1999 PDC World Darts Championship

Skol World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	28 December 1998 – 3 January 1999
Venue	Circus Tavern
Location	Purfleet, Essex
Country	England, United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Sets Final – best of 11
Prize fund	£104,000
Winners share	£30,000
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«1998 2000»

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 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.

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 and Steve Davis and (at the time) Stephen Hendry six times World Snooker champions - both targets of Taylor when he began accumulating world championships.

Seeds

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Prize Money

The 1999 World Championship featured a prize fund of £104,000. The prize money was allocated as follows:^[2]

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
	Rod Harrington	3
	Alex Roy	0
					Rod Harrington	1
					Shayne Burgess	3
	Shayne Burgess	3
	Steve Cummings	0
									Shayne Burgess	4
									Cliff Lazarenko	1
	Cliff Lazarenko	3
	Dean Allsop	0
					Cliff Lazarenko	3
					Steve Brown	0
	Kevin Spiolek	0
	Steve Brown	3
													Shayne Burgess	4
													Peter Manley	5
	Peter Evison	0
	Dennis Smith	3
					Dennis Smith	3
					Mick Manning	1
	Mick Manning	3
	Dan Lauby	1
									Dennis Smith	0
									Peter Manley	4
	Graeme Stoddart	3
	Steve Raw	1
					Graeme Stoddart	0
					Peter Manley	3
	Eric Bristow	0
	Peter Manley	3
	Phil Taylor	3
	Reg Harding	0
					Phil Taylor	3
					John Lowe	1
	John Lowe	3
	Paul Lim	0
									Phil Taylor	4
									Bob Anderson	0
	Bob Anderson	3
	Keith Deller	2
					Bob Anderson	3
					Jamie Harvey	1
	Gerald Verrier	1
	Jamie Harvey	3
													Phil Taylor	5
													Alan Warriner	3
	Dennis Priestley	0
	John Ferrell	3
					John Ferrell	3
					Gary Mawson	2
	Richie Gardner	0
	Gary Mawson	3
									John Ferrell	1
									Alan Warriner	4
	Harry Robinson	3
	Sean Downs	2
					Harry Robinson	2
					Alan Warriner	3
	John Part	0
	Alan Warriner	3

Final (Best of 11 sets) Sunday January 3rd
(93.63) Peter Manley	2-6	Phil Taylor (97.11)
Highest Checkout:	Graeme Stoddart/Gary Mawson 167	Highest Checkout:
Phil Taylor wins the 1999 PDC World Darts Championship

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