The
British Darts Organisation
The British Darts Organisation (BDO) was a darts organisation founded on 7 January 1973 by Olly Croft. Made up of 66 member counties, it oversaw professional, semi-professional and amateur darts competitions in Britain. The BDO was a founder ...
organised many darts tournaments each year including Major titles such as the
Lakeside World Professional Championship and the
Winmau World Masters
The World Masters is one of the longest-running and most prestigious of the BDO/WDF tournaments, which began in 1974. The tournament is sponsored by darts board manufacturer, Winmau. The World Masters was unusual in darts in that its sets are th ...
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
A Tomlin order is a court order in the English civil justice system under which a court action is stayed on terms that have been agreed in advance between the parties and are included in a schedule to the order. As such, it is a form of consent ...
. 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
The Bullit World Darts Trophy was a professional Darts (sport), darts tournament run by the British Darts Organisation and the World Darts Federation. Held each September from 2002 to 2007, it took place at the :nl:Vechtsebanen, De Vechtsebanen ...
and the
Winmau World Masters
The World Masters is one of the longest-running and most prestigious of the BDO/WDF tournaments, which began in 1974. The tournament is sponsored by darts board manufacturer, Winmau. The World Masters was unusual in darts in that its sets are th ...
. 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 are currently awarded as follows:''
Current tournament categories
Majors
Category A+
Category A
Slovak Open
Category B
Category C
Category D
BDO Special Qualifiers
BDO other tournaments
Former ranked tournaments
References
External links
British Darts Organisation Invitational Tables System Men & Women.
{{BDO & WDF Tournaments
Darts tournaments