1979 BDO World Darts Championship
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The 1979 Embassy World Darts Championship was the second World Professional Championships. Having been held the previous year at the Heart of the Midlands Club in Nottingham, the event moved to Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent where it was to remain until 1985.
The tournament was held between February 2 and February 9 and had been expanded from 16 players to 24. The eight seeded players each received a bye into the second round. The format also changed from a straight matchplay (legs) to sets. Each set was the best of 5 legs.
Defending champion, Leighton Rees of Wales again progressed to the final where he met John Lowe in a repeat of the inaugural championship. This time, Lowe was the top seed and came out on top in the final by 5 sets to 0.
[edit] Prize Money
Total Prize fund was £15,000 (plus a £12,000 bonus for a nine-dart finish - not won)
- Champion £4,500
- Runner-up £2,000
- Third Place £1,500
- Fourth Place £1,000
- Quarter finalists £500
- 2nd round losers £300
- 1st round losers £200
[edit] The Results
| First Round | Second Round | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | |||||||||||
| Best of 3 sets | Best of 3 sets | Best of 5 sets | Best of 5 sets | |||||||||||
 John Lowe |
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| Starts in Round 2 | ||||||||||||||
| John Lowe |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Doug McCarthy |
0 | |||||||||||||
| Doug McCarthy |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Charlie Ellix |
1 | |||||||||||||
| John Lowe |
3 | |||||||||||||
 Jocky Wilson |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Jocky Wilson |
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| Starts in Round 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jocky Wilson |
2 | |||||||||||||
 Jim McQuillan |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Jim McQuillan |
2 | |||||||||||||
 Murray Smith |
0 | |||||||||||||
| John Lowe |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Brown |
2 | |||||||||||||
 Nicky Virachkul |
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| Starts in Round 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Alan Glazier |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Nicky Virachkul |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Alan Glazier |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Andy Green |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Brown |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Alan Glazier |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Brown |
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| Starts in Round 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Brown |
2 | |||||||||||||
 Ceri Morgan |
0 | |||||||||||||
| Ceri Morgan |
2 | |||||||||||||
 Barry Atkinson |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Leighton Rees |
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| Starts in Round 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Leighton Rees |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Clark |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Clark |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Bill Lennard |
0 | |||||||||||||
| Leighton Rees |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Rab Smith |
0 | |||||||||||||
 Stefan Lord |
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| Starts in Round 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Rab Smith |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Stefan Lord |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Rab Smith |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Conrad Daniels |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Leighton Rees |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Alan Evans |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Alan Evans |
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| Starts in Round 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Alan Evans |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie Davies |
0 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie Davies |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Sontag |
0 | |||||||||||||
| Alan Evans |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Eric Bristow |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Eric Bristow |
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| Starts in Round 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Eric Bristow |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Terry O'Dea |
0 | |||||||||||||
| Terry O'Dea |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Lazarenko |
0 | |||||||||||||
| Final (Best of 9 sets) Jollees Cabaret Club, Stoke-on-Trent, 9 February 1979). | ||
| John Lowe |
5-0 | Leighton Rees |
| Set Scores (Lowe first) | 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-2 3-0 | |
| John Lowe wins the 1979 Embassy World Darts Championship |
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THIRD PLACE MATCH (Best of 3 sets)
Match didn't take place due to illness of Alan Evans so Tony Brown takes the third spot.
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| Winners and statistics |
| List of winners from 1978 to present |
