1993 BDO World Darts Championship
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The 1993 Embassy World Darts Championship will have a notoriety within the history of World Darts. It was the 16th staging of the competition, but it turned out to be the last time that the sport had a unified World Championship.
For the previous 5 years, the Embassy was the only tournament which had received television coverage and a group of 16 players (including all previous World Champions) wanted to appoint a PR consultant to improve the image of the game. They created the World Darts Council (WDC), later the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) a few months before this tournament. The WDC had already held their own tournament, the 1992 Lada UK Classic (won by Mike Gregory). The tournament had been broadcast on Anglia television and the top players wanted to see their exposure to television coverage increase.
During these championships, the WDC players wore their new insginia on their sleeves. They were later told to remove them by the tournament organisers, the BDO[1]. The WDC players decided that if they were not going to be recognised by the BDO they would no longer play in the Embassy Championships.[2]
The second round saw several upset results including defeats of three former World Champions. Dennis Priestley lost to Steve Beaton. Eric Bristow also went out in the second round, losing to Bob Anderson. Kevin Spiolek eliminated Phil Taylor at the same stage.
John Lowe went on to beat Alan Warriner in the final and claim this last ever unified title - the third of his career. With his previous victories in 1979 and 1987, he became the first player to win the World title in three different decades.
[edit] Prize Money
Total Prize fund was £128,500 (plus a £51,000 bonus for a nine-dart finish - not won)
- Champion £30,000
- Runner-up £15,000
- Semi-finalists £7,500
- Quarter-finalists £3,750
- 2nd round losers £2,000
- 1st round losers £1,800
- Highest checkout £1,500
- Non-qualifiers £400
[edit] The Results
| Final (Best of 11 sets) Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey, 10 January 1993). | ||
 John Lowe |
6-3 | Alan Warriner |
| Scores to fill | Scores to fill | |
| John Lowe wins the 1993 Embassy World Darts Championship |
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| World Darts Championship |
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