| Embassy World Darts Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 31 December 1983 – 7 January 1984 | ||
| Venue | Jollees Cabaret Club[1] | ||
| Location | Stoke-on-Trent | ||
| Country | England | ||
| Organisation(s) | BDO | ||
| Format | Sets Final – best of 13 | ||
| Prize fund | £38,500 | ||
| Winner's share | £9,000 | ||
| High checkout | 161  Eric Bristow Malcolm Davies Peter Locke John Lowe Jocky Wilson | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Eric Bristow[2] | |||
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The 1984 Embassy World Darts Championship was held from 31 December 1983 to 7 January 1984 at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent.
Eric Bristow made up for his defeat against Keith Deller in the previous year's final by winning his third world title having dropped just one set in the entire tournament. He beat Finn Jensen, Rick Ney, Peter Locke and John Lowe before defeating Dave Whitcombe in the final by 7 sets to 1.
Deller suffered a shock first-round defeat to 1978 semi-finalist Nicky Virachkul, who eventually lost to Whitcombe in the quarter-finals. Whitcombe then came from 4–2 down to beat Jocky Wilson 6–5 in the semi-finals. In a famous moment at the end of the match, Wilson drunkenly fell down on the stage before congratulating Whitcombe.
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- ^ Ralph Hickok (16 January 2010). "History – World Darts Champions". HickokSports.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2011.