1990 BDO World Darts Championship

Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	5–13 January 1990
Venue	Lakeside Country Club
Location	Frimley Green, Surrey[1]
Country	England
Organisation(s)	BDO
Format	Sets Final – best of 11
Prize fund	£153,200
Winners share	£24,000
Nine dart finish	Paul Lim (£52,000 – included in prize fund) Round 2 vs Jack McKenna
High checkout	170 Peter Evison Round 1 vs Jack McKenna Phil Taylor Final vs Eric Bristow
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor[2]
«1989 1991»

The 1990 Embassy World Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey from 5–13 January 1990. It saw Phil Taylor win the first of sixteen world titles, beating his mentor Eric Bristow 6-1 in sets. Taylor beat Russell Stewart, Dennis Hickling, Ronnie Sharp and Cliff Lazarenko en route to the final. Defending champion Jocky Wilson fell at the quarter-final stage, losing to Mike Gregory. The event also saw America's Paul Lim hit the first nine dart finish at the World Championship in his second round match with Ireland's Jack McKenna, receiving £52,000 for his efforts.^[3]

Seeds

1. Eric Bristow
2. Bob Anderson
3. John Lowe
4. Mike Gregory
5. Jocky Wilson
6. Russell Stewart
7. Peter Evison
8. Brian Cairns

Prize money

The prize fund was £100,000.

Champion: £24,000

Runner-Up: £12,000

Semi-Finalists (2): £6,000

Quarter-Finalists (4): £3,000

Last 16 (8): £2,200

Last 32 (16): £1,400

There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £1,000.

The results

	First round				Second round				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals
	Best of 5 sets				Best of 5 sets				Best of 7 sets				Best of 9 sets
	Steve Gittins (87.60)	3
	Wayne Weening (80.61)	0
					Steve Gittins (85.47)	2
					Eric Bristow (87.87)	3
	Eric Bristow (91.71)	3
	Leighton Rees (86.13)	0
									Eric Bristow (95.25)	4
									Magnus Caris (89.67)	1
	Magnus Caris (93.00)	3
	Antero Rantala (70.41)	0
					Magnus Caris (82.32)	3
					Brian Cairns (80.25)	0
	Brian Cairns (86.28)	3
	Mike Veitch (76.11)	0
													Eric Bristow (88.38)	5
													Mike Gregory (90.27)	2
	Chris Whiting (85.26)	3
	Dave Whitcombe (84.84)	2
					Chris Whiting (88.38)	2
					Jocky Wilson (89.46)	3
	Jocky Wilson (81.81)	3
	Mitchell Crooks (81.90)	1
									Jocky Wilson (89.19)	3
									Mike Gregory (90.63)	4
	Leo Laurens (87.93)	3
	Bob Sinnaeve (86.94)	2
					Leo Laurens (84.87)	1
					Mike Gregory (89.40)	3
	Mike Gregory (89.46)	3
	Alan Warriner (87.81)	0
	Cliff Lazarenko (73.86)	3
	Bert Vlaardingerbroek (73.26)	2
					Cliff Lazarenko (90.42)	3
					Jann Hoffmann (79.98)	0
	Bob Anderson (86.35)	2
	Jann Hoffmann (86.09)	3
									Cliff Lazarenko (81.75)	4
									Paul Lim (77.73)	0
	Paul Lim (83.55)	3
	Ray Battye (80.19)	2
					Paul Lim (80.97)	3
					Jack McKenna (78.66)	2
	Peter Evison (78.06)	1
	Jack McKenna (79.62)	3
													Cliff Lazarenko (85.41)	0
													Phil Taylor (100.80)	5
	Denis Hickling (76.29)	3
	Tony Payne (74.34)	1
					Denis Hickling (73.53)	0
					Phil Taylor (86.67)	3
	Russell Stewart (86.31)	1
	Phil Taylor (88.62)	3
									Phil Taylor (94.23)	4
									Ronnie Sharp (86.79)	2
	Ronnie Sharp (77.46)	3
	Kim Jensen (72.21)	0
					Ronnie Sharp (94.11)	3
					John Lowe (89.13)	2
	John Lowe (84.72)	3
	Albert Anstey (83.19)	1

Final (Best of 11 sets) Saturday January 13th
(93.02) Eric Bristow	1-6	Phil Taylor (97.47)
Highest Checkout: 121	1-3, 3-2, 0-3, 1-3, 2-3, 2-3, 1-3	Highest Checkout: 170
Phil Taylor wins the 1990 Embassy World Darts Championship

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