1992 BDO World Darts Championship

Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	3–11 January 1992
Venue	Lakeside Country Club
Location	Frimley Green, Surrey
Country	England
Organisation(s)	BDO
Format	Sets Final – best of 11
Prize fund	£119,500
Winners share	£28,000
High checkout	Keith Sullivan (170)
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor[1]
«1991 1993»

The 1992 Embassy World Darts Championship was held from 3–11 January 1992 at the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey.

With Eric Bristow and defending champion Dennis Priestley both going out in round two, the way was paved for the top two seeds, Phil Taylor and Mike Gregory, to make it to the final – notably, the first since the inauguration of the World Championship in 1978 that neither featured Bristow nor John Lowe.

In a titanic affair, full of big scores and high checkouts, it went to the final set and a tiebreak, where Gregory missed two chances each at double 8, double top and double 10 for the title. It also made Gregory the first and only player to miss darts at double to win a world championship and eventually lose.

Taylor took full advantage and sent the match to a sudden-death leg, which he won to take his second World title.

Seeds

1. Phil Taylor
2. Mike Gregory
3. Dennis Priestley
4. John Lowe
5. Bob Anderson
6. Jocky Wilson
7. Keith Sullivan
8. Eric Bristow

Prize money

The prize fund was £116,400.

Champion: £28,000

Runner-Up: £14,000

Semi-Finalists (2): £7,000

Quarter-Finalists (4): £3,500

Last 16 (8): £2,600

Last 32 (16): £1,600

There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £1,500.

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
	Per Skau (84.39)	3
	Dave Whitcombe (78.81)	1
					Per Skau (86.94)	1
					Phil Taylor (94.65)	3
	Phil Taylor (93.36)	3
	Magnus Caris (78.81)	1
									Phil Taylor (98.49)	4
									Martin Phillips (88.74)	0
	Martin Phillips (82.26)	3
	Bert Vlaardingerbroek (74.34)	0
					Martin Phillips (91.14)	3
					Eric Bristow (88.38)	2
	Eric Bristow (83.67)	3
	Jann Hoffmann (80.61)	0
													Phil Taylor (91.47)	5
													John Lowe (88.98)	4
	Graham Miller (82.95)	3
	Frans Devooght(82.65)	1
					Graham Miller (79.38)	3
					Bob Anderson (85.92)	2
	Bob Anderson (89.55)	3
	Ronnie Baxter (91.68)	1
									Graham Miller (86.46)	3
									John Lowe (92.25)	4
	Paul Lim (86.34)	3
	Bob Sinnaeve (83.43)	1
					Paul Lim (79.74)	0
					John Lowe (92.82)	3
	John Lowe (90.51)	3
	Oyvind Aasland (85.65)	0
	Chris Johns (79.98)	3
	Steve Beaton (77.76)	1
					Chris Johns (84.36)	0
					Mike Gregory (86.82)	3
	Mike Gregory (85.41)	3
	Wayne Weening (79.32)	1
									Mike Gregory (90.33)	4
									Rod Harrington (92.43)	3
	Rod Harrington (89.91)	3
	Stefan Nagy (69.93)	0
					Rod Harrington (93.15)	3
					Keith Sullivan (94.44)	2
	Keith Sullivan (85.20)	3
	Peter Evison (85.05)	1
													Mike Gregory (90.78)	5
													Kevin Kenny (86.28)	3
	Jamie Harvey (81.15)	3
	Heikki Hermunen (77.76)	0
					Jamie Harvey (88.95)	2
					Kevin Kenny (89.85)	3
	Kevin Kenny (85.02)	3
	Jocky Wilson (80.73)	1
									Kevin Kenny (89.82)	4
									Alan Warriner (88.71)	0
	Alan Warriner (86.34)	3
	Alex Lister (77.49)	0
					Alan Warriner (91.56)	3
					Dennis Priestley (93.99)	2
	Dennis Priestley (90.93)	3
	Larry Butler (85.23)	1

Final (Best of 11 sets) Saturday 11 January Referees: Freddie Williams, Bruce Spendley
(97.59) Phil Taylor	6-5	Mike Gregory (96.52)
Highest Checkout: 167	3-2, 3-0, 2-3, 1-3, 2-3, 3-0, 1-3, 3-1, 1-3, 3-2, 6-5	Highest Checkout: 161
Phil Taylor wins the 1992 Embassy World Darts Championship

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