2017 BDO World Darts Championship

Lakeside World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	7–15 January 2017
Venue	Lakeside Country Club
Location	Frimley Green, Surrey
Country	England, United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	BDO
Format	Sets
Prize fund	£339,000 (total)
Winner's share	£100,000 (men) £12,000 (women) £5,000 (youth)
High checkout	170 Darryl Fitton 170 Glen Durrant
Champion(s)
Glen Durrant (Men) Lisa Ashton (Women) Justin van Tergouw (Youth)
«2016 2018»

The 2017 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 40th World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 32nd staging at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green.

Format and qualifiers

The cutoff for qualification through the BDO Invitational Tables was on 30 September 2016. ^{[1] [2]} Additional qualifiers were determined in playoffs held on 30 November 2016.

Men's

Top 16(seeded) Glen Durrant (winner) Scott Mitchell (second round) Danny Noppert (runner-up) Jamie Hughes (semi-final) Martin Adams (quarter-final) Scott Waites (quarter-final) Dean Reynolds (first round) Darius Labanauskas (quarter-final) Wesley Harms (first round) Darryl Fitton (semi-final) Mark McGeeney (second round) Brian Dawson (first round) Jim Williams (second round) Richard Veenstra (second round) Geert De Vos (quarter-final) Martin Phillips (first round)

17–24 in BDO rankings(first round) Tony O'Shea (first round) Ross Montgomery (first round) Wouter Vaes (first round) Nick Kenny (first round) Pip Blackwell (second round) James Hurrell (first round) Conan Whitehead (first round) Martin Atkins (first round) 25–26 in BDO rankings(preliminary round) Dennis Harbour (first round) Jimmy Hendriks (preliminary round) 2016 finalist not in top 26(preliminary round) Jeff Smith (second round)

Regional table qualifiers(preliminary round) Seigo Asada (preliminary round) Raymond Smith (first round) Dennis Nilsson (preliminary round) Ryan Joyce (first round) David Cameron (first round) Krzysztof Ratajski (second round) Craig Caldwell (preliminary round) Tom Sawyer (preliminary round) Roger Janssen (preliminary round) Playoff qualifiers(preliminary round) Paul Hogan (second round) Willem Mandigers (preliminary round) Mark McGrath (first round) Davy Van Baelen (preliminary round)

Women's

Top 8(seeded) Deta Hedman (first round) Lisa Ashton (winner) Aileen de Graaf (semi-final) Anastasia Dobromyslova (semi-final) Lorraine Winstanley (quarter-final) Trina Gulliver (quarter-final) Fallon Sherrock (quarter-final) Corrine Hammond (runner-up)

9–14 in BDO rankings Sharon Prins (first round) Rhian Griffiths (first round) Anca Zijlstra (first round) Rachel Brooks (first round) Casey Gallagher (quarter-final) Claire Brookin (first round)

Playoff qualifiers Olive Byamukama (first round) Patricia Farrell (first round)

Draw bracket

Men

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Preliminary round

All matches are the first to 3 sets. ^[4]

Av.	Player	Score	Player	Av.
81.69	(Q) Dennis Nilsson	0 – 3	Ryan Joyce (Q)	90.18
86.70	(Q) Seigo Asada	1 – 3	Jeff Smith (WC)	84.63
77.37	(Q) Roger Janssen	2 – 3	Mark McGrath (Q)	81.60
72.69	(Q) Tom Sawyer	0 – 3	Paul Hogan (Q)	85.65
88.05	(Q) Krzysztof Ratajski	3 – 2	Willem Mandigers (Q)	87.48
80.31	(Q) Raymond Smith	3 – 2	Davy Van Baelen (Q)	83.55
86.19	(Q) David Cameron	3 – 1	Jimmy Hendriks	86.40
79.74	(Q) Craig Caldwell	1 – 3	Dennis Harbour	81.99

Last 32

	First Round (best of 5 sets) 7–10 January					Second Round (best of 7 sets) 11–12 January					Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets) 13 January					Semi-finals (best of 11 sets) 14 January					Final (best of 13 sets) 15 January
	1	Glen Durrant 96.96	3
		Nick Kenny 92.64	1
						1	Glen Durrant 89.85	4
						Q	Paul Hogan 92.01	3
	16	Martin Phillips 83.61	2
	Q	Paul Hogan 91.62	3
											1	Glen Durrant 89.82	5
											8	Darius Labanauskas 87.15	2
	8	Darius Labanauskas 91.74	3
		Conan Whitehead 83.46	1
						8	Darius Labanauskas 89.37	4
						Q	Krzysztof Ratajski 86.76	3
	9	Wesley Harms 84.27	0
	Q	Krzysztof Ratajski 84.15	3
																1	Glen Durrant 96.27	6
																4	Jamie Hughes 96.93	1
	5	Martin Adams 91.74	3
	Q	Ryan Joyce 87.87	2
						5	Martin Adams 89.94	4
						WC	Jeff Smith 89.31	1
	12	Brian Dawson 87.24	2
	WC	Jeff Smith 91.71	3
											5	Martin Adams 92.55	4
											4	Jamie Hughes 91.89	5
	4	Jamie Hughes 94.38	3
		Martin Atkins 88.69	1
						4	Jamie Hughes 84.96	4
						13	Jim Williams 89.85	1
	13	Jim Williams 82.62	3
		Tony O'Shea 76.47	0
																					1	Glen Durrant 93.48	7
																					3	Danny Noppert 93.30	3
	2	Scott Mitchell 87.81	3
	Q	Mark McGrath 78.54	0
						2	Scott Mitchell 89.94	2
						15	Geert De Vos 92.28	4
	15	Geert De Vos 96.90	3
	Q	Raymond Smith 92.19	0
											15	Geert De Vos 87.12	4
											10	Darryl Fitton 89.97	5
	7	Dean Reynolds 79.26	2
		Pip Blackwell81.36	3
							Pip Blackwell 83.73	1
						10	Darryl Fitton 87.75	4
	10	Darryl Fitton 85.26	3
		Wouter Vaes 79.65	0
																10	Darryl Fitton 95.73	3
																3	Danny Noppert 93.57	6
	6	Scott Waites 90.54	3
		Dennis Harbour 89.28	1
						6	Scott Waites 88.14	4
						11	Mark McGeeney 87.03	2
	11	Mark McGeeney 90.96	3
		James Hurrell 87.75	1
											6	Scott Waites 94.41	3
											3	Danny Noppert 95.58	5
	3	Danny Noppert 98.06	3
	Q	David Cameron 86.77	1
						3	Danny Noppert 91.02	4
						14	Richard Veenstra 87.93	0
	14	Richard Veenstra 91.47	3
		Ross Montgomery 86.25	1

Women

	First Round (best of 3 sets) 7–11 January							Quarter-finals (best of 3 sets) 12 January							Semi-finals (best of 3 sets) 13 January							Final (best of 5 sets) 14 January
	1	Deta Hedman 73.62	3	2	0
		Casey Gallagher 79.86	2	3	3				Casey Gallagher 68.85	2	2
	8	Corrine Hammond 70.44	3	3				8	Corrine Hammond 70.08	3	3
	Q	Patricia Farrell 61.26	1	0											8	Corrine Hammond 72.33	3	3
	4	Anastasia Dobromyslova 85.50	0	3	3										4	Anastasia Dobromyslova 77.04	2	2
		Rhian Griffiths 86.46	3	0	1			4	Anastasia Dobromyslova 82.20	3	1	3
	5	Lorraine Winstanley 74.52	3	3				5	Lorraine Winstanley 71.76	0	3	1
		Anca Zijlstra 63.51	0	0																		8	Corrine Hammond 73.53	0	2	1
	2	Lisa Ashton 87.06	3	3																		2	Lisa Ashton 81.81	3	3	3
		Sharon Prins 74.70	2	0				2	Lisa Ashton 81.12	3	3
	7	Fallon Sherrock 78.39	3	3				7	Fallon Sherrock 76.05	1	2
	Q	Olive Byamukama 69.87	1	0											2	Lisa Ashton 85.44	3	3
	3	Aileen de Graaf 76.44	3	3											3	Aileen de Graaf 75.24	0	1
		Rachel Brooks 70.26	0	1				3	Aileen de Graaf 69.78	3	3
	6	Trina Gulliver 72.00	3	3				6	Trina Gulliver 63.99	1	2
		Claire Brookin 66.12	2	1

Youth

For the third consecutive year, a youth final was played on the Lakeside stage during the Championships. In November 2016, the Youth tournament was played down to the final two. ^[5] The final took place on 12 January, and was contested between 14 year old Nathan Girvan from Scotland and 16 year old Justin van Tergouw from the Netherlands. The format was first to three sets.

Justin van Tergouw was crowned champion, after only dropping one leg and recording a 3–0 victory, whilst throwing a three dart average of 88.20. ^{[6] [7]}

Av.	Player	Score	Player	Av.
74.55	Nathan Girvan	0 – 3	Justin van Tergouw	88.20

TV coverage

Starting from this year's World Championship Channel 4 signed a 2-year deal to broadcast both the men's and women's World Championship. ^[8] Channel 4 showed afternoon games and the first semi final. BT Sport showed the evening games and the second semi final. The final was shown on both channels.

Outside of the United Kingdom, live coverage of all matches was provided by YouTube on the BDO's own channel. ^[9]

Channel 4

It was announced in December 2016 that Rob Walker would present Channel 4's World Darts coverage. He was joined in the studio by analysts Deta Hedman and Paul Nicholson. Bobby George also featured in Channel 4's coverage, however, unlike the BBC where he was their main pundit, he instead did 'special features'. Reporters for the tournament were Seema Jaswal and Danny Crates. In a similar arrangement that the BBC had with BT Sport, they shared commentary teams. This was led by John Rawling who was joined by Vassos Alexander and Jim Proudfoot in the commentary booth.

Channel 4 had the rights to all afternoon sessions, the first men's semi final, and shared coverage of the men's final.

BT Sport

BT Sport broadcast their 3rd BDO World Darts Championships. Ray Stubbs, who presented BT Sport's coverage of darts since its inception, moved to Talksport 2 and was replaced by Matt Smith. He was joined in the studio alongside two-time Lakeside semi finalist Chris Mason who acted as their analyst throughout the championships. They shared the same commentary team as Channel 4 which was led by John Rawling, with Vassos Alexander and Jim Proudfoot also in the commentary box, alongside Mason and Paul Nicholson. Reshmin Chowdury was BT Sport's roving reporter from the Lakeside once again. BT Sport broadcast each evening session, the 2nd men's semi final and shared coverage of the final.

References

1. "Men's Invitational Table at 30/09/2016" (PDF). bdodarts.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
2. "Women's Invitational Table at 30/09/2016" (PDF). bdodarts.com. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
3. "2017 BDO World Championship Results". dartsdatabase.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
5. "Darts World Magazine" . Retrieved 10 October 2019.
6. "Lakeside 2017 Match Reports" . Retrieved 10 October 2019.
7. "Glen Durrant Wins BDO Lakeside World Professional Championship". bdodarts.com. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
8. "Channel 4 agrees two-year deal to broadcast BDO World Darts Championships". Darts TV. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
9. Ladies Darts Org [@LadiesDartsOrg] (6 January 2017). "Anyone outside the UK can watch the LAKESIDE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP via the BDO Youtube Channel" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

• BDOdarts.com
• LakesideWorldDarts.co.uk