THE field for the Ladbrokes World Darts Championship will be finalised on Monday when the PDPA Qualifier takes place in Barnsley - with the majority of the 72 qualifying places now taken.
The world's top 32 following this weekend's Players Championship events at the Barnsley Metrodome qualify by right, and are seeded for the first round draw.
A further 24 players join them in entering directly in the first round;
The leading 16 non-qualified players from the ProTour Order of Merit
The leading four non-qualified players from the European Order of Merit
DPA Australian Grand Prix Order of Merit winner Kyle Anderson
DPA Oceanic Masters winner Beau Anderson
PDC North American Order of Merit winner Darin Young
plus the PDPA Qualifier winner
The remaining 16 players will compete in the preliminary round, with 14 International Qualifiers joined by the PDPA Qualifier runner-up and the PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour Order of Merit winner.
The current provisional qualifiers from the PDC Order of Merit and ProTour Order of Merit are below, alongside a collated list of other qualifiers.
The draw for the Ladbrokes World Darts Championship will be made on Monday December 2 live on Sky Sports News at 11.30am UK time. The schedule of play is likely to be announced on Tuesday December 3.
Current Provisional PDC Top 32
1 Phil Taylor (England)
2 Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands)
3 Adrian Lewis (England)
4 Simon Whitlock (Australia)
5 Andy Hamilton (England)
6 James Wade (England)
7 Dave Chisnall (England)
8 Wes Newton (England)
9 Raymond van Barneveld (Netherlands)
10 Robert Thornton (Scotland)
11 Justin Pipe (England)
12 Kim Huybrechts (Belgium)
13 Kevin Painter (England)
14 Mervyn King (England)
15 Brendan Dolan (Northern Ireland)
16 Peter Wright (Scotland)
17 Terry Jenkins (England)
18 Gary Anderson (Scotland)
19 Ronnie Baxter (England)
20 Paul Nicholson (Australia)
21 Ian White (England)
22 Steve Beaton (England)
23 Jamie Caven (England)
24 Colin Lloyd (England)
25 John Part (Canada)
26 Mark Webster (Wales)
27 Andy Smith (England)
28 Richie Burnett (Wales)
29 Mark Walsh (England)
30 Vincent van der Voort (Netherlands)
31 Wayne Jones (England)
32 Michael Smith (England)
Current ProTour Order of Merit Qualifiers
1 Stuart Kellett (England)
2 Jelle Klaasen (Netherlands)
3 Jamie Lewis (Wales)
4 Darren Webster (England)
5 Ronny Huybrechts (Belgium)
6 Mensur Suljovic (Austria)
7 Arron Monk (England)
8 Joe Cullen (England)
9 Dennis Smith (England)
10 John Henderson (Scotland)
11 Kevin McDine (England)
12 Dean Winstanley (England)
13 Ross Smith (England)
14 Steve Brown (England)
15 Andy Jenkins (England)
16 Scott Rand (England)
European Order of Merit Qualifiers
Max Hopp (Germany)
Mareno Michels (Netherlands)
Jarkko Komula (Finland)
Tomas Seyler (Germany)
Other Qualifiers
Kyle Anderson (Australia) - DPA Australian Grand Prix champion
Beau Anderson (Australia) - DPA Oceanic Masters champion
Darin Young (USA) - PDC North American Order of Merit winner
PDPA Qualifier Winner
Preliminary Round Qualifiers
Colin McGarry (Northern Ireland) - Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay champion
Devon Petersen (South Africa) - South African Masters champion
Morihiro Hashimoto (Japan) - PDJ Japanese Qualifier winner
Ting Chi Royden Lam (Hong Kong) - Greater China Qualifier winner
Mohammed Latif Sapup (Malaysia) - South-East Asia Qualifier winner
Paul Lim (Singapore) - DARTSLIVE Soft-Tip Rankings Leader
Edward Santos (Philippines) - Philippines Qualifier winner
Gino Vos (Netherlands) - West Europe Qualifier winner
Rob Szabo (New Zealand) - New Zealand National Champion
Andree Welge (Germany) - German Qualifier winner
Zoran Lerchbacher (Austria) - Eastern Europe qualifier
Julio Barbero (Spain) - Iberian Qualifier winner
Per Laursen (Denmark) - SDC Scandinavian Order of Merit winner
Dennis Lindskjold (Denmark) - SDC Play-Off winner
PDPA Qualifier Runner-Up
PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour Order of Merit winner - * Ross Smith (England)
* Note: In the event that Ross Smith qualifies for the Ladbrokes World Championship through another route (i.e. ProTour OOM) then the place in the Preliminary Round for the Challenge Tour OOM winner will be offered to the World Youth Champion (Michael Smith). If this player has also qualified for the World Championship through another route, then the second-placed player from the Challenge Tour OOM (Ben Ward) will be offered this place.