Road to BDO World Championships 2019

[Reinier]

So venue hasn’t been assured

[cobra]

So basically it's a announcement of an announcement.

[Ginge]

So basically it's a announcement of an announcement.

Clearly nothing is sorted, you would be announcing it this week with players from all over the world in one place.

[Skewball]

It mentions Lakeside a couple of times (not just referring to last year)


This is a farce

[ChrisW]

It mentions Lakeside a couple of times (not just referring to last year)

Yep

[nikkiboy]

The British Darts Organisation is pleased to announce that the following players will be invited to compete at the 2019 BDO World Professional Darts Championships.

The two men that gave us all a true “Lakeside Classic” in the 2018 final top the BDO invitational rankings table, with ‘Gladiator’ Mark McGeeney at No.1, ahead of the double-defending BDO World Champion, ‘Duzza’ Glen Durrant. Following an impressive season on the circuit, former World Cup Singles champion ‘the Quiff’ Jim Williams is in third place on the seeding list, with twice Lakeside semi finalist ‘Sparky’ Wesley Harms seeded fourth.

The 16 seeds for the men’s competition include two former BDO World Champions, ‘Scotty Dog’ Scott Mitchell and ‘Scotty 2 Hotty’ Scott Waites. Last year’s surprise semi finalist, ‘T-Rex’ Michael Unterbuchner returns seeded 5, with familiar faces ‘Big Robbo’ Gary Robson, ‘the Boss’ Ross Montgomery and Welsh legend Martin Phillips also amongst the seeds. Having recently won both British Classic and British Open titles, ‘Flyers’ Richard Veenstra is seeded 8, while Dave Parletti qualifies as the highest ranked debutant, seeded 11.

SEEDED PLAYERS

1 – Mark McGeeney (Eng)

2 – Glen Durrant (Eng)

3 – Jim Williams (Wal)

4 – Wesley Harms (Ned)

5 – Michael Unterbuchner (Ger)

6 – Scott Mitchell (Eng)

7 – Gary Robson (Eng)

8 – Richard Veenstra (Ned)

9 – Scott Waites (Eng)

10 – Chris Landman (Ned)

11 – Dave Parletti (Eng)

12 – Wayne Warren (Wal)

13 – Willem Mandigers (Ned)

14 – Daniel Day (Eng)

15 – Ross Montgomery (Sco)

16 – Martin Phillips (Wal)

Eight more players (ranked 17-24) will be drawn directly into the first round. They include recent England Classic champion ‘the Village Man’ Kyle McKinstry, debuts for Belgium’s Jeffrey van Egdom and Wales’ Mark Layton, plus the return of a real fans favourite, the 3-time Lakeside finalist ‘Silverback’ Tony O’Shea.

17 – Kyle McKinstry (Nir)

18 – Scott Baker (Eng)

19 – Derk Telnekes (Ned)

20 – Tony O’Shea (Eng)

21 – Conan Whitehead (Eng)

22 – Dean Reynolds (Wal)

23 – Jeffrey van Egdom (Bel)

24 – Mark Layton (Wal)

A further 16 players will compete in the Preliminary Round. They include the players ranked 25th and 26th, the 2018 Winmau World Masters champion (or the highest ranked player from the main BDO invitation table, not already qualified), the top player from the British Isles table ‘Crocodile Dundee’ Paul Hogan, plus the four qualifiers who have won through the BDO world championship playoffs in Bridlington.

25 – Wouter Vaes (Ned)

26 – Justin Thompson (Aus)

Winmau World Masters champion 2018 or standby player Wesley Newton (Eng)

British Isles regional rankings qualifier – Paul Hogan (Eng)

BDO qualifier – Andy Hamilton (Eng)

BDO qualifier – Nigel Heydon (Eng)

BDO qualifier – Ryan Hogarth (Sco)

BDO qualifier – Krzysztof Kciuk (Pol)

These players will be drawn into the Preliminary Round against eight international qualifiers. The winners of the Asian qualifying tournament and leading player in the Darts Australia Grand Prix will be joined at Lakesideby the players who each top their BDO regional rankings tables.

Asian qualifier – TBC

Australian qualifier – TBC

Baltic/Scandinavian qualifier – Brian Løkken (Den)

Canadian qualifier – David Cameron (Can)

Eastern European qualifier – Oliver Ferenc (Ser)

New Zealand qualifier – Mark McGrath (Nzl)

USA qualifier – Jim Widmayer (USA)

Western European qualifier – Roger Janssen (Bel)

Invitations will also be issued for the 2019 Women’s World Championship and the BDO rankings are topped by the 2017 Winmau World Masters champion, Lorraine Winstanley, who will be appearing as the No.1 seed for the first time, ahead of the reigning 4-time Lakeside World Champion, ‘the Lancashire Rose’ Lisa Ashton.

They will be part of a truly world class field, with the list of seeds featuring triple finalist ‘the Heart of Darts’ Deta Hedman, 3-time former champion ‘from Russia with Love’ Anastasia Dobromyslova, BDO World Trophy champions past and present, Aileen de Graaf and Fallon Sherrock, twice Lakeside semi finalist ‘Racing Angel’ Sharon Prins and returning for her 19th consecutive appearance, the legendary 10-time Lakeside Champion ‘the Golden Girl’ Trina Gulliver MBE.

SEEDED PLAYERS
1 – Lorraine Winstanley (Eng)

2 – Lisa Ashton (Eng)

3 – Deta Hedman (Eng)

4 – Anastasia Dobromyslova (Rus)

5 – Aileen de Graaf (Ned)

6 – Fallon Sherrock (Eng)

7 – Sharon Prins (Ned)

8 – Trina Gulliver MBE (Eng)

The un-seeded players (ranked 9-13) include the 2017 runner up, Australia’s Corrine Hammond, plus English debutant Roz Bulmer. They will be joined by the 2018 Winmau World Masters champion (or the highest ranked player from the main BDO invitation table, not already qualified). In addition, the two qualifiers from the BDO playoffs in Bridlington mean that the nations of Japan and Poland will be represented in the women’s World Championship for the first time.

9 – Corrine Hammond (Aus)

10 – Maria O’Brien (Eng)

11 – Casey Gallagher (Eng)

12 – Roz Bulmer (Eng)

13 – Paula Jacklin (Eng)

Winmau World Masters champion 2018 or standby player Laura Turner (Eng)

BDO qualifier – Karolina Podgorska (Pol)

BDO qualifier – Mikuru Suzuki (Jpn)

Along with the 40 men and the 16 ladies invited to compete at the BDO World Championships in January 2019, there will be two youth players contesting their own final. England’s Leighton Bennett will face the 2017 runner up, Scotland’s Nathan Girvan.

The 42nd BDO World Professional Darts Championships takes place from Saturday 5th to Sunday 13th January 2019. Venue, ticket and broadcast information will be announced soon.

So in one paragraph they're saying it's at lakeside and in the next the venue will be announced soon.

Confused.com plus broadcast info, broadcast says TV to me.

[Ginge]

You can broadcast something on the internet. I reckon they have nothing at all sorted yet, would have been announced otherwise.

[ChrisW]

You can broadcast something on the internet. I reckon they have nothing at all sorted yet, would have been announced otherwise.

You reckon?

[Ginge]

You can broadcast something on the internet. I reckon they have nothing at all sorted yet, would have been announced otherwise.

You reckon?

Yes.

[ChrisW]

You can broadcast something on the internet. I reckon they have nothing at all sorted yet, would have been announced otherwise.

You reckon?

Yes.

Well done Einstein.

[DavidB]

You can broadcast something on the internet. I reckon they have nothing at all sorted yet, would have been announced otherwise.

But no no no, you said Winmau TV isn’t a tv channel ‘under any known definition’ but then something can be broadcasted on the Internet

[Skewball]

You can broadcast something on the internet. I reckon they have nothing at all sorted yet, would have been announced otherwise.

You reckon?

Yes.

I agree. No way would you not announce it this week at the Masters. They would have been desperate to anounce it this week .
How knows what is going on.

[Addicks Fan]

The Malaysian Open isn't ranked this year so I think you are right. In fact I think only the Japan open is ranked in Asia at the moment so unless it was done over that weekend they may just be picking someone off the ranking list.

I think that date might have just been taken over form 2017. It was ran by the Malyasian Darts Org with their open. And quite well advertised.
the open is being played on 4-7 October but no mention of the qualifier.
So I'm none the wiser.

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Hong Kong open is ranked also I believe. Defo WDF ranked

It was both last year, but only WDF this year

[ChrisW]

Have the Asian and Australian qualifiers been decided yet?

[Zapp Brannigan]

Have the Asian and Australian qualifiers been decided yet?

Read that both had dropped out

[Deleted User]

Have the Asian and Australian qualifiers been decided yet?

Read that both had dropped out

Probably needed to know dates/venues etc before now. Who can blame them?

Good news for the BDO as 2 nice English lads will get in at the expense of Johnny Foreigner.

[ChrisW]

Have the Asian and Australian qualifiers been decided yet?

Read that both had dropped out

Probably needed to know dates/venues etc before now. Who can blame them?

Good news for the BDO as 2 nice English lads will get in at the expense of Johnny Foreigner.

Who were they?
And could be a clogger David.

[foggs3355]

Have the Asian and Australian qualifiers been decided yet?

Apparently no Asia qualifier and Wes is next to get in does he even know or will he be surprised by the draw I hope peter comes thru auz qualifying he have good run if plays like he does in wtd

[Reinier]

Accordeons to Dartfreakz.nl Newton is in because the Asian qualifier hasn’t been held.

[devosteve]

Accordeons to Dartfreakz.nl Newton is in because the Asian qualifier hasn’t been held.

Very good news for wes (and those who like him!).

Not good for the event I guess.