PDC World Championship- 13th December 2019- 1st January 2020 Alexandra Palace- London

[ChrisW]

All the PDC Europe events work on a token system. So wouldn't be that much a strange move.

Well thats fine but people having to ensure they have a specific card first before they get there?

When I've used that kind of system you get a card/chip on your first money upload.

[BlueSpark]

All the PDC Europe events work on a token system. So wouldn't be that much a strange move.

Ally Pally has been tokens for years

[BlueSpark]

It’s a great system, hardly any queues at the bar

[ChrisW]

So nothing changes, apart from a better system?

[Ginge]

Depends what this card is i guess. Trotter makes it sounds like you have to get ine before you go. Unless they will be dishing them out there too and let you load them up there.

[ChrisW]

Yeah like they are going to have 1000's of punters who didn't order cards drinking from the bog taps.

[BlueSpark]

They dish them out there, either a wristband or a card I think.
It can’t be a take before you go scenario if you offer punters the chance to buy tickets on the door.

[BlueSpark]

It’s basically the same as the token system just with a card or whatever.

[Ginge]

And hoping people load too much on them and never spend it after they leave

[ChrisW]

And hoping people load too much on them and never spend it after they leave

The system I have used with a chipped wristband allows you to transfer any unused credit to your bank account after.

[Zapp Brannigan]

And hoping people load too much on them and never spend it after they leave

If it’s the same system at festivals you stick so much on it and when the event finishes you get refunded what you don’t spend

[Ginge]

Fair enough.

[ssjsa]

Ben Robb will make his William Hill World Darts Championship debut in December after winning the DartPlayers New Zealand qualifier on Saturday.

The 31-year-old from Canterbury has broken through over the past 18 months, making his World Series of Darts debut in Auckland in August 2018 and going on to compete in Brisbane and Hamilton earlier this year.

He has now ensured a spot in the sport's biggest tournament, defeating Mark Cleaver 7-3 in Saturday's DPNZ knockouts.

The success for Robb began a big day of World Championship international qualifiers worldwide, with the South-East Europe Qualifier being followed by the South American Qualifier.

2019/2020 William Hill World Darts Championship
DartPlayers New Zealand Qualifier
First Group Stage
Group A
Haupia Puha 4-2 Tukina Weko
Kayden Milne 4-1 Tahuna Irwin
Haupai Puha 4-2 Tahuna Irwin
Tukina Weko 4-1 Kayden Milne
Haupai Puha 4-0 Kayden Milne
Tahuna Irwin 4-1 Tukina Weko

Group B
Ben Robb 4-0 Paul Harper
Brett Walters 4-3 Alex Wade
Ben Robb 4-0 Alex Wade
Paul Harper 4-1 Brett Walters
Ben Robb 4-2 Brett Walters
Alex Wade 4-1 Paul Harper

Group C
Warren Parry 4-0 Rob Szabo
Max Dallimore 4-1 Graeme Lowe
Warren Parry 4-0 Graeme Lowe
Rob Szabo 4-1 Max Dallimore
Warren Parry 4-1 Max DalliMore
Rob Szabo 4-0 Graeme Lowe

Group D
Mark Cleaver 4-3 Darren Herewini
Mike Keen 4-0 Erik Pu
Mark Cleaver 4-2 Erik Pu
Darren Herewini 4-1 Mike Keen
Mark Cleaver 4-3 Mike Keen
Erik Pu 4-3 Darren Herewini

Second Group Stage
Group A
Darren Herewini 5-3 Haupai Puha
Warren Parry 5-1 Brett Walters
Haupai Puha 5-0 Brett Walters
Warren Parry 5-1 Darren Herewini
Haupai Puha 5-2 Warren Parry
Darren Herewini 5-4 Brett Walters

Group B
Ben Robb 5-1 Rob Szabo
Mark Cleaver 5-4 Tukina Weko
Ben Robb 5-3 Rob Szabo
Mark Cleaver 5-1 Rob Szabo
Ben Robb 5-2 Mark Cleaver
Rob Szabo 5-3 Tukina Weko

Semi-Finals
Mark Cleaver 6-5 Haupai Puha
Ben Robb 6-2 Warren Parry

Final
Ben Robb 7-3 Mark Cleaver

[ssjsa]

Zoran Lerchbacher and Diogo Portela have secured places in the 2019/2020 William Hill World Darts Championship after winning their respective international qualifiers on Saturday.

Following the qualification of New Zealand's Ben Robb earlier in the day at the DPNZ Qualifier, Austria's Lerchbacher came through the South-East Europe Qualifier.

He saw off youngster Rusty-Jake Rodriguez in a tight final, with Lerchbacher leading 3-0 and 4-1 before Rodriguez hit back to level after eight legs.

The next two were shared as Rodriguez - a former JDC Junior World Champion - landed an 11-darter to force a deciding leg, but Lerchbacher finished 107 to snatch victory and his spot at Alexandra Palace.

The continued growth of the sport across Europe saw Italian duo Michel Furlani and Alessio Marconi win through to the semi-finals in Eisenstadt.

Brazil's Portela will compete at Alexandra Palace for a third successive year after winning the Central & South American Qualifier, defeating Sudesh Fitzgerald in the final.

Portela saw off former World Championship qualifier Norman Madhoo and his 2018 World Cup partner Bruno Rangel during his route to the final, where he overcame another former Ally Pally competitor in Guyana's Fitzgerald.

2019/2020 William Hill World Darts Championship
South-East Europe Qualifier
Quarter-Finals
Michel Furlani 6-4 Patrick Tringler
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 6-0 Uwe Bacher
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-1 John Michael
Alessio Marconi 6-3 Martin Kisela

Semi-Finals
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 6-4 Michel Furlani
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-1 Alessio Marconi

Final
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-5 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez

Central & South American Qualifier
Quarter-Finals
Sudesh Fitzgerald 6-3 Joao Victor Gonçalves
Alexandre Sattin 6-2 Marcio Amaro
Bruno Rangel 6-0 Lallchand Rambharose
Diogo Portela 6-4 Samuel Oliveira

Semi-Finals
Sudesh Fitzgerald 6-3 Alexandre Sattin
Diogo Portela 6-1 Bruno Rangel

Final 
Diogo Portela 6-4 Sudesh Fitzgerald

[The Master]

Only 38 players in PDC World Championship Women's ROTW Qualifier.

And then they cry about not having same prizemoney as the men

[Deleted User]

Only 38 players in PDC World Championship Women's ROTW Qualifier.

And then they cry about not having same prizemoney as the men

But, but, but.... they're just as good as the men and just as entertaining.

[1205]

Only 38 players in PDC World Championship Women's ROTW Qualifier.

And then they cry about not having same prizemoney as the men

But, but, but.... they're just as good as the men and just as entertaining.

It's winner takes all, not streamed and no ranking points, so lots of players probably don't think it's worth bothering to go.

Sato beat de Graaf. Now she's playing Mrs de Graaf, and 1-2, darts in hand. In separate half from Suzuki, Dobromyslova and Hammond, so good opportunity for the winner.

[Dannyboy]

Only 38 players in PDC World Championship Women's ROTW Qualifier.

And then they cry about not having same prizemoney as the men

And frankly the standard is appalling too.

[The Jolly Man]

Suzuki and Sato into the L4

[The Jolly Man]

Only 38 players in PDC World Championship Women's ROTW Qualifier.

And then they cry about not having same prizemoney as the men

And frankly the standard is appalling too.

It’s not been great but the players at the top of the BDO rankings are in the latter stages. The standard will be no different to that of any women’s event