1989 BDO World Darts Championship

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Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates6–14 January 1989
Venue Lakeside Country Club
Location Frimley Green, Surrey [1]
Country England
Organisation(s) BDO
Format Sets
Final best of 11
Prize fund£86,900
Winner's share£20,000
High checkout164 Flag of England.svg Mike Gregory
Champion(s)
Flag of Scotland.svg Jocky Wilson [2]
«1988 1990»

The 1989 Embassy World Darts Championship was the 12th World Professional Championships, and was staged at the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey, England for the fourth successive year. The tournament was organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO).

Contents

Following the 1988 Winmau World Masters ITV pulled all their coverage of darts and the BBC decided to withdraw their coverage of the 1988 British Professional Championship, meaning that this World Championship was the only televised darts tournament in 1989. [3] The World Championship would remain the only annual televised event for the next four years.

In an attempt to improve the image of the game (which contributed to the loss of television coverage and sponsors), the BDO decided that players would no longer be allowed to drink alcohol during matches - allowing just water on the stage.

The tournament itself saw old rivals Jocky Wilson and Eric Bristow meet in the final after Wilson had beaten defending champion Bob Anderson and Bristow had seen off John Lowe in the semi-finals. Wilson raced into a five sets to nil lead, but Bristow took the next four sets to set up a tense finish - until, after missing several double attempts, Wilson finally took the title 6–4.

Seeds

  1. Flag of England.svg Bob Anderson
  2. Flag of England.svg John Lowe
  3. Flag of England.svg Eric Bristow
  4. Flag of England.svg Mike Gregory
  5. Flag of Scotland.svg Jocky Wilson
  6. Flag of England.svg Peter Evison
  7. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Russell Stewart
  8. Flag of England.svg Dave Whitcombe

Prize money

The prize fund was £84,800.

Champion: £20,000
Runner-Up: £10,000
Semi-Finalists (2): £5,000
Quarter-Finalists (4): £2,600
Last 16 (8): £1,900
Last 32 (16): £1,200

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

The results

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 Flag of England.svg Bob Anderson (89.19)3
Flag of England.svg Ken Summers (75.48)0
1 Flag of England.svg Bob Anderson (99.96)3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Weening (89.22)1
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Weening (88.98)3
Flag of England.svg Cliff Lazarenko (86.37)1
1 Flag of England.svg Bob Anderson (92.91)4
8 Flag of England.svg Dave Whitcombe (88.71)3
8 Flag of England.svg Dave Whitcombe (87.51)3
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bob Sinnaeve (81.03)0
8 Flag of England.svg Dave Whitcombe (84.63)3
Flag of the United States.svg Rick Ney (79.92)0
  Flag of the United States.svg Rick Ney (88.14)3
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Leo Laurens (86.16)1
1 Flag of England.svg Bob Anderson (90.33)4
5 Flag of Scotland.svg Jocky Wilson (94.35)5
5 Flag of Scotland.svg Jocky Wilson (89.28)3
Flag of England.svg Paul Reynolds (83.76)0
5 Flag of Scotland.svg Jocky Wilson (88.38)3
Flag of England.svg Alan Warriner (87.54)2
  Flag of England.svg Alan Warriner (91.20)3
Flag of England.svg Arnie Bunn (78.90)0
5 Flag of Scotland.svg Jocky Wilson (85.32)4
4 Flag of England.svg Mike Gregory (89.04)3
4 Flag of England.svg Mike Gregory (92.07)3
Flag of Scotland.svg Peter McDonald (86.43)0
4 Flag of England.svg Mike Gregory (91.56)3
Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Caris (80.04)0
  Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Caris (80.40)3
Flag of Scotland.svg Trevor Nurse (78.48)1
5 Flag of Scotland.svg Jocky Wilson (94.31)6
3 Flag of England.svg Eric Bristow (90.69)4
2 Flag of England.svg John Lowe (90.15)3
Flag of England.svg Chris Whiting (82.08)0
2 Flag of England.svg John Lowe (91.65)3
Flag of Singapore.svg Paul Lim (89.73)2
  Flag of Singapore.svg Paul Lim (88.23)3
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Chris Johns (82.74)0
2 Flag of England.svg John Lowe (92.19)4
Flag of England.svg Dennis Hickling (86.61)0
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Russell Stewart (88.86)3
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Eric Burden (84.81)1
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Russell Stewart (88.41)0
Flag of England.svg Dennis Hickling (95.67)3
  Flag of England.svg Dennis Hickling (83.82)3
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bert Vlaardingerbroek (77.52)0
2 Flag of England.svg John Lowe (89.07)1
3 Flag of England.svg Eric Bristow (93.27)5
6 Flag of England.svg Peter Evison (80.94)3
Ulster Banner.svg Ray Farrell (81.99)1
6 Flag of England.svg Peter Evison (87.27)3
Flag of Sweden.svg Lars Erik Karlsson (77.37)0
  Flag of Sweden.svg Lars Erik Karlsson (84.60)3
Flag of the United States.svg Tony Payne (86.58)2
6 Flag of England.svg Peter Evison (88.11)3
3 Flag of England.svg Eric Bristow (90.39)4
3 Flag of England.svg Eric Bristow (86.22)3
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Fallowfield (74.28)1
3 Flag of England.svg Eric Bristow (89.01)3
Flag of England.svg Steve Gittins (86.19)0
  Flag of England.svg Steve Gittins(85.83)3
Flag of Finland.svg Kexi Heinäharju (75.84)0

References

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  2. Ralph Hickok (16 January 2010). "History - World Darts Champions". HickokSports.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  3. "BDO Darts". Talkdarts.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011.