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The BDO World Trophy was a major darts tournament run by the British Darts Organisation, hosted originally in February 2014 at Blackpool Tower, before it was held in May from 2016–18 in various locations. In 2019, it was held in King George's Hall in Blackburn with a three-year contract for the event to be televised by Eurosport. The tournament was organized by BDO Events, the commercial arm of the British Darts Organisation.[1]
| BDO World Trophy | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Tournament information | |
| Venue | King George's Hall |
| Location | Blackburn |
| Country | England |
| Established | 2014 |
| Organisation(s) | BDO category Major / WDF category Special |
| Format | Legs |
| Prize fund | £78,000 (men), £22,000 (women) |
| Final Year | 2019 |
| Current champion(s) | |
 Jim Williams (men) Lisa Ashton (women) | |
History edit
The first World Trophy was held in February 2014 at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool. The Event marked the first BDO major event since the split in darts to not feature the BDO World Champion as Stephen Bunting joined the Professional Darts Corporation once he won the Lakeside Championship in 2014.
Final Results and statistics edit
| Year | Champion | Av. | Score | Runner-Up | Av. | Prize Money | Venue | Sponsor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Champion | Runner-up | ||||||||
| 2014 | James Wilson
|
90.95 | 13 – 11 |  Ross Montgomery
|
90.20 | £80,000 | £30,000 | £12,000 | Blackpool Tower, Blackpool | Daily Mirror |
| 2015 |  Geert De Vos
|
86.30 | 10 – 9 |  Jeffrey de Graaf
|
88.20 | £40,000 | £10,000 | £5,000 | Event City, Manchester | Winmau |
| 2016 | Darryl Fitton
|
87.84 | 13 – 9 |  Peter Machin
|
81.19 | £78,000 | £20,000 | £10,000 | Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green | SportsDirect.com |
| 2017 | Peter Machin
|
91.07 | 10 – 8 | Martin Phillips
|
86.24 | £38,000 | £8,000 | £4,000 | Memo Arts Centre, Barry | |
| 2018 | Glen Durrant
|
97.00 | 10 – 7 |  Michael Unterbuchner
|
95.67 | £34,000 | £8,000 | £4,000 | Preston Guild Hall, Preston | Winmau |
| 2019 | Jim Williams
|
85.36 | 8 – 6 | Richard Veenstra
|
84.67 | £34,750 | £8,000 | £4,000 | King George's Hall, Blackburn | One80, L-style |
Finalists edit
| Player | Won | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Machin
|
1 | 1 |
| Glen Durrant
|
1 | 0 |
| Darryl Fitton
|
1 | 0 |
| Geert De Vos
|
1 | 0 |
| Jim Williams
|
1 | 0 |
| James Wilson
|
1 | 0 |
| Jeffrey de Graaf
|
0 | 1 |
| Ross Montgomery
|
0 | 1 |
| Martin Phillips
|
0 | 1 |
| Michael Unterbuchner
|
0 | 1 |
| Richard Veenstra
|
0 | 1 |
Averages edit
| Ten highest BDO World Trophy one-match averages[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Player | Year (+ Round) | Opponent | Result |
| 104.60 | Scott Taylor
|
2019, Last 32 | Derk Telnekes
|
5–3 |
| 104.55 | Glen Durrant
|
2016, Last 16 |  Darius Labanauskas
|
3-7 |
| 103.59 | Glen Durrant
|
2017, QF | Wesley Harms
|
4-7 |
| 103.44 | Glen Durrant
|
2015, Last 32 |  Karel Sedláček
|
6-1 |
| 102.90 | Glen Durrant
|
2018, Last 16 | Tony O'Shea
|
6-1 |
| 102.24 | Ross Montgomery
|
2018, Last 16 | Ryan Hogarth
|
6-2 |
| 101.43 | Darius Labanauskas
|
2016, Last 16 | Glen Durrant
|
7-3 |
| 100.77 | Wesley Harms
|
2017, Last 32 |  Yuya Higuchi
|
6-2 |
| 100.29 | Peter Machin
|
2017, QF | Martin Adams
|
7-4 |
| 100.27 | Glen Durrant
|
2018, QF | Darius Labanauskas
|
7-5 |
| Five highest losing averages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Player | Year (+ Round) | Opponent | Result |
| 104.55 | Glen Durrant
|
2016, Last 16 | Darius Labanauskas
|
3-7 |
| 103.59 | Glen Durrant
|
2017, QF | Wesley Harms
|
4-7 |
| 99.83 | Mario Vandenbogaerde
|
2019, Last 16 | Roger Janssen
|
3-5 |
| 98.95 | Wayne Warren
|
2019, Last 16 | Daniel Day
|
4-5 |
| 98.88 | Geert de Vos
|
2016, Last 16 | Jamie Hughes
|
6-7 |
| Different players with a 100+ match average - updated 4/9/2019 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Total | Highest Av. | Year (+ Round) |
| Glen Durrant
|
5 | 104.55 | 2016, Last 16 |
| Scott Taylor
|
1 | 104.60 | 2019, Last 32 |
| Ross Montgomery
|
1 | 102.24 | 2018, Last 16 |
| Darius Labanauskas
|
1 | 101.43 | 2016, Last 16 |
| Wesley Harms
|
1 | 100.77 | 2017, Last 32 |
| Peter Machin
|
1 | 100.29 | 2017, QF |
| Five highest tournament averages (min 3 matches) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Player | Year | ||
| 100.59 | Glen Durrant
|
2017 | ||
| 99.47 | Glen Durrant
|
2018 | ||
| 97.20 | Glen Durrant
|
2015 | ||
| 95.51 | Wesley Harms
|
2017 | ||
| 93.83 | Darius Labanauskas
|
2015 | ||
Women's Championship edit
| Year | Champion | Av. | Score | Runner-Up | Av. | Prize Money | Venue | Sponsor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Champion | Runner-up | ||||||||
| 2014 |  Anastasia Dobromyslova
|
73.41 | 9 – 7 | Lisa Ashton
|
72.00 | £14,400 | £6,000 | £2,400 | Blackpool Tower, Blackpool | Daily Mirror |
| 2015 | Lisa Ashton
|
77.67 | 7 – 5 | Anastasia Dobromyslova
|
73.89 | £10,500 | £3,000 | £1,500 | Event City, Manchester | Winmau |
| 2016 | Lisa Ashton
|
83.54 | 7 – 4 | Deta Hedman
|
77.13 | £22,000 | £4,000 | £2,000 | Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green | SportsDirect.com |
| 2017 | Aileen de Graaf
|
67.32 | 6 – 2 | Anastasia Dobromyslova
|
67.11 | £22,000 | £4,000 | £2,000 | Memo Arts Centre, Barry | |
| 2018 | Fallon Sherrock
|
94.22 | 6 – 3 | Lorraine Winstanley
|
84.77 | £13,500 | £3,000 | £1,500 | Preston Guild Hall, Preston | Winmau |
| 2019 | Lisa Ashton
|
81.04 | 6 – 2 | Anastasia Dobromyslova
|
78.82 | £8,500 | £2,000 | £1,000 | King George's Hall, Blackburn | One80, L-style |
| Player | Won | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Lisa Ashton
|
3 | 1 |
| Anastasia Dobromyslova
|
1 | 3 |
| Aileen de Graaf
|
1 | 0 |
| Fallon Sherrock
|
1 | 0 |
| Deta Hedman
|
0 | 1 |
| Lorraine Winstanley
|
0 | 1 |
Averages edit
| Ten highest BDO World Trophy one-match averages[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Player | Year (+ Round) | Opponent | Result |
| 98.85 | Lisa Ashton
|
2016, QF | Corrine Hammond
|
5–1 |
| 94.22 | Fallon Sherrock
|
2018, F | Lorraine Winstanley
|
6-3 |
| 91.65 | Fallon Sherrock
|
2018, SF | Roz Bulmer
|
5-0 |
| 88.41 | Fallon Sherrock
|
2015, Last 16 | Paula Jacklin
|
4-0 |
| 88.41 | Rhian Griffiths
|
2017, Last 16 | Lorraine Winstanley
|
4-0 |
| 88.17 | Mikuru Suzuki
|
2019, Last 16 | Fallon Sherrock
|
4-3 |
| 88.13 | Anastasia Dobromyslova
|
2019, QF | Maria O'Brien
|
4-1 |
| 87.39 | Lisa Ashton
|
2015, QF | Zoe Jones
|
5-0 |
| 87.08 | Lorraine Winstanley
|
2019, Last 16 | Kirsty Hutchinson
|
4-3 |
| 86.94 | Lisa Ashton
|
2019, QF | Casey Gallagher
|
4-2 |
| Five highest losing averages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Player | Year (+ Round) | Opponent | Result |
| 84.77 | Lorraine Winstanley
|
2018, Final | Fallon Sherrock
|
3-6 |
| 84.42 | Kirsty Hutchinson
|
2019, Last 16 | Lorraine Winstanley
|
3-4 |
| 82.86 | Aileen de Graaf
|
2019, SF | Lisa Ashton
|
4-5 |
| 82.56 | Lisa Ashton
|
2017, Last 16 | Anca Zijlstra
|
3-4 |
| 81.64 | Aileen de Graaf
|
2018, Last 16 | Maria O'Brien
|
3-4 |
| Five highest tournament averages (min 3 matches) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Player | Year | ||
| 84.15 | Fallon Sherrock
|
2018 | ||
| 83.63 | Anastasia Dobromyslova
|
2019 | ||
| 83.34 | Fallon Sherrock
|
2015 | ||
| 82.82 | Lisa Ashton
|
2016 | ||
| 81.69 | Lisa Ashton
|
2015 | ||
Sponsors edit
The tournament has been sponsored by the Daily Mirror, Winmau and SportsDirect.com. From 2019, the tournament's sponsors have been One80 and L-style
| Sponsor | Year |
|---|---|
| Daily Mirror | 2014 |
| Winmau | 2015 |
| 2018 | |
| SportsDirect.com | 2016 |
| One80 | 2019 |
| L-style | 2019 |
Media coverage edit
The BDO World Trophy was broadcast live and in its entirety by Eurosport for the first two events. After an issue with partner De:Luxe sports group the 2016 event ended up being shown on Dave in 2016. FrontRunner broadcast some of the 2017 event. A new TV channel has been found for the 2018 event when it was announced that Premier Sports will show all 5 days action. Eurosport showed the last edition of the World Trophy in 2019.
| Broadcaster | Years |
|---|---|
| Eurosport | 2014 |
| 2015 | |
| Dave | 2016 |
| FrontRunner | 2017 |
| Premier Sports | 2018 |
| Eurosport | 2019 |
References edit
- ^ "BDO Events -". BDO Events.
- ^ dartsdatabase.co.uk Archived 2019-01-19 at the Wayback Machine; best winning averages
- ^ dartsdatabase.co.uk Archived 2019-01-19 at the Wayback Machine; best winning averages