DARTSLIVE have just announced the names of the 100 players that will be participating in the SOFT-TIP DARTS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2013. Players have been seeded according to the points gained by playing in at least 3 of the 8 available stages of THE WORLD this year. Players from 18 countries will fight it to try to become the best soft-tip darts player on the planet and includes Stephen Bunting from the UK, Ray Carver from the US, last year’s champion Paul Lim from Singapore and current 2012 SOFT DARTS WORLD CHAMPION Takehiro Suzuki from Japan.
Full list of qualified players are as follows:
|
1 |
Paul Lim |
Singapore |
|
2 |
Lourence Ilagan |
Philippines |
|
3 |
Royden Lam |
Hong Kong |
|
4 |
Boris Krcmar |
Croatia |
|
5 |
Takehiro Suzuki |
Japan |
|
6 |
Scott Kirchner |
U.S.A. |
|
7 |
Ronald Briones |
Philippines |
|
8 |
Yuji Eguchi |
Japan |
|
9 |
Christian Perez |
Philippines |
|
10 |
Stephen Bunting |
U.K. |
|
11 |
Benjamin Dersch |
U.S.A. |
|
12 |
M Hashimoto |
Japan |
|
13 |
Tony Martin |
U.K. |
|
14 |
MitsumasaHoshino |
Japan |
|
15 |
Haruki Muramatsu |
Japan |
|
16 |
Alain Abiabi |
Philippines |
|
17 |
Kei Usami |
Japan |
|
18 |
Raymond Carver |
U.S.A. |
|
19 |
R Van Deursen |
U.S.A. |
|
20 |
Robert Modra |
Australia |
|
21 |
Adrian Gray |
U.K. |
|
22 |
Eduardo Santos |
Philippines |
|
23 |
AtsushiMatsumoto |
Japan |
|
24 |
Hirokazu Osaki |
Japan |
|
25 |
Kenichi Ajiki |
Japan |
|
26 |
Celso Parfan |
Philippines |
|
27 |
Chris White |
Canada |
|
28 |
Shingo Enomata |
Japan |
|
29 |
Harith Lim |
Singapore |
|
30 |
Sho Katsumi |
Japan |
|
31 |
Ryan Condat |
Philippines |
|
32 |
Cheung Pui Hong |
Hong Kong |
|
33 |
Yuta Miyamoto |
Japan |
|
34 |
Joseph Domanais |
Philippines |
|
35 |
Richard Espinoza |
U.S.A. |
|
36 |
Ken Touzawa |
Japan |
|
37 |
Prince Shek |
Hong Kong |
|
38 |
Ryan Ocampo |
Philippines |
|
39 |
Liu Yuan Jun |
China |
|
40 |
Tomoya Tsumura |
Japan |
|
41 |
Filipe Chan |
Macau |
|
42 |
Deng Yin |
China |
|
43 |
Darryl Fitton |
U.K. |
|
44 |
Jose Justicia |
Spain |
|
45 |
Bryan Eribal |
Philippines |
|
46 |
Larry Butler |
U.S.A. |
|
47 |
Haze Leung |
Hong Kong |
|
48 |
Cyril Blot |
France |
|
49 |
Brunno Parungao |
Philippines |
|
50 |
Alvin Mallillin |
Philippines |
|
51 |
T Kawamura |
Japan |
|
52 |
Watanyu |
Thailand |
|
53 |
DJ Sayre |
U.S.A. |
|
54 |
Hiroki Akiyama |
Japan |
|
55 |
Tsai Tzu Hao |
Taiwan |
|
56 |
Huang Shih Hua |
Taiwan |
|
57 |
Franck Guillermont |
France |
|
58 |
Gilbert Ulang |
Philippines |
|
59 |
Benoit Le Thomas |
France |
|
60 |
John Fong |
Hong Kong |
|
61 |
Hiroaki Shimizu |
Japan |
|
62 |
Kazuki Hagane |
Japan |
|
63 |
Thanawat |
Thailand |
|
64 |
George Chan |
Hong Kong |
|
65 |
Ramon Sablboro |
Philippines |
|
66 |
Scott Mackenzie |
Hong Kong |
|
67 |
Juanito Gionson |
Philippines |
|
68 |
Tommy Pong |
Hong Kong |
|
69 |
Wilfred |
Philippines |
|
70 |
Yu Nakata |
Japan |
|
71 |
Shinya Kohno |
Japan |
|
72 |
Ivan Ho |
Hong Kong |
|
73 |
Liao Yeng Chou |
Taiwan |
|
74 |
A G Amin |
Malaysia |
|
75 |
David Fatum |
Canada |
|
76 |
Norhisame |
Malaysia |
|
77 |
Alex Kong |
Macau |
|
78 |
Wilson Tang |
Hong Kong |
|
79 |
Park Hyun Chul |
Korea |
|
80 |
Mamo Otani |
Japan |
|
81 |
Gregor Gorjup |
Slovenia |
|
82 |
Fev Wong |
Hong Kong |
|
83 |
Han Woong Hee |
Korea |
|
84 |
Y Matsumoto |
Japan |
|
85 |
Yohei Kariya |
Japan |
|
86 |
Robert Morris |
Canada |
|
87 |
River Ang |
Malaysia |
|
88 |
Ivan Shen |
Taiwan |
|
89 |
Masa Lui |
Hong Kong . |
|
90 |
Ben Wong |
Hong Kong |
|
91 |
Kevin Mok |
Hong Kong |
|
92 |
Michael So |
Hong Kong |
|
93 |
Donny Joe |
U.S.A |
|
94 |
Shen Wei kai |
Taiwan |
|
95 |
Michael Felix |
Philippines |
|
96 |
Paul Fong |
Hong Kong |
|
97 |
Ally Salazar |
Philippines |
|
98 |
Kang Byung Koo |
Korea |
|
99 |
Chan Wah |
Hong Kong |
|
100 |
Francis Rabuck |
U.S.A. |
A qualification round will be held on 14th December for players ranked outside the top 48 seeds, which will eliminate 36 from those 52 players. The remaining 64 players will then play in THE GRAND FINAL the following day, 15th December.
Matches will be beamed live from the KITEC Centre, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong, and will be available to view on DARTSLIVE.TV, WinmauTV and Ustream.
http://darts-theworld.com/en/gf/
The winner will take home $1 Million Hong Kong dollars (approx. £80,000). The total prize money of approximately £200,000 will be divided as follows:
|
1st |
£80,000 |
|
2nd |
£25,000 |
|
3rd-4th |
£8,500 |
|
5th-8th |
£4250 |
|
9th-16th |
£2000 |
|
17th-32nd |
£1000 |
|
33rd-48th |
£700 |
|
49th-64th |
£500 |
DARTSLIVE have also announced that it is partnering with social gaming company, Bodugi Technology, to offer customers the first ever opportunity to bet on soft-tip darts.
Markets for the GRAND FINAL of the SOFT DARTS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 opened on the 2nd December. Customers are able to register and bet exclusively with Bodugi.com on the outright winner of the competition and on individual matches.
