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The 1981 Embassy World Darts Championship was the fourth year that the British Darts Organisation
British Darts Organisation

The British Darts Organisation, or the BDO for short, is a darts organisation.It was founded on 7 January 1973 by Olly Croft, Order of the British Empire in the front room of his home in Muswell Hill....
 had staged a world championship. The field was expanded from 24 to 32 players, the format which would remain for many years. For the third successive year the tournament was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club
Jollees Cabaret Club

Jollees Cabaret Club was a cabaret venue in Stoke-on-Trent in England. At the peak of its popularity, audiences saw many international recording artists and comedians perform, including Cliff Richard, Roy Orbison, Norman Wisdom, Petula Clark, Bruce Forsythe, Matt Monro, Cilla Black, and Tom Jones....
 in Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent is a City status in the United Kingdom in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of ....
.

Eric Bristow
Eric Bristow

Eric Bristow Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom darts player, whose skill at the game in the 1980s helped turn it into a worldwide spectator sport....
 was back to defend his title and would face John Lowe
John Lowe

John Lowe is an England darts player who was one of the main competitors who made darts such a huge spectator sport in the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the United Kingdom....
 the champion of two years previously in the final. The final was the best of nine sets, but there was a break scheduled after three sets where the third-fourth place play-off match would be held.

Lowe ran away with the first two sets without dropping a leg and took the first leg in the third set before Bristow finally got onto the scoreboard.






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The 1981 Embassy World Darts Championship was the fourth year that the British Darts Organisation
British Darts Organisation

The British Darts Organisation, or the BDO for short, is a darts organisation.It was founded on 7 January 1973 by Olly Croft, Order of the British Empire in the front room of his home in Muswell Hill....
 had staged a world championship. The field was expanded from 24 to 32 players, the format which would remain for many years. For the third successive year the tournament was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club
Jollees Cabaret Club

Jollees Cabaret Club was a cabaret venue in Stoke-on-Trent in England. At the peak of its popularity, audiences saw many international recording artists and comedians perform, including Cliff Richard, Roy Orbison, Norman Wisdom, Petula Clark, Bruce Forsythe, Matt Monro, Cilla Black, and Tom Jones....
 in Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent is a City status in the United Kingdom in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of ....
.

Eric Bristow
Eric Bristow

Eric Bristow Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom darts player, whose skill at the game in the 1980s helped turn it into a worldwide spectator sport....
 was back to defend his title and would face John Lowe
John Lowe

John Lowe is an England darts player who was one of the main competitors who made darts such a huge spectator sport in the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the United Kingdom....
 the champion of two years previously in the final. The final was the best of nine sets, but there was a break scheduled after three sets where the third-fourth place play-off match would be held.

Lowe ran away with the first two sets without dropping a leg and took the first leg in the third set before Bristow finally got onto the scoreboard. The "Crafty Cockney" held on to take that third set to go into the break just one set behind. As in the previous year's final, Bristow edged ahead to lead 4-3 in sets and Lowe (as Bobby George
Bobby George

Bobby George is an England darts player and pundit, who is known as one of the leading characters in the game for his flamboyant entrances and many medallions and rings....
 did in 1980) had darts to take the match into a final set. However Lowe missed three attempts at double ten and Bristow took out double four to win the title for the second year running.

The Results



THIRD PLACE MATCH (Best of 3 sets)

Cliff Lazarenko
Cliff Lazarenko

Cliff Lazarenko is an England professional darts player who competed for the British Darts Organisation and the Professional Darts Corporation....
 beat Tony Brown
Tony Brown

Tony Brown may refer to:*James Anthony Brown, known as Tony Brown, Chief Minister of the Isle of Man*Tony Brown , an Australian rules footballer...
  2-1