1985 BDO World Darts Championship

Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	5–12 January 1985
Venue	Jollees Cabaret Club
Location	Stoke-on-Trent
Country	England
Organisation(s)	BDO
Format	Sets Final – best of 11
Prize fund	£43,000
Winners share	£10,000
High checkout	170 John Lowe
Champion(s)
Eric Bristow
«1984 1986»

The 1985 Embassy World Darts Championship was the 8th World Professional Championships. The tournament was held between 5 and 12 January. It was the seventh and final time that the tournament was held at the Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent, as the tournament organisers, the British Darts Organisation, decided to move the event to the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey, from 1986. The Jollees Cabaret Club closed in 1992, due to losing money, not reopening until 2016.^[1]

Eric Bristow went into the tournament as defending champion and was almost beaten in the first round by Ken Summers. Summers had won the first set and was two legs to nil in front and left on 68 to pull off a major surprise. After hitting single 20 and single 16, he threw a potential match-winning dart at double sixteen just inside the wire of the single. Bristow then came back to win the match.^[2] Bristow went on to win his fourth World Title, extending his own record for victories. John Lowe suffered defeat in the final for the fourth time, failing to add to his only previous title – won in 1979.

Keith Deller, champion two years previously, set a new record for becoming the first player to average over 100 with his three darts during a match at the World Championship. His average of 100.29 was not enough to win his quarter-final against John Lowe, who averaged 97.83. Bristow almost matched this record in his semi-final victory over Dave Whitcombe. Bristow fell just short of a hundred, with an average of 99.66. In the final against Lowe, Bristow exactly equalled the then record for the highest average in a World Championship final, of 97.50, from the previous year's final of Bristow vs. Whitcombe.

Prize money

Total Prize fund was £43,000 (plus a £51,000 bonus for a nine-dart finish – not won)

• Champion £10,000
• Runner-up £5,000
• Semi-finalists £2,500
• Quarter-finalists £1,500
• 2nd round losers £1,000
• 1st round losers £500
• Highest checkout £1,000

Seeds

1. Eric Bristow
2. John Lowe
3. Mike Gregory
4. Jocky Wilson
5. Dave Whitcombe
6. Cliff Lazarenko
7. Dave Lee
8. Steve Brennan

The Results

	First Round (best of 3 sets)					Second Round (best of 5 sets)					Quarter-Finals (best of 7 sets)					Semi-Finals (best of 9 sets)					Final (best of 11 sets)
	1	Eric Bristow (86.46)	2
		Ken Summers (81.75)	1
						1	Eric Bristow (90.54)	3
							Willy Logie (84.57)	0
		Willy Logie (81.27)	2
		Bob Sinnaeve (82.29)	1
											1	Eric Bristow (91.71)	4
												Alan Glazier (80.70)	0
	8	Steve Brennan (83.64)	2
		Ceri Morgan (81.06)	1
						8	Steve Brennan (86.13)	2
							Alan Glazier (94.68)	3
		Alan Glazier (84.51)	2
		Jerry Umberger (82.41)	0
																1	Eric Bristow (99.66)	5
																5	Dave Whitcombe (97.02)	2
	5	Dave Whitcombe (87.81)	2
		Alex Mackinnon (69.63)	0
						5	Dave Whitcombe (97.14)	3
							Bob Anderson (91.86)	1
		Bob Anderson (88.65)	2
		Arto Lintunen (85.95)	1
											5	Dave Whitcombe (94.92)	4
											4	Jocky Wilson (95.52)	3
	4	Jocky Wilson (76.56)	2
		Peter Masson (75.42)	0
						4	Jocky Wilson (88.86)	3
							Russell Stewart (83.82)	1
		Russell Stewart (82.53)	2
		Leighton Rees (78.45)	1
																					1	Eric Bristow (97.50)	6
																					2	John Lowe (93.12)	2
	2	John Lowe (85.86)	2
		Terry O'Dea (81.36)	1
						2	John Lowe (84.54)	3
							John Cosnett (72.75)	0
		John Cosnett (77.28)	2
		Rab Scott (75.63)	0
											2	John Lowe (97.83)	4
												Keith Deller (100.29)	2
	7	Dave Lee (85.35)	1
		Luc Marreel (83.94)	2
							Luc Marreel (81.48)	0
							Keith Deller (91.29)	3
		Keith Deller (79.32)	2
		Nicky Virachkul (73.80)	0
																2	John Lowe (95.55)	5
																6	Cliff Lazarenko (92.67)	3
	6	Cliff Lazarenko (89.22)	2
		Paul Lim (83.16)	0
						6	Cliff Lazarenko (96.90)	3
							Stefan Lord (90.21)	0
		Stefan Lord (81.90)	2
		Tapani Uitos (77.28)	1
											6	Cliff Lazarenko (78.27)	4
												Fred McMullan (73.98)	0
	3	Mike Gregory (86.79)	0
		Bobby George (87.21)	2
							Bobby George (89.01)	1
							Fred McMullan (93.06)	3
		Fred McMullan (80.55)	2
		Peter Locke (81.03)	0

References

1. "Jollees Cabaret Club". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
2. 1985 World Final Youtube (1st round match at 5:45) YouTube

External links

• Official BDO website