- 1989 BDO World Darts Championship
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 governing body, theBritish Darts Organisation (BDO).Following the 1988
Winmau 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 defending champion Bob Anderson beaten in the semi-finals by
Jocky Wilson who would go on to meet his rivalEric Bristow in the final. Wilson raced into a five set to nil lead, before being pegged back by Bristow. Bristow took the next four sets to make it a tense finish - and after missing several double attempts, Wilson took the title 6-4.The Results
World Snooker Championship Rounds
|flagicon|AustraliaWayne Weening |3|flagicon|EnglandCliff Lazarenko |1
|flagicon|England Bob Anderson|3|flagicon|EnglandKen Summers |0
|flagicon|United StatesRick Ney |3|flagicon|BelgiumLeo Laurens |1
|flagicon|EnglandDave Whitcombe |3|flagicon|CanadaBob Sinnaeve |0
|flagicon|England Alan Warriner|3|flagicon|EnglandArnie Bunn |0
|flagicon|ScotlandJocky Wilson |3|flagicon|England Paul Reynolds|0
|flagicon|SwedenMagnus Caris |3|flagicon|ScotlandTrevor Nurse |1
|flagicon|England Mike Gregory|3|flagicon|Scotland Peter McDonald|0
|flagicon|SingaporePaul Lim |3"'|flagicon|WalesChris Johns |0
|flagicon|EnglandJohn Lowe |3|flagicon|EnglandChris Whiting |0
|flagicon|EnglandDenis Hickling |3|flagicon|NetherlandsBert Vlaardingerbroek |0
|flagicon|AustraliaRussell Stewart |3|flagicon|Wales Eric Burden|1
|flagicon|SwedenLars Erik Karlsson |3|flagicon|United States Tony Payne|2
|flagicon|EnglandPeter Evison |3|flagicon|Northern IrelandRay Farrell |1
|flagicon|EnglandSteve Gittins |3|flagicon|FinlandKexi Heinaharju |0
|flagicon|EnglandEric Bristow |3|flagicon|CanadaJohn Fallowfield |1
|flagicon|England Bob Anderson|3|flagicon|AustraliaWayne Weening |1
|flagicon|EnglandDave Whitcombe |3|flagicon|United StatesRick Ney |0
|flagicon|ScotlandJocky Wilson |3|flagicon|England Alan Warriner|2
|flagicon|England Mike Gregory|3|flagicon|SwedenMagnus Caris |0
|flagicon|EnglandJohn Lowe |3|flagicon|SingaporePaul Lim |2
|flagicon|EnglandDenis Hickling |3|flagicon|AustraliaRussell Stewart |0
|flagicon|EnglandPeter Evison |3|flagicon|SwedenLars Erik Karlsson |0
|flagicon|EnglandEric Bristow |3|flagicon|EnglandSteve Gittins |0
|flagicon|England Bob Anderson|4|flagicon|EnglandDave Whitcombe |3
|flagicon|ScotlandJocky Wilson |4"'|flagicon|England Mike Gregory|3
|flagicon|EnglandJohn Lowe |4|flagicon|EnglandDenis Hickling |0
|flagicon|EnglandEric Bristow |4|flagicon|EnglandPeter Evison |3
|flagicon|ScotlandJocky Wilson |5|flagicon|England Bob Anderson|4
|flagicon|EnglandEric Bristow |5|flagicon|EnglandJohn Lowe |1
("Best of 11 sets") Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey,14 January 1989 ).
flagicon|ScotlandJocky Wilson
6-4Eric Bristow flagicon|England
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flagicon|ScotlandJocky Wilson wins the 1989 Embassy World Darts Championship
"Best of 5 sets"
"Best of 5 sets"
"Best of 7 sets"
"Best of 9 sets"
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