1984 BDO World Darts Championship explained

Tournament Name:Embassy World Darts Championship
Dates:31 December 1983 – 7 January 1984
Venue:Jollees Cabaret Club[1]
Location:Stoke-on-Trent
Country:England
Organisation:BDO
Format:Sets
Final – best of 13
Prize Fund:£38,500
Winners Share:£9,000
High Checkout:161 Eric Bristow
Malcolm Davies
Peter Locke
John Lowe
Jocky Wilson
Winner: Eric Bristow[2]
Prev:1983
Next:1985

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

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

  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

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The World Championship of Darts . Learnaboutdarts.com . 3 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101218152148/http://www.learnaboutdarts.com/world-championship-of-darts.htm . 18 December 2010 . dead .
  2. Web site: Ralph Hickok . History – World Darts Champions . HickokSports.com . 16 January 2010 . 3 February 2011 . https://archive.today/20121209090856/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/wdartschampions.shtml . 9 December 2012 . dead . dmy-all .