For the third successive year the tournament was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent.

Eric Bristow was back to defend his title and would face John Lowe the champion of two years previously in the final.

As in the previous year's final, Bristow edged ahead to lead 4–3 in sets and Lowe (as Bobby George did in 1980) had darts to take the match into a final set.

A best of three sets preliminary round match took place between Steve Brennan of Ireland and Wayne Lock of Wales, as they were tied on the rankings.

Third place match (best of 3 sets) Cliff Lazarenko (5) 75.06 2– 1 Tony Brown (2) 75.42