BDO World Darts Championship 2019 Betting Tips and Odds

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5 August, 2024

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Settle back and get ready for our BDO World Darts Championship 2019 betting tips and odds. Just as the dust is settling on the PDC World Championships and you think the 2018 darts campaign is all over, up pops the BDO World Championship on 5th-13th January to extend the festive feelings.

After some late-in-the-day negotiations, the iconic Lakeside Country Club will once again be on hosting duties. While terrestrial television viewers in the UK will miss out on the action for the first time in decades, punters should beg, steal and borrow access to Eurosport and Quest TV in order to enjoy what should be a cracking tournament.

Glen Durrant, who has won this event for the past two years running, has plenty of motivation to add a third: he would be the first man to achieve a hat-trick of BDO Worlds wins since Eric Bristow, who of course is sadly no longer with us.

But ‘Duzza’ will face stiff competition from a varied field featuring the number one seed, Mark McGeeney, amongst others. The man from Teesside will need to be at the top of his game if he is to get his hands on a trophy; the trophy has already been adorned by the names of former champions like John Lowe; Jocky Wilson; Raymond van Barneveld and Phil ‘the Power’ Taylor.

Tournament History & Format

While the PDC World Championships might enjoy the razzmatazz, the huge prize fund and, arguably, the better players, there is something quaint and hugely enjoyable about the BDO version.

Played at the irreplaceable Lakeside since 1986, many of the world’s finest players have gotten their hands on the trophy.

The format remains the same as normal: the top 24 players in the BDO rankings enter the event in the first round; the top 16 seeded to keep them apart, while a selection of regional and international qualifiers enter in the preliminary round in an attempt to reach the tournament proper.

It’s a straightforward knockout format. The first round contested over the best-of-five sets; the last 16 over seven; the quarters are a race to five sets; meanwhile the semi-finalists will need to win six sets if they are to reach the final on Sunday January 13.

The Field

The great and the good of the British Darts Organisation will be on show in Frimley Green.

Durrant and McGeeney will take centre stage, with Grand Slam of Darts participants Jim Williams, Wesley Harms, Michael Unterbuchner, Scott Mitchell and Gary Robson rounding out the top seven seeds.

Last week’s beaten Finder Darts Masters finalist, Richard Veenstra, is the eighth seed; former world and Grand Slam champion Scott Waites and Chris Landman round out the top ten.

There are some intriguing players elsewhere in the draw. Former PDC world finalist Andy Hamilton is back in form after a confidence-building year on the BDO circuit; meanwhile, former Premier League player Wes Newton both enterthe tournament at the preliminary phase.

The ever-dangerous Paul ‘Crocodile Dundee’ Hogan also enters at the earliest possible stage. There will also be a welcome return for Tony O’Shea, who didn’t qualify for last January’s edition of the event.

Sadly, there are some big names notable by their absence. Martin Adams misses out for the first time since 1994; meanwhile, Daryl Fitton is another old Lakeside favourite who will have a watching brief only.