1992 BDO World Darts Championship

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Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates3–11 January 1992
VenueLakeside Country Club
LocationFrimley Green, Surrey
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)BDO
FormatSets
Final – best of 11
Prize fund£119,500
Winner's share£28,000
High checkout170 Australia Keith Sullivan
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor[1]
«1991 1993»

The 1992 Embassy World Darts Championship was held from 3–11 January 1992 at the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey.

With Eric Bristow and defending champion Dennis Priestley both going out in round two, the way was paved for the top two seeds, Phil Taylor and Mike Gregory, to make it to the final – notably, the first final since the inauguration of the World Championship in 1978 that featured neither Bristow nor John Lowe.

In a titanic affair, full of big scores and high checkouts, it went to the final set and a tiebreak, where Gregory missed two chances each at double 8, double top and double 10 for the title. It also made Gregory the first player to miss darts at double to win a world championship and eventually lose; none would match this until Mark McGeeney in 2018.

Taylor took full advantage and sent the match to a sudden-death leg, which he won to take his second World title. Taylor's match-winning average of 97.58 remained a record for a BDO world championship final until the tournament's demise in 2020.

Seeds[edit]

  1. England Phil Taylor
  2. England Mike Gregory
  3. England Dennis Priestley
  4. England John Lowe
  5. England Bob Anderson
  6. Scotland Jocky Wilson
  7. Australia Keith Sullivan
  8. England Eric Bristow

Prize money[edit]

The prize fund was £116,400.

Champion: £28,000
Runner-Up: £14,000
Semi-Finalists (2): £7,000
Quarter-Finalists (4): £3,500
Last 16 (8): £2,600
Last 32 (16): £1,600

There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £1,500.

The Results[edit]

First Round (best of 5 sets) Second Round (best of 5 sets) Quarter-Finals (best of 7 sets) Semi-Finals (best of 9 sets) Final (best of 11 sets)
               
1 England Phil Taylor (93.36) 3
Sweden Magnus Caris (78.81) 1
1 England Phil Taylor (94.65) 3
Denmark Per Skau (86.94) 1
  Denmark Per Skau (84.39) 3
England Dave Whitcombe (78.81) 1
1 England Phil Taylor (98.49) 4
Wales Martin Phillips (88.74) 0
8 England Eric Bristow (83.67) 3
Denmark Jann Hoffmann (80.61) 0
8 England Eric Bristow (88.38) 2
Wales Martin Phillips (91.14) 3
  Wales Martin Phillips (82.26) 3
Netherlands Bert Vlaardingerbroek (74.34) 0
1 England Phil Taylor (91.47) 5
4 England John Lowe (88.98) 4
5 England Bob Anderson (89.55) 3
England Ronnie Baxter (91.68) 1
5 England Bob Anderson (85.92) 2
England Graham Miller (79.38) 3
  England Graham Miller (82.95) 3
Belgium Frans Devooght (82.65) 1
England Graham Miller (86.46) 3
4 England John Lowe (92.25) 4
4 England John Lowe (90.51) 3
Norway Oyvind Aasland (85.65) 0
4 England John Lowe (92.83) 3
Singapore Paul Lim (79.74) 0
  Singapore Paul Lim (86.34) 3
Canada Bob Sinnaeve (83.43) 1
1 England Phil Taylor (97.58) 6
2 England Mike Gregory (94.42) 5
2 England Mike Gregory (85.41) 3
Australia Wayne Weening (79.32) 1
2 England Mike Gregory (86.82) 3
Wales Chris Johns (84.36) 0
  Wales Chris Johns (79.98) 3
England Steve Beaton (77.45) 1
2 England Mike Gregory (90.33) 4
England Rod Harrington (92.43) 3
7 Australia Keith Sullivan (85.20) 3
England Peter Evison (85.05) 1
7 Australia Keith Sullivan (94.44) 2
England Rod Harrington (93.15) 3
  England Rod Harrington (89.91) 3
Sweden Stefan Nagy (69.93) 0
2 England Mike Gregory (90.78) 5
England Kevin Kenny (86.28) 3
6 Scotland Jocky Wilson (80.73) 1
England Kevin Kenny (85.02) 3
  England Kevin Kenny (89.85) 3
Scotland Jamie Harvey (88.95) 2
  Scotland Jamie Harvey (81.15) 3
Finland Heikki Hermunen (77.76) 0
  England Kevin Kenny (89.82) 4
England Alan Warriner (88.71) 0
3 England Dennis Priestley (90.93) 3
United States Larry Butler (85.23) 1
3 England Dennis Priestley (93.99) 2
England Alan Warriner (91.56) 3
  England Alan Warriner (86.34) 3
Scotland Alex Lister (77.49) 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ Staff (20 July 2002), "History of Embassy Darts", BBC Sports (online), BBC News, retrieved 23 February 2011