1983 BDO World Darts Championship 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 Champion and the first qualifier to win the World Championship. Deller also beat world number 3, John Lowe in the quarter-finals and defending champion and world number 2, Jocky Wilson in the semi-finals, making him the only player in history to defeat the world's top
2002 PDC World Darts Championship end their five-year tenure as title sponsors. It was the first time in the history of the PDC that the PDC champion prize money (£50,000) was higher than the BDO champion prize money that year (£48,000). Source: This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship. Seven countries were represented in the World Championship, the same as in the previous championship. 2002 PDC World Darts Championship The 2001/2002 Skol World Darts Championship was the ninth World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) since it separated from the British Darts Organisation (BDO). It was held