2015 BDO World Darts Championship
| 2015 BDO World Darts Championship | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 3–11 January 2015 | ||
| Venue | Lakeside Country Club | ||
| Location | Frimley Green, Surrey | ||
| Country | England, United Kingdom | ||
| Organisation(s) | BDO | ||
| Format | Sets | ||
| Prize fund | £339,000 (total) | ||
| Winner's share | £100,000 (men) £12,000 (women) £5,000 (youth) | ||
| High checkout | 167 Lithuania Darius Labanauskas | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| England Scott Mitchell (men) England Lisa Ashton (women) | |||
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The 2015 BDO World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2015 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship) was the 38th World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 30th staging at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green. 2014 BDO champion Stephen Bunting did not defend his title, as he switched to the rival PDC organisation at the start of the season. Scott Mitchell beat Martin Adams 7–6 in the final for his first world title.
For the first time since 1992 no player from the Netherlands reached the last 16.
Format and qualifiers
[edit | edit source]Men's
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17-28 in BDO Rankings
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Women's
[edit | edit source]The televised stages feature 16 players. The top 8 players in the BDO rankings over the 2013/14 season are seeded for the tournament.[1][2]
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Top 8
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Other qualifiers
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Hull qualifiers
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Youth
[edit | edit source]For the first time a youth tournament was played. The final stages at Lakeside though just consisted of a best of five sets final between Harry Ward and Colin Roelofs. Over 64 players have played down to the final in October 2014.[3] Roelofs won the title, 3–0 in sets.
Prize money
[edit | edit source]The total prize money was £339,000.[4] Additionally there was a £52,000 prize for a nine dart finish.[5]
| Position | Men | Women | Youth |
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| Champion | £100,000 | £12,000 | £5,000 |
| Runner-up | £35,000 | £5,000 | £2,000 |
| Semi-finalists | £15,000 | £2,000 | £1,000 |
| Quarter-finalists: | £6,500 | £1,000 | £250 |
| Last 16 | £4,500 | £500 | n/a |
| 1st round losers | £3,250 | n/a | n/a |
| Preliminary round losers | £2,000 | n/a | n/a |
| Highest Checkout | £5,000 | n/a | n/a |
| Total | £300,000 | £29,000 | £10,000 |
Representation from different countries
[edit | edit source]This table shows the number of players in the Men's World Championship, the total number including Preliminary round.
| England ENG |
Netherlands NED |
Latvia LAT |
United States USA |
Australia AUS |
Belgium BEL |
CAN |
Czech Republic CZE |
New Zealand NZL |
Scotland SCO |
Lithuania LIT |
Wales WAL |
Sweden SWE |
Japan JPN |
Total | |
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| Final | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Semis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Quarters | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Round 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Round 1 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 32 |
| Prelim. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| Total | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 40 |
* In darts, as in many other sports, some non-sovereign sub-national entities of the United Kingdom are treated as separate countries for sport governance purposes.
Draw
[edit | edit source]The draw was held on 12 October 2014.[6]
Men
[edit | edit source]Preliminary round
[edit | edit source]To be played from 3–5 January. All matches are the best of 5 sets.
| Av. | Player | Score | Player | Av. |
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| 73.62 | Peter Sajwani Sweden (Q) | 3–0 | England Sam Head | 69.48 |
| 82.44 | David Cameron |
2–3 | Netherlands Michel van der Horst | 82.08 |
| 71.97 | Eddy Sims Australia (Q) | 1–3 | Belgium Cedric Waegemans (Q) | 75.39 |
| 75.36 | Seigo Asada Japan (Q) | 1–3 | England Brian Dawson | 84.90 |
| 82.74 | Karel Sedláček Czech Republic (Q) | 3–2 | Scotland Paul Coughlin | 75.72 |
| 84.51 | Mike Day New Zealand (Q) | 0–3 | 86.10 | |
| 76.14 | Jim Widmayer United States (Q) | 3–2 | England Rhys Hayden (Q) | 71.28 |
| 80.04 | Willem Mandigers Netherlands (Q) | 1–3 | Sweden Daniel Larsson (Q) | 80.67 |
Last 32
[edit | edit source]Women
[edit | edit source]In a repeat of last year's final Lisa Ashton beat Deta Hedman in the first round. She defended her title by winning the final 3–1 over Fallon Sherrock and became the tournament's oldest winner with 44 years of age. Also in the final, Fallon Sherrock set a competition record by throwing six 180s in a match and 13 180s in the tournament.[7]
Media coverage
[edit | edit source]Following exclusive coverage on the BBC in 2014, BBC & BT Sport shared broadcasting duties of the 2015 edition for the first time. The BBC had previously shared coverage of the tournament with ESPN from 2012 to 2013. The BBC had exclusive live coverage of every afternoon session, the first men's semi final and the women's final, while BT had exclusive coverage of every evening session and the second men's semi final, with both broadcasters sharing coverage of the final. In addition, the BBC broadcast late night highlights.
The BBC live coverage was hosted by Colin Murray alongside Bobby George; Rob Walker was a reporter and host the late night highlights show. Ray Stubbs returned to the host for BT Sport, having previously hosted BBC coverage between 2001 and 2009 and ESPN coverage between 2012 and 2013, with Ted Hankey alongside him, while Helen Skelton was the BT Sport reporter. Commentary was provided by Tony Green, Vassos Alexander, John Rawling, Jim Proudfoot and George Riley.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Schedule of matches at lakesideworlddarts.co.uk
- BDOdarts.com
- BBC.com