THAILAND will be represented at the William Hill World Darts Championship for the first time in December after Thanawat Gaweenuntawong won the South-East Asia Qualifier.
The South-East Asia Qualifier was held in Malaysia, with Thanawat defeating Tengku Hadzali Shah in the final.
The 48-year-old from Bangkok has previously competed twice for Thailand in the PDC World Cup of Darts, but his success means that he will now compete in the world's biggest tournament for the first time at Alexandra Palace.
Thanawat joins New Zealand's Rob Szabo and America's Darin Young as the early International Qualifiers for the World Championship, with further events being held worldwide in the coming months.
2016 William Hill World Darts Championship
South-East Asia Qualifier
Winner: Thanawat Gaweenuntawong
Runner-Up: Tengku Hadzali Shah
Semi-Finalists: Zulrizan Adzan, Vince Tieh
Quarter-Finalists: Mohammed Hairul Azman, Zool Helmy, Phillip Choo, Mohammed Nasir Jantan
Last 16: S Murugesan, Eric Pedley, Suhaimi, Harith Lim, Basyar Amin, Mohammed Faizal, Thomat Darus, Khairul Izwan