| Again the Netherlands have added another BDO-Ranking-tournament
to the international darts-calendar.
From May 17th to 25 the "Uithof" in the Hague (Jaap
Edenweg 10) the 1st International Darts League will be organised
by "Schoofs Management Bureau".
The Top 28 players of the BDO, along with three wildcard players
and a player appointed by the NDF will contest for the first
"IDL-title" and the pricemoney that comes with it.
The tournament also carries ranking-point (equal to the Embassy
and the World Darts Trophy).
31 players are already known. The 32nd player will come from
the tournament that will be arranged shortly by the Dutch Darts
Federation. For this event, the best players from the national
rankings, the players from the national league winners and cup
winners teams will be invited. Australia's Tony David and Steve
Duke are participating.
The playing format of the event will not be a knockout from
the start like the Embassy or the WDT. 32 players will start
in 8 groups of 4. Each group will play a round robin and the
top 2 players of each group will qualify for the next stage,
like the UEFA Champions League football event.
For the winner of the tournament (only mens event) a cheque
of Euro30.000,= ( 82.500 Pounds) is waiting. If a participator
achieves a 9-darts leg, the keys to a Euro25.000,= worth car
will be handed over to him.
This 9-days event will be covered by Netherlands no 1's darts
transmitter SBS-6. Most of it will be broadcasted live at prime
time. The venue has a seating capacity of over 2000 spectators.
From the intentionally invited 28 players, some had to cancel
their invitation. Steve Coote, Gary Anderson, Peter Johnstone
and Mark Dudbridge. 4 substitutes were appointed.
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