1997 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1997 Embassy World Professional Darts Championship was held from 4–12 January 1997 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey. It was won by Les Wallace, who became the second Scotsman to become World Darts Champion after Jocky Wilson won it twice in 1982 and 1989. Wallace defeated Wales' Marshall James 6–3 in the final. Wallace also became the first left-handed player to win either version of the World Darts Championship. It was also the second time in four years that two unseeded players had reached the Embassy final, and remains the most recent occasion that this has occurred.

Seeds

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

Prize money
The prize money was £152,400.


 * Champion: £38,000
 * Runner-Up: £19,000
 * Semi-Finalists (2): £8,700
 * Quarter-Finalists (4): £4,400
 * Last 16 (8): £3,350
 * Last 32 (16): £2,100

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