1995 WDC World Darts Championship explained

Tournament Name:	1995 Proton Cars World Darts Championship
Dates:	27 December 1994 – 2 January 1995
Venue:	Circus Tavern
Location:	Purfleet
Organisation:	PDC (WDC)
Format:	Sets Final – best of 11
Prize Fund:	£55,000
Winners Share:	£12,000
High Checkout:	161
Winner:
Prev:	1994
Next:	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]

1. Dennis Priestley
2. Rod Harrington
3. Peter Evison
4. Phil Taylor
5. Bob Anderson
6. Kevin Spiolek
7. Jamie Harvey
8. Alan Warriner

Prize money

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

Results

Group stage

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

Group A

width=20	Pos	width=168	Player	width=3	P	width=3	W	width=3	L	width=20	SF	width=20	SA	width=20	+/-	width=20	Pts
1		2	2	0	6	2	+4	4
2		2	1	1	3	5	−2	2
3		2	0	2	4	6	−2	0

26 December

27 December

28 December

Group B

width=20	Pos	width=168	Player	width=3	P	width=3	W	width=3	L	width=20	SF	width=20	SA	width=20	+/-	width=20	Pts
1		2	2	0	6	1	+5	4
2		2	1	1	3	4	–1	2
3		2	0	2	2	6	–4	0

26 December

27 December

28 December

Group C

width=20	Pos	width=168	Player	width=3	P	width=3	W	width=3	L	width=20	SF	width=20	SA	width=20	+/-	width=20	Pts
1		2	2	0	6	3	+3	4
2		2	1	1	4	3	+1	2
3		2	0	2	2	6	−4	0

26 December

27 December

28 December

Group D

width=20	Pos	width=168	Player	width=3	P	width=3	W	width=3	L	width=20	SF	width=20	SA	width=20	+/-	width=20	Pts
1		2	2	0	6	2	+4	4
2		2	1	1	5	3	+2	2
3		2	0	2	0	6	−6	0

26 December

27 December

28 December

Group E

width=20	Pos	width=168	Player	width=3	P	width=3	W	width=3	L	width=20	SF	width=20	SA	width=20	+/-	width=20	Pts
1		2	2	0	6	2	+4	4
2		2	1	1	4	4	0	2
3		2	0	2	2	6	−4	0

26 December

27 December

28 December

Group F

width=20	Pos	width=168	Player	width=3	P	width=3	W	width=3	L	width=20	SF	width=20	SA	width=20	+/-	width=20	Pts
1		2	2	0	6	3	+3	4
2		2	1	1	4	3	+1	2
3	Gerald Verrier	2	0	2	2	6	−4	0

26 December

27 December

28 December

Group G

width=20	Pos	width=168	Player	width=3	P	width=3	W	width=3	L	width=20	SF	width=20	SA	width=20	+/-	width=20	Pts
1		2	2	0	6	2	+4	4
2		2	1	1	4	5	−1	2
3		2	0	2	3	6	−3	0

26 December

27 December

28 December

Group H

width=20	Pos	width=168	Player	width=3	P	width=3	W	width=3	L	width=20	SF	width=20	SA	width=20	+/-	width=20	Pts
1		2	2	0	6	0	+6	4
2		2	1	1	3	5	–2	2
3		2	0	2	2	6	−4	0

26 December

27 December

28 December

Knockout stages

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: PDC World Championship 1995. Mastercaller. 5 February 2024.
2. Web site: 1995 PDC World Championship Player Prize Money. Darts Database. 5 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20141230111616/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResultsPrize.aspx?EventKey=243. 30 December 2014. dead.
3. Web site: Groupstage of PDC World Championship 1995. Mastercaller. 5 February 2024.
4. Web site: 1995 PDC World Championship Results. Darts Database. 5 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20141230023545/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=243&showAverages=Y. 30 December 2014. dead.
5. Web site: Results of PDC World Championship 1995. Mastercaller. 5 February 2024.
6. Web site: PDC World Championship 1995 – Bracket. Mastercaller. 5 February 2024.