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
Darts world rankings placed into Category A, B, C and D based on the prize-pool and number of payouts, with points for placings slowly decreasing. Only the best 12 placings are added for a player's ranking. "Points are currently awarded as follows:" For the current men ranking see: BDO Men's Invitational Table at 16/12/2017 For the current women's rankings see: Darts world rankings Darts World Rankings are a system designed to determine a list of the best darts players in the world based on their performances in tournaments. However, in 1993, a group of former world champions and other high-profile players separated from