The 2018 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 41st
World Championship
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 33rd staging at the
Lakeside Country Club at
Frimley Green
Frimley Green is a large village and ward of in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately southwest of central London. It is south of the town of Frimley.
Lakeside Country Club was the national venue for the BDO int ...
.
Glen Durrant
Glen Durrant (born 24 November 1970), nicknamed "Duzza", is an English former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He previously won the BDO World Darts Championship three times consecutively fr ...
who was the defending men's champion, successfully retained his title, beating
Mark McGeeney
Mark McGeeney (born 28 June 1972) is an English professional darts player from Coventry, Warwickshire. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
BDO
In August 2010, McGeeney won the Weoley Castle Open, beati ...
7–6 in the final after the match went to a tie break. Durrant became the fifth player to defend a world title following his first win, after
Eric Bristow
Eric John Bristow, (25 April 1957 – 5 April 2018), nicknamed "The Crafty Cockney", was an English professional darts player.
He was ranked World No. 1 by the World Darts Federation a record five times, in 1980, 1981 and 1983–1985. He was ...
,
Raymond van Barneveld,
Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis (born 21 January 1985) is an English professional darts player currently playing in the PDC. He is a two-time PDC World Darts Champion, winning in 2011 and 2012. He is nicknamed Jackpot, as he won a jackpot gambling in Las Vegas ...
and
Gary Anderson. McGeeney became the second man, following
Mike Gregory
Michael Keith Gregory (20 May 1964 – 19 November 2007) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1990s and 2000s. He played for Warrington from 1982 to 1994, and won 20 caps fo ...
in 1992, to lose a world final having had darts at double to win.
Lisa Ashton
Lisa Ashton (born 27 August 1970) is an English professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. She is a four-time BDO World Darts Women's Champion and has won over ...
who was the defending women's champion, also retained her title with a 3–1 win over
Anastasia Dobromyslova
Anastasia Petrovna Dobromyslova-Martin (russian: Анастаси́я Петро́вна Добромы́слова; born 26 September 1984) is a professional darts player. She is a three-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the B ...
.
Durrant recorded the tournament's first 100+ match average since
2014
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in his quarter-final victory over
Jim Williams.
All four men's quarter-finals went to a deciding set, the first time this had happened since the format was changed so that the quarters were played to best of nine sets. The previous year this happened was
1991
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, when the quarter-finals were best of seven sets.
Michael Unterbuchner
Michael Unterbuchner (born 23 May 1988) is a German darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached the semi-finals of the BDO World Championship on two of his three appearances.
Career
In 2017, Unterbuchner ...
became the first
German
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player to reach the semi-finals of the World Championship, but was beaten 6–4 by
Mark McGeeney
Mark McGeeney (born 28 June 1972) is an English professional darts player from Coventry, Warwickshire. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
BDO
In August 2010, McGeeney won the Weoley Castle Open, beati ...
.
Men's
Format and qualifiers
1–16 in
BDO Rankings ''(Seeded in First Round)''
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Glen Durrant
Glen Durrant (born 24 November 1970), nicknamed "Duzza", is an English former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He previously won the BDO World Darts Championship three times consecutively fr ...
(Winner)
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Mark McGeeney
Mark McGeeney (born 28 June 1972) is an English professional darts player from Coventry, Warwickshire. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
BDO
In August 2010, McGeeney won the Weoley Castle Open, beati ...
''(Runner-up)''
#
Jamie Hughes ''(First round)''
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Scott Mitchell ''(Second round)''
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Ross Montgomery
Ross Montgomery (born 16 October 1962), nicknamed The Boss, is a Scottish professional darts player who played in World Darts Federation (WDF) tournaments and as of January 14th 2022 now plays on the Professional Darts Corporat ...
''(First round)''
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Geert De Vos
Geert De Vos (born 6 October 1981) is a Belgian darts player. His nickname is "Foxy".
Career
In 2012, De Vos qualified for the first time for BDO World Darts Championship; this performance led to a wildcard for the Zuiderduin Masters. During ...
''(Second round)''
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Wesley Harms
Wesley Harms (born 11 June 1984) is a Dutch former professional darts player.
Career
Harms won the BDO International Open in 2011, defeating Stephen Bunting in the final.
Harms qualified for the 2012 BDO World Darts Championship as the 13t ...
''(First round)''
#
Cameron Menzies
Cameron Menzies (born 27 June 1989) is a Scottish darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
Career
BDO
Menzies first played darts on the BDO circuit in 2006, playing in the Gibraltar Open. However, he did ...
''(First round)''
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Jim Williams ''(Quarter-finals)''
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Willem Mandigers
Willem Mandigers (born 4 June 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in World Darts Federation events.
Career
Mandigers won the Turkish Open in 2014. At the 2014 World Masters he lost to Robbie Green in the first round 3–1. ...
''(Second round)''
#
Richard Veenstra
Richard Veenstra (born 10 July 1981) is a Dutch professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is a Dutch Open champion, BDO World Trophy and Finder Darts Masters finalist. Multiple medalist of WDF World ...
''(Quarter-finals)''
#
Dean Reynolds
Dean Reynolds (born 11 January 1963 in Grimsby) is an English former professional snooker player whose career spanned twenty years from 1981 to 2001.
Career
Before turning professional, Reynolds won the first-ever Junior Pot Black in 1981, b ...
''(Second round)''
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Andy Baetens
Andy Baetens (born 24 February 1989) is a Belgian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is the reigning 2023 WDF World Darts champion, becoming the first Belgian player to win a world title. Baet ...
''(Quarter-finals)''
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Martin Phillips ''(Second round)''
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James Hurrell
James Hurrell (born 7 July 1984) is an English darts player.
Career BDO
Hurrell reached the Last 32 of the 2015 World Masters, he played Martin Phillips and lost 3–2 in sets. He qualified for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship and was be ...
(Withdrew)
#
Darryl Fitton
Darryl Fitton (born 5 May 1962) is an English professional darts player. He is nicknamed The Dazzler and comes to the stage dancing to the Madness song " One Step Beyond" wearing sunglasses; one of the most popular walk-ons with the audienc ...
''(Second round)''
17–24 in
BDO Rankings ''(First Round)''
25–26 in
BDO Rankings ''(Preliminary Round)''
Last Year Finalist not Qualified ''(Preliminary Round)''
*
Danny Noppert
Danny Noppert (born 31 December 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a former BDO World Darts Championship finalist, as well as being a Finder Darts Masters champion in 2017, ...
''(Second round)''
Replacement Player ''(First Round)''
*
Richie Edwards
Richie Edwards (born 25 September 1974) is an English musician. He is the former bassist of the British hard rock band The Darkness and the guitarist/vocalist of their successor band Stone Gods. He was confirmed as a member on 13 June 200 ...
''(First round)''
Regional Table Qualifiers ''(Preliminary Round)''
*
Craig Caldwell ''(Preliminary round)''
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David Cameron ''(Preliminary round)''
*
Joe Chaney ''(Preliminary round)''
*
Daniel Day ''(First round)''
*
Chris Landman
Chris Landman (born 17 January 1981) is a Dutch professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
In 2017, Landman won the Catalonian Open, reached the quarter-final of the WDF Worl ...
''(Preliminary round)''
*
Dennis Nilsson
Dennis Nilsson (born 21 March 1976) is a Swedish darts player and former strongman.
Career
Nilsson qualified for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship, where he lost 4–2 to Japan's Haruki Muramatsu in the preliminary round.
He represented S ...
''(First round)''
*
Ümit Uygunsözlü ''(Preliminary round)''
Regional Playoff Qualifiers ''(Preliminary Round)''
*
Pengiran Mohamed
Pengiran Mohamed bin Pengiran Matersad (born 8 January 1961) is a Bruneian professional darts player who plays in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. He qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship.
Career
Mohamed reached the Last ...
''(Preliminary round)''
*
Justin Thompson ''(First round)''
Bridlington Playoff Qualifiers ''(Preliminary Round)''
*
Chris Gilliland
Christopher Gilliland (born 1 April 1983) is a Northern Irish-born Irish professional darts player, Who currently playing in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship.
Career
In 2016, Gilliland ...
''(Preliminary round)''
*
Chris Harris ''(First round)''
*
Derk Telnekes
Derk Telnekes (born April 28, 1995) is a Dutch darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
In 2017, Telnekes won the Belgium Open. He qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship as one of the playoff qual ...
''(First round)''
*
Michael Unterbuchner
Michael Unterbuchner (born 23 May 1988) is a German darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached the semi-finals of the BDO World Championship on two of his three appearances.
Career
In 2017, Unterbuchner ...
''(Semi-finals)''
Draw bracket
Preliminary Round
All matches are best of 5 sets.
Last 32
Women's
Format and qualifiers
1–8 in
BDO Rankings ''(Seeded)''
#
Deta Hedman
Deta Hedman (born 14 November 1959) is an English darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events.
Biography
Hedman was born in Jamaica in 1959. Her parents emigrated to the United Kingdom in the early 1960s, leaving Hedman and he ...
''(Semi-Final)''
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Aileen de Graaf
Aileen de Graaf (born 25 April 1990) is a Dutch darts player playing in events of the World Darts Federation (WDF). She is member of the Dutch national team.
She also plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Career
De Graaf ...
''(Quarter-Final)''
#
Lorraine Winstanley
Lorraine Winstanley ( née Farlam, born 28 October 1975) is an English darts player who plays in both World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Winstanley won the 2011 Romanian International Darts ...
''(Quarter-Final)''
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Lisa Ashton
Lisa Ashton (born 27 August 1970) is an English professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. She is a four-time BDO World Darts Women's Champion and has won over ...
(Winner)
#
Corrine Hammond
Corrine Hammond is an Australian darts player who plays in events of the World Darts Federation (WDF).
Career
Hammond qualified for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship and lost to Deta Hedman in the first round 2–0. In 2016, she reached t ...
''(First Round)''
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Anastasia Dobromyslova
Anastasia Petrovna Dobromyslova-Martin (russian: Анастаси́я Петро́вна Добромы́слова; born 26 September 1984) is a professional darts player. She is a three-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the B ...
''(Runner-up)''
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Trina Gulliver
Catrina Elizabeth Gulliver (born 30 November 1969) is an English professional darts player. She is the 10-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the British Darts Organisation (BDO). Her nickname is Golden Girl and in 2003, she was n ...
''(Semi-Final)''
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Sharon Prins
Sharon Prins (also known by her married name Sharon Boxem-Prins; born 24 August 1988) is a former Dutch darts player who played in events of the British Darts Organisation (BDO).
Career
Prins was born in 1988 in Zoetermeer and became a darts p ...
''(Quarter-Final)''
9–14 in
BDO Rankings
Playoff Qualifiers
*
Rachna David ''(First Round)''
*
Vicky Pruim
Vicky Pruim (born 24 February 1974) is a Belgian born Swedish darts player who plays internationally for Sweden, and in competitive darting events around the world. Vicky started her darts career in 1987, successfully defending her Belgium No1 lad ...
''(First Round)''
Draw Bracket
Youth
For the fourth consecutive year, a youth final was played on the Lakeside stage during the Championships. In September 2017, the Youth tournament was played down to the final two. The final took place on 11 January, and was contested between 17 year old defending champion
Justin van Tergouw
Justin Jeremy van Tergouw (born 20 April 2000 in Utrecht, Netherlandshttp://www.justinvantergouw.nl/hoe-het-begon/) is a Dutch darts player. He won the 2017 BDO World Youth Darts Championship and 2018 BDO World Youth Darts Championship.
Caree ...
from the
Netherlands
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and 15 year old
Killian Heffernan
Killian Heffernan (born 10 July 2002) is an Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached the final of the 2018 BDO World Youth Darts Championship.
Career
In 2018 he reached the final BDO ...
from
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. The format was first to three sets.
Representation from different countries
This tables shows the number of players by country (men and women) in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round. Fifteen countries were represented in the World Championship at men competition and seven at the women. Overall seventeen countries competed at the World Championship.
Men
Women
References
External links
BDOdarts.comLakesideWorldDarts.co.uk
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2018
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2018 in darts
2018 in English sport
Sport in Surrey
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