2023 PDC Asian Tour

[Rogg]

Thanks to Jetze on twitter as always for these.


Jetze Jan Idsardi@JJIdsardi
PDC Asian Tour Order of Merit | 9/24 events

Three surprising winners in the Philippines this weekend. No changes to the top six.

Next stop: Hong Kong in two weeks. That could be very interesting.

[Bram_1900]

Paul Lim isnt going to make the worlds this year

[The Thorn]

Is it the top 4 who make the Worlds then?

[Bram_1900]

Is it the top 4 who make the Worlds then?

I hope so. Those 1 day qualifying events in Asia dont add a lot to the quality of the WC. Think the PDC should give more qualifying spots to Top-X players on tours instead of all those regional Indian or Brazilian qualifiers etc

[The Thorn]

Is it the top 4 who make the Worlds then?

I hope so. Those 1 day qualifying events in Asia dont add a lot to the quality of the WC. Think the PDC should give more qualifying spots to Top-X players on tours instead of all those regional Indian or Brazilian qualifiers etc

Agreed, though it only apllies to regions where there is a tour in place

[Safc]

Paul Lim isnt going to make the worlds this year

He didn't last year

[Rogg]

Is it the top 4 who make the Worlds then?

I hope so. Those 1 day qualifying events in Asia dont add a lot to the quality of the WC. Think the PDC should give more qualifying spots to Top-X players on tours instead of all those regional Indian or Brazilian qualifiers etc

They are heading in that direction, as it says on the DPNZ site here: https://www.dartplayers.co.nz/2023/02/2 ... up-update/

World Championship Selection from 2024
2023 will see the final year of the Top 16 Play Off.
The PDC want to have consistency with their affiliates throughout the world and it will be the Number 1 ranked player at the end of the 2024 season.

[thegentle]

Thanks to Jetze on twitter as always for these.


Jetze Jan Idsardi@JJIdsardi
PDC Asian Tour Order of Merit | 9/24 events

Three surprising winners in the Philippines this weekend. No changes to the top six.

Next stop: Hong Kong in two weeks. That could be very interesting.

A real chance for Ilagan to pull clear this weekend with so many players absent...mind you, he did have completely unknown players (to us at least) chuck tremendous stuff against him!

[thegentle]

Is it the top 4 who make the Worlds then?

Nothing confirmed, would imagine it's top 3 guaranteed and then a spot for the Asian champion

[oche balboa]

Is it the top 4 who make the Worlds then?

Nothing confirmed, would imagine it's top 3 guaranteed and then a spot for the Asian champion

I think so. PDJ would have their own qualifier as well. Not sure about the other asian countries (China, India likely)

[thegentle]

Is it the top 4 who make the Worlds then?

Nothing confirmed, would imagine it's top 3 guaranteed and then a spot for the Asian champion

I think so. PDJ would have their own qualifier as well. Not sure about the other asian countries (China, India likely)

Be interesting to see if the Chinese qualifier reverts to being based off the league table for the Premier League thing they do there, and of course if Zong can come over, I've been pleasantly surprised by his stats given he hasn't played at real professional level since the 2020 Worlds IIRC. The Japanese have their own national steel-tip circuit now (although I think they've only used it for virtual comps, Zeyes or someone else might know better!), perhaps that will change to being used for their qualifier one day if not this year

[Safc]

Top 4 of Asian Tour get worlds spot

[Rogg]

[Rogg]

After event 9. What is Paul Lim up to, lol.

[thegentle]

Still a lot of notable absentees, none of the most recent 3 Filipino winners, nor Ilagan are there

[TheMalteseDart]

Still a lot of notable absentees, none of the most recent 3 Filipino winners, nor Ilagan are there

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[thegentle]

Our friend Christian Perez wins the first event of the weekend in China, beating Kumar, who made his second final of the season. Perez hasn't played in all of these, but he hasn't done as well as you might think in the ones he has, still got some work to do I think

[thegentle]

After missing out on the Filipino weekend, the Japanese players returned, but none of them went really deep in event 10

[thegentle]

Probably helped by the fact that the early stages are first to 4 legs, but these events are proving to be bunfights, anyone can beat anyone

[The Thorn]

Ilagan wins again

We need him to move to UK and get a card