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2018 Greatest Show on Earth

Post by gcjdavid » Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:30 pm

Order of Merit and Pro Tour qualifiers as it stands
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International Qualifiers

Williard Bruguier - winner of North American Championship (6-5 against Dave Richardson)
Cody Harris - winner of New Zealand Qualifying event (7-2 against Warren Parry)
Gordon Mathers- first place in DPA Pro Tour in Australia
Seigo Asada - winner of the PDJ qualifier (5-2 against Yuya Higuchi)
Kim Viljanen - first place in the Nordic and Baltic tour
Diogo Portela - winner of the Central/South America qualifier (6-1 against Alexander Sattin)
Alan Ljubić - winner of the Eastern European qualifier (6-2 against Krzysztof Kciuk)
William O'Connor - winner of the Irish Matchplay (6-4 against Jason Cullen)
Paul Lim - winner of the South and West Asia Qualifier (2-1 against Keshminder Jaswant)
Krzysztof Ratajski - Highest placed Eastern European on PDC Order of Merit
Jeff Smith - NDFC Number One
Devon Petersen - Highest placed African on PDC Order of Merit
Antonio Alcinas - winner of the South European Qualifier (6-5 against Jesús Noguera Perea)
Aleksandr Oreshkin - winner of the EADC Russian Qualifier (3-1 against Boris Koltsov)
Leung Kai-Fan - winner of the North and East Asian Qualifier (2-1 against Choi Min-seok)
Bernie Smith - winner of the Oceanic Masters (6-5 against Tahuna Irwin)
Luke Humphries - first place in the Development Tour
Zong Xiaochen - winner of the Chinese qualifier (2-1 against Deng Yin)
Marko Kantele - second place in the Nordic and Baltic Tour

Coming up:
November 18 - German Qualifier
November 19 - Central Europe Qualifier
November 26 - PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship Final (winner qualifies)
November 27 - PDPA Qualifier (two players qualify)
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Re: 2018 Greatest Show on Earth - Qualification

Post by Randall » Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:33 pm

Cross is Nailed on surely
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Re: 2018 Greatest Show on Earth - Qualification

Post by The Ginge Reaper » Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:37 pm

Randall wrote:Cross is Nailed on surely
Steve West and above will be now, not many events left. In any case Cross is likely to transfer across to the left hand side before the cutoff.
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Re: 2018 Greatest Show on Earth - Qualification

Post by Randall » Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:41 pm

good to see kong outside qualification.
wilson backing both ways especially with cross likely to qualify by right via the order of merit.
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Re: 2018 Greatest Show on Earth - Qualification

Post by Randall » Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:46 pm

big hendo is guaranteed a spot so all is well.
jenkins is a bit of a pisser, but plenty of dinosaurs still hanging about sadly.
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Post by gcjdavid » Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:46 pm

The Wikipedia page says that Viljanen has qualified. From past experience, a Scandinavian would qualify from the Scandinavian Darts Corporation tour. Anyone can confirm this?

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Post by The Ginge Reaper » Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:48 pm

Randall wrote:big hendo is guaranteed a spot so all is well.
jenkins is a bit of a pisser, but plenty of dinosaurs still hanging about sadly.
Word is Jenkins is entering the final 2 Players Championships of the year. Will it be enough, you wonder?
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Re: 2018 Greatest Show on Earth - Qualification

Post by Randall » Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:51 pm

The Ginge Reaper wrote:
Randall wrote:big hendo is guaranteed a spot so all is well.
jenkins is a bit of a pisser, but plenty of dinosaurs still hanging about sadly.
Word is Jenkins is entering the final 2 Players Championships of the year. Will it be enough, you wonder?
has a hell of a gap to make up.
he is going to drop out of the top 32 surely so eggs all in one basket.
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Post by gcjdavid » Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:52 pm

The Ginge Reaper wrote:
Randall wrote:big hendo is guaranteed a spot so all is well.
jenkins is a bit of a pisser, but plenty of dinosaurs still hanging about sadly.
Word is Jenkins is entering the final 2 Players Championships of the year. Will it be enough, you wonder?
I don't think so because he hasn't been playing for a long while, and many players are better and more consistent than Jenkins even on the floor these days?

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Post by Randall » Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:52 pm

ah, only just spotted caven 8-)
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Post by The Ginge Reaper » Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:53 pm

Randall wrote:
The Ginge Reaper wrote:
Randall wrote:big hendo is guaranteed a spot so all is well.
jenkins is a bit of a pisser, but plenty of dinosaurs still hanging about sadly.
Word is Jenkins is entering the final 2 Players Championships of the year. Will it be enough, you wonder?
has a hell of a gap to make up.
he is going to drop out of the top 32 surely so eggs all in one basket.
I dunno you know, the list in the OP presumably includes guaranteed money at all events players are qualified for (so the Grand Prix and the European Tour events).

I can only see Cross and Kist overtaking Jenkins and that would put Jenkins down in 32nd. So I reckon it would be close.

The problem Jenkins has is that he will be an unseeded player and could get nightmare draws.
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Post by Rogg » Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:56 pm

The Ginge Reaper wrote:
Randall wrote:big hendo is guaranteed a spot so all is well.
jenkins is a bit of a pisser, but plenty of dinosaurs still hanging about sadly.
Word is Jenkins is entering the final 2 Players Championships of the year. Will it be enough, you wonder?
That's ruined my day that has, thanks.
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Re: 2018 Greatest Show on Earth - Qualification

Post by sennafan24 » Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:01 pm

I don't mind Jenks.

Pipe and Dolan can fuck off though. Dolan is on the cusp by the looks of things. He's barely in the top 32, and his Pro Tour earnings would leave him outside the top 16 at present time.
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Re: 2018 Greatest Show on Earth - Qualification

Post by Jamie Craven » Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:01 pm

gcjdavid wrote:The Wikipedia page says that Viljanen has qualified. From past experience, a Scandinavian would qualify from the Scandinavian Darts Corporation tour. Anyone can confirm this?
last year it was top 2 weren't it
both caris and viljanen

viljanen had to play a prelim while caris started in first round, on world ranking
despite viljanen winning the scandinavian tour

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Post by sennafan24 » Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:08 pm

Jamie Craven wrote: last year it was top 2 weren't it
both caris and viljanen
Ahhh yes, we were discussing this on the new forum earlier.
HalloweenJack wrote: Sat Oct 17, 2020 7:09 pm
Randall wrote: Sat Oct 17, 2020 7:05 pm Dulla has never faced anything like Taylor in top gear.
Maybe he could have dragged Taylor down, we will never know.

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Re: 2018 Greatest Show on Earth - Qualification

Post by Zeyes » Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:11 pm

Viljanen is already guaranteed to finish top of the Nordic Tour again with one weekend to go (€2,600 clear of second place, €2,400 max to be won), so he's definitely going to Ally Pally again. According to the Nordic org second place will also qualify as usual, but that's still up for grabs.

http://pdc-nordic.tv/ranking-2017/
http://pdc-nordic.tv/tournament-rules/

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Post by Jamie Craven » Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:12 pm

Zeyes wrote:Viljanen is already guaranteed to finish top of the Nordic Tour again with one weekend to go (€2,600 clear of second place, €2,400 max to be won), so he's definitely going to Ally Pally again. According to the Nordic org second place will also qualify as usual, but that's still up for grabs.

http://pdc-nordic.tv/ranking-2017/
http://pdc-nordic.tv/tournament-rules/
looks like kantele will be the other one
interesting that viljanen won almost every tour event but only been on the et a couple of times iirc

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Post by Jamie Craven » Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:14 pm

sennafan24 wrote:
Jamie Craven wrote: last year it was top 2 weren't it
both caris and viljanen
Ahhh yes, we were discussing this on the new forum earlier.
even you are on and im not?
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Post by The Ginge Reaper » Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:15 pm

Jamie Craven wrote:
sennafan24 wrote:
Jamie Craven wrote: last year it was top 2 weren't it
both caris and viljanen
Ahhh yes, we were discussing this on the new forum earlier.
even you are on and im not?
ffs
Told you already, they dont want you on there. No cunt is closing this forum down.
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Re: 2018 Greatest Show on Earth - Qualification

Post by Jamie Craven » Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:22 pm

The Ginge Reaper wrote:
Jamie Craven wrote:
sennafan24 wrote:
Jamie Craven wrote: last year it was top 2 weren't it
both caris and viljanen
Ahhh yes, we were discussing this on the new forum earlier.
even you are on and im not?
ffs
Told you already, they dont want you on there. No cunt is closing this forum down.
i did not ask you

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