The 2018 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 41st

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organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 33rd staging at the Lakeside Country Club at

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Glen Durrant Glen Durrant (born 24 November 1970), nicknamed "Duzza", is an English former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He previously won the BDO World Darts Championship three times consecutively fr ...

who was the defending men's champion, successfully retained his title, beating

Mark McGeeney Mark McGeeney (born 28 June 1972) is an English professional darts player from Coventry, Warwickshire. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career BDO In August 2010, McGeeney won the Weoley Castle Open, beati ...

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 Eric John Bristow, (25 April 1957 – 5 April 2018), nicknamed "The Crafty Cockney", was an English professional darts player. He was ranked World No. 1 by the World Darts Federation a record five times, in 1980, 1981 and 1983–1985. He was ...

Raymond van Barneveld Raymond van Barneveld (born 20 April 1967) is a Dutch professional darts player. Nicknamed Barney, although originally known as The Man, he is one of the most successful darts players in history. Van Barneveld is a five-time World Darts Cham ...

Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis (born 21 January 1985) is an English professional darts player currently playing in the PDC. He is a two-time PDC World Darts Champion, winning in 2011 and 2012. He is nicknamed Jackpot, as he won a jackpot gambling in Las Vegas ...

and Gary Anderson. McGeeney became the second man, following Mike Gregory in 1992, to lose a world final having had darts at double to win.

Lisa Ashton Lisa Ashton (born 27 August 1970) is an English professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. She is a four-time BDO World Darts Women's Champion and has won over ...

who was the defending women's champion, also retained her title with a 3–1 win over

Anastasia Dobromyslova Anastasia Petrovna Dobromyslova-Martin (russian: Анастаси́я Петро́вна Добромы́слова; born 26 September 1984) is a professional darts player. She is a three-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the B ...

. Durrant recorded the tournament's first 100+ match average since

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in his quarter-final victory over Jim Williams. All four men's quarter-finals went to a deciding set, the first time this had happened since the format was changed so that the quarters were played to best of nine sets. The previous year this happened was

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, when the quarter-finals were best of seven sets.

Michael Unterbuchner Michael Unterbuchner (born 23 May 1988) is a German darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached the semi-finals of the BDO World Championship on two of his three appearances. Career In 2017, Unterbuchne ...

became the first

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player to reach the semi-finals of the World Championship, but was beaten 6–4 by

Men's

Format and qualifiers

1–16 in BDO Rankings ''(Seeded in First Round)'' #

(Winner) #

''(Runner-up)'' # Jamie Hughes ''(First round)'' # Scott Mitchell ''(Second round)'' #

Ross Montgomery Ross Montgomery (born 16 October 1962), nicknamed The Boss, is a Scottish professional darts player who played in World Darts Federation (WDF) tournaments and as of January 14th 2022 now plays on the Professional Darts Corporat ...

''(First round)'' #

Geert De Vos Geert De Vos (born 6 October 1981) is a Belgian darts player. His nickname is "Foxy". Career In 2012, De Vos qualified for the first time for BDO World Darts Championship; this performance led to a wildcard for the Zuiderduin Masters. During t ...

''(Second round)'' #

Wesley Harms Wesley Harms (born 11 June 1984) is a Dutch former professional darts player. Career Harms won the BDO International Open in 2011, defeating Stephen Bunting in the final. Harms qualified for the 2012 BDO World Darts Championship as the 13t ...

''(First round)'' #

Cameron Menzies Cameron Menzies (born 27 June 1989) is a Scottish darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Career BDO Menzies first played darts on the BDO circuit in 2006, playing in the Gibraltar Open. However, he di ...

''(First round)'' # Jim Williams ''(Quarter-finals)'' #

Willem Mandigers Willem Mandigers (born 4 June 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in World Darts Federation events. Career Mandigers won the Turkish Open in 2014. At the 2014 World Masters he lost to Robbie Green in the first round 3–1. ...

''(Second round)'' #

Richard Veenstra Richard Veenstra (born 10 July 1981) is a Dutch professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is a Dutch Open champion, BDO World Trophy and Finder Darts Masters finalist. Multiple medalist of WDF World ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' #

Dean Reynolds Dean Reynolds (born 11 January 1963 in Grimsby) is an English former professional snooker player whose career spanned twenty years from 1981 to 2001. Career Before turning professional, Reynolds won the first-ever Junior Pot Black in 1981, b ...

''(Second round)'' #

Andy Baetens Andy Baetens (born 24 February 1989) is a Belgian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is the reigning 2023 WDF World Darts champion, becoming the first Belgian player to win a world title. Bae ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' # Martin Phillips ''(Second round)'' # James Hurrell James Hurrell (born 7 July 1984) is an English darts player. Career BDO Hurrell reached the Last 32 of the 2015 World Masters, he played Martin Phillips and lost 3–2 in sets. He qualified for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship and was be ...
(Withdrew) # Darryl Fitton ''(Second round)'' 17–24 in BDO Rankings ''(First Round)'' 25–26 in BDO Rankings ''(Preliminary Round)'' Last Year Finalist not Qualified ''(Preliminary Round)'' *

Danny Noppert Danny Noppert (born 31 December 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a former BDO World Darts Championship finalist, as well as being a Finder Darts Masters champion in 2017, b ...

''(Second round)'' Replacement Player ''(First Round)'' *

Richie Edwards Richie Edwards (born 25 September 1974) is an English musician. He is the former bassist of the British hard rock band The Darkness and the guitarist/vocalist of their successor band Stone Gods. He was confirmed as a member on 13 June 2005 ...

''(First round)'' Regional Table Qualifiers ''(Preliminary Round)'' * Craig Caldwell ''(Preliminary round)'' *

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''(Preliminary round)'' * Joe Chaney ''(Preliminary round)'' * Daniel Day ''(First round)'' *

Chris Landman Chris Landman (born 17 January 1981) is a Dutch professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career In 2017, Landman won the Catalonian Open, reached the quarter-final of the WDF Wo ...

''(Preliminary round)'' * Dennis Nilsson ''(First round)'' * Ümit Uygunsözlü ''(Preliminary round)'' Regional Playoff Qualifiers ''(Preliminary Round)'' * Pengiran Mohamed ''(Preliminary round)'' * Justin Thompson ''(First round)'' Bridlington Playoff Qualifiers ''(Preliminary Round)'' *

Chris Gilliland Christopher Gilliland (born 1 April 1983) is a Northern Irish-born Irish professional darts player, Who currently playing in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship. Career In 2016, Gilliland ...

''(Preliminary round)'' * Chris Harris ''(First round)'' *

Derk Telnekes Derk Telnekes (born April 28, 1995) is a Dutch darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career In 2017, Telnekes won the Belgium Open. He qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship as one of the playoff qual ...

''(First round)'' *

''(Semi-finals)''

Draw bracket

Preliminary Round

All matches are best of 5 sets.

Last 32

Women's

Format and qualifiers

1–8 in BDO Rankings ''(Seeded)'' #

Deta Hedman Deta Hedman (born 14 November 1959) is an English darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Biography Hedman was born in Jamaica in 1959. Her parents emigrated to the United Kingdom in the early 1960s, leaving Hedman and he ...

''(Semi-Final)'' # Aileen de Graaf ''(Quarter-Final)'' # Lorraine Winstanley ''(Quarter-Final)'' #

(Winner) # Corrine Hammond ''(First Round)'' #

''(Runner-up)'' # Trina Gulliver ''(Semi-Final)'' #

Sharon Prins Sharon Prins (also known by her married name Sharon Boxem-Prins; born 24 August 1988) is a former Dutch darts player who played in events of the British Darts Organisation (BDO). Career Prins was born in 1988 in Zoetermeer and became a darts p ...

''(Quarter-Final)'' 9–14 in BDO Rankings Playoff Qualifiers * Rachna David ''(First Round)'' *

Vicky Pruim Vicky Pruim (born 24 February 1974) is a Belgian born Swedish darts player who plays internationally for Sweden, and in competitive darting events around the world. Vicky started her darts career in 1987, successfully defending her Belgium No1 lad ...

''(First Round)''

Draw Bracket

Youth

For the fourth consecutive year, a youth final was played on the Lakeside stage during the Championships. In September 2017, the Youth tournament was played down to the final two. The final took place on 11 January, and was contested between 17 year old defending champion Justin van Tergouw from the

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and 15 year old Killian Heffernan from

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. The format was first to three sets.

Representation from different countries

This tables shows the number of players by country (men and women) in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round. Fifteen countries were represented in the World Championship at men competition and seven at the women. Overall seventeen countries competed at the World Championship.

Men

Women

References

External links

BDOdarts.com

LakesideWorldDarts.co.uk
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