| Embassy World Darts Championship | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 4–11 January 1986 |
| Venue | Lakeside Country Club |
| Location | Frimley Green, Surrey[1] |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | BDO |
| Format | Sets Final – best of 11 |
| Prize fund | £52,500 |
| Winners share | £12,000 |
| Champion(s) | |
| Eric Bristow[2] | |
The 1986 Embassy World Darts Championship was held between 4–11 January 1986. For the first time, the tournament was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey, having been held at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent for the previous seven years. The Lakeside became the third venue in the history of the World Championship.
Eric Bristow completed a hat-trick of World titles to bring his overall tally to five. He would appear in four more finals - but this was to be his last World title.
Total Prize fund rose by £9,500 to £52,500 (plus a £51,000 bonus for a nine-dart finish - not won)
| First Round | Second Round | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | |||||||||||
| Best of 5 sets | Best of 5 sets | Best of 7 sets | Best of 9 sets | |||||||||||
| Malcolm Davies (83.07) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Russell Stewart (82.56) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Malcolm Davies (90.69) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Eric Bristow (94.44) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Eric Bristow (89.85) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Alan Evans (78.45) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Eric Bristow (94.74) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Locke (90.51) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Locke (88.98) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Bill Steinke (76.74) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Locke (84.48) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Paul Lim (81.06) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Paul Lim (81.39) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Brennan (80.28) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Eric Bristow (92.04) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Alan Glazier (82.56) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Alan Glazier (79.83) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Bob Sinnaeve (76.17) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Alan Glazier (79.38) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Keith Deller (84.84) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Keith Deller (88.05) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Gregory (83.76) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Alan Glazier (80.46) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Terry O'Dea (78.18) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Terry O'Dea (92.64) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Richie Gardner (84.12) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Terry O'Dea (81.36) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Lee (68.04) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Lee (85.35) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Lazarenko (86.52) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Fred McMullan (81.36) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Mands (76.65) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Fred McMullan (80.49) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| John Lowe (86.37) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| John Lowe (89.04) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Robert MacKenzie (84.48) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| John Lowe (93.15) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Bob Anderson (90.33) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Kari Saukkonen (73.71) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Willy Logie (73.53) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Kari Saukkonen (72.00) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bob Anderson (89.58) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Bob Anderson (86.94) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Bobby George (80.76) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bob Anderson (87.75) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Whitcombe (89.49) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Vic Hubbard (81.24) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Payne (80.16) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Vic Hubbard (78.78) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jocky Wilson (91.23) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Jocky Wilson (82.17) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Stefan Lord (79.83) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jocky Wilson (87.48) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Whitcombe (90.84) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Ceri Morgan (88.08) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Dan Valletto (82.86) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ceri Morgan (82.32) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Whitcombe (83.16) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Whitcombe (84.78) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Arto Lintunen (81.48) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Final (Best of 11 sets) Saturday January 11th | ||
| (94.47) Eric Bristow | 6-0 | Dave Whitcombe (90.45) |
| Highest Checkout: | 3-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-1, 3-2, 3-2 | Highest Checkout: |
| Eric Bristow wins the 1986 Embassy World Darts Championship | ||
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