The Greatest Show on Mighty Mike's Green Earth 2019 (Dec 13 - Jan 1)

[Safc]

Can Jiwa play in the Indian qualifier? Only player from there, who worth something.

no. he doesn't have Indian citizenship.

Amit Gilitwala is ok Unicorn gave him a deal as an upcoming prospect however his form is crap this year

[skweezit]

What a douchebag Asada is, steals the spot from another Japanese player while he already qualified via the Asian Tour OoM.

but, but, but it opens the door for Paul "the Immortal" Lim's foot to toe that prestigious oche once again
and me wanna see.

[skweezit]

Can Jiwa play in the Indian qualifier? Only player from there, who worth something.

no. he doesn't have Indian citizenship.

Amit Gilitwala is ok Unicorn gave him a deal as an upcoming prospect however his form is crap this year

Akshay Mehta will be there competing too. He's a young'un signed by A-180 & L-style.

[thegentle]

What a douchebag Asada is, steals the spot from another Japanese player while he already qualified via the Asian Tour OoM.

but, but, but it opens the door for Paul "the Immortal" Lim's foot to toe that prestigious oche once again
and me wanna see.

Yeah tbf he's not stealing a place from anyone, if the Japanese players were good enough they'd have beaten him, plus every player in Asia has ample opportunities on the Asian Tour

[Randall]

Lim will play well at ally pally so I have no complaints.
Always enjoy seeing him play.

[Greipel]

Lim will play well at ally pally so I have no complaints.
Always enjoy seeing him play.

+1

[oche balboa]

What a douchebag Asada is, steals the spot from another Japanese player while he already qualified via the Asian Tour OoM.

Its for the Japan National Championship as well

[thegentle]

What a douchebag Asada is, steals the spot from another Japanese player while he already qualified via the Asian Tour OoM.

Its for the Japan National Championship as well

Probably for a decent whack in prize money too

[Zeyes]

Don't think there's any prize money. And "National Championship" is just some empty branding they introduced last year. It kind of made sense that time because there were like half a dozen routes to qualify for the final field of 16, and it was an actual elite field (by Japanese playing standards), but this year it was just a random open sign-up tournament so nothing "championship" about it.

So they could have easily barred Asada from playing in it, but the whole event was kind of an after-thought this year anyway after the PDC sprung the qualifier spot on the PDJ at short notice and they had to scramble to find an open date to play the tournament. It'll hopefully work better next year, including playing it after the end of the Asian Tour.

Anyway, the only people who will be calling Asada "the Japanese national champion" this year will be Sky's commentators at the worlds who don't know any better.

[thegentle]

Don't think there's any prize money. And "National Championship" is just some empty branding they introduced last year. It kind of made sense that time because there were like half a dozen routes to qualify for the final field of 16, and it was an actual elite field (by Japanese playing standards), but this year it was just a random open sign-up tournament so nothing "championship" about it.

So they could have easily barred Asada from playing in it, but the whole event was kind of an after-thought this year anyway after the PDC sprung the qualifier spot on the PDJ at short notice and they had to scramble to find an open date to play the tournament. It'll hopefully work better next year, including playing it after the end of the Asian Tour.

Anyway, the only people who will be calling Asada "the Japanese national champion" this year will be Sky's commentators at the worlds who don't know any better.

Hopefully next year the format is kept the same, the big announcement was definitely a positive step, but yes, it would have made a lot of difference to a lot of places if they had announced the criteria earlier (no John Part)

[Rogg]

Lim and Noel confirmed today then. Also Yordi added.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_PDC_ ... ampionship

17 of the 32 Others confirmed for Alexandra Palace. Yes, the venue is known already. Bizarre stuff.


Seigo Asada - PDJ Japanese Qualifier
Kevin Burness - Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay Champion
Lourence Ilagan - 2018 PDC Asian Tour
Tahuna Irwin - DPNZ Qualifier
Darius Labanauskas - PDC Nordic & Baltic
Royden Lam - 2018 PDC Asian Tour

Daniel Larsson - PDC Nordic & Baltic
Paul Lim - 2018 PDC Asian Tour
Jim Long - 2018 CDC Top ranked Canadian Player
Noel Malicdem - 2018 PDC Asian Tour
Yordi Meeuwisse - Western Europe Qualifier
Diogo Portela - South American Qualifier

Chuck Puleo - 2018 CDC Top ranked American Player
Rowby-John Rodriguez - South/East Europe Qualifier
Karel Sedláček - Eastern Europe Qualifier
Jeff Smith - North American Championship Winner
Raymond Smith - DPA Order of Merit 1st place

[Fiss Plaps]

I know it's a bit early but that list already looks much better than some of the international qualifier lists from years gone by.

[Rogg]

Just 2 Players Championships remain to affect the Pro Tour list... mess, Dimitri.


Burton DeWitt @bsd987
The race for the final few World Championship spots is extremely tight, with Wayne Jones, Dimitri Van den Bergh, Ross Smith, and Justin Pipe just hanging in with only one weekend left on the ProTour calendar.

[sennafan24]

I am going to work under the presumption that Cadby will withdraw.

Therefore, it looks like Pipe is going to make it unfortunately.

[Rogg]

I am going to work under the presumption that Cadby will withdraw.

Therefore, it looks like Pipe is going to make it unfortunately.

It's a good point.

Or if Cadby withdraws after the draw has been made, I think his spot would go to the highest non-qualified player in the main OoM... which could be... Pipe again. In case you thought there was a god.

[thegentle]

South/West qualifier this weekend, Justicia Perales will presumably be there as he's not playing in the Players Championship. No idea who else will be playing, probably be one or two other half-decent throwers

[The Thorn]

I am going to work under the presumption that Cadby will withdraw.

Therefore, it looks like Pipe is going to make it unfortunately.

It's a good point.

Or if Cadby withdraws after the draw has been made, I think his spot would go to the highest non-qualified player in the main OoM... which could be... Pipe again. In case you thought there was a god.

Pipe is the god himself

[sennafan24]

I am going to work under the presumption that Cadby will withdraw.

Therefore, it looks like Pipe is going to make it unfortunately.

It's a good point.

Or if Cadby withdraws after the draw has been made, I think his spot would go to the highest non-qualified player in the main OoM... which could be... Pipe again. In case you thought there was a god.

Pipe is the god himself

Fuck off Mushroom

[Zeyes]

I am going to work under the presumption that Cadby will withdraw.

Therefore, it looks like Pipe is going to make it unfortunately.

It's a good point.

Or if Cadby withdraws after the draw has been made, I think his spot would go to the highest non-qualified player in the main OoM... which could be... Pipe again. In case you thought there was a god.

I bet they'll delay the field announcement and draw just like they did when Kyle Anderson had his visa issues and ultimately couldn't make it. No chance they'll risk putting a main tour qualifier in the draw that might not be there.

[Zeyes]

South/West qualifier this weekend, Justicia Perales will presumably be there as he's not playing in the Players Championship. No idea who else will be playing, probably be one or two other half-decent throwers

Entry list: http://dardos.180-darts.com/index.php/2 ... vila-2018/

About two dozen Portuguese, three from Gibraltar and one French guy in the field, all others from Spain. Justicia is listed three times for some reason.

Also, the African qualifying event has been confirmed:

(I almost posted an oche-style "the African qualifier has been confirmed" obfuscation, but I thought better of it.)