1995 WDC World Darts Championship

1995 Proton Cars 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
Winner's share	£12,000
High checkout	161 John Lowe
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). It was held between 27 December 1994 and 2 January 1995.

Phil Taylor emerged as champion, overcoming John Lowe 5–4 in the semi-final before beating Rod Harrington 6–2 in the final to claim his first WDC World Championship title, and his third World Championship in all.

Seeds

There were eight seeds in the World Championship.^[1]

Prize money

Position (num. of players)		Prize money (Total: £55,000)^[2]
Winner	(1)	£12,000
Runner-Up	(1)	£6,000
Third place	(1)	£4,000
Fourth place	(1)	£3,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£2,000
Second place in group	(8)	£1,500
Third place in group	(8)	£1,250

Results

Group stage

Players in bold denote match winners.^[3]^[4]

Group A

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

26 December


82.84 (3) Peter Evison	3 – 2	Graeme Stoddart 86.81

27 December


82.54 Cliff Lazarenko	3 – 2	Graeme Stoddart 80.55

28 December


92.94 (3) Peter Evison	3 – 0	Cliff Lazarenko 85.34

Group B

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	4	–1	2
3	Keith Deller	2	0	2	2	6	–4	0

26 December


82.22 (6) Kevin Spiolek	3 – 1	Keith Deller 82.54

27 December


86.70 Larry Butler	3 – 1	Keith Deller 83.96

28 December


79.07 (6) Kevin Spiolek	3 – 0	Larry Butler 79.15

Group C

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

26 December


88.84 (7) Jamie Harvey	3 – 1	Steve Brown 87.15

27 December


78.50 Jim Watkins	0 – 3	Steve Brown 83.26

28 December


85.14 (7) Jamie Harvey	3 – 2	Jim Watkins 79.54

Group D

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

26 December


85.87 (2) Rod Harrington	3 – 0	Eric Bristow 82.19

27 December


91.01 Shayne Burgess	3 – 0	Eric Bristow 88.31

28 December


85.63 (2) Rod Harrington	3 – 2	Shayne Burgess 83.05

Group E

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

26 December


92.55 (5) Bob Anderson	3 – 1	Jerry Umberger 80.56

27 December


84.06 Ritchie Gardner	3 – 1	Jerry Umberger 80.00

28 December


91.04 (5) Bob Anderson	3 – 1	Ritchie Gardner 81.90

Group F

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

26 December


78.63 (4) Phil Taylor	3 – 2	Gerald Verrier 79.24

27 December


72.28 Gerald Verrier	0 – 3	Sean Downs 76.33

28 December


92.99 (4) Phil Taylor	3 – 1	Sean Downs 84.43

Group G

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	5	−1	2
3	Tom Kirby	2	0	2	3	6	−3	0

26 December


87.16 (8) Alan Warriner	1 – 3	Dennis Smith 82.80

27 December


87.69 (8) Alan Warriner	3 – 2	Tom Kirby 89.25

28 December


80.94 Dennis Smith	3 – 1	Tom Kirby 77.41

Group H

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

26 December


80.76 (1) Dennis Priestley	0 – 3	John Lowe 87.84

27 December


86.96 (1) Dennis Priestley	3 – 2	Jocky Wilson 81.25

28 December


93.52 John Lowe	3 – 0	Jocky Wilson 75.55

Knockout stages

Players in bold denote match winners.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets)
29–30 December

Semi-finals (best of 9 sets)
1 January

Final (best of 11 sets)
2 January

A1

Peter Evison (3) 88.61

4

B1

Kevin Spiolek (6) 82.85

1

A1

Peter Evison (3) 82.43

1

D1

Rod Harrington (2) 82.29

5

C1

Jamie Harvey (7) 87.42

2

D1

Rod Harrington (2) 91.40

4

D1

Rod Harrington (2) 87.15

2

F1

Phil Taylor (4) 94.12

6

E1

Bob Anderson (5) 84.44

1

F1

Phil Taylor (4) 89.70

4

F1

Phil Taylor (4) 96.22

5

Third place play-off (best of 7 sets)

H1

John Lowe 90.86

4

G1

Dennis Smith 89.23

0

A1

Peter Evison (3) 84.95

2

H1

John Lowe 96.77

4

H1

John Lowe 82.81

4

References

^ "PDC World Championship 1995". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
^ "1995 PDC World Championship Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
^ "Groupstage of PDC World Championship 1995". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b "1995 PDC World Championship Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
^ "Results of PDC World Championship 1995". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
^ "PDC World Championship 1995 – Bracket". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

[1] "PDC World Championship 1995". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

[2] "1995 PDC World Championship Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

[3] "Groupstage of PDC World Championship 1995". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

[DartsDatabaseResults-4] "1995 PDC World Championship Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

[5] "Results of PDC World Championship 1995". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

[6] "PDC World Championship 1995 – Bracket". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

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