1980 BDO World Darts Championship 1980 BDO World Darts Championship The 1980 Embassy World Darts Championship was the third year that the British Darts Organisation had staged a world championship. Again the field was 24 players, with the top seeds receiving a bye to the last 16 stage. For the second successive year the tournament was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent. Defending champion John Lowe, who had released a book "The Lowe Profile" just before the event suffered a surprise defeat 0–2 to Cliff Lazarenko saying afterwards "If you miss your doubles in this one, you must expect to go out." Eric Bristow
Kevin White (darts player) Kevin White (darts player) Kevin White (6 August 1938 – 20 May 2015) is a former Australian professional darts player who competed in the 1970s & 1980s. White wins of the 1977 BDO Golden Darts Pairs for George Foster to Australia. White reached the semi finals of the 1976 World Masters before making his World Championship debut in the 1981 BDO World Darts Championship, beating 10th seed Stefan Lord in the first round before losing in the second round to 7th seed Jocky Wilson. A year later in the 1982 BDO World Darts Championship, White lost in the first round