World Darts Federation

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The World Darts Federation (WDF) is a sport governing body[1][2] and (along with the PDC) a tournament organiser for the game of darts. It was formed in 1974 by representatives of the original fourteen founding members.[2] Membership is open to the national organising body for darts in all nations. The WDF encourages the promotion of the sport of darts among and between those bodies, in an effort to gain international recognition for darts as a major sport. The WDF was a full member of Global Association of International Sports Federations, which was the governing body for international sports federations, until dissolution in 2023.

Main Events

The WDF stages a world championship (called the WDF World Cup), as well as continental championships such as the WDF Americas Cup, the WDF Asia-Pacific Cup and the WDF Europe Cup. The country that is first in the overall leader board (overall best result in the two events, singles, pairs, teams) becomes the world champion. Winners of any of the events can also call themselves the official World Champion. Winners of continental championships can call themselves the official champion of their own areas.

After the collapse of the British Darts Organisation in September 2020, the WDF announced plans to launch the WDF World Championship and WDF World Masters.[3] Both competitions took place for the first time in 2022, starting with the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship in April.[4]

WDF World Darts Championship since 2022.

Members

76 national full members plus 3 interim nembers (Mauritania, Yemen, Papua New Guinea) :[5]

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The WDF Rankings, as defined by the World Darts Federation, are the "objective merit-based method used for determining qualification for entry and seeding in all of its tournaments for both male and female singles, pairs and team". The rankings tables are "rolling tables", and points from an event are counted until that event occurs the following year. If a particular event does not occur in the following year, points are deleted after a calendar year.[6]

Para Darts

World ParaDarts is also an associate member of the WDF.

Tournament levels and points allocation

A player's WDF Ranking is based on the points they have accrued from their best 10 performances over the previous 12 month rolling period.[7] The eligible tournaments include a selection of Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze level tournaments with decreasing points at each level.

Since the formation of the WDF rankings in 1974 the method used to calculate a player's ranking points has changed several times. Notes: The WDF international tournaments have six categories for both men and women (singles, pairs and teams)

Current points distribution

Points are currently awarded as follows:[8]

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WDF Platinum tournaments 270 167 103 64 39 26 13
WDF Gold tournaments 180 111 68 43 26 17 9
WDF Silver tournaments 90 56 34 21 13 9
WDF Bronze tournaments 45 28 17 11 6

Current WDF World Rankings

The rankings are based on a cumulative points system similar to ATP rankings in tennis they are done on a rolling one year basis. When a tournament is played, the previous year's results are removed from the rankings. This list is used to determine seeds for some of the WDF Opens. The World Darts Federation also have a ranking system designed to provide a measure of the global activities of darts players in every WDF recognised darts event. It used to be very similar to the BDO system but was revised in January 2007 to include categories by country and by events, and the distribution of ranking points reflect the levels of prize money on offer and the numbers of entries in a tournament. Therefore, the WDF World Rankings give a better reflection on BDO player world ranking. The leading players gain points in different levels of categorised events and prize money and at the end of the season the leading players receive monetary bonus rewards from the WDF.[9] Template:Col-float Script error: No such module "DartsRankings". Template:Col-float-break Script error: No such module "DartsRankings". Template:Col-float-end

WDF World No1 men's and women's players (1976–current)

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Year Men Women
1976 Template:Flagicon Alan Evans No rankings
1977 Template:Flagicon John Lowe No rankings
1978 Template:Flagicon Leighton Rees No rankings
1979 Template:Flagicon John Lowe (2) No rankings
1980 Template:Flagicon Eric Bristow No rankings
1981 Template:Flagicon Eric Bristow (2) No rankings
1982 Template:Flagicon Jocky Wilson No rankings
1983 Template:Flagicon Eric Bristow (3) No rankings
1984 Template:Flagicon Eric Bristow (4) Template:Flagicon Sandy Reitan
1985 Template:Flagicon Eric Bristow (5) Template:Flagicon Lilian Barnett
1986 Template:Flagicon John Lowe (3) Template:Flagicon Linda Batten
1987 Template:Flagicon Bob Anderson Template:Flagicon Maarit Fagerholm
1988 Template:Flagicon John Lowe (4) Template:Flagicon Jayne Kempster
1989 Template:Flagicon Bob Anderson (2) Template:Flagicon Sharon Colclough
1990 Template:Flagicon Eric Bristow (6) Template:Flagicon Sharon Colclough (2)
1991 Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor Template:Flagicon Sharon Colclough (3)
1992 Template:Flagicon Rod Harrington Template:Flagicon Mandy Solomons
1993 Template:Flagicon Leo Laurens Template:Flagicon Mandy Solomons (2)
1994 Template:Flagicon Steve Beaton Template:Flagicon Deta Hedman
1995 Template:Flagicon Richie Burnett Template:Flagicon Deta Hedman (2)
1996 Template:Flagicon Martin Adams Template:Flagicon Deta Hedman (3)
1997 Template:Flagicon Martin Adams (2) Template:Flagicon Deta Hedman (4)
1998 Template:Flagicon Ronnie Baxter Template:Flagicon Francis Hoenselaar
1999 Template:Flagicon Raymond van Barneveld Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver
2000 Template:Flagicon Raymond van Barneveld (2) Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver (2)
2001 Template:Flagicon Mervyn King Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver (3)
2002 Template:Flagicon John Walton Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver (4)
2003 Template:Flagicon Martin Adams (3) Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver (5)
2004 Template:Flagicon Raymond van Barneveld (3) Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver (6)
2005 Template:Flagicon Raymond van Barneveld (4) Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver (7)
2006 Template:Flagicon Jelle Klaasen Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver (8)
2007 Template:Flagicon Gary Anderson Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver (9)
2008 Template:Flagicon Scott Waites Template:Flagicon Francis Hoenselaar (2)
2009 Template:Flagicon Tony O'Shea Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver (10)
2010 Template:Flagicon Martin Adams (4) Template:Flagicon Deta Hedman (5)
2011 Template:Flagicon Scott Waites (2) Template:Flagicon Deta Hedman (6)
2012 Template:Flagicon Stephen Bunting Template:Flagicon Deta Hedman (7)
2013 Template:Flagicon James Wilson Template:Flagicon Deta Hedman (8)
2014 Template:Flagicon Alan Norris Template:Flagicon Deta Hedman (9)
2015 Template:Flagicon Darius Labanauskas Template:Flagicon Deta Hedman (10)
2016 Template:Flagicon Darius Labanauskas (2) Template:Flagicon Deta Hedman (11)
2017 Template:WDFFlag Template:WDFWFlag
2018 Template:WDFFlag Template:Flagicon Deta Hedman (12)
2019 Template:WDFFlag Template:Flagicon Aileen de Graaf (2)
2020 Template:WDFFlag Template:Flagicon Deta Hedman (13)
2021 Template:WDFFlag Template:Flagicon Deta Hedman (14)
2022 Template:Flagicon Jelle Klaasen (2) Template:PDCFlag
2023 Template:PDCFlag Template:Flagicon Beau Greaves (2)
2024 Template:WDFFlag Template:Flagicon Beau Greaves (3)

The rankings show Deta Hedman and Trina Gulliver as consistently being the leading women's player's, having been number one on a record ten or more occasions each. No male player has held the number one position as many years Gulliver and Hedman, although Eric Bristow has held the top position for a record six times. The rankings for the men has become even more complex since the inception of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) formerly the World Darts Council (WDC). The leading ranked players in 1993/94 split from the BDO and they have their own world ranking system known as the Order of Merit. The players from the PDC are not included in the rankings because the BDO, which is the British governing body of amateur darts, is the one that is recognised by the WDF.

WDF tournaments

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See also

References

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External links

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