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1997 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1997 Embassy World Professional Darts Championship was held from 4–12 January 1997 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey. It was won by Les Wallace, who became the second Scotsman to become World Darts Champion after Jocky Wilson won it twice in 1982 and 1989. Wallace defeated Wales' Marshall James 6–3 in the final. Wallace also became the first left-handed player to win either version of the World Darts Championship. It was also the second time in four years that two unseeded players had reached the Embassy final, and remains the most recent occasion that this has occurred.

Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates4–12 January 1997
VenueLakeside Country Club
LocationFrimley Green, Surrey
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Organisation(s)BDO
FormatSets
Final – best of 11
Prize fund£158,000
Winner's share£38,000
High checkout170 Scotland Les Wallace
Champion(s)
Scotland Les Wallace[1]
«1996 1998»

Seeds

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  1. England  Martin Adams
  2. Netherlands  Roland Scholten
  3. Netherlands  Raymond van Barneveld
  4. Wales  Richie Burnett
  5. England  Steve Beaton
  6. England  Colin Monk
  7. England  Ronnie Baxter
  8. England  Andy Fordham

Prize money

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The prize money was £152,400.

Champion: £38,000
Runner-Up: £19,000
Semi-Finalists (2): £8,700
Quarter-Finalists (4): £4,400
Last 16 (8): £3,350
Last 32 (16): £2,100

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

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  Martin Adams (97.05) 1
United States  Roger Carter (94.50) 3
  United States  Roger Carter (85.62) 3
Canada  John Part (86.79) 1
  Canada  John Part (87.54) 3
Scotland  Alan Brown (81.06) 1
  United States  Roger Carter (86.61) 3
Wales  Marshall James (90.36) 4
8 England  Andy Fordham (87.45) 3
England  Matt Clark (89.88) 2
8 England  Andy Fordham (87.45) 2
Wales  Marshall James (89.94) 3
  Wales  Marshall James (82.17) 3
England  William Burksfield (73.47) 1
Wales  Marshall James (89.88) 5
5 England  Steve Beaton (85.17) 4
5 England  Steve Beaton (86.47) 3
Canada  Carl Mercer (76.25) 0
5 England  Steve Beaton (92.52) 3
Northern Ireland  Geoff Wylie (81.60) 0
  Northern Ireland  Geoff Wylie (92.64) 3
England  Andy Smith (87.93) 2
5 England  Steve Beaton (91.17) 4
Belgium  Leo Laurens (88.47) 3
4 Wales  Richie Burnett (91.23) 3
Australia  Peter Hinkley (79.23) 1
4 Wales  Richie Burnett (88.95) 0
Belgium  Leo Laurens (92.46) 3
  Belgium  Leo Laurens (85.71) 3
Wales  Ritchie Davies (83.43) 0
  Wales  Marshall James (92.01) 3
Scotland  Les Wallace (92.19) 6
2 Netherlands  Roland Scholten (88.44) 3
England  Mike Gregory (87.60) 2
2 Netherlands  Roland Scholten (88.62) 3
England  Bobby George (83.10) 0
  England  Bobby George (84.00) 3
England  Mick Brooks (82.95) 1
2 Netherlands  Roland Scholten (92.46) 2
England  Mervyn King (91.77) 4
7 England  Ronnie Baxter (85.86) 3
England  Andy Jenkins (88.89) 0
7 England  Ronnie Baxter (93.15) 2
England  Mervyn King (96.78) 3
  England  Mervyn King (91.50) 3
Australia  Graham Hunt (87.57) 1
  England  Mervyn King (96.84) 3
Scotland  Les Wallace (94.02) 5
6 England  Colin Monk (88.53) 3
England  Chris Hornby (72.81) 0
6 England  Colin Monk (85.68) 1
England  Paul Williams (86.01) 3
  England  Paul Williams (83.16) 3
Belgium  Erik Clarys (81.99) 2
  England  Paul Williams (95.34) 0
Scotland  Les Wallace (96.78) 4
3 Netherlands  Raymond van Barneveld (85.86) 3
Wales  Sean Palfrey (77.88) 0
3 Netherlands  Raymond van Barneveld (95.31) 2
Scotland  Les Wallace (94.23) 3
  Scotland  Les Wallace (99.45) 3
Scotland  Bob Taylor (92.43) 1

References

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