2008 BDO World Darts Championship

Lakeside World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates5–13 January 2008
VenueLakeside Country Club
LocationFrimley Green, Surrey
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Organisation(s)BDO
FormatSets
Finals:
best of 13 (men's)
best of 3 (women's)
Prize fund£258,000
Winner's share£85,000 (men's)
£6,000 (women's)
High checkoutMen's:
Scotland Robert Thornton (170)
Netherlands Co Stompé (170)
Women's:
Netherlands K. Krappen (116)
Champion(s)
Wales Mark Webster
Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova
«2007 2009»

The 2008 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 31st World Championship staged by the British Darts Organisation and was held between 5–13 January 2008 at the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey.

Martin Adams attempted to defend the title that he won at the 14th attempt in 2007 but he lost in the Semi-Finals to Mark Webster.[1] Webster won the World Championship, beating Simon Whitlock 7–5 in the final.[2]

Anastasia Dobromyslova won the Women's World Championship, becoming the first player to beat Trina Gulliver in the World Championship. Gulliver had won all of the previous seven titles.[3]

Prize money

The prize fund for the 2008 event is £258,000

Men's Champion: £85,000
Runner-up: £30,000
Semi-Finalists: £11,000 x 2
Quarter-Finalists: £6,000 x 4
Second Round: £4,250 x 8
First Round: £3,000 x 16
Women's Champion: £6,000
Runner-Up £2,000
Semi-Finalists: £1,000 x 2
Quarter-Finalists: £500 x 4
Nine dart finish: £52,000 (Men & Women)
Highest Checkout: £3,000 (Men & Women)

Seeds

Men[4]

  1. Wales Mark Webster
  2. Scotland Gary Anderson
  3. England Scott Waites
  4. England Martin Adams
  5. England Tony O'Shea
  6. Netherlands Co Stompé
  7. England Ted Hankey
  8. England Gary Robson
  9. England Darryl Fitton
  10. England Martin Atkins
  11. England Brian Woods
  12. England John Walton
  13. England Shaun Greatbatch
  14. Netherlands Mario Robbe
  15. Netherlands Edwin Max
  16. Netherlands Niels de Ruiter

Women[5]

  1. Netherlands Francis Hoenselaar
  2. England Trina Gulliver
  3. Netherlands Karin Krappen
  4. Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova

Men's

  • Match distances in sets are quoted in brackets at the top of each round. All sets best of five legs, unless there is a final set tie-break
First Round (best of 5 sets) Second round (best of 7) Quarter-Finals (best of 9) Semi-Finals (best of 11) Final (best of 13)
               
1 Wales Mark Webster (94.47) 3
England Ian Jones (85.29) 1
1 Wales Mark Webster (82.80) 4
England Glenn Moody (80.13) 1
16 Netherlands Niels de Ruiter (74.04) 1
England Glenn Moody (76.80) 3
1 Wales Mark Webster (92.67) 5
9 England Darryl Fitton (93.18) 1
8 England Gary Robson (80.43) 3
Australia Tony David (76.77) 1
8 England Gary Robson (88.77) 0
9 England Darryl Fitton (100.71) 4
9 England Darryl Fitton (94.86) 3
England Davy Richardson (89.81) 1
1 Wales Mark Webster (96.21) 6
4 England Martin Adams (95.37) 4
5 England Tony O'Shea (78.72) 3
England Steve Farmer (81.78) 2
5 England Tony O'Shea (89.58) 2
Scotland Robert Thornton (91.92) 4
12 England John Walton (85.26) 0
Scotland Robert Thornton (89.28) 3
Scotland Robert Thornton (92.25) 4
4 England Martin Adams (89.88) 5
4 England Martin Adams (90.54) 3
England Phill Nixon (77.61) 0
4 England Martin Adams (89.19) 4
Wales Martin Phillips (83.61) 0
13 England Shaun Greatbatch (87.03) 1
Wales Martin Phillips (91.41) 3
1 Wales Mark Webster (92.07) 7
Australia Simon Whitlock (93.93) 5
2 Scotland Gary Anderson (88.56) 2
Netherlands Fabian Roosenbrand (84.33) 3
  Netherlands Fabian Roosenbrand (82.86) 1
Australia Simon Whitlock (89.37) 4
15 Netherlands Edwin Max (77.46) 0
Australia Simon Whitlock (86.40) 3
Australia Simon Whitlock (94.68) 5
7 England Ted Hankey (86.73) 0
7 England Ted Hankey (85.92) 3
England Steve West (82.53) 2
7 England Ted Hankey (88.29) 4
England Andy Boulton (82.14) 1
10 England Martin Atkins (85.80) 2
England Andy Boulton (82.56) 3
Australia Simon Whitlock (92.64) 6
11 England Brian Woods (89.10) 3
6 Netherlands Co Stompé (90.06) 3
Canada Carl Mercer (78.54) 1
6 Netherlands Co Stompé (88.98) 2
11 England Brian Woods (88.98) 4
11 England Brian Woods (96.51) 3
Scotland Paul Hanvidge (86.13) 0
11 England Brian Woods (93.21) 5
3 England Scott Waites (90.30) 3
3 England Scott Waites (87.78) 3
Scotland Mike Veitch (83.82) 1
3 England Scott Waites (87.06) 4
Netherlands Remco van Eijden (85.23) 2
14 Netherlands Mario Robbe (78.51) 1
Netherlands Remco van Eijden (85.05) 3

Statistics

Player Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
WalesMark Webster 5 25 12 85 67 188 98 39 141 92.28
EnglandIan Jones 1 1 3 6 11 18 11 3 118 85.29
NetherlandsNiels de Ruiter 1 1 3 7 11 27 7 0 40 74.04
EnglandGlenn Moody 2 4 5 18 19 61 17 1 121 80.87
EnglandDarryl Fitton 3 8 6 35 22 83 38 16 156 95.43
EnglandDavy Richardson 1 1 3 4 11 27 11 1 67 89.91
England Gary Robson 2 3 5 12 16 37 19 2 135 84.16
Australia Tony David 1 1 3 4 10 25 2 0 68 76.77
England Tony O'Shea 2 5 6 19 24 64 26 7 161 84.55
EnglandSteve Farmer 1 2 3 9 10 27 9 3 114 81.78
EnglandJohn Walton 1 0 3 3 9 15 10 1 36 85.26
ScotlandRobert Thornton 3 11 7 43 32 153 75 20 170 91.65
EnglandShaun Greatbatch 1 1 3 4 10 24 9 1 121 87.03
WalesMartin Phillips 2 3 5 16 16 57 20 4 161 86.98
EnglandMartin Adams 4 16 10 61 52 184 82 20 128 91.88
EnglandPhill Nixon 1 0 3 3 9 18 5 0 112 77.61
EnglandScott Waites 3 10 7 39 32 118 45 5 121 88.58
ScotlandMike Veitch 1 1 3 5 11 16 11 2 116 83.82
NetherlandsMario Robbe 1 1 3 9 10 24 10 2 120 78.51
NetherlandsRemco van Eijden 2 5 5 18 25 47 24 9 84 85.15
EnglandBrian Woods 4 15 11 63 45 148 67 21 132 91.08
ScotlandPaul Hanvidge 1 0 3 3 9 16 5 2 61 83.43
NetherlandsCo Stompé 2 5 4 19 18 40 26 5 170 89.30
CanadaCarl Mercer 1 0 3 2 9 13 5 2 69 78.54
EnglandTed Hankey 3 7 8 31 28 65 40 13 138 86.96
EnglandSteve West 1 2 3 8 12 19 14 3 81 82.53
EnglandMartin Atkins 1 2 3 10 12 34 12 3 96 85.80
EnglandAndy Boulton 2 4 6 17 24 51 20 4 127 82.37
NetherlandsEdwin Max 1 0 3 6 9 19 7 0 149 77.46
AustraliaSimon Whitlock 5 23 11 79 57 182 82 36 145 92.14
ScotlandGary Anderson 1 2 3 10 10 14 23 5 120 88.56
NetherlandsFabian Roosenbrand 2 4 6 15 23 36 28 6 124 83.65

Women's Championship

First Round – Best of 3 sets Semi-Finals – Best of 3 sets Final – Best of 3 sets
               
4 Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 78.30 3 3
England Dee Bateman 69.72 2 0
4 Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 77.07 3 3
England Stephanie Smee 68.49 0 0
1 Netherlands Francis Hoenselaar 53.19 1 0
England Stephanie Smee 63.21 3 3
4 Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 81.54 3 3
2 England Trina Gulliver 71.64 2 0
3 Netherlands Karin Krappen 66.48 3 0 3
Netherlands Rilana Erades 64.80 2 3 0
3 Netherlands Karin Krappen 67.86 1 1
2 England Trina Gulliver 73.62 3 3
2 England Trina Gulliver 78.33 3 2 3
Wales Julie Gore 68.01 0 3 0

Women's statistics

Player Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
RussiaAnastasia Dobromyslova 3 6 0 18 4 32 16 1 94 79.07
EnglandDee Bateman 1 0 2 2 6 9 2 0 40 69.72
NetherlandsFrancis Hoenselaar 1 0 2 1 6 6 2 1 40 53.19
EnglandStephanie Smee 2 2 2 6 7 21 4 0 101 65.36
NetherlandsKarin Krappen 2 2 3 8 11 22 7 2 116 67.01
NetherlandsRilana Erades 1 1 2 5 6 7 4 1 40 64.80
EnglandTrina Gulliver 3 4 3 16 11 27 15 4 103 75.02
WalesJulie Gore 1 1 2 3 8 15 2 0 52 68.01

Television coverage

The tournament was covered by the BBC in the UK, SBS6 in the Netherlands and Eurosport across continental Europe.

References

  1. ^ "Webster ousts reigning champion Adams". RTÉ Sport. 12 January 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  2. ^ Roughley, Gregg (13 January 2008). "Webster claims first world title in dramatic final". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  3. ^ Moeran, Henry (14 January 2008). "Trina Gulliver loses title". BBC. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  4. ^ "2008 BDO World Championship Seeds". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  5. ^ "2008 Womens World Championship Seeds". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2024.