1996 WDC World Darts Championship

The 1996 Vernons World Darts Championship was the third year that the Professional Darts Corporation (then known as the World Darts Council) held their own World Championships following an acrimonious split from the British Darts Organisation during 1992/93.[1] The tournament had its third sponsor in as many years, with Vernons taking over from Proton Cars. The tournament was held at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet between 26 December 1995 and 1 January 1996.[1]

1996 Vernons World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates26 December 1995 – 1 January 1996
VenueCircus Tavern
LocationPurfleet
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC (WDC)
FormatSets
Final – best of 11
Prize fund£62,500
Winner's share£14,000
High checkout170 England Phil Taylor
170 England Kevin Spiolek
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«1995 1997»

Although he had not officially announced his retirement, Jocky Wilson had played his last televised competitive darts match at the World Matchplay in Blackpool in the summer of 1995, and had walked away from darts suddenly on 23 December 1995, so didn't appear at the 1996 World Championship, with Phil Taylor and Dennis Priestley both making an appeal after their 1996 World Championship final for Jocky and Malvina (Jocky's wife) to return.[2] Nigel Justice and Steve Raw were the two English players making their WDC World Championship debuts.

Phil Taylor defeated Dennis Priestley 6–4 in the final, with Taylor gaining revenge for his 1994 final defeat against Priestley. It was Taylor's fourth overall World Championship victory.[2]

Seeds
  1. England Phil Taylor
  2. England Rod Harrington
  3. England Dennis Priestley
  4. England John Lowe
  5. England Peter Evison
  6. England Alan Warriner
  7. England Bob Anderson
  8. England Kevin Spiolek

Prize money

The prize fund was £62,500.[2]

Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £62,500)
Winner (1) £14,000
Runner-Up (1) £7,000
Semi-finalists (2) £4,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £2,500
Group stage runners-up (8) £1,500
Group stage 3rd place (8) £1,250
Highest finish bonus (1) £1,500

Results

Group stage

Knockout stages
Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets)
29 December 		Semi-finals (best of 9 sets)
30 December 		Final (best of 11 sets)
1 January
         
A1 England Phil Taylor (1) 96.01 4
B1 England Keith Deller 78.77 0
A1 England Phil Taylor (1) 94.84 5
D1 England John Lowe (4) 83.78 1
C1 England Peter Evison (5) 82.78 2
D1 England John Lowe (4) 85.33 4
A1 England Phil Taylor (1) 98.52 6
H1 England Dennis Priestley (3) 101.48 4
E1 United States Larry Butler 81.93 0
F1 Scotland Jamie Harvey 90.55 4
F1 Scotland Jamie Harvey 85.13 1
H1 England Dennis Priestley (3) 90.38 5
G1 England Alan Warriner (6) 89.99 1
H1 England Dennis Priestley (3) 90.56 4

References
  1. "PDC World Championship". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. "PDC World Championship 1996". Mastercaller. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
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