1996 WDC World Darts Championship

Template:EngvarB Template:Short description 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. 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 between 26 December 1995 and 1 January 1996.

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. 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.

Seeds

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

Prize money

The prize fund was £62,500.

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

Group A

Pos	Player	P	W	L	SF	SA	+/-	Pts
1	Template:Flagicon (1) Phil Taylor	2	2	0	6	0	+6	4
2	Template:Flagicon Shayne Burgess	2	1	1	3	4	−1	2
3	Template:Flagicon Cliff Lazarenko	2	0	2	1	6	−5	0

26 December

91.78 (1) Phil Taylor Template:Flagicon	3 – 0	Template:Flagicon Cliff Lazarenko 76.66

27 December

92.07 Shayne Burgess Template:Flagicon	3 – 1	Template:Flagicon Cliff Lazarenko 84.02

28 December

100.95 (1) Phil Taylor Template:Flagicon	3 – 0	Template:Flagicon Shayne Burgess 85.40

Group B

Pos	Player	P	W	L	SF	SA	+/-	Pts
1	Template:Flagicon Keith Deller	2	2	0	6	3	+3	4
2	Template:Flagicon Sean Downs	2	1	1	4	3	+1	2
3	Template:Flagicon (8) Kevin Spiolek	2	0	2	2	6	–4	0

26 December

79.24 (8) Kevin Spiolek Template:Flagicon	0 – 3	Template:Flagicon Sean Downs 85.57

27 December

80.14 (8) Kevin Spiolek Template:Flagicon	2 – 3	Template:Flagicon Keith Deller 82.35

28 December

76.77 Sean Downs Template:Flagicon	1 – 3	Template:Flagicon Keith Deller 78.90

Group C

Pos	Player	P	W	L	SF	SA	+/-	Pts
1	Template:Flagicon (5) Peter Evison	2	2	0	6	2	+4	4
2	Template:Flagicon Steve Raw	2	1	1	5	3	+2	2
3	Template:Flagicon Gary Mawson	2	0	2	0	6	−6	0

26 December

83.83 (5) Peter Evison Template:Flagicon	3 – 2	Template:Flagicon Gary Mawson 73.34

27 December

78.44 Steve Raw Template:Flagicon	3 – 0	Template:Flagicon Gary Mawson 76.03

28 December

86.10 (5) Peter Evison Template:Flagicon	3 – 2	Template:Flagicon Steve Raw 85.44

Group D

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

26 December

84.41 (4) John Lowe Template:Flagicon	3 – 0	Template:Flagicon Dennis Smith 83.66

27 December

76.19 Dennis Smith Template:Flagicon	3 – 1	Template:Flagicon Tom Kirby 83.11

28 December

90.92 (4) John Lowe Template:Flagicon	3 – 2	Template:Flagicon Tom Kirby 86.49

Group E

Pos	Player	P	W	L	SF	SA	+/-	Pts
1	Template:Flagicon Larry Butler	2	2	0	6	4	+2	4
2	Template:Flagicon (2) Rod Harrington	2	1	1	5	4	+1	2
3	Template:Flagicon Nigel Justice	2	0	2	3	6	−3	0

26 December

77.10 (2) Rod Harrington Template:Flagicon	3 – 1	Template:Flagicon Nigel Justice 71.71

27 December

81.23 Larry Butler Template:Flagicon	3 – 2	Template:Flagicon Nigel Justice 80.25

28 December

81.68 (2) Rod Harrington Template:Flagicon	2 – 3	Template:Flagicon Larry Butler 79.20

Group F

Pos	Player	P	W	L	SF	SA	+/-	Pts
1	Template:Flagicon Jamie Harvey	2	2	0	6	4	+2	4
2	Template:Flagicon (7) Bob Anderson	2	1	1	5	4	+1	2
3	Template:Flagicon Gerald Verrier	2	0	2	3	6	−3	0

26 December

83.82 (7) Bob Anderson Template:Flagicon	2 – 3	Template:Flagicon Jamie Harvey 83.33

27 December

83.98 (7) Bob Anderson Template:Flagicon	3 – 1	Template:Flagicon Gerald Verrier 78.29

28 December

81.04 Gerald Verrier Template:Flagicon	2 – 3	Template:Flagicon Jamie Harvey 82.71

Group G

Pos	Player	P	W	L	SF	SA	+/-	Pts
1	Template:Flagicon (6) Alan Warriner	2	2	0	6	2	+4	4
2	Template:Flagicon Steve Brown	2	1	1	3	5	−2	2
3	Template:Flagicon Graeme Stoddart	2	0	2	4	6	−2	0

26 December

96.08 (6) Alan Warriner Template:Flagicon	3 – 0	Template:Flagicon Steve Brown 87.07

27 December

80.35 Graeme Stoddart Template:Flagicon	2 – 3	Template:Flagicon Steve Brown 80.08

28 December

82.47 (6) Alan Warriner Template:Flagicon	3 – 2	Template:Flagicon Graeme Stoddart 80.41

Group H

Pos	Player	P	W	L	SF	SA	+/-	Pts
1	Template:Flagicon (3) Dennis Priestley	2	2	0	6	0	+6	4
2	Template:Flagicon Eric Bristow	2	1	1	3	5	–2	2
3	Template:Flagicon Ritchie Gardner	2	0	2	2	6	−4	0

26 December

92.85 (3) Dennis Priestley Template:Flagicon	3 – 0	Template:Flagicon Eric Bristow 84.23

27 December

80.66 Eric Bristow Template:Flagicon	3 – 2	Template:Flagicon Ritchie Gardner 84.59

28 December

86.16 (3) Dennis Priestley Template:Flagicon	3 – 0	Template:Flagicon Ritchie Gardner 66.16

External links

• Results from Mastercaller