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Events Calendar January
Budweiser UK Open Finals 04 June 2004
Sheppey Darts Classic 2004 12 June 2004
Stan James World Matchplay Play-off 19 June 2004
Las Vegas Desert Classic III 28 June 2004
Oceanic Masters 2004 10 July 2004
Bobby Bourn Memorial Trophy 2004 24 July 2004
Stan James World Matchplay Darts Championship 25 July 2004
NEW PDC RANKINGS SYSTEM
With the first tournament of the 2002 ranking
calendar looming this weekend in Eastbourne, the time seems right to explain
the details of the new PDC ranking system.
The new system, which came into place at the
conclusion of the 2002 Skol World Championships, sees the following changes
come into place.
1. Players will retain all points accrued up to and including the 2002 Skol World Championships
2. All points won in 2002 will be added to that total.
3. In effect this means players who won points for an event in 2001 and go on to win further points at the same event in 2002 will retain both sets of points for that competition.
4. In 2003, at the anniversary of tournaments played in 2001 players will lose points gained in those competitions. They will however retain points won in 2002, which will be added to any points won in the same competition in 2003. Therefore players will keep tournament points for a rolling period of two years.
5. This system will apply to every tournament including premier TV events and the World Championships.
6. All points gained in every tournament
will now count towards a players total and not simply the best nine results
as had been the case. Please note that this is merely a summary of the new
system.
PDC Ranking System
1. ELIGIBILITY:
1.1 Any player who qualifies for a PDC event through the
ranking system must join the PDPA should he wish to compete in any further
PDC events. Any player who does not join the PDPA having competed in a PDC
event will not be eligible to be considered for any subsequent PDC event until
he does join the PDPA.
1.2 Any player who is not in good financial or disciplinary standing with the PDC or the PDPA will not be invited to participate in any event until such time as they are in good standing.
1.3 All players must sign and accept the PDC Code Of Conduct before being allowed to participate in any PDC organised event.
2. RANKING SYSTEM:
2.1 There will be five categories of tournament namely:
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd/4th | 5th/8th | 9th/16th | 17th/32nd | 33rd/64th | |
| World Champions | 50 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 24 | 16 | See Note 1 |
| Premier | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 8 | See Note 1 |
| One | 16 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Two | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Three | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
Note 1 -
It is the intention of the PDC Board to enlarge the number of players in the
World Championship. However, if there is a qualifier for this, points will
be awarded to those players who do not reach the final 32 on a basis to be
determined. There will be qualifiers for the two other PDC wholly owned and
staged events, again points for non qualifiers will be awarded on a basis
to be determined.
The classification for each event will be based on the following:
World Championships - the PDC World Championship held in December / January will be the only event able to offer this level of points
Premier -Events which have live television coverage and a minimum prize fund of £50,000.
All other events will be Ranked at the discretion of the PDC Board, following consultation with the PDPA. Ranking will be based on tournament formats, seedings used as well as prize money levels. The PDC Board will have final power of veto over the Ranking list. Any additional overseas tournaments staged by the PDC will be Ranked at the discretion of the PDC Board again after consultation with the PDPA.
2.2 All tournaments count towards a players score in the Ranking List.
2.3 The points scored by a player at the end
of the 2001/2 Skol World Championship are the starting point for the year
2002, and these points are those determined by the PDC Ranking List in operation
during 2001. From this point any further points won during 2002 will be added
to this.
At the start of 2003 BOTH these points totals will form the basis of the Ranking
List. When the anniversary (meaning calendar date) of the points won during
2001 is reached, these points will be removed.
Points won during 2003 will be added to a players
total as they are won.
2.4 The tournaments ranked in 2002 will be as per list published on www.planetdarts.co.uk. Provisional ranking lists may be issued from time to time for information only.
2.5 An official Ranking List will be issued after every PDC Ranked Event, this will be published on the PDC website. The Ranking List will also be sent to every PDPA Member through the monthly PDC Newsletter.
2.6 Invitations and seedings to events will
be based on the Ranking List, which is in operation, 30 days prior to the
start date of that tournament.
Invitations and seedings for The World Match Play, The World Grand Prix and
The World Championships will be based on the Ranking List according to the
following criteria:
The World Match Play the Ranking List at 31st May 2002; The World Grand Prix
the Ranking List at 5th August 2002. The World Championship the Ranking List
at 30th November 2002. The structure of these events is as follows:
World Championship - It is the intention to expand the field so the Top 32
players are seeded. Full details will be provided in due course.
There will be a minimum of 16 seeds for this event. World Match Play - Top
28 players in PDC Ranking List at 31/5/02.
The remaining places are open to qualifiers.
The top 16 players will be seeded.
World Grand Prix - Top 24 players in the PDC Ranking List at 4/8/02. The remaining
places are open to qualifiers, 6 from John Barras related competitions (it
is intended that these will include 2 PDPA qualifiers but this has to be finalised
with the sponsors), one from a Northern Ireland competition and one from a
Republic of Ireland competition.
The top 8 players will be seeded.
2.7 Any ties in positions for seeding or invitation will be decided in the following way. a) The player who has assimilated the most points over the previous four ranking events will be given seniority. b) In the event of a further tie the number of tournaments taken into account will rise from four to five or however many tournaments which may be needed for the separation of players.
2.8 The PDC reserves the right to remove any tournament from the ranking list without prior notice.
2.9 The PDC reserves the right to add any tournament to the ranking list providing it gives at least three months notice of such an addition. Any PDC wholly owned and staged events can be added at the discretion of the Board.
2.10 The PDC reserves the right to have the benefit of all decisions in any event not covered fully in these rules.
2.11 The PDC reserves the right to add or amend any or all of these Rules at any time to meet any purpose deemed to be necessary at that time by the Board of Directors.
2.12 This document will remain in force until 7th January 2003 3. SEEDINGS
3.1 For PDC Tournaments For the 2002/3 PDC
World Championship to be confirmed, however, there will be a minimum of 16
seeds. For the 2002 Stan James World Matchplay there will be 16 seeds. For
the 2002 Paddy Power World Grand Prix there will be 8 seeds. Seedings for
other events will be at the discretion of the PDC Board. The seedings will
be as follows
TOP HALF 1-16-8-9-5-12-4-13 BOTTOM HALF 2-15-7-10-6-11-3-14 3.2
For Qualifying Rounds for PDC Tournaments Qualifiers will work on seedings,
in the form of bands. These will be worked on the PDC Ranking List and assuming
a field of 128 will work on the following basis: 65 to 96 will play 97 to
128, this will leave 32 who will join the remaining 64 as the number 65 to
96 seeds (basis of how these will be seeded to be worked out). 33 to 64 will
play 65 to 96 - this will leave 32 they will join the remaining 32 as the
number 33 to 64 seeds (basis of how these will be seeded to be worked out).
33 to 48 will play 49 to 64 - this will leave 16 they will join the other
32 as the number 33 to 48 seeds. 17 to 32 will play 33 to 48 - this will leave
16 they will join the other 16 as the number 17 to 32 seeds.
Top 32 play a straight knock out, 1 vs 32, 2 vs 31 etc If there are less than
128 entries then play down as appropriate.
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