1992 BDO World Darts Championship

Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	3–11 January 1992
Venue	Lakeside Country Club
Location	Frimley Green, Surrey
Country	England
Organisation(s)	BDO
Format	Sets Final – best of 11
Prize fund	£119,500
Winners share	£28,000
High checkout	170 Keith Sullivan
Champion(s)
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 since the inauguration of the World Championship in 1978 that neither featured 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 and only player to miss darts at double to win a world championship and eventually lose.

Taylor took full advantage and sent the match to a sudden-death leg, which he won to take his second World title.

Seeds

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

Prize money

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

	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	Phil Taylor (93.36)	3
		Magnus Caris (78.81)	1
						1	Phil Taylor (94.65)	3
							Per Skau (86.94)	1
		Per Skau (84.39)	3
		Dave Whitcombe (78.81)	1
											1	Phil Taylor (98.49)	4
												Martin Phillips (88.74)	0
	8	Eric Bristow (83.67)	3
		Jann Hoffmann (80.61)	0
						8	Eric Bristow (88.38)	2
							Martin Phillips (91.14)	3
		Martin Phillips (82.26)	3
		Bert Vlaardingerbroek (74.34)	0
																1	Phil Taylor (91.47)	5
																4	John Lowe (88.98)	4
	5	Bob Anderson (89.55)	3
		Ronnie Baxter (91.68)	1
						5	Bob Anderson (85.92)	2
							Graham Miller (79.38)	3
		Graham Miller (82.95)	3
		Frans Devooght (82.65)	1
												Graham Miller (86.46)	3
											4	John Lowe (92.25)	4
	4	John Lowe (90.51)	3
		Oyvind Aasland (85.65)	0
						4	John Lowe (92.82)	3
							Paul Lim (79.74)	0
		Paul Lim (86.34)	3
		Bob Sinnaeve (83.43)	1
																					1	Phil Taylor (97.58)	6
																					2	Mike Gregory (94.42)	5
	2	Mike Gregory (85.41)	3
		Wayne Weening (79.32)	1
						2	Mike Gregory (86.82)	3
							Chris Johns (84.36)	0
		Chris Johns (79.98)	3
		Steve Beaton (77.76)	1
											2	Mike Gregory (90.33)	4
												Rod Harrington (92.43)	2
	7	Keith Sullivan (85.20)	3
		Peter Evison (85.05)	1
						7	Keith Sullivan (94.44)	2
							Rod Harrington (93.15)	3
		Rod Harrington (89.91)	3
		Stefan Nagy (69.93)	0
																2	Mike Gregory (90.78)	5
																	Kevin Kenny (86.28)	3
	6	Jocky Wilson (80.73)	1
		Kevin Kenny (85.02)	3
							Kevin Kenny (89.85)	3
							Jamie Harvey (88.95)	2
		Jamie Harvey (81.15)	3
		Heikki Hermunen (77.76)	0
												Kevin Kenny (89.82)	4
												Alan Warriner (88.71)	0
	3	Dennis Priestley (90.93)	3
		Larry Butler (85.23)	1
						3	Dennis Priestley (93.99)	2
							Alan Warriner (91.56)	3
		Alan Warriner (86.34)	3
		Alex Lister (77.49)	0

References

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