The 2018 BDO World Trophy was a major darts tournament run by the

British Darts Organisation The British Darts Organisation (BDO) was a darts organisation founded on 7 January 1973 by Olly Croft. Made up of 66 member counties, it oversaw professional, semi-professional and amateur darts competitions in Britain. The BDO was a founder ...

. It was host between 30 May and 3 June 2018 at Preston Guild Hall,

Preston Preston is a place name, surname and given name that may refer to: Places England *Preston, Lancashire, an urban settlement **The City of Preston, Lancashire, a borough and non-metropolitan district which contains the settlement **County Boro ...

, England. Peter Machin and

Aileen de Graaf Aileen de Graaf (born 25 April 1990) is a Dutch darts player playing in events of the World Darts Federation (WDF). She is member of the Dutch national team. She also plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation The Professional Da ...

were defending their champions, after beating Martin Phillips (10–8) and Anastasia Dobromyslova (6–2) respectively in the final of last year's edition. Machin lost to

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, Unterbuchner ...

7–1 in the Quarter-finals. De Graaf lost in the First round 4–3 to

Maria O'Brien Maria O'Brien (born 14 May 1970) is an English darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Career O'Brien reached the Semi-Final of the World Masters in 2016. In 2017, she reached the Last 16 of the BDO World Trophy and wo ...

. Unterbuchner went on to lose in the final of the men’s event to

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 ...

(10–7), who has now completed the ‘triple crown’ of BDO majors. In the women’s competition, Fallon Sherrock won her second televised title with a 6–3 win over

Lorraine Winstanley Lorraine Winstanley (née Farlam, born 28 October 1975) is an English darts player who plays in both World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Winstanley won the 2011 Romanian International Darts O ...

Men

Qualifiers

Top 16 in BDO Rankings #

(Winner) #

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, beatin ...

''(Second round)'' # Scott Mitchell ''(Second round)'' # Jim Williams ''(Semi-finals)'' # Scott Waites ''(First round)'' # Ross Montgomery ''(Semi-finals)'' # Wesley Harms ''(Second round)'' # Willem Mandigers ''(First round)'' # Martin Phillips ''(First round)'' # James Hurrell ''(First round)'' # Gary Robson ''(First 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. Baet ...

''(Second round)'' #

Conan Whitehead Conan Whitehead (born 18 February 1986) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a former quarter-finalist of the BDO World Darts Championship. Career Whitehead has competed in ...

''(First round)'' # Kyle McKinstry ''(Quarter-finals)'' # Dean Reynolds ''(First round)'' # Jeffrey Sparidaans ''(First round)'' 17–25 in BDO Rankings WDF regional Qualifiers * Pengiran Mohamed ''(First round)'' * Justin Thompson ''(First round)'' Play-Offs Qualifiers * William Borland ''(Second round)'' *

Dafydd Edwards Dafydd is a Welsh masculine given name, related to David, and more rarely a surname. People so named include: Given name Medieval era :''Ordered chronologically'' * Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd (c. 1145-1203), Prince of Gwynedd * Dafydd ap Gruffydd (1 ...

''(First round)'' * Ryan Hogarth ''(Second round)'' * Jonathan Worsley ''(First round)'' Last Year Winner not Qualified * Peter Machin ''(Quarter-finals)''

Draw bracket

Women

Qualifiers

Top 8 in BDO Rankings #

''(Runner-up)'' #

''(First round)'' # Deta Hedman ''(First round)'' #

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 ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' # Anastasia Dobromyslova ''(Semi-finals)'' # Sharon Prins ''(Quarter-finals)'' # Fallon Sherrock (Winner) # Trina Gulliver ''(First round)'' 9–14 in BDO Rankings Play-Offs Qualifiers * Rhian O'Sullivan ''(First round)'' * Roz Bulmer ''(Semi-finals)''

Draw bracket

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30 May - 1 June
, RD2={{Nowrap, Quarter-Finals (''best of 7 legs'')
2 June
, RD3={{Nowrap, Semi-Finals (''best of 9 legs'')
3 June
, RD4={{Nowrap, Final (''best of 11 legs'')
3 June
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76.76 , RD1-score01=4 , RD1-seed02= , RD1-team02={{flagicon, ENG

Paula Jacklin Paula Jacklin (24 March 1957) is an English darts player who competes in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. World Championship results BDO/WDF * 2015: First round (lost to Aileen de Graaf 0–2) * 2016: First round (lost to Lisa Ashton 0 ...

62.87 , RD1-score02=1 , RD1-seed03=8 , RD1-team03={{flagicon, ENG Trina Gulliver 64.46 , RD1-score03=3 , RD1-seed04= , RD1-team04={{flagicon, NED

Anca Zijlstra Anja Carolina Zijlstra (born 3 September 1973) is a Dutch darts player who competes in events of the World Darts Federation (WDF). Career World Championship results BDO/WDF * 2016: Quarter-finals (lost to Aileen de Graaf 1–2) * 2017: First ...

68.45 , RD1-score04=4 , RD1-seed05=4 , RD1-team05={{flagicon, ENG

79.11 , RD1-score05=4 , RD1-seed06= , RD1-team06={{flagicon, AUS Corrine Hammond 56.79 , RD1-score06=0 , RD1-seed07=5 , RD1-team07={{flagicon, RUS Anastasia Dobromyslova 74.22 , RD1-score07=4 , RD1-seed08=Q , RD1-team08={{flagicon, WAL Rhian O'Sullivan 64.77 , RD1-score08=0 , RD1-seed09=2 , RD1-team09={{flagicon, NED

81.64 , RD1-score09=3 , RD1-seed10= , RD1-team10={{flagicon, ENG

79.06 , RD1-score10=4 , RD1-seed11=7 , RD1-team11={{flagicon, ENG Fallon Sherrock 75.78 , RD1-score11=4 , RD1-seed12= , RD1-team12={{flagicon, WAL

Rhian Griffiths Rhian Griffiths (born 30 September 1980) is a professional Welsh female darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation events. Career Griffiths reached the Semi-final of the 2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, cloc ...

70.41 , RD1-score12=2 , RD1-seed13=3 , RD1-team13={{flagicon, ENG Deta Hedman 66.62 , RD1-score13=3 , RD1-seed14=Q , RD1-team14={{flagicon, ENG Roz Bulmer 69.83 , RD1-score14=4 , RD1-seed15=6 , RD1-team15={{flagicon, NED Sharon Prins 71.32 , RD1-score15=4 , RD1-seed16= , RD1-team16={{flagicon, ENG

Tricia Wright Tricia Wright (born 1 September 1958 in Epping) is a female former professional English darts player from Mitcham in Surrey. Her nickname is The Wright Stuff. Career Wright competed in the first PDC Women's World Championship final in 2010 ...

70.77 , RD1-score16=1 , RD2-seed01=1 , RD2-team01={{flagicon, ENG

79.11 , RD2-score01=4 , RD2-seed02= , RD2-team02={{flagicon, NED

70.00 , RD2-score02=0 , RD2-seed03=4 , RD2-team03={{flagicon, ENG

74.03 , RD2-score03=2 , RD2-seed04=5 , RD2-team04={{flagicon, RUS Anastasia Dobromyslova 82.17 , RD2-score04=4 , RD2-seed05= , RD2-team05={{flagicon, ENG

74.50 , RD2-score05=3 , RD2-seed06=7 , RD2-team06={{flagicon, ENG Fallon Sherrock 74.96 , RD2-score06=4 , RD2-seed07=Q , RD2-team07={{flagicon, ENG Roz Bulmer 68.31 , RD2-score07=4 , RD2-seed08=6 , RD2-team08={{flagicon, NED Sharon Prins 61.74 , RD2-score08=0 , RD3-seed01=1 , RD3-team01={{flagicon, ENG

74.47 , RD3-score01=5 , RD3-seed02=5 , RD3-team02={{flagicon, RUS Anastasia Dobromyslova 81.04 , RD3-score02=4 , RD3-seed03=7 , RD3-team03={{flagicon, ENG Fallon Sherrock 91.65 , RD3-score03=5 , RD3-seed04=Q , RD3-team04={{flagicon, ENG Roz Bulmer 76.85 , RD3-score04=0 , RD4-seed01=1 , RD4-team01={{flagicon, ENG

84.77 , RD4-score01=3 , RD4-seed02=7 , RD4-team02={{flagicon, ENG Fallon Sherrock 94.22 , RD4-score02=6

References

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