Justin van Tergouw was crowned champion, after only dropping one leg and recording a 3–0 victory, whilst throwing a three dart average of 88.20.

Outside of the United Kingdom, live coverage of all matches was provided by YouTube on the BDO's own channel.

[9] It was announced in December 2016 that Rob Walker would present Channel 4's World Darts coverage.

This was led by John Rawling who was joined by Vassos Alexander and Jim Proudfoot in the commentary booth.

Ray Stubbs, who presented BT Sport's coverage of darts since its inception, moved to Talksport 2 and was replaced by Matt Smith.

He was joined in the studio alongside two-time Lakeside semi finalist Chris Mason who acted as their analyst throughout the championships.