1985 BDO World Darts Championship

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Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates5–12 January 1985
Venue Jollees Cabaret Club
Location Stoke-on-Trent
CountryEngland
Organisation(s) BDO
Format Sets
Final – best of 11
Prize fund£43,000
Winner's share£10,000
High checkout170 Flag of England.svg John Lowe
Champion(s)
Flag of England.svg Eric Bristow
«1984 1986»

The 1985 Embassy World Darts Championship was the 8th World Professional Championships. The tournament was held between 5 and 12 January. It was the seventh and final time that the tournament was held at the Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent, as the tournament organisers, the British Darts Organisation, decided to move the event to the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey, from 1986. The Jollees Cabaret Club closed in 1992, due to losing money, not reopening until 2016. [1]

Contents

Eric Bristow went into the tournament as defending champion and was almost beaten in the first round by Ken Summers. Summers had won the first set and was two legs to nil in front and left on 68 to pull off a major surprise. After hitting single 20 and single 16, he threw a potential match-winning dart at double sixteen just inside the wire of the single. Bristow then came back to win the match. [2] Bristow went on to win his fourth World Title, extending his own record for victories. John Lowe suffered defeat in the final for the fourth time, failing to add to his only previous title – won in 1979.

Keith Deller, champion two years previously, set a new record for becoming the first player to average over 100 with his three darts during a match at the World Championship. His average of 100.30 was not enough to win his quarter-final against John Lowe, who averaged 97.83. Bristow almost matched this record in his semi-final victory over Dave Whitcombe. Bristow fell just short of a hundred, with an average of 99.66. In the final against Lowe, Bristow exactly equalled the then record for the highest average in a World Championship final, of 97.50, from the previous year's final of Bristow vs. Whitcombe.

Prize money

Total Prize fund was £43,000 (plus a £51,000 bonus for a nine-dart finish – not won)

Seeds

  1. Flag of England.svg Eric Bristow
  2. Flag of England.svg John Lowe
  3. Flag of England.svg Mike Gregory
  4. Flag of Scotland.svg Jocky Wilson
  5. Flag of England.svg Dave Whitcombe
  6. Flag of England.svg Cliff Lazarenko
  7. Flag of England.svg Dave Lee
  8. Ulster Banner.svg Steve Brennan

Results

First Round (best of 3 sets)Second Round (best of 5 sets)Quarter-Finals (best of 7 sets)Semi-Finals (best of 9 sets)Final (best of 11 sets)
               
1 Flag of England.svg Eric Bristow (86.46)2
Flag of England.svg Ken Summers (81.75)1
1 Flag of England.svg Eric Bristow (90.54)3
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Willy Logie (84.57)0
  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Willy Logie (81.27)2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bob Sinnaeve (82.29)1
1 Flag of England.svg Eric Bristow (91.71)4
Flag of England.svg Alan Glazier (80.70)0
8 Ulster Banner.svg Steve Brennan (83.64)2
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ceri Morgan (81.06)1
8 Ulster Banner.svg Steve Brennan (86.13)2
Flag of England.svg Alan Glazier (94.68)3
  Flag of England.svg Alan Glazier (84.51)2
Flag of the United States.svg Jerry Umberger (82.41)0
1 Flag of England.svg Eric Bristow (99.66)5
5 Flag of England.svg Dave Whitcombe (97.02)2
5 Flag of England.svg Dave Whitcombe (87.81)2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex MacKinnon (69.63)0
5 Flag of England.svg Dave Whitcombe (97.14)3
Flag of England.svg Bob Anderson (91.86)1
  Flag of England.svg Bob Anderson (88.65)2
Flag of Finland.svg Arto Lintunen (85.95)1
5 Flag of England.svg Dave Whitcombe (94.92)4
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Jocky Wilson (95.52)3
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Jocky Wilson (76.56)2
Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Masson (75.42)0
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Jocky Wilson (88.86)3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Russell Stewart (83.82)1
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Russell Stewart (82.53)2
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Leighton Rees (78.45)1
1 Flag of England.svg Eric Bristow (97.50)6
2 Flag of England.svg John Lowe (93.12)2
2 Flag of England.svg John Lowe (85.86)2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Terry O'Dea (81.36)1
2 Flag of England.svg John Lowe (84.54)3
Flag of England.svg John Cosnett (72.75)0
  Flag of England.svg John Cosnett (77.28)2
Flag of England.svg Rab Scott (75.63)0
2 Flag of England.svg John Lowe (98.09)4
Flag of England.svg Keith Deller (100.30)2
7 Flag of England.svg Dave Lee (85.35)1
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Luc Marreel(83.94)2
  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Luc Marreel (81.48)0
Flag of England.svg Keith Deller (91.29)3
  Flag of England.svg Keith Deller (79.32)2
Flag of the United States.svg Nicky Virachkul (73.80)0
2 Flag of England.svg John Lowe (95.55)5
6 Flag of England.svg Cliff Lazarenko (92.67)3
6 Flag of England.svg Cliff Lazarenko (89.22)2
Flag of Singapore.svg Paul Lim (83.16)0
6 Flag of England.svg Cliff Lazarenko (96.90)3
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Lord (90.21)0
  Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Lord (81.90)2
Flag of Finland.svg Tapani Uitos (77.28)1
6 Flag of England.svg Cliff Lazarenko (78.27)4
Ulster Banner.svg Fred McMullan (73.98)0
3 Flag of England.svg Mike Gregory (86.79)0
Flag of England.svg Bobby George (87.21)2
  Flag of England.svg Bobby George (89.01)1
Ulster Banner.svg Fred McMullan (93.06)3
  Ulster Banner.svg Fred McMullan (80.55)2
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Peter Locke (81.03)0

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References

  1. "Jollees Cabaret Club". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  2. 1985 World Final Youtube (1st round match at 5:45) YouTube