ever field for a BDO world championships. 56 players - 40 men, up from 32 in 2013, and 16 women - up for 8 in 2013 - will compete for the world titles.

Players from around the globe compete to reach the BBC and ESPN televised finals, which run from 4 to 12 January at Frimley Green.

Format and qualifiers

Men's

The televised stages feature 40 players - an increase from 32 in previous years. The top 16 players in the BDO Invitational Rankings over the 2012/13 season are seeded for the tournament. Players who finish between 17th and 24th in the invitational rankings receive a bye into the last 32. The remaining 16 players enter in the preliminary rounds - this includes recent world champions not in the top 24, a qualifier from each of the eight WDF regions, four players who came through the pre-qualifying knockout tournament, and the Winmau World Masters winner (if not already qualified). Should there be fewer than 40 players qualified after the above process, the next unqualified player from the invitational rankings will be entered until the total reaches 40.[1]

Preliminary round

Recent world champions
  1. Netherlands Christian Kist
  2. England Martin Adams
WDF regional qualifiers
  1. Japan Shimizu Hiroaki
  2. Australia Harley Kemp
  3. Latvia Madars Razma
  4. Canada David Cameron
  5. Czech Republic Karel Sedlacek
  6. New Zealand TBA
  7. United States Jim Widmayer
  8. Netherlands Jeroen Geerdink
Hull qualifiers
  1. England Paul Hogan
  2. Republic of Ireland Michael Meaney
  3. Greece John Michael
  4. England Dave Prins
25-26 in Invitational rankings
  1. England Garry Thompson
  2. England Sam Head

Last 32

Top 16 in Invitational rankings (seeds)
  1. England Stephen Bunting
  2. England James Wilson
  3. England Tony O'Shea
  4. England Robbie Green
  5. England Darryl Fitton
  6. Netherlands Jan Dekker
  7. England Scott Waites
  8. Netherlands Jeffrey de Graaf
  9. Netherlands Remco van Eijden
  10. England Glen Durrant
  11. Belgium Geert De Vos
  12. Netherlands Wesley Harms
  13. England Gary Robson
  14. Scotland Ross Montgomery
  15. England Scott Mitchell
  16. Wales Jim Williams
17-24 in Invitational rankings
  1. England Paul Jennings
  2. England Martin Atkins
  3. England Richie George
  4. Netherlands Benito van de Pas
  5. Netherlands Rick Hofstra
  6. England Tony Eccles
  7. England Alan Norris
  8. Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp

Women's

The televised stages feature 16 players, an increase from 8 in previous years. The top 8 players in the WDF/BDO rankings over the 2012/13 season are seeded for the tournament.[2]

Top 8
  1. England Deta Hedman
  2. England Trina Gulliver
  3. Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova
  4. Wales Julie Gore
  5. England Rachel Brooks
  6. England Fallon Sherrock
  7. Netherlands Aileen de Graaf
  8. Germany Irina Armstrong
Other qualifiers
  1. England Lorraine Farlam
  2. Norway Rachna David
  3. Netherlands Sharon Prins
  4. England Lisa Ashton
  5. Netherlands Karin Krappen
Hull qualifiers
  1. Denmark Ann Louise Peters
  2. Netherlands Rilana Erades
  3. Netherlands Tamara Schuur

References

  1. ^ "BDO men's rankings". British Darts Organisation. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  2. ^ "BDO women's rankings". British Darts Organisation. Retrieved 13 October 2013.