1984 BDO World Darts Championship

Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	31 December 1983 – 7 January 1984
Venue	Jollees Cabaret Club[1]
Location	Stoke-on-Trent
Country	England
Organisation(s)	BDO
Format	Sets Final – best of 13
Prize fund	£38,500
Winners share	£9,000
Champion(s)
Eric Bristow[2]
«1983 1985»

The 1984 Embassy World Darts Championship were held from 31 December 1983 to 7 January 1984 at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent. Eric Bristow made up for his 6–5 defeat against Keith Deller in the 1983 final by defeating the number three seed Dave Whitcombe in the final by a crushing 7–1. Bristow never even lost a set throughout the championship apart from the one Whitcombe got in the final. Keith Deller, the reigning world champion and number 6 seed, suffered a shock first round defeat to Nicky Virachkul, 1978 World semi-finalist.

Seeds

1. Eric Bristow
2. Jocky Wilson
3. Dave Whitcombe
4. Cliff Lazarenko
5. John Lowe
6. Keith Deller
7. Stefan Lord
8. Bobby George

Prize money

The prize fund was £36,200.

Champion: £9,000

Runner-Up: £4,000

Semi-Finalists (2): £2,250

Quarter-Finalists (4): £1,250

Last 16 (8): £750

Last 32 (16): £450

There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £800.

The results

	First round				Second round				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals
	Best of 3 sets				Best of 7 sets				Best of 9 sets				Best of 11 sets
	Rick Ney (82.20)	2
	Luc Marreel (82.20)	1
					Rick Ney (88.50)	0
					Eric Bristow (94.50)	4
	Eric Bristow (91.50)	2
	Finn Jensen (89.10)	0
									Eric Bristow (95.70)	5
									Peter Locke (85.50)	0
	Peter Locke (82.80)	2
	Russell Stewart (85.80)	0
					Peter Locke (89.40)	4
					Malcolm Davies (85.80)	3
	Malcolm Davies (80.70)	2
	Bobby George (81.30)	1
													Eric Bristow (93.60)	6
													John Lowe (83.70)	0
	John Joe O'Shea (74.70)	2
	Alex Mackinnon (64.20)	0
					John Joe O'Shea (83.70)	0
					John Lowe (87.90)	4
	John Lowe (99.00)	2
	Tony Brown (80.10)	0
									John Lowe (90.30)	5
									Ceri Morgan (87.30)	0
	Kexi Heinäharju (75.60)	2
	Danny Inglis (72.60)	1
					Kexi Heinäharju (70.50)	1
					Ceri Morgan (83.10)	4
	Ceri Morgan (84.60)	2
	Cliff Lazarenko (83.10)	1
	Alan Glazier (82.50)	2
	Rab Scott (78.00)	1
					Alan Glazier (84.00)	0
					Jocky Wilson (97.50)	4
	Jocky Wilson (93.90)	2
	Terry O'Dea (74.40)	0
									Jocky Wilson (92.10)	5
									Mike Gregory (85.20)	0
	Mike Gregory (89.40)	2
	Paul Lim (79.20)	0
					Mike Gregory (87.60)	4
					Stefan Lord (78.30)	1
	Stefan Lord (75.90)	2
	Bob Anderson (80.40)	0
													Jocky Wilson (90.90)	5
													Dave Whitcombe (91.50)	6
	Gerry Haywood (78.90)	2
	Owen Thomas (69.90)	0
					Gerry Haywood (71.70)	0
					Nicky Virachkul (80.40)	4
	Nicky Virachkul (78.30)	2
	Keith Deller (84.00)	1
									Nicky Virachkul (79.50)	0
									Dave Whitcombe (85.50)	5
	Steve Brennan (78.60)	2
	Kevin White (81.00)	1
					Steve Brennan (84.60)	1
					Dave Whitcombe (88.80)	4
	Dave Whitcombe (81.90)	2
	Bob Sinnaeve (78.30)	0

Final (Best of 13 sets) Saturday 7 January
(97.50) Eric Bristow	7–1	Dave Whitcombe (90.60)
Highest Checkout:		Highest Checkout:
Eric Bristow wins the 1984 Embassy World Darts Championship

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