1986 BDO World Darts Championship

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.

Prize money
Total Prize fund rose by £9,500 to £52,500 (plus a £51,000 bonus for a nine-dart finish – not won)


 * Champion £12,000
 * Runner-up £6,000
 * Semi-finalists £3,000
 * Quarter-finalists £1,700
 * 2nd round losers £1,200
 * 1st round losers £650
 * Non-qualifiers £175
 * Highest checkout £1,000

Seeds

 * 1) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eric Bristow
 * 2) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Lowe
 * 3) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Whitcombe
 * 4) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cliff Lazarenko
 * 5) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Keith Deller
 * 6)  Jocky Wilson
 * 7) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Anderson
 * 8)  Steve Brennan

The results
First round draw took place at the Lakeside on 5 November 1985.

Seeds

 * 1) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Day
 * 2)  Sean Bell
 * 3) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Woodrow
 * 4) 🇦🇺 Rowan Barry

Quarter-finals (best of 3 sets)

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Day 2–0 Harith Lim
 * Kieran McCormack 1–2 Sean Bell
 * 🇧🇪 Ferdie Boffel 0–2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Woodrow
 * 🇦🇺 Rowan Barry 2–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Greatbatch

Semi-finals (best of 3 sets)

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Day 2–1 🇦🇺 Rowan Barry
 * Sean Bell 1–2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Woodrow

Final (best of 5 sets)

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Woodrow 0–3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Day