1996 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1996 Embassy World Professional Darts Championship was held from 1–7 January 1996 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey and was won by the number six seed Steve Beaton. Beaton, who suffered a first round loss in the previous two World Championships as the number one seed, defeated Co Stompé, 1994 champion John Part, and future champions Martin Adams and Andy Fordham before beating defending champion Richie Burnett 6–3 in sets in the final.

Seeds

 * 1) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Richie Burnett
 * 2) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Fordham
 * 3) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Adams
 * 4) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Gregory
 * 5)  Raymond van Barneveld
 * 6) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Beaton
 * 7) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Colin Monk
 * 8) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Painter

Prize money
The prize money was £145,200.


 * Champion: £36,000
 * Runner-Up: £18,000
 * Semi-Finalists (2): £8,400
 * Quarter-Finalists (4): £4,200
 * Last 16 (8): £3,200
 * Last 32 (16): £2,000

There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £1,600.