1988 BDO World Darts Championship

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Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates9–17 January 1988
Venue Lakeside Country Club
Location Frimley Green, Surrey [1]
Country England
Organisation(s) BDO
Format Sets
Final best of 11
Prize fund£71,600
Winner's share£16,000
High checkout164 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Alan Evans
Champion(s)
Flag of England.svg Bob Anderson [2]
«1987 1989»

The 1988 Embassy World Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey between 9 and 17 January 1988. The tournament was won by the number 1 seed, Bob Anderson, who played to a high level throughout the week, averaging over 90 in all of his games and over 97 in all but one.

Contents

Seeds

  1. Flag of England.svg Bob Anderson
  2. Flag of England.svg John Lowe
  3. Flag of England.svg Eric Bristow
  4. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bob Sinnaeve
  5. Flag of England.svg Mike Gregory
  6. Flag of Scotland.svg Jocky Wilson
  7. Flag of England.svg Cliff Lazarenko
  8. Flag of England.svg Dave Whitcombe

Prize money

The prize fund was £69,600.

Champion: £16,000
Runner-Up: £8,000
Semi-Finalists (2): £4,000
Quarter-Finalists (4): £2,200
Last 16 (8): £1,600
Last 32 (16): £1,000

There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £1,000.

The results

First Round (best of 5 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 Bob Anderson (97.38)3
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bert Vlaardingerbroek (87.30)1
1 Flag of England.svg Bob Anderson (97.20)3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Russell Stewart (87.96)0
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Russell Stewart (86.43)3
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Johnny Deley (77.16)1
1 Flag of England.svg Bob Anderson (98.43)4
Flag of England.svg Peter Evison (94.29)0
8 Flag of England.svg Dave Whitcombe (83.76)1
Flag of England.svg Peter Evison (85.11)3
  Flag of England.svg Peter Evison (83.40)3
Ulster Banner.svg Fred McMullan (83.67)0
  Ulster Banner.svg Fred McMullan (83.31)3
Flag of Finland.svg Tapani Uitos (75.90)0
1 Flag of England.svg Bob Anderson (97.62)5
Flag of the United States.svg Rick Ney (85.05)0
5 Flag of England.svg Mike Gregory (83.85)0
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Chris Johns (85.50)3
  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Chris Johns (86.49)1
Flag of the United States.svg Rick Ney (89.52)3
  Flag of the United States.svg Rick Ney (86.82)3
Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Caris (83.46)1
  Flag of the United States.svg Rick Ney (85.80)4
Flag of England.svg Dennis Hickling (84.03)1
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bob Sinnaeve (82.41)3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Horrie Seden (84.27)2
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bob Sinnaeve (86.25)0
Flag of England.svg Dennis Hickling (85.83)3
  Flag of England.svg Dennis Hickling (82.77)3
Flag of Scotland.svg Robert MacKenzie (81.51)2
1 Flag of England.svg Bob Anderson (92.70)6
2 Flag of England.svg John Lowe (92.07)4
2 Flag of England.svg John Lowe (93.48)3
Flag of England.svg Keith Deller (80.07)1
2 Flag of England.svg John Lowe (80.70)3
Flag of Singapore.svg Paul Lim (81.84)1
  Flag of Singapore.svg Paul Lim (88.53)3
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Lord (79.83)0
2 Flag of England.svg John Lowe (93.90)4
Flag of England.svg Paul Reynolds (89.61)3
7 Flag of England.svg Cliff Lazarenko (85.92)3
Flag of the United States.svg Tony Payne (86.76)1
7 Flag of England.svg Cliff Lazarenko (84.48)2
Flag of England.svg Paul Reynolds (86.85)3
  Flag of England.svg Paul Reynolds (90.78)3
Flag of Sweden.svg Lars Erik Karlsson (81.24)0
2 Flag of England.svg John Lowe (89.73)5
3 Flag of England.svg Eric Bristow (90.03)2
6 Flag of Scotland.svg Jocky Wilson (89.13)3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Terry O'Dea (85.89)1
6 Flag of Scotland.svg Jocky Wilson (90.06)3
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Alan Evans (84.15)2
  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Alan Evans (88.89)3
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Danny MacInnis (75.93)0
6 Flag of Scotland.svg Jocky Wilson (86.97)2
3 Flag of England.svg Eric Bristow (88.80)4
3 Flag of England.svg Eric Bristow (87.12)3
Ulster Banner.svg Ray Farrell (84.06)2
3 Flag of England.svg Eric Bristow (87.99)3
Flag of England.svg Ritchie Gardner (84.12)0
  Flag of England.svg Ritchie Gardner (82.08)3
Flag of England.svg Arnie Bunn (82.17)0

Malcolm Davies of Wales who broke his hand was replaced by Terry O'Dea of Australia in the first round

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.