1986 BDO World Darts Championship

Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates4–11 January 1986
VenueLakeside Country Club
LocationFrimley Green, Surrey[1]
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)BDO
FormatSets
Final – best of 11
Prize fund£52,500
Winner's share£12,000
High checkout161 Australia Terry O'Dea
Champion(s)
England Eric Bristow[2]
«1985 1987»

The 1986 Embassy World Darts Championship was held between 4–11 January 1986. For the first time, the tournament was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey, having been held at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent for the previous seven years. The Lakeside became the third venue in the history of the World Championship.

Eric Bristow completed a hat-trick of World titles to bring his overall tally to five. He would appear in four more finals – but this was to be his last World title.

Prize money

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Total Prize fund rose by £9,500 to £52,500 (plus a £51,000 bonus for a nine-dart finish – not won)

  • Champion £12,000
  • Runner-up £6,000
  • Semi-finalists £3,000
  • Quarter-finalists £1,700
  • 2nd round losers £1,200
  • 1st round losers £650
  • Non-qualifiers £175
  • Highest checkout £1,000

Seeds

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  1. England Eric Bristow
  2. England John Lowe
  3. England Dave Whitcombe
  4. England Cliff Lazarenko
  5. England Keith Deller
  6. Scotland Jocky Wilson
  7. England Bob Anderson
  8. Northern Ireland Steve Brennan

The results

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First round draw took place at the Lakeside on 5 November 1985.

Preliminary round

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Last 32

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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 Eric Bristow (89.85) 3
Wales Alan Evans (78.45) 1
1 England Eric Bristow (94.44) 3
Wales Malcolm Davies (90.69) 0
  Wales Malcolm Davies (83.07) 3
Australia Russell Stewart (82.56) 1
1 England Eric Bristow (94.74) 4
Wales Peter Locke (90.51) 0
8 Northern Ireland Steve Brennan (80.28) 1
Singapore Paul Lim (81.39) 3
  Singapore Paul Lim (81.06) 0
Wales Peter Locke (84.48) 3
  Wales Peter Locke (88.98) 3
Canada Bill Steinke (76.74) 0
1 England Eric Bristow (92.04) 5
England Alan Glazier (82.56) 3
5 England Keith Deller (88.05) 3
England Mike Gregory (83.76) 0
5 England Keith Deller (84.84) 1
England Alan Glazier (79.38) 3
  England Alan Glazier (79.83) 3
Canada Bob Sinnaeve (76.17) 1
  England Alan Glazier (80.46) 4
Australia Terry O'Dea (78.18) 3
4 England Cliff Lazarenko (86.52) 2
England Dave Lee (85.35) 3
  England Dave Lee (68.04) 0
Australia Terry O'Dea (81.36) 3
  Australia Terry O'Dea (92.64) 3
England Ritchie Gardner (84.12) 1
1 England Eric Bristow (94.48) 6
3 England Dave Whitcombe (90.46) 0
2 England John Lowe (89.04) 3
Scotland Robert MacKenzie (84.48) 1
2 England John Lowe (86.37) 3
Northern Ireland Fred McMullan (80.49) 1
  Northern Ireland Fred McMullan (81.36) 3
Scotland Willie Mands (76.65) 1
2 England John Lowe (93.15) 3
7 England Bob Anderson (90.33) 4
7 England Bob Anderson (86.94) 3
England Bobby George (80.76) 0
7 England Bob Anderson (89.58) 3
Finland Kari Saukkonen (72.00) 0
  Finland Kari Saukkonen (73.71) 3
Belgium Willy Logie (73.53) 1
7 England Bob Anderson (87.75) 4
3 England Dave Whitcombe (89.49) 5
6 Scotland Jocky Wilson (82.17) 3
Sweden Stefan Lord (79.83) 0
6 Scotland Jocky Wilson (91.23) 3
England Vic Hubbard (78.78) 0
  England Vic Hubbard (81.24) 3
United States Tony Payne (80.16) 1
6 Scotland Jocky Wilson (87.48) 2
3 England Dave Whitcombe (90.84) 4
3 England Dave Whitcombe (84.78) 3
Finland Arto Lintunen (81.48) 1
3 England Dave Whitcombe (83.16) 3
Wales Ceri Morgan (82.32) 2
  Wales Ceri Morgan (88.08) 3
United States Dan Valletto (82.86) 0

1986 BDO World Youth Championship

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Seeds

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  1. England Mark Day
  2. Scotland Sean Bell
  3. England Lee Woodrow
  4. Australia Rowan Barry

Results

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Quarter-finals (best of 3 sets)

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Semi-finals (best of 3 sets)

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Final (best of 5 sets)

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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.