2000 PDC World Darts Championship

Skol World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	28 December 1999–4 January 2000
Venue	Circus Tavern
Location	Purfleet, Essex
Country	England, United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Sets Final – best of 13
Prize fund	£110,000
Winners share	£31,000
High checkout	170 Steve Raw
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«1999 2001»

The 2000 Skol World Darts Championship was held between 28 December 1999–4 January 2000 at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex. The tournament is staged earlier in the calendar year than most World Championships in sport, and thus Sky television commentators claimed that Phil Taylor was the "First World Champion of the new Millennium".

Taylor continued his dominance of this event, notching up his sixth successive world championship, his eighth overall. Dennis Priestley must have considered himself unlucky to be around during these years - he suffered his fourth final loss to Taylor in five years and failed to add to his two world championship successes.

Eric Bristow's first round defeat to American, Steve Brown would virtually signal the end of the legendary player's career at the top-level. Bristow, who would continue to attempt to qualify for the championship a few times after 2000 made his last appearance in the championship, which ended his run of having appeared in a World Championship for 23 consecutive years spanning back to the inaugural World Championship of 1978. John Lowe became the only player with an unbroken appearance record.

Seeds

1. Peter Manley
2. Phil Taylor
3. Rod Harrington
4. Shayne Burgess
5. Dennis Priestley
6. John Part
7. Alan Warriner
8. Peter Evison

Prize money

The prize fund was £110,000.

Champion: £31,000

Runner-Up: £16,400

Semi-Finalists (2): £6,400

Quarter-Finalists (4): £3,400

Last 16 (8): £1,825

Last 32 (16): £1,350

Results

	First Round (best of 5 sets)					Second Round (best of 5 sets)					Quarter-Finals (best of 9 sets)					Semi-Finals (best of 9 sets)					Final (best of 11 sets)
	1	Peter Manley (85.53)	3
		Bob Anderson (82.77)	0
						1	Peter Manley (90.48)	3
							Steve Brown (84.69)	1
		Steve Brown (76.61)	3
		Eric Bristow (72.57)	2
											1	Peter Manley (87.12)	5
											8	Peter Evison (80.7)	1
	8	Peter Evison (89.28)	3
		Gerald Verrier (86.8)	0
						8	Peter Evison (80.31)	3
							Steve Raw (77.25)	1
		Steve Raw (87.45)	3
		Scott Cummings (81.66)	0
																1	Peter Manley (97.08)	2
																5	Dennis Priestley (98.56)	5
	5	Dennis Priestley (96.3)	3
		Braulio Roncero (88.77)	2
						5	Dennis Priestley (83.58)	3
							Jamie Harvey (84.9)	2
		Jamie Harvey (87.57)	3
		Kevin Spiolek (82.05)	2
											5	Dennis Priestley (90.24)	5
											4	Shayne Burgess (89.37)	4
	4	Shayne Burgess (92.01)	3
		Colin Lloyd (84.69)	0
						4	Shayne Burgess (91.59)	3
							Nigel Justice (82.2)	0
		Nigel Justice (81.24)	3
		Dean Allsopp (72.69)	0
																					5	Dennis Priestley (91.8)	3
																					2	Phil Taylor (94.42)	7
	2	Phil Taylor (103.26)	3
		Mick Manning (78.84)	0
						2	Phil Taylor (103.8)	3
							Graeme Stoddart (84.36)	0
		Graeme Stoddart (77.04)	3
		Dan Lauby (75.18)	2
											2	Phil Taylor (105.87)	5
											7	Alan Warriner (92.25)	0
	7	Alan Warriner (92.25)	3
		Paul Lim (85.69)	0
						7	Alan Warriner (90)	3
							Alex Roy (78.24)	0
		Alex Roy (79.32)	3
		Reg Harding (81.06)	0
																2	Phil Taylor (105.15)	5
																	Dennis Smith (88.41)	0
	6	John Part (97.32)	3
		John Ferrell (79.56)	0
						6	John Part (90.48)	0
							Dennis Smith (91.32)	3
		Dennis Smith (92.19)	3
		Cliff Lazarenko (86.58)	1
												Dennis Smith (87.24)	5
											3	John Lowe (87.6)	3
	3	Rod Harrington (93.54)	2
		John Lowe (90.9)	3
							John Lowe (85.62)	3
							Keith Deller (87.51)	2
		Keith Deller (82.14)	3
		Gary Mawson (74.34)	0