Invitations & Qualifying Criteria

One-year Invitations to be issued to a maximum of 16 players from the events below in the order of automatic qualifiers listed:

2015 World Darts Championship Winner - Gary Anderson
2014 Grand Slam of Darts Champion - Phil Taylor
2015 Premier League Champion - (Gary Anderson)
2015 World Matchplay Champion - (Michael van Gerwen)
2015 World Grand Prix Champion
2014 Players Champion - (Gary Anderson)
2015 UK Open Champion - Michael van Gerwen
2015 European Champion
2015 Masters Champion - (Michael van Gerwen)
2014 World Youth Champion - Keegan Brown
2015 World Series of Darts Ranking List Leader
2015 World Cup Champions - Adrian Lewis (+ Phil Taylor)
2015 World Darts Championship Runner-Up - (Phil Taylor)
2014 Grand Slam of Darts Runner-Up - Dave Chisnall
2015 Premier League Runner-Up - (Michael van Gerwen)
2015 World Matchplay Runner-Up - James Wade
2015 World Grand Prix Runner-Up
2014 Players Championship Finals Runner-Up (Adrian Lewis)
2015 UK Open Runner-Up - Peter Wright
2015 European Championship Runner-Up
2015 Masters Runner-Up - Raymond van Barneveld
2014 World Youth Championship Runner-Up - Rowby-John Rodriguez
2015 World Series of Darts Ranking List Runner-Up
2015 World Cup Runners-Up (Gary Anderson & Peter Wright)

The first 16 players in the order of events listed will qualify automatically.
If necessary, remaining places up to a total of 16 shall be filled from the reserve list in the following order:
2015 PDC European Tour event winners (in ProTour Order of Merit position order at cut-off date)
2015 Players Championship event winners (in ProTour Order of Merit position at cut-off date)

If the above produces less than 16 players, remaining places shall be awarded to the PDC Qualifier.

Another 16 places shall be filled with eight players from a PDC Qualifier and eight players from the BDO system.

The four BDO invitees are:
2015 Lakeside World Champion - Scott Mitchell
2015 Lakeside World Championship Runner-Up - Martin Adams
2014 World Masters Champion – Martin Phillips
2015 World Trophy Champion - Geert de Vos

The BDO will stage two qualifying tournaments, one in the UK (Tuesday October 6 in Hull) and one in Europe (Sunday October 18, venue TBC), which will each produce two players.

Should any of the four BDO invitees decline their invitation, this will be awarded to the BDO UK qualifying tournament.

The four BDO Invitees shall be drawn along with the four BDO qualifiers randomly for the main event, with one player drawn per group.

Seeds for main event
Eight seeds will be allocated as one per group based on the PDC Order of Merit on the date of the last player qualifying for the event.

 

Acceptance by BDO players:

Scott Mitchell, Martin Adams, Geert de Vos & Martin Phillips 

 

BDO qualifiers:

Larry Butler (USA) & Andy Fordham (ENG) 

+ 2 from European qualifier