1982_BDO_World_Darts_Championship

1982 BDO World Darts Championship

1982 BDO World Darts Championship

Darts tournament

The 1982 Embassy World Darts Championship was the fifth year that the British Darts Organisation had staged a world championship. For the fourth successive year, the tournament was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent.

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The event saw Scotland's first World Darts Champion, when Jocky Wilson defeated John Lowe in the final. Wilson was making his first final appearance while Lowe was contesting in his fourth final in five years. Wilson would win the match 5-3 and claim the £6,500 first prize.

The tournament's reigning champion Eric Bristow suffered a shock first round exit to Northern Ireland's Steve Brennan, who then defeated Dave Whitcombe to reach the quarter-finals, losing to Stefan Lord.

Seeds

  1. England Eric Bristow
  2. England John Lowe
  3. England Cliff Lazarenko
  4. Scotland Jocky Wilson
  5. England Tony Brown
  6. England Bobby George
  7. Wales Leighton Rees
  8. Sweden Stefan Lord

Prize money

The prize fund was £27,400.

Champion: £6,500
Runner-Up: £3,000
3rd Place: £500
Semi-Finalists (2): £1,500
Quarter-Finalists (4): £1,000
Last 16 (8): £600
Last 32 (16): £350

There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £600.

The results

Last 32

First round (best of 3 sets)
9–10 January 		Second round (best of 3 sets)
11–12 January 		Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets)
13–14 January 		Semi-finals (best of 7 sets)
15 January 		Final (best of 9 sets)
16 January
               
1 England Eric Bristow 74.91 0
Northern Ireland Steve Brennan 78.42 2
  Northern Ireland Steve Brennan 91.98 2
England Dave Whitcombe 95.49 0
  England Dave Whitcombe 83.76 2
Singapore Paul Lim 78.90 0
Northern Ireland Steve Brennan 80.61 0
8 Sweden Stefan Lord 81.42 4
8 Sweden Stefan Lord 81.33 2
England Les Capewell 80.04 0
8 Sweden Stefan Lord 76.47 2
Belgium Luc Marreel 74.58 1
  Scotland Alistair Forrester 76.59 1
Belgium Luc Marreel 74.13 2
8 Sweden Stefan Lord 81.66 0
4 Scotland Jocky Wilson 89.46 4
5 England Tony Brown 81.30 2
United States John Kramer 73.86 0
5 England Tony Brown 71.13 0
United States Dave Miller 77.19 2
  Australia Gordon Allpress 81.42 1
United States Dave Miller 80.85 2
United States Dave Miller 78.36 0
4 Scotland Jocky Wilson 89.46 4
4 Scotland Jocky Wilson 90.81 2
Scotland Rab Smith 78.78 0
4 Scotland Jocky Wilson 83.16 2
Wales Alan Evans 80.73 1
  Wales Alan Evans 81.63 2
Canada Bob Sinnaeve 81.09 1
4 Scotland Jocky Wilson 89.79 5
2 England John Lowe 84.18 3
2 England John Lowe 82.11 2
England Bill Lennard 70.41 0
2 England John Lowe 88.20 2
England Joe Dodd 81.87 0
  England Joe Dodd 77.73 2
Australia Tim Brown 76.50 1
2 England John Lowe 90.81 4
Australia Terry O'Dea 84.99 1
7 Wales Leighton Rees 81.03 0
Scotland Angus Ross 81.90 2
  Scotland Angus Ross 83.64 0
Australia Terry O'Dea 81.96 2
  Australia Terry O'Dea 93.06 2
Australia Kevin White 83.25 0
2 England John Lowe 85.59 4
6 England Bobby George 79.11 1
6 England Bobby George 80.49 2
England Alan Glazier 75.48 1
6 England Bobby George 77.46 2
England Doug McCarthy 75.69 1
  United States Jerry Umberger 69.03 0
England Doug McCarthy 69.81 2
6 England Bobby George 80.25 4
United States Nicky Virachkul 78.57 1
3 England Cliff Lazarenko 64.29 2
Denmark Finn Jensen 56.46 0
3 England Cliff Lazarenko 78.06 0
United States Nicky Virachkul 85.41 2
  United States Nicky Virachkul 68.88 2
Canada Ray Kippari 66.93 1

Third-place match

References

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    "The World Championship of Darts". Learnaboutdarts.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
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    Ralph Hickok (16 January 2010). "History – World Darts Champions". HickokSports.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
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