2000 PDC World Darts Championship

2000 Skol World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	28 December 1999–4 January 2000
Venue	Circus Tavern
Location	Purfleet
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Sets Final – best of 13
Prize fund	£110,000
Winners share	£31,000
High checkout	170 Steve Raw
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«1999 2001»

The 2000 Skol World Darts Championship was the seventh World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was held between 28 December 1999–4 January 2000 at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex.

Phil Taylor beat Dennis Priestley in the final by 7 sets to 3, thus notching up his sixth successive World Championship and his eighth overall. As the tournament is staged earlier in the calendar year than most other World Championships in sport, Sky Sports commentators claimed that Taylor was the "first World Champion of the new millennium". For Priestley, it was the fourth time that he had lost to Taylor in the final in five years.

Eric Bristow's first-round defeat to American Steve Brown virtually signalled the end of the legendary player's career at the top level: this was to be the last time he appeared at a World Championship, having done so in 23 consecutive years stretching back to the inaugural event of 1978. John Lowe thus became the last remaining player with an unbroken appearance record.

Seeds

1. Peter Manley
2. Phil Taylor
3. Rod Harrington
4. Shayne Burgess
5. Dennis Priestley
6. John Part
7. Alan Warriner
8. Peter Evison^[1]

Prize money

The prize fund was £110,000.

Champion: £31,000

Runner-Up: £16,400

Semi-Finalists (2): £6,400

Quarter-Finalists (4): £3,400

Last 16 (8): £1,825

Last 32 (16): £1,350^[2]

Results

	First Round (best of 5 sets)					Second Round (best of 5 sets)					Quarter-Finals (best of 9 sets)					Semi-Finals (best of 9 sets)					Final (best of 11 sets)
	1	Peter Manley (85.53)	3
		Bob Anderson (82.77)	0
						1	Peter Manley (90.48)	3
							Steve Brown (84.69)	1
		Steve Brown (76.61)	3
		Eric Bristow (72.57)	2
											1	Peter Manley (87.12)	5
											8	Peter Evison (80.7)	1
	8	Peter Evison (89.28)	3
		Gerald Verrier (86.8)	0
						8	Peter Evison (80.31)	3
							Steve Raw (77.25)	1
		Steve Raw (87.45)	3
		Steve Cummings (81.66)	0
																1	Peter Manley (97.08)	2
																5	Dennis Priestley (98.56)	5
	5	Dennis Priestley (96.3)	3
		Braulio Roncero (88.77)	2
						5	Dennis Priestley (83.58)	3
							Jamie Harvey (84.9)	2
		Jamie Harvey (87.57)	3
		Kevin Spiolek (82.05)	2
											5	Dennis Priestley (90.24)	5
											4	Shayne Burgess (89.37)	4
	4	Shayne Burgess (92.01)	3
		Colin Lloyd (84.69)	0
						4	Shayne Burgess (91.59)	3
							Nigel Justice (82.2)	0
		Nigel Justice (81.24)	3
		Dean Allsop (72.69)	0
																					5	Dennis Priestley (91.8)	3
																					2	Phil Taylor (94.42)	7
	2	Phil Taylor (103.26)	3
		Mick Manning (78.84)	0
						2	Phil Taylor (103.8)	3
							Graeme Stoddart (84.36)	0
		Graeme Stoddart (77.04)	3
		Dan Lauby (75.18)	2
											2	Phil Taylor (105.87)	5
											7	Alan Warriner (92.25)	0
	7	Alan Warriner (92.25)	3
		Paul Lim (85.69)	0
						7	Alan Warriner (90)	3
							Alex Roy (78.24)	0
		Alex Roy (79.32)	3
		Reg Harding (81.06)	0
																2	Phil Taylor (105.15)	5
																	Dennis Smith (88.41)	0
	6	John Part (97.32)	3
		John Ferrell (79.56)	0
						6	John Part (90.48)	0
							Dennis Smith (91.32)	3
		Dennis Smith (92.19)	3
		Cliff Lazarenko (86.58)	1
												Dennis Smith (87.24)	5
											3	John Lowe (87.6)	3
	3	Rod Harrington (93.54)	2
		John Lowe (90.9)	3
							John Lowe (85.62)	3
							Keith Deller (87.51)	2
		Keith Deller (82.14)	3
		Gary Mawson (74.34)	0

^[3]

Representation from different countries

This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship. Six countries were represented in the World Championship, one more than in the previous championship.

	ENG	USA	CAN	NED	SCO	SGP	Total
Final	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Semis	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
Quarters	8	0	0	0	0	0	8
Round 2	13	1	1	0	1	0	16
Round 1	24	3	2	1	1	1	32

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