The 2013 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 36th

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organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 28th staging at the Lakeside Country Club at

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Christian Kist Christian Kist (born 21 April 1986) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2012, he won the BDO World Darts Championship, defeating Tony O'Shea in the final. Career BDO Kist reached ...

was the defending men's champion, having won the title for the first time in

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, but was knocked out in the first round against Robbie Green.

Scott Waites Scott Waites (born 17 February 1977) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a two-time BDO World Darts Champion having won the 2013 tournament and 2016 tournament. He is also ...

, the third seed and pre-tournament favourite, won his first world championship by defeating Tony O'Shea 7–1, who became the first man to lose his first three BDO World Championship finals.

Anastasia Dobromyslova Anastasia Petrovna Dobromyslova-Martin (; born 26 September 1984) is a professional darts player. She is a three-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the British Darts Organisation (BDO). After winning her first title in 2008, Dobr ...

defended her world title by defeating

Lisa Ashton Lisa Ashton (born 27 August 1970) is an English professional darts player who competes in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "The Lancashire Rose", Ashton formerly competed in British Darts O ...

& in doing so, won the world championship for the 3rd time. Players from around the globe competed to reach the

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and

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televised finals, which ran from 5 to 13 January at

Format and qualifiers

Men's

The televised stages featured 32 players. The top 16 players in the BDO rankings over the 2011/12 season were seeded for the tournament.

Women's

The televised stages featured 8 players. The top 2 players in the WDF/BDO rankings over the 2011/12 season were seeded for the tournament.

Prize money

The prize money was £258,000 for the men's event and £16,000 for the women's event. :Men's Champion: £100,000 :Runner-Up: £30,000 :Semi-Finalists (2): £11,000 :Quarter-Finalists (4): £6,000 :Last 16 (8): £4,250 :Last 32 (16): £3,000 :Women's Champion: £10,000 :Runner-Up: £2,000 :Semi-Finalists (2): £1,000 :Quarter-Finalists (4): £500 There was also a shared 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £3,000 per event.

Results bracket

Men's

The draw for the tournament was made on 13 October 2012 live on ESPN. Final set of the game must be won by two clear legs, in case of a 5-5 a sudden-death leg is played.

Women's

* All matches best of three sets, best of five legs. The results are:

TV coverage

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coverage is presented by

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and

Bobby George Robert Francis George (born 16 December 1945) is an English television presenter and former professional darts player. He is widely recognised as one of the game's biggest personalities, known for his flamboyant entrances in which the "King o ...

who will present live coverage and highlights. Rob Walker returns as ''Darts Extra'' host and reporter during the live coverage. Commentary comes from

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and Jim Proudfoot who replaces David Croft who moved to Sky F1 for 2012.

ESPN UK

coverage is presented by Ray Stubbs who returns to host his 11th Lakeside after previously hosting from 2001 to 2009 on the BBC. He will host with BDO players;

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will be relief host and reporter. Commentary is shared with the BBC and comes from Green, Alexander and Proudfoot. Both channels coverage comes from

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who provide the equipment, build the set, commentary boxes etc. and supply the output for both broadcasters.

Statistics

Men

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Martin Adams Martin Adams (born 4 June 1956) is an English professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Nicknamed "Wolfie", he is a three-time BDO World Champion and three-time World Masters champion. He represents Cambridgesh ...

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Mark Barilli Mark Barilli (born 14 November 1973) is a Scottish darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is well known for his throwing style where he changes the speed of his throw from fast to slow alternatively, and also ...

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Stephen Bunting Stephen Bunting (born 9 April 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number four. Nicknamed "the Bullet", Bunting formerly competed in Brit ...

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Jason Cullen Jason Cullen (born 11 June 1988) is an Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Darts career Cullen represented the Republic of Ireland in the WDF Europe Cup Youth in 2004 and was runner-up in ...

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Tony Eccles Tony Eccles (born 8 January 1970) is an English former professional darts player and convicted sex offender. Nicknamed The Viper, he played in both the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He reached t ...

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Darryl Fitton Darryl Fitton (born 5 May 1962) is a former English professional darts player. He was nicknamed The Dazzler and worked as an undertaker before embarking on his darts career. Fitton won the 2009 Finder Masters and the 2016 BDO World Trophy. ...

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Jimmy Hendriks Jimmy Hendriks (born 19 March 1994) is a former Dutch darts player. Career BDO Hendriks won the WDF World Youth Cup and World Youth Masters in 2011 and the Lithuania Open in 2012; 2012 proved to be a successful year for 18-year-old Hendriks who ...

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Dave Prins David Michael Prins (born 16 November 1968) is an English professional darts player. Career Prins reached the last 16 of the 2009 World Masters (darts), 2009 Winmau World Masters, where he lost to Tony O'Shea in three straight sets. Prins qua ...

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Willy van de Wiel Willy van de Wiel (born 15 April 1982) is a Dutch former professional darts player. BDO career Van de Wiel won the 2008 Norway Open, beating Dave Chisnall, Stephen Bunting and John Henderson, before beating Paul Hanvidge in the final. He als ...

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Wayne Warren Wayne Warren (born 12 June 1962) is a Welsh former professional darts player who competed in World Darts Federation (WDF). He was the last BDO World Darts Champion. He is the oldest player to become world champion. Darts career BDO Warren qua ...

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Women

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Irina Armstrong Irina Armstrong () née Loginova (born 6 December 1970) is a Russian-born German professional darts player who currently plays in the World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Her biggest achievement to date was advanced to semi-finals in the 2011 B ...

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, Runner-Up , 3 , 5 , 2 , 17 , 10 , 38 , 14 , 1 , 120 , 79.28 , - , align="left",

, Winner , 3 , 6 , 2 , 21 , 12 , 60 , 12 , 2 , 144 , 80.39 , - , align="left", Lorraine Farlam , Quarter-finalist , 1 , 0 , 2 , 2 , 6 , 7 , 6 , 0 , 40 , 71.52 , - , align="left", Julie Gore , Quarter-finalist , 1 , 0 , 2 , 4 , 6 , 14 , 3 , 0 , 93 , 65.41 , - , align="left", Trina Gulliver , Semi-finalist , 2 , 3 , 3 , 11 , 12 , 21 , 14 , 0 , 120 , 73.02 , - , align="left",

Deta Hedman Deta Hedman OBE (born 14 November 1959) is an English darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. She is a two-time World Masters and Finder Masters winner, and a three-time Dutch Open champion. She was also a three-time run ...

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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 pl ...

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References

External links

The official site of the Lakeside BDO World Professional Darts Championship

Playing Schedule
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