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- The BDO World Darts Championship is one version of the World Darts Championship having began as a unified World Championship for the game of darts in 1978. Since 1994, following a dispute with the BDO, a rival breakaway group was formed (now known as the Professional Darts Corporation) and it stages its own annual PDC World Championship, generally before the BDO version in late December and early January of each year. The BDO version was inaugurated in 1978 when it was held at the Heart of the Midlands Nightclub in the English city of Nottingham. The following year it moved to the Jollees Cabaret Club, Stoke, where it stayed until 1985. Since then it has been held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey. The event has been organised by the British Darts Organisation, darts' governing body. Many of darts' greatest moments have occurred at the BDO World Championship. In 1983, a 22 year-old qualifier from Ipswich, Keith Deller, beat the world's top 3 players including Eric Bristow in a memorable final to produce one of the greatest upsets in the sport's history. In 1990 American player Paul Lim hit the tournament's only ever perfect 9-dart finish in the second round against Irishman Jack McKenna to win a bonus of £50,000 which was more than the eventual champion. The finals of 1992, 1998 and 1999 all went into a deciding set play off, having reached 5 sets all and 2 legs all. In 1992, Phil Taylor defeated Mike Gregory in a sudden death leg, having reached 5 legs apiece. In 1998 Raymond van Barneveld beat Richie Burnett 4-2 in legs in the deciding set. Raymond van Barneveld then repeated the same final set scoreline the following year against Ronnie Baxter. These matches are often mentioned in a discussion of the greatest matches of all time. Similarly, the final of 2007 was exceptionally nailbiting. Martin Adams was 6 sets up, and after the comfort break, Phill Nixon responded by winning the next 6 consecutive sets. Adams held on to take victory in the 13th and deciding set, to win the title that had eluded him for 14 years. Ted Hankey of England is the current champion having beaten fellow Englishman Tony O'Shea 7-6 in the 2009 final.
- BDO World Darts Championship - jedna z wersji mistrzostw świata w darcie (od rozłamu w 1994 roku), traktowana na równi z PDC World Darts Championship. Organizacją mistrzostw zajmuje się federacja British Darts Organisation. Turniej jest organizowany od 1978 roku. Zawody są organizowane kilka dni po zakończeniu mistrzostw federacji PDC. Pierwszy turniej rozegrano w 1978 roku w klubie Heart of the Midlands Nightclub w Nottingham w Anglii. Rok później mistrzostwa zostały rozegrane w Stoke-on-Trent, gdzie impreza została do 1985 roku. Obecnie zawody są rozgrywane w Lakeside Leisure Complex w miesteczku Frimley Green w hrabstwie Surrey. W trakcie turnieju miało miejsce wiele ciekawych sytuacji. W 1983 roku 22-letni kwalifikant Keith Deller, pokonał trzech najlepszych zawodników świata i dokonał dużej niespodzianki zdobywając mistrzowski tytuł. W 1990 roku amerykański zawodnik Paul Lim w drugiej rundzie turnieju zanotował jedyne w historii turnieju zakończenie lega w dziewięciu rzutach (jego przeciwnikiem był Jack McKenna), za co zainkasował 50,000 funtów, co było większą nagrodą niż ewentualna wygrana w konkursie.
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