List of BDO ranked tournaments

The British Darts Organisation organise many darts tournaments each year including Major titles such as the Lakeside World Professional Championship and the Winmau World Masters. The Tournaments listed below are recognised BDO ranking events for the BDO Invitational Table point allocation system ^[1] that determines players qualification for its Major tournament finals the BDO's own tournaments are in bold.

Tournament levels and points allocation

The BDO Invitational Table relates only to registered playing members of the BDO, who comply with BDO and World Darts Federation (WDF) eligibility rules including terms and conditions of the 1997 Tomlin Order. The BDO awards points depending on player's performances within each of its events. Twenty-seven points are awarded to the champion of each its three Major Events - The Lakeside World Professional Championship, The Bavaria World Darts Trophy and the Winmau World Masters. Lower points are awarded for each round of the tournament reached. Other events are placed into Category A+, A, B, C and D based on the prize-pool and number of payouts, with points for placings slowly decreasing.^[2] Only the best 12 placings are added for the players ranking that define seedings and qualification for events it stages. The BDO Invitational rankings sees the points wiped after the seedings for the World Championship are decided from the following 94 tournaments:

The three BDO Major tournaments.
The six BDO Category A+ tournaments.
The ten BDO Category A tournaments.
The nine BDO Category B tournaments.
The fourteen BDO Category C tournaments.
The forty eight BDO Category D tournaments.
The four BDO Special Qualifiers tournaments.

Ranking method

Since the formation of the BDO rankings in 1974 the method used to calculate a player's ranking points has changed several times.

Current points distribution

Points are currently awarded as follows:

Tournament category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128
BDO Major tournaments	49	42	35	28	21	14	7	4
BDO Category A+ tournaments	49	42	35	28	21	14	7	4
BDO Category A tournaments	35	30	25	20	15	10	5
BDO Category B tournaments	24	20	16	12	8	4
BDO Category C tournaments	18	15	12	9	6
BDO Category D tournaments	14	12	10	8	6
BDO Special Qualifiers tournaments	10	8	6

Current tournament categories

Majors

Tournament	Country	Current or last location	Current or last venue	Founded	Draw	Defending champion	Prize money
BDO World Darts Championship	England	Frimley Green	Lakeside	1978	128	Scott Waites	£300,000
World Masters	England	Kingston upon Hull	Hull City Hall	1974	128	Glen Durrant	£60,000
BDO World Trophy	England	Manchester	Event City	2014	128	Geert de Vos	£40,000
Finder Masters	Netherland	Egmond aan Zee		1995	32	Glen Durrant	€33,500

Category A+

Tournament	Country	Current or last location	Current or last venue	Founded	Draw	Defending champion	Prize money
Dutch Open	Netherlands	Assen	De Bonte Wever	1973	128	Martin Adams	€33.350
England Classic ^[3]	England	Selsey	Bunn Leisure Holiday Centre	2009	32	Glen Durrant	£9,300
England Open	England	Host location	Host venue	1995	64	Wesley Harms	£15,400
Isle of Man Open	Isle of Man	Douglas	Villa Marina Complex, Central Promenade,	1986	64	Tony O'Shea	£10,320
Welsh Open	Wales	Host location	Host venue	1986	64	Wesley Harms	€6,300

Category A

Tournament	Country	Current or last location	Current or last venue	Founded	Draw	Defending champion	Prize money
BDO British Classic	Great Britain	TBA	TBA	1997	32	Scott Waites	£7,600
BDO British Open	England	Bridlington	The Spa Bridlington	1975	64	Mark McGeeney	£12,400
BDO International Open	Great Britain	TBA	TBA	2008	32	Martin Atkins	£7,600
Belgium Open	Belgium	Antwerp	Royal Yacht Club of Belgium	1982	64	Jeffrey de Graaf	€8,500
Denmark Open	Denmark	Copenhagen		1974	64	Glen Durrant	DKK 70,200
German Open	Germany	Bochum	Städtische Sporthalle Harpener Heide	1986	128	Danny Noppert	€6,300
Scottish Open	Scotland			1995	64	Danny Noppert	£12,400
Swedish Open^[4]	Sweden	Malmö	Scandic Hotel	1969	32	Jamie Hughes	SEK 82,500
Turkish Open	Turkey	Antalya (host city changes)	Limak Limra Hotel (host venue changes)	2009	32	Jim Williams	€9,330
Sunpark's Masters	Belgium	Mol	Sunparks Kempense Meren	1996	64	Yordi Meeuwisse	€13,520

Category B

Tournament	Country	Current or last location	Current or last venue	Founded	Draw	Defending champion	Prize money
Antwerp Open	Belgium	Antwerp	Royal Yacht Club of Belgium	1988	64	Jim Williams	€6,540
Australian Grand Masters	Australia	Canberra	Canberra Labour Club	1983	32	Peter Machin	A$9,600
Australian Masters	Australia	Geelong	Geelong Darts Association Club	1979	32	James Bailey	A$9,300
Denmark Masters	Denmark	Esbjerg	Granly Hockey Arena	2014	32	Glen Durrant	DKK 50,200
German Masters	Germany	Bochum	Dart Sport Club	2014	64	Wesley Harms	€6,300
Hal Open	Netherlands			2010	64	Darius Labanauskas	€9,500
Jersey Classic	Jersey			2012	128	Jamie Hughes	£5,000
Jersey Open	Jersey			2012	64	Scott Mitchell	£5,000
Scottish Classic	Scotland			2014	64	Madars Razma	£5,020

Category C

Tournament	Country	Current or last location	Current or last venue	Founded	Draw	Defending champion	Prize money
Catalonia Open	Catalunya	Barcelona	Old Factory Llobet Gurí, Calella	2011	32	Carles Arola	€4,000
England National Championships	England	Host location	Host venue	2003	32	Dennis Harbour	£4,140
England Masters	England	Host location	Host venue	1973	64	Scott Mitchell	£4,640
French Open	France	Gérardmer		1989	32	Dean Reynolds	€6,580
Finnish Open	Finland	Helsinki	SOKOS Hotel	1981	32	Daniel Larsson	€4,700
Hal Masters	Netherlands	Venray	Evenementenhal Venray	2015	64	Geert de Vos	€9,500
Japan Open^[5]	Japan	Tokyo	Ota Ku Sangyo Plaza PIO	2005	32	Seigo Asada	YEN 660,000
Luxembourg Open	Luxembourg	Clervaux	Hall Polyvalent	2010	32	Thomas Junghans	€4,670
Muensterland Trophy	Germany	Gelsenkirchen	Forum Gesamtschule Berger Feld	2014	32	Ryan de Vreede	€8,300
Muensterland Classic	Germany	Gelsenkirchen	Forum Gesamtschule Berger Feld	2014	32	Fabian Roosenbrand	€8,300
Northern Ireland Open	Northern Ireland	Newry	Bellini's	2003	64	Colin McGarry	£18,500
Polish Open	Poland	Police	Hotel Dobosz	2010	64	Darius Labanauskas	PLN 16,000
Romanian Classic ^[6]	Romania	Bucharest	Intercontinental Hotel	2014	32	Jamie Hughes	€5,750
Romanian Open ^[7]	Romania	Bucharest	Intercontinental Hotel	2010	32	Fabian Roosenbrand	€5,750
Swiss Open ^[8]	Switzerland	Lausen	MZH Stutz, Stutzstrasse 11	1984	32	Dave Prins	CHF 6,880

Category D

Tournament	Country	Current or last location	Current or last venue	Founded	Draw	Defending champion	Prize money
ADO Shoot for the Moon	USA			2010	32	DJ Sayre	Unknown
ADO Syracuse Open	USA			2010	32	Doug Boehm	Unknown
ADO White Mountain Shootout	USA			2010	32	Tom Sawyer	Unknown
Auckland Open	New Zealand	Auckland		2011	32	Craig Caldwell	Unknown
Austrian Open^[9]	Austria	Vienna	Hotel am Wienerberg	2009	32	Danny Blom	€1,440
Baltic Cup Open	Estonia	Pärnu	Villa Andropoff	2009	32	John Imrie	Unknown
Bob Jones Memorial	Canada	Trenton	Astra Lounge	1995	32	Dave Cameron	C$1,920
Canadian Open ^[10]	Canada	TBA	TBA	1985	32	Rory Orvis	C$5,300
Camellia Classic	USA	Sacramento	Crowne Plaza Hotel	2005	32	Larry Butler	$20,000
Canterbury Open	New Zealand	Christchurch	Cashmere Club	2009	32	Craig Caldwell	Unknown
Central Coast Australian Classic	Australia	City of Gosford	Central Coast Leagues Club	2003	32	Raymond Smith	A$7,690
Czech Open	Czech Republic	Prague	OREA Pyramida hotel	1999	32	Jeffrey Sparidaans	CZK 176,000
Cleveland Darts Extraveganza	USA	Sacramento	Sheraton Hotel	2005	32	Bob Sinnaeve	$15,000
Colorado Open	USA	Denver	Doubletree	2005	32	Timmy Nicholl	$20,000
Estonia Open	Estonia	Tallinn	Hotel Dzingel	2007	32	Peter Sajwani	€2,200
Finnish Classic	Finland	Helsinki	SOKOS Hotel	2014	32	James Hurrell	€2,000
Greater Vancouver Open	Canada	Richmond, British Columbia	Sheraton Hotel	2010	32	Shawn Burt	C$2,800
Golden Nugget Classic	Australia			2014	32	Rob Modra	A$
Halifax Open ^[11]	Canada	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Bedford Legion Club	1973	32	Jeff Smith	C$6990
Hong Kong Open	China	Hong Kong	Kowloon Bay International Trade & Exhibition Centre	1989	32	Scott MacKenzie	HKD 26,000
Hungarian Open^[12]	Hungary	Budapest	Goya Eto Park Élményközpont	1999	32	Aaron Hardy	€1,950
Iceland Open	Iceland	Reykjavík	Reykjavík Dartclub,	2005	32	Goran Eriksson	ISK 125,000
Italian Grand Masters	Italy	Bologna	Grand Hotel Bologna	2010	32	Norbert Attard	€2,400
Japan Masters	Japan	Tokyo		2014	32	Seigo Asada	YEN 660,000
Klondike Open	Canada	Edmonton	Sands Hotel	1958	32	Ken MacNeil	C$13,000
Las Vegas Open	USA	Las Vegas	Tuscany Casino	2000	64	Benjamin Dersch	$30,000
Latvia Open	Latvia	Riga	Belle Vue Park Hotel	2006	32	Ulf Ceder	€2,400
Lithuania Open	Lithuania	Trakai	Trasalis Trakai Resort & Spa	2009	32	Darius Labanauskas	€900
Malaysian Open	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Phoenix Ballroom, Pearl International Hotel	2001	64	Lourence Ilagan	MYR 40,000
Malta Open	Malta	Saint Pauls Bay	Topaz Hotel	1986	32	Umit Uygunsozlu	€2,050
Music City Open	Canada			2012	32	Bob Sinnaeve
Newfoundland Labrador Spring Open	Canada			2013	32	Dave Cameron
New Zealand Masters	New Zealand	Porirua		1992	32	Peter Hunt	NZD5,700
New Zealand Open^[13]	New Zealand	Wainuiomata		1983	32	Craig Caldwell
NZDC North Island Masters	New Zealand	Hastings		2009	32	Craig Caldwell	Unknown
Pennsylvania Open	USA			2015	32	Jim Widmayer	A$9,600
Police Masters	Poland	Police	Hotel Dobosz	2011	64	Martin Phillips	PLN 16,000
Quebec Open	Canada	Quebec	Best Western Hotel	2005	32	Dawson Murschell	C$7,500
Riga Open	Latvia	Riga	Bellevue Hotel	2012	32	Darius Labanauskas	€1,200
NZDC South Island Masters	New Zealand			2013	32	Peter Hunt
Saint John Port City Open	Canada	Saint John		2015	32	Jeff Smith	€1,200
Ted Clements Open	New Zealand	Levin		2009	32	Craig Caldwell	A$9,300
Torremolinos Open	Spain	Torremolinos		1992	32	Gary Tipping	£2,080
USA Darts Classic	USA	Stamford, Connecticut	Stamford Marriott Hotel	2004	32	Larry Butler	$20,000
Victoria Easter Classic	Australia	Geelong	White Eagle House	2015	32	Harley Kemp	A$3,100
Virginia Beach Dart Classic	USA			1986	32	Darin Young	$37,120
West Coast Classic	Australia	Belmont, Perth	Belmont Sport and Recreation Club	2005	32	Koha Kokiri
Whyalla Open	Australia	Whyalla		1986	32	Dan Chapman	A$16,000

BDO Special Qualifyers

Tournament	Country	Draw
BDO European Grand Slam Qualifiers	Great Britain	128
BDO Grand Slam Qualifiers	Great Britain	128
BDO World Championship Qualifiers	Great Britain	128
BICC Inter-County Championship	Great Britain	128

BDO other tournaments

Tournament	Country	Current or last location	Current or last venue	Founded	Draw	Defending champion	Prize money
BDO Gold Cup	England	Host location	Host venue	1974	64	Brian Dawson	Unknown
British Pentathlon	Great Britain			1976	64	Jamie Hughes	£4,500

Former ranked tournaments

Tournament	Country	Final location	Final venue	Founded	Draw	Final champion
Autumn Gold Cider Masters	Great Britain			1984-87	32	John Lowe
British Matchplay (former Major)	Great Britain			1976-83	128	Terry O'Dea
British Professional Championship (former Major)	Great Britain			1981-88	128	Jocky Wilson
Bullseye Darts Championship	Great Britain			1979-81	128	Jocky Wilson
Butlins Grand Masters (former Major)	Great Britain			1979-81	128	Jocky Wilson
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Open	USA			2012-14	64	Leonard Gates
Double Diamond Masters	Great Britain			1982-87	32	Reg Harding
Greek Open	Greece			2006-14	32	John Michael
International Darts League (former Major)	Netherlands	Nijmegen	Triavium	2003-07	128	Gary Anderson
Marlborough Masters	Great Britain			1974-?	32	David Jones
New South Wales Open	Australia			2014-?	32	Eddy Sims
Tops of Ghent	Belgium			2011-14	32	Scott Mitchell
Van Diemen Classic	Belgium			2014-?	32	Peter Machin
World Darts Trophy (former Major)	Netherlands	Utrecht	Vechtsebanen	2002-07	128	Gary Anderson
MFI World Matchplay (former Major)	Great Britain	Utrecht	Vechtsebanen	1984-88	128	Eric Bristow
Wales Classic	Wales	Host location	Host venue	2004-13	128	James Wilson
Wales Masters	Wales	Host location	Host venue	2006-10	128	Tony West

References

^ "Rankings: Main Invitational Tables". http://www.bdodarts.com/. British Darts Organisation. Retrieved 11 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
^ "Handbook and BDO documentation: Section J - Invitation Tables Mens 2013/14" (PDF). BDO. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
^ "Tournament". http://www.englanddarts.co.uk/. English Darts Organisation. Retrieved 5 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
^ "Tournament". http://www.swedishopendart.se/. Svenska Dartforbundet. Retrieved 5 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
^ "Tournaments". http://jsfd.or.jp/. Japan Sports Federation of Darts. Retrieved 5 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
^ "Romanian Darts Festival 2016". http://www.federatiedarts.ro/. Romanian Darts Federation. Retrieved 5 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
^ "Romanian Darts Festival 2016". http://www.federatiedarts.ro/. Romanian Darts Federation. Retrieved 5 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
^ "Calendar". http://www.darts.ch/de/. Swiss Darts Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
^ "Event". http://www.austrian-open-vienna.at/_en/. Wiener Darts Verband. Retrieved 5 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
^ "Calendar". http://ndfc.ca/. National Darts Federation Canada. Retrieved 6 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
^ "Canadian Ranked Events". ndfc.ca. National Darts Federation Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
^ "Tournament Flyer" (PDF). http://www.dartswdf.com. WDF. Retrieved 5 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
^ "NZDC Calendar". http://nzdarts.com/. New Zealand Darts Council. Retrieved 5 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

External links

British Darts Organisation Invitational Tables System Men & Women.

[1] "Rankings: Main Invitational Tables". http://www.bdodarts.com/. British Darts Organisation. Retrieved 11 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

[2] "Handbook and BDO documentation: Section J - Invitation Tables Mens 2013/14" (PDF). BDO. Retrieved 12 January 2014.

[3] "Tournament". http://www.englanddarts.co.uk/. English Darts Organisation. Retrieved 5 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

[4] "Tournament". http://www.swedishopendart.se/. Svenska Dartforbundet. Retrieved 5 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

[5] "Tournaments". http://jsfd.or.jp/. Japan Sports Federation of Darts. Retrieved 5 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

[6] "Romanian Darts Festival 2016". http://www.federatiedarts.ro/. Romanian Darts Federation. Retrieved 5 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

[7] "Romanian Darts Festival 2016". http://www.federatiedarts.ro/. Romanian Darts Federation. Retrieved 5 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

[8] "Calendar". http://www.darts.ch/de/. Swiss Darts Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

[9] "Event". http://www.austrian-open-vienna.at/_en/. Wiener Darts Verband. Retrieved 5 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

[10] "Calendar". http://ndfc.ca/. National Darts Federation Canada. Retrieved 6 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

[11] "Canadian Ranked Events". ndfc.ca. National Darts Federation Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

[12] "Tournament Flyer" (PDF). http://www.dartswdf.com. WDF. Retrieved 5 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

[13] "NZDC Calendar". http://nzdarts.com/. New Zealand Darts Council. Retrieved 5 January 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

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