1984 BDO World Darts Championship

Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	31 December 1983 – 7 January 1984
Venue	Jollees Cabaret Club [1]
Location	Stoke-on-Trent
Country	England
Organisation(s)	BDO
Format	Sets Final – best of 13
Prize fund	£38,500
Winner's share	£9,000
High checkout	161 Eric Bristow 161 Malcolm Davies 161 Peter Locke 161 John Lowe 161 Jocky Wilson
Champion(s)
Eric Bristow [2]
«1983 1985»

1984 BDO World Darts Champion - Eric Bristow

The 1984 Embassy World Darts Championship was held from 31 December 1983 to 7 January 1984 at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent.

Eric Bristow made up for his defeat against Keith Deller in the previous year's final by winning his third world title having dropped just one set in the entire tournament. He beat Finn Jensen, Rick Ney, Peter Locke and John Lowe before defeating Dave Whitcombe in the final by 7 sets to 1.

Deller suffered a shock first-round defeat to 1978 semi-finalist Nicky Virachkul, who eventually lost to Whitcombe in the quarter-finals. Whitcombe then came from 4–2 down to beat Jocky Wilson 6–5 in the semi-finals. In a famous moment at the end of the match, Wilson drunkenly fell down on the stage before congratulating Whitcombe.

Seeds

1. Eric Bristow
2. Jocky Wilson
3. Dave Whitcombe
4. Cliff Lazarenko
5. John Lowe
6. Keith Deller
7. Stefan Lord
8. Bobby George

Prize money

The prize fund was £36,200.

Champion: £9,000

Runner-Up: £4,000

Semi-Finalists (2): £2,250

Quarter-Finalists (4): £1,250

Last 16 (8): £750

Last 32 (16): £450

There was also a 9-Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £800.

The Results

	First Round (best of 3 sets)					Second Round (best of 7 sets)					Quarter-Finals (best of 9 sets)					Semi-Finals (best of 11 sets)					Final (best of 13 sets)
	1	Eric Bristow (91.50)	2
		Finn Jensen (89.10)	0
						1	Eric Bristow (94.50)	4
							Rick Ney (88.50)	0
		Rick Ney (82.20)	2
		Luc Marreel (82.20)	1
											1	Eric Bristow (95.70)	5
												Peter Locke (85.50)	0
	8	Bobby George (81.30)	1
		Malcolm Davies(80.70)	2
							Malcolm Davies (85.80)	3
							Peter Locke (89.40)	4
		Peter Locke (82.80)	2
		Russell Stewart (85.80)	0
																1	Eric Bristow (93.60)	6
																5	John Lowe (83.70)	0
	5	John Lowe (99.00)	2
		Tony Brown (80.10)	0
						5	John Lowe (87.90)	4
							John Joe O'Shea (83.70)	0
		John Joe O'Shea (74.70)	2
		Alex MacKinnon (64.20)	0
											5	John Lowe (90.30)	5
												Ceri Morgan (87.30)	0
	4	Cliff Lazarenko (83.10)	1
		Ceri Morgan (84.60)	2
							Ceri Morgan (83.10)	4
							Kexi Heinäharju (70.50)	1
		Kexi Heinäharju (75.60)	2
		Danny Inglis (72.60)	1
																					1	Eric Bristow (97.50)	7
																					3	Dave Whitcombe (90.60)	1
	2	Jocky Wilson (93.90)	2
		Terry O'Dea (74.40)	0
						2	Jocky Wilson (97.50)	4
							Alan Glazier (84.00)	0
		Alan Glazier (82.50)	2
		Rab Scott (78.00)	1
											2	Jocky Wilson (92.10)	5
												Mike Gregory (85.20)	0
	7	Stefan Lord (75.90)	2
		Bob Anderson (80.40)	0
						7	Stefan Lord (78.30)	1
							Mike Gregory (87.60)	4
		Mike Gregory (89.40)	2
		Paul Lim (79.20)	0
																2	Jocky Wilson (90.90)	5
																3	Dave Whitcombe (91.50)	6
	6	Keith Deller (84.00)	1
		Nicky Virachkul (78.30)	2
							Nicky Virachkul (80.40)	4
							Gerry Haywood (71.70)	0
		Gerry Haywood(78.90)	2
		Owen Thomas (69.90)	0
												Nicky Virachkul (79.50)	0
											3	Dave Whitcombe (85.50)	5
	3	Dave Whitcombe (81.90)	2
		Bob Sinnaeve (78.30)	0
						3	Dave Whitcombe (88.80)	4
							Steve Brennan (84.60)	1
		Steve Brennan (78.60)	2
		Kevin White (81.00)	1

References

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