1999 PDC World Darts Championship

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.

1999 Skol World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	28 December 1998 – 3 January 1999
Venue	Circus Tavern
Location	Purfleet
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Sets Final – best of 11
Prize fund	£104,000
Winner's share	£30,000
High checkout	167 Graeme Stoddart 167 Gary Mawson
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«1998 2000»

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, as well as Steve Davis and (at the time) Stephen Hendry, who were six times World Snooker champions – both targets of Taylor when he began accumulating world championships.

Seeds

1. Rod Harrington
2. Alan Warriner
3. Phil Taylor
4. Peter Manley
5. Peter Evison
6. Keith Deller
7. Dennis Priestley
8. Steve Brown

Prize Money

The 1999 World Championship featured a prize fund of £104,000. The prize money was allocated as follows:[1]

Position (num. of players)		Prize Money (Total: £104,000)
Winner	(1)	£30,000
Runner-Up	(1)	£16,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£6,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£3,000
Second round losers	(8)	£1,750
First round losers	(16)	£1,250

Results

	First round (best of 5 sets) 28–29 December					Second round (best of 5 sets) 30 December					Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets) 1 January					Semi-finals (best of 9 sets) 2 January					Final (best of 11 sets) 3 January
	1	Rod Harrington 87.45	3
		Alex Roy 81.64	0
						1	Rod Harrington 94.16	1
							Shayne Burgess 90.73	3
		Shayne Burgess 92.21	3
		Scott Cummings 77.03	0
												Shayne Burgess 94.95	4
												Cliff Lazarenko 82.23	1
	8	Steve Brown 85.99	3
		Kevin Spiolek 75.60	1
						8	Steve Brown 84.34	0
							Cliff Lazarenko 87.16	3
		Dean Allsop 69.73	0
		Cliff Lazarenko 79.21	3
																	Shayne Burgess 94.19	4
																4	Peter Manley 98.05	5
	5	Peter Evison 81.00	0
		Dennis Smith 93.56	3
							Dennis Smith 92.49	3
							Mick Manning 84.44	1
		Dan Lauby 75.52	1
		Mick Manning 79.14	3
												Dennis Smith 91.43	0
											4	Peter Manley 99.56	4
	4	Peter Manley 90.18	3
		Eric Bristow 53.36	0
						4	Peter Manley 88.98	3
							Graeme Stoddart 79.69	0
		Steve Raw 87.59	1
		Graeme Stoddart 90.70	3
																					4	Peter Manley 93.64	2
																					3	Phil Taylor 97.18	6
	2	Alan Warriner 86.60	3
		John Part 79.34	0
						2	Alan Warriner 90.67	3
							Harry Robinson 82.85	2
		Sean Downs 82.24	2
		Harry Robinson 82.74	3
											2	Alan Warriner 84.36	4
												John Ferrell 77.82	1
	7	Dennis Priestley 85.16	0
		John Ferrell 86.66	3
							John Ferrell 83.42	3
							Gary Mawson 89.68	2
		Gary Mawson 81.93	3
		Ritchie Gardner 78.11	0
																2	Alan Warriner 95.00	3
																3	Phil Taylor 98.77	5
	6	Keith Deller 81.99	2
		Bob Anderson 87.95	3
							Bob Anderson 85.09	3
							Jamie Harvey 86.09	2
		Gerald Verrier 65.01	1
		Jamie Harvey 72.18	3
												Bob Anderson 86.42	0
											3	Phil Taylor 96.77	4
	3	Phil Taylor 105.04	3
		Reg Harding 87.83	0
						3	Phil Taylor 102.01	3
							John Lowe 98.73	1
		John Lowe 87.05	3
		Paul Lim 78.07	0

Representation from different countries

This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship. Five countries were represented in the World Championship, one more than in the previous championship.

	ENG	USA	SCO	CAN	SGP	Total
Final	2	0	0	0	0	2
Semis	4	0	0	0	0	4
Quarters	8	0	0	0	0	8
Round 2	13	1	1	1	0	16
Round 1	23	4	1	3	1	32

References

1. "Prize Fund". Darts Database. Retrieved 6 January 2015.