2024 WDF World Darts Championship
| World Darts Championship | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 29 November–8 December 2024 | ||
| Venue | Lakeside Country Club | ||
| Location | Frimley Green, Surrey | ||
| Country |  England | ||
| Organisation(s) | WDF | ||
| Format | Sets | ||
| Prize fund | £221,000 (total) | ||
| Winner's share | £50,000 (men) £25,000 (women) £3,000 (boys) £1,500 (girls) | ||
| High checkout | 157  Danny Porter | ||
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The 2024 WDF Lakeside World Darts Championship is the third edition of the WDF World Darts Championship organised by the World Darts Federation (WDF). The tournament is held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey, England.
Andy Baetens was the defending men's champion, but will not defend his title after winning a PDC tour card in January 2024.[1] Beau Greaves is looking to secure her third WDF World Darts Championship, having beaten Aileen de Graaf in the 2023 final.[2]
Prize money
[edit]There was a slight decrease in prize money from the previous edition, although the winners of both senior tournaments will receive the same as the previous year.[3]
| Position | Prize money | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Boys | Girls | ||
| Winner | £50,000 | £25,000 | £3,000 | £1,500 | |
| Runner-up | £16,000 | £8,000 | £1,500 | £1,000 | |
| Semi-finalist | £8,000 | £4,000 | £1,000 | £500 | |
| Quarter-finalist | £5,000 | £2,500 | £500 | — | |
| Last 16 | £2,000 | £1,000 | — | ||
| Last 24 | — | £750 | |||
| Last 32 | £1,250 | — | |||
| Last 48 | £750 | ||||
| Event Totals | £158,000 | £69,000 | £8,500 | £2,500 | |
| Overall Total | £221,000 | ||||
Schedule
[edit]Friday, 29 November
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 1 |  Brian Raman 87.30 |
2–1 |  Corné Groeneveld 87.79 |
0–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| 02 | Scott Walters 67.70 |
2–0 |  Craig Brown 69.88 |
3–0 | 3–2 | — | |
| 03 | François Schweyen 87.56 |
2–0 | Michael Cassar 82.77 |
3–2 | 3–0 | — | |
| 04 | Carl Wilkinson 80.02 |
2–0 |  Jacob Taylor 81.26 |
3–2 | 3–2 | — |
Saturday, 30 November
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | 1 | Jordan Brooks 85.74 |
1–2 |  Jun Matsuda 83.81 |
3–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | — | — |
| 06 | Anca Zijlstra 64.16 |
0–2 |  Jitka Císařová 77.74 |
0–3 | 0–3 | — | — | — | |
| 07 |  Mark Barilli 71.20 |
0–2 |  Shane McGuirk 92.81 |
2–3 | 0–3 | — | — | — | |
| 08 | Wendy Harper 62.79 |
2–0 |  Gréta Tekauer 57.69 |
3–2 | 3–1 | — | — | — | |
| 09 | Patrik Kovács 74.33 |
0–2 |  Björn Lejon 80.25 |
1–3 | 2–3 | — | — | — | |
| 10 | Matthew Edgar 80.34 |
0–2 | Jarno Bottenberg 88.27 |
0–3 | 2–3 | — | — | — | |
| 11 | Amanda Loch 60.11 |
0–2 |  Kirsi Viinikainen 71.47 |
0–3 | 1–3 | — | — | — | |
| 12 | 2 | Danny Porter 76.67 |
0–3 | François Schweyen 79.86 |
1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | — | — |
| 13 | 1 | Kirsty Hutchinson 62.89 |
2–1 | Veronika Ihász 55.61 |
3–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | — | — |
| 14 | 2 | Martyn Turner 84.30 |
1–3 | Brian Raman 87.71 |
3–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | — |
Sunday, 1 December
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 1 | Sybren Gijbels 80.31 |
2–1 |  Kevin Luke 78.36 |
1–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | — | — |
| 16 | Lorraine Hyde 72.24 |
1–2 | Mayumi Ouchi 69.70 |
1–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | — | — | |
| 17 | James Beeton 85.34 |
2–1 | Bradley Kirk 80.58 |
3–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | — | — | |
| 18 | Paula Murphy 62.28 |
2–0 | Paula Jacklin 59.04 |
3–0 | 3–1 | — | — | — | |
| 19 | 2 | Edwin Torbjörnsson 87.93 |
0–3 | Shane McGuirk 96.16 |
0–3 | 0–3 | 2–3 | — | — |
| 20 | 1 | Aaron Turner 79.05 |
2–0 | Jeff Springer 74.04 |
3–1 | 3–1 | — | — | — |
| 21 | Lisa Ashton 76.22 |
1–2 | Sophie McKinlay 76.37 |
1–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | — | — | |
| 22 | 2 | Cliff Prior 74.34 |
3–1 | Scott Walters 71.25 |
0–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | — |
| 23 | Nicole Regnaud 68.45 |
2–0 | Wendy Harper 59.94 |
3–1 | 3–2 | — | — | — | |
| 24 | 1 |  Mike Gillet 91.64 |
2–0 | Ky Smith 74.18 |
3–1 | 3–1 | — | — | — |
Monday, 2 December
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 | Dennis Nilsson |
– | Howard Jones |
– | – | – | — | — |
| 26 | Lerena Rietbergen |
– | Maud Jansson |
– | – | – | — | — | |
| 27 |  László Kádár |
– |  Hannes Schnier |
– | – | – | — | — | |
| 28 | Darren Johnson |
– | Reece Colley |
– | – | – | — | — | |
| 29 | Moreno Blom |
– |  Paul Lim |
– | – | – | — | — | |
| 30 | 2 | Deta Hedman |
– | Kirsty Hutchinson |
– | – | – | — | — |
| 31 | Brandon Weening |
– | Jun Matsuda |
– | – | – | – | – | |
| 32 | Peter Machin |
– | Mike Gillet |
– | – | – | – | – |
Tuesday, 3 December
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 2 |  Benjamin Pratnemer |
– | Carl Wilkinson |
– | – | – | – | – |
| 34 | Desi Mercer |
– | Jitka Císařová |
– | – | – | — | — | |
| 35 |  Thomas Junghans |
– | James Beeton |
– | – | – | – | – | |
| 36 | Ryan Hogarth |
– | Jarno Bottenberg |
– | – | – | – | – | |
| 37 | Jimmy van Schie |
– | Björn Lejon |
– | – | – | – | – | |
| 38 | Beau Greaves |
– | Kirsi Viinikainen |
– | – | – | — | — | |
| 39 |  Kai Fan Leung |
– | Blom / Lim | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 40 |  Neil Duff |
– | Johnson / Colley |
– | – | – | – | – |
Wednesday, 4 December
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 2 | Barry Copeland |
– | Aaron Turner |
– | – | – | – | – |
| 42 | Aletta Wajer |
– | Paula Murphy |
– | – | – | — | — | |
| 43 |  Liam Maendl-Lawrance |
– | Sybren Gijbels |
– | – | – | – | – | |
| 44 | Jason Brandon |
– | Kádár / Schnier | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 45 | Gary Stone |
– | Nilsson / Jones | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 46 | Rhian O'Sullivan |
– | Rietbergen / Jansson | – | – | – | — | — | |
| 47 | 3 | François Schweyen |
– | Brian Raman |
– | – | – | – | – |
| 48 | Weening / Matsuda | – | Shane McGuirk |
– | – | – | – | – |
Thursday, 5 December
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 3 | Pratnemer / Wilkinson | – | Junghans / Beeton | – | – | – | – | – |
| 50 | QF |  Ralfs Laumanis |
– | Lex Paeshuyse |
– | – | – | — | — |
| 51 | 3 | Machin / Gillet | – | Cliff Prior |
– | – | – | – | – |
| 52 | 2 | Aileen de Graaf |
– | Mayumi Ouchi |
– | – | – | — | — |
| 53 | 3 | Maendl-Lawrance / Gijbels | – | Brandon / Kádár / Schnier | – | – | – | – | – |
| 54 | Duff / Johnson / Colley | – | Copeland / A. Turner / Springer | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 55 | QF | Kendji Steinbach |
– | Archie Self |
– | – | – | — | — |
| 56 | 3 | Van Schie / Lejon | – | Hogarth / Bottenberg | – | – | – | – | – |
| 57 | 2 | Irina Armstrong |
– | Sophie McKinlay |
– | – | – | — | — |
| 58 | 3 | Leung / Blom / Lim | – | Stone / Nilsson / Jones | – | – | – | – | – |
Friday, 6 December
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Set 6 | Set 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | QF | Balázs Szoták |
– | Florian Preis |
– | – | – | — | — | — | — |
| 60 | – | – | – | – | — | — | — | — | |||
| 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 62 | – | – | – | – | — | — | — | — | |||
| 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 64 | Jenson Walker |
– | Mason Teese |
– | – | – | — | — | — | — | |
| 65 | – | – | – | – | — | — | — | — | |||
| 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 67 | – | – | – | – | — | — | — | — | |||
| 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Saturday, 7 December
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Set 6 | Set 7 | Set 8 | Set 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | SF | Paige Pauling |
– | Jentl Fransen |
– | – | – | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 70 | Steinbach / Self | – | Laumanis / Paeshuyse | – | – | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | — | — | — | |||
| 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 73 | Sophie McKinlay |
– |  Aurora Fochesato |
– | – | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 74 | Walker / Teese |
– | Szoták / Preis | – | – | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | — | — | — | |||
| 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Sunday, 8 December
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Set 6 | Set 7 | Set 8 | Set 9 | Set 10 | Set 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | F | Pauling / Fransen | – | McKinlay / Fochesato | – | – | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | — | — | — | |||
| 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Men's
[edit]Format and qualifiers
[edit]48 players will play for the men's title, with Danny Porter of Australia being the top seed. The sixteen seeded players (decided by the WDF World Rankings) will enter in Round 2, with the other 32 entrants beginning in Round 1.[4] Fan favourite Paul Lim will be playing in his 26th World Championship across the BDO/WDF and PDC. Six players have rejected the opportunity to play in the Finals in order to play at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, including 2023 quarter finalists Wesley Plaisier and Dennis Nilsson.
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1–16 in WDF Rankings
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Players ranked 17–32
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Players ranked 33–48
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Draw
[edit]Finals
[edit]| Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets) 6 December | Semi-finals (best of 9 sets) 7 December | Final (best of 11 sets) 8 December | ||||||||||||
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Rounds 1–4
[edit]| First round (best of 3 sets) 29 November - 2 December | Second round (best of 5 sets) 30 November - 4 December | Third round (best of 5 sets) 4 - 5 December | Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets) 6 December | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Danny Porter 76.67 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| François Schweyen 87.56 | 2 | François Schweyen 79.86 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| François Schweyen | ||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Cassar 82.77 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brian Raman | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Martyn Turner 84.30 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brian Raman 87.30 | 2 | Brian Raman 87.71 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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| Corné Groeneveld 87.79 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Benjamin Pratnemer | |||||||||||||||||
| Carl Wilkinson 80.02 | 2 | Carl Wilkinson | ||||||||||||||||
| Jacob Taylor 81.26 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Thomas Junghans | |||||||||||||||||
| James Beeton 85.34 | 2 | James Beeton | ||||||||||||||||
| Bradley Kirk 80.58 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Brandon Weening | |||||||||||||||||
| Jordan Brooks 85.74 | 1 | Jun Matsuda | ||||||||||||||||
| Jun Matsuda 83.81 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Shane McGuirk | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Edwin Torbjörnsson 87.93 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mark Barilli 71.20 | 0 | Shane McGuirk 96.16 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Shane McGuirk 92.81 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Peter Machin | |||||||||||||||||
| Mike Gillet 91.64 | 2 | Mike Gillet | ||||||||||||||||
| Ky Smith 74.18 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Cliff Prior | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Cliff Prior 74.34 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Scott Walters 67.70 | 2 | Scott Walters 71.25 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Craig Brown 69.88 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Jimmy van Schie | |||||||||||||||||
| Patrik Kovács 74.33 | 0 | Björn Lejon | ||||||||||||||||
| Björn Lejon 80.25 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Ryan Hogarth | |||||||||||||||||
| Matthew Edgar 80.34 | 0 | Jarno Bottenberg | ||||||||||||||||
| Jarno Bottenberg 88.27 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Kai Fan Leung | |||||||||||||||||
| Moreno Blom | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Lim | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Gary Stone | |||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Nilsson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Howard Jones | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Neil Duff | |||||||||||||||||
| Darren Johnson | | |||||||||||||||||
| Reece Colley | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Barry Copeland | |||||||||||||||||
| Aaron Turner 79.05 | 2 | Aaron Turner | ||||||||||||||||
| Jeff Springer 74.04 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Liam Maendl-Lawrance | |||||||||||||||||
| Sybren Gijbels 80.31 | 2 | Sybren Gijbels | ||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Luke 78.36 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Jason Brandon | |||||||||||||||||
| László Kádár | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hannes Schnier | ||||||||||||||||||
Women's
[edit]Format and qualifiers
[edit]24 players will play for the women's title, with two time defending champion Beau Greaves defending her crown as the top seed. The top eight seeded players (decided by the WDF World Rankings) will enter in Round 2, with the other 16 entrants entering in Round 1.[5] Noa-Lynn van Leuven and Fallon Sherrock both qualified for the WDF World Championships, but have opted to play in the PDC World Darts Championship instead.[6][7]
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1–8 in WDF Rankings
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Players ranked 9–16
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Players ranked 17–24
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Draw
[edit]| First round (best of 3 sets) 30 November - 2 December | Second round (best of 3 sets) 1 - 5 December | Quarter-finals (best of 3 sets) 6 December | Semi-finals (best of 5 sets) 7 December | Final (best of 7 sets) 8 December | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Beau Greaves
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| Amanda Loch 60.11
| 0 | Kirsi Viinikainen
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| Kirsi Viinikainen 71.47
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| 8 | Desi Mercer
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| Anca Zijlstra 64.16
| 0 | Jitka Císařová
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| Jitka Císařová 77.74
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| 4 | Deta Hedman
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| Kirsty Hutchinson 62.89
| 2 | Kirsty Hutchinson
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| Veronika Ihász 55.61
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| 5 | Nicole Regnaud
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| 5 | Nicole Regnaud 68.45
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| Wendy Harper 62.79
| 2 | Wendy Harper 59.94
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| Gréta Tekauer 57.69
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| 2 | Aileen de Graaf
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| Lorraine Hyde 72.24
| 1 | Mayumi Ouchi
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| Mayumi Ouchi 69.70
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| 7 | Irina Armstrong
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| Lisa Ashton 76.22
| 1 | Sophie McKinlay
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| Sophie McKinlay 76.37
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| 3 | Rhian O'Sullivan
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| Lerena Rietbergen
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| Maud Jansson
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| 6 | Aletta Wajer
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| Paula Murphy 62.28
| 2 | Paula Murphy
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| Paula Jacklin 59.04
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Boys'
[edit]Format and qualifiers
[edit]All boys under the age of 18 were eligible to play in the 2024 Lakeside WDF Boys World Championship tournament. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final of the tournament were played at the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green. Four players through the Race Table, with a further four from the qualifying event in Budapest.[8]
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1–4 in WDF Rankings
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Players ranked 5–8
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Draw
[edit]| Quarter-finals (best of 3 sets) 5 - 6 December | Semi-Finals (best of 3 sets) 7 December | Final (best of 5 seats) 8 December | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Jenson Walker
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| Mason Teese
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| Florian Preis
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| 4 | Balázs Szoták
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| 2 | Kendji Steinbach
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| Archie Self
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| Lex Paeshuyse
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| 3 | Ralfs Laumanis
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Girls'
[edit]Format and qualifiers
[edit]All girls under the age of 18 were eligible to play in the 2024 Lakeside WDF Girls World Championship tournament. The two seeds qualified through the race tables, while the two unseeded players qualified through the qualification event in Budapest.[9]
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1–2 in WDF Rankings
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Players ranked 3-4
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Draw
[edit]| Semi-finals (best of 3 sets) 7 December | Final (best of 3 sets) 8 December | ||||||||
| 1 | Paige Pauling
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| Jentl Fransen
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| Aurora Fochesato
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| 2 | Sophie McKinlay
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References
[edit]- ^ Gorton, Josh (13 January 2024). "Baetens & Bennett become latest duo to secure Tour Cards". PDC.tv. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "Greaves beats De Graaf to retain WDF Women's World Championship". World Darts Federation. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "2024 WDF World Championships Update – Prize Fund, Playing Format and Draw Date Confirmed". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "2024 WDF Lakeside World Championship Fields". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "2024 WDF Lakeside World Championship Fields". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "Noa-Lynn van Leuven to make history at PDC World Championship as first trans darts player". Manchester Evening News. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Sherrock secures PDC World Championship return". BBC. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "2024 WDF Lakeside World Championship Fields". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "2024 WDF Lakeside World Championship Fields". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 28 October 2024.