2011 BDO World Darts Championship

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Lakeside World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates1–9 January 2011
Venue Lakeside Country Club
Location Frimley Green, Surrey
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Organisation(s) BDO
Format Sets
Finals:
best of 13 (men's)
best of 3 (women's)
Prize fund£329,000
Winner's share£100,000 (men's)
£10,000 (women's)
High checkout170 Flag of England.svg Gary Robson
Champion(s)
Flag of England.svg Martin Adams
Flag of England.svg Trina Gulliver
«2010 2012»

The 2011 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 34th World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 26th staging at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green. Martin Adams was the defending men's champion, having won the title for the second time in the previous year's final against Dave Chisnall.

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Adams became the first to successfully defend his BDO title since Raymond van Barneveld in 1999, as he beat Dean Winstanley, who is one of only a handful of players to reach the final at their first attempt. The final score was 7–5 in sets which saw Martin Adams retain the championship. Trina Gulliver successfully defended her Women's world title having beaten Rhian Edwards in a repeat of the 2010 final. It was Gulliver's ninth title. [1]

Arguably the two standout matches of the tournament were Adams's victory over John Walton in the second round - the match going all the way to a sudden death leg - and Jan Dekker's comeback victory over Garry Thompson which was reminiscent of Chris Mason's comeback against Adams twelve years earlier (much like Adams in that match, Thompson missed nine darts at double to reach the semi-final).

Players from around the globe competed to reach the BBC televised finals, which run from 1–9 January at Frimley Green.

Format and qualifiers

Men's

The televised stages featured 32 players. The top 16 players in the Lakeside Table over the 2009/10 season were seeded for the tournament. Other places were made up of other qualifiers from the Lakeside Table, a number of qualifying spaces from the International Qualifiers (held in Hull on 28 October), and spaces for the 2008 & 2009 champions and 2010 semi-finalists if not already qualified and still eligible for the tournament. The draw took place on 12 November.

For the first time since the tournament's inception Australia was a notable absentee without any players involved.

This left England and Scotland as the only countries to be represented in each BDO World Championship since the very beginning.

Top 16
  1. Flag of England.svg Martin Adams
  2. Flag of England.svg Stuart Kellett
  3. Flag of England.svg Dean Winstanley
  4. Flag of England.svg Steve West
  5. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joey ten Berge
  6. Flag of England.svg Scott Waites
  7. Flag of Scotland.svg Ross Montgomery
  8. Flag of England.svg Tony O'Shea
  9. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Willy van de Wiel
  10. Flag of England.svg Garry Thompson
  11. Flag of England.svg Brian Woods
  12. Flag of Scotland.svg Mark Barilli
  13. Flag of England.svg Gary Robson
  14. Flag of England.svg Robbie Green
  15. Flag of England.svg Scott Mitchell
  16. Flag of England.svg Dave Prins
Other qualifiers
  1. Flag of England.svg Martin Atkins
  2. Flag of England.svg Stephen Bunting
  3. Flag of England.svg Darryl Fitton
  4. Flag of England.svg Alan Norris
  5. Flag of England.svg John Walton
  6. Flag of England.svg Ross Smith
  7. Flag of England.svg Tony West
  8. Flag of England.svg Steve Douglas
  9. Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall
  10. Flag of England.svg Ted Hankey
  11. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Martin Phillips
Hull qualifiers
  1. Flag of England.svg Shaun Griffiths
  2. Flag of Scotland.svg Alan Soutar
  3. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Dekker
  4. Flag of Germany.svg Arno Merk
  5. Flag of England.svg Andy Boulton

Women's

The televised stages featured 8 players. The top 4 players in the Lakeside Table over the 2009/10 season will be seeded for the tournament. Other places were made up of other qualifiers from the Lakeside Table, a number of qualifying spaces from the International Qualifiers ( held in Hull on 28 October), and spaces for the 2008 & 2009 champions and 2010 finalists if not already qualified and eligibled for the tournament. The draw took place on 12 November.

Top 4
  1. Flag of England.svg Trina Gulliver
  2. Flag of England.svg Deta Hedman
  3. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Julie Gore
  4. Flag of Russia.svg Irina Armstrong
Hull qualifiers
  1. Flag of England.svg Lorraine Farlam
  2. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Patricia De Peuter
  3. Flag of England.svg Wendy Reinstadtler
Other qualifiers
  1. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Rhian Edwards

Prize money

[2] [3]

Men's Champion: £100,000
Runner-Up: £30,000
Semi-Finalists (2): £11,000
Quarter-Finalists (4): £6000
Last 16 (8): £4250
Last 32 (16): £3000

There was also a shared 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £3000.

Women's Champion: £10,000 (up from £6,000)
Runner-Up: £2,000
Semi-Finalists (2): £1,000
Quarter-Finalists (4): £500

The total prize fund was £329,000 – a £4000 increase on last year. All levels of prize money remained the same as 2010 (except for the Ladies winner).

Draw

Men's

First Round (best of 5 sets)Second round (best of 7)Quarter-Finals (best of 9)Semi-Finals (best of 11)Final (best of 13)
               
1 Flag of England.svg Martin Adams 92.523
Flag of England.svg Tony West 86.581
1 Flag of England.svg Martin Adams 92.494
Flag of England.svg John Walton 92.043
16 Flag of England.svg Dave Prins 76.861
Flag of England.svg John Walton 81.153
1 Flag of England.svg Martin Adams 90.275
Flag of England.svg Ross Smith 87.361
8 Flag of England.svg Tony O'Shea 84.241
Flag of England.svg Ross Smith 84.393
Flag of England.svg Ross Smith 84.034
9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Willy van de Wiel 81.631
9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Willy van de Wiel 86.733
Q Flag of Scotland.svg Alan Soutar 88.441
1 Flag of England.svg Martin Adams 90.906
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Martin Phillips 85.894
4 Flag of England.svg Steve West 84.392
Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall 86.523
Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall 91.171
13 Flag of England.svg Gary Robson 90.544
13 Flag of England.svg Gary Robson 87.783
Flag of England.svg Steve Douglas 86.640
13 Flag of England.svg Gary Robson 87.934
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Martin Phillips 86.975
5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joey ten Berge 86.523
Q Flag of England.svg Shaun Griffiths 82.740
5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joey ten Berge 82.413
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Martin Phillips 83.584
12 Flag of Scotland.svg Mark Barilli 76.650
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Martin Phillips 86.073
1 Flag of England.svg Martin Adams 92.137
3 Flag of England.svg Dean Winstanley 89.085
2 Flag of England.svg Stuart Kellett 94.353
Flag of England.svg Darryl Fitton 87.910
2 Flag of England.svg Stuart Kellett 79.591
Q Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Dekker 82.294
15 Flag of England.svg Scott Mitchell 81.390
Q Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Dekker 84.933
Q Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Dekker 87.785
10 Flag of England.svg Garry Thompson 86.674
7 Flag of Scotland.svg Ross Montgomery 82.021
Flag of England.svg Alan Norris 86.013
Flag of England.svg Alan Norris 78.122
10 Flag of England.svg Garry Thompson 79.954
10 Flag of England.svg Garry Thompson 78.063
Q Flag of Germany.svg Arno Merk 70.021
Q Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Dekker 85.922
3 Flag of England.svg Dean Winstanley 89.916
3 Flag of England.svg Dean Winstanley 89.913
Flag of England.svg Martin Atkins 92.402
3 Flag of England.svg Dean Winstanley 89.254
14 Flag of England.svg Robbie Green 85.981
14 Flag of England.svg Robbie Green 90.253
Q Flag of England.svg Andy Boulton 83.180
3 Flag of England.svg Dean Winstanley 91.745
Flag of England.svg Stephen Bunting 90.931
6 Flag of England.svg Scott Waites 91.173
Flag of England.svg Ted Hankey 85.080
6 Flag of England.svg Scott Waites 86.852
Flag of England.svg Stephen Bunting 89.794
11 Flag of England.svg Brian Woods 91.230
Flag of England.svg Stephen Bunting 94.623

Women's

Quarter-finals
1–2 January
Semi-finals
6 January
Final
7 January
         
1 Flag of England.svg Trina Gulliver 84.272
Flag of England.svg Wendy Reinstadtler 70.290
1 Flag of England.svg Trina Gulliver 77.012
4 Flag of Russia.svg Irina Armstrong 73.860
4 Flag of Russia.svg Irina Armstrong 71.522
Flag of England.svg Lorraine Farlam 71.520
1 Flag of England.svg Trina Gulliver 73.952
WC Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Rhian Edwards 73.860
2 Flag of England.svg Deta Hedman 66.242
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Patricia De Peuter 64.001
2 Flag of England.svg Deta Hedman 60.840
WC Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Rhian Edwards 68.852
3 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Julie Gore 67.951
WC Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Rhian Edwards 75.992

Television coverage

The tournament was again broadcast by BBC Sport, who have done so every year since its inception. Colin Murray reprised his role as host, after taking over from Ray Stubbs in 2010, Bobby George was again the main pundit, hosting with Colin Murray for live and afternoon coverage sometimes joining Rob Walker for the highlight shows, Bobby George has been the BBC main darts pundit since the early 2000s. Rob Walker, the Master of Ceremonies at BBC's snooker events and host of the BBC's 2009 Winmau World Masters continued to present the late night highlights and Darts Extra through the night on BBC2.

The commentary team was headed by David Croft, who has been commentating for the BBC since 2003 and Vassos Alexander, making his Lakeside debut covering for the ill Tony Green. Guest commentators included Martin Adams and Tony O'Shea.

Most of the weekend coverage was shown live on either BBC One or BBC Two, included both semi finals and the final itself. All other matches were shown live via the BBC's interactive coverage on its Red Button service.

References

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