British Darts Organization
The British Darts Organization ( BDO ) is a darts association founded in 1973 .
The British Darts Organization tournaments are often broadcast on the BBC in Great Britain and SBS6 in the Netherlands . The BDO is a member of the World Darts Federation (WDF, founded in 1976) together with around 60 other associations . However, after violating the rules, the BDO was revoked its full membership. She was downgraded to an "Associate Member", which means she is no longer the official darts association of England and her world championship is no longer recognized by the world association.
Apart from a group of professional athletes, the BDO represents all British darts players. The BDO has been organizing world championships since 1978 , and for women since 2001.
In 1992, under the influence of Sky Television, the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) split off from the BDO, whose tournaments in the Netherlands are primarily broadcast by the TV station RTL 5 .
Due to the change of many well-known darts players from the BDO to the PDC, the PDC has meanwhile achieved a greater status than the BDO in international darts.
BDO world rankings
The BDO Invitation Table is the official ranking list of the participating players of the darts organization British Darts Corporation. In contrast to the PDC Order of Merit , the BDO Invitation Table uses a points system.
The tournaments are divided into different categories. The major tournaments are The Lakeside World Professional Championship , the World Trophy and the Winmau World Masters . Only the twelve best placements are counted.
Tournament category | victory | final | HF | VF | AF | R32 | R64 | R128 |
BDO major tournaments | 49 | 42 | 35 | 28 | 21st | 14th | 7th | 4th |
BDO category A + tournaments | 49 | 42 | 35 | 28 | 21st | 14th | 7th | 4th |
BDO category A tournaments | 35 | 30th | 25th | 20th | 15th | 10 | 5 | |
BDO category B tournaments | 24 | 20th | 16 | 12 | 8th | 4th | ||
BDO category C tournaments | 18th | 15th | 12 | 9 | 6th | |||
BDO category D tournaments | 14th | 12 | 10 | 8th | 6th |
The first 26 (27 if the finalist has already qualified through the ranking) qualify for the men's world championship. However, the status from September of the previous year is used. Among the women, the top 14 qualify for the world championship.
The top 26 for men and the top 14 for women (including the five best German-speaking darts players) as of March 18, 2020:
Web links
- Official website of the BDO
- Official website of the Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship
- The Darts Split - Information on the separation of BDO and PDC at dartn.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Message from the World Darts Federation. (PDF) dartswdf.com, December 1, 2019, accessed on January 15, 2020 (English).
- ↑ BRITISH DARTS ORGANIZATION - BDO MEN'S INVITATIONAL TABLES SYSTEM. bdodarts.com, archived from the original on January 12, 2014 ; accessed on January 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Men's Invitational Table at 15/12/2016. bdodarts.com, September 30, 2016, accessed January 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Men's Invitational Table at 09/30/2016. bdodarts.com, September 30, 2016, accessed January 16, 2017 .
- ^ Men's Invitation Table Rolling. bdodarts.com, March 18, 2020, accessed March 18, 2020 .
- ↑ Ladies Invitation Table Rolling. bdodarts.com, March 18, 2020, accessed March 18, 2020 .