December 2nd, 2009 by Phil Lythell

The final line-up for the Ladbrokes World Darts Championship that takes place from December 18th to January 3rd in Alexandra Palace in London has finally been decided.

72 players from all around the world will compete for £1m in prize money – the richest event in the history of darts – and a first prize of £200,000.

14-time world champion Phil Taylor remains the man to beat though expect challenges from Raymond van Barneveld, James Wade, Mervyn King, John Part and Andy Hamilton.

The top 32 players from the PDC Order of Merit will all take part along with qualifiers from around the globe. One disappointment for the fans will be the omission of female darts star Anastasia Dobromyslova after she lost in the final of the Russian playoff tournament.

PDC Order of Merit Qualifiers

1 Phil Taylor (England)
2 Raymond van Barneveld (Netherlands)
3 James Wade (England)
4 John Part (Canada)
5 Mervyn King (England)
6 Terry Jenkins (England)
7 Ronnie Baxter (England)
8 Adrian Lewis (England)
9 Dennis Priestley (England)
10 Colin Lloyd (England)
11 Colin Osborne (England)
12 Alan Tabern (England)
13 Mark Walsh (England)
14 Andy Hamilton (England)
15 Kevin Painter (England)
16 Robert Thornton (Scotland)
17 Wayne Mardle (England)
18 Vincent van der Voort
19 Steve Beaton (England)
20 Peter Manley (England)
21 Mark Dudbridge (England)
22 Wayne Jones (England)
23 Denis Ovens (England)
24 Jelle Klaasen (Netherlands)
25 Wes Newton (England)
26 Jamie Caven (England)
27 Andy Smith (England)
28 Co Stompe (Netherlands)
29 Kirk Shepherd (England)
30 Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands)
31 Tony Eccles (England)
32 Roland Scholten (Netherlands)

Players Championship Qualifiers

1 Gary Anderson (Scotland)
2 Paul Nicholson (Australia)
3 Andy Jenkins (England)
4 Peter Wright (Scotland)
5 Brendan Dolan (Northern Ireland)
6 Steve Hine (England)
7 Kevin McDine (England)
8 Steve Brown (England)
9 Matt Clark (England)
10 Colin Monk (England)
11 Mark Webster (Wales)
12 Steve Maish (England)
13 Barrie Bates (Wales)
14 Toon Greebe (Netherlands)
15 Alex Roy (England)
16 Carlos Rodriguez (Spain)

European Order of Merit Qualifiers

1 Andree Welge (Germany)
2 Mensur Suljovic (Austria)
3 Dylan Duo (Gibraltar)
4 Jyhan Artut (Germany)

North American Order of Merit Qualifiers

1 Darin Young (USA)
2 Scott Burnett (USA)
3 Ken MacNeil (Canada)

International Qualifiers

Simon Whitlock (Australia) – DPA Australian Grand Prix Champion
Phillip Hazel (New Zealand) – New Zealand Champion
Aodhagan O’Neill (Ireland) – Irish Matchplay Champion
Les Francis (South Africa) – PDC South African Open Champion
Francisco Ruiz (Spain) – Spanish National Champion
Warren Parry (New Zealand) – Oceanic Masters Champion
Haruki Muramatsu (Japan) – Japanese Champion
Osmann Kijamet (Slovenia) – Eastern European Champion
Norman Madhoo (Guyana) – Caribbean & South American Masters Champion
Christian Perez (Philippines) – Philippines Champion
Jarkko Komula (Finland) – Finnish Pro-Darts Champion
Magnus Caris (Sweden) – Swedish National Champion
Tomas Seyler (Germany) – German National Champion
Per Laursen (Denmark) – Danish Series Champion
Krzysztof Kciuk (Poland) – Polish National Champion
Roman Konchikov (Russia) – Russian National Champion
Plus Chinese National Champion

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