The 2016 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 39th

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organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 31st staging at the Lakeside Country Club at

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. The defending men's champion was Scott Mitchell, who won his first world title in

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, but lost in the Quarter-finals to

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 ...

. 2013 world champion

Scott Waites Scott Waites (born 17 February 1977) is an English professional darts player who plays in tournaments of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He is a two-time BDO World Darts Champion having won the 2013 tournament and 2016 tournament. ...

won the title by defeating Jeff Smith 7–1 in the final.

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 ...

was the defending women's champion, having won the previous two editions, but lost to

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 ...

in the Quarter-finals. Gulliver then went on to win her 10th world championship title after defeating

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 ...

3–2 in the final.

Format and qualifiers

Men's

On 27 November 2015, Hull qualifier

Vladimir Andersen Vladimir Kim "Valle" Andersen (born 24 April 1989) is a professional Danish darts player. Career He has been picked 11 times for thDanish national teamat the age of 24. He won the German Gold Cup and Dortmund Open in 2012, beating respectively ...

was removed from the field after being suspended by the Danish Darts Union and was replaced by

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, the player next in line according to the rankings.

Preliminary Round

All matches are the best of 5 sets.

Last 32

Women's

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(Quarter-final) #

Fallon Sherrock Fallon Sherrock (born 2 July 1994) is an English professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Born in Milton Keynes, Sherrock reached the final of the 2015 BDO Women's Worl ...

(First round) #

(Runner-up) #

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 ...

(Semi final) #

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 ...

(First round) #

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) # Zoe Jones (Quarter-final) #

(Winner) Other qualifiers Hull qualifiers

Bracket

Trina Gulliver won her tenth world title, while Deta Hedman lost her third final.

Youth

For the second time a youth championship is held. Over 64 players played down to the final in October 2015. The final was played on 7 January between Republic of Ireland player Jordan Boyce and England's

Joshua Richardson Joshua () or Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' lit. 'Yahweh is salvation') ''Yēšūaʿ''; syr, ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܢܘܢ ''Yəšūʿ bar Nōn''; el, Ἰησοῦς, ar , يُوشَعُ ٱبْنُ نُونٍ '' Yūšaʿ ...

in a best of five sets match. Richardson won the title with the score being 3–2 in sets.

TV coverage

As with the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship the rights for the 2016 Championships were shared between BBC Sport and BT Sport, BBC coverage was presented by Colin Murray with Bobby George with Rob Walker as the roving reporter. BT Sport coverage was presented by Ray Stubbs alongside current BDO players Tony O'Shea, Scott Mitchell and Ted Hankey with Reshmin Chowdhury replacing Helen Skelton as roving reporter. Commentary for both broadcasters was provided by John Rawling, Vassos Alexander, George Riley and Tony Green.

References

External links

Schedule of matches
at lakesideworlddarts.co.uk
BDOdarts.comBBC.co.uk
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