1999 World Championship

The 1999 Skol World Darts Championship was held between 28 December 1998 and 3 January 1999 at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex. After five years, organisers the Professional Darts Corporation scrapped the group stages and the tournament became a straight knock-out for the first time. The third-place play-off which had been a feature for the previous two years was also abandoned. The field was expanded from 24 to 32 players - the biggest influx of players since the PDC separated from the British Darts Organisation in 1992/93.

Phil Taylor emerged as champion for the fifth successive year, taking his overall tally to seven World Championships. He had now eclipsed both Eric Bristow, who won five World Darts titles and Steve Davis and (at the time) Stephen Hendry six times World Snooker champions - both targets of Taylor when he began accumulating world championships.

First Round

Rod Harrington 3 - Alex Roy 0
Shayne Burgess 3 - Steve Cummings 0
Cliff Lazarenko 3 - Dean Allsop 0
Kevin Spiolek 0 - Steve Brown 3
Peter Evison 0 - Dennis Smith 3
Mick Manning 3 - Dan Lauby 1
Graeme Stoddart 3 - Steve Raw 1
Eric Bristow 0 - Peter Manley 3
Phil Taylor 3 - Reg Harding 0
John Lowe 3 - Paul Lim 0
Bob Anderson 3 - Keith Deller 2
Gerald Verrier 1 - Jamie Harvey 3
Dennis Priestley 0 - John Ferrell 3
Richie Gardner 0 - Gary Mawson 3
Harry Robinson 3 - Sean Downs 2
John Part 0 - Alan Warriner 3

Second Round

Rod Harrington 1-3 Shayne Burgess
Cliff Lazarenko 3-0 Steve Brown
Dennis Smith 3-1 Mick Manning
Graeme Stoddart 0-3 Peter Manley
Phil Taylor 3-1 John Lowe
Bob Anderson 3-1 Jamie Harvey
John Ferrell 3-2 Gary Mawson
Harry Robinson 2-3 Alan Warriner

Quarter Finals

Shayne Burgess 4-1 Cliff Lazarenko
Dennis Smith 0-4 Peter Manley
Phil Taylor 4-0 Bob Anderson
John Ferrell 1-4 Alan Warriner

Semi Finals

Shayne Burgess 4-5 Peter Manley
Phil Taylor 5-3 Alan Warriner

Final

Peter Manley 2-6 Phil Taylor

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