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.^[1] Webster won the World Championship, beating Simon Whitlock 7–5 in the final.^[2]

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.^[3]

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

Men's Champion: £85,000

Runner-up: £30,000

Semi-Finalists: £11,000 x 2

Quarter-Finalists: £6,000 x 4

Second Round: £4,250 x 8

First Round: £3,000 x 16

Women's Champion: £6,000

Runner-Up £2,000

Semi-Finalists: £1,000 x 2

Quarter-Finalists: £500 x 4

Nine dart finish: £52,000 (Men & Women)

Highest Checkout: £3,000 (Men & Women)

Men^[4]

1. Mark Webster
2. Gary Anderson
3. Scott Waites
4. Martin Adams
5. Tony O'Shea
6. Co Stompé
7. Ted Hankey
8. Gary Robson
9. Darryl Fitton
10. Martin Atkins
11. Brian Woods
12. John Walton
13. Shaun Greatbatch
14. Mario Robbe
15. Edwin Max
16. Niels de Ruiter

Women^[5]

1. Francis Hoenselaar
2. Trina Gulliver
3. Karin Krappen
4. Anastasia Dobromyslova

• Match distances in sets are quoted in brackets at the top of each round. All sets best of five legs, unless there is a final set tie-break

	First Round (best of 5 sets)					Second round (best of 7)					Quarter-Finals (best of 9)					Semi-Finals (best of 11)					Final (best of 13)
	1	Mark Webster (94.47)	3
		Ian Jones (85.29)	1
						1	Mark Webster (82.80)	4
							Glenn Moody (80.13)	1
	16	Niels de Ruiter (74.04)	1
		Glenn Moody (76.80)	3
											1	Mark Webster (92.67)	5
											9	Darryl Fitton (93.18)	1
	8	Gary Robson (80.43)	3
		Tony David (76.77)	1
						8	Gary Robson (88.77)	0
						9	Darryl Fitton (100.71)	4
	9	Darryl Fitton (94.86)	3
		Davy Richardson (89.81)	1
																1	Mark Webster (96.21)	6
																4	Martin Adams (95.37)	4
	5	Tony O'Shea (78.72)	3
		Steve Farmer (81.78)	2
						5	Tony O'Shea (89.58)	2
							Robert Thornton (91.92)	4
	12	John Walton (85.26)	0
		Robert Thornton (89.28)	3
												Robert Thornton (92.25)	4
											4	Martin Adams (89.88)	5
	4	Martin Adams (90.54)	3
		Phill Nixon (77.61)	0
						4	Martin Adams (89.19)	4
							Martin Phillips (83.61)	0
	13	Shaun Greatbatch (87.03)	1
		Martin Phillips (91.41)	3
																					1	Mark Webster (92.07)	7
																						Simon Whitlock (93.93)	5
	2	Gary Anderson (88.56)	2
		Fabian Roosenbrand (84.33)	3
							Fabian Roosenbrand (82.86)	1
							Simon Whitlock (89.37)	4
	15	Edwin Max (77.46)	0
		Simon Whitlock (86.40)	3
												Simon Whitlock (94.68)	5
											7	Ted Hankey (86.73)	0
	7	Ted Hankey (85.92)	3
		Steve West (82.53)	2
						7	Ted Hankey (88.29)	4
							Andy Boulton (82.14)	1
	10	Martin Atkins (85.80)	2
		Andy Boulton (82.56)	3
																	Simon Whitlock (92.64)	6
																11	Brian Woods (89.10)	3
	6	Co Stompé (90.06)	3
		Carl Mercer (78.54)	1
						6	Co Stompé (88.98)	2
						11	Brian Woods (88.98)	4
	11	Brian Woods (96.51)	3
		Paul Hanvidge (86.13)	0
											11	Brian Woods (93.21)	5
											3	Scott Waites (90.30)	3
	3	Scott Waites (87.78)	3
		Mike Veitch (83.82)	1
						3	Scott Waites (87.06)	4
							Remco van Eijden (85.23)	2
	14	Mario Robbe (78.51)	1
		Remco van Eijden (85.05)	3

Player	Played	Sets Won	Sets Lost	Legs Won	Legs Lost	100+	140+	180s	High Checkout	3-dart Average
Mark Webster	5	25	12	85	67	188	98	39	141	92.28
Ian Jones	1	1	3	6	11	18	11	3	118	85.29
Niels de Ruiter	1	1	3	7	11	27	7	0	40	74.04
Glenn Moody	2	4	5	18	19	61	17	1	121	80.87
Darryl Fitton	3	8	6	35	22	83	38	16	156	95.43
Davy Richardson	1	1	3	4	11	27	11	1	67	89.91
Gary Robson	2	3	5	12	16	37	19	2	135	84.16
Tony David	1	1	3	4	10	25	2	0	68	76.77
Tony O'Shea	2	5	6	19	24	64	26	7	161	84.55
Steve Farmer	1	2	3	9	10	27	9	3	114	81.78
John Walton	1	0	3	3	9	15	10	1	36	85.26
Robert Thornton	3	11	7	43	32	153	75	20	170	91.65
Shaun Greatbatch	1	1	3	4	10	24	9	1	121	87.03
Martin Phillips	2	3	5	16	16	57	20	4	161	86.98
Martin Adams	4	16	10	61	52	184	82	20	128	91.88
Phill Nixon	1	0	3	3	9	18	5	0	112	77.61
Scott Waites	3	10	7	39	32	118	45	5	121	88.58
Mike Veitch	1	1	3	5	11	16	11	2	116	83.82
Mario Robbe	1	1	3	9	10	24	10	2	120	78.51
Remco van Eijden	2	5	5	18	25	47	24	9	84	85.15
Brian Woods	4	15	11	63	45	148	67	21	132	91.08
Paul Hanvidge	1	0	3	3	9	16	5	2	61	83.43
Co Stompé	2	5	4	19	18	40	26	5	170	89.30
Carl Mercer	1	0	3	2	9	13	5	2	69	78.54
Ted Hankey	3	7	8	31	28	65	40	13	138	86.96
Steve West	1	2	3	8	12	19	14	3	81	82.53
Martin Atkins	1	2	3	10	12	34	12	3	96	85.80
Andy Boulton	2	4	6	17	24	51	20	4	127	82.37
Edwin Max	1	0	3	6	9	19	7	0	149	77.46
Simon Whitlock	5	23	11	79	57	182	82	36	145	92.14
Gary Anderson	1	2	3	10	10	14	23	5	120	88.56
Fabian Roosenbrand	2	4	6	15	23	36	28	6	124	83.65

	First Round – Best of 3 sets							Semi-Finals – Best of 3 sets							Final – Best of 3 sets
	4	Anastasia Dobromyslova 78.30	3	3
		Dee Bateman 69.72	2	0
								4	Anastasia Dobromyslova 77.07	3	3
									Stephanie Smee 68.49	0	0
	1	Francis Hoenselaar 53.19	1	0
		Stephanie Smee 63.21	3	3
															4	Anastasia Dobromyslova 81.54	3	3
															2	Trina Gulliver 71.64	2	0
	3	Karin Krappen 66.48	3	0	3
		Rilana Erades 64.80	2	3	0
								3	Karin Krappen 67.86	1	1
								2	Trina Gulliver 73.62	3	3
	2	Trina Gulliver 78.33	3	2	3
		Julie Gore 68.01	0	3	0

Player	Played	Sets Won	Sets Lost	Legs Won	Legs Lost	100+	140+	180s	High Checkout	3-dart Average
Anastasia Dobromyslova	3	6	0	18	4	32	16	1	94	79.07
Dee Bateman	1	0	2	2	6	9	2	0	40	69.72
Francis Hoenselaar	1	0	2	1	6	6	2	1	40	53.19
Stephanie Smee	2	2	2	6	7	21	4	0	101	65.36
Karin Krappen	2	2	3	8	11	22	7	2	116	67.01
Rilana Erades	1	1	2	5	6	7	4	1	40	64.80
Trina Gulliver	3	4	3	16	11	27	15	4	103	75.02
Julie Gore	1	1	2	3	8	15	2	0	52	68.01

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