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About World Championship Men 1986

Champion
1986 BDO World Darts Championship Photographer: BDO Eric Bristow-MBE
Total Prize Pool £51,800
Champion
£12,000
Runner-up
£6,000
Semi finalists
£3,000
Quarter finalists
£1,700
Last 16
£1,200
Last 32
£650
High finish
£1,000

The 1986 Embassy World Darts Championship was held between 4–11 January 1986. For the first time, the tournament was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey, having been held at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent for the previous seven years. The Lakeside became the third venue in the history of the World Championship.

Eric Bristow completed a hat-trick of World titles to bring his overall tally to five. He would appear in four more finals - but this was to be his last World title.

Only one of the first round matches would go to a deciding set with worlds number 4 Cliff Lazarenko bowing out to fellow countryman Dave Lee. In the second round it was more of the same again with only one match going the distance. Dave Whitcombe would overcome Ceri Morgan in that tie. Whitcombe would get into the final to face Bristow for a second time at this stage. The end result would be the same with Bristow taking his fifth title comfortably 6 sets to 0. The second finals sweep in the tournaments history after Lowe beat Rees 5-0 in 1979.

Competitors Of World Championship Men 1986

Callers Of World Championship Men 1986

Martin Fitzmaurice

Jack Price

Bruce Spendley

Freddie Williams

World Championship Men 1986

Lakeside Country Club in
Frimley Green, ENG
Organizer:
World Darts Federation
Sponsor:
Embassy BDO
Participants:
32
Prize Pool:
£51,800
Start Date:
4 Jan 1986
End Date:
12 Jan 1986

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