2004 BDO World Darts Championship

Lakeside World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	3–11 January 2004
Venue	Lakeside Country Club
Location	Frimley Green, Surrey
Country	England, United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	BDO
Format	Sets Finals: best of 11 (men's) best of 3 (women's)
Prize fund	£201,000
Winner's share	£50,000
High checkout	161 Ritchie Davies
Champion(s)
Andy Fordham
«2003 2005»

The 2004 Lakeside World Darts Championship was the first World Darts Championship held after Imperial Tobacco were forced to withdraw their sponsorship. UK government legislation had banned tobacco companies from attaching their brands to sporting events from 2003.

The tournament had been previously known as the Embassy World Championship for 26 years since its inception in 1978. Bob Potter, owner of the Lakeside Country Club which hosts the event, stepped in to become the new title sponsor of the event. The prize fund for 2004 matched the previous year, with the exception of the non-qualifiers payments which were removed.

The championship was staged between 3–11 January. Andy Fordham became a new name on the trophy after defeating defending champion, Raymond van Barneveld in the semi-final and Mervyn King in the final. Fordham hit the highest 3-dart average in the final (97.18) since the PDC/BDO split in 1993 - although Phil Taylor and Eric Bristow had each surpassed that figure twice in their previous BDO title wins.

Prize money

The prize money was £201,000 for the men's event and £10,000 for the women's event. ^[1]

Men's Champion: £50,000

Runner-Up: £25,000

Semi-Finalists (2): £11,000

Quarter-Finalists (4): £6,000

Last 16 (8): £4,250

Last 32 (16): £2,750

There was also a shared 9 Dart Checkout prize of £51,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £2,000 per event. ^[2]

Seeds

Men ^[3]

1. Raymond van Barneveld
2. Ted Hankey
3. Mervyn King
4. Tony David
5. Tony West
6. Martin Adams
7. Gary Anderson
8. John Walton

The Results

Men

Players in bold denote match winners. ^{[4] [5]}

	First Round (best of 5 sets)					Second Round (best of 5 sets)					Quarter-Finals (best of 9 sets)					Semi-Finals (best of 9 sets)					Final (best of 11 sets)
	1	Raymond van Barneveld (91.65)	3
		Peter Hunt (82.08)	1
						1	Raymond van Barneveld (98.64)	3
							Paul Hogan (89.79)	1
		Paul Hogan (83.10)	3
		Bob Taylor (77.43)	0
											1	Raymond van Barneveld (103.80)	5
											8	John Walton (92.76)	1
	8	John Walton (86.19)	3
		Tony Eccles (82.38)	2
						8	John Walton (86.07)	3
							Robert Wagner (86.16)	1
		Robert Wagner (86.58)	3
		Co Stompé (84.27)	2
																1	Raymond van Barneveld (97.71)	4
																	Andy Fordham (97.68)	5
	5	Tony West (92.31)	3
		Mick Reed (86.34)	1
						5	Tony West (89.28)	0
							Andy Fordham (93.75)	3
		Andy Fordham (92.04)	3
		Brian Derbyshire (85.17)	0
												Andy Fordham (93.57)	5
												Darryl Fitton (93.84)	4
	4	Tony David (82.26)	2
		Darryl Fitton (85.47)	3
							Darryl Fitton (95.64)	3
							James Wade (88.56)	1
		James Wade (82.11)	3
		Shaun Greatbatch (80.88)	0
																						Andy Fordham (97.18)	6
																					3	Mervyn King (90.13)	3
	2	Ted Hankey (91.98)	3
		Colin Monk (85.50)	2
						2	Ted Hankey (92.22)	3
							Stephen Bunting (81.36)	0
		Stephen Bunting (79.68)	3
		Vincent van der Voort (81.69)	2
											2	Ted Hankey (93.51)	1
												Tony O'Shea (94.92)	5
	7	Gary Anderson (85.47)	0
		Tony O'Shea (88.29)	3
							Tony O'Shea (96.33)	3
							Gary Robson (93.48)	2
		Gary Robson (87.27)	3
		Steve Coote (86.10)	2
																	Tony O'Shea (90.60)	1
																3	Mervyn King (93.48)	5
	6	Martin Adams (91.59)	2
		Ritchie Davies(91.95)	3
							Ritchie Davies(96.66)	3
							Steve Duke (96.84)	2
		Steve Duke (78.63)	3
		Albertino Essers (77.25)	1
												Ritchie Davies (97.05)	4
											3	Mervyn King (92.98)	5
	3	Mervyn King (87.42)	3
		Rick Hofstra (79.08)	1
						3	Mervyn King (89.49)	3
							Jarkko Komula (87.42)	2
		Jarkko Komula (86.28)	3
		Paul Hanvidge (84.30)	2

Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	3–11 January 2004
Venue	Lakeside Country Club
Location	Frimley Green, Surrey
Country	England, United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	BDO
Format	Sets Finals: best of 3 (women's)
Prize fund	£10,000
Winner's share	£4,000
Champion(s)
Trina Gulliver
«2003 2005»

Seeds

Women ^[6]

1. Trina Gulliver
2. Francis Hoenselaar
3. Claire Bywaters
4. Karin Krappen

Prize money

The prize money was £10,000 for the women's event. ^{[1] [7]}

Women's Champion: £4,000

Runner-Up: £2,000

Semi-Finalists (2): £1,000

Quarter-Finalists (4): £500

The Results

Women

Players in bold denote match winners. ^{[6] [8]}

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
	1	Trina Gulliver (84.60)	2
		Barbara Lee (66.36)	0
						1	Trina Gulliver (90.24)	2
						4	Karin Krappen (82.50)	0
	4	Karin Krappen (79.29)	2
		Anne Kirk (69.09)	0
											1	Trina Gulliver (89.49)	2
											2	Francis Hoenselaar (85.44)	0
	2	Francis Hoenselaar (75.51)	2
		Mieke de Boer (69.66)	0
						2	Francis Hoenselaar (82.20)	2
						3	Clare Bywaters (79.56)	1
	3	Clare Bywaters (75.51)	2
		Carina Ekberg (73.29)	0

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