Request BDO Ranking

We are now accepting requests from all ADO sanctioned tournaments.  Please note that priority will be given to the larger tournaments. We will no longer allow 2 ADO sanctioned tournaments to be BDO Ranked on the same weekend.

MANDATORY RULES FOR 2020 – MUST BE FOLLOWED

The Men’s and Women’s 501 Singles MUST be held on the Saturday of the tournament.

Playing Format

  1. Playing formats for all Qualifying Events shall be at the organizers discretion, but shall comprise of a minimum of the best of 5 (501) legs for all rounds up to the last 64 of the Men’s Events and to the last 16 of the Women’s Events.
  2. The format from the last 64 in the Men’s Events and from the last 16 in the Women’s Events shall comprise of a minimum of the best of 7 (501) legs.

Order of Play

  1. A bull throw shall determine the order of play in each match. The throwing order for the Bull throw shall be determined at the control desk or at the match board by a draw or the toss of a coin.
  2. The winner of the bull throw shall throw first in the match and all subsequent “odd numbered legs” which will also include the “tie-breaker” leg if required. There is no bull for the deciding leg.

Seeding

  1. 1-64 entries will seed top 4 players
    65-128 entries will seed top 8 players
    129-256 entries will seed top 16 players
    257+ entries will seed top 32 players
  2. The BDO Ranking Tables must be used to seed players in the event draw.
    1. Where there is a tie, the current WDF Rankings Tables are to be used.

BDO Tournament Categories

  1. All tournaments will be awarded BDO Ranking Category ‘D’, unless a specific request is made for Category ‘C’. To be awarded Category ‘C’ ranking, the following conditions must be met :
      1. Minimum event prize fund : £3,000*, paid to minimum 32 players (men).
      2. Minimum event prize fund : £1,000*, paid to minimum 8 players (women).

    *These payouts are are to be converted from US$ at a published cutoff point prior to the event.

Reporting Results

  1. Must report the results to the ADO within 24 hours of completion of the event.

Complete Form below to request BDO Rankings