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1988 BDO World Darts Championship

Field	Value
tournament_name	1988 BDO World Darts Championship
dates	9–17 January 1988
venue	Lakeside Country Club
location	Frimley Green, Surrey
country	England
organisation	BDO
format	Sets
Final – best of 11
prize_fund	£71,600
winners_share	£16,000
high_checkout	164 WAL Alan Evans
winner	ENG Bob Anderson
prev	1987
next	1989

Final – best of 11

The 1988 BDO World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the The 1988 Embassy World Darts Championship) was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey between 9 and 17 January 1988. The tournament was won by the number 1 seed, Bob Anderson, who played to a high level throughout the week, averaging over 90 in all of his games and over 97 in all but one.

Seeds

ENG Bob Anderson
ENG John Lowe
ENG Eric Bristow
CAN Bob Sinnaeve
ENG Mike Gregory
SCO Jocky Wilson
ENG Cliff Lazarenko
ENG Dave Whitcombe

Prize money

The prize fund was £69,600.

:Champion: £16,000 :Runner-Up: £8,000 :Semi-Finalists (2): £4,000 :Quarter-Finalists (4): £2,200 :Last 16 (8): £1,600 :Last 32 (16): £1,000

There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £1,000.

The results

| team-width=200 | RD1-seed01=1 | RD1-team01=ENG Bob Anderson (97.38)| | RD1-score01=3 | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=NED Bert Vlaardingerbroek (87.30)| | RD1-score02=1 | RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=AUS Russell Stewart (86.43)| | RD1-score03=3 | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=BEL Johnny Deley (77.16)| | RD1-score04=1 | RD1-seed05=8 | RD1-team05=ENG Dave Whitcombe (83.76)| | RD1-score05=1 | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=ENG Peter Evison (85.11)| | RD1-score06=3 | RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=NIR Fred McMullan (83.31)| | RD1-score07=3 | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=FIN Tapani Uitos (75.90)| | RD1-score08=0 | RD1-seed09=5 | RD1-team09=ENG Mike Gregory (83.85)| | RD1-score09=0 | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=WAL Chris Johns (85.50)| | RD1-score10=3 | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=USA Rick Ney (86.82)| | RD1-score11=3 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=SWE Magnus Caris (83.46)| | RD1-score12=1 | RD1-seed13=4 | RD1-team13=CAN Bob Sinnaeve (82.41)| | RD1-score13=3 | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=AUS Horrie Seden (84.27)| | RD1-score14=2 | RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=ENG Dennis Hickling (82.77)| | RD1-score15=3 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=SCO Robert MacKenzie (81.51)| | RD1-score16=2 | RD1-seed17=2 | RD1-team17=ENG John Lowe (93.48)| | RD1-score17=3 | RD1-seed18= | RD1-team18=ENG Keith Deller (80.07)| | RD1-score18=1 | RD1-seed19= | RD1-team19=SIN Paul Lim (88.53)| | RD1-score19=3 | RD1-seed20= | RD1-team20=SWE Stefan Lord (79.83)| | RD1-score20=0 | RD1-seed21=7 | RD1-team21=ENG Cliff Lazarenko (85.92)| | RD1-score21=3 | RD1-seed22= | RD1-team22=USA Tony Payne (86.76)| | RD1-score22=1 | RD1-seed23= | RD1-team23=ENG Paul Reynolds (90.78)| | RD1-score23=3 | RD1-seed24= | RD1-team24=SWE Lars Erik Karlsson (81.24)| | RD1-score24=0 | RD1-seed25=6 | RD1-team25=SCO Jocky Wilson (89.13)| | RD1-score25=3 | RD1-seed26= | RD1-team26=AUS Terry O'Dea (85.89)| | RD1-score26=1 | RD1-seed27= | RD1-team27=WAL Alan Evans (88.89)| | RD1-score27=3 | RD1-seed28= | RD1-team28=CAN Danny MacInnis (75.93)| | RD1-score28=0 | RD1-seed29=3 | RD1-team29=ENG Eric Bristow (87.12)| | RD1-score29=3 | RD1-seed30= | RD1-team30=NIR Ray Farrell (84.06)| | RD1-score30=2 | RD1-seed31= | RD1-team31=ENG Ritchie Gardner (82.08)| | RD1-score31=3 | RD1-seed32= | RD1-team32=ENG Arnie Bunn (82.17)| | RD1-score32=0 | RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=ENG Bob Anderson (97.20)| | RD2-score01=3 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=AUS Russell Stewart (87.96)| | RD2-score02=0 | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=ENG Peter Evison (83.40)| | RD2-score03=3 | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=NIR Fred McMullan (83.67)| | RD2-score04=0 | RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=WAL Chris Johns (86.49)| | RD2-score05=1 | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=USA Rick Ney (89.52)| | RD2-score06=3 | RD2-seed07=4 | RD2-team07=CAN Bob Sinnaeve (86.25)| | RD2-score07=0 | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=ENG Dennis Hickling (85.83)| | RD2-score08=3 | RD2-seed09=2 | RD2-team09=ENG John Lowe (80.70)| | RD2-score09=3 | RD2-seed10= | RD2-team10=SIN Paul Lim (81.84)| | RD2-score10=1 | RD2-seed11=7 | RD2-team11=ENG Cliff Lazarenko (84.48)| | RD2-score11=2 | RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12=ENG Paul Reynolds (86.85)| | RD2-score12=3 | RD2-seed13=6 | RD2-team13=SCO Jocky Wilson (90.06)| | RD2-score13=3 | RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14=WAL Alan Evans (84.15)| | RD2-score14=2 | RD2-seed15=3 | RD2-team15=ENG Eric Bristow (87.99)| | RD2-score15=3 | RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16=ENG Ritchie Gardner (84.12)| | RD2-score16=0 | RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=ENG Bob Anderson (98.43)| | RD3-score01=4 | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=ENG Peter Evison (94.29)| | RD3-score02=0 | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=USA Rick Ney (85.80)| | RD3-score03=4 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=ENG Dennis Hickling (84.03)| | RD3-score04=1 | RD3-seed05=2 | RD3-team05=ENG John Lowe (93.90)| | RD3-score05=4 | RD3-seed06= | RD3-team06=ENG Paul Reynolds (89.61)| | RD3-score06=3 | RD3-seed07=6 | RD3-team07=SCO Jocky Wilson (86.97)| | RD3-score07=2 | RD3-seed08=3 | RD3-team08=ENG Eric Bristow (88.80)| | RD3-score08=4 | RD4-seed01=1 | RD4-team01=ENG Bob Anderson (97.62)| | RD4-score01=5 | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=USA Rick Ney (85.05)| | RD4-score02=0 | RD4-seed03=2 | RD4-team03=ENG John Lowe (89.73)| | RD4-score03=5 | RD4-seed04=3 | RD4-team04=ENG Eric Bristow (90.03)| | RD4-score04=2 | RD5-seed01=1 | RD5-team01=ENG Bob Anderson (92.70)| | RD5-score01=6 | RD5-seed02=2 | RD5-team02=ENG John Lowe (92.07) | RD5-score02=4

Malcolm Davies of Wales who broke his hand was replaced by Terry O'Dea of Australia in the first round

References

References

"The World Championship of Darts". Learnaboutdarts.com.
Ralph Hickok. (16 January 2010). "History – World Darts Champions". HickokSports.com.

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