1983 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1983 Embassy World Darts Championship was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent from 1–8 January 1983.

Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates1–8 January 1983
VenueJollees Cabaret Club
LocationStoke-on-Trent
Country England
Organisation(s)BDO
FormatSets
Final – best of 11
Prize fund£33,050
Winner's share£8,000
High checkout161 Scotland Jocky Wilson
Champion(s)
England Keith Deller
«1982 1984»

The tournament saw one of the World Darts Championship's biggest upsets, when Keith Deller defeated Eric Bristow, by 6 sets to 5 in the final, to become the youngest ever World Darts Champion and the first qualifier to win the World Championship.

Deller also beat world number 3, John Lowe in the quarter-finals and defending champion and world number 2, Jocky Wilson in the semi-finals, making him the only player in history to defeat the world's top three ranked players in the World Championship.

The final featured one of darts' most memorable moments, when Bristow was left on 121. Having hit single 17 and then treble 18, Bristow decided against hitting the bullseye. Instead he hit a single 18 to leave double 16, whilst Deller was on 138. Deller had already missed seven darts at a double to win the title in the ninth set, when leading 5-3 and Bristow believed his opponent would not check out the high finish. However, Deller hit treble 20, followed by treble 18 and finally finished on double 12 to win the title. To this day commentators often refer to 138 as the "Deller checkout" if a player is left with that score.

Seeds
  1. England Eric Bristow
  2. England John Lowe
  3. Scotland Jocky Wilson
  4. Sweden Stefan Lord
  5. England Bobby George
  6. England Cliff Lazarenko
  7. United States Nicky Virachkul
  8. England Dave Whitcombe

Prize money

The prize fund was £32,300.

Champion: £8,000
Runner-Up: £3,500
3rd Place: £500
Semi-Finalists (2): £1,750
Quarter-Finalists (4): £1,200
Last 16 (8): £700
Last 32 (16): £400

There was also a 9-Dart Checkout prize of £30,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £750. In the semi-final, Jocky Wilson missed double 18 for the 9-dart finish.

The results

Preliminary round

A best of three sets preliminary round match took place between Alan Evans of Wales and Brent Bartholomew of New Zealand as they were tied on the rankings.

Player Score Player
Wales Alan Evans 2 – 1 Brent Bartholomew New Zealand

Last 32
First round (best of 3 sets)
1–2 January 		Second round (best of 5 sets)
3–4 January 		Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets)
5–6 January 		Semi-finals (best of 9 sets)
7 January 		Final (best of 11 sets)
8 January
               
1 England Eric Bristow 85.68 2
Scotland Peter Masson 81.30 1
1 England Eric Bristow 95.79 3
England Dave Lee 88.53 2
  England Dave Lee 85.32 2
Canada Tony Holyoake 75.57 1
1 England Eric Bristow 93.03 4
8 England Dave Whitcombe 87.36 3
8 England Dave Whitcombe 84.12 2
United States Andy Green 75.96 1
8 England Dave Whitcombe 86.01 3
Wales Tony Ridler 85.20 2
  Wales Tony Ridler 75.27 2
Denmark Finn Jensen 68.67 1
1 England Eric Bristow 87.72 5
England Tony Brown 84.24 1
5 England Bobby George 73.62 0
England Tony Brown 74.67 2
  England Tony Brown 82.89 3
United States Jerry Umberger 81.00 0
England Alan Glazier 69.15 0
  United States Jerry Umberger 74.64 2
England Tony Brown 83.19 4
4 Sweden Stefan Lord 82.11 1
4 Sweden Stefan Lord 79.98 2
United States KC Mullaney 75.30 1
4 Sweden Stefan Lord 73.68 3
Belgium Luc Marreel 72.45 0
Wales Ceri Morgan 81.93 0
  Belgium Luc Marreel 82.68 2
1 England Eric Bristow 93.81 5
England Keith Deller 90.06 6
2 England John Lowe 97.11 2
Q Wales Alan Evans 86.43 0
2 England John Lowe 87.72 3
Australia Terry O'Dea 86.40 2
Wales Peter Locke 83.19 0
  Australia Terry O'Dea 87.51 2
2 England John Lowe 87.30 3
England Keith Deller 86.55 4
7 United States Nicky Virachkul 82.47 1
England Keith Deller 85.26 2
  England Keith Deller 91.14 3
England Les Capewell 80.01 1
  England Les Capewell 76.23 2
England Stuart Holden 76.26 1
England Keith Deller 85.47 5
3 Scotland Jocky Wilson 85.74 3
6 England Cliff Lazarenko 89.07 2
Wales Leighton Rees 83.94 0
6 England Cliff Lazarenko 83.58 3
Singapore Paul Lim 76.50 1
Wales Tony Skuse 69.06 0
  Singapore Paul Lim 70.95 2
6 England Cliff Lazarenko 81.39 2
3 Scotland Jocky Wilson 86.13 4
3 Scotland Jocky Wilson 76.44 2
Northern Ireland Steve Brennan 78.63 0
3 Scotland Jocky Wilson 79.11 3
Australia Kevin White 79.98 0
Scotland Rab Smith 75.54 1
  Australia Kevin White 79.17 2

Third-place match

(Bristow) played the percentage shot. Living dangerous, Bristow – he's banking on Deller not doing this. But the shot's on for the title. Double 12 for the title..... I am telling ya, I'm telling ya, I've seen nothing like it in my life. Keith Deller of Ipswich, 23 years old, he had to qualify to get here. Bristow did a percentage shot, Deller did the business. He's now the World Champion!

BBC commentator Sid Waddell describes the 138 finish that gave Keith Deller the 1983 World Title

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