1980 BDO World Darts Championship
The 1980 Embassy World Darts Championship was the third year that the British Darts Organisation had staged a world championship. Again the field was 24 players, with the top seeds receiving a bye to the last 16 stage. For the second successive year the tournament was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent.
1980 Embassy World Darts Championship | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 2–9 February 1980 | ||
Venue | Jollees Cabaret Club[1] | ||
Location | Stoke-on-Trent | ||
Country | England | ||
Organisation(s) | BDO | ||
Format | Sets Final – best of 9 | ||
Prize fund | £15,000 | ||
Winner's share | £4,500 | ||
High checkout | 161 Tony Sontag Terry O'Dea | ||
Champion(s) | |||
Eric Bristow[2] | |||
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Defending champion John Lowe, who had released a book The Lowe Profile just before the event suffered a surprise defeat 0–2 to Cliff Lazarenko saying afterwards "If you miss your doubles in this one, you must expect to go out." Eric Bristow was then immediately installed as favourite to win the event and would meet another flamboyant character of the game in the final – Bobby George.
George, who was not invited to the qualifiers the previous year appeared in a sequined shirt and when arriving on the stage was presented with a candelabra to complete a Liberace effect. He also made the early running in the final leading 1–0, 2–1 and 3–2. The first six sets all went to a deciding leg until Bristow won the seventh 3–1 to establish a 4–3 set lead. In the next set at 2–2 in legs, George had a golden opportunity to level the match and take it to a decider, but bust his score and nonchalantly threw his third dart into the board before putting his darts into his top pocket in anticipation of Bristow checking out to win the title. Bristow did so.
Seeds
Prize money
The prize fund was £15,000.
- Champion: £4,500
- Runner-Up: £2,000
- 3rd Place: £500
- Semi-Finalists (2): £1,000
- Quarter-Finalists (4): £500
- Last 16 (8): £300
- Last 24 (8): £200
Results
First round Best of 3 sets |
Second round Best of 3 sets |
Quarter-finals Best of 5 sets |
Semi-finals Best of 7 sets |
Final Best of 9 sets | |||||||||||||||||||
Paul Gosling 77.79 | 0 | 1 | John Lowe 86.43 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Cliff Lazarenko 81.40 | 2 | Cliff Lazarenko 89.04 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cliff Lazarenko 86.79 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Ceri Morgan 86.70 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Allan Hogg 72.21 | 1 | 8 | Ceri Morgan 76.38 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Alan Grant 77.19 | 2 | Alan Grant 71.25 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cliff Lazarenko 84.27 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Bobby George 79.89 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Len Heard 76.17 | 0 | 5 | Bobby George 91.20 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Dave Whitcombe 81.99 | 2 | Dave Whitcombe 84.15 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Bobby George 75.39 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Leighton Rees 73.59 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Rab Smith 85.02 | 1 | 4 | Leighton Rees 78.78 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Tony Sontag 84.151 | 2 | Tony Sontag 81.93 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Bobby George 86.49 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Eric Bristow 88.11 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Alan Glazier 69.33 | 0 | 2 | Eric Bristow 79.89 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Tony Clark 78.45 | 2 | Tony Clark 79.23 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Eric Bristow 81.90 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Jocky Wilson 78.90 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Conrad Daniels 77.01 | 0 | 7 | Jocky Wilson 82.11 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Doug McCarthy 74.25 | 2 | Doug McCarthy 79.14 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Eric Bristow 86.22 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Tony Brown 86.28 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Stefan Lord 78.39 | 1 | 6 | Nicky Virachkul 76.56 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Bill Lennard 75.57 | 2 | Bill Lennard 82.80 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bill Lennard 79.80 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Tony Brown 84.30 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Eric MacLean 81.72 | 1 | 3 | Tony Brown 82.50 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Terry O'Dea 82.29 | 2 | Terry O'Dea 76.77 | 0 |
References
- "The World Championship of Darts". Learnaboutdarts.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- Ralph Hickok (16 January 2010). "History – World Darts Champions". HickokSports.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2011.