1995 PDC World Darts Championship

The 1995 Proton Cars World Darts Championships was the second year that the Professional Darts Corporation (then known as the World Darts Council, WDC) held their own World Championships following an acrimonious split from the British Darts Organisation during 1992/93. Proton Cars took over the sponsorship from Skol, who had sponsored the inaugural event in 1994.

Dennis Smith and Shayne Burgess made their debuts at the PDC tournament in 1995. The American contingent was reduced from 8 players to 7 and English player Kevin Burrows was the other player to miss out.

The tournament saw Jocky Wilson's last ever appearance in a World Championship - he had been unfortunate to be drawn in a tough group against John Lowe and Dennis Priestley in the group stages, losing both games. Wilson effectively retired from the sport after the 1995 World Matchplay in Blackpool later that year. Priestley, who was defending champion was also eliminated from this group - former champion Lowe beat him 3-0 and would go on to reach the semi-finals.

Phil Taylor emerged as champion, overcoming John Lowe 5-4 in an epic semi-final before beating Rod Harrington in the final to claim his first PDC title, his third World Championship in all.

Results

1st Round - Group Stages

*Group 1
**Jerry Umberger flagicon|USA - Bob Anderson flagicon|ENG 1 - 3
**Richie Gardner flagicon|ENG - Jerry Umberger flagicon|USA 3 - 1
**Bob Anderson flagicon|ENG - Richie Gardner flagicon|ENG 3 - 1
*Group 2
**Phil Taylor flagicon|ENG - Gerald Verrier flagicon|USA 3 - 2
**Gerald Verrier flagicon|USA - Sean Downs flagicon|USA 0 - 3
**Phil Taylor flagicon|ENG - Sean Downs flagicon|USA 3 - 1
*Group 3
**Dennis Priestley flagicon|ENG - John Lowe flagicon|ENG 0 - 3
**Jocky Wilson flagicon|SCO - Dennis Priestley flagicon|ENG 2 - 3
**Jocky Wilson flagicon|SCO - John Lowe flagicon|ENG 0 - 3
*Group 4
**Dennis Smith flagicon|ENG - Alan Warriner flagicon|ENG 3 - 1
**Tom Kirby flagicon|IRL - Alan Warriner flagicon|ENG 2 - 3
**Dennis Smith flagicon|ENG - Tom Kirby flagicon|IRL 3 - 1
*Group 5
**Keith Deller flagicon|ENG - Kevin Spiolek flagicon|ENG 1 - 3
**Keith Deller flagicon|ENG - Larry Butler flagicon|USA 2 - 3
**Larry Butler flagicon|USA - Kevin Spiolek flagicon|ENG 0 - 3

*Group 6
**Peter Evison flagicon|ENG - Graeme Stoddart flagicon|ENG 3 - 2
**Graeme Stoddart flagicon|ENG - Cliff Lazarenko flagicon|ENG 2 - 3
**Peter Evison flagicon|ENG - Cliff Lazarenko flagicon|ENG 3 - 0

*Group 7
**Jamie Harvey flagicon|SCO - Steve Brown flagicon|USA 3 - 1
**Steve Brown flagicon|USA - Jim Watkins flagicon|USA 3 - 0
**Jamie Harvey flagicon|SCO - Jim Watkins flagicon|USA 3 - 2
*Group 8
**Rod Harrington flagicon|ENG - Eric Bristow flagicon|ENG 3 - 0
**Eric Bristow flagicon|ENG - Shayne Burgess flagicon|ENG 3 - 0
**Rod Harrington flagicon|ENG - Shayne Burgess flagicon|ENG 3 - 2

Knockout Stages

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RD2=Semi Finals
RD3=Final
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