1996 BDO World Darts Championship

Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	1–7 January 1996
Venue	Lakeside Country Club
Location	Frimley Green, Surrey
Country	England, United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	BDO
Format	Sets Final – best of 11
Prize fund	£150,000
Winners share	£36,000
High checkout	Richie Burnett Martin Adams
Champion(s)
Steve Beaton[1]
«1995 1997»

The 1996 Embassy World Professional Darts Championship was held from 1–7 January 1996 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey and was won by the number six seed Steve Beaton. Beaton, who suffered a first round loss in the previous two World Championships as the number one seed, defeated Co Stompé, 1994 champion John Part, and future champions Martin Adams and Andy Fordham before beating defending champion Richie Burnett 6-3 in sets in the final.

Seeds

1. Richie Burnett
2. Andy Fordham
3. Martin Adams
4. Mike Gregory
5. Raymond van Barneveld
6. Steve Beaton
7. Colin Monk
8. Kevin Painter

Prize money

The prize money was £145,200.

Champion: £36,000

Runner-Up: £18,000

Semi-Finalists (2): £8,400

Quarter-Finalists (4): £4,200

Last 16 (8): £3,200

Last 32 (16): £2,000

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

The Results

	First round				Second round				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals
	Best of 5 sets				Best of 5 sets				Best of 7 sets				Best of 9 sets
	Roland Scholten (83.79)	3
	Mark Salmon (78.84)	0
					Roland Scholten (81.12)	1
					Richie Burnett (87.99)	3
	Richie Burnett (93.75)	3
	Wayne Weening (85.38)	0
									Richie Burnett (90.69)	4
									Ronnie Baxter (92.88)	2
	Alan Brown (84.90)	3
	Andreas Krockel (82.20)	1
					Alan Brown (86.55)	1
					Ronnie Baxter (95.97)	3
	Ronnie Baxter (85.56)	3
	Kevin Painter (83.97)	2
													Richie Burnett (90.66)	5
													Les Wallace (87.81)	2
	Matt Clark (86.85)	3
	Paul Hogan (87.21)	2
					Matt Clark (95.04)	3
					Raymond van Barneveld (92.16)	1
	Raymond van Barneveld (94.23)	3
	Leo Laurens (86.10)	0
									Matt Clark (86.01)	1
									Les Wallace (88.29)	4
	Ian Brand (92.40)	3
	Bob Taylor (70.89)	0
					Ian Brand (89.70)	0
					Les Wallace (96.93)	3
	Les Wallace (95.46)	3
	Mike Gregory (86.73)	0
	Andy Jenkins (79.23)	3
	Bruno Raes (72.99)	0
					Andy Jenkins (89.25)	2
					Andy Fordham (89.01)	3
	Andy Fordham (88.74)	3
	Chris Mason (79.74)	0
									Andy Fordham (88.44)	4
									Colin Monk (81.84)	1
	Per Skau (92.97)	3
	Eric Burden (85.50)	0
					Per Skau (79.68)	2
					Colin Monk (79.98)	3
	Colin Monk (79.11)	3
	Charlie Gaile (77.61)	0
													Andy Fordham (93.87)	3
													Steve Beaton (92.52)	5
	John Part (84.90)	3
	Paul Williams (86.31)	2
					John Part (89.19)	0
					Steve Beaton (97.44)	3
	Steve Beaton (95.10)	3
	Co Stompé (90.78)	0
									Steve Beaton (99.48)	4
									Martin Adams (97.98)	1
	Geoff Wylie (89.28)	3
	Roger Carter (85.86)	1
					Geoff Wylie (82.56)	2
					Martin Adams (87.03)	3
	Martin Adams (93.57)	3
	Darren Webster (88.26)	1

Final (Best of 11 sets) Sunday 7 January
(88.05) Richie Burnett	3-6	Steve Beaton (90.27)
Highest Checkout:	1-3, 3-1, 0-3, 2-3, 3-2, 3-2, 1-3, 0-3, 0-3	Highest Checkout:
Steve Beaton wins the 1996 Embassy World Darts Championship

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