1984 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1984 Embassy World Darts Championship was held from 31 December 1983 to 7 January 1984 at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent.

Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates31 December 1983 – 7 January 1984
VenueJollees Cabaret Club[1]
LocationStoke-on-Trent
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)BDO
FormatSets
Final – best of 13
Prize fund£38,500
Winner's share£9,000
High checkout161 England Eric Bristow
161 Wales Malcolm Davies
161 Wales Peter Locke
161 England John Lowe
161 Scotland Jocky Wilson
Champion(s)
England Eric Bristow[2]
«1983 1985»
1984 BDO World Darts Champion - Eric Bristow

Eric Bristow made up for his defeat against Keith Deller in the previous year's final by winning his third world title having dropped just one set in the entire tournament. He beat Finn Jensen, Rick Ney, Peter Locke and John Lowe before defeating Dave Whitcombe in the final by 7 sets to 1.

Deller suffered a shock first-round defeat to 1978 semi-finalist Nicky Virachkul, who eventually lost to Whitcombe in the quarter-finals. Whitcombe then came from 4–2 down to beat Jocky Wilson 6–5 in the semi-finals. In a famous moment at the end of the match, Wilson drunkenly fell down on the stage before congratulating Whitcombe.

Seeds

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  1.   Eric Bristow
  2.   Jocky Wilson
  3.   Dave Whitcombe
  4.   Cliff Lazarenko
  5.   John Lowe
  6.   Keith Deller
  7.   Stefan Lord
  8.   Bobby George

Prize money

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The prize fund was £36,200.

Champion: £9,000
Runner-Up: £4,000
Semi-Finalists (2): £2,250
Quarter-Finalists (4): £1,250
Last 16 (8): £750
Last 32 (16): £450

There was also a 9-Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £800.

The Results

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First Round (best of 3 sets) Second Round (best of 7 sets) Quarter-Finals (best of 9 sets) Semi-Finals (best of 11 sets) Final (best of 13 sets)
               
1   Eric Bristow (91.50) 2
  Finn Jensen (89.10) 0
1   Eric Bristow (94.50) 4
  Rick Ney (88.50) 0
    Rick Ney (82.20) 2
  Luc Marreel (82.20) 1
1   Eric Bristow (95.70) 5
  Peter Locke (85.50) 0
8   Bobby George (81.30) 1
  Malcolm Davies (80.70) 2
    Malcolm Davies (85.80) 3
  Peter Locke (89.40) 4
    Peter Locke (82.80) 2
  Russell Stewart (85.80) 0
1   Eric Bristow (93.60) 6
5   John Lowe (83.70) 0
5   John Lowe (99.00) 2
  Tony Brown (80.10) 0
5   John Lowe (87.90) 4
  John Joe O'Shea (83.70) 0
    John Joe O'Shea (74.70) 2
  Alex MacKinnon (64.20) 0
5   John Lowe (90.30) 5
  Ceri Morgan (87.30) 0
4   Cliff Lazarenko (83.10) 1
  Ceri Morgan (84.60) 2
    Ceri Morgan (83.10) 4
  Kexi Heinäharju (70.50) 1
    Kexi Heinäharju (75.60) 2
  Danny Inglis (72.60) 1
1   Eric Bristow (97.50) 7
3   Dave Whitcombe (90.60) 1
2   Jocky Wilson (93.90) 2
  Terry O'Dea (74.40) 0
2   Jocky Wilson (97.50) 4
  Alan Glazier (84.00) 0
    Alan Glazier (82.50) 2
  Rab Scott (78.00) 1
2   Jocky Wilson (92.10) 5
  Mike Gregory (85.20) 0
7   Stefan Lord (75.90) 2
  Bob Anderson (80.40) 0
7   Stefan Lord (78.30) 1
  Mike Gregory (87.60) 4
    Mike Gregory (89.40) 2
  Paul Lim (79.20) 0
2   Jocky Wilson (90.90) 5
3   Dave Whitcombe (91.50) 6
6   Keith Deller (84.00) 1
  Nicky Virachkul (78.30) 2
    Nicky Virachkul (80.40) 4
  Gerry Haywood (71.70) 0
    Gerry Haywood (78.90) 2
  Owen Thomas (69.90) 0
  Nicky Virachkul (79.50) 0
3   Dave Whitcombe (85.50) 5
3   Dave Whitcombe (81.90) 2
  Bob Sinnaeve (78.30) 0
3   Dave Whitcombe (88.80) 4
  Steve Brennan (84.60) 1
    Steve Brennan (78.60) 2
  Kevin White (81.00) 1

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.