BDO World Trophy

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BDO World Trophy
Tournament information
VenueKing George's Hall
LocationBlackburn
CountryEngland
Established2014
Organisation(s)BDO category Major / WDF category Special
FormatLegs
Prize fund£78,000 (men), £22,000 (women)
Final Year2019
Current champion(s)
Wales Jim Williams (men)
England Lisa Ashton (women)

The BDO World Trophy was a major darts tournament run by the British Darts Organisation, hosted originally in February 2014 at Blackpool Tower, before it was held in May from 2016–18 in various locations. In 2019, it was held in King George's Hall in Blackburn with a three-year contract for the event to be televised by Eurosport. The tournament was organized by BDO Events, the commercial arm of the British Darts Organisation.[1]

History[edit]

The first World Trophy was held in February 2014 at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool. The Event marked the first BDO major event since the split in darts to not feature the BDO World Champion as Stephen Bunting joined the Professional Darts Corporation once he won the Lakeside Championship in 2014.

Final Results and statistics[edit]

Year Champion Av. Score Runner-Up Av. Prize Money Venue Sponsor
Total Champion Runner-up
2014 England James Wilson 90.95 13 – 11 Scotland Ross Montgomery 90.20 £80,000 £30,000 £12,000 Blackpool Tower, Blackpool Daily Mirror
2015 Belgium Geert De Vos 86.30 10 – 9 Netherlands Jeffrey de Graaf 88.20 £40,000 £10,000 £5,000 Event City, Manchester Winmau
2016 England Darryl Fitton 87.84 13 – 9 Australia Peter Machin 81.19 £78,000 £20,000 £10,000 Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green SportsDirect.com
2017 Australia Peter Machin 91.07 10 – 8 Wales Martin Phillips 86.24 £38,000 £8,000 £4,000 Memo Arts Centre, Barry
2018 England Glen Durrant 97.00 10 – 7 Germany Michael Unterbuchner 95.67 £34,000 £8,000 £4,000 Preston Guild Hall, Preston Winmau
2019 Wales Jim Williams 85.36 8 – 6 Netherlands Richard Veenstra 84.67 £34,750 £8,000 £4,000 King George's Hall, Blackburn One80, L-style

Finalists[edit]

Player Won Runner-up
Australia Peter Machin 1 1
England Glen Durrant 1 0
England Darryl Fitton 1 0
Belgium Geert De Vos 1 0
Wales Jim Williams 1 0
England James Wilson 1 0
Netherlands Jeffrey de Graaf 0 1
Scotland Ross Montgomery 0 1
Wales Martin Phillips 0 1
Germany Michael Unterbuchner 0 1
Netherlands Richard Veenstra 0 1

Averages[edit]

Ten highest BDO World Trophy one-match averages[2]
Average Player Year (+ Round) Opponent Result
104.60 England Scott Taylor 2019, Last 32 Netherlands Derk Telnekes 5–3
104.55 England Glen Durrant 2016, Last 16 Lithuania Darius Labanauskas 3-7
103.59 England Glen Durrant 2017, QF Netherlands Wesley Harms 4-7
103.44 England Glen Durrant 2015, Last 32 Czech Republic Karel Sedláček 6-1
102.90 England Glen Durrant 2018, Last 16 England Tony O'Shea 6-1
102.24 Scotland Ross Montgomery 2018, Last 16 Scotland Ryan Hogarth 6-2
101.43 Lithuania Darius Labanauskas 2016, Last 16 England Glen Durrant 7-3
100.77 Netherlands Wesley Harms 2017, Last 32 Japan Yuya Higuchi 6-2
100.29 Australia Peter Machin 2017, QF England Martin Adams 7-4
100.27 England Glen Durrant 2018, QF Lithuania Darius Labanauskas 7-5
Five highest losing averages
Average Player Year (+ Round) Opponent Result
104.55 England Glen Durrant 2016, Last 16 Lithuania Darius Labanauskas 3-7
103.59 England Glen Durrant 2017, QF Netherlands Wesley Harms 4-7
99.83 Belgium Mario Vandenbogaerde 2019, Last 16 Belgium Roger Janssen 3-5
98.95 Wales Wayne Warren 2019, Last 16 England Daniel Day 4-5
98.88 Belgium Geert de Vos 2016, Last 16 England Jamie Hughes 6-7
Different players with a 100+ match average - updated 4/9/2019
Player Total Highest Av. Year (+ Round)
England Glen Durrant 5 104.55 2016, Last 16
England Scott Taylor 1 104.60 2019, Last 32
Scotland Ross Montgomery 1 102.24 2018, Last 16
Lithuania Darius Labanauskas 1 101.43 2016, Last 16
Netherlands Wesley Harms 1 100.77 2017, Last 32
Australia Peter Machin 1 100.29 2017, QF
Five highest tournament averages (min 3 matches)
Average Player Year
100.59 England Glen Durrant 2017
99.47 England Glen Durrant 2018
97.20 England Glen Durrant 2015
95.51 Netherlands Wesley Harms 2017
93.83 Lithuania Darius Labanauskas 2015

Women's Championship[edit]

Finals
Year Champion Av. Score Runner-Up Av. Prize Money Venue Sponsor
Total Champion Runner-up
2014 Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 73.41 9 – 7 England Lisa Ashton 72.00 £14,400 £6,000 £2,400 Blackpool Tower, Blackpool Daily Mirror
2015 England Lisa Ashton 77.67 7 – 5 Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 73.89 £10,500 £3,000 £1,500 Event City, Manchester Winmau
2016 England Lisa Ashton 83.54 7 – 4 England Deta Hedman 77.13 £22,000 £4,000 £2,000 Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green SportsDirect.com
2017 Netherlands Aileen de Graaf 67.32 6 – 2 Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 67.11 £22,000 £4,000 £2,000 Memo Arts Centre, Barry
2018 England Fallon Sherrock 94.22 6 – 3 England Lorraine Winstanley 84.77 £13,500 £3,000 £1,500 Preston Guild Hall, Preston Winmau
2019 England Lisa Ashton 81.04 6 – 2 Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 78.82 £8,500 £2,000 £1,000 King George's Hall, Blackburn One80, L-style
Finalists
Player Won Runner-up
England Lisa Ashton 3 1
Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 1 3
Netherlands Aileen de Graaf 1 0
England Fallon Sherrock 1 0
England Deta Hedman 0 1
England Lorraine Winstanley 0 1

Averages[edit]

Ten highest BDO World Trophy one-match averages[3]
Average Player Year (+ Round) Opponent Result
98.85 England Lisa Ashton 2016, QF Australia Corrine Hammond 5–1
94.22 England Fallon Sherrock 2018, F England Lorraine Winstanley 6-3
91.65 England Fallon Sherrock 2018, SF England Roz Bulmer 5-0
88.41 England Fallon Sherrock 2015, Last 16 England Paula Jacklin 4-0
88.41 Wales Rhian Griffiths 2017, Last 16 England Lorraine Winstanley 4-0
88.17 Japan Mikuru Suzuki 2019, Last 16 England Fallon Sherrock 4-3
88.13 Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 2019, QF England Maria O'Brien 4-1
87.39 England Lisa Ashton 2015, QF England Zoe Jones 5-0
87.08 England Lorraine Winstanley 2019, Last 16 England Kirsty Hutchinson 4-3
86.94 England Lisa Ashton 2019, QF England Casey Gallagher 4-2
Five highest losing averages
Average Player Year (+ Round) Opponent Result
84.77 England Lorraine Winstanley 2018, Final England Fallon Sherrock 3-6
84.42 England Kirsty Hutchinson 2019, Last 16 England Lorraine Winstanley 3-4
82.86 Netherlands Aileen de Graaf 2019, SF England Lisa Ashton 4-5
82.56 England Lisa Ashton 2017, Last 16 Netherlands Anca Zijlstra 3-4
81.64 Netherlands Aileen de Graaf 2018, Last 16 England Maria O'Brien 3-4
Five highest tournament averages (min 3 matches)
Average Player Year
84.15 England Fallon Sherrock 2018
83.63 Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 2019
83.34 England Fallon Sherrock 2015
82.82 England Lisa Ashton 2016
81.69 England Lisa Ashton 2015

Sponsors[edit]

The tournament has been sponsored by the Daily Mirror, Winmau and SportsDirect.com. From 2019, the tournament's sponsors have been One80 and L-style

Sponsor Year
Daily Mirror 2014
Winmau 2015
2018
SportsDirect.com 2016
One80 2019
L-style 2019

Media coverage[edit]

The BDO World Trophy was broadcast live and in its entirety by Eurosport for the first two events. After an issue with partner De:Luxe sports group the 2016 event ended up being shown on Dave in 2016. FrontRunner broadcast some of the 2017 event. A new TV channel has been found for the 2018 event when it was announced that Premier Sports will show all 5 days action. Eurosport showed the last edition of the World Trophy in 2019.

Broadcaster Years
Eurosport 2014
2015
Dave 2016
FrontRunner 2017
Premier Sports 2018
Eurosport 2019

References[edit]

  1. ^ "BDO Events -". BDO Events.
  2. ^ dartsdatabase.co.uk Archived 2019-01-19 at the Wayback Machine; best winning averages
  3. ^ dartsdatabase.co.uk Archived 2019-01-19 at the Wayback Machine; best winning averages