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
Organisation(s)	BDO
Format	Sets Finals: best of 11 (men's) best of 3 (women's)
Prize fund	£201,000
Winners share	£50,000
High checkout	Ritchie Davies (161)
Champion(s)
Andy Fordham Trina Gulliver

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 (97.08) 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

Total Prize fund was £201,000 (plus a £51,000 bonus for a nine-dart finish - not won)

• Champion £50,000
• Runner-up £25,000
• Semi-finalists £11,000
• Quarter-finalists £6,000
• 2nd round losers £4,250
• 1st round losers £2,750
• Highest checkout £2,000

Seeds

Men

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

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

Final (Best of 11 sets) Sunday January 11th
(97.08) Andy Fordham	6-3	Mervyn King (91.02)
Highest Checkout:	1-3, 3-1, 3-0, 3-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-1, 3-2, 3-2	Highest Checkout:
Andy Fordham wins the 2004 Lakeside World Darts Championship