 Nixon once again narrowly missed a chance to hold his throw, this time with double-18 for a 110 checkout, and Adams finished 54 on double 20 to win his first World Championship at the fourteenth time of asking.On 2 October, the BDO announced that the 2007 Championships would contain 16 seeded players for the first time since 1981.Two days later they announced that the top 26 players from the Invitational table would also qualify automatically.