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
Jamie Hughes (darts player) Hughes reached the semi-finals for the second year in a row before been beaten 6–1 by eventual winner Glen Durrant. In the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship Hughes lost to German debutant Michael Unterbuchner 3–2 in the first round. Hughes switched to the PDC following the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship, entering the 2018 PDC Q-School. Jamie Hughes (darts player) Jamie Hughes (born 27 February 1986) is an English darts player. He competes for the Professional Darts Corporation. Hughes broke out in 2014 by entering the world's top ten and reaching the final of the prestigious Winmau World Masters. He