BDO World Darts Championship 1978

Finalist John Lowe (2009)

The 1978 BDO World Darts Championship , officially the 1978 Embassy World Darts Championship , took place from February 6th to 10th, 1978 at The Heart of the Midlands in Nottingham , England . The first ever World Darts Championship was hosted by the British Darts Organization (BDO) and televised by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Prize money

A total of £ 10,500 in prize money was awarded:

Winner: £ 3,000 Finalist: £ 1,700 3rd place: £ 1,000

4th place: £ 800 Quarter-finals: £ 500 First round: £ 250

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01. Eric Bristow 1 round 02. Alan Glazier 1 round 03. Tony Brown 1 round 04th John Lowe final 05. Conrad Daniels Quarter finals 06th Nicky Virachkul Semifinals 07th Hillyard Rossiter 1 round 08th. Alan Evans Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 09. Leighton Rees victory 10. Barry Atkinson 1 round 11. Tim Brown Quarter finals 12. Rab Smith Quarter finals 13. Bobby Semple 1 round 14th Stefan Lord Semifinals 15th Kenth Ohlsson 1 round 16. Patrick Clifford 1 round

Tournament overview

First round

The first round was in the mode played "best of legs 11" and took place on 6 and 7 February.

Eric Bristow 74.70	3-6	Conrad Daniels 81:18
Nicky Virachkul 84.27	6-0	Hillyard Rossiter 70.98
Alan Evans 85.38	6-4	Alan Glazier 76.95
Leighton Rees 93.93	6-0	Barry Atkinson 60.27
Rab Smith 79.11	6-0	Patrick Clifford 65.76
Stefan Lord 77.61	6–3	Kenth Ohlsson 60.57
Tim Brown 76.20	6–3	Tony Brown 76.08
Bobby Semple 75.30	1-6	John Lowe 82.38

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were held in the "best of 11 legs" mode and took place on February 8th.

Conrad Daniels 81.69	4-6	Nicky Virachkul 80.76
Alan Evans 94.86	3-6	Leighton Rees 97.50
Rab Smith 78.10	3-6	Stefan Lord 76.88
Tim Brown 82.65	1-6	John Lowe 86.76

Semifinals

The semi-finals were held in the "best of 15 legs" mode and took place on February 9th.

Nicky Virachkul 81.81	7-8	Leighton Rees 79.86
Stefan Lord 84.54	4-8	John Lowe 86.46

3rd place match

The game for 3rd place was played in the "best of 9 legs" mode.

Nicky Virachkul 71.70

5-4

Stefan Lord 73.20

final

The final was held in the "best of 21 legs" mode and took place on February 10th.

Leighton Rees 92.37

11-7

John Lowe 89.04

Web links

• Darts for Windows (Computer Scoring System): Embassy 1978 ( English ) In: dartsforwin.com . Retrieved January 1, 2013.
• 1978 BDO World Championship Results ( English ) In: dartsdatabase.co.uk . Retrieved January 1, 2013.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ History of Embassy Darts ( English ) In: bbc.co.uk . Retrieved January 1, 2013.
2. ↑ The original and the best ( English ) In: bbc.co.uk . Retrieved January 1, 2013.