| 2003 Embassy World Darts Championship | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 4–12 January 2003 | ||
| Venue | Lakeside Country Club | ||
| Location | Frimley Green, Surrey | ||
| Country | England, United Kingdom | ||
| Organisation(s) | British Darts Organisation | ||
| Format | Sets Finals: best of 11 (men's) best of 3 (women's) | ||
| Prize fund | £205,000 (men's) £10,000 (women's) | ||
| Winner's share | £50,000 (men's) £4,000 (women's) | ||
| High checkout | 170  Erik Clarys (BEL) | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
 Raymond van Barneveld (NED) (men's) Trina Gulliver (ENG) (women's) | |||
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The 2003 BDO World Darts Championship was a professional darts tournament held from 4 to 12 January 2003 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey. It was the 26th staging of the competition since the 1978 edition and the 18th time it took place at the Lakeside Country Club. The competition was the first of 14 British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments in 2003 and featured a women's world championship for the third time. It was broadcast by the BBC in the United Kingdom and was sponsored by the cigarette company Embassy.
Two-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld defeated Ritchie Davies six sets to three (6–3) in the final. He joined Eric Bristow and John Lowe as the third player to win three or more BDO world titles in their career. Van Barneveld defeated Matt Clark, John Burton, Erik Clarys and Mervyn King en route to the final. Clarys achieved a 170 checkout, the highest of the tournament, in the final set of his quarter-final round match against Van Barneveld. The women's championship was won by Trina Gulliver for the third consecutive year, defeating Dawn Standley, Mieke de Boer and Anne Kirk en route to victory.
As Canadian John Part won the rival PDC World Darts Championship the same year, this was the first time that both versions of the world title were held by a player from outside the British Isles.[1]
- ^ "Darts' future is orange". BBC Sport. 13 January 2003.