1995 WDC World Darts Championship

1995 Proton Cars World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	27 December 1994–2 January 1995
Venue	Circus Tavern
Location	Purfleet
Country	England
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 Championship was the second world championship organised by the World Darts Council (now the Professional Darts Corporation).

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

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 (80.76) 0 – 3 John Lowe (87.84) 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-Little (87.15) Tom Kirby (89.25) 2 – 3 (8) Alan Warriner-Little (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-Little 2 1 1 4 5 −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 (92.94) 3 – 0 Cliff Lazarenko (85.35)

Pos Player P W L SF SA +/- Pts 1 (3) Peter Evison 2 2 0 6 2 +4 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 2 +4 4 2 Eric Bristow 2 1 1 3 3 0 2 3 Shayne Burgess 2 0 2 2 6 −4 0

Source:^[2]

Knockout Stages

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	Group 1 Winner	Bob Anderson (5) (84.45)	1
	Group 2 Winner	Phil Taylor (4) (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	Kevin Spiolek (6) (82.62)	1
	Group 6 Winner	Peter Evison (3) (88.62)	4
						3	Peter Evison (83.01)	1
						2	Rod Harrington (82.29)	5
	Group 7 Winner	Jamie Harvey (7) (87.42)	2
	Group 8 Winner	Rod Harrington (2) (91.41)	4

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

Source:^[2]

References