BDO World Darts Championship 2018

The Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship 2018 was the 41st edition of the BDO conducted Darts - World Championship , from 6 to 14 January 2018 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green ( England was held). There were separate competitions for men and women.

Last year's winners were Glen Durrant for the men and Lisa Ashton for the women. Both were able to defend their title.

Men

BDO World Darts Championship 2018
Tournament status
Tournament type	World Championship
organizer	BDO
venue	Lakeside Country Club , Frimley Green
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Glen Durrant
Attendees	40
Opening game	January 6, 2018
Endgame	January 14, 2018
Prize money (total)	£ 339,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 100,000
winner	Glen Durrant
statistics
← 2017   2019 →

Prize money

The 2018 World Cup totaled £ 399,000 in prize money, the same as the 2017 World Cup . The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 100,000
finalist	(1)	£ 35,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 15,000
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 6,500
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 4,500
1st round loser	(16)	£ 3,250
Loser of the preliminary round	(8th)	£ 2,000
		£ 339,000

Format & qualification

A total of 40 players took part in the tournament. Among them were the 26 best placed players in the BDO Invitation Table , of which the best 16 players were placed. The other field of participants consisted of the finalist of the BDO World Darts Championship 2017 , Danny Noppert , nine regional qualifiers from the WDF and the four winners of a qualifying tournament for the world championship. 16 of these players started in a preliminary round. The remaining 24 players entered the tournament in the first round.

The tournament was played in the knockout system and in set mode. The preliminary round and the first round of the tournament took place from January 6th to 9th, 2018 and were played in the best-of-5-sets mode. The 16 winners of the first round advanced to the round of 16, which was played on January 10 and 11, 2018 in best-of-7 sets mode. The quarter-finals were then played in the best-of-9-sets mode on January 12th . The two semi-finals took place on January 13, 2018 and were played in the best-of-11-sets mode. The final was played in best of 13 sets mode on January 15, 2018 .

Attendees

set participants

No. player Round reached 01. Glen Durrant victory 02. Mark McGeeney final 03. Jamie Hughes 1 round 04th Scott Mitchell Round of 16 05. Ross Montgomery 1 round 06th Geert De Vos Round of 16 07th Wesley Harms 1 round 08th. Cameron Menzies 1 round

No. player Round reached 09. Jim Williams Quarter finals 10. Willem Mandigers Round of 16 11. Richard Veenstra Quarter finals 12. Dean Reynolds 1 round 13. Andy Baetens Quarter finals 14th Martin Phillips Round of 16 15th James Hurrell 1 Richie Edwards 1 round 16. Darryl Fitton 1 round

BDO Invitation Table

• Kyle McKinstry
• Scott Waites
• Martin Adams
• Darius Labanauskas
• Conan Whitehead
• Nick Kenny
• Scott Baker
• Wayne Warren
• Jeffrey Sparidaans
• Gary Robson ²

WDF regional qualifiers

• Craig Caldwell
• David Cameron
• Joe Chaney
• Daniel Day
• Chris Landman
• Pengiran Mohamed
• Dennis Nilsson
• Justin Thompson
• Ümit Uygunsözlü

World Cup finalist 2017

• Danny Noppert

Winner of the World Masters 2017

• Krzysztof Ratajski ²

Winner of the qualifying tournament

• Chris Gilliland
• Chris Harris
• Derk Telnekes
• Michael Unterbuchner

¹James Hurrell did not run for health reasons. The successor was Richie Edwards, the highest not already qualified player on the BDO Invitation Table.

²Krzysztof Ratajski declined the invitation to qualify for the PDC World Darts Championship 2018 . The successor was Gary Robson, the highest not already qualified player on the BDO Invitation Table.

Results

Preliminary round

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1.	Gary Robson 84.72	3 - 0	Pengiran Mohamed 70.35
2.	Justin Thompson 81.57	3 - 2	Chris Gilliland 80.13
3.	Danny Noppert 94.89	3 - 0	Joe Chaney 76.08
4th	Ümit Uygunsözlü 76.19	2 - 3	Chris Harris 75.22
5.	Jeffrey Sparidaans 77.42	0 - 3	Dennis Nilsson 92.56
6th	Chris Landman 84.67	0 - 3	Derk Telnekes 87.16
7th	David Cameron 77.30	2 - 3	Michael Unterbuchner 84.77
8th.	Craig Caldwell 80.38	0 - 3	Daniel Day 86.24

Final round

Upper half

	1st round 6-9 January 2018 Best of 5 sets					Round of 16 10. – 11. January 2018 Best of 7 sets					Quarter-finals January 12, 2018 Best of 9 sets					Semi-finals January 13, 2018 Best of 11 sets
	1	Glen Durrant 95.29	3
	Old	Gary Robson 86.31	0
						1	Glen Durrant 99.43	4th
						16	Darryl Fitton 93.37	1
	16	Darryl Fitton 85.51	3
	Q	Justin Thompson 81.09	2
											1	Glen Durrant 100.92	5
											9	Jim Williams 92.02	4th
	8th	Cameron Menzies 84.66	1
		Conan Whitehead 91.86	3
							Conan Whitehead 90.28	3
						9	Jim Williams 90.18	4th
	9	Jim Williams 81.27	3
	Q	Dennis Nilsson 82.42	2
																1	Glen Durrant 96.61	6th
																	Scott Waites 94.14	2
	5	Ross Montgomery 90.72	1
		Scott Waites 88.89	3
							Scott Waites 93.21	4th
						12	Dean Reynolds 94.53	2
	12	Dean Reynolds 81.50	3
	Q	Chris Harris 76.62	1
												Scott Waites 92.77	5
											13	Andy Baetens 91.86	4th
	4th	Scott Mitchell 98.70	3
		Darius Labanauskas 99.08	2
						4th	Scott Mitchell 96.39	2
						13	Andy Baetens 94.55	4th
	13	Andy Baetens 86.73	3
		Scott Baker 85.75	2

Bottom half

1st round 6-9 January 2018 Best of 5 sets

Round of 16 10. – 11. January 2018 Best of 7 sets

Quarter-finals January 12, 2018 Best of 9 sets

Semi-finals January 13, 2018 Best of 11 sets

2

Mark McGeeney 86.19

3

Martin Adams 82.08

2

2

Mark McGeeney 92.13

4th

WC

Danny Noppert 92.28

1

Old

Richie Edwards 71.51

0

WC

Danny Noppert 88.92

3

2

Mark McGeeney 91.47

5

Wayne Warren 92.67

4th

7th

Wesley Harms 90.56

1

Wayne Warren 95.07

3

Wayne Warren 88.62

4th

10

Willem Mandigers 87.03

2

10

Willem Mandigers 89.58

3

Nick Kenny 83.37

0

2

Mark McGeeney 88.84

6th

Q

Michael Unterbuchner 88.33

4th

6th

Geert De Vos 87.37

3

Q

Derk Telnekes 81.73

1

6th

Geert De Vos 77.37

0

11

Richard Veenstra 90.85

4th

11

Richard Veenstra 91.88

3

Kyle McKinstry 87.99

2

11

Richard Veenstra 89.52

4th

Q

Michael Unterbuchner 89.65

5

3

Jamie Hughes 87.14

2

Q

Michael Unterbuchner 89.30

3

Q

Michael Unterbuchner 88.88

4th

14th

Martin Phillips 83.17

2

14th

Martin Phillips 83.23

3

Q

Daniel Day 79.30

1

Semifinals and finals

	Semi-finals Jan. 13, 2018 Best of 11 sets					Final Jan. 14, 2018 Best of 13 sets
	1	Glen Durrant 96.61	6th
		Scott Waites 94.14	2
						1	Glen Durrant 93.97	7th
						2	Mark McGeeney 86.31	6th
	2	Mark McGeeney 88.84	6th
	Q	Michael Unterbuchner 88.33	4th

Women

Women's BDO World Darts Championship 2018
Tournament status
Tournament type	World Championship
organizer	BDO
venue	Lakeside Country Club , Frimley Green
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Lisa Ashton
Attendees	16
Opening game	January 6, 2018
Endgame	January 13, 2018
Prize money (total)	£ 29,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 12,000
winner	Lisa Ashton
statistics
highest average	89.80 points from Lisa Ashton
← 2017   2019 →

format

A total of 16 players took part in the tournament. The eight best placed players in the BDO Invitation Table were set as participants. They were supplemented by six other players who had qualified through other channels.

These 14 players were completed by the two winners of a qualifying tournament for the World Cup. The eight seeded players met the eight unseeded players in the first round.

The women's final, which was played in Best of 5 Sets mode, took place on January 13, 2018.

Participants

seeded participants:

No. player Round reached 01. Deta Hedman Semifinals 02. Aileen de Graaf Quarter finals 03. Lorraine Winstanley Quarter finals 04th Lisa Ashton victory

No. player Round reached 05. Corrine Hammond Round of 16 06th Anastasia Dobromyslova final 07th Trina Gulliver Semifinals 08th. Sharon Prins Quarter finals

BDO Invitation Table

• Fallon Sherrock
• Anca Zijlstra
• Paula Jacklin
• Rhian Griffiths
• Maria O'Brien
• Tricia Wright

Winner of the qualifying tournament

• Rachna David
• Vicky Pruim

Results

	1st round 6-10 January 2018 Best of 3 sets					Quarter-finals January 11, 2018 Best of 3 sets					Semi-finals January 12, 2018 Best of 3 sets					Final January 13, 2018 Best of 5 sets
	1	Deta Hedman 66.96	2
		Rachna David 62.70	0
						1	Deta Hedman 78.15	2
						8th	Sharon Prins 73.90	0
	8th	Sharon Prins 71.48	2
		Maria O'Brien 70.86	0
											1	Deta Hedman 82.32	0
											4th	Lisa Ashton 83.14	2
	4th	Lisa Ashton 77.76	2
		Rhian Griffiths 67.11	0
						4th	Lisa Ashton 73.26	2
							Fallon Sherrock 75.15	0
	5	Corrine Hammond 71.69	1
		Fallon Sherrock 70.68	2
																4th	Lisa Ashton 89.80	3
																6th	Anastasia Dobromyslova 81.83	1
	2	Aileen de Graaf 72.73	2
		Paula Jacklin 62.23	0
						2	Aileen de Graaf 71.84	0
						7th	Trina Gulliver 77.62	2
	7th	Trina Gulliver 80.62	2
		Vicky Pruim 72.00	1
											7th	Trina Gulliver 76.73	0
											6th	Anastasia Dobromyslova 84.78	2
	3	Lorraine Winstanley 80.01	2
		Tricia Wright 74.83	0
						3	Lorraine Winstanley 67.89	0
						6th	Anastasia Dobromyslova 85.08	2
	6th	Anastasia Dobromyslova 82.73	2
		Anca Zijlstra 75.29	0

Juniors

The junior final, which was held in the best of 5 sets mode, took place on January 11, 2018. Van Tergouw defended his world title.

	Result
Justin van Tergouw 93.04	3 - 1	Killian Heffernan 82.29

media

The event was not broadcast on German-language television. The British broadcasters Channel 4 (afternoon sessions, free TV) and BT Sport (evening sessions, pay TV) produced the live broadcasts, which were free to receive outside the United Kingdom and outside Ireland via the BDO YouTube channel with English commentary.

Web links

• Official website of the BDO
• Official website of the Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship
• Results on darts1.de
• BDO YouTube channel

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BDO World Championship prize money for 2018 and where is Lakeside darts? http://metro.co.uk , January 9, 2018, accessed January 10, 2018 .