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About World Championship Men 1980
The 1980 Embassy World Darts Championship was the third year that the British Darts Organisation had staged a world championship. Again the field was 24 players, with the top seeds receiving a bye to the last 16 stage. For the second successive year the tournament was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent.
Defending champion John Lowe suffered a surprise defeat 0-2 to Cliff Lazarenko. Eric Bristow was then immediately installed as favourite to win the event and would meet another flamboyant character of the game in the final - Bobby George.
George, who was not invited to the qualifiers the previous year appeared in a sequined shirt and when arriving on the stage was presented with a candelabra to complete a Liberace effect. He also made the early running in the final leading 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2. The first six sets all went to a deciding leg until Bristow won the seventh 3-1 to establish a 4-3 set lead. In the next set at 2-2 in legs, George had a golden opportunity to level the match and take it to a decider but bust his score and nonchalantly threw his third dart into the board before putting his darts into his top pocket in anticipation of Bristow checking out to win the title. Bristow did so.
Competitors Of World Championship Men 1980
Callers Of World Championship Men 1980
World Championship Men 1980
Stoke-on-Trent, ENG
Frimley Green, ENG
Andy Baetens
Reigning Champion
