2016 BDO World Darts Championship

The 2016 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship is the 39th World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 31st staging at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green.

Lakeside World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates2–10 January 2016
VenueLakeside Country Club
LocationFrimley Green, Surrey
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Organisation(s)BDO
FormatSets
Prize fund£339,000 (total)
Winner's share£100,000 (men)
£12,000 (women)
£5,000 (youth)
High checkout161 Scott Mitchell
161 Jeff Smith (men's)
160 Ann-Louise Peters (women's)
Champion(s)
Scott Waites (men)
Trina Gulliver (women)
Joshua Richardson (youth)
«2015 2017»

The defending men's champion was Scott Mitchell, who won his first world title in 2015, but lost in the Quarter-finals to Richard Veenstra. 2013 world champion Scott Waites won the title by defeating Jeff Smith 7-1 in the final.

Lisa Ashton was the defending women's champion, having won the previous two editions, but lost to Trina Gulliver in the Quarter-finals. Gulliver then went on to win her 10th world championship title after defeating Deta Hedman 3-2 in the final.

Format and qualifiers

Men's

On 27 November 2015, Hull qualifier Vladimir Andersen was removed from the field after being suspended by the Danish Darts Union and was replaced by Sam Hewson, the player next in line according to the rankings.[1]

Top 16 (Seeded)
  1. Glen Durrant (Quarter-final)
  2. Martin Adams (First round)
  3. Jeffrey de Graaf (First round)
  4. Jamie Hughes (Semi-final)
  5. Wesley Harms (Quarter-final)
  6. Scott Mitchell (Quarter-final)
  7. Darryl Fitton (First round)
  8. Geert De Vos (Second round)
  9. Scott Waites (Winner)
  10. Martin Phillips (Second round)
  11. Mark McGeeney (Second round)
  12. Jim Williams (Second round)
  13. Gary Robson (First round)
  14. Pip Blackwell (First round)
  15. Brian Dawson (Second round)
  16. Ryan de Vreede (First round)

17–24 in BDO Rankings (First Round Qualifiers)

  1. Ross Montgomery (First round)
  2. Dean Reynolds (First round)
  3. Dennis Harbour (Quarter final)
  4. Madars Razma (Second round)
  5. Richard Veenstra (Semi-final)
  6. Willem Mandigers (First round)
  7. Tony O'Shea (First round)
  8. Martin Atkins (Second round)

25–27 in BDO Rankings (Preliminary Round Qualifiers)

  1. Darius Labanauskas (Preliminary round)
  2. James Hurrell (Preliminary round)
  3. Ted Hankey (First round)

Standby Player (Preliminary Round Qualifier)

  1. Sam Hewson (Preliminary round)

2015 Semi-Finalist not in top 28 (Preliminary Round Qualifier)

  1. Jeff Smith (Runner-up)

Hull Qualifiers (Preliminary Round Qualifiers)

  1. John Walton (First round)
  2. Vladimir Andersen
  3. Alan Soutar (Preliminary round)
  4. Darren Peetoom (Preliminary round)

WDF Regional Qualifiers (Preliminary Round Qualifiers)

  1. Seigo Asada (First round)
  2. Rob Modra (Preliminary round)
  3. Peter Sajwani (First round)
  4. David Cameron (Preliminary round)
  5. Kostas Pantelidis (First round)
  6. Craig Caldwell (First round)
  7. Larry Butler (Second round)
  8. Matthew Medhurst (Preliminary round)

Preliminary Round

All matches are the best of 5 sets.

Av. Player Score Player Av.
92.64 Seigo Asada (Q) 3–1 Darius Labanauskas 83.70
80.79 Rob Modra (Q) 0–3 John Walton (Q) 90.06
80.58 Peter Sajwani (Q) 3–2 Sam Hewson (Alt) 74.01
85.17 David Cameron (Q) 0–3 Ted Hankey 84.99
81.90 Kostas Pantelidis (Q) 3–2 Darren Peetoom (Q) 79.71
91.20 Craig Caldwell (Q) 3–1 Alan Soutar (Q) 89.01
83.55 Larry Butler (Q) 3–2 James Hurrell 78.45
81.81 Matthew Medhurst (Q) 0–3 Jeff Smith (WC) 91.59

Last 32
First Round (best of 5 sets)
2–5 January 		Second Round (best of 7 sets)
6–7 January 		Quarter-Finals (best of 9 sets)
8 January 		Semi-Finals (best of 11 sets)
9 January 		Final (best of 13 sets)
10 January
               
1 Glen Durrant 89.66 3
Dean Reynolds 81.63 0
1 Glen Durrant 95.49 4
Q Larry Butler 83.97 0
16 Ryan de Vreede 84.84 2
Q Larry Butler 86.67 3
1 Glen Durrant 95.04 4
9 Scott Waites 95.37 5
8 Geert De Vos 88.44 3
Q Kostas Pantelidis 76.62 1
8 Geert De Vos 81.75 3
9 Scott Waites 90.75 4
9 Scott Waites 96.06 3
Willem Mandigers 87.24 0
9 Scott Waites 92.10 6
4 Jamie Hughes 82.35 1
5 Wesley Harms 88.59 3
Q Seigo Asada 88.29 2
5 Wesley Harms 85.80 4
12 Jim Williams 85.02 3
12 Jim Williams 83.31 3
Tony O'Shea 82.11 0
5 Wesley Harms 91.29 1
4 Jamie Hughes 94.11 5
4 Jamie Hughes 83.76 3
Ross Montgomery 78.90 0
4 Jamie Hughes 82.92 4
Madars Razma 79.83 1
13 Gary Robson 76.74 1
Madars Razma 79.62 3
9 Scott Waites 87.54 7
WC Jeff Smith 84.99 1
2 Martin Adams 92.13 0
WC Jeff Smith 92.58 3
WC Jeff Smith 91.83 4
15 Brian Dawson 83.22 1
15 Brian Dawson 90.78 3
Q John Walton 90.69 2
WC Jeff Smith 89.76 5
  Dennis Harbour 94.77 2
7 Darryl Fitton 90.00 2
Dennis Harbour 85.44 3
Dennis Harbour 87.51 4
10 Martin Phillips 83.88 1
10 Martin Phillips 76.08 3
Ted Hankey 71.31 0
WC Jeff Smith 91.50 6
Richard Veenstra 89.37 5
6 Scott Mitchell 92.97 3
Q Craig Caldwell 92.76 2
6 Scott Mitchell 90.63 4
11 Mark McGeeney 90.90 3
11 Mark McGeeney 84.33 3
Q Peter Sajwani 74.34 0
6 Scott Mitchell 90.21 3
Richard Veenstra 87.66 5
3 Jeffrey de Graaf 87.72 2
Richard Veenstra 89.64 3
  Richard Veenstra 91.20 4
  Martin Atkins 85.59 0
14 Pip Blackwell 80.46 0
Martin Atkins 86.88 3

Women's

The televised stages feature 16 players. The top 8 players in the BDO rankings over the 2014/15 season are seeded for the tournament.


Bracket

Trina Gulliver won her tenth world title, while Deta Hedman lost her third final.[2]

First Round (best of 3 sets)
2–6 January 		Quarter-Finals (best of 3 sets)
7 January 		Semi-Finals (best of 3 sets)
8 January 		Final (best of 5 sets)
9 January
1 Lisa Ashton 83.67 3 3
Paula Jacklin 66.99 1 0 1 Lisa Ashton 68.19 0 3 1
8 Trina Gulliver 69.42 3 0 3 8 Trina Gulliver 68.70 3 1 3
Q Dee Bateman 61.47 0 3 2 8 Trina Gulliver 80.01 3 1 3
4 Aileen de Graaf 81.63 3 3 4 Aileen de Graaf 74.94 1 3 0
Casey Gallagher 69.93 1 2 4 Aileen de Graaf 75.39 3 2 3
5 Anastasia Dobromyslova 72.81 2 3 2 Anca Zijlstra 67.08 0 3 1
Anca Zijlstra 69.72 3 1 3 8 Trina Gulliver 72.93 1 3 2 3 3
2 Fallon Sherrock 77.91 2 3 2 3 Deta Hedman 75.51 3 0 3 1 0
Ann-Louise Peters 70.08 3 0 3   Ann-Louise Peters 74.70 3 2 3
7 Zoe Jones 70.77 3 0 3 7 Zoe Jones 71.28 2 3 0
Q Tina Osborne 69.45 2 3 0   Ann-Louise Peters 69.92 0 0
3 Deta Hedman 74.13 3 3 3 Deta Hedman 77.74 3 3
Corrine Hammond 69.75 2 1 3 Deta Hedman 80.28 3 3
6 Lorraine Winstanley 84.18 3 3 6 Lorraine Winstanley 77.79 0 1
Rachel Brooks 69.66 2 0

Youth

For the second time a youth championship is held. Over 64 players played down to the final in October 2015. The final was played on 7 January between Republic of Ireland player Jordan Boyce and England's Joshua Richardson in a best of five sets match.[3] Richardson won the title with the score being 3–2 in sets.[4]

TV coverage

As with the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship the rights for the 2016 Championships were shared between BBC Sport and BT Sport, BBC coverage was presented by Colin Murray with Bobby George with Rob Walker as the roving reporter. BT Sport coverage was presented by Ray Stubbs alongside current BDO players Tony O'Shea, Scott Mitchell and Ted Hankey with Reshmin Chowdhury replacing Helen Skelton as roving reporter. Commentary for both broadcasters was provided by John Rawling, Vassos Alexander, George Riley and Tony Green.

References
  1. "Vladimir Andersen Out of Lakeside - Sam Hewson In". BDO. Archived from the original on 30 November 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  2. "Trina Gulliver takes 10th BDO world title with victory over Deta Hedman". theguardian.com. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. "Jordan Boyce is Lakeside bound after reaching World Youth final". donegalsporthub.com. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  4. "Rushden's Richardson crowned BDO World Youth champion". northantstelegraph.co.uk. 7 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
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