1995 WDC World Darts Championship

Template:EngvarB Template:Short description 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. Template:Flagicon Dennis Priestley
2. Template:Flagicon Rod Harrington
3. Template:Flagicon Peter Evison
4. Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor
5. Template:Flagicon Bob Anderson
6. Template:Flagicon Kevin Spiolek
7. Template:Flagicon Jamie Harvey
8. Template:Flagicon Alan Warriner

Prize money

Position (num. of players)		Prize money (Total: £55,000)
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.

Group A

Pos	Player	P	W	L	SF	SA	+/-	Pts
1	Template:Flagicon (3) Peter Evison	2	2	0	6	2	+4	4
2	Template:Flagicon Cliff Lazarenko	2	1	1	3	5	−2	2
3	Template:Flagicon Graeme Stoddart	2	0	2	4	6	−2	0

26 December

82.84 (3) Peter Evison Template:Flagicon	3 – 2	Template:Flagicon Graeme Stoddart 86.81

27 December

82.54 Cliff Lazarenko Template:Flagicon	3 – 2	Template:Flagicon Graeme Stoddart 80.55

28 December

92.94 (3) Peter Evison Template:Flagicon	3 – 0	Template:Flagicon Cliff Lazarenko 85.34

Group B

Pos	Player	P	W	L	SF	SA	+/-	Pts
1	Template:Flagicon (6) Kevin Spiolek	2	2	0	6	1	+5	4
2	Template:Flagicon Larry Butler	2	1	1	3	4	–1	2
3	Template:Flagicon Keith Deller	2	0	2	2	6	–4	0

26 December

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

27 December

86.70 Larry Butler Template:Flagicon	3 – 1	Template:Flagicon Keith Deller 83.96

28 December

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

Group C

Pos	Player	P	W	L	SF	SA	+/-	Pts
1	Template:Flagicon (7) Jamie Harvey	2	2	0	6	3	+3	4
2	Template:Flagicon Steve Brown	2	1	1	4	3	+1	2
3	Template:Flagicon Jim Watkins	2	0	2	2	6	−4	0

26 December

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

27 December

78.50 Jim Watkins Template:Flagicon	0 – 3	Template:Flagicon Steve Brown 83.26

28 December

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

Group D

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

26 December

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

27 December

91.01 Shayne Burgess Template:Flagicon	3 – 0	Template:Flagicon Eric Bristow 88.31

28 December

85.63 (2) Rod Harrington Template:Flagicon	3 – 2	Template:Flagicon Shayne Burgess 83.05

Group E

Pos	Player	P	W	L	SF	SA	+/-	Pts
1	Template:Flagicon (5) Bob Anderson	2	2	0	6	2	+4	4
2	Template:Flagicon Ritchie Gardner	2	1	1	4	4	0	2
3	Template:Flagicon Jerry Umberger	2	0	2	2	6	−4	0

26 December

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

27 December

84.06 Ritchie Gardner Template:Flagicon	3 – 1	Template:Flagicon Jerry Umberger 80.00

28 December

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

Group F

Pos	Player	P	W	L	SF	SA	+/-	Pts
1	Template:Flagicon (4) Phil Taylor	2	2	0	6	3	+3	4
2	Template:Flagicon Sean Downs	2	1	1	4	3	+1	2
3	Template:Flagicon Gerald Verrier	2	0	2	2	6	−4	0

26 December

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

27 December

72.28 Gerald Verrier Template:Flagicon	0 – 3	Template:Flagicon Sean Downs 76.33

28 December

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

Group G

Pos	Player	P	W	L	SF	SA	+/-	Pts
1	Template:Flagicon Dennis Smith	2	2	0	6	2	+4	4
2	Template:Flagicon (8) Alan Warriner	2	1	1	4	5	−1	2
3	Template:Flagicon Tom Kirby	2	0	2	3	6	−3	0

26 December

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

27 December

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

28 December

80.94 Dennis Smith Template:Flagicon	3 – 1	Template:Flagicon Tom Kirby 77.41

Group H

Pos	Player	P	W	L	SF	SA	+/-	Pts
1	Template:Flagicon John Lowe	2	2	0	6	0	+6	4
2	Template:Flagicon (1) Dennis Priestley	2	1	1	3	5	–2	2
3	Template:Flagicon Jocky Wilson	2	0	2	2	6	−4	0

26 December

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

27 December

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

28 December

93.52 John Lowe Template:Flagicon	3 – 0	Template:Flagicon Jocky Wilson 75.55

Knockout stages

Players in bold denote match winners.