The 2008 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 31st World Championship staged by the British Darts Organisation and was held between 5–13 January 2008 at the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey. Martin Adams attempted to defend the title that he won at the 14th attempt in 2007 but he lost in the Semi-Finals to Mark Webster. Webster won the World Championship, beating Simon Whitlock 7–5 in the final. Anastasia Dobromyslova won the Women's World Championship, becoming the first player to beat Trina Gulliver in the World Championship. Gulliver had won all of the previous seven titles.

Prize money

The prize fund for the 2008 event is £258,000

Seeds

Men Women

Men's

Statistics

Women's Championship

Women's statistics

Television coverage

The tournament was covered by the BBC in the UK, SBS6 in the Netherlands and Eurosport across continental Europe.