1988 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1988 Embassy World Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey between 9 and 17 January 1988. The tournament was won by the number 1 seed, Bob Anderson, who played to a high level throughout the week, averaging over 90 in all of his games and over 97 in all but one.

Seeds

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

Prize money
The prize fund was £69,600.


 * Champion: £16,000
 * Runner-Up: £8,000
 * Semi-Finalists (2): £4,000
 * Quarter-Finalists (4): £2,200
 * Last 16 (8): £1,600
 * Last 32 (16): £1,000

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

The results
Malcolm Davies of Wales who broke his hand was replaced by Terry O'Dea of Australia in the first round