Unless stated otherwise all BDO Tournaments, and Championships, shall be run on a ‘Knock-Out’ basis. Special events, or multiple team Play-offs, may involve a ‘Round Robin’ basis. IE: Each player or team, 

 

plays every other player or team in that event.

The BDO, or its appointed Organisers, reserve the right to cancel, or change, all dates, venues, and 

scheduled darts events, without prior notice.

 

Decisions on all matters pertaining to the BDO Playing Rules in any BDO Tournament, or Championship, 

shall be made by the appointed Organisers, whose decisions shall be final and binding.

In County Play-offs, where the number of entries for that County have been allocated into sections to be 

played off at different dates, times, and playing venues, it is acceptable for players to be re-allocated on 

request.

 

Such re-allocation, however, is subject to being sanctioned in writing, by the appointed Organisers, prior to 

the date of the original allocation with a copy of the sanction being sent to the BDO Office for future 

reference in the instance of any enquiry.

 

All tournament players shall play within the BDO Playing Rules, and where necessary, any supplementary 

Rules laid down in a darts event entry form, or programme.

 

Any player, or team, found guilty of deliberately losing a leg, set, or match, shall be disqualified from any 

further participation in that particular BDO darts event, that player, or team, shall also be barred from 

entering any other BDO darts event until such time as laid down by the Board of Directors.

 

No player, or team, having been knocked out of a Knock-Out Tournament, shall play again in that 

Tournament either as a substitute player, or team or in his, or their own right, excepting in those 

circumstances when a breach of the BDO Playing Rules has occurred which materially affected the losing 

player, or team, such breach not having been occasioned by the losing player, or team. The BDO appointed 

Organisers may, at their own discretion, reinstate the player, or team, in the Tournament, either in 

substitution for, or in addition to the winning player, or team. This Clause shall be construed as embracing 

any number of players up to, and including a complete team.

 

 On completion of a match a ‘losing’ player must remain available to mark the next match on the assigned matchboard on which the player in question had lost his/her match.

The player in question may arrange for another person to undertake this duty – failure to comply with this requirement then the player shall be liable to forfeit any trophy/prize money that may be due at that stage,

pay a fine, or be excluded from the next scheduled darts event. 

 

If a player, or team Representative, is not present at the official presentation ceremonies to receive trophies, 

prizes, or prize monies, without the BDO appointed Organiser’s or the Sponsor’s prior permission, then that 

player, or team representative, shall forfeit the right to receive any such trophies, prizes, or prize monies 

that they may be due.

Any player, or team, not fulfilling the playing commitments of a Tournament by failing to complete all 

scheduled matches, including Grand Finals shall forfeit the right to receive any such trophies, prizes, or 

prize monies that they may be due in relation to that respective Tournament.

If any additional expenses are incurred due to a default by a player, or team, then that player, or team shall 

be liable for those additional expenses.

 

n the instance of a player, or team being involved in, or causing actions which are considered to have 

brought the Sport of Darts into disrepute, then that player, or team shall be liable to Disciplinary 

Proceedings being taken against the player, or team, which could mean the imposition of fines, 

suspensions, or other penalties. 

 

 

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All dartboards used in BDO tournaments shall be manufactured by WINMA  to the following specification;

          (a)   be of the 'bristle' type.

          (b)   be of the '1 - 20' clock pattern.  

          (c)   have an inner centre ring, 'Bull', that shall score '50' points.

          (d)   have an outer centre ring that shall score '25' points.     

          (e)   have an inner narrow band, 'Treble Ring', which shall score

                treble the segment number.  

          (f)    have an outer narrow band, 'Double Ring', which shall score double

                 the segment number.

 

 

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Match targets shall be 501, 601, 701, 1001 or similar. A target must be reduced to zero by scoring all the points in the respective target.

The actual score required by a player, shall be shown on the score sheet, or visual display unit, which must be clearly visible in front of the participating players and the referee.

 

A dart shall only score if the point remains in, or touches the face of the dartboard, within the outer double 

wire, and having been ‘called’, shall be retrieved from the dartboard by the player.

The score is counted from the side of the segment wire in which the point of the dart enters and remains in, 

or touching, the face of the dartboard.

 

Darts shall be retrieved from the dartboard by the thrower but only after the score has been ‘called’ by the 

referee, and recorded by the marker.

 

A protest about the score attained, or called, after the retrieval of the dart, or darts, may not be upheld.

 

 

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In all darts events each leg shall be played with a straight start, and the finish must be on a ‘double’, unless 

stated otherwise in the playing format of a particular event.

 

The ‘Bull’ shall count as ‘50’, and if ‘50’ is required to complete a leg, set, or match, then the ‘Bull’ shall 

count as ‘Double 25’.

 

The ‘Bust’ rule shall apply, IE: if a player scores more than the number required then that score shall not 

count, and the player’s score shall revert back to the score the player required prior to the opponent’s last 

throw.

 

A ‘Game Shot’ called by a referee is valid, only if the darts thrown achieve the required finish, and remain in 

the dartboard until retrieved by the player at the time that ‘Game Shot’ is called.

 If a ‘Game Shot’ called by a referee is declared invalid, then the player shall have the right to continue the 

throw, which is in progress, in an attempt to achieve the required finish.

If as a result of the error declared in Clause 11.05 the player has retrieved a dart, or darts, then the referee 

shall replace the dart, or darts, in as near as practicable the same position, or positions, and then invite the 

player to complete that throw.

 

The BDO does not recognise the principle of ‘equal darts’, a player who finishes by obtaining the points 

required in accordance with the BDO Playing Rules wins that leg, set, or match, whichever is applicable.

The only exception to this Clause is in those events when an equal number of darts are allocated to players 

in a specific playing format.

 

Any darts mistakenly thrown by a player after scoring the required ‘double’ shall not be counted, as the 

respective leg, set, or match is concluded by the dart scoring the required ‘double’.

 

 

 

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A player shall throw darts from a standing position, excepting only in those circumstances when a physical 

disability, or physical injury requires a player to adopt a non-standing position.

(IE: a wheelchair, or a similar form of support.)

 

 All darts must be deliberately thrown, one at a time, by, and from, the player’s hand.

 

All darts must be thrown with the needlepoint aimed towards the face of the dartboard.

 

If a dart is not thrown in this manner then the ‘throw’ will be declared a ‘foul throw’ and will not count in that respective leg, set, or match.

 

A throw must consist of a maximum of ‘three darts’, unless a leg, set, or match is completed in less than 

‘three darts’.

 

If a player ‘touches’ any dart, which is in the dartboard, during a throw, then that throw shall be deemed to 

have been completed.

 

Any dart bouncing off, or falling out of, the dartboard, does not count, and shall not be re-thrown.

any A player deliberately abusing the dartboard when retrieving darts at the end of a throw will be given a verbal

warning by the match referee. Another warning will be given to the player if a second incident occurs in the

same match. If a third incident occurs in the same match then the player in question will forfeit that respective leg, and possibly the match in question.”

 

 

 

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Players shall provide their own darts, which shall not exceed an overall maximum length of 30.5cms. ( 12 ins. ), nor weigh more than 50 grms. Each dart shall consist of a needle shaped point, which shall be fixed  to a barrel. At the rear of the barrel shall be an attached flighted stem, which may consist of up to five  separate pieces. (IE: a flight, a flight securing device(s), a flight protector, and a stem.)

 

The BDO reserves the right to seed players, in certain events, when it is deemed necessary.

All players, and teams, shall play within the BDO Playing Rules, and where necessary, any supplementary 

Rules laid down in an entry form, or programme.

 

All players, and teams, shall play under the supervision and direction of BDO appointed Organisers, and 

Officials, in all darts events organised under the jurisdiction of the BDO.

All trophies awarded to a player shall be retained, unless they are of a challenge, or perpetual type, which 

shall be returned to the BDO on request.

 

Any player failing to comply with any of the BDO Playing Rules during an event shall be liable to 

disqualification from that event.

The interpretation of the BDO Playing Rules in relation to a darts event shall be determined by the BDO 

appointed Organisers, whose decision shall be final and binding.

 

Information concerning such interpretations shall be forwarded to the BDO Board of Directors for 

consideration and possible inclusion in a revised version of the BDO Playing Rules.

 

Any matter not expressly covered by the BDO Playing Rules shall be determined by the Board of Directors, 

whose decision shall be final and binding.

 

 

 

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