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1988 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1988 Embassy World Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey between 9 and 17 January 1988. The tournament was won by the number 1 seed, Bob Anderson, who played to a high level throughout the week, averaging over 90 in all of his games and over 97 in all but one.

Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates9–17 January 1988
VenueLakeside Country Club
LocationFrimley Green, Surrey[1]
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)BDO
FormatSets
Final – best of 11
Prize fund£71,600
Winner's share£16,000
High checkout164 Wales Alan Evans
Champion(s)
England Bob Anderson[2]
«1987 1989»

Seeds

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  1. England  Bob Anderson
  2. England  John Lowe
  3. England  Eric Bristow
  4. Canada  Bob Sinnaeve
  5. England  Mike Gregory
  6. Scotland  Jocky Wilson
  7. England  Cliff Lazarenko
  8. England  Dave Whitcombe

Prize money

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The prize fund was £69,600.

Champion: £16,000
Runner-Up: £8,000
Semi-Finalists (2): £4,000
Quarter-Finalists (4): £2,200
Last 16 (8): £1,600
Last 32 (16): £1,000

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

The results

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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 England  Bob Anderson (97.38) 3
Netherlands  Bert Vlaardingerbroek (87.30) 1
1 England  Bob Anderson (97.20) 3
Australia  Russell Stewart (87.96) 0
  Australia  Russell Stewart (86.43) 3
Belgium  Johnny Deley (77.16) 1
1 England  Bob Anderson (98.43) 4
England  Peter Evison (94.29) 0
8 England  Dave Whitcombe (83.76) 1
England  Peter Evison (85.11) 3
  England  Peter Evison (83.40) 3
Northern Ireland  Fred McMullan (83.67) 0
  Northern Ireland  Fred McMullan (83.31) 3
Finland  Tapani Uitos (75.90) 0
1 England  Bob Anderson (97.62) 5
United States  Rick Ney (85.05) 0
5 England  Mike Gregory (83.85) 0
Wales  Chris Johns (85.50) 3
  Wales  Chris Johns (86.49) 1
United States  Rick Ney (89.52) 3
  United States  Rick Ney (86.82) 3
Sweden  Magnus Caris (83.46) 1
  United States  Rick Ney (85.80) 4
England  Dennis Hickling (84.03) 1
4 Canada  Bob Sinnaeve (82.41) 3
Australia  Horrie Seden (84.27) 2
4 Canada  Bob Sinnaeve (86.25) 0
England  Dennis Hickling (85.83) 3
  England  Dennis Hickling (82.77) 3
Scotland  Robert MacKenzie (81.51) 2
1 England  Bob Anderson (92.70) 6
2 England  John Lowe (92.07) 4
2 England  John Lowe (93.48) 3
England  Keith Deller (80.07) 1
2 England  John Lowe (80.70) 3
Singapore  Paul Lim (81.84) 1
  Singapore  Paul Lim (88.53) 3
Sweden  Stefan Lord (79.83) 0
2 England  John Lowe (93.90) 4
England  Paul Reynolds (89.61) 3
7 England  Cliff Lazarenko (85.92) 3
United States  Tony Payne (86.76) 1
7 England  Cliff Lazarenko (84.48) 2
England  Paul Reynolds (86.85) 3
  England  Paul Reynolds (90.78) 3
Sweden  Lars Erik Karlsson (81.24) 0
2 England  John Lowe (89.73) 5
3 England  Eric Bristow (90.03) 2
6 Scotland  Jocky Wilson (89.13) 3
Australia  Terry O'Dea (85.89) 1
6 Scotland  Jocky Wilson (90.06) 3
Wales  Alan Evans (84.15) 2
  Wales  Alan Evans (88.89) 3
Canada  Danny MacInnis (75.93) 0
6 Scotland  Jocky Wilson (86.97) 2
3 England  Eric Bristow (88.80) 4
3 England  Eric Bristow (87.12) 3
Northern Ireland  Ray Farrell (84.06) 2
3 England  Eric Bristow (87.99) 3
England  Ritchie Gardner (84.12) 0
  England  Ritchie Gardner (82.08) 3
England  Arnie Bunn (82.17) 0

Malcolm Davies of Wales who broke his hand was replaced by Terry O'Dea of Australia in the first round

References

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  1. ^ "The World Championship of Darts". Learnaboutdarts.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  2. ^ Ralph Hickok (16 January 2010). "History – World Darts Champions". HickokSports.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2011.