The BDO World Trophy was a major darts tournament run by the British Darts Organisation, hosted originally in February 2014 at Blackpool Tower, before it was held in May from 2016–18 in various locations. In 2019, it was held in King George's Hall in Blackburn with a three-year contract for the event to be televised by Eurosport. The tournament was organized by BDO Events, the commercial arm of the British Darts Organisation.
History The first World Trophy was held in February 2014 at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool. The Event marked the first BDO major event since the split in darts to not feature the BDO World Champion as Stephen Bunting joined the Professional Darts Corporation once he won the Lakeside Championship in 2014.
Final Results and statistics Year Champion Runner-Up Prize Money Venue Sponsor Total Champion Runner-up 2014 James Wilson 90.95 13 – 11 Ross Montgomery 90.20 £80,000 £30,000 £12,000 Blackpool Tower, Blackpool Daily Mirror 2015 Geert De Vos 86.30 10 – 9 Jeffrey de Graaf 88.20 £40,000 £10,000 £5,000 Event City, Manchester Winmau 2016 Darryl Fitton 87.84 13 – 9 Peter Machin 81.19 £78,000 £20,000 £10,000 Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green SportsDirect.com 2017 Peter Machin 91.07 10 – 8 Martin Phillips 86.24 £38,000 £8,000 £4,000 Memo Arts Centre, Barry 2018 Glen Durrant 97.00 10 – 7 Michael Unterbuchner 95.67 £34,000 £8,000 £4,000 Preston Guild Hall, Preston Winmau 2019 Jim Williams 85.36 8 – 6 Richard Veenstra 84.67 £34,750 £8,000 £4,000 King George's Hall, Blackburn One80, L-style
Finalists Player Won Runner-up Peter Machin 1 1 Glen Durrant 1 0 Darryl Fitton 1 0 Geert De Vos 1 0 Jim Williams 1 0 James Wilson 1 0 Jeffrey de Graaf 0 1 Ross Montgomery 0 1 Martin Phillips 0 1 Michael Unterbuchner 0 1 Richard Veenstra 0 1
Averages
Ten highest BDO World Trophy one-match averagesdartsdatabase.co.uk ; best winning averagesAveragePlayerYear (+ Round)OpponentResult104.60 Scott Taylor2019, Last 32 Derk Telnekes5–3104.55 Glen Durrant2016, Last 16 Darius Labanauskas3-7103.59 Glen Durrant2017, QF Wesley Harms4-7103.44 Glen Durrant2015, Last 32 Karel Sedláček6-1102.90 Glen Durrant2018, Last 16 Tony O'Shea6-1102.24 Ross Montgomery2018, Last 16 Ryan Hogarth6-2101.43 Darius Labanauskas2016, Last 16 Glen Durrant7-3100.77 Wesley Harms2017, Last 32 Yuya Higuchi6-2100.29 Peter Machin2017, QF Martin Adams7-4100.27 Glen Durrant2018, QF Darius Labanauskas7-5
Five highest losing averagesAveragePlayerYear (+ Round)OpponentResult104.55 Glen Durrant2016, Last 16 Darius Labanauskas3-7103.59 Glen Durrant2017, QF Wesley Harms4-799.83 Mario Vandenbogaerde2019, Last 16 Roger Janssen3-598.95 Wayne Warren2019, Last 16 Daniel Day4-598.88 Geert de Vos2016, Last 16 Jamie Hughes6-7
Different players with a 100+ match average - updated 4/9/2019PlayerTotalHighest Av.Year (+ Round) Glen Durrant5104.552016, Last 16 Scott Taylor1104.602019, Last 32 Ross Montgomery1102.242018, Last 16 Darius Labanauskas1101.432016, Last 16 Wesley Harms1100.772017, Last 32 Peter Machin1100.292017, QF
Five highest tournament averages (min 3 matches)AveragePlayerYear100.59 Glen Durrant201799.47 Glen Durrant201897.20 Glen Durrant201595.51 Wesley Harms201793.83 Darius Labanauskas2015
Women's Championship + Finals Year Champion Runner-Up Prize Money Venue Sponsor Total Champion Runner-up 2014 Anastasia Dobromyslova 73.41 9 – 7 Lisa Ashton 72.00 £14,400 £6,000 £2,400 Blackpool Tower, Blackpool Daily Mirror 2015 Lisa Ashton 77.67 7 – 5 Anastasia Dobromyslova 73.89 £10,500 £3,000 £1,500 Event City, Manchester Winmau 2016 Lisa Ashton 83.54 7 – 4 Deta Hedman 77.13 £22,000 £4,000 £2,000 Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green SportsDirect.com 2017 Aileen de Graaf 67.32 6 – 2 Anastasia Dobromyslova 67.11 £22,000 £4,000 £2,000 Memo Arts Centre, Barry 2018 Fallon Sherrock 94.22 6 – 3 Lorraine Winstanley 84.77 £13,500 £3,000 £1,500 Preston Guild Hall, Preston Winmau 2019 Lisa Ashton 81.04 6 – 2 Anastasia Dobromyslova 78.82 £8,500 £2,000 £1,000 King George's Hall, Blackburn One80, L-style
+ Finalists Player Won Runner-up Lisa Ashton 3 1 Anastasia Dobromyslova 1 3 Aileen de Graaf 1 0 Fallon Sherrock 1 0 Deta Hedman 0 1 Lorraine Winstanley 0 1
Averages
Ten highest BDO World Trophy one-match averagesdartsdatabase.co.uk ; best winning averagesAveragePlayerYear (+ Round)OpponentResult98.85 Lisa Ashton2016, QF Corrine Hammond5–194.22 Fallon Sherrock2018, F Lorraine Winstanley6-391.65 Fallon Sherrock2018, SF Roz Bulmer5-088.41 Fallon Sherrock2015, Last 16 Paula Jacklin4-088.41 Rhian Griffiths2017, Last 16 Lorraine Winstanley4-088.17 Mikuru Suzuki2019, Last 16 Fallon Sherrock4-388.13 Anastasia Dobromyslova2019, QF Maria O'Brien4-187.39 Lisa Ashton2015, QF Zoe Jones5-087.08 Lorraine Winstanley2019, Last 16 Kirsty Hutchinson4-386.94 Lisa Ashton2019, QF Casey Gallagher4-2
Five highest losing averagesAveragePlayerYear (+ Round)OpponentResult84.77 Lorraine Winstanley2018, Final Fallon Sherrock3-684.42 Kirsty Hutchinson2019, Last 16 Lorraine Winstanley3-482.86 Aileen de Graaf2019, SF Lisa Ashton4-582.56 Lisa Ashton2017, Last 16 Anca Zijlstra3-481.64 Aileen de Graaf2018, Last 16 Maria O'Brien3-4
Five highest tournament averages (min 3 matches)AveragePlayerYear84.15 Fallon Sherrock201883.63 Anastasia Dobromyslova201983.34 Fallon Sherrock201582.82 Lisa Ashton201681.69 Lisa Ashton2015
Sponsors The tournament has been sponsored by the Daily Mirror, Winmau and SportsDirect.com. From 2019, the tournament's sponsors have been One80 and L-style Sponsor Year Daily Mirror 2014 Winmau 2015 2018 SportsDirect.com 2016 One80 2019 L-style 2019
Media coverage The BDO World Trophy was broadcast live and in its entirety by Eurosport for the first two events. After an issue with partner De:Luxe sports group the 2016 event ended up being shown on Dave in 2016. FrontRunner broadcast some of the 2017 event. A new TV channel has been found for the 2018 event when it was announced that Premier Sports will show all 5 days action. Eurosport showed the last edition of the World Trophy in 2019. Broadcaster Years Eurosport 2014 2015 Dave 2016 FrontRunner 2017Premier Sports 2018 Eurosport 2019
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