1981 BDO World Darts Championship

December 2020 February 2012 1981 BDO World Darts Championship 10–17 January 1981 Jollees Cabaret Clubhttp://www.learnaboutdarts.com/world-championship-of-darts.htm The World Championship of Darts Learnaboutdarts.com 2011-02-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20101218152148/http://www.learnaboutdarts.com/world-championship-of-darts.htm 18 December 2010 dead Stoke-on-Trent BDO SetsFinal – best of 9 £23,300 £5,500 170 ENG Tony Brown ENG Eric BristowRalph Hickok http://www.hickoksports.com/history/wdartschampions.shtml History - World Darts Champions HickokSports.com 16 January 2010 2011-02-03 https://archive.today/20121209090856/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/wdartschampions.shtml 9 December 2012 dead 1980 1982 thumb|180px|1981 BDO World Darts Champion - Eric Bristow The 1981 BDO World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as The 1981 Embassy World Darts Championship) was the fourth British Darts Organisation world championship. The field was expanded from 24 to 32 players, the format which would remain for many years. For the third successive year the tournament was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent. Eric Bristow was back to defend his title and would face John Lowe the champion of two years previously in the final. The final was the best of nine sets, but there was a break scheduled after three sets where the third-fourth place play-off match would be held. Lowe ran away with the first two sets without dropping a leg and took the first leg in the third set before Bristow finally got onto the scoreboard. The "Crafty Cockney" held on to take that third set to go into the break just one set behind. As in the previous year's final, Bristow edged ahead to lead 4–3 in sets and Lowe (as Bobby George did in 1980) had darts to take the match into a final set. However Lowe missed three attempts at double ten and Bristow took out double four to win the title for the second year running. Seeds ENG Eric Bristow ENG Tony Brown ENG John Lowe ENG Bobby George ENG Cliff Lazarenko WAL Ceri Morgan SCO Jocky Wilson USA Nicky Virachkul SCO Rab Smith SWE Stefan Lord WAL Leighton Rees USA Len Heard ENG Bill Lennard CAN Allan Hogg BEL Luc Marreel ENG Dave Whitcombe Prize money The prize fund was £22,800. Champion: £5,500 Runner-Up: £2,500 3rd Place: £600 Semi-Finalists (2): £1,200 Quarter-Finalists (4): £750 Last 16 (8): £500 Last 32 (16): £300 There was also a 9-Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £500. Results Preliminary round A best of three sets preliminary round match took place between Steve Brennan of Northern Ireland and Wayne Lock of Wales, as they were tied on the rankings. Player Score Player Wayne Lock WAL 2 – 1 NIR Steve Brennan Last 32 First round (best of 3 sets)10–11 January Second round (best of 3 sets)12–13 January Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets)14–15 January Semi-finals (best of 7 sets)16 January Final (best of 9 sets)17 January 200 1 ENG Eric Bristow 94.89 2 AUS Terry O'Dea 82.29 0 16 ENG Dave Whitcombe 88.02 2 ENG Charlie Ellix 72.09 0 8 USA Nicky Virachkul 83.34 2 ENG Tony Sontag 84.93 1 9 SCO Rab Smith 86.91 2 Q WAL Wayne Lock 78.75 1 5 ENG Cliff Lazarenko 78.42 2 CAN Alan Hudson 57.18 0 12 USA Len Heard 65.64 0 USA Jerry Umberger 80.52 2 4 ENG Bobby George 86.49 2 SCO Alistair Forrester 75.27 0 13 ENG Bill Lennard 79.92 1 WAL Tony Clark 81.57 2 2 ENG Tony Brown 82.47 2 ENG Paul Gosling 79.44 1 15 BEL Luc Marreel 74.58 2 DEN Jan Larsen 65.52 1 7 SCO Jocky Wilson 84.54 2 NZL Gordon Allpress 76.83 1 10 SWE Stefan Lord 69.51 1 AUS Kevin White 67.56 2 6 WAL Ceri Morgan 86.79 2 ENG Doug McCarthy 86.01 1 11 WAL Leighton Rees 85.35 2 AUS Tim Brown 83.13 0 3 ENG John Lowe 93.72 2 SCO Angus Ross 79.11 0 14 CAN Allan Hogg 70.59 2 ENG Les Capewell 72.75 0 1 ENG Eric Bristow 84.96 2 16 ENG Dave Whitcombe 79.23 0 8 USA Nicky Virachkul 79.59 2 9 SCO Rab Smith 81.48 0 5 ENG Cliff Lazarenko 95.16 2 USA Jerry Umberger 77.82 0 4 ENG Bobby George 80.76 2 WAL Tony Clark 75.12 0 2 ENG Tony Brown 79.05 2 15 BEL Luc Marreel 76.68 0 7 SCO Jocky Wilson 79.89 2 AUS Kevin White 81.06 1 6 WAL Ceri Morgan 79.41 2 11 WAL Leighton Rees 76.86 1 3 ENG John Lowe 77.49 2 14 CAN Allan Hogg 71.61 1 1 ENG Eric Bristow 90.33 4 8 USA Nicky Virachkul 79.14 0 5 ENG Cliff Lazarenko 86.70 4 4 ENG Bobby George 81.93 0 2 ENG Tony Brown 78.09 4 7 SCO Jocky Wilson 73.26 2 6 WAL Ceri Morgan 80.97 3 3 ENG John Lowe 82.80 4 1 ENG Eric Bristow 89.43 4 5 ENG Cliff Lazarenko 83.46 1 2 ENG Tony Brown 88.50 1 3 ENG John Lowe 90.39 4 1 ENG Eric Bristow 85.95 5 3 ENG John Lowe 81.36 3 Third place match (best of 3 sets) ENG Cliff Lazarenko (5) 75.06 2– 1 Tony Brown (2) 75.42 ENG References Category:BDO World Darts Championships BDO World Darts 1981 Bdo World Darts Championship, 1981 Bdo World Darts Championship Category:1981 in English sport