BDO World Darts Championship
| Founded | 1978 |
|---|---|
| Inaugural season | 1978 |
| Ceased | 2020 |
| Country | England |
| Venue(s) | Various |
| Last champion(s) |  Wayne Warren (Men's) Mikuru Suzuki (Women's) Keane Barry (Youth) |
| Tournament format | Sets |
The BDO World Darts Championship was a professional darts tournament organised by the British Darts Organisation and was held every year between 1978 to 2020. It was the only World Darts Championship until the 1993 split in darts, when 16 players including seven former champions left the BDO and set up a rival darts company called World Darts Council, 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 2022.[1][2]
History
[change | change source]The World Darts Championship was created by Mike Watterson, who was a sports promoter he also created the UK Snooker Championship and moved the World Snooker Championship to the Crucible Theatre in 1977. While sitting in a barber's chair waiting for a haircut Watterson came up with the idea. A friend of Watterson, John Lowe, managed to convince him that the tournament would be easy to stage and he suggested Watterson to contact Olly Croft, who was head of the British Darts Organisation, to run the tournament. The first World Darts Championship took place in 1978. During the 1983 tournament, a 23 year old qualifer from Ipswich, Keith Deller won the tournament by beating the world's top three players back-to-back, John Lowe number 3 in the world in the quarter-final, reigning champion and number 2 in the world Jocky Wilson semi-final before beting world number 1 Eric Bristow in the final. During the 1990 tournament, Singaporean (representing the USA), Paul Lim hit the tournament's only 9-dart finish in the second round against Jack McKenna from Ireland to win a bonus of £52,000 which was more than the eventual champion Phil Taylor received. In 2019, Glen Durrant became the second player to win three consecutive Men's World Championships after Eric Bristow did it between 1984 and 1986, also Mikuru Suzuki became the first Asian world darts champion in any form. The final BDO World Darts Championship took place in 2020, Wayne Warren 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 2022.
Venue
[change | change source]The first World Darts Championship organised by the BDO was played at the Heart of the Midlands Club in Nottingham in 1978. Between 1979 and 1985 the tournanment was held at Jollees in Stoke-on-Trent. From 1986 to 2019 the tournament was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey. The last tournament organised by the BDO was played at the Indigo at The O2 in London.
List of finals
[change | change source]Men's
[change | change source]| Year | Champion | Av. | Score | Runner-Up | Av. | Prize Money | Venue | Sponsor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Ch. | R.-Up | ||||||||
| 1978 | Leighton Rees |
92.40 | 11–7 legs |  John Lowe |
89.40 | £10,500 | £3,000 | £1,700 | Heart of the Midlands Club, Nottingham |
Embassy |
| 1979 | John Lowe |
87.42 | 5–0 sets | Leighton Rees |
76.62 | £15,000 | £4,500 | £2,000 | Jollees, Stoke-on-Trent | |
| 1980 | Eric Bristow |
88.10 | 5–3 | Bobby George |
86.49 | £15,000 | £4,500 | £2,000 | ||
| 1981 | Eric Bristow (2) |
86.10 | 5–3 | John Lowe |
81.00 | £23,300 | £5,500 | £2,500 | ||
| 1982 |  Jocky Wilson |
88.10 | 5–3 | John Lowe |
84.30 | £28,000 | £6,500 | £3,000 | ||
| 1983 | Keith Deller |
90.00 | 6–5 | Eric Bristow |
93.90 | £33,050 | £8,000 | £3,500 | ||
| 1984 | Eric Bristow (3) |
97.50 | 7–1 | Dave Whitcombe |
90.60 | £38,500 | £9,000 | £4,000 | ||
| 1985 | Eric Bristow (4) |
97.50 | 6–2 | John Lowe |
93.12 | £43,000 | £10,000 | £5,000 | ||
| 1986 | Eric Bristow (5) |
94.47 | 6–0 | Dave Whitcombe |
90.45 | £52,500 | £12,000 | £6,000 | Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey | |
| 1987 | John Lowe (2) |
90.63 | 6–4 | Eric Bristow |
94.29 | £60,300 | £14,000 | £7,000 | ||
| 1988 | Bob Anderson |
92.70 | 6–4 | John Lowe |
92.07 | £71,600 | £16,000 | £8,000 | ||
| 1989 | Jocky Wilson (2) |
94.32 | 6–4 | Eric Bristow |
90.66 | £86,900 | £20,000 | £10,000 | ||
| 1990 | Phil Taylor |
97.47 | 6–1 | Eric Bristow |
93.00 | £153,200 | £24,000 | £12,000 | ||
| 1991 | Dennis Priestley |
92.57 | 6–0 | Eric Bristow |
84.15 | £110,500 | £26,000 | £13,000 | ||
| 1992 | Phil Taylor (2) |
97.58 | 6–5 | Mike Gregory |
94.42 | £119,500 | £28,000 | £14,000 | ||
| 1993 | John Lowe (3) |
83.97 | 6–3 | Alan Warriner |
82.32 | £128,500 | £30,000 | £15,000 | ||
| 1994 |  John Part |
82.44 | 6–0 | Bobby George |
80.31 | £136,100 | £32,000 | £16,000 | ||
| 1995 | Richie Burnett |
93.63 | 6–3 |  Raymond van Barneveld |
91.23 | £143,000 | £34,000 | £17,000 | ||
| 1996 | Steve Beaton |
90.27 | 6–3 | Richie Burnett |
88.05 | £150,000 | £36,000 | £18,000 | ||
| 1997 | Les Wallace |
92.19 | 6–3 | Marshall James |
92.01 | £158,000 | £38,000 | £19,000 | ||
| 1998 | Raymond van Barneveld |
93.96 | 6–5 | Richie Burnett |
97.14 | £166,000 | £40,000 | £20,000 | ||
| 1999 | Raymond van Barneveld (2) |
94.35 | 6–5 | Ronnie Baxter |
94.65 | £174,000 | £42,000 | £21,000 | ||
| 2000 | Ted Hankey |
92.40 | 6–0 | Ronnie Baxter |
88.35 | £182,000 | £44,000 | £22,000 | ||
| 2001 | John Walton |
95.55 | 6–2 | Ted Hankey |
94.86 | £189,000 | £46,000 | £23,000 | ||
| 2002 |  Tony David |
93.57 | 6–4 | Mervyn King |
89.67 | £197,000 | £48,000 | £24,000 | ||
| 2003 | Raymond van Barneveld (3) |
94.86 | 6–3 | Ritchie Davies |
90.66 | £205,000 | £50,000 | £25,000 | ||
| 2004 | Andy Fordham |
97.08 | 6–3 | Mervyn King |
91.02 | £201,000 | £50,000 | £25,000 | Lakeside Country Club | |
| 2005 | Raymond van Barneveld (4) |
96.78 | 6–2 | Martin Adams |
91.35 | £201,000 | £50,000 | £25,000 | ||
| 2006 | Jelle Klaasen |
90.42 | 7–5 | Raymond van Barneveld |
93.06 | £211,000 | £60,000 | £25,000 | ||
| 2007 | Martin Adams |
90.30 | 7–6 | Phill Nixon |
87.09 | £226,000 | £70,000 | £30,000 | ||
| 2008 | Mark Webster |
92.07 | 7–5 | Simon Whitlock |
93.92 | £246,000 | £85,000 | £30,000 | ||
| 2009 | Ted Hankey (2) |
91.46 | 7–6 | Tony O'Shea |
90.54 | £256,000 | £95,000 | £30,000 | ||
| 2010 | Martin Adams (2) |
95.01 | 7–5 | Dave Chisnall |
93.42 | £261,000 | £100,000 | £30,000 | ||
| 2011 | Martin Adams (3) |
92.13 | 7–5 | Dean Winstanley |
89.08 | £261,000 | £100,000 | £30,000 | ||
| 2012 | Christian Kist |
90.00 | 7–5 | Tony O'Shea |
87.78 | £258,000 | £100,000 | £30,000 | ||
| 2013 | Scott Waites |
86.43 | 7–1 | Tony O'Shea |
81.90 | £261,000 | £100,000 | £30,000 | ||
| 2014 | Stephen Bunting |
96.18 | 7–4 | Alan Norris |
92.19 | £300,000 | £100,000 | £35,000 | ||
| 2015 | Scott Mitchell |
92.61 | 7–6 | Martin Adams |
92.55 | £300,000 | £100,000 | £35,000 | ||
| 2016 | Scott Waites (2) |
87.54 | 7–1 | Jeff Smith |
84.99 | £300,000 | £100,000 | £35,000 | ||
| 2017 | Glen Durrant |
93.48 | 7–3 | Danny Noppert |
93.30 | £300,000 | £100,000 | £35,000 | ||
| 2018 | Glen Durrant (2) |
93.97 | 7–6 | Mark McGeeney |
86.31 | £300,000 | £100,000 | £35,000 | ||
| 2019 | Glen Durrant (3) |
95.19 | 7–3 | Scott Waites |
91.38 | £300,000 | £100,000 | £35,000 | ||
| 2020 | Wayne Warren |
93.72 | 7–4 | Jim Williams |
94.53 | £127,000 | £23,000 | £10,000 | Indigo at The O2, London | BDO |
Women's
[change | change source]| Year | Champion | Av. | Score | Runner-Up | Av. | Prize Money | Venue | Sponsor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Ch. | R.-Up | ||||||||
| 2001 | Trina Gulliver |
83.97 | 2–1 | Mandy Solomons |
79.11 | £8,000 | £4,000 | £2,000 | Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey |
Embassy |
| 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 | £2,000 | Lakeside Country Club | |
| 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
[change | change source]| Year | Champion | Av. | Score | Runner-Up | Av. | Prize Money | Venue | Sponsor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Ch. | R.-Up | ||||||||
| 1986 | Mark Day |
N/a | 3–1 | Lee Woodrow |
N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey |
Embassy |
| 1987 | Rowan Barry |
N/a | 3–2 |  Harith Lim |
N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | ||
| 2015 | Colin Roelofs |
76.41 | 3–0 | Harry Ward |
70.68 | £10,000 | £5,000 | £2,000 | Lakeside Country Club | |
| 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 | Killian Heffernan |
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
[change | change source]Finalists
[change | change source]| 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 | ||
| Killian Heffernan |
0 | 1 | ||
| Lee Woodrow |
0 | 1 | ||
| Harith Lim |
0 | 1 | ||
Averages
[change | change source]| 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
[change | change source]- ↑ "BDO era comes to an end as counties join UKDA". dartsnews.com. 8 September 2020.
- ↑ "Development of World Rankings Criteria For 2021 – WDF". dartswdf.com. World Darts Federation. 15 September 2020.