2007 International Darts League - 2007 Format

2007 Format

The field was scheduled to contain 56 players with 12 automatically from each organisation going into the group stages. Some players from the BDO withdrew citing the uncertainty over the staging of the event as their reason.

The WDF qualifiers are:-
  1. Gary Anderson
  2. Martin Adams
  3. Tony Eccles
  4. Darryl Fitton
  5. Simon Whitlock
  6. Co Stompé
  7. Martin Atkins
  8. Niels de Ruiter
  9. Mark Webster
  10. John Walton (withdrew)
  11. Tony O’Shea
  12. Ted Hankey (withdrew)
 The PDC automatic qualifiers are:-
  1. Phil Taylor
  2. Raymond van Barneveld
  3. Colin Lloyd
  4. Peter Manley
  5. Dennis Priestley
  6. Terry Jenkins
  7. Adrian Lewis
  8. Roland Scholten
  9. Wayne Mardle
  10. James Wade
  11. John Part
  12. Andy Hamilton

A preliminary round will now consist of:

  • The BDO/WDF players ranked 13 to 28 at the cut-off date (Mario Robbe, Scott Waites, Gary Robson, Brian Sørensen, Albertino Essers, Ross Montgomery, Ron Meulenkamp, Shane Tichowitsch, Robert Hughes, Göran Klemme, Steve West, Mark Barilli, Phill Nixon, Steve Farmer, Paul Hogan, Edwin Max) Dirk Hespeels and Andy Murray were added to the field to replace the withdrawn players
  • The PDC players ranked 13 to 16 at the cut-off date (Ronnie Baxter, Andy Jenkins, Barrie Bates, Kevin Painter)
  • Eight qualifiers from a PDPA qualifying tournament at Villa Park, Birmingham on April 21 (Chris Mason, Wayne Jones, Richie Burnett, Alan Tabern, Mark Dudbridge, Matt Clark, Kevin McDine and Robbie Green)
  • Wildcards Michael van Gerwen, Jelle Klaasen, Mervyn King and Vincent van der Voort.

Eight players from the preliminary round will go through to join the 24 automatic qualifiers in the group stages.

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