The British Darts Organisation (BDO) organised many darts tournaments each year including Major titles such as the Lakeside World Professional Championship and the Winmau World Masters until its demise in September 2020. The Tournaments listed below were recognised BDO ranking events for the BDO Invitational Table point allocation system that determined 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. 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 were awarded as follows:
Tournament categoryBDO 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 5BDO Category B tournaments 24 20 16 12 8 4 BDO Category C tournaments 18 15 12 9 6BDO Category D tournaments 14 12 10 8 6 BDO Special Qualifiers tournaments 10 8 6
Current tournament categories
Majors TournamentCountryCurrent or last locationCurrent or last venueFoundedDrawDefending championPrize moneyBDO World Darts Championship EnglandLondonIndigo at The O21978128 Wayne Warren£300,000World Masters EnglandBridlingtonBridlington Spa1974128 John O'Shea£60,000BDO World Trophy EnglandBlackburnKing George's Hall2014128 Jim Williams£38,000
Category A+ TournamentCountryCurrent or last locationCurrent or last venueFoundedDrawDefending championPrize moneyDutch Open NetherlandsAssenDe Bonte Wever1973128 Ross Montgomery€33,350England Classic EnglandSelseyBunn Leisure Holiday Centre200932 Wesley Harms£9,300England Open EnglandHost locationHost venue199564 Jim Williams£15,400Isle of Man Open Isle of ManDouglasVilla Marina Complex, Central Promenade,198664 Scott Waites£10,320Welsh Open WalesHost locationHost venue198664 Martijn Kleermaker€6,300
Category A TournamentCountryCurrent or last locationCurrent or last venueFoundedDrawDefending championPrize moneyBDO British Classic Great BritainBridlingtonThe Spa Bridlington199732 Dennie Olde Kalter£7,600BDO British Open EnglandBridlingtonThe Spa Bridlington197564 Wesley Harms£12,400BDO International Open Great BritainLlanelliGateway Resort200832 Jim Williams£7,600Belgium Open BelgiumAntwerpRoyal Yacht Club of Belgium198264 Glen Durrant€8,500Denmark Open DenmarkEsbjergGranly Hockey Arena197464 Wesley HarmsDKK 70,200 German Open Germany Bochum Städtische Sporthalle Harpener Heide1986 128 Mario Vandenbogaerde €6,300Scottish Open ScotlandRenfrewNormandy Cosmopolitan Hotel199564 Jim Williams£12,400Swedish Open SwedenMalmöScandic Hotel196932 Dennis NilssonSEK 82,500Turkish Open TurkeyAntalya (host city changes)Limak Limra Hotel (host venue changes)200932 Mark McGeeney€9,330Czech Open CzechiaPragueOREA Pyramida Hotel199932 Ross MontgomeryGBP 7,000 Slovak Open
Category B TournamentCountryCurrent or last locationCurrent or last venueFoundedDrawDefending championPrize moneyAntwerp Open BelgiumAntwerpRoyal Yacht Club of Belgium198864 Wouter Vaes€6,540Australian Grand Masters AustraliaCanberraCanberra Labour Club198332 Peter MachinA$9,600Australian Masters AustraliaGeelongGeelong Darts Association Club197932 Damon HetaA$9,300Denmark Masters DenmarkEsbjergGranly Hockey Arena201432 Brian RamanDKK 50,200 German Masters Germany Bochum Dart Sport Club2014 64 Brian Dawson€6,300Scottish Classic Scotland 2014 64 Robert Douthwaite£5,020
Category C TournamentCountryCurrent or last locationCurrent or last venueFoundedDrawDefending championPrize moneyCatalonia Open SpainBarcelonaOld Factory Llobet Gurí, Calella201132 Niels Heinsø€4,000England National Championships EnglandSelseyHost venue200332 Scott Mitchell£4,140England Masters EnglandSelseyHost venue197364 Jim Williams£4,640French Open FranceGérardmer198932 Jim Williams€6,580Finnish Open FinlandHelsinkiSOKOS Hotel198132 Boris Koltsov€4,700Japan Open JapanTokyoOta Ku Sangyo Plaza PIO200532 Hiroshi TanjiYEN 660,000Luxembourg Open LuxembourgClervauxHall Polyvalent201032 Roger Janssen€4,670Northern Ireland Open Northern IrelandNewry Bellini's200364 Jim Williams£18,500Polish Open PolandPolice Hotel Dobosz201064 Carl WilkinsonPLN 16,000 Romanian Classic Romania Bucharest Intercontinental Hotel2014 32 John Michael€5,750 Romanian Open Romania Bucharest Intercontinental Hotel2010 32 Dave Parletti€5,750Swiss Open SwitzerlandLausenMZH Stutz, Stutzstrasse 11198432 Michael UnterbuchnerCHF 6,880
Category D TournamentCountryCurrent or last locationCurrent or last venueFoundedDrawDefending championPrize moneyADO Shoot for the Moon USA201032 Larry ButlerUnknownADO Syracuse Open USA201032 Leonard GatesUnknownADO White Mountain Shootout USA201032 Leonard GatesUnknownAuckland Open New ZealandAuckland201132 Mark McGrathUnknownAustrian Open AustriaViennaHotel am Wienerberg200932 Roger Janssen€1,440Baltic Cup Open EstoniaPärnuVilla Andropoff200932 Matt DickinsonUnknownBob Jones Memorial CanadaTrentonAstra Lounge199532 Dave CameronC$1,920Canadian Open CanadaTBATBA198532 Nick SmithC$5,300Camellia Classic USASacramentoCrowne Plaza Hotel200532 Chris White$20,000Canterbury Open New ZealandChristchurchCashmere Club200932 Mark McGrathUnknownCentral Coast Australian Classic AustraliaCity of GosfordCentral Coast Leagues Club200332 Raymond SmithA$7,690Cleveland Darts Extraveganza USASacramentoSheraton Hotel200532 Jim Widmayer$15,000Colorado Open USADenverDoubletree200532 Leonard Gates$20,000Estonia Open EstoniaTallinn Hotel Dzingel200732 Aleksandr Oreshkin€2,200FCD Anniversary Open SpainCalellaThe Old Factory201532 Kay Smeets€2,340Finnish Classic FinlandHelsinkiSOKOS Hotel201432 Andreas Harrysson€2,000Greater Vancouver Open CanadaRichmond, British ColumbiaSheraton Hotel201032 David FatumC$2,800Golden Nugget Classic Australia201432 Rob ModraA$Halifax Open CanadaHalifax, Nova ScotiaBedford Legion Club197332 Kiley EdmundsC$6990Hong Kong Open Hong KongHong KongKowloon Bay International Trade & Exhibition Centre198932 Kai Fan LeungHKD 26,000Hungarian Open HungaryBudapestGoya Eto Park Élményközpont199932 Benjamin Pratnemer€1,950Iceland Open IcelandReykjavíkReykjavík Dartclub,200532 Dennis WattISK 125,000Italian Grand Masters ItalyBolognaGrand Hotel Bologna201032 Wesley Harms€2,400Japan Masters JapanTokyo201432 Seigo AsadaYEN 660,000Klondike Open CanadaEdmontonSands Hotel195832 Kiley EdmundsC$13,000Las Vegas Open USALas VegasTuscany Casino200064 Robbie Phillips$30,000Latvia Open LatviaRigaBelle Vue Park Hotel200632 Darius Labanauskas€2,400Lithuania Open LithuaniaTrakaiTrasalis Trakai Resort & Spa200932 Darius Labanauskas€900Malaysian Open MalaysiaKuala LumpurPhoenix Ballroom, Pearl International Hotel200164 Christian PerezMYR 40,000Malta Open MaltaSaint Pauls BayTopaz Hotel198632 John Michael€2,050Music City Open Canada201232 Danny Lauby-jnrNewfoundland Labrador Spring Open Canada201332 Dave CameronNew Zealand Masters New ZealandPorirua199232 Cody HarrisNZD5,700New Zealand Open New ZealandWainuiomata198332 Tahuna IrwinNZDC North Island Masters New ZealandHastings200932 Darren HerewiniUnknownPennsylvania Open USA201532 Jim WidmayerA$9,600Police Masters PolandPolice Hotel Dobosz201164 Kay SmeetsPLN 16,000Quebec Open CanadaQuebecBest Western Hotel200532 Ross SnookC$7,500Riga Open LatviaRigaBellevue Hotel201232 Darius Labanauskas€1,200NZDC South Island Masters New Zealand201332 Peter HuntSaint John Port City Open CanadaSaint John201532 Jeff Smith€1,200Ted Clements Open New ZealandLevin200932 Mark Cleaver A$9,300Torremolinos Open SpainTorremolinos199232 Adrian Frim£2,080USA Darts Classic USAStamford, ConnecticutStamford Marriott Hotel200432 Larry Butler$20,000Victoria Easter Classic AustraliaGeelongWhite Eagle House201532 Harley KempA$3,100Virginia Beach Dart Classic USAVirginia Beach, VirginiaWyndham Virginia Beach198632 Larry Butler$37,120West Coast Classic AustraliaBelmont, PerthBelmont Sport and Recreation Club200532 Dennis ParrWhyalla Open AustraliaWhyalla198632 Dan ChapmanA$16,000
BDO Special Qualifiers TournamentCountryCurrent or last locationCurrent or last venueFoundedDrawDefending championPrize moneyBDO European Grand Slam Qualifiers Great Britain128BDO Grand Slam Qualifiers Great Britain128BDO World Championship Qualifiers Great Britain128BICC Inter-County Championship Great Britain128
BDO other tournaments TournamentCountryCurrent or last locationCurrent or last venueFoundedDrawDefending championPrize moneyBDO Gold Cup EnglandHost locationHost venue197464 Brian DawsonUnknownBritish Pentathlon Great Britain197664 Jamie Hughes£4,500
Former ranked tournaments TournamentCountryFinal locationFinal venueFoundedDrawFinal championPrize moneyAutumn Gold Cider Masters Great Britain1984–1987 32 John LoweBritish Matchplay (former Major) Great Britain1976–1983 128 Terry O'DeaBritish Professional Championship (former Major) Great Britain1981–1988128 Jocky WilsonBullseye Darts Championship Great Britain1979–1981 128 Jocky WilsonButlins Grand Masters (former Major) Great Britain1979–1987 128 Jocky WilsonDallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Open USA2012–2014 64 Leonard GatesDouble Diamond Masters Great Britain1982–1987 32 Reg HardingGreek Open Greece2006–2014 32 John MichaelEuropean Masters Great Britain Frimley Green, Surrey Lakeside 1995 Mike GregoryInternational Darts League (former Major) NetherlandsNijmegenTriavium2003–2007 128 Gary AndersonMarlborough Masters Great Britain1974–? 32 David JonesNew South Wales Open Australia2014–? 32 Eddy SimsTops of Ghent Belgium2011–2014 32 Scott MitchellVan Diemen Classic Belgium2014–? 32 Peter MachinFinder Darts Masters (former Major) NetherlandsEgmond aan ZeeZuiderduin Hotel1995-201832 Glen Durrant€33,500World Darts Trophy (former Major) NetherlandsUtrechtVechtsebanen2002–2007 128 Gary AndersonMFI World Matchplay (former Major) Great BritainBasildonFestival Hall1984–1988 128 Eric BristowWales Classic WalesHost locationHost venue2004–2013128 James WilsonWales Masters WalesHost locationHost venue2006–2010128 Tony WestHal Open Netherlands2010-201764 Mark McGeeney€9,500Hal Masters NetherlandsVenrayEvenementenhal Venray2015-201764 Kyle McKinstry€9,500 Jersey Classic Jersey 2012-2017 128 Dave Parletti£5,000 Jersey Open Jersey 2012-2017 64 Scott Waites£5,000Muensterland Trophy GermanyGelsenkirchenForum Gesamtschule Berger Feld2014-201532 Ryan de Vreede€8,300Muensterland Classic GermanyGelsenkirchenForum Gesamtschule Berger Feld2014-201532 Fabian Roosenbrand€8,300
References
External links British Darts Organisation Invitational Tables System Men & Women.