1995 WDC World Darts Championship

Proton Cars World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	27 December 1994-2 January 1995
Venue	Circus Tavern
Location	Purfleet, Essex
Country	England, United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	PDC (WDC)
Format	Sets Final – best of 11
Prize fund	£55,000
Winners share	£12,000
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«1994 1996»

The 1995 Proton Cars World Darts Championships was the second world championship organised by the World Darts Council (now the Professional Darts Corporation) after an acrimonious split from the British Darts Organisation during 1992/93. Proton Cars took over the sponsorship from Skol, who had sponsored the inaugural event in 1994.

Phil Taylor emerged as champion, overcoming John Lowe 5-4 in the semi-final before beating Rod Harrington in the final to claim his first PDC title, and his third World Championship in all.

Seeds

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1. Dennis Priestley
2. Rod Harrington
3. Peter Evison
4. Phil Taylor
5. Bob Anderson
6. Kevin Spiolek
7. Jamie Harvey
8. Alan Warriner

Prize money

The prize fund was £55,000.

Champion: £12,000

Runner-Up: £6,000

3rd Place: £1,000

Semi-Finalists (2): £3,000

Quarter-Finalists (4): £2,000

Group RU (8): £1,500

Group 3rd (8): £1,250

Results

1st Round - Group Stages

Group 1 Jerry Umberger (80.55) 1 - 3 (5) Bob Anderson (92.55) Ritchie Gardner (84.06) 3 - 1 Jerry Umberger (80.01) (5) Bob Anderson (91.05) 3 - 1 Ritchie Gardner (81.90)

Pos Player P W L SF SA +/- Pts 1 (5) Bob Anderson 2 2 0 6 2 +4 4 2 Ritchie Gardner 2 1 1 4 4 0 2 3 Jerry Umberger 2 0 2 2 6 -4 0

Group 2 (4) Phil Taylor (78.63) 3 - 2 Gerald Verrier (79.93) Gerald Verrier (72.27) 0 - 3 Sean Downs (75.39) (4) Phil Taylor (92.97) 3 - 1 Sean Downs (84.39)

Pos Player P W L SF SA +/- Pts 1 (4) Phil Taylor 2 2 0 6 3 +3 4 2 Sean Downs 2 1 1 4 3 +1 2 3 Gerald Verrier 2 0 2 2 6 -4 0

Group 3 (1) Dennis Priestley (95.22) 0 - 3 John Lowe (87.27) Jocky Wilson (81.24) 2 - 3 (1) Dennis Priestley (86.25) Jocky Wilson (75.54) 0 - 3 John Lowe (93.51)

Pos Player P W L SF SA +/- Pts 1 John Lowe 2 2 0 6 0 +6 4 2 (1) Dennis Priestley 2 1 1 3 5 -2 2 3 Jocky Wilson 2 0 2 2 6 -4 0

Group 4 Dennis Smith (82.80) 3 - 1 (8) Alan Warriner (87.15) Tom Kirby (89.25) 2 - 3 (8) Alan Warriner (87.79) Dennis Smith (80.94) 3 - 1 Tom Kirby (77.40)

Pos Player P W L SF SA +/- Pts 1 Dennis Smith 2 2 0 6 2 +4 4 2 (8) Alan Warriner 2 1 1 4 3 +1 2 3 Tom Kirby 2 0 2 3 6 -3 0

Group 5 Keith Deller (82.53) 1 - 3 (6) Kevin Spiolek (82.23) Keith Deller (83.97) 2 - 3 Larry Butler (86.70) Larry Butler (79.08) 0 - 3 (6) Kevin Spiolek (79.40)

Pos Player P W L SF SA +/- Pts 1 (6) Kevin Spiolek 2 2 0 6 1 +5 4 2 Larry Butler 2 1 1 3 5 -2 2 3 Keith Deller 2 0 2 3 6 -3 0

Group 6 (3) Peter Evison (82.83) 3 - 2 Graeme Stoddart (86.55) Graeme Stoddart (80.55) 2 - 3 Cliff Lazarenko (82.53) (3) Peter Evison () 3 - 0 Cliff Lazarenko (85.35)

Pos Player P W L SF SA +/- Pts 1 (3) Peter Evison 2 2 0 6 1 +5 4 2 Cliff Lazarenko 2 1 1 3 5 -2 2 3 Graeme Stoddart 2 0 2 4 6 -2 0

Group 7 (7) Jamie Harvey (88.83) 3 - 1 Steve Brown (87.15) Steve Brown (83.22) 3 - 0 Jim Watkins (78.51) (7) Jamie Harvey (85.14) 3 - 2 Jim Watkins (79.53)

Pos Player P W L SF SA +/- Pts 1 (7) Jamie Harvey 2 2 0 6 3 +3 4 2 Steve Brown 2 1 1 4 3 +1 2 3 Jim Watkins 2 0 2 2 6 -4 0

Group 8 (2) Rod Harrington (85.62) 3 - 0 Eric Bristow (82.90) Eric Bristow (88.32) 3 - 0 Shayne Burgess (91.02) (2) Rod Harrington (85.62) 3 - 2 Shayne Burgess (83.04)

Pos Player P W L SF SA +/- Pts 1 (2) Rod Harrington 2 2 0 6 1 +5 4 2 Eric Bristow 2 1 0 3 3 0 2 3 Shayne Burgess 2 0 2 2 6 -4 0

Sources:^{[2] [3]}

Knockout Stages

	Quarter Finals					Semi Finals					Final
	Group 1 Winner	(5) Bob Anderson (84.45)	1
	Group 2 Winner	(4) Phil Taylor (89.43)	4
						4	Phil Taylor (96.27)	5
							John Lowe (90.84)	4
	Group 3 Winner	John Lowe (96.78)	4
	Group 4 Winner	Dennis Smith (89.22)	0
											4	Phil Taylor (94.11)	6
											2	Rod Harrington (87.15)	2
	Group 5 Winner	(6) Kevin Spiolek (82.62)	1
	Group 6 Winner	(3) Peter Evison (88.62)	4
						3	Peter Evison (83.01)	1
						2	Rod Harrington (82.29)	5
	Group 7 Winner	(7) Jamie Harvey (87.42)	2
	Group 8 Winner	(2) Rod Harrington (91.41)	4

Third place match - John Lowe (82.80) 4–2 (3) Peter Evison (85.41)

Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)
Sources:^{[2] [3]}

References

1. "Results of World Darts Championships 1995" (in Dutch). mastercaller.com. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
2. "Averages all rounds". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
3. "1995 PDC World Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 July 2013.