No. Both men and women can play at the PDC World Championship.
Players qualify via the ‘Order of Merit’ – the official rankings,, external which are calculated based on the amount of prize money won over a two-year period in ranking tournaments.
There is a separate men’s and women’s Order of Merit. The top two players from the Women’s Series Order of Merit qualify for the PDC World Championship.
For the 2024/25 tournament, Beau Greaves topped the women’s Order of Merit. However, Greaves chose to play in the WDF Women’s World Championship instead, looking to defend her title.
Players that take part in the WDF Championship are then ineligible to play in the PDC World Championship.
Three-time WDF champion Beau Greaves has called it “stupid” that women are not able to play in both, and has called for a separate PDC World Championship for women.
PDC chief executive Matt Porter said: “At present we do not plan to introduce a separate women’s World Championship; the Paddy Power World Darts Championship is open to all players and is a reward for successful players on the PDC Women’s Series and the Women’s World Matchplay winner.
“Our ProTour, Challenge Tour and Development Tour remain open to all players, and from 2025, players from the PDC Women’s Series will also get the chance to qualify for the Winmau World Masters and also compete in the Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts in addition to free entry places on offer at the PDC Qualifying Schools.”
Greaves’ withdrawal meant Noa-Lynn van Leuven and Fallon Sherrock, ranked second and third respectively, qualified.
Fallon Sherrock made history in 2019 when she became the first woman to win a match at the PDC World Championship.
The Netherlands’ Van Leuven was the first transgender player to compete at the tournament.
