2018 BDO World Darts Championship 2018 BDO World Darts Championship The 2018 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 41st World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 33rd staging at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green. Glen Durrant who was the defending men's champion, successfully retained his title, beating Mark McGeeney 7–6 in the final after the match went to a tie break. Durrant became the fifth player to defend a world title following his first win, after Eric Bristow, Raymond van Barneveld, Adrian Lewis and Gary Anderson. McGeeney became the second man, following Mike Gregory in 1992, to lose a
World Professional Darts Championship World Championship (correct as of 14 January 2018). British Darts Organisation (current sponsors: Lakeside) Professional Darts Corporation (current sponsors: Unicorn) The following sortable table lists all winners of both versions of the World Championship (correct as of 13 January 2018). British Darts Organisation (current sponsors: Lakeside) Professional Darts Corporation (current sponsors: Unicorn) World Professional Darts Championship The World Professional Darts Championship is one of the most important tournaments in the darts calendar. Originally held as an annual event between 1978 and 1993, players then broke off into two separate organisations after a controversial split in the game. Each organisation, the