2017 BDO World Darts Championship

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All matches are the first to 3 sets.[4]

Av.	Player	Score	Player	Av.
81.69	(Q) Dennis Nilsson	0 – 3	Ryan Joyce (Q)	90.18
86.70	(Q) Seigo Asada	1 – 3	Jeff Smith (WC)	84.63
77.37	(Q) Roger Janssen	2 – 3	Mark McGrath (Q)	81.60
72.69	(Q) Tom Sawyer	0 – 3	Paul Hogan (Q)	85.65
88.05	(Q) Krzysztof Ratajski	3 – 2	Willem Mandigers (Q)	87.48
80.31	(Q) Raymond Smith	3 – 2	Davy Van Baelen (Q)	83.55
86.19	(Q) David Cameron	3 – 1	Jimmy Hendriks	86.40
79.74	(Q) Craig Caldwell	1 – 3	Dennis Harbour	81.99

For the third consecutive year, a youth final was played on the Lakeside stage during the Championships. In November 2016, the Youth tournament was played down to the final two.[5] The final took place on 12 January, and was contested between 14 year old Nathan Girvan from Scotland and 16 year old Justin van Tergouw from the Netherlands. The format was first to three sets.

Justin van Tergouw was crowned champion, after only dropping one leg and recording a 3–0 victory, whilst throwing a three dart average of 88.20.[6][7]

Av.	Player	Score	Player	Av.
74.55	Nathan Girvan	0 – 3	Justin van Tergouw	88.20

It was announced in December 2016 that Rob Walker would present Channel 4's World Darts coverage. He was joined in the studio by analysts Deta Hedman and Paul Nicholson. Bobby George also featured in Channel 4's coverage, however, unlike the BBC where he was their main pundit, he instead did 'special features'. Reporters for the tournament were Seema Jaswal and Danny Crates. In a similar arrangement that the BBC had with BT Sport, they shared commentary teams. This was led by John Rawling who was joined by Vassos Alexander and Jim Proudfoot in the commentary booth.

Channel 4 had the rights to all afternoon sessions, the first men's semi final, and shared coverage of the men's final.

BT Sport broadcast their 3rd BDO World Darts Championships. Ray Stubbs, who presented BT Sport's coverage of darts since its inception, moved to Talksport 2 and was replaced by Matt Smith. He was joined in the studio alongside two-time Lakeside semi finalist Chris Mason who acted as their analyst throughout the championships. They shared the same commentary team as Channel 4 which was led by John Rawling, with Vassos Alexander and Jim Proudfoot also in the commentary box, alongside Mason and Paul Nicholson. Reshmin Chowdury was BT Sport's roving reporter from the Lakeside once again. BT Sport broadcast each evening session, the 2nd men's semi final and shared coverage of the final.