1979 BDO World Darts Championship
- 1979 BDO World Darts Championship
The 1979 Embassy World Darts Championship was the second World Professional Championships. Having been held the previous year at the Heart of the Midlands Club in Nottingham, the event moved to Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent where it was to remain until 1985.
The tournament was held between February 2 and February 9 and had been expanded from 16 players to 24. The eight seeded players each received a bye into the second round. The format also changed from a straight matchplay (legs) to sets. Each set was the best of 5 legs.
Defending champion, Leighton Rees of Wales again progressed to the final where he met John Lowe in a repeat of the inaugural championship. This time, Lowe was the top seed and came out on top in the final by 5 sets to 0.
Prize Money
Total Prize fund was £15,000 (plus a £12,000 bonus for a nine-dart finish - not won)
*Champion £4,500
*Runner-up £2,000
*Third Place £1,500
*Fourth Place £1,000
*Quarter finalists £500
*2nd round losers £300
*1st round losers £200
The Results
Charlie Ellix|1
| Murray Smith|0
| Andy Green|1
| Barry Atkinson|1
| Bill Lennard|0
| Conrad Daniels|1
| Tony Sontag|0
| Cliff Lazarenko|0
|flagicon|England John Lowe|2|flagicon|England Doug McCarthy|0
|flagicon|Scotland Jocky Wilson|2"'|flagicon|Ireland Jim McQuillan|1
|flagicon|England Alan Glazier|2|flagicon|United States Nicky Virachkul|1
|flagicon|England Tony Brown|2|flagicon|Wales Ceri Morgan|0
|flagicon|Wales Leighton Rees|2|flagicon|Wales Tony Clark|1
|flagicon|Scotland Rab Smith|2|flagicon|Sweden Stefan Lord|1
|flagicon|Wales Alan Evans|2|flagicon|Wales Ronnie Davies|0
|flagicon|England Eric Bristow|2|flagicon|Australia Terry O'Dea|0
|flagicon|England John Lowe|3|flagicon|Scotland Jocky Wilson|1
|flagicon|England Tony Brown|3|flagicon|England Alan Glazier|2
|flagicon|Wales Leighton Rees|3|flagicon|Scotland Rab Smith|0
|flagicon|Wales Alan Evans|3|flagicon|England Eric Bristow|1
|flagicon|England John Lowe|3|flagicon|England Tony Brown|2
|flagicon|Wales Leighton Rees|3|flagicon|Wales Alan Evans|1
("Best of 9 sets") Jollees Cabaret Club, Stoke-on-Trent, 9 February 1979).
flagicon|England John Lowe
5-0
Leighton Rees flagicon|Wales
Set Scores (Lowe first)
3-1 3-0 3-0 3-2 3-0|
flagicon|England John Lowe wins the 1979 Embassy World Darts Championship
"Best of 3 sets"
"Best of 3 sets"
"Best of 5 sets"
"Best of 5 sets"
THIRD PLACE MATCH (Best of 3 sets)
Match didn't take place due to illness of Alan Evans so Tony Brown takes the third spot.
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