- 1986 BDO World Darts Championship
The 1986 Embassy World Darts Championship was the 9th World Professional Championships. The tournament was held between
January 4 andJanuary 11 . The championship moved to a new venue, theLakeside Country Club inFrimley Green ,Surrey having been held atJollees Cabaret Club inStoke-on-Trent for the previous 7 years. The Lakeside became the third venue in the history of the World Championships.Eric Bristow completed ahat-trick of titles - bringing his overall tally to 5 World Championships. This was to be his last world title. He appeared in four more finals, however was defeated by John Lowe, Jocky Wilson, Phil Taylor and Dennis Priestley.This was Whitcombe's second and last final. Again he was comfortably seen off by Bristow, by 6-0
Prize Money
Total Prize fund rose by £9,200 to £52,500 (plus a £51,000 bonus for a nine-dart finish - not won)
*Champion £12,000
*Runner-up £6,000
*Semi-finalists £3,000
*Quarter-finalists £1,700
*2nd round losers £1,200
*1st round losers £650
*Non-qualifiers £175
*Highest checkout £1,000The Results
World Snooker Championship Rounds
|flagicon|WalesMalcolm Davies |3|flagicon|AustraliaRussell Stewart |1
|flagicon|EnglandEric Bristow |3|flagicon|Wales Alan Evans|1
|flagicon|WalesPeter Locke |3|flagicon|CanadaBill Steinke |0
|flagicon|SingaporePaul Lim |3|flagicon|Northern IrelandSteve Brennan |1
|flagicon|EnglandAlan Glazier |3|flagicon|CanadaBob Sinnaeve |1
|flagicon|EnglandKeith Deller |3|flagicon|England Mike Gregory|0
|flagicon|AustraliaTerry O'Dea |3|flagicon|EnglandRichie Gardner |1
|flagicon|England Dave Lee|3|flagicon|EnglandCliff Lazarenko |2
|flagicon|Northern IrelandFred McMullan |3|flagicon|ScotlandWillie Mands |1
|flagicon|EnglandJohn Lowe |3|flagicon|Scotland Robert MacKenzie|1
|flagicon|FinlandKari Saukkonen |3|flagicon|BelgiumWilly Logie |1
|flagicon|England Bob Anderson|3|flagicon|EnglandBobby George |0
|flagicon|EnglandVic Hubbard |3|flagicon|United States Tony Payne|1
|flagicon|ScotlandJocky Wilson |3|flagicon|SwedenStefan Lord |0
|flagicon|WalesCeri Morgan |3|flagicon|United StatesDan Valletto |0
|flagicon|EnglandDave Whitcombe |3|flagicon|FinlandArto Lintunen |1
|flagicon|EnglandEric Bristow |3|flagicon|WalesMalcolm Davies |0
|flagicon|WalesPeter Locke |3|flagicon|SingaporePaul Lim |0
|flagicon|EnglandAlan Glazier |3|flagicon|EnglandKeith Deller |1
|flagicon|AustraliaTerry O'Dea |3|flagicon|England Dave Lee|0
|flagicon|EnglandJohn Lowe |3|flagicon|Northern IrelandFred McMullan |1
|flagicon|England Bob Anderson|3|flagicon|FinlandKari Saukkonen |0
|flagicon|ScotlandJocky Wilson |3|flagicon|EnglandVic Hubbard |0
|flagicon|EnglandDave Whitcombe |3|flagicon|WalesCeri Morgan |2
|flagicon|EnglandEric Bristow |4|flagicon|WalesPeter Locke |0
|flagicon|EnglandAlan Glazier |4|flagicon|AustraliaTerry O'Dea |3
|flagicon|England Bob Anderson|4|flagicon|EnglandJohn Lowe |3
|flagicon|EnglandDave Whitcombe |4|flagicon|ScotlandJocky Wilson |2
|flagicon|EnglandEric Bristow |5|flagicon|EnglandAlan Glazier |3
|flagicon|EnglandDave Whitcombe |5|flagicon|England Bob Anderson|4
("Best of 11 sets")Lakeside Country Club ,Frimley Green ,Surrey ,11 January 1986 ).
flagicon|EnglandEric Bristow
6-0Dave Whitcombe flagicon|England
Scores to fill |
Scores to fill
flagicon|EnglandEric Bristow wins the 1986 Embassy World Darts Championship
"Best of 5 sets"
"Best of 5 sets"
"Best of 7 sets"
"Best of 9 sets"
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