1982 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1982 Embassy World Darts Championship was the fifth year that the British Darts Organisation had staged a world championship. For the fourth successive year, the tournament was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent.

1982 Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	9–16 January 1982
Venue	Jollees Cabaret Club
Location	Stoke-on-Trent
Country	England
Organisation(s)	BDO
Format	Sets Final – best of 9
Prize fund	£28,000
Winner's share	£6,500
High checkout	161 Jocky Wilson 161 Bobby George
Champion(s)
Jocky Wilson
«1981 1983»

The event saw Scotland's first World Darts Champion, when Jocky Wilson defeated John Lowe in the final. Wilson was making his first final appearance while Lowe was contesting in his fourth final in five years. Wilson would win the match 5-3 and claim the £6,500 first prize.

The tournament's reigning champion Eric Bristow suffered a shock first round exit to Northern Ireland's Steve Brennan, who then defeated Dave Whitcombe to reach the quarter-finals, losing to Stefan Lord.

Seeds

1. Eric Bristow
2. John Lowe
3. Cliff Lazarenko
4. Jocky Wilson
5. Tony Brown
6. Bobby George
7. Leighton Rees
8. Stefan Lord

Prize money

The prize fund was £27,400.

Champion: £6,500

Runner-Up: £3,000

3rd Place: £500

Semi-Finalists (2): £1,500

Quarter-Finalists (4): £1,000

Last 16 (8): £600

Last 32 (16): £350

There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £600.

The results

Last 32

	First round (best of 3 sets) 9–10 January					Second round (best of 3 sets) 11–12 January					Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets) 13–14 January					Semi-finals (best of 7 sets) 15 January					Final (best of 9 sets) 16 January
	1	Eric Bristow 74.91	0
		Steve Brennan 78.42	2
							Steve Brennan 91.98	2
							Dave Whitcombe 95.49	0
		Dave Whitcombe 83.76	2
		Paul Lim 78.90	0
												Steve Brennan 80.61	0
											8	Stefan Lord 81.42	4
	8	Stefan Lord 81.33	2
		Les Capewell 80.04	0
						8	Stefan Lord 76.47	2
							Luc Marreel 74.58	1
		Alistair Forrester 76.59	1
		Luc Marreel 74.13	2
																8	Stefan Lord 81.66	0
																4	Jocky Wilson 89.46	4
	5	Tony Brown 81.30	2
		John Kramer 73.86	0
						5	Tony Brown 71.13	0
							Dave Miller 77.19	2
		Gordon Allpress 81.42	1
		Dave Miller 80.85	2
												Dave Miller 78.36	0
											4	Jocky Wilson 89.46	4
	4	Jocky Wilson 90.81	2
		Rab Smith 78.78	0
						4	Jocky Wilson 83.16	2
							Alan Evans 80.73	1
		Alan Evans 81.63	2
		Bob Sinnaeve 81.09	1
																					4	Jocky Wilson 89.79	5
																					2	John Lowe 84.18	3
	2	John Lowe 82.11	2
		Bill Lennard 70.41	0
						2	John Lowe 88.20	2
							Joe Dodd 81.87	0
		Joe Dodd 77.73	2
		Tim Brown 76.50	1
											2	John Lowe 90.81	4
												Terry O'Dea 84.99	1
	7	Leighton Rees 81.03	0
		Angus Ross 81.90	2
							Angus Ross 83.64	0
							Terry O'Dea 81.96	2
		Terry O'Dea 93.06	2
		Kevin White 83.25	0
																2	John Lowe 85.59	4
																6	Bobby George 79.11	1
	6	Bobby George 80.49	2
		Alan Glazier 75.48	1
						6	Bobby George 77.46	2
							Doug McCarthy 75.69	1
		Jerry Umberger 69.03	0
		Doug McCarthy 69.81	2
											6	Bobby George 80.25	4
												Nicky Virachkul 78.57	1
	3	Cliff Lazarenko 64.29	2
		Finn Jensen 56.46	0
						3	Cliff Lazarenko 78.06	0
							Nicky Virachkul 85.41	2
		Nicky Virachkul 68.88	2
		Ray Kippari 66.93	1

Third-place match

• Stefan Lord 76.65 2–1 Bobby George 76.68