2013 BDO World Darts Championship

The 2013 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 36th World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 28th staging at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green. Christian Kist was the defending men's champion, having won the title for the first time in 2012, but was knocked out in the first round against Robbie Green. Scott Waites, the third seed and pre-tournament favourite, won his first world championship by defeating Tony O'Shea 7–1, who became the first man to lose his first three BDO World Championship finals. Anastasia Dobromyslova defended her world title by defeating Lisa Ashton & in doing so, won the world championship for the 3rd time.

Lakeside World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates5–13 January 2013
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£274,000
Winner's share£100,000 (men), £10,000 (women's)
High checkoutBunting (167, men)
Dobromyslova (144, women)
Champion(s)
England Scott Waites (men)
Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova (women)
«2012 2014»
Scott Waites - Winner 2013

Players from around the globe competed to reach the BBC and ESPN televised finals, which ran from 5 to 13 January at Frimley Green.

Format and qualifiers

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Men's

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The televised stages featured 32 players. The top 16 players in the BDO rankings over the 2011/12 season were seeded for the tournament.[1]

Top 16
  1.   Stephen Bunting
  2.   Martin Adams
  3.   Scott Waites
  4.   Tony O'Shea
  5.   Robbie Green
  6.   Ross Montgomery
  7.   Jan Dekker
  8.   Wesley Harms
  9.   Alan Norris
  10.   Gary Robson
  11.   Martin Atkins
  12.   Scott Mitchell
  13.   Steve Douglas
  14.   Geert De Vos
  15.   Richie George
  16.   Darryl Fitton
Other qualifiers
  1.   Jeffrey de Graaf
  2.   Willy van de Wiel
  3.   Benito van de Pas
  4.   Tony Eccles
  5.   Garry Thompson
  6.   Paul Jennings
  7.   Jimmy Hendriks
  8.   James Wilson
  9.   Mark Barilli
  10.   John Walton
  11.   Christian Kist
  12.   Gary Stone
Hull qualifiers
  1.   Wayne Warren
  2.   Dave Prins
  3.   Rohit David
  4.   Jason Cullen

Women's

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The televised stages featured 8 players. The top 2 players in the WDF/BDO rankings over the 2011/12 season were seeded for the tournament.[2]

Top 2
  1.   Deta Hedman
  2.   Anastasia Dobromyslova
Other qualifiers
  1.   Julie Gore
  2.   Irina Armstrong
  3.   Lorraine Farlam
  4.   Trina Gulliver
Hull qualifiers
  1.   Lisa Ashton
  2.   Sharon Prins

Prize money

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The prize money was £258,000 for the men's event and £16,000 for the women's event.

Men's Champion: £100,000
Runner-Up: £30,000
Semi-Finalists (2): £11,000
Quarter-Finalists (4): £6,000
Last 16 (8): £4,250
Last 32 (16): £3,000
Women's Champion: £10,000
Runner-Up: £2,000
Semi-Finalists (2): £1,000
Quarter-Finalists (4): £500

There was also a shared 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £3,000 per event.

Results bracket

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Men's

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The draw for the tournament was made on 13 October 2012 live on ESPN. Final set of the game must be won by two clear legs, in case of a 5-5 a sudden-death leg is played.

First Round (best of 5 sets)
5–7 January
Second round (best of 7)
8–9 January
Quarter-Finals (best of 9)
10–11 January
Semi-Finals (best of 11)
12 January
Final (best of 13)
13 January
               
1   Stephen Bunting 91.83 3
  James Wilson 85.71 2
1   Stephen Bunting 95.70 2
16   Darryl Fitton 93.69 4
16   Darryl Fitton 89.31 3
  Benito van de Pas 83.07 2
16   Darryl Fitton 94.23 2
8   Wesley Harms 94.83 5
8   Wesley Harms 85.11 3
Q   Rohit David 76.29 1
8   Wesley Harms 87.27 4
9   Alan Norris 85.71 3
9   Alan Norris 79.98 3
Q   Wayne Warren 84.48 1
8   Wesley Harms 90.24 4
4   Tony O'Shea 94.80 6
4   Tony O'Shea 86.73 3
  John Walton 88.65 0
4   Tony O'Shea 89.43 4
13   Steve Douglas 79.86 1
13   Steve Douglas 81.66 3
  Gary Stone 83.01 [3] 1
4   Tony O'Shea 94.77 5
5   Robbie Green 91.71 3
5   Robbie Green 91.11 3
  Christian Kist 85.68 1
5   Robbie Green 83.37 4
12   Scott Mitchell 77.58 1
12   Scott Mitchell 80.88 3
  Mark Barilli 77.49 2
4   Tony O'Shea 81.90 1
3   Scott Waites 86.43 7
2   Martin Adams 83.97 2
  Jimmy Hendriks 78.78 3
  Jimmy Hendriks 77.38 2
15   Richie George 84.08 4
15   Richie George 81.66 3
Q   Dave Prins 81.03 2
15   Richie George 83.19 5
7   Jan Dekker 88.95 4
7   Jan Dekker 85.26 3
  Jeffrey de Graaf 86.04 2
7   Jan Dekker 82.56[4] 4
  Garry Thompson 84.99[4] 3
10   Gary Robson 83.55 1
  Garry Thompson 88.83 3
15   Richie George 83.49 1
3   Scott Waites 90.48 6
3   Scott Waites 90.15 3
  Willy van de Wiel 80.88 0
3   Scott Waites 89.35 4
14   Geert De Vos 81.39 1
14   Geert De Vos 88.68 3
  Tony Eccles 90.84 2
3   Scott Waites 92.16 5
  Paul Jennings 85.19 2
6   Ross Montgomery 87.21 1
  Paul Jennings 87.12 3
    Paul Jennings 86.41 4
Q   Jason Cullen 84.69 0
11   Martin Atkins 83.13 1
Q   Jason Cullen 88.74 3

Women's

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  • All matches best of three sets, best of five legs.

The results are:

Quarter-finals
5–7 January
Semi-finals
10–11 January
Final
12 January
               
1   Deta Hedman 73.83 1 2
Q   Lisa Ashton 79.41 3 3
Q   Lisa Ashton 77.70 3 3
Q   Sharon Prins 69.48 0 0
4   Irina Armstrong 65.91 2 3 2
Q   Sharon Prins 66.42 3 2 3
Q   Lisa Ashton 80.40 1 3 1
2   Anastasia Dobromyslova 82.29 3 1 3
2   Anastasia Dobromyslova 71.01 3 3
  Lorraine Farlam 70.95 1 1
2   Anastasia Dobromyslova 83.10 2 3 3
  Trina Gulliver 72.63 3 1 1
3   Julie Gore 65.40 2 2
  Trina Gulliver 73.47 3 3

TV coverage

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BBC Sport

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BBC Sport coverage is presented by Colin Murray and Bobby George who will present live coverage and highlights.[5] Rob Walker returns as Darts Extra host and reporter during the live coverage. Commentary comes from Tony Green, Vassos Alexander and Jim Proudfoot who replaces David Croft who moved to Sky F1 for 2012.

ESPN UK

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ESPN coverage is presented by Ray Stubbs who returns to host his 11th Lakeside after previously hosting from 2001 to 2009 on the BBC.[5] He will host with BDO players; Nat Coombs will be relief host and reporter. Commentary is shared with the BBC and comes from Green, Alexander and Proudfoot.

Both channels coverage comes from IMG Sports Media who provide the equipment, build the set, commentary boxes etc. and supply the output for both broadcasters.

Statistics

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Player Round Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost 100 140 180s High Checkout Average
  Martin Adams First Round 1 2 3 10 10 30 13 4 131 83.97
  Martin Atkins First Round 1 1 3 8 11 18 12 2 144 83.14
  Mark Barilli First Round 1 2 3 7 12 21 10 1 108 77.50
  Stephen Bunting Second Round 2 5 6 24 22 64 26 11 167 94.00
  Jason Cullen Second Round 2 3 5 14 20 40 26 5 61 86.94
  Rohit David First Round 1 1 3 5 11 14 8 0 110 76.29
  Jeffrey de Graaf First Round 1 2 3 11 14 31 14 3 108 86.04
  Geert De Vos Second Round 2 4 6 15 21 48 18 5 116 85.07
  Jan Dekker Quarter-finalist 3 11 10 49 40 107 40 12 150 85.75
  Steve Douglas Second Round 2 4 5 15 18 32 15 7 100 80.83
  Tony Eccles First Round 1 2 3 9 9 22 15 1 116 90.84
  Darryl Fitton Quarter-finalist 3 9 9 40 39 93 56 19 116 92.64
  Richie George Semi-finalist 4 13 14 50 61 150 62 20 129 83.09
  Robbie Green Quarter-finalist 3 10 7 38 31 81 41 16 120 88.99
  Wesley Harms Semi-finalist 4 16 12 64 54 180 84 15 161 89.88
  Jimmy Hendriks Second Round 2 5 6 21 25 42 17 6 128 78.00
  Paul Jennings Quarter-finalist 3 9 6 34 30 73 41 13 144 86.03
  Christian Kist First Round 1 1 3 6 10 15 10 5 74 85.69
  Scott Mitchell Second Round 2 4 6 18 21 53 20 2 130 78.88
  Ross Montgomery First Round 1 1 3 8 10 28 9 2 103 87.21
  Alan Norris Second Round 2 6 5 23 22 54 27 15 125 83.61
  Tony O'Shea Runner-up 5 19 15 72 65 192 96 30 161 90.09
  Dave Prins First Round 1 2 3 12 14 28 15 3 40 81.03
  Gary Robson First Round 1 1 3 7 10 17 9 2 100 83.54
  Gary Stone First Round 1 1 3 6 11 22 7 4 90 83.00
  Garry Thompson Second Round 2 6 5 22 24 55 21 10 98 86.38
  Benito van de Pas First Round 1 2 3 9 12 19 12 5 100 83.08
  Willy van de Wiel First Round 1 0 3 4 9 14 7 2 32 80.87
  Scott Waites Winner 5 25 5 83 35 162 78 24 156 89.56
  John Walton First Round 1 0 3 5 9 17 10 3 100 88.64
  Wayne Warren First Round 1 1 3 6 10 25 11 3 121 84.49
  James Wilson First Round 1 2 3 7 12 16 13 2 86 85.71

Last updated: 12 January 2013
Source: Match reports from the main draw

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Women

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Player Round Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost 100 140 180s High Checkout Average
  Irina Armstrong Quarter-finalist 1 1 2 7 8 16 3 2 48 65.92
  Lisa Ashton Runner-Up 3 5 2 17 10 38 14 1 120 79.28
  Anastasia Dobromyslova Winner 3 6 2 21 12 60 12 2 144 80.39
  Lorraine Farlam Quarter-finalist 1 0 2 2 6 7 6 0 40 71.52
  Julie Gore Quarter-finalist 1 0 2 4 6 14 3 0 93 65.41
  Trina Gulliver Semi-finalist 2 3 3 11 12 21 14 0 120 73.02
  Deta Hedman Quarter-finalist 1 0 2 3 6 13 3 0 40 73.83
  Sharon Prins Semi-finalist 2 2 3 8 13 19 10 1 47 67.20

Last updated: 13 January 2013
Source: Match reports from the main draw

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References

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  1. ^ "BDO men's rankings". British Darts Organisation. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  2. ^ "BDO women's rankings". British Darts Organisation. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  3. ^ "www.bdodarts.com/uploads/news/0/LSteveDouglasGaryStone.pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  4. ^ a b "www.bdodarts.com/uploads/news/0/LGarryThompsonJanDekker.pdf" (PDF). [permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b "ESPN and BBC reach agreement to televise 2013 BDO World Darts Championship | Darts News | ESPN.co.uk".
  6. ^ "Men: Match results and reports (www.bdodarts.com)". Archived from the original on 10 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  7. ^ "Women: Match results and reports (www.bdodarts.com)". Archived from the original on 10 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
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