WDC World Darts Championship 1996

1996 Vernons World Darts Championship
Tournament status
Tournament type	World Championship
organizer	World Darts Council (WDC)
venue	Circus Tavern , Purfleet
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Phil Taylor
Attendees	24
Opening game	December 26, 1995
Endgame	January 1, 1996
Prize money (total)	£ 62,500
Prize money (winner)	£ 14,000
winner	Phil Taylor
statistics
highest average	101.48 points from Dennis Priestley
highest finish	170 points from Phil Taylor Kevin Spiolek
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The 1996 Vernon's World Darts Championship was on 26 December 1995 to 1 January 1996 in the Circus Tavern in Purfleet , Essex discharged and was the third of the World Darts Council (WDC today PDC) oriented World Cup . The English defending champion Phil Taylor won the final against his compatriot Dennis Priestley 6: 4.

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Phil Taylor victory 02.  Rod Harrington Group stage 03.  Dennis Priestley final 04th  John Lowe Semifinals

No. player Round reached 05.  Peter Evison Quarter finals 06th  Alan Warriner Quarter finals 07th  Bob Anderson Group stage 08th.  Kevin Spiolek Group stage

Prize money

A total of £ 62,500 in prize money was distributed. The World Champions received £ 14,000, the finalists £ 7,000, the semi-finalists £ 4,000 each and the quarter-finalists £ 2,500 each. The remaining participants were each entitled to £ 1,500 for second and £ 1,250 for third in the group stage. The highest finish was awarded £ 1,500.

Tournament schedule

The participants were divided into eight groups of three players each. The first match (December 26th) of a group was played by seeded player A and unseeded player B, the second match (December 27th) was played by the loser from match 1 and unseeded player C; the third match of all groups followed on December 28th. The group winners advanced to the quarter-finals, where the tournament continued in the cup system .

Group stage

Upper half

Group A

Player 1 Result Player 2  Phil Taylor 91.78 3-0  Cliff Lazarenko 76.66  Shayne Burgess 92.07 3: 1  Cliff Lazarenko 84.02  Phil Taylor 100.95 3-0  Shayne Burgess 85.40

rank player S. N sentences Points 1  Phil Taylor (1) 2 0 6-0 4th 2  Shayne Burgess 1 1 3: 4 2 3  Cliff Lazarenko 0 2 1: 6 0

Group B

Player 1 Result Player 2  Kevin Spiolek 79.24 0: 3  Sean Downs 85.57  Kevin Spiolek 80.14 2: 3  Keith Deller 82.35  Sean Downs 76.77 1: 3  Keith Deller 78.90

rank player S. N sentences Points 1  Keith Deller 2 0 6: 3 4th 2  Sean Downs 1 1 4: 3 2 3  Kevin Spiolek (8) 0 2 2: 6 0

Group C

Player 1 Result Player 2  Peter Evison 83.83 3-0  Gary Mawson 73.34  Steve Raw 78.44 3-0  Gary Mawson 76.03  Peter Evison 86.10 3: 2  Steve Raw 85.44

rank player S. N sentences Points 1  Peter Evison (5) 2 0 6: 2 4th 2  Steve Raw 1 1 5: 3 2 3  Gary Mawson 0 2 0: 6 0

Group D

Player 1 Result Player 2  John Lowe 84.41 3-0  Dennis Smith 83.66  Tom Kirby 83.11 1: 3  Dennis Smith 76.19  John Lowe 90.92 3: 2  Tom Kirby 86.49

rank player S. N sentences Points 1  John Lowe (4) 2 0 6: 2 4th 2  Dennis Smith 1 1 3: 4 2 3  Tom Kirby 0 2 3: 6 0

Bottom half

Group E

Player 1 Result Player 2  Rod Harrington 77.10 3: 1  Nigel Justice 71.71  Larry Butler 81.23 3: 2  Nigel Justice 80.25  Rod Harrington 81.68 2: 3  Larry Butler 79.20

rank player S. N sentences Points 1  Larry Butler 2 0 6: 4 4th 2  Rod Harrington (2) 1 1 5: 4 2 3  Nigel Justice 0 2 3: 6 0

Group F.

Player 1 Result Player 2  Bob Anderson 83.82 2: 3  Jamie Harvey 83.33  Bob Anderson 83.98 3: 1  Gerald Verrier 78.29  Jamie Harvey 81.04 3: 2  Gerald Verrier 82.71

rank player S. N sentences Points 1  Jamie Harvey 2 0 6: 4 4th 2  Bob Anderson (7) 1 1 5: 4 2 3  Gerald Verrier 0 2 3: 6 0

Group G

Player 1 Result Player 2  Alan Warriner 96.08 3-0  Steve Brown 87.07  Graeme Stoddart 80.35 2: 3  Steve Brown 80.08  Alan Warriner 82.47 3: 2  Graeme Stoddart 80.41

rank player S. N sentences Points 1  Alan Warriner (6) 2 0 6: 2 4th 2  Steve Brown 1 1 3: 5 2 3  Graeme Stoddart 0 2 4: 6 0

Group H.

Player 1 Result Player 2  Dennis Priestley 92.85 3-0  Eric Bristow 84.23  Ritchie Gardner 84.59 2: 3  Eric Bristow 80.66  Dennis Priestley 86.16 3-0  Ritchie Gardner 66.16

rank player S. N sentences Points 1  Dennis Priestley (3) 2 0 6-0 4th 2  Eric Bristow 1 1 3: 5 2 3  Ritchie Gardner 0 2 2: 6 0

Quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals

Quarter-finals (December 29th)

Semi-finals (December 30th)

Final (January 1st)

1

Phil Taylor 96.01

4th

Keith Deller 78.77

0

1

Phil Taylor 94.84

5

4th

John Lowe 83.78

1

5

Peter Evison 82.78

2

4th

John Lowe 85.33

4th

1

Phil Taylor 98.52

6th

3

Dennis Priestley 101.48

4th

Larry Butler 81.93

0

Jamie Harvey 90.55

4th

Jamie Harvey 85.13

1

3

Dennis Priestley 90.38

5

6th

Alan Warriner 89.99

1

3

Dennis Priestley 90.56

4th

proof

• Steve Morgan: 25 Years of the PDC World Darts Championship. Scratching Shed Publishing, Leeds 2018, ISBN 978-1999333928 .
• Jacques Nieuwlaat: PDC World Championship 1996 - Match results. In: mastercaller.com , accessed January 1, 2020.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jacques Nieuwlaat: PDC World Championship 1996. In: mastercaller.com , accessed on January 1, 2020th