2008 BDO World Darts Championship

The 2008 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 31st World Championship staged by the British Darts Organisation and was held between January 5, 2008 and January 13, 2008 at the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey.

Martin Adams attempted to defend the title that he won at the 14th attempt in 2007 but he lost in the Semi-Finals to Mark Webster.

Mark Webster won the World Championship, beating Simon Whitlock 7-5 in the final.

Anastasia Dobromyslova won the Women's World Championship, becoming the first player to beat Trina Gulliver in the World Championship. Trina had won all of the previous seven titles.

Prize money

The prize fund for the 2008 event is £310,000

Men's Champion: £85,000

Runner-up: £30,000

Semi-Finalists: £11,000 x 2

Quarter-Finalists: £ 6,000 x 4

Second Round: £ 4,250 x 8

First Round: £ 3,000 x 16

Women's Champion: £ 6,000

Runner-Up £ 2,000

Semi-Finalists: £ 1,000 x 2

Quarter-Finalists: £ 500 x 4

Nine dart finish: £52,000 (Men & Women)

Highest Checkout: £ 3,000 (Men & Women)

Draw and results

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Michael Rosenauer was originally drawn to face Mark Webster, but chose to withdraw from the event to compete in the 2008 PDC World Championship. Jones had won the standby play-off at Bridlington prior to the World Masters.

Statistics

Player	Played	Sets Won	Sets Lost	Legs Won	Legs Lost	100+	140+	180s	High Checkout	3-dart Average
Mark Webster	5	25	12	85	67	188	98	39	141	92.28
Ian Jones	1	1	3	6	11	18	11	3	118	85.29
Niels de Ruiter	1	1	3	7	11	27	7	0	40	74.04
Glenn Moody	2	4	5	18	19	61	17	1	121	80.87
Darryl Fitton	3	8	6	35	22	83	38	16	156	95.43
Davy Richardson	1	1	3	4	11	27	11	1	67	89.91
Gary Robson	2	3	5	12	16	37	19	2	135	84.16
Tony David	1	1	3	4	10	25	2	0	68	76.77
Tony O'Shea	2	5	6	19	24	64	26	7	161	84.55
Steve Farmer	1	2	3	9	10	27	9	3	114	81.78
John Walton	1	0	3	3	9	15	10	1	36	85.26
Robert Thornton	3	11	7	43	32	153	75	20	170	91.65
Shaun Greatbatch	1	1	3	4	10	24	9	1	121	87.03
Martin Phillips	2	3	5	16	16	57	20	4	161	86.98
Martin Adams	4	16	10	61	52	184	82	20	128	91.88
Phill Nixon	1	0	3	3	9	18	5	0	112	77.61
Scott Waites	3	10	7	39	32	118	45	5	121	88.58
Mike Veitch	1	1	3	5	11	16	11	2	116	83.82
Mario Robbe	1	1	3	9	10	24	10	2	120	78.51
Remco van Eijden	2	5	5	18	25	47	24	9	84	85.15
Brian Woods	4	15	11	63	45	148	67	21	132	91.08
Paul Hanvidge	1	0	3	3	9	16	5	2	61	83.43
Co Stompé	2	5	4	19	18	40	26	5	170	89.30
Carl Mercer	1	0	3	2	9	13	5	2	69	78.54
Ted Hankey	3	7	8	31	28	65	40	13	138	86.96
Steve West	1	2	3	8	12	19	14	3	81	82.53
Martin Atkins	1	2	3	10	12	34	12	3	96	85.80
Andy Boulton	2	4	6	17	24	51	20	4	127	82.37
Edwin Max	1	0	3	6	9	19	7	0	149	77.46
Simon Whitlock	5	23	11	79	57	182	82	36	145	92.14
Gary Anderson	1	2	3	10	10	14	23	5	120	88.56
Fabian Roosenbrand	2	4	6	15	23	36	28	6	124	83.65

Womens Championship

First Round - Best of 3 sets			Semi-Finals - Best of 3 sets			Final - Best of 3 sets

4	Anastasia Dobromyslova 78.30	2

	Dee Bateman 69.72	0
			4	Anastasia Dobromyslova 77.07	2

				Stephanie Smee 68.49	0
1	Francis Hoenselaar 53.19	0

	Stephanie Smee 63.21	2
						4	Anastasia Dobromyslova 81.54	2

						2	Trina Gulliver 71.64	0
3	Karin Krappen 66.48	2

	Rilana Erades 64.80	1
			3	Karin Krappen 67.86	0

			2	Trina Gulliver 73.62	2
2	Trina Gulliver 78.33	2

	Julie Gore 68.01	1

It's the first time in history that Trina Gulliver is not the winner of Lakeside.

Women's Statistics

Player	Played	Sets Won	Sets Lost	Legs Won	Legs Lost	100+	140+	180s	High Checkout	3-dart Average
Anastasia Dobromyslova	3	6	0	18	4	32	16	1	94	79.07
Dee Bateman	1	0	2	2	6	9	2	0	40	69.72
Francis Hoenselaar	1	0	2	1	6	6	2	1	40	53.19
Stephanie Smee	2	2	2	6	7	21	4	0	101	65.36
Karin Krappen	2	2	3	8	11	22	7	2	116	67.01
Rilana Erades	1	1	2	5	6	7	4	1	40	64.80
Trina Gulliver	3	4	3	16	11	27	15	4	103	75.02
Julie Gore	1	1	2	3	8	15	2	0	52	68.01

Television coverage

The tournament will be covered by the BBC in the UK, SBS6 in the Netherlands and Eurosport across continental Europe.