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1981 BDO World Darts Championship

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1981 Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates10–17 January 1981
VenueJollees Cabaret Club[1]
LocationStoke-on-Trent
Country England
Organisation(s)BDO
FormatSets
Final – best of 9
Prize fund£23,300
Winner's share£5,500
High checkout170 England Tony Brown
Champion(s)
England Eric Bristow[2]
«1980 1982»
1981 BDO World Darts Champion - Eric Bristow

The 1981 Embassy World Darts Championship was the fourth year that the British Darts Organisation had staged a world championship. The field was expanded from 24 to 32 players, the format which would remain for many years. For the third successive year the tournament was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent.

Eric Bristow was back to defend his title and would face John Lowe the champion of two years previously in the final. The final was the best of nine sets, but there was a break scheduled after three sets where the third-fourth place play-off match would be held.

Lowe ran away with the first two sets without dropping a leg and took the first leg in the third set before Bristow finally got onto the scoreboard. The "Crafty Cockney" held on to take that third set to go into the break just one set behind. As in the previous year's final, Bristow edged ahead to lead 4–3 in sets and Lowe (as Bobby George did in 1980) had darts to take the match into a final set. However Lowe missed three attempts at double ten and Bristow took out double four to win the title for the second year running.

Seeds

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Prize money

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The prize fund was £22,800.

Champion: £5,500
Runner-Up: £2,500
3rd Place: £600
Semi-Finalists (2): £1,200
Quarter-Finalists (4): £750
Last 16 (8): £500
Last 32 (16): £300

There was also a 9-Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £500.

Results

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Preliminary round

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A best of three sets preliminary round match took place between Steve Brennan of Ireland and Wayne Lock of Wales, as they were tied on the rankings.

Player Score Player
Wayne Lock Wales 2 – 1 Republic of Ireland Steve Brennan

Last 32

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First round (best of 3 sets)
10–11 January
Second round (best of 3 sets)
12–13 January
Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets)
14–15 January
Semi-finals (best of 7 sets)
16 January
Final (best of 9 sets)
17 January
               
1 England Eric Bristow 94.89 2
Australia Terry O'Dea 82.29 0
1 England Eric Bristow 84.96 2
16 England Dave Whitcombe 79.23 0
16 England Dave Whitcombe 88.02 2
England Charlie Ellix 72.09 0
1 England Eric Bristow 90.33 4
8 United States Nicky Virachkul 79.14 0
8 United States Nicky Virachkul 83.34 2
England Tony Sontag 84.93 1
8 United States Nicky Virachkul 79.59 2
9 Scotland Rab Smith 81.48 0
9 Scotland Rab Smith 86.91 2
Q Wales Wayne Lock 78.75 1
1 England Eric Bristow 89.43 4
5 England Cliff Lazarenko 83.46 1
5 England Cliff Lazarenko 78.42 2
Canada Alan Hudson 57.18 0
5 England Cliff Lazarenko 95.16 2
United States Jerry Umberger 77.82 0
12 United States Len Heard 65.64 0
United States Jerry Umberger 80.52 2
5 England Cliff Lazarenko 86.70 4
4 England Bobby George 81.93 0
4 England Bobby George 86.49 2
Scotland Alistair Forrester 75.27 0
4 England Bobby George 80.76 2
Wales Tony Clark 75.12 0
13 England Bill Lennard 79.92 1
Wales Tony Clark 81.57 2
1 England Eric Bristow 85.95 5
3 England John Lowe 81.36 3
2 England Tony Brown 82.47 2
England Paul Gosling 79.44 1
2 England Tony Brown 79.05 2
15 Belgium Luc Marreel 76.68 0
15 Belgium Luc Marreel 74.58 2
Denmark Jan Larsen 65.52 1
2 England Tony Brown 78.09 4
7 Scotland Jocky Wilson 73.26 2
7 Scotland Jocky Wilson 84.54 2
Australia Gordon Allpress 76.83 1
7 Scotland Jocky Wilson 79.89 2
Australia Kevin White 81.06 1
10 Sweden Stefan Lord 69.51 1
Australia Kevin White 67.56 2
2 England Tony Brown 88.50 1
3 England John Lowe 90.39 4
6 Wales Ceri Morgan 86.79 2
England Doug McCarthy 86.01 1
6 Wales Ceri Morgan 79.41 2
11 Wales Leighton Rees 76.86 1
11 Wales Leighton Rees 85.35 2
Australia Tim Brown 83.13 0
6 Wales Ceri Morgan 80.97 3
3 England John Lowe 82.80 4
3 England John Lowe 93.72 2
Scotland Angus Ross 79.11 0
3 England John Lowe 77.49 2
14 Canada Allan Hogg 71.61 1
14 Canada Allan Hogg 70.59 2
England Les Capewell 72.75 0

Third place match (best of 3 sets) England Cliff Lazarenko (5) 75.06 2– 1 Tony Brown (2) 75.42 England

References

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  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.