2008 BDO World Darts Championship

The 2008 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 31st World Championship staged by the British Darts Organisation and was held between 5–13 January 2008 at the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey.

Martin Adams attempted to defend the title that he won at the 14th attempt in 2007 but he lost in the Semi-Finals to Mark Webster. Webster won the World Championship, beating Simon Whitlock 7–5 in the final.

Anastasia Dobromyslova won the Women's World Championship, becoming the first player to beat Trina Gulliver in the World Championship. Gulliver had won all of the previous seven titles.

Prize money
The prize fund for the 2008 event is £258,000
 * Men's Champion: £85,000
 * Runner-up: £30,000
 * Semi-Finalists: £11,000 x 2
 * Quarter-Finalists: £6,000 x 4
 * Second Round: £4,250 x 8
 * First Round: £3,000 x 16


 * Women's Champion: £6,000
 * Runner-Up £2,000
 * Semi-Finalists: £1,000 x 2
 * Quarter-Finalists: £500 x 4


 * Nine dart finish: £52,000 (Men & Women)
 * Highest Checkout: £3,000 (Men & Women)

Seeds
Men
 * 1) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Webster
 * 2)  Gary Anderson
 * 3) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scott Waites
 * 4) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Adams
 * 5) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony O'Shea
 * 6)  Co Stompé
 * 7) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ted Hankey
 * 8) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Robson
 * 9) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darryl Fitton
 * 10) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Atkins
 * 11) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brian Woods
 * 12) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Walton
 * 13) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Greatbatch
 * 14)  Mario Robbe
 * 15)  Edwin Max
 * 16)  Niels de Ruiter

Women
 * 1)  Francis Hoenselaar
 * 2) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Trina Gulliver
 * 3)  Karin Krappen
 * 4) 🇷🇺 Anastasia Dobromyslova

Men's

 * Match distances in sets are quoted in brackets at the top of each round. All sets best of five legs, unless there is a final set tie-break

Television coverage
The tournament was covered by the BBC in the UK, SBS6 in the Netherlands and Eurosport across continental Europe.