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
Mike Day (darts player) losing 3–0. Mike Day (darts player) Mike Day (born 31 July 1955 in Auckland) is a New Zealand darts player who currently playing in the British Darts Organisation events. He reached the First Round of the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship. In 2013 he won the Canterbury Open, he beat Tony Carmichael in the Final 5–4. He qualified for the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship, he played Sam Head in the Preliminary round winning 3–0 before losing to Glen Durrant in the First Round 3–0. He qualified for the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship, he played Jeff Smith in the