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1989 BDO World Darts Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tournament_name | 1989 BDO World Darts Championship |
| dates | 6–14 January 1989 |
| venue | Lakeside Country Club |
| location | Frimley Green, Surrey |
| country | England |
| organisation | BDO |
| format | Sets |
| Final – best of 11 | |
| prize_fund | £86,900 |
| winners_share | £20,000 |
| high_checkout | 164 ENG Mike Gregory |
| winner | SCO Jocky Wilson |
| prev | 1988 |
| next | 1990 |
Final – best of 11
The 1989 BDO World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the The 1989 Embassy World Darts Championship) was the 12th World Professional Championships, and was staged at the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey, England for the fourth successive year. The tournament was organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO).
Following the 1988 World Masters ITV pulled all their coverage of darts and the BBC decided to withdraw their coverage of the 1988 British Professional Championship, meaning that this World Championship was the only televised darts tournament in 1989. The World Championship would remain the only annual televised event for the next four years.
In an attempt to improve the image of the game (which contributed to the loss of television coverage and sponsors), the BDO decided that players would no longer be allowed to drink alcohol during matches - allowing just water on the stage.
The tournament itself saw Jocky Wilson and Eric Bristow meet in the final after Wilson had beaten defending champion Bob Anderson and Bristow had seen off John Lowe in the semi-finals. Wilson raced into a five sets to nil lead, but Bristow took the next four sets to set up a tense finish - until, after missing several double attempts, Wilson finally took the title 6–4.
Seeds
- ENG Bob Anderson
- ENG John Lowe
- ENG Eric Bristow
- ENG Mike Gregory
- SCO Jocky Wilson
- ENG Peter Evison
- AUS Russell Stewart
- ENG Dave Whitcombe
Prize money
The prize fund was £84,800.
:Champion: £20,000 :Runner-Up: £10,000 :Semi-Finalists (2): £5,000 :Quarter-Finalists (4): £2,600 :Last 16 (8): £1,900 :Last 32 (16): £1,200
There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £1,000.
The results
| team-width=200 | RD1-seed01=1 | RD1-team01=ENG Bob Anderson (89.19)| | RD1-score01=3 | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=ENG Ken Summers (75.48)| | RD1-score02=0 | RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=AUS Wayne Weening (88.98)| | RD1-score03=3 | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=ENG Cliff Lazarenko (86.37)| | RD1-score04=1 | RD1-seed05=8 | RD1-team05=ENG Dave Whitcombe (87.51)| | RD1-score05=3 | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=CAN Bob Sinnaeve (81.03)| | RD1-score06=0 | RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=USA Rick Ney (88.14)| | RD1-score07=3 | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=BEL Leo Laurens (86.16)| | RD1-score08=1 | RD1-seed09=5 | RD1-team09=SCO Jocky Wilson (89.28)| | RD1-score09=3 | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=ENG Paul Reynolds (83.76)| | RD1-score10=0 | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=ENG Alan Warriner (91.20)| | RD1-score11=3 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=ENG Arnie Bunn (78.90)| | RD1-score12=0 | RD1-seed13=4 | RD1-team13=ENG Mike Gregory (92.07)| | RD1-score13=3 | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=SCO Peter McDonald (86.43)| | RD1-score14=0 | RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=SWE Magnus Caris (80.40)| | RD1-score15=3 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=SCO Trevor Nurse (78.48)| | RD1-score16=1 | RD1-seed17=2 | RD1-team17=ENG John Lowe (90.15)| | RD1-score17=3 | RD1-seed18= | RD1-team18=ENG Chris Whiting (82.08)| | RD1-score18=0 | RD1-seed19= | RD1-team19=SIN Paul Lim (88.23)| | RD1-score19=3 | RD1-seed20= | RD1-team20=WAL Chris Johns (82.74)| | RD1-score20=0 | RD1-seed21=7 | RD1-team21=AUS Russell Stewart (88.86)| | RD1-score21=3 | RD1-seed22= | RD1-team22=WAL Eric Burden (84.81)| | RD1-score22=1 | RD1-seed23= | RD1-team23=ENG Dennis Hickling (83.82)| | RD1-score23=3 | RD1-seed24= | RD1-team24=NED Bert Vlaardingerbroek (77.52)| | RD1-score24=0 | RD1-seed25=6 | RD1-team25=ENG Peter Evison (80.94)| | RD1-score25=3 | RD1-seed26= | RD1-team26=NIR Ray Farrell (81.99)| | RD1-score26=1 | RD1-seed27= | RD1-team27=SWE Lars Erik Karlsson (84.60)| | RD1-score27=3 | RD1-seed28= | RD1-team28=USA Tony Payne (86.58)| | RD1-score28=2 | RD1-seed29=3 | RD1-team29=ENG Eric Bristow (86.22)| | RD1-score29=3 | RD1-seed30= | RD1-team30=CAN John Fallowfield (74.28)| | RD1-score30=1 | RD1-seed31= | RD1-team31=ENG Steve Gittins (85.83)| | RD1-score31=3 | RD1-seed32= | RD1-team32=FIN Kexi Heinäharju (75.84)| | RD1-score32=0 | RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=ENG Bob Anderson (99.96)| | RD2-score01=3 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=AUS Wayne Weening (89.22)| | RD2-score02=1 | RD2-seed03=8 | RD2-team03=ENG Dave Whitcombe (84.63)| | RD2-score03=3 | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=USA Rick Ney (79.92)| | RD2-score04=0 | RD2-seed05=5 | RD2-team05=SCO Jocky Wilson (88.38)| | RD2-score05=3 | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=ENG Alan Warriner (87.54)| | RD2-score06=2 | RD2-seed07=4 | RD2-team07=ENG Mike Gregory (91.56)| | RD2-score07=3 | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=SWE Magnus Caris (80.04)| | RD2-score08=0 | RD2-seed09=2 | RD2-team09=ENG John Lowe (91.65)| | RD2-score09=3 | RD2-seed10= | RD2-team10=SIN Paul Lim (89.73)| | RD2-score10=2 | RD2-seed11=7 | RD2-team11=AUS Russell Stewart (88.41)| | RD2-score11=0 | RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12=ENG Dennis Hickling (95.67)| | RD2-score12=3 | RD2-seed13=6 | RD2-team13=ENG Peter Evison (87.27)| | RD2-score13=3 | RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14=SWE Lars Erik Karlsson (77.37)| | RD2-score14=0 | RD2-seed15=3 | RD2-team15=ENG Eric Bristow (89.01)| | RD2-score15=3 | RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16=ENG Steve Gittins (86.19)| | RD2-score16=0 | RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=ENG Bob Anderson (92.91)| | RD3-score01=4 | RD3-seed02=8 | RD3-team02=ENG Dave Whitcombe (88.71)| | RD3-score02=3 | RD3-seed03=5 | RD3-team03=SCO Jocky Wilson (85.32)| | RD3-score03=4 | RD3-seed04=4 | RD3-team04=ENG Mike Gregory (89.04)| | RD3-score04=3 | RD3-seed05=2 | RD3-team05=ENG John Lowe (92.19)| | RD3-score05=4 | RD3-seed06= | RD3-team06=ENG Dennis Hickling (86.61)| | RD3-score06=0 | RD3-seed07=6 | RD3-team07=ENG Peter Evison (88.11)| | RD3-score07=3 | RD3-seed08=3 | RD3-team08=ENG Eric Bristow (90.39)| | RD3-score08=4 | RD4-seed01=1 | RD4-team01=ENG Bob Anderson (90.33)| | RD4-score01=4 | RD4-seed02=5 | RD4-team02=SCO Jocky Wilson (94.35)| | RD4-score02=5 | RD4-seed03=2 | RD4-team03=ENG John Lowe (89.07)| | RD4-score03=1 | RD4-seed04=3 | RD4-team04=ENG Eric Bristow (93.27)| | RD4-score04=5 | RD5-seed01=5 | RD5-team01=SCO Jocky Wilson (94.31)| | RD5-score01=6 | RD5-seed02=3 | RD5-team02=ENG Eric Bristow (90.69) | RD5-score02=4
References
References
- "The World Championship of Darts". Learnaboutdarts.com.
- Ralph Hickok. (16 January 2010). "History - World Darts Champions". HickokSports.com.
- "BDO Darts". Talkdarts.co.uk.
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