BDO World Trophy

BDO World Trophy
Tournament information
Venue	Memo Arts Centre, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan
Location	Barry
Country	Wales
Established	2014
Organisation(s)	BDO category Major / WDF category Special
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£78,000 (men), £22,000 (women)
Month(s) Played	May

The Winmau BDO World Trophy is the new major darts tournament run by the British Darts Organisation, hosted originally in February at Event City in Manchester; since 2016 the tournament was held in May in various locations. The event is organized by BDO Events, the commercial arm of the British Darts Organisation.^[1]

History

The first World Trophy was held in February 2014 at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool. The Event marked the first BDO major event since the split in darts to not feature the BDO World Champion as Stephen Bunting joined the Professional Darts Corporation once he won the Lakeside Championship in 2014.

Final Results and statistics

Year	Champion	Av.	Score	Runner-Up	Av.	Prize Money			Venue	Sponsor
						Total	Champion	Runner-Up
2014	James Wilson	90.95	13 – 11	Ross Montgomery	90.20	£80,000	£30,000	£12,000	Blackpool Tower, Blackpool	Daily Mirror
2015	Geert de Vos	86.30	10 – 9	Jeffrey de Graaf	88.20	£40,000	£10,000	£5,000	Event City, Manchester	Winmau
2016	Darryl Fitton	87.84	13 – 9	Peter Machin	81.19	£78,000	£20,000	£10,000	Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green	SportsDirect.com
2017	Peter Machin	91.07	10 – 8	Martin Phillips	86.24	£38,000	£8,000	£4,000	Memo Arts Centre, Barry
2018	Glen Durrant	97.00	10 – 7	Michael Unterbuchner	95.67	£34,000	£8,000	£4,000	Preston Guild Hall, Preston	Winmau

Finalists

Player	Won	Runner-up
Peter Machin	1	1
Glen Durrant	1	0
Darryl Fitton	1	0
Geert de Vos	1	0
James Wilson	1	0
Jeffrey de Graaf	0	1
Ross Montgomery	0	1
Martin Phillips	0	1
Michael Unterbuchner	0	1

Women's Championship

Finals

Year	Champion	Av.	Score	Runner-Up	Av.	Prize Money			Venue	Sponsor
						Total	Champion	Runner-Up
2014	Anastasia Dobromyslova	73.41	9 – 7	Lisa Ashton	72.00	£14,400	£6,000	£2,400	Blackpool Tower, Blackpool	Daily Mirror
2015	Lisa Ashton	77.67	7 – 5	Anastasia Dobromyslova	73.89	£10,500	£3,000	£1,500	Event City, Manchester	Winmau
2016	Lisa Ashton	83.54	7 – 4	Deta Hedman	77.13	£22,000	£4,000	£2,000	Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green	SportsDirect.com
2017	Aileen de Graaf	67.32	6 – 2	Anastasia Dobromyslova	67.11	£22,000	£4,000	£2,000	Memo Arts Centre, Barry
2018	Fallon Sherrock	94.22	6 – 3	Lorraine Winstanley	84.77	£13,500	£3,000	£1,500	Preston Guild Hall, Preston	Winmau

Finalists

Player	Won	Runner-up
Lisa Ashton	2	1
Anastasia Dobromyslova	1	2
Aileen de Graaf	1	0
Fallon Sherrock	1	0
Deta Hedman	0	1
Lorraine Winstanley	0	1

Sponsors

The tournament has been sponsored by the Daily Mirror, Winmau and SportsDirect.com.

Media coverage

The BDO World Trophy was broadcast live and in its entirety by Eurosport for the first two events. After an issue with partner De:Luxe sports group the 2016 event ended up being shown on Dave in 2016. FrontRunner broadcast some of the 2017 event. A new TV channel has been found for the 2018 event when it was announced that Premier Sports will show all 5 days action

References