1996 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1996 Embassy World Professional Darts Championship was held from 1–7 January 1996 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey and was won by the number six seed Steve Beaton. Beaton, who suffered a first round loss in the previous two World Championships as the number one seed, defeated Co Stompé, 1994 champion John Part, and future champions Martin Adams and Andy Fordham before beating defending champion Richie Burnett 6–3 in sets in the final.

Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates1–7 January 1996
VenueLakeside Country Club
LocationFrimley Green, Surrey
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Organisation(s)BDO
FormatSets
Final – best of 11
Prize fund£150,000
Winner's share£36,000
High checkout161 Richie Burnett
161 Martin Adams
Champion(s)
Steve Beaton[1]
«1995 1997»

Seeds
  1. Richie Burnett
  2. Andy Fordham
  3. Martin Adams
  4. Mike Gregory
  5. Raymond van Barneveld
  6. Steve Beaton
  7. Colin Monk
  8. Kevin Painter

Prize money

The prize money was £145,200.

Champion: £36,000
Runner-Up: £18,000
Semi-Finalists (2): £8,400
Quarter-Finalists (4): £4,200
Last 16 (8): £3,200
Last 32 (16): £2,000

There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £1,600.

The results
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 Richie Burnett (93.75) 3
Wayne Weening (85.38) 0
1 Richie Burnett (87.99) 3
Roland Scholten (81.12) 1
  Roland Scholten (83.79) 3
Mark Salmon (78.84) 0
1 Richie Burnett (90.69) 4
Ronnie Baxter (92.88) 2
8 Kevin Painter (83.97) 2
Ronnie Baxter (85.56) 3
  Ronnie Baxter (95.97) 3
Alan Brown (86.55) 1
  Alan Brown (84.90) 3
Andreas Krockel (82.20) 1
1 Richie Burnett (90.66) 5
Les Wallace (87.81) 2
5 Raymond van Barneveld (94.23) 3
Leo Laurens (86.10) 0
5 Raymond van Barneveld (92.16) 1
Matt Clark (95.04) 3
  Matt Clark (86.85) 3
Paul Hogan (87.21) 2
  Matt Clark (86.01) 1
Les Wallace (88.29) 4
4 Mike Gregory (86.73) 0
Les Wallace (95.46) 3
  Les Wallace (96.93) 3
Ian Brand (89.70) 0
  Ian Brand (92.40) 3
Bob Taylor (70.89) 0
1 Richie Burnett (88.05) 3
6 Steve Beaton (90.27) 6
2 Andy Fordham (88.74) 3
Chris Mason (79.74) 0
2 Andy Fordham (89.01) 3
Andy Jenkins (89.25) 2
  Andy Jenkins (79.23) 3
Bruno Raes (72.99) 0
2 Andy Fordham (88.44) 4
7 Colin Monk (81.84) 1
7 Colin Monk (79.11) 3
Charlie Gaile (77.61) 0
7 Colin Monk (79.98) 3
Per Skau (79.68) 2
  Per Skau (92.97) 3
Eric Burden (85.50) 0
2 Andy Fordham (93.87) 3
6 Steve Beaton (92.52) 5
6 Steve Beaton (95.10) 3
Co Stompé (90.78) 0
6 Steve Beaton (97.44) 3
John Part (89.19) 0
  John Part (84.90) 3
Paul Williams (86.31) 2
6 Steve Beaton (99.48) 4
3 Martin Adams (97.98) 1
3 Martin Adams (93.57) 3
Darren Webster (88.26) 1
3 Martin Adams (87.03) 3
Geoff Wylie (82.56) 2
  Geoff Wylie (89.28) 3
Roger Carter (85.86) 1

References
  1. Staff (20 July 2002), "History of Embassy Darts", BBC Sports, retrieved 23 February 2011
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