Provisional 2025 WDF Lakeside World Championship Fields
23 June 2025
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Jonny Tata and Nicole Regnaud’s victories at the New Zealand Open saw them become the 13th and 14th players to confirm their places on the famous Lakeside stage at the 2025 WDF World Championships.
Following the latest rankings update and in line with published World Championship Qualification Criteria, taking into account the results from the past weekend’s events in Canada and Hungary, the provisional fields for this year’s World Championships as of Monday, June 23rd are as follows.
Men
Top 16
1. James Beeton (ENG) – 2025 Denmark Open winner
2. Alex Spellman (USA) – USA ranking table
3. David Fatum (USA)
4. Benjamin Pratnemer (SLO) – East Europe ranking table
5. Corné Groeneveld (NED)
6. Leonard Gates (USA) – 2025 Toronto Area Open winner
7. Jonny Tata (NZL) – 2025 New Zealand Open winner, New Zealand ranking table
8. Dennis Nilsson (SWE) – North Europe ranking table
9. Jason Brandon (USA) – USA ranking table
10. Andy Davidson (SCO)
11. Shane McGuirk (IRE) – 2024 World Championship winner
12. Jim McEwan (SCO) – UK & Ireland ranking table
13. Jeffrey Sparidaans (NED) – 2025 Dutch Open winner
14. Thomas Junghans (SWI)
15. David Cameron (CAN) – 2025 Las Vegas Open winner
16. Marko Kantele (FIN) – 2024 Irish Open winner
Gold & Platinum Event Winners
17. Raymond Smith (AUS) – 2025 South Australian Classic winner, Australia ranking table
18. Korean Open winner
19. Hungarian Masters winner
20. World Masters winner
Regional Ranking Table Qualifiers
21. Robert Okalany (UGA) – Africa & Western Asia ranking table
22. Ryusei Azemoto (JPN) – Asia ranking table
23. Yuta Hayashi (JPN) – Asia ranking table
24. Karl Schaefer (AUS) – Australia ranking table
25. Clint Clarkson (CAN) – Canada ranking table
26. Jeff Smith (CAN) – Canada ranking table
27. John Michael (GRE) – East Europe ranking table
28. Mark Cleaver (NZL) – New Zealand ranking table
29. Jonas Masalin (FIN) – North Europe ranking table
30. Ryan Hogarth (SCO) – UK & Ireland ranking table
31. Michael Unterbuchner (GER) – West Europe ranking table
32. Norbert Attard (MLT) – West Europe ranking table
Race Table
33. Francois Schweyen (BEL)
34. David Pallett (ENG)
35. Sybren Gijbels (BEL)
36. Jeff Springer Jr (USA)
37. Jimmy van Schie (NED)
38. Paul Lim (SGP)
39. Bradley Kirk (ENG)
40. Vince Tipple (ENG)
41. Peter Machin (AUS)
42. Matt Clark (ENG)
43. Daniel Bauerdick (GER)
44. Johan Engström (SWE)
Qualifiers*
45. Qualifier #1
46. Qualifier #2
47. Qualifier #3
48. Qualifier #4
Women
Top 8
1. Deta Hedman (ENG) – 2025 Las Vegas Open winner, 2025 Toronto Area Open winner
2. Lerena Rietbergen (NED)
3. Lorraine Hyde (SCO) – 2024 Irish Open winner, 2025 Denmark Open winner, UK & Ireland ranking table
4. Sophie McKinlay (SCO)
5. Tracy Feiertag (USA) – USA ranking table
6. Nicole Regnaud (NZL) – 2025 New Zealand Open winner, New Zealand ranking table
7. Kirsi Viinikainen (FIN)
8. Rhian O’Sullivan (WAL) – 2025 Dutch Open winner
Gold / Platinum Event winners
9. Joanne Hadley (AUS) – 2025 South Australian Classic winner, Australia ranking table
10. Beau Greaves (ENG) – 2024 World Championship winner
11. Korean Open winner
12. Hungarian Masters winner
13. World Masters winner
Regional Ranking Table leaders
14. Sarah Makanga (UGA) – Africa & Western Asia ranking table
15. Mikuru Suzuki (JPN) – Asia ranking table
16. Maria Carli (CAN) – Canada ranking table
17. Jitka Cisarova (CZE) – East Europe ranking table
18. Maud Jansson (SWE) – North Europe ranking table
19. Lisa Zollikofer (GER) – West Europe ranking table
Race Table
20. Aletta Wajer (NED)
21. Paula Murphy (USA)
22. Irina Armstrong (GER)
Qualifiers
23. Qualifier #1
24. Qualifier #2
Boys
Top 4
1. Florian Preis (GER)
2. Balazs Szotak (HUN)
3. Zsolt Csajbok (HUN)
4. Oden Ollevier (BEL)
Qualifiers
5. Qualifier #1
6. Qualifier #2
7. Qualifier #3
8. Qualifier #4
Girls
Top 2
1. Paige Pauling (ENG)
2. Hanna Rabakozi (HUN)
Qualifiers
3. Qualifier #1
4. Qualifier #2
*The spots marked as qualifiers in each World Championship will be determined by a one-off qualifying event to be held on November 2nd in Budapest.
Ranking Period
The qualification period for the 2024 WDF World Championship officially ends on Saturday, November 1st. This provisional qualification list will be updated every week in the run-up to this cut-off point as the fields continue to take shape.
The next scheduled WDF ranking tournament is set to take place on June 29th – the Silver-ranked England Youth Grand Prix Open.