1989 BDO World Darts Championship

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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, the British 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 rival Eric 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.

[edit] The Results

	First Round				Second Round				Quarter-Finals				Semi-Finals
	Best of 5 sets				Best of 5 sets				Best of 7 sets				Best of 9 sets
	Wayne Weening	3
	Cliff Lazarenko	1
					Bob Anderson	3
					Wayne Weening	1
	Bob Anderson	3
	Ken Summers	0
									Bob Anderson	4
									Dave Whitcombe	3
	Rick Ney	3
	Leo Laurens	1
					Dave Whitcombe	3
					Rick Ney	0
	Dave Whitcombe	3
	Bob Sinnaeve	0
													Jocky Wilson	5
													Bob Anderson	4
	Alan Warriner	3
	Arnie Bunn	0
					Jocky Wilson	3
					Alan Warriner	2
	Jocky Wilson	3
	Paul Reynolds	0
									Jocky Wilson	4
									Mike Gregory	3
	Magnus Caris	3
	Trevor Nurse	1
					Mike Gregory	3
					Magnus Caris	0
	Mike Gregory	3
	Peter McDonald	0
	Paul Lim	3
	Chris Johns	0
					John Lowe	3
					Paul Lim	2
	John Lowe	3
	Chris Whiting	0
									John Lowe	4
									Denis Hickling	0
	Denis Hickling	3
	Bert Vlaardingerbroek	0
					Denis Hickling	3
					Russell Stewart	0
	Russell Stewart	3
	Eric Burden	1
													Eric Bristow	5
													John Lowe	1
	Lars Erik Karlsson	3
	Tony Payne	2
					Peter Evison	3
					Lars Erik Karlsson	0
	Peter Evison	3
	Ray Farrell	1
									Eric Bristow	4
									Peter Evison	3
	Steve Gittins	3
	Kexi Heinaharju	0
					Eric Bristow	3
					Steve Gittins	0
	Eric Bristow	3
	John Fallowfield	1

Final (Best of 11 sets) Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey, 14 January 1989).
Jocky Wilson	6-4	Eric Bristow
Scores to fill		Scores to fill
Jocky Wilson wins the 1989 Embassy World Darts Championship

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