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1997 BDO World Darts Championship

Field	Value
tournament_name	1997 BDO World Darts Championship
dates	4–12 January 1997
venue	Lakeside Country Club
location	Frimley Green, Surrey
country	England, United Kingdom
organisation	BDO
format	Sets
Final – best of 11
prize_fund	£158,000
winners_share	£38,000
high_checkout	170 SCO Les Wallace
winner	SCO Les Wallace{{Citation
last	Staff
title	History of Embassy Darts
newspaper	BBC Sports (online)
publisher	BBC News
date	20 July 2002
url	https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/specials/world_darts_championship_2002/1719344.stm
access-date	23 February 2011 }}
prev	1996
next	1998

Final – best of 11 | access-date = 23 February 2011 }}

The 1997 BDO World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 1997 Embassy World Professional Darts Championship) was held from 4–12 January 1997 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey. Scotland's Les Wallace defeated Wales' Marshall James 6–3 in the final to win the title. He became the second Scotsman to become World Darts Champion after Jocky Wilson won it twice in 1982 and 1989. Wallace also became the first left-handed player to win either version of the World Darts Championship.

It was also the second time in four years that two unseeded players had reached the final, and remains the most recent occasion that this has occurred.

Seeds

ENG Martin Adams
NED Roland Scholten
NED Raymond van Barneveld
WAL Richie Burnett
ENG Steve Beaton
ENG Colin Monk
ENG Ronnie Baxter
ENG Andy Fordham

Prize money

The prize money was £152,400.

:Champion: £38,000 :Runner-Up: £19,000 :Semi-Finalists (2): £8,700 :Quarter-Finalists (4): £4,400 :Last 16 (8): £3,350 :Last 32 (16): £2,100

There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £1,600.

The Results

| team-width=200 | RD1-seed01=1 | RD1-team01=ENG Martin Adams (97.05) | RD1-score01=1 | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=USA Roger Carter (94.50) | RD1-score02=3 | RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=CAN John Part (87.54) | RD1-score03=3 | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=SCO Alan Brown (81.06) | RD1-score04=1 | RD1-seed05=8 | RD1-team05=ENG Andy Fordham (87.45) | RD1-score05=3 | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=ENG Matt Clark (89.88) | RD1-score06=2 | RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=WAL Marshall James (82.17) | RD1-score07=3 | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=ENG William Burksfield (73.47) | RD1-score08=1 | RD1-seed09=5 | RD1-team09=ENG Steve Beaton (86.47) | RD1-score09=3 | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=CAN Carl Mercer (76.25) | RD1-score10=0 | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=NIR Geoff Wylie (92.64) | RD1-score11=3 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=ENG Andy Smith (87.93) | RD1-score12=2 | RD1-seed13=4 | RD1-team13=WAL Richie Burnett (91.23) | RD1-score13=3 | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=AUS Peter Hinkley (79.23) | RD1-score14=1 | RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=BEL Leo Laurens (85.71) | RD1-score15=3 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=WAL Ritchie Davies (83.43) | RD1-score16=0 | RD1-seed17=2 | RD1-team17=NED Roland Scholten (88.44) | RD1-score17=3 | RD1-seed18= | RD1-team18=ENG Mike Gregory (87.60) | RD1-score18=2 | RD1-seed19= | RD1-team19=ENG Bobby George (84.00) | RD1-score19=3 | RD1-seed20= | RD1-team20=ENG Mick Brooks (82.95) | RD1-score20=1 | RD1-seed21=7 | RD1-team21=ENG Ronnie Baxter (85.86) | RD1-score21=3 | RD1-seed22= | RD1-team22=ENG Andy Jenkins (88.89) | RD1-score22=0 | RD1-seed23= | RD1-team23= (91.50) | RD1-score23=3 | RD1-seed24= | RD1-team24=AUS Graham Hunt (87.57) | RD1-score24=1 | RD1-seed25=6 | RD1-team25=ENG Colin Monk (88.53) | RD1-score25=3 | RD1-seed26= | RD1-team26=ENG Chris Hornby (72.81) | RD1-score26=0 | RD1-seed27= | RD1-team27=ENG Paul Williams (83.16) | RD1-score27=3 | RD1-seed28= | RD1-team28=BEL Erik Clarys (81.99) | RD1-score28=2 | RD1-seed29=3 | RD1-team29= | RD1-score29=3 | RD1-seed30= | RD1-team30=WAL Sean Palfrey (77.88) | RD1-score30=0 | RD1-seed31= | RD1-team31=SCO Les Wallace (99.45) | RD1-score31=3 | RD1-seed32= | RD1-team32=SCO Bob Taylor (92.43) | RD1-score32=1 | RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=USA Roger Carter (85.62) | RD2-score01=3 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=(86.79) | RD2-score02=1 | RD2-seed03=8 | RD2-team03=ENG Andy Fordham (87.45) | RD2-score03=1 | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=WAL Marshall James (89.91) | RD2-score04=3 | RD2-seed05=5 | RD2-team05= (92.52) | RD2-score05=3 | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=NIR Geoff Wylie (81.60) | RD2-score06=0 | RD2-seed07=4 | RD2-team07=WAL Richie Burnett (88.95) | RD2-score07=0 | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=BEL Leo Laurens (92.46) | RD2-score08=3 | RD2-seed09=2 | RD2-team09= (88.62) | RD2-score09=3 | RD2-seed10= | RD2-team10=ENG Bobby George (83.10) | RD2-score10=0 | RD2-seed11=7 | RD2-team11=ENG Ronnie Baxter (93.15) | RD2-score11=2 | RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12= (96.78) | RD2-score12=3 | RD2-seed13=6 | RD2-team13=ENG Colin Monk (85.68) | RD2-score13=1 | RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14=ENG Paul Williams (86.01) | RD2-score14=3 | RD2-seed15=3 | RD2-team15= | RD2-score15=2 | RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16=SCO Les Wallace (94.23) | RD2-score16=3 | RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=USA Roger Carter (86.61) | RD3-score01=3 | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=WAL Marshall James (90.36) | RD3-score02=4 | RD3-seed03=5 | RD3-team03=ENG Steve Beaton (91.17) | RD3-score03=4 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=BEL Leo Laurens (88.47) | RD3-score04=3 | RD3-seed05=2 | RD3-team05=NED Roland Scholten (92.46) | RD3-score05=2 | RD3-seed06= | RD3-team06=ENG Mervyn King (91.77) | RD3-score06=4 | RD3-seed07= | RD3-team07=ENG Paul Williams (95.34) | RD3-score07=0 | RD3-seed08= | RD3-team08=SCO Les Wallace (96.78) | RD3-score08=4 | RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01=WAL Marshall James (89.88) | RD4-score01=5 | RD4-seed02=5 | RD4-team02= (85.17) | RD4-score02=4 | RD4-seed03= | RD4-team03= (96.84) | RD4-score03=3 | RD4-seed04= | RD4-team04=SCO Les Wallace (94.02) | RD4-score04=5 | RD5-seed01= | RD5-team01=WAL Marshall James (92.01) | RD5-score01=3 | RD5-seed02= | RD5-team02=SCO Les Wallace (92.19) | RD5-score02=6

References

References

"Results of BDO World Championship Men 1997".

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