2019 BDO World Trophy explained

Tournament Name:	BDO World Trophy
Dates:	30 August - 1 September 2019
Venue:	King George's Hall
Location:	Blackburn
Country:	England
Organisation:	BDO
Format:	Legs Finals: best of 15 (men) best of 11 (women)
Prize Fund:	£34,000 (men) £13,500 (women)
Winners Share:	£8,000 (men) £3,000 (women)
High Checkout:	170 Andy Hamilton (Men's second round)
Winner:	Jim Williams (men) Lisa Ashton (women)
Prev:	2018

The 2019 BDO World Trophy was a major darts tournament run by the British Darts Organisation. It was held between 30 August and 1 September 2019 at King George's Hall, Blackburn, England.^[1]

Glen Durrant and Fallon Sherrock were the defending champions, after beating Michael Unterbuchner (10–7) and Lorraine Winstanley (6–3) respectively in the finals of last year's edition. However, Durrant was unable to defend his title after his switch to the PDC, while Sherrock lost 4–3 to Mikuru Suzuki in the first round.

Jim Williams claimed his maiden major title by beating Richard Veenstra 8–6 in the men's final, while Lisa Ashton won her third World Trophy after a 6–2 win over Anastasia Dobromyslova in the women's final.

Competitors

Men

Top 16 in BDO Rankings

1. Richard Veenstra (runner-up)
2. Jim Williams (champion)
3. Wesley Harms (quarter-finals)
4. Scott Mitchell (second round)
5. Michael Unterbuchner (first round)
6. Dave Parletti (first round)
7. Gary Robson (first round)
8. Scott Waites (first round)
9. Wayne Warren (second round)
10. Willem Mandigers (second round)
11. Chris Landman (first round)
12. Mario Vandenbogaerde (second round)
13. Ross Montgomery (first round)
14. Andy Hamilton (second round)
15. Derk Telnekes (first round)
16. Kyle McKinstry (first round)

17–20 in BDO Rankings

World Master

• Adam Smith-Neale (first round)

Regional Qualifiers

• Joe Chaney (quarter-finals)
• Roger Janssen (quarter-finals)
• Mark McGrath (semi-finals)
• Sebastian Steyer (semi-finals)
• Paul Hogan (first round)
• Brian Løkken (first round)
• Justin Thompson (first round)

Play-Off Qualifiers

• Scott Taylor (second round)
• Martin Adams (first round)
• Carl Hamilton (first round)
• John Scott (first round)

Draw bracket

The draws were made on 4 August 2019 at the BDO AGM.^[2]

Women

Top 8 in BDO Rankings

1. Lisa Ashton (champion)
2. Lorraine Winstanley (semi-finals)
3. Deta Hedman (first round)
4. Aileen de Graaf (semi-finals)
5. Fallon Sherrock (first round)
6. Anastasia Dobromyslova (runner-up)
7. Laura Turner (quarter-finals)
8. Trina Gulliver (first round)

9–14 in BDO Rankings

Play-Off Qualifiers

• Priscilla Steenbergen (first round)
• Kirsty Hutchinson (first round)

Draw bracket

References

1. Web site: BDO WORLD TROPHY. BDO. 5 August 2019.
2. Web site: BDO WORLD TROPHY: THE DRAWS. BDO. 5 August 2019.