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WDF World Championships

After the end of the BDO it first looked it would be the end of the amateur world championships as well, But the WDF decided to carry on with them - now as WDF World Championships.
2022 it will be played for the first time as - beside the World Masters most important WDF tournament. As the BDO World Championships they will be played at the beginning from January so that they will still collided with the end of the PDC World Championship. Beside they will return to the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green.
The WDF World championships will consist of a Men's World Championship witk 48 participants, a Women's World Championship with 24 participants, a Boys' World Championship with 4 participants and a Girls' World championship with 2 participants.
The men's field of participants will be composed like this:

The Top 16 of the WDF Main Ranking Table
The winners of the platinum and gold events of the WDF
The number 1 and number 2 ranked players of the WDF Regional Tables
Four Qualifiers of a World Cahmpionship Qualifiers

The women's field of participants will composed like this:

The Top 8 of the WDF Main Ranking Table
The winners of the platinum and gold events of the WDF
The number 1 ranked players of the WDF Regional Tables
Two Qualifiers of a World Championship Qualifiers

Should it be less than 48/24 players who qualify by aboves criteria the next highest ranked players from the WDF Main Ranking Table move up. Should it be more than 48/24 players who qualify preliminary round matches will be played.

Boys and girls qualify by Qualifiers (for the WDF World Championships 2022 those will take place on 5. December in Assen, Netherlands) All finals will be played on Finals Day.

Gold Events by which the winners automatically qualify for the World Championships are England Open, Denmark Open, British Open, Welsh Open, Pacific Masters, Seacost Open und Irish Open.

Regional tables exist for Asia, Australia, Canada, East Europe, New Zealand, North Europe, UK/Ireland, USA and West Europe.

Players with a PDC Tour Card can't play in the WDF World Championships. Players like Fallon Sherrock - who only takes part in PDC tournaments - are allowed too.

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