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
Paul Nicholson (darts player) Paul Nicholson (darts player) Paul Michael Nicholson (born 10 May 1979) is a British-Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. He has won a major event, the 2010 Players Championship Finals, where he defeated Mervyn King in the final. He was also the runner up to Phil Taylor in the 2011 Championship League Darts, and part of the Australia team which lost a sudden death shoot-out to England in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts final. Before joining the PDC Pro Tour, Nicholson was one of the top players in the Australian Grand Prix circuit,