The 2017

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was a major tournament on the BDO/ WDF calendar for 2017. It took place from 25–27 September at the Bridlington Spa Hall, which hosted the stage element of the event for the first time since 2009.

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was the defending men’s champion after defeating

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in last year’s final by 6 sets to 3 but he failed to defend his title after losing to eventual champion

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in the quarter-finals.

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was the defending women’s champion after defeating

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in the final last year by 5 legs to 2 but she failed to defend her title after losing to

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in the quarter-finals. In the men’s, Ratajski won his first ever major as a player and that the first time a Polish player won a televised major. It was even more remarkable that he had to play through all of the qualifying rounds before meeting and defeating the number 7 seed

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in the last 32 by 3 sets to 1,

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in the last 16 by 3 sets to nil, defending champion and number 2 seed

in the quarter-finals by 4 sets to 2, number 6 seed

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in the semi-finals by 5 sets to 1, and defeating number 1 seed

in the final by 6 sets to 1. The tournament was the last BDO tournament entered by Ratajski as a month after winning the event he accepted an offer to play in the

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and made the full switch to the PDC in January. During an emergency EGM called due to the issues surrounding how the BDO was currently being run, it was announced that the tournament had recorded losses to the BDO of £80,000 and with that the future of the tournament is in doubt.

Men's seeds

The seedings were finalised on 31 August. For the second consecutive year, there are 16 seeds (an decrease from 32 between 2012–2015) with all seeds exempt until the Last 32 stage and cannot play each other until the Last 16 stage.

Men's draw (last 48 onwards)

Women's seeds

Women's draw

Boy's Draw

Girl's Draw

References

External links

Men's results from dartsdatabase.co.uk

Women's results from dartsdatabase.co.uk
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World Masters (darts) Bridlington 2010s in the East Riding of Yorkshire