Statutes

1. The Luxembourg Darts League

The Luxembourg Darts League (LDL) is a recreational steel-tipped darts league, centered in Luxembourg City, for teams to compete in a friendly atmosphere. The league is open to any and all Dart players regardless of origin and background. Matches are played exclusively in public pubs, bars, cafés, taverns, etc.

The league is self-governed by the captains of the participating teams who appoint the committee to manage the league on their behalf.

The Luxembourg Darts League was founded by a group of British expats in the 80s. As such, the administrative language of the League is English.

2. The Committee

The committee shall consist of a minimum of 3 members (President, Secretary, and Treasurer) and a maximum of 5 members with equal voting rights.

The committee may elect volunteers to serve as co-opted members for specific functions.
Co-opted members have no voting rights on the committee.

In order to ensure stability and continuity, the committee positions are considered as permanent positions unless the person resigns or is removed through a majority decision on a Captains motion.

In the event of a vacancy for one of the permanent committee positions, a replacement will be voted on by the Captains.

2.1 President & Vice-President

If the positions are vacant, the President and the optional Vice-President will be selected by a vote of the attending Captains from those who choose to stand for the position. Duties include:

Leads committee
Sets up Committee & Captains Meetings
Procurement and handling of prizes
Prize giving
Dispute arbitration between teams and impose sanctions if necessary

2.2 Secretary

If the position of secretary is vacant, the secretary will be selected by a vote of the attending Captains from those who choose to stand for the position. Duties include:

General day to day organization of fixtures
Drafts agendas and minutes of Committee and Captains meetings
Sends out communications on behalf of the committee
League schedule, Team Knock-Out schedule, Singles, Doubles & Open Events
Administration of League Status/Team Knock-Out/Best Players etc.
Collects information on new teams (reviews venues etc.)
Booking of venues for special fixtures (Singles/Doubles/Open Events & Finals Night).
Updating the site with venue, team & player information
Updating weekly results, standings

2.3 Treasurer

If the position of treasurer is vacant, the treasurer will be selected by a vote of the attending Captains from those who choose to stand for the position in the event that the treasurer vacates the position. Duties include:

Named holder of the league’s account
Handling of all financial matters
Handling sponsorship of League.
Providing the annual update on the financial situation at the Captain’s Meeting

3. The Captains Meeting

An annual Captains Meeting will be scheduled before league play starts in the fall. Additional meetings can be scheduled by the President/Vice-President if deemed necessary.

All changes to the rules will be discussed at this meeting, and it remains the Captains’ decision before any changes are implemented.

Any proposals for changes must be communicated to the Committee via the LDL Team Captains Whatsapp group or directly to the President and will be incorporated in the agenda which will be circulated to all Captains at least one day before the meeting.

Regular votes will be majority decisions i.e. to make any change to the statutes the proposal must receive more than 50% of all attending Captain’s votes.

Votes on the following topics will require a super-majority of two-thirds of the votes of all Captains:

Changing the match format
Changing the match day
Changing the committee format
Changing the administrative language
Excluding a team or a player from the league
Reversing an arbitration decision by the President

4. Team Organization

4.1 Teams

Teams must consist of a minimum of 4 players.

4.2 Captains

Each team must choose a Captain & Vice Captain from the players.

4.3 Venues

Each team must designate a home location/venue and this location must be located within the city limits of Luxembourg City. However, new acceptable locations (even outside the limits of Luxembourg City) may be considered following a vote by the Captains.

Venues must be establishments open to the general public and have an alcohol license. This means that venues are supposed to be pubs, bars, cafés, taverns, or other establishments that fall into similar categories.

4.4 Multiple Teams in one Venue

It’s generally accepted that a maximum of 2 teams are allowed to use the same location in any given season, however if there are 3 boards available then another team may be added.

4.5 Team names

Each team must give itself a name. The name of the team must avoid profanity and embarrassment.

If a team wants to change its name at the beginning of a new season, the team will not be considered as a new team and stays in the same division, if at least 4 team members stay in the team.

4.6 Team registration at start of the Season

Each team must communicate to the secretary via Whatsapp the details of their team. The required details include:

Name of the team
Venue
Name of all players
Name of Captain and Vice-captain, their email addresses and phone numbers.

4.7 Fees and payment

Each team participating in the league must pay a fee of 40 € per league year, irrespective of their participation in other competitions. The payment must be received on the LDL account at the end of October at latest. If the payment is not received at that date, all league games by the delinquent team will be forfeited until payment is received.

Account information

Name: Shakespeare, Adam | IBAN: LT57 3250 0964 3721 8041 | BIC: REVOLT21

5. League Organization

5.1 League year

The league year starts in September and continues until Finals night the following year (which usually falls in the months between April and June depending on the number of teams participating).

Official match days are exclusively scheduled on Wednesdays, excluding Luxembourgish public school vacations and Luxembourg public holidays.

A league year is broken down into two regular seasons: the Fall season and the Spring season that comprise all regular season matches. In addition, other competitions can take place, such as the Team-Knockout that do not count in the regular season standings.

5.1.1 Fall season

During the Fall season, each team will play each other team in their division once. The schedule pairings and home/away status will be determined by an automated scheduling tool.

At the end of the Fall season, the outcome of all the regular season fixtures will determine the standings.

5.1.2 Spring season

The Spring season will see the teams split into two divisions:

Champions division, consisting of the 4 top-placed teams from the Fall season
Honors division, consisting of the remaining teams from the Fall season (and any new team that might start match play during the Spring season)

The Champions division teams will play each other twice in a round-robin (home/away) format.

The Honors division teams will play each other once more. If the schedule permits, the home/away pairings from the fall season will be flipped. Otherwise, the schedule pairings and home/away status will be determined by an automated scheduling tool.

5.2 Match format

Each match consists of 7 games:

4 Singles games (one on one): 501 Double-Out – Best-of-three legs
1 Team game (four on four): 1001 Double-Out – Single leg
2 Doubles game (two on two): 501 Double-Out – Best-of-three legs

Each match must result in a winner. Seven game points are available in each match producing the results as follows: 7-0, 6-1, 5-2, 4-3.

5.3 Regular season standings and tie-breakers

In regular season play, the winning team of each match will receive 2 points while the losing team will receive 0 points.

If at the end of the regular season, two or more teams are tied in the standings with the same number of points, the following tie-breakers will be applied in the order listed below until all the ties are broken:

Total number of games won
Total number of legs won
Cumulative Head-to-head result between all the tied teams
Number of Team games won
Team scoring average during the season (as shown in the standings on DartConnect)
Coin-flip

6. Match Organization

6.1 League Fixtures

All league matches should as much as possible be played on the night designated on the fixture list. Matches can start any time between 19:30 and 20:30.

6.2 Rescheduling

A match can be rescheduled if both Captains agree. If the captains do not agree, the game must be played on the date in the fixture list. However, the home team can move the match to the venue of another team if their own home venue is unavailable.

A regular season match cannot be played after the last fixture date for the season in question.

A tournament (i.e. Team-Knockout) match cannot be rescheduled less than one week out from the next round of the tournament.

Matches can be played earlier if both Captains agree and if the schedule change is posted in the LDL Team Captains Whatsapp group before the match is played.

If the Captains agreed to play the match at a later date, but the match does not take place, the following two scenarios are considered for attributing the forfeit:

If the match was postponed to an unknown date: if no replacement date can be found by the two Team Captains, the match will be considered a forfeit by the team that initiated the postponement.
If the match was postponed to a specific date (as posted in the LDL Team Captains Whatsapp group): the team that is unable to field a valid team of at least two players on the agreed upon date will forfeit the match.

In case of disagreement, the President will attempt to find an amicable solution with the concerned Captains. If this also fails, the match will be considered a double-forfeit.

6.3 Fixtures Team Make-up

6.3.1 Minimum number of players

Teams can play a league fixture with a minimum of 2 players (2 singles; team game missing two throws each round and 1 doubles). When there are 3 players present then 3 singles; team game missing one throw each round, and 1 doubles can be played.

6.3.2 Team Order

If a team is playing with less than 4 players, they are placed in strict order in the singles with blank spaces for the missing players in the final positions (no captain’s prerogative). Similarly for the doubles (though there must be 2 players for a doubles game). Thus if a team only has 3 players, the 4th singles position is left free and obviously the 2nd doubles position is also kept free. If there are only 2 players then they must play at 1 and 2 in the singles as well as playing the 1st doubles.

The captain is not obliged to make a complete selection for the singles, but if he does not, as he is waiting for possible other players to arrive, then he must inform the opposing captain of his incomplete selection with the number of places not filled in. The opposing captain then has the right to not show the other captain his remaining selections for the places not completed. The captain must also put down the next player in his place before the previous match is finished otherwise that next match is forfeited.

After the singles matches are completed, all the players for the team game must be selected. After the team game, all the doubles players must be selected. No player can be placed into the 2nd doubles after the draw for the 1st doubles has been made, thus all people playing in the 2 doubles must be recorded into the scoring app before the beginning of the 1st doubles.

6.3.3 Fair play

Since the Luxembourg Darts League is a recreational league, players and their supporters are expected to treat each other with respect. Players will refrain from any behavior that could be considered offensive, obnoxious, and distracting to the other team or to other patrons in the venue.

6.3.4 Warm-up

Before each match, the players of both teams are allowed to warm up in the fixture venue starting at 19h00. The home team has to ensure that the venue is reserved and ready for play at that time.

Before each game, the players involved in that particular game are allowed to throw warm-up darts for 3 minutes for the singles and doubles, 5 minutes for the team game. Players cannot be denied (by the opposing team) throwing warm-up darts before each singles and doubles match. The players can mutually agree to start the game at any time.

6.3.5 Scoring and game-play

For each game, the home team designates one person as the scorer for that game. The scorer will invite the players to start the game after the allotted warm-up period. All scoring is done using the DartConnect scoring app.

One player of each team will aim for the bull to determine who starts the match (away team throws first). Closest to the bull will start the odd numbered legs (1&3), the other team will start the even numbered legs. If the first player hits the bull, the dart is taken out to make room for the second player. If both players hit the bull or both hit the bull’s eye, a do-over will take place (away team throws first again).

During the game, the players are invited to announce their scores to the scorer before pulling the darts out of the board. Otherwise, the scorer will record the observed scores in the app. The players are strongly encouraged to verify their score and inform the scorer if the recorded score is incorrect before the next player starts throwing. If an error is discovered afterwards, it can only be changed if both players agree to the change.

When the winning double is hit by a player, that player must request acknowledgement from the scorer and at least one of the opponent players before pulling the darts out of the board!

6.3.6 Players late for the Game

If players are marked down to play and do not arrive within 5 minutes of the time that game is ready to be played, that game is forfeited.

6.3.7 Available Players for each Season

No new player (to that team) can play in the last 2 games of the regular season or in the Team Knock-out. This means that only players who have played for that team in the past (and have not played for a different team since) can play.

Exceptions can be granted by the League President for players that were part of a team that has disbanded in the middle of a season.

6.3.8 Intra-League-Year Transfer Period

A transfer period is established between the final match in the Fall season and the first match in the spring of the same league year. During this period a player may choose to move to any other team, the player will now be able to play in all league matches up to and including the last 2 league matches & play-offs, however this player will now be cup-tied, that is they will not be able to play in the Team Knock-out Competitions if they’ve already played in the Team Knock-Out for their original team. Any transfers must be notified to the committee via the LDL Team Captains Whatsapp group before the first match of the Spring season.

6.3.9 Match Results

Starting with the 2025-2026 Fall season, all matches must be scored using the DartConnect scoring app.

6.3.10 Beer Leg

The teams are encouraged to play a BEER LEG at the end of a match. The format will be chosen by the captains.

7. Annual Events

The following annual events (and others) can be organized by the committee if the schedule permits:

7.1 Singles Knock-out Competition

The singles competition format will be determined by the number of participants, either a straight knock-out or first a group play with subsequent knock-out. Each match in the rounds up to and including the Semi-Finals will consist of 3 legs of 501. The final and 3rd & 4th Play-Off will be 5 legs of 501. Participation will include only those players playing for teams in the league divisions.

The registration fee will be €5 and the Winner will get 50% of the fees, the runner-up will get 30%, the semi-finalists will each get 10%.

7.2 Doubles Knock-out Competition

The doubles knock-out competition will be straight knock-out, if there are more than 16 players registered . If there are less than 16 or 16 players registered, the competition will be double knock-out. Each match in the rounds up to and including the Semi-Finals will consist of 3 legs of 501. The final and 3rd & 4th Play-Off will be 5 legs of 501. This will be played on a selected Wednesday during the season. This may be varied from season to season by the organizers at their discretion. Participation will include only those players playing for teams in the league divisions.

The registration fee will be €5 and the Winner team will get 50% of the fees, the runner-up will get 30%, the semi-finalists will each get 10%.

7.3 Team Knock-out Competitions

The opening round will include all teams with the winners entering the Team Knock-out Trophy while the losers entering the Team Knock-out Shield. Teams will be seeded by league standings or by draw depending on when the first round takes place. The subsequent rounds of the team knock-out competitions will be straight knock-out, and matches will be played throughout the season. All matches will follow the same structure as the regular season matches. This will be played on selected Wednesday of the season. No new players are allowed to play in the cup.

8. Divisional best Player

The best player for each division will be decided by the number of legs won, which is calculated for the singles games of the regular season matches from the DartConnect statistics by multiplying the number of legs played with the winning percentage .

9. Prizes

All team members are eligible for all Prizes awarded during the season. The prizes are as follows:

9.1 Individual Awards

Singles Tournament Champion – Prize money
Singles Tournament Runner-up – Prize money
Singles Tournament Semi-Finalists – Prize money
Best Player – Voucher (Fall season)
Best Player – Champions division – Voucher (Spring season)
Best Player – Honors division – Voucher (Spring season)
High Score –Voucher (League year)
High Checkout –Voucher (League year)
Fastest Finish –Voucher (League year)

9.2 Pair Awards

Doubles Champions – Prize money
Doubles Runner-up – Prize money
Doubles Tournament Semi-Finalists – Prize money

9.3 Team Awards

Champions division winners – Winners Trophy
Champions division runners-up – Runners Up Trophy
Honors division winners – Winners Trophy
Team Knock-Out Trophy Champions – Winners Trophy
Team Knock-Out Trophy Runners-up – Runners Up Trophy
Team Knock-Out Shield Champions – Winners Trophy
Team Knock-Out Shield Runners-up – Runners Up Trophy