1999 BDO World Darts Championship

Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	2–10 January 1999
Venue	Lakeside Country Club
Location	Frimley Green, Surrey
Country	England, United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	BDO
Format	Sets Final – best of 11
Prize fund	£174,000
Winners share	£42,000
High checkout	Erik Clarys (164)
Champion(s)
Raymond van Barneveld
«1998 2000»

The 1999 Embassy World Professional Darts Championship was held from 2–10 January 1999 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey.

Defending champion Raymond van Barneveld retained his title with victory over Ronnie Baxter in another thrilling final which, like the previous year's decider against Richie Burnett, went to the final set and a tiebreak. Barneveld became the first player to retain the Embassy World Championship since Eric Bristow won it in three consecutive years in 1984, 1985 and 1986.

The standout match of this championship, however, was the quarter-final between Chris Mason and Martin Adams. Adams looked well set for victory when he led 4–1 in sets, but he missed nine darts for the match, and this opened the door for Mason to stage a huge comeback, forcing a final-set tiebreak. Finally, Adams missed a double one which would have forced a sudden-death leg, and Mason hit it to secure a remarkable win. This match also saw no fewer than 29 180s - 16 for Adams and 13 for Mason.^[1]

Seeds

1. Raymond van Barneveld
2. Ronnie Baxter
3. Colin Monk
4. Graham Hunt
5. Ritchie Davies
6. Mervyn King
7. Roland Scholten
8. Steve Duke

Prize money

The prize money was £148,400.

Champion: £42,000

Runner-Up: £21,000

Semi-Finalists (2): £9,400

Quarter-Finalists (4): £4,750

Last 16 (8): £3,600

Last 32 (16): £2,350

There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £2,000.

Results

	First round				Second round				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals
	Best of 5 sets				Best of 5 sets				Best of 9 sets				Best of 9 sets
	Les Wallace (92.07)	3
	Danny Cunningham (92.43)	0
					Les Wallace (88.74)	2
					Raymond van Barneveld (98.55)	3
	Raymond van Barneveld (95.88)	3
	Sean Palfrey (92.01)	0
									Raymond van Barneveld (98.76)	5
									Steve Duke (88.20)	1
	Marshall James (90.42)	3
	Peter Johnstone (85.17)	2
					Marshall James (86.91)	1
					Steve Duke (87.72)	3
	Steve Duke (85.95)	3
	Steve Beaton (83.37)	0
													Raymond van Barneveld (94.71)	5
													Chris Mason (90.39)	2
	Ted Hankey (100.38)	3
	Roger Carter (90.03)	1
					Ted Hankey (89.85)	1
					Chris Mason (91.98)	3
	Chris Mason (90.12)	3
	Ritchie Davies (90.75)	1
									Chris Mason (94.41)	5
									Martin Adams (95.61)	4
	Martin Adams (92.70)	3
	Mike Gregory (90.27)	1
					Martin Adams (100.62)	3
					Graham Hunt (86.28)	1
	Graham Hunt (86.13)	3
	Andy Jenkins (86.22)	1
	Kevin Painter (97.83)	3
	Robbie Widdows (99.45)	0
					Kevin Painter (87.39)	0
					Ronnie Baxter (99.24)	3
	Ronnie Baxter (92.67)	3
	Richie Burnett (90.69)	0
									Ronnie Baxter (93.81)	5
									Roland Scholten (86.07)	3
	Co Stompé (96.09)	3
	Davy Richardson (89.64)	0
					Co Stompé (88.29)	2
					Roland Scholten (90.33)	3
	Roland Scholten (88.11)	3
	John Walton (87.87)	0
													Ronnie Baxter (95.61)	5
													Andy Fordham (88.89)	1
	Paul Williams (90.51)	3
	Matt Clark (88.71)	2
					Paul Williams (87.00)	0
					Andy Fordham (98.46)	3
	Andy Fordham (96.36)	3
	Mervyn King (94.98)	2
									Andy Fordham (87.93)	5
									Colin Monk (86.94)	3
	Tony Littleton (82.29)	3
	Erik Clarys (81.84)	2
					Tony Littleton (84.09)	0
					Colin Monk (84.18)	3
	Colin Monk (84.09)	3
	Paul Hogan (83.58)	2

Final (Best of 11 sets) Sunday 10 January Referees: Steve Nicholas, George Noble
(94.35) Raymond van Barneveld	6-5	Ronnie Baxter (94.65)
Highest Checkout: 96	1-3, 1-3, 3-0, 2-3, 3-1, 3-2, 3-1, 0-3, 0-3, 3-0, 4-2 [2]	Highest Checkout: 122
Raymond van Barneveld wins the 1999 Embassy World Darts Championship

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