1983 BDO World Darts Championship the title. To this day commentators often refer to 138 as the "Deller checkout" if a player is left with that score. The prize fund was £32,300. There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £750. 1983 BDO World Darts Championship The 1983 Embassy World Darts Championship was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent from 1–8 January 1983. The tournament saw one of the World Darts Championship's biggest upsets, when Keith Deller defeated Eric Bristow, by 6 sets to 5 in the final, to become the youngest ever World Darts
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