1994 BDO World Darts Championship

Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	1–8 January 1994
Venue	Lakeside Country Club
Location	Frimley Green, Surrey
Country	England, United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	BDO
Format	Sets Final – best of 11
Prize fund	£136,100
Winners share	£32,000
High checkout	Trevor Nurse Per Skau Magnus Caris Nick Gedney
Champion(s)
John Part

The 1994 Embassy World Darts Championship was held following 2 years of controversy within the sport of darts. After the 1993 Championships, several players decided it was time to part company with the British Darts Organisation and form their own organisation, known as the World Darts Council. By the start of this tournament, the WDC had already held their own 1994 World Championship, with Dennis Priestley beating Phil Taylor in the final.

Phil Taylor, Dennis Priestley, Rod Harrington, Alan Warriner, Peter Evison, Richie Gardner, Jocky Wilson, Eric Bristow, Keith Deller, John Lowe, Bob Anderson, Cliff Lazarenko, Kevin Spiolek, Jamie Harvey, Mike Gregory and Chris Johns were the players who formed the WDC and therefore did not participate at these 1994 Championships. Mike Gregory and Chris Johns eventually decided to stay with the BDO - but were unable to play in 1994 as their change of heart came too late for them to be able to qualify.

Of the 32 players who took part in the 1994 Embassy World Championship, 17 were world championship debutants, with many having never appeared in front of TV cameras before, including eventual champion, John Part. Of the remaining 15 players in the tournament, only 8 of those had appeared in the 1993 Embassy World Championship, with the other 7 having previously appeared in the Embassy World Championship in years before 1993.

In an astonishing first round, 7 out of the 8 seeded players were knocked out - including the new BDO World Number One, Steve Beaton who had risen to the top of the rankings as a result of the defecting players. Only number 3 seed, Roland Scholten managed to win his first round match - although he went out in round 2.

As a result, players previously unheard of had a chance to make a name for themselves and Canada's John Part dropped only one set en route to the Championship. He beat Ronnie Baxter, Paul Lim, Steve McCollum and Ronnie Sharp on the way to final. Part then overwhelmed Bobby George 6-0 in the final.

George, despite struggling with back problems, had reached his first final in 14 years. His semi-final against Sweden's Magnus Caris saw him comeback from 4 sets to 2 down, winning 9 successive legs to secure his place in the final. In the final, George hit less than 10% of his checkouts (5 from 49 attempts [1]) and that was the difference as Part became the first player from outside the United Kingdom to win the World Championship.

Prize money

Total Prize fund was £136,100 (plus a £51,000 bonus for a nine-dart finish - not won)

• Champion £32,000
• Runner-up £16,000
• Semi-finalists £7,700
• Quarter-finalists £3,800
• 2nd round losers £2,800
• 1st round losers £1,900
• Highest checkout £1,500
• Non-qualifiers £400

Seeds

1. Steve Beaton
2. Ronnie Baxter
3. Roland Scholten
4. Wayne Weening
5. Per Skau
6. Dave Askew
7. Shayne Burgess
8. Russell Stewart

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
	Kevin Kenny (88.23)	3
	Kevin Painter (85.68)	2
					Kevin Kenny (82.17)	3
					Nick Gedney (85.14)	2
	Steve Beaton (89.40)	2
	Nick Gedney (87.21)	3
									Kevin Kenny (82.29)	2
									Bobby George (81.54)	4
	Martin Phillips (85.53)	3
	Richard Herbert (86.13)	2
					Martin Phillips (83.01)	1
					Bobby George (91.71)	3
	Russell Stewart (79.17)	0
	Bobby George (84.06)	3
													Bobby George (89.43)	5
													Magnus Caris (88.41)	4
	Bob Taylor (89.52)	3
	Tony Payne (82.68)	0
					Bob Taylor (87.24)	1
					Martin Adams (90.21)	3
	Per Skau (78.30)	0
	Martin Adams (93.00)	3
									Martin Adams (85.86)	2
									Magnus Caris (88.05)	4
	Leo Laurens (87.33)	3
	Eric Burden (88.86)	0
					Leo Laurens (75.72)	0
					Magnus Caris (91.68)	3
	Wayne Weening (86.25)	2
	Magnus Caris (86.25)	3
	Paul Lim (84.84)	3
	Jim Danmore (80.19)	0
					Paul Lim (79.11)	0
					John Part (83.22)	3
	Ronnie Baxter (81.66)	0
	John Part (85.23)	3
									John Part (90.99)	4
									Steve McCollum (86.13)	0
	Colin Monk (85.14)	3
	Jann Hoffmann (81.42)	0
					Colin Monk (84.15)	1
					Steve McCollum (86.85)	3
	Shayne Burgess (77.52)	0
	Steve McCollum (80.31)	3
													John Part (88.98)	5
													Ronnie Sharp (87.51)	1
	Troels Rusel (83.64)	3
	Alan Brown (84.60)	1
					Troels Rusel (82.47)	3
					Ian Sarfas (81.96)	1
	Dave Askew (72.51)	0
	Ian Sarfas (78.96)	3
									Troels Rusel (73.38)	1
									Ronnie Sharp (81.75)	4
	Ronnie Sharp (82.02)	3
	Trevor Nurse (78.15)	2
					Ronnie Sharp (84.69)	3
					Roland Scholten (86.19)	1
	Roland Scholten (88.95)	3
	Sean Palfrey (85.59)	0

Final (Best of 11 sets) Saturday January 8th
(80.31) Bobby George	0-6	John Part (82.44)
Highest Checkout:	2-3, 0-3, 2-3, 1-3, 0-3 0-3	Highest Checkout:
John Part wins the 1994 Embassy World Darts Championship