1987 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1987 Embassy World Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey between 9 and 17 January 1987. John Lowe, the 1979 champion and four-time runner-up in the event, beat (by a scoreline of 6-4) three-time defending champion Eric Bristow in a repeat of the 1981 and 1985 finals. This marked something of a turning point in darts; Bristow had won the title for the three consecutive years prior to this. His defeat by Lowe was his first in the World Championship since 1983. Despite reaching the final of this event three more times (1989, 1990 and 1991) he would never again win the world title.

Seeds

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

Prize money
The prize fund was £62,000.


 * Champion: £14,000
 * Runner-Up: £7,000
 * Semi-finalists (2): £3,500
 * Quarter-finalists (4): £2,900
 * Last 16 (8): £1,400
 * Last 32 (16): £700

There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £1,000.

Seeds

 * 1) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Day
 * 2) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Greatbatch
 * 3) 🇦🇺 Rowan Barry
 * 4)  Harith Lim


 * Semi-finals (best of 3 sets)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Day 1–2 Harith Lim
 * 🇦🇺 Rowan Barry 2–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Greatbatch


 * Final (best of 5 sets)
 * Harith Lim 2–3 🇦🇺 Rowan Barry