1999 PDC World Darts Championship

The 1999 Skol World Darts Championship was held between 28 December 1998 and 3 January 1999 at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex. After five years, organisers of the Professional Darts Corporation scrapped the group stages and the tournament became a straight knock-out for the first time. The third-place play-off which had been a feature for the previous two years was also abandoned. The field was expanded from 24 to 32 players – the biggest influx of players since the PDC separated from the British Darts Organisation in 1992–93.

1999 Skol World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates28 December 1998 –
3 January 1999
VenueCircus Tavern
LocationPurfleet
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatSets
Final – best of 11
Prize fund£104,000
Winner's share£30,000
High checkout167 England Graeme Stoddart
167 Canada Gary Mawson
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«1998 2000»

Phil Taylor emerged as champion for the fifth successive year, taking his overall tally to seven World Championships. He had now eclipsed both Eric Bristow, who won five World Darts titles, as well as Steve Davis and (at the time) Stephen Hendry, who were six times World Snooker champions – both targets of Taylor when he began accumulating world championships.

Seeds

  1. England Rod Harrington
  2. England Alan Warriner
  3. England Phil Taylor
  4. England Peter Manley
  5. England Peter Evison
  6. England Keith Deller
  7. England Dennis Priestley
  8. United States Steve Brown

Prize money

The 1999 World Championship featured a prize fund of £104,000. The prize money was allocated as follows:[1]

Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £104,000)
Winner (1) £30,000
Runner-Up (1) £16,000
Semi-finalists (2) £6,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £3,000
Second round losers (8) £1,750
First round losers (16) £1,250

Results

Round 1 (best of 5 sets)
28–29 December
Round 2 (best of 5 sets)
30 December
Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets)
1 January
Semi-finals (best of 9 sets)
2 January
Final (best of 11 sets)
3 January
               
1 England Rod Harrington 87.45 3
England Alex Roy 81.64 0
1 England Rod Harrington 94.16 1
England Shayne Burgess 90.73 3
  England Shayne Burgess 92.21 3
Canada Scott Cummings 77.03 0
  England Shayne Burgess 94.95 4
England Cliff Lazarenko 82.23 1
8 United States Steve Brown 85.99 3
England Kevin Spiolek 75.60 1
8 United States Steve Brown 84.34 0
England Cliff Lazarenko 87.16 3
  England Dean Allsop 69.73 0
England Cliff Lazarenko 79.21 3
England Shayne Burgess 94.19 4
4 England Peter Manley 98.05 5
5 England Peter Evison 81.00 0
England Dennis Smith 93.56 3
  England Dennis Smith 92.49 3
England Mick Manning 84.44 1
  United States Dan Lauby 75.52 1
England Mick Manning 79.14 3
England Dennis Smith 91.43 0
4 England Peter Manley 99.56 4
4 England Peter Manley 90.18 3
England Eric Bristow 53.36 0
4 England Peter Manley 88.98 3
England Graeme Stoddart 79.69 0
  England Steve Raw 87.59 1
England Graeme Stoddart 90.70 3
4 England Peter Manley 93.64 2
3 England Phil Taylor 97.18 6
2 England Alan Warriner 86.60 3
Canada John Part 79.34 0
2 England Alan Warriner 90.67 3
England Harry Robinson 82.85 2
  United States Sean Downs 82.24 2
England Harry Robinson 82.74 3
2 England Alan Warriner 84.36 4
England John Ferrell 77.82 1
7 England Dennis Priestley 85.16 0
England John Ferrell 86.66 3
  England John Ferrell 83.42 3
United States Gary Mawson 89.68 2
  United States Gary Mawson 81.93 3
England Ritchie Gardner 78.11 0
2 England Alan Warriner 95.00 3
3 England Phil Taylor 98.77 5
6 England Keith Deller 81.99 2
England Bob Anderson 87.95 3
  England Bob Anderson 85.09 3
Scotland Jamie Harvey 86.09 2
  United States Gerald Verrier 65.01 1
Scotland Jamie Harvey 72.18 3
England Bob Anderson 86.42 0
3 England Phil Taylor 96.77 4
3 England Phil Taylor 105.04 3
England Reg Harding 87.83 0
3 England Phil Taylor 102.01 3
England John Lowe 98.73 1
  England John Lowe 87.05 3
Singapore Paul Lim 78.07 0

Representation from different countries

This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship. Five countries were represented in the World Championship, one more than in the previous championship.

England
ENG
United States
USA
Scotland
SCO
Canada
CAN
Singapore
SGP
Total
Final 200002
Semis 400004
Quarters 800008
Round 2 13111016
Round 1 23413132

References

  1. "Prize Fund". Darts Database. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
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