Stefan Lord

Stefan Lord
Personal information
Born	(1954-12-04) 4 December 1954 (age 70) Stockholm, Sweden
Home town	Pattaya, Thailand
Darts information
Playing darts since	1970
Darts	24g Winmau
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"The Final Countdown" by Europe
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1974–1991
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship	Third Place: 1982
World Masters	Semi-finals: 1981
Other tournament wins
Tournament	Years
Denmark Open News of the World Tournament WDF Europe Cup Pairs Swedish Open	1977 1978, 1980 1980, 1982, 1988 1983

Stefan Lord (born 4 December 1954) is a Swedish former professional darts player ^[1] who competed in events of the British Darts Organisation (BDO) in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and is one of the country's most successful players.

Career

He competed at ten BDO World Darts Championships with his best run coming in 1982 where he finished in third place, beating Bobby George 2-1. He played in the first ever World Championship in 1978, reaching the semi-finals, losing to John Lowe. His final World Championship appearance came in 1988, losing in the first round to Paul Lim.

He also reached in semi finals of the Winmau World Masters in 1981 and won the News of the World Darts Championship twice in 1978 and 1980, ^[2] becoming the first (and only) overseas player to win the tournament and one of seven players to win it more than once. He finished runner-up in the 1983 North American Open.

Lord left the BDO in 1991.

World Championship results

BDO

• 1978: Semi-finals (lost to John Lowe 4–8) (legs)
• 1979: 2nd round (lost to Rab Smith 1–2) (sets)
• 1980: 1st round (lost to Bill Lennard 1–2)
• 1981: 1st round (lost to Kevin White 1–2)
• 1982: Semi-finals (lost to Jocky Wilson 0–4)
• 1983: Quarter-finals (lost to Tony Brown 1–4)
• 1984: 2nd round (lost to Mike Gregory 1–4)
• 1985: 2nd round (lost to Cliff Lazarenko 0–3)
• 1986: 1st round (lost to Jocky Wilson 0–3)
• 1988: 1st round (lost to Paul Lim 0–3)

Career finals

Independent major finals: 2 (2 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	1978	News of the World Championship (1)	John Coward	2–0 (l)
Winner	2.	1980	News of the World Championship (2)	Dave Whitcombe	2–0 (l)

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
BDO World Championship	NYF			SF	2R	1R	1R	SF	QF	2R	2R	1R	DNP	1R	DNP
World Masters	2R	DNP	3R	2R	3R	4R	SF	3R	2R	2R	1R	3R	2R	DNP	2R
British Matchplay	NYF	DNP		QF	DNP
Butlins Grand Masters	NYF		DNP	1R	QF	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	DNP		NH
MFI World Matchplay	Not held									1R	Did not play				NH
News of the World Darts Championship	???	1R	???	W	1R	W	QF	???					1R	???

WDF majors performances

Tournament	Event	World Cup 1977	Euro Cup 1978	World Cup 1979	Euro Cup 1980	World Cup 1981	Euro Cup 1982	World Cup 1983	Euro Cup 1984	World Cup 1985	Euro Cup 1986	World Cup 1987	Euro Cup 1988	World Cup 1989
WDF World Cup & WDF Europe Cup	Singles	L32	QF	L32	Prelim.	L32	L16	QF	Prelim.	L32	L32	QF	L32	L64
	Pairs	L16	?	?	W	?	W	L32	Prelim.	?	SF	?	W	L32
	Team	SF	QF	QF	QF	SF	SF	SF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	L16
	Overall	6th	6th	8th	RU	4th	RU	5th	10th	6th	5th	6th	RU	17th

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Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	RU	Runner-up	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR L#	Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held			NYF	Not yet founded

References

1. Darts Database: Stefan Lord, accessed 6 October 2010
2. The News of the World Darts Championship
3. "WDF World Cup". MasterCaller. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
4. "WDF Europe Cup". MasterCaller. Retrieved 27 November 2025.

External links

• Official website (archived) (in Swedish)
• Profile and stats on Darts Database