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1988 BDO World Darts Championship

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Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates9–17 January 1988
VenueLakeside Country Club
LocationFrimley Green, Surrey[1]
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)BDO
FormatSets
Final – best of 11
Prize fund£71,600
Winner's share£16,000
High checkout164 Wales Alan Evans
Champion(s)
England Bob Anderson[2]
«1987 1989»

The 1988 Embassy World Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey between 9 and 17 January 1988. The tournament was won by the number 1 seed, Bob Anderson, who played to a high level throughout the week.

Seeds

  1. England Bob Anderson
  2. England John Lowe
  3. England Eric Bristow
  4. Canada Bob Sinnaeve
  5. England Mike Gregory
  6. Scotland Jocky Wilson
  7. England Cliff Lazarenko
  8. England Dave Whitcombe

Prize money

The prize fund was £85,600.

Champion: £16,000
Runner-Up: £8,000
Semi-Finalists (2): £4,000
Quarter-Finalists (4): £2,200
Last 16 (8): £1,600
Last 32 (16): £1,000

There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £1,000.

The Results

First Round (best of 5 sets) Second Round (best of 5 sets) Quarter-Finals (best of 7 sets) Semi-Finals (best of 9 sets) Final (best of 11 sets)
               
1 England Bob Anderson (97.38) 3
Netherlands Bert Vlaardingerbroek (87.30) 1
1 England Bob Anderson (97.20) 3
Australia Russell Stewart (87.96) 0
  Australia Russell Stewart (86.43) 3
Belgium Johnny Deley (77.16) 1
1 England Bob Anderson (98.43) 4
England Peter Evison (94.29) 0
8 England Dave Whitcombe (83.76) 1
England Peter Evison (85.11) 3
  England Peter Evison (83.40) 3
Northern Ireland Fred McMullan (83.67) 0
  Northern Ireland Fred McMullan (83.31) 3
Finland Tapani Uitos (75.90) 0
1 England Bob Anderson (97.62) 5
United States Rick Ney (85.05) 0
5 England Mike Gregory (83.85) 0
Wales Chris Johns (85.50) 3
  Wales Chris Johns (86.49) 1
United States Rick Ney (89.52) 3
  United States Rick Ney (86.82) 3
Sweden Magnus Caris (83.46) 1
  United States Rick Ney (85.80) 4
England Dennis Hickling (84.03) 1
4 Canada Bob Sinnaeve (82.41) 3
Australia Horrie Seden (84.27) 2
4 Canada Bob Sinnaeve (86.25) 0
England Dennis Hickling (85.83) 3
  England Dennis Hickling (82.77) 3
Scotland Robert MacKenzie (81.51) 2
1 England Bob Anderson (92.70) 6
2 England John Lowe (92.07) 4
2 England John Lowe (93.48) 3
England Keith Deller (80.07) 1
2 England John Lowe (80.70) 3
Singapore Paul Lim (81.84) 1
  Singapore Paul Lim (88.53) 3
Sweden Stefan Lord (79.83) 0
2 England John Lowe (93.90) 4
England Paul Reynolds (89.61) 3
7 England Cliff Lazarenko (85.92) 3
United States Tony Payne (86.76) 1
7 England Cliff Lazarenko (84.48) 2
England Paul Reynolds (86.85) 3
  England Paul Reynolds (90.78) 3
Sweden Lars Erik Karlsson (81.24) 0
2 England John Lowe (89.73) 5
3 England Eric Bristow (90.03) 2
6 Scotland Jocky Wilson (89.13) 3
Australia Terry O'Dea (85.89) 1
6 Scotland Jocky Wilson (90.06) 3
Wales Alan Evans (84.15) 2
  Wales Alan Evans (88.89) 3
Canada Danny MacInnis (75.93) 0
6 Scotland Jocky Wilson (86.97) 2
3 England Eric Bristow (88.80) 4
3 England Eric Bristow (87.12) 3
Northern Ireland Ray Farrell (84.06) 1
3 England Eric Bristow (87.99) 3
England Ritchie Gardner (84.12) 0
  England Ritchie Gardner (82.08) 3
England Arnie Bunn (82.17) 0

Malcolm Davies of Wales who broke his hand was replaced by Terry O'Dea of Australia in the first round

References

  1. ^ "The World Championship of Darts". Learnaboutdarts.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  2. ^ Ralph Hickok (16 January 2010). "History - World Darts Champions". HickokSports.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2011.