2014 BDO World Darts Championship

Lakeside World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	4–12 January 2014
Venue	Lakeside Country Club
Location	Frimley Green, Surrey
Country	England, United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	BDO
Format	Sets Finals: best of 13 (men's) best of 3 (women's)
Prize fund	£329,000
Winner's share	£100,000 (men), £12,000 (women)
High checkout	£5,000 (men)
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The 2014 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship is the 37th World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 29th staging at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green.

Scott Waites was the defending men's champion, having won the title for the first time in the 2013 championship, but was defeated 0–3 in the first round by Alan Norris. The defending women's champion is Anastasia Dobromyslova, who won her third title in 2013.

This tournament sees the biggest ever field for a BDO world championships. 56 players – 40 men, up from 32 in 2013, and 16 women – up from 8 in 2013 – will compete for the world titles.

Players from around the globe compete to reach the BBC televised finals, which run from 4 to 12 January at Frimley Green.

Format and qualifiers

Prize money

The prize money will be increased to £300,000 for the men's event and £29,000 for the women's event.

Position (num. of players)		Prize money
Men's Champion	(1)	£100,000
Runner-Up	(1)	£35,000
Semi-Finalist	(2)	£15,000
Quarter-Finalist	(4)	£6,500
Last 16	(8)	£4,500
Last 32	(16)	£3,250
Preliminary round losers	(8)	£2,000
High Checkout	(?)	£5,000

Position (num. of players)		Prize money
Women's Champion	(1)	£12,000
Runner-Up	(1)	£5,000
Semi-Finalist	(2)	£2,000
Quarter-Finalist	(4)	£1,000
Last 16	(8)	£500

Men's

The televised stages feature 40 players – an increase from 32 in previous years. The top 16 players in the BDO Invitational Rankings over the 2012/13 season are seeded for the tournament. Players who finish between 17th and 24th in the invitational rankings receive a bye into the last 32. The remaining 16 players enter in the preliminary rounds – this includes recent world champions not in the top 24, a qualifier from each of the eight WDF regions, four players who came through the pre-qualifying knockout tournament, and the Winmau World Masters winner (if not already qualified). Should there be fewer than 40 players qualified after the above process, the next unqualified player from the invitational rankings will be entered until the total reaches 40.

Preliminary round

WDF regional qualifiers Hiroaki Shimizu Harley Kemp Madars Razma David Cameron Karel Sedlacek Mike Day Jim Widmayer Jeroen Geerdink

Hull qualifiers Paul Hogan Michael Meaney John Michael Dave Prins

25-26 in Invitational rankings Garry Thompson Sam Head

Recent world champions not in Top 24 of Invitational rankings Christian Kist Martin Adams

Last 32

Top 16 in Invitational rankings (seeds) Stephen Bunting James Wilson Tony O'Shea Robbie Green Darryl Fitton Jan Dekker Scott Waites Jeffrey de Graaf Remco van Eijden Glen Durrant Geert De Vos Wesley Harms Gary Robson Ross Montgomery Scott Mitchell Jim Williams

17-24 in Invitational rankings Paul Jennings Martin Atkins Richie George Benito van de Pas Rick Hofstra Tony Eccles Alan Norris Ron Meulenkamp

Women's

The televised stages feature 16 players, an increase from 8 in previous years. The top 8 players in the WDF/BDO rankings over the 2012/13 season are seeded for the tournament.

Top 8 Deta Hedman Trina Gulliver Anastasia Dobromyslova Julie Gore Rachel Brooks Fallon Sherrock Aileen de Graaf Irina Armstrong

Other qualifiers Lorraine Farlam Rachna David Sharon Prins Lisa Ashton Karin Krappen

Hull qualifiers Ann-Louise Peters Rilana Erades Tamara Schuur

Draw

Men

Preliminary round

Played from 4 to 6 January. All matches best of 5 sets.

Av.	Player	Score	Player	Av.
77.07	David Cameron	1 – 3	Martin Adams	87.27
79.38	Madars Razma	3 – 2	John Michael	83.19
77.94	Harley Kemp	0 – 3	Michael Meaney	80.25
78.93	Hiroaki Shimizu	2 – 3	Christian Kist	86.96
77.88	Mike Day	3 – 0	Sam Head	73.68
73.95	Jim Widmayer	3 – 2	Garry Thompson	72.99
83.28	Karel Sedlacek	1 – 3	Paul Hogan	83.76
77.58	Jeroen Geerdink	0 – 3	Dave Prins	80.67

Last 32

	First Round (best of 5 sets) 4–7 January					Second Round (best of 7) 8–9 January					Quarter-Finals (best of 9) 9–10 January					Semi-Finals (best of 11) 11 January					Final (best of 13) 12 January
	1	Stephen Bunting 91.60	3
		Jim Widmayer 76.57	1
						1	Stephen Bunting	4
							Dave Prins	0
	16	Jim Williams 78.69	0
		Dave Prins 86.55	3
	8	Jeffrey de Graaf 72.96	0
		Martin Atkins 83.04	3
							Martin Atkins
							Rick Hofstra
	9	Remco van Eijden 82.35	0
		Rick Hofstra 90.78	3
	5	Darryl Fitton 85.92	1
		Tony Eccles 86.31	3
							Tony Eccles
						12	Wesley Harms
	12	Wesley Harms 83.76	3
		Paul Jennings 81.45	0
											4	Robbie Green
	4	Robbie Green 94.29	3
		Richie George 88.11	0
						4	Robbie Green	4
						13	Gary Robson	1
	13	Gary Robson 88.32	3
		Ron Meulenkamp 87.87	2
	2	James Wilson 96.33	3
		Christian Kist 95.91	1
						2	James Wilson
						15	Scott Mitchell
	15	Scott Mitchell 88.26	3
		Paul Hogan 85.61	2
	7	Scott Waites 87.54	0
		Alan Norris 93.27	3
							Alan Norris
						10	Glen Durrant
	10	Glen Durrant 86.16	3
		Mike Day 75.87	0
	6	Jan Dekker 83.61	3
		Benito van de Pas 75.66	0
						6	Jan Dekker
						11	Geert De Vos
	11	Geert De Vos 84.93	3
		Madars Razma 79.23	1
	3	Tony O'Shea 74.97	0
		Martin Adams 87.27	3
							Martin Adams
						14	Ross Montgomery
	14	Ross Montgomery 80.19	3
		Michael Meaney 79.56	2

Women's

	First Round (best of 3 sets) 4–9 January					Quarter-Finals (best of 3) 9–10 January					Semi-Finals (best of 3) 11 January					Final (best of 3) 11 January
	1	Deta Hedman 83.70	2
		Lorraine Farlam 70.47	0
						1	Deta Hedman
	8	Irina Armstrong
		Sharon Prins
	4	Julie Gore 55.35	2
		Rachna David 52.32	0
						4	Julie Gore
							Ann-Louise Peters
	5	Rachel Brooks 66.03	0
		Ann-Louise Peters 68.64	2
	2	Trina Gulliver 65.37	0
		Tamara Schuur 72.90	2
							Tamara Schuur
	7	Aileen de Graaf
		Lisa Ashton
	3	Anastasia Dobromyslova 68.49	2
		Karin Krappen 66.63	1
						3	Anastasia Dobromyslova
						6	Fallon Sherrock
	6	Fallon Sherrock 67.35	2
		Rilana Erades 64.59	0

Media Coverage

On 6 January 2013 it was announced the BBC had signed a three-year deal to show the Lakeside World Championships from 2014 to 2016, on 4 December 2013 it was announced the BBC will show the tournament exclusively in Britain which they did from 1978 to 2011. This means most matches (bar the first ladies match) will be shown live on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Red Button, BBC Website and the BBC iPlayer. It was also announced the coverage would still be presented by Colin Murray and Bobby George which it has been since 2010 despite Murray leaving Match of the Day 2 and BBC Radio 5 Live to move to Talksport. Rob Walker returned to the Lakeside as reporter and Darts Extra presenter which is a role he has held since 2010. Commentary is once again provided by Tony Green, Vassos Alexander and Jim Proudfoot, along with John Rawling for the first time. Green has commentated for the BBC for every year of the Lakeside from 1978-2010 and 2012-present missing the 2011 Championships due to illness, Alexander replaced Green in 2011 and continues in the role for 2014 and Proudfoot commentated on the 2013 championships replacing David Croft who moved to Sky to commentate on F1. BDO players also contributed to the commentary such as Scott Mitchell, Tony O'Shea and Deta Hedman.

External links

• The official site of the Lakeside BDO World Professional Darts Championship