The BDO World Darts Championship was the annual world championship of darts organised by the British Darts Organisation, held every year from 1978 to 2020. It was first staged at the Heart of the Midlands Nightclub in Nottingham, moved to the Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke in 1979, and from 1986 to 2019 was played at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey, with the final edition in 2020 at Indigo at The O2 in London. It was the only World Darts Championship until the 1993 split, when sixteen players, among them seven former champions, left the BDO to form the World Darts Council, later the Professional Darts Corporation, whose own championship began in 1994. Sponsored by Embassy cigarettes until 2003 and then by its venue, it was often called the Embassy. After the BDO collapsed in September 2020 the World Darts Federation launched its own championship in 2022.
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The championship was first held at the Heart of the Midlands Nightclub in the English city of Nottingham
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It was the only World Darts Championship until the 1993 split in darts
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held annually
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from 1978 to 2020
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The championship was first held at the Heart of the Midlands Nightclub in the English city of Nottingham
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was a professional darts tournament organised by the British Darts Organisation
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organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO)
View the SourceJohn Lowe (darts player) (Wikipedia)
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Lowe was world champion on three occasions, in 1979, 1987 and 1993
Jocky Wilson (Wikipedia)
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winning the World Professional Darts Championship in 1982, then again in 1989
Keith Deller (Wikipedia)
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best known for winning the 1983 BDO World Darts Championship
Leighton Rees (Wikipedia)
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He won the 1978 BDO World Darts Championship
Martin Adams (Wikipedia)
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he is a three-time BDO World Champion and three-time World Masters champion
Glen Durrant (Wikipedia)
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Durrant is a three-time BDO World Champion, having won the title in consecutive years: 2017, 2018 and 2019
Scott Waites (Wikipedia)
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He is a two-time BDO World Champion having won the 2013 and 2016 World Championships
Darryl Fitton (Wikipedia)
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three-time BDO World Championship semi-finalist
Mieke de Boer (Wikipedia)
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youngest competitor at the BDO World Darts Championship
Paul Lim (Wikipedia)
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nine-dart finish during the BDO World Darts Championship
Richie Burnett (Wikipedia)
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Burnett won the BDO World Championship in 1995
Jelle Klaasen (Wikipedia)
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having won the 2006 World Championship
Ross Smith (Wikipedia)
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reaching the quarter-finals of the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship
Steve Beaton (Wikipedia)
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Beaton won the 1996 BDO World Championship.
Ronnie Baxter (Wikipedia)
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including two consecutive BDO World Championship finals in 1999 and 2000
Bobby George (Wikipedia)
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appeared in two BDO Darts World Championship finals
Simon Whitlock (Wikipedia)
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Whitlock is also a two-time World Championship finalist, having been the runner-up at the BDO World Darts Championship in 2008, and the PDC World Darts Championship in 2010.
Trina Gulliver (Wikipedia)
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She is a 10-time British Darts Organisation (BDO) Women's World Champion
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