1983 BDO World Darts Championship 1983 BDO World Darts Championship The 1983 Embassy World Darts Championship was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent from 1–8 January 1983. The tournament saw one of the World Darts Championship's biggest upsets, when Keith Deller defeated Eric Bristow, by 6 sets to 5 in the final, to become the youngest ever World Darts Champion and the first qualifier to win the World Championship. Deller also beat world number 3, John Lowe in the quarter-finals and defending champion and world number 2, Jocky Wilson in the semi-finals, making him the only player in history to defeat the world's top
2019 PDC World Darts Championship 2019 PDC World Darts Championship The 2019 William Hill World Darts Championship is the 26th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event is taking place at Alexandra Palace in London from 13 December 2018 to 1 January 2019. In the biggest overhaul since 2006, which saw 16 extra participants added, the number of participants increased from 72 to 96, with the top 32 from the PDC Order of Merit being joined by the 32 highest ranked players on the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit, plus 32 qualifiers from