BDO World Darts Championship

The BDO World Darts Championship was a professional darts tournament organised by the British Darts Organisation and was held every year between  to . It was the only World Darts Championship until the 1993 , when 16 players including seven former champions left the BDO and set up a rival darts company called , now called the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). The last tournament took place in 2020 before the British Darts Organisation went out of business in September 2020. The World Darts Federation announced plans to launch the WDF World Darts Championship, the first tournament took place for the first time in .

History
The World Darts Championship was created by , who was a sports promoter he also created the UK Snooker Championship and moved the World Snooker Championship to the  in 1977. While sitting in a barber's chair waiting for a haircut Watterson came up with the idea. A friend of Watterson, , managed to convince him that the tournament would be easy to stage and he suggested Watterson to contact , who was head of the British Darts Organisation, to run the tournament. The first World Darts Championship took place in . During the  tournament, a 23 year old qualifer from Ipswich,  won the tournament by beating the world's top three players back-to-back,  number 3 in the world in the quarter-final, reigning champion and number 2 in the world  semi-final before beting world number 1 Eric Bristow in the final. During the  tournament, Singaporean (representing the USA),  hit the tournament's only 9-dart finish in the second round against  from Ireland to win a bonus of £52,000 which was more than the eventual champion  received. In ,  became the second player to win three consecutive Men's World Championships after Eric Bristow did it between  and , also  became the first Asian world darts champion in any form. The final BDO World Darts Championship took place in ,  became the oldest player ever to win a world title and was last World Darts Championship organised by the BDO before the collapse of the company. The World Darts Federation lauched the WDF World Darts Championship, with the first edition took place in .

Venue
The first World Darts Championship organised by the BDO was played at the  in Nottingham in 1978. Between 1979 and 1985 the tournanment was held at  in Stoke-on-Trent. From 1986 to 2019 the tournament was held at the  in , Surrey. The last tournament organised by the BDO was played at the  in London.

List of finals
Men's
 Year Champion  Score Runner-Up   Prize Money Venue Sponsor Total   1978  Leighton Rees92.40   John Lowe89.40 £10,500 £3,000 £1,700 Embassy 1979  John Lowe87.42 5–0 sets  Leighton Rees76.62 £15,000 £4,500 £2,000Jollees,Stoke-on-Trent 1980  Eric Bristow88.10 5–3  Bobby George86.49 £15,000 £4,500 £2,000 1981  Eric Bristow (2)86.10 5–3  John Lowe81.00 £23,300 £5,500 £2,500 1982  Jocky Wilson88.10 5–3  John Lowe84.30 £28,000 £6,500 £3,000 1983  Keith Deller90.00 6–5  Eric Bristow93.90 £33,050 £8,000 £3,500 1984  Eric Bristow (3)97.50 7–1  Dave Whitcombe90.60 £38,500 £9,000 £4,000 1985  Eric Bristow (4)97.50 6–2  John Lowe93.12 £43,000 £10,000 £5,000 1986  Eric Bristow (5)94.47 6–0  Dave Whitcombe90.45 £52,500 £12,000 £6,000 Lakeside Country Club,Frimley Green, Surrey 1987  John Lowe (2)90.63 6–4  Eric Bristow94.29 £60,300 £14,000 £7,000 1988  Bob Anderson92.70 6–4  John Lowe92.07 £71,600 £16,000 £8,000 1989  Jocky Wilson (2)94.32 6–4  Eric Bristow90.66 £86,900 £20,000 £10,000 1990  Phil Taylor97.47 6–1  Eric Bristow93.00 £153,200 £24,000 £12,000 1991  Dennis Priestley92.57 6–0  Eric Bristow84.15 £110,500 £26,000 £13,000 1992  Phil Taylor (2)97.58 6–5  Mike Gregory94.42 £119,500 £28,000 £14,000 1993  John Lowe (3)83.97 6–3  Alan Warriner82.32 £128,500 £30,000 £15,000 1994  John Part82.44 6–0  Bobby George80.31 £136,100 £32,000 £16,000 1995  Richie Burnett93.63 6–3  Raymond van Barneveld91.23 £143,000 £34,000 £17,000 1996  Steve Beaton90.27 6–3  Richie Burnett88.05 £150,000 £36,000 £18,000 1997  Les Wallace92.19 6–3  Marshall James92.01 £158,000 £38,000 £19,000 1998  Raymond van Barneveld93.96 6–5  Richie Burnett97.14 £166,000 £40,000 £20,000 1999  Raymond van Barneveld (2)94.35 6–5  Ronnie Baxter94.65 £174,000 £42,000 £21,000 2000  Ted Hankey92.40 6–0  Ronnie Baxter88.35 £182,000 £44,000 £22,000 2001  John Walton95.55 6–2  Ted Hankey94.86 £189,000 £46,000 £23,000 2002  Tony David93.57 6–4  Mervyn King89.67 £197,000 £48,000 £24,000 2003  Raymond van Barneveld (3)94.86 6–3  Ritchie Davies90.66 £205,000 £50,000 £25,000 2004  Andy Fordham97.08 6–3  Mervyn King91.02 £201,000 £50,000 £25,000LakesideCountryClub 2005 96.78 6–2  Martin Adams91.35 £201,000 £50,000 £25,000 2006  Jelle Klaasen90.42 7–5 93.06 £211,000 £60,000 £25,000 2007  Martin Adams90.30 7–6  Phill Nixon87.09 £226,000 £70,000 £30,000 2008  Mark Webster92.07 7–5  Simon Whitlock93.92 £246,000 £85,000 £30,000 2009  Ted Hankey (2)91.46 7–6  Tony O'Shea90.54 £256,000 £95,000 £30,000 2010  Martin Adams (2)95.01 7–5  Dave Chisnall93.42 £261,000 £100,000 £30,000 2011  Martin Adams (3)92.13 7–5  Dean Winstanley89.08 £261,000 £100,000 £30,000 2012  Christian Kist90.00 7–5  Tony O'Shea87.78 £258,000 £100,000 £30,000 2013  Scott Waites86.43 7–1  Tony O'Shea81.90 £261,000 £100,000 £30,000 2014  Stephen Bunting96.18 7–4  Alan Norris92.19 £300,000 £100,000 £35,000 2015  Scott Mitchell92.61 7–6  Martin Adams92.55 £300,000 £100,000 £35,000 2016  Scott Waites (2)87.54 7–1  Jeff Smith84.99 £300,000 £100,000 £35,000 2017  Glen Durrant93.48 7–3  Danny Noppert93.30 £300,000 £100,000 £35,000 2018  Glen Durrant (2)93.97 7–6  Mark McGeeney86.31 £300,000 £100,000 £35,000 2019  Glen Durrant (3)95.19 7–3  Scott Waites91.38 £300,000 £100,000 £35,000 2020  Wayne Warren93.72 7–4  Jim Williams94.53 £127,000 £23,000 £10,000 Indigo at The O2, London BDO

Women's
 Year Champion  Score Runner-Up   Prize Money Venue Sponsor Total   2001  Trina Gulliver  83.97 2–1  Mandy Solomons  79.11 £8,000 £4,000 £2,000 Lakeside Country Club,Frimley Green, SurreyEmbassy 2002  Trina Gulliver  84.36 2–1  Francis Hoenselaar  82.95 £10,000 £4,000 £2,000 2003  Trina Gulliver  84.93 2–0  Anne Kirk  70.20 £10,000 £4,000 £2,000 2004  Trina Gulliver  87.03 2–0  Francis Hoenselaar  85.44 £10,000 £4,000 £2,000LakesideCountryClub 2005  Trina Gulliver  79.68 2–0  Francis Hoenselaar  73.89 £10,000 £4,000 £2,000 2006  Trina Gulliver  73.80 2–0  Francis Hoenselaar  70.26 £12,000 £6,000 £2,000 2007  Trina Gulliver  80.61 2–1  Francis Hoenselaar  79.23 £12,000  £6,000 £2,000 2008  Anastasia Dobromyslova  81.54 2–0  Trina Gulliver  71.64 £12,000 £6,000 £2,000 2009  Francis Hoenselaar  77.39 2–1  Trina Gulliver  75.19 £12,000 £6,000 £2,000 2010  Trina Gulliver  80.52 2–0  Rhian Edwards  68.25 £12,000  £6,000 £2,000 2011  Trina Gulliver  73.95 2–0  Rhian Edwards  73.86 £16,000  £10,000 £2,000 2012  Anastasia Dobromyslova  73.95 2–1  Deta Hedman  74.13 £16,000 £10,000 £2,000 2013  Anastasia Dobromyslova  82.29 2–1  Lisa Ashton  80.40 £16,000 £10,000 £2,000 2014  Lisa Ashton  84.81 3–2  Deta Hedman  77.79 £29,000 £12,000 £5,000 2015  Lisa Ashton  83.22 3–1  Fallon Sherrock  83.76 £29,000 £12,000 £5,000 2016  Trina Gulliver  72.93 3–2  Deta Hedman  75.51 £29,000 £12,000 £5,000 2017  Lisa Ashton  81.81 3–0  Corrine Hammond  73.53 £29,000 £12,000 £5,000 2018  Lisa Ashton  89.80 3–1  Anastasia Dobromyslova  81.83 £29,000 £12,000  £5,000 2019  Mikuru Suzuki  90.12 3–0  Lorraine Winstanley  78.82 £29,000 £12,000 £5,000 2020  Mikuru Suzuki  83.39 3–0  Lisa Ashton  85.00 £26,500 £10,000 £4,500 Indigo at The O2, London BDO

Youth
 Year Champion  Score Runner-Up   Prize Money Venue Sponsor Total   1986  Mark Day  3–1  Lee Woodrow     Lakeside Country Club,Frimley Green, SurreyEmbassy 1987  Rowan Barry  3–2  Harith Lim      2015  Colin Roelofs  76.41 3–0  Harry Ward  70.68 £10,000 £5,000 £2,000LakesideCountryClub 2016  Joshua Richardson  75.09 3–2  Jordan Boyce  69.63 £10,000 £5,000 £2,000 2017  Justin van Tergouw  88.20 3–0  Nathan Girvan  74.55 £10,000 £5,000 £2,000 2018  Justin van Tergouw  93.04 3–1   82.29 £10,000 £5,000 £2,000 2019  Leighton Bennett  86.65 3–0  Nathan Girvan  76.56 £10,000 £5,000 £2,000 2020  Keane Barry  90.54 3–0  Leighton Bennett  84.24 £10,000 £5,000 £2,000 Indigo at The O2, London BDO

Statistics
Finalists
 List of Men's BDO World Championship finalists. Player Winner Runners-up  Eric Bristow 5 5  Raymond van Barneveld 4 2  John Lowe 3 5  Martin Adams 3 2  Glen Durrant 3 0  Scott Waites 2 1  Ted Hankey 2 1  Phil Taylor 2 0  Jocky Wilson 2 0  Richie Burnett 1 2  Leighton Rees 1 1  Wayne Warren 1 0  Stephen Bunting 1 0  Scott Mitchell 1 0  Christian Kist 1 0  Mark Webster 1 0  Keith Deller 1 0  Jelle Klaasen 1 0  Andy Fordham 1 0  Tony David 1 0  John Walton 1 0  Les Wallace 1 0  Steve Beaton 1 0  John Part 1 0  Dennis Priestley 1 0  Bob Anderson 1 0  Tony O'Shea 0 3  Ronnie Baxter 0 2  Mervyn King 0 2  Dave Whitcombe 0 2  Bobby George 0 2  Alan Norris 0 1  Dave Chisnall 0 1  Dean Winstanley 0 1  Ritchie Davies 0 1  Simon Whitlock 0 1  Phill Nixon 0 1  Marshall James 0 1  Mike Gregory 0 1  Alan Warriner 0 1  Jeff Smith 0 1  Danny Noppert 0 1  Mark McGeeney 0 1  Jim Williams 0 1

 List of Women's BDO World Championship finalists. Player Winner Runners-up  Trina Gulliver 10 2  Lisa Ashton 4 2  Anastasia Dobromyslova 3 1  Mikuru Suzuki 2 0  Francis Hoenselaar 1 5  Deta Hedman 0 3  Rhian Edwards 0 2  Mandy Solomons 0 1  Anne Kirk 0 1  Fallon Sherrock 0 1  Corrine Hammond 0 1  Lorraine Winstanley 0 1

 List of Youth BDO World Championship finalists. Player Winner Runners-up  Justin van Tergouw 2 0  Leighton Bennett 1 1  Colin Roelofs 1 0  Joshua Richardson 1 0  Mark Day 1 0  Rowan Barry 1 0  Keane Barry 1 0  Nathan Girvan 0 2  Harry Ward 0 1  Jordan Boyce 0 1  0 1  Lee Woodrow 0 1  Harith Lim 0 1

Averages
 Ten highest BDO Men's World Championship one-match averages Average Player Year & Round Opponent Result 103.83  Raymond van Barneveld 2004, Quarter-Final  John Walton 5–1 102.63  Dennis Priestley 1993, Last 32  Jocky Wilson 3–0 101.67  Mervyn King 2002, Quarter-Final  Raymond van Barneveld 5–3 101.55  Ted Hankey 1998, Last 32  Wayne Weening 3–0 101.40  Marko Pusa 2001, Last 16  Jez Porter 3–1 101.28  Martin Adams 2002, Quarter-Final  Wayne Jones 5–1 101.10  Raymond van Barneveld 2002, Quarter-Final  Mervyn King 3–5 100.92  Raymond van Barneveld 2005, Last 16  Mike Veitch 3–1 100.92  Glen Durrant 2018, Quarter-Final  Jim Williams 5–4 100.83  Raymond van Barneveld 2002, Last 32  Bobby George 3–1

 Ten highest BDO Women's World Championship one-match averages Average Player Year & Round Opponent Result 95.97  Trina Gulliver 2006, Semi-Final  Clare Bywaters 2–0 94.92  Trina Gulliver 2001, Semi-Final  Crissy Manley 2–0 90.24  Trina Gulliver 2004, Semi-Final  Karin Krappen 2–0 90.18  Lisa Ashton 2015, Quarter-Final  Trina Gulliver 2–0 90.12  Mikuru Suzuki 2019, Final  Lorraine Winstanley 3–0 89.80  Lisa Ashton 2018, Final  Anastasia Dobromyslova 3–1 89.67  Fallon Sherrock 2019, Last 16  Corrine Hammond 2–0 87.30  Lisa Ashton 2015, Semi-Final  Sharon Prins 2–0 87.06  Lisa Ashton 2017, Last 16  Sharon Prins 2–0 87.03  Trina Gulliver 2004, Final  Francis Hoenselaar 2–0

 Ten highest BDO Youth World Championship one-match averages Average Player Year & Round Opponent Result 93.04  Justin van Tergouw 2018, Final  Killian Heffernan 3–1 90.54  Keane Barry 2020, Final  Leighton Bennett 3–0 88.20  Justin van Tergouw 2017, Final  Nathan Girvan 3–0 86.64  Leighton Bennett 2019, Final  Nathan Girvan 3–0 84.24  Leighton Bennett 2020, Final  Keane Barry 0–3 82.28  Killian Heffernan 2018, Final  Justin van Tergouw 1–3 76.56  Nathan Girvan 2019, Final  Leighton Bennett 0–3 76.41  Colin Roelofs 2015, Final  Harry Ward 2–0 75.09  Joshua Richardson 2016, Final  Jordan Boyce 3–2 74.55  Nathan Girvan 2017, Final  Justin van Tergouw 0–3

References

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