1996 WDC World Darts Championship

The 1996 Vernons World Darts Championship was the third year that the Professional Darts Corporation (then known as the World Darts Council) held their own World Championships following an acrimonious split from the British Darts Organisation during 1992/93.[1] The tournament had its third sponsor in as many years, with Vernons taking over from Proton Cars. The tournament was held at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet.[1]

1996 Vernons World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates26 December 1995–1 January 1996
VenueCircus Tavern
LocationPurfleet
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC (WDC)
FormatSets
Final – best of 11
Prize fund£62,500
Winner's share£14,000
High checkout170 Phil Taylor
170 Kevin Spiolek
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«1995 1997»

Although he had not officially announced his retirement, Jocky Wilson had played his last televised competitive darts match at the World Matchplay in Blackpool in the summer of 1995, and had walked away from darts suddenly on 23 December 1995, so didn't appear at the 1996 World Championship, with Phil Taylor and Dennis Priestley both making an appeal after their 1996 World Championship final for Jocky and Malvina (Jocky's wife) to return.[2] Nigel Justice and Steve Raw were the two English players making their WDC World Championship debuts.

Phil Taylor defeated Dennis Priestley 6–4 in the final, with Taylor gaining revenge for his 1994 final defeat against Priestley. It was Taylor's fourth overall World Championship victory.[2]

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

Prize money

The prize fund was £62,500.[2]

Position (num. of players) Prize Money
(Total: £62,500)
Winner (1) £14,000
Runner-Up (1) £7,000
Semi-finalists (2) £4,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £2,500
Group stage runners-up (8) £1,500
Group stage 3rd place (8) £1,250
Highest finish bonus (1) £1,500

Results

Group stage

Knockout stages
Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets)
29 December 		Semi-finals (best of 9 sets)
30 December 		Final (best of 11 sets)
1 January
         
A1 Phil Taylor (1) 96.01 4
B1 Keith Deller 78.77 0
A1 Phil Taylor (1) 94.84 5
D1 John Lowe (4) 83.78 1
C1 Peter Evison (5) 82.78 2
D1 John Lowe (4) 85.33 4
A1 Phil Taylor (1) 98.52 6
H1 Dennis Priestley (3) 101.48 4
E1 Larry Butler 81.93 0
F1 Jamie Harvey 90.55 4
F1 Jamie Harvey 85.13 1
H1 Dennis Priestley (3) 90.38 5
G1 Alan Warriner (6) 89.99 1
H1 Dennis Priestley (3) 90.56 4

References
  1. "PDC World Championship". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. "PDC World Championship 1996". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
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