KIM VILJANEN and Marko Kantele sealed places in the William Hill World Darts Championship through the PDCNB rankings, with the 2018 circuit also being confirmed.
Finnish duo Viljanen and Kantele will return to the World Championship stage in December after ending the 2017 season as the top two players on the PDCNB rankings.
Viljanen completed his dominance of the year's PDCNB circuit by winning the final two ranking events, taking his tally of victories to seven from the ten tournaments held in 2017.
Kantele sealed second spot on the standings by reaching the Event Nine final, where he lost out 6-2 to Viljanen, who later overcame Ulf Ceder in the Event Ten decider.
The ongoing growth of the PDCNB circuit will see an event held in Lithuania for the first time in 2018, alongside weekends in Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Iceland.
The European Tour will also visit Denmark for the first time in June as Copenhagen hosts a £135,000 tournament, with five players from the region set to compete.
The leading PDCNB player from the main PDC Order of Merit will qualify by right, alongside two players from a Host Nation Qualifier for Danish players and two players from a PDCNB Qualifier.
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2017 PDCNB Tour
Event Nine
Quarter-Finals
Kim Viljanen 6-1 Madars Razma
Darius Labanauskas 6-1 Magnus Caris
Marko Kantele 6-0 Henrik Primdal
Ulf Ceder 6-5 Dennis Nilsson
Semi-Finals
Kim Viljanen 6-4 Darius Labanauskas
Marko Kantele 6-2 Ulf Ceder
Final
Kim Viljanen 6-2 Marko Kantele
Event Ten
Quarter-Finals
Kim Viljanen 6-2 Darius Labanauskas
Magnus Caris 6-1 Cor Dekker
Madars Razma 6-1 Marko Kantele
Ulf Ceder 6-4 Dennis Nilsson
Semi-Finals
Kim Viljanen 6-2 Magnus Caris
Ulf Ceder 6-4 Madars Razma
Final
Kim Viljanen 6-2 Ulf Ceder
Final 2017 PDCNB Rankings
| Pos | Name | Pts |
| 1 | Kim Viljanen | 9200 |
| 2 | Marko Kantele | 5000 |
| 3 | Dennis Nilsson | 3125 |
| 4 | Magnus Caris | 2850 |
| 5 | Daniel Larsson | 2125 |
| 6 | Ulf Ceder | 2075 |
| 7 | Cor Dekker | 1725 |
| 8 | Per Laursen | 1675 |
| 9 | Madars Razma | 1350 |
| 10 | Alex Jensen | 1325 |
2018 PDCNB Calendar
January 26-28 - Copenhagen, Denmark
ProTour 1-2
European Tour 1-3 PDCNB Qualifiers
February 23-25 - Vilnius, Lithuania
ProTour 3-4
European Tour 4-6 PDCNB Qualifiers
May 25-27 - Helsinki, Finland
ProTour 5-6
European Tour 7, 9, 10 PDCNB Qualifiers
June 21 - Copenhagen, Denmark
European Tour Event Eight
Host Nation Qualifier - for x2 places
PDCNB Qualifier - for x2 places
Plus highest ranked PDCNB Qualifier from PDC Order of Merit at cut-off date
June 22-24 - Copenhagen, Denmark
European Tour Event Eight
August 10-12 - Gothenburg, Sweden
ProTour 7-8
European Tour 11-13 PDCNB Qualifiers
October 5-7 - Iceland
ProTour 9-10