Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship Field

CO STOMPE'S win in the German Darts Championship means he heads five players who qualify for the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship via the Continental Europe Order of Merit.

Stompe ensured a place in the first round of the World Championship, which begins on Friday December 19 at Alexandra Palace, with his win over Phil Taylor last Sunday.

He moves to the top of the Continental Europe Order of Merit for 2008 and will be in the first round draw for the World Championship on Monday.

Jelle Klaasen, Mensur Suljovic and Jan van der Rassel, who all played at Alexandra Palace last year, also join Stompe in round one, while Holland's Remco van Eijden - the fifth-placed non-qualified player - takes a place in the preliminary round as the replacement SBS6 Wildcard for Stompe, who had previously been nominated before qualifying through merit.

Austria's Hannes Schnier, the number two to Suljovic in the GDC rankings, has earned a place in the preliminary round, six weeks after qualifying for the European Championship in Frankfurt.

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Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship Field
(as at Friday December 5)

Name Nationality
PDC TOP 32 (seeding in brackets)
Phil TAYLOR (1) England
Raymond van BARNEVELD (2) Netherlands
James WADE (3) England
John PART (4) Canada
Terry JENKINS (5) England
Adrian LEWIS (6) England
Andy HAMILTON (7) England
Wayne MARDLE (8) England
Alan TABERN (9) England
Colin LLOYD (10) England
Dennis PRIESTLEY (11) England
Mervyn KING (12) England
Peter MANLEY (13) England
Colin OSBORNE (14) England
Ronnie BAXTER (15) England
Roland SCHOLTEN (16) Netherlands
Kevin PAINTER (17) England
Denis OVENS (18) England
Vincent van der VOORT (19) Netherlands
Mark DUDBRIDGE (20) England
Mark WALSH (21) England
Chris MASON (22) England
Kirk SHEPHERD (23) England
Andy JENKINS (24) England
Wayne JONES (25) England
Andy SMITH (26) England
Adrian GRAY (27) England
Alex ROY (28) England
Barrie BATES (29) Wales
Tony ECCLES (30) England
Wes NEWTON (31) England
Michael van GERWEN (32) Netherlands
PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP ORDER OF MERIT QUALIFIERS
Robert THORNTON Scotland
Jamie CAVEN England
Steve MAISH England
Felix McBREARTY N.Ireland
Steve BEATON England
Matt CLARK England
Kevin McDINE England
Carlos RODRIGUEZ Spain
Plus eight PDPA Qualifiers
NORTH AMERICAN ORDER OF MERIT QUALIFIERS
Darin YOUNG America
Bill DAVIS America
CONTINENTAL EUROPE ORDER OF MERIT QUALIFIERS
Co STOMPE Netherlands
Jelle KLAASEN Netherlands
Mensur SULJOVIC Austria
Jan van der RASSEL Netherlands
INTERNATIONAL QUALIFIERS
Paul NICHOLSON Australia
Russell STEWART Australia
Per LAURSEN Denmark
Nandor BEZZEG Hungary
Plus 6 Preliminary Round Winners
PRELIMINARY ROUND
Warren FRENCH New Zealand
Shi YONGSHENG China
Akihiro NAGAKAWA Japan
Lourence ILAGAN Philippines
Marko KANTELE Finland
Sudesh FITZGERALD Guyana
Shane O'CONNOR Ireland
David FATUM America
Remco van EIJDEN Netherlands
Charles LOSPER South Africa
Hannes SCHNIER Austria
Plus one player TBC