1998 PDC World Darts Championship
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{{Infobox individual darts tournament
|tournament_name = 1998 Skol World Darts Championship
|image =
|dates = 29 December 1997 –
4 January 1998
|venue = Circus Tavern
|location = Purfleet
|country = {{ENG}}
|organisation = PDC
|format = Sets
Final – best of 11
|prize_fund = £72,500
|winners_share = £20,000
|nine_dart =
|high_checkout = 170 {{PDCFlag|Peter Evison}}
|winner = {{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor}}
|prev = 1997
|next = 1999
}}
The 1998 Skol World Darts Championship was held between 29 December 1997 and 4 January 1998 at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex. Skol, who sponsored the inaugural event in 1994 returned as title sponsors – which they were to fulfil for the next five years.{{cite web|title=1998 PDC World Championship Results |website=DartsDatabase.co.uk |accessdate=16 January 2018 |url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=240}}
Following an out-of-court settlement (Tomlin Order) on 30 June 1997, the World Darts Council (WDC) agreed to change its name to the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and the tournament was thus the PDC World Darts Championship.
John Part, who won the first Embassy/BDO World Championship after the 1992–93 "split" had joined the PDC but failed to qualify beyond the group stage. Peter Manley had emerged as a rising talent in the PDC and was seeded 7th for the championship. He lost a close quarter-final to eventual finalist, Dennis Priestley. Priestley lost his third successive final to Phil Taylor – this defeat being the most convincing 6 sets to 0. Rod Harrington was the only player who managed to take any sets from the Power during his 2–5 semi-final defeat. This was the last year the PDC used the group stage in the championship.
Phil Taylor became the most successful player in World Championship history – winning his 6th title (4 in the PDC and 2 in the BDO), eclipsing Eric Bristow who won five titles during the 1980s. It was also Taylor's fourth title in a row.
Seeds
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Priestley
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Warriner
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Evison
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Harrington
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Keith Deller
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Manley
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Bob Anderson{{cite web|title=1998 PDC World Championship Seeds |website=DartsDatabase.co.uk |accessdate=16 January 2018 |url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventSeeding.aspx?EventKey=240}}
Prize money
The prize fund was £72,500.{{cite web|title=1998 PDC World Championship Player Prize Money |website=DartsDatabase.co.uk |accessdate=16 January 2018 |url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResultsPrize.aspx?EventKey=240}}
| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2 | Position (num. of players) ! Prize money |
| Winner
| align=center | (1) | align=center | £20,000 |
| Runner-Up
| align=center | (1) | align=center | £10,000 |
| Third place
| align=center | (1) | align=center | £5,000 |
| Fourth place
| align=center | (1) | align=center | £4,000 |
| Quarter-finalists
| align=center | (4) | align=center | £2,000 |
| Group stage
| align=center | (16) | align=center | £1,500 |
| Highest finish bonus
| align=center | (1) | align=center | £1,500 |
Results
=Group stage=
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==Group A==
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| width=20|Pos
!width=168|Player !width=3|P !width=3|W !width=3|L !width=20|SF !width=20|SA !width=20|+/- !width=20|Pts | ||||||||
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|1 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} (1) Phil Taylor | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 4 |
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|2 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Smith | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 |
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|3 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Kevin Spiolek | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 0 |
29 December–1 January
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| align=right| 83.05 (1) Phil Taylor {{flagicon|ENG}}
|3 – 0 |align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Kevin Spiolek 66.99 |
| align=right| 81.98 Dennis Smith {{flagicon|ENG}}
|3 – 1 |align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Kevin Spiolek 81.21 |
| align=right| 96.96 (1) Phil Taylor {{flagicon|ENG}}
|3 – 0 |align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Smith 80.88 |
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==Group B==
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| width=20|Pos
!width=168|Player !width=3|P !width=3|W !width=3|L !width=20|SF !width=20|SA !width=20|+/- !width=20|Pts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|1 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Shayne Burgess | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 4 |
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|2 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} (8) Bob Anderson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
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|3 | align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Gerald Verrier | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 0 |
29 December–1 January
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| align=right| 79.60 (8) Bob Anderson {{flagicon|ENG}}
|0 – 3 |align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Shayne Burgess 84.40 |
| align=right| 83.92 (8) Bob Anderson {{flagicon|ENG}}
|3 – 1 |align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Gerald Verrier 76.31 |
| align=right| 87.03 Shayne Burgess {{flagicon|ENG}}
|3 – 0 |align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Gerald Verrier 80.07 |
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==Group C==
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| width=20|Pos
!width=168|Player !width=3|P !width=3|W !width=3|L !width=20|SF !width=20|SA !width=20|+/- !width=20|Pts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|1 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} (5) Rod Harrington | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 |
| align=center
|2 | align="left"| {{flagicon|SCO}} Jamie Harvey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 2 |
| align=center
|3 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} John Ferrell | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
29 December–1 January
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| align=right| 89.61 (5) Rod Harrington {{flagicon|ENG}}
|3 – 2 |align=left| {{flagicon|SCO}} Jamie Harvey 88.31 |
| align=right| 89.47 Jamie Harvey {{flagicon|SCO}}
|3 – 0 |align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} John Ferrell 77.55 |
| align=right| 81.79 (5) Rod Harrington {{flagicon|ENG}}
|3 – 0 |align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} John Ferrell 78.62 |
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==Group D==
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| width=20|Pos
!width=168|Player !width=3|P !width=3|W !width=3|L !width=20|SF !width=20|SA !width=20|+/- !width=20|Pts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|1 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} (4) Peter Evison | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 |
| align=center
|2 | align="left"| {{flagicon|CAN}} John Part | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 2 |
| align=center
|3 | align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Paul Lim | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
29 December–1 January
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| align=right| 85.61 (4) Peter Evison {{flagicon|ENG}}
|3 – 2 |align=left| {{flagicon|CAN}} John Part 85.31 |
| align=right| 74.82 Paul Lim {{flagicon|USA}}
|1 – 3 |align=left| {{flagicon|CAN}} John Part 81.43 |
| align=right| 82.97 (4) Peter Evison {{flagicon|ENG}}
|3 – 0 |align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Paul Lim 84.29 |
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==Group E==
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| width=20|Pos
!width=168|Player !width=3|P !width=3|W !width=3|L !width=20|SF !width=20|SA !width=20|+/- !width=20|Pts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|1 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} (2) Dennis Priestley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 4 |
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|2 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Raw | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
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|3 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Eric Bristow | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
29 December–1 January
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| align=right| 96.87 (2) Dennis Priestley {{flagicon|ENG}}
|3 – 0 |align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Raw 82.01 |
| align=right| 78.74 Eric Bristow {{flagicon|ENG}}
|0 – 3 |align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Raw 86.53 |
| align=right| 85.82 (2) Dennis Priestley {{flagicon|ENG}}
|3 – 0 |align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Eric Bristow 81.53 |
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==Group F==
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| width=20|Pos
!width=168|Player !width=3|P !width=3|W !width=3|L !width=20|SF !width=20|SA !width=20|+/- !width=20|Pts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|1 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} (7) Peter Manley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 4 |
| align=center
|2 | align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Gary Mawson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| align=center
|3 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} John Lowe | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
29 December–1 January
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| align=right| 91.36 (7) Peter Manley {{flagicon|ENG}}
|3 – 0 |align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Gary Mawson 86.57 |
| align=right| 67.38 John Lowe {{flagicon|ENG}}
|0 – 3 |align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Gary Mawson 76.83 |
| align=right| 90.88 (7) Peter Manley {{flagicon|ENG}}
|3 – 0 |align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} John Lowe 79.63 |
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==Group G==
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| width=20|Pos
!width=168|Player !width=3|P !width=3|W !width=3|L !width=20|SF !width=20|SA !width=20|+/- !width=20|Pts | ||||||||
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| align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|1 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} (6) Keith Deller | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 2 |
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|2 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Graeme Stoddart | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 2 |
| align=center
|3 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mick Manning | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
29 December–1 January
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| align=right| 77.82 (6) Keith Deller {{flagicon|ENG}}
|2 – 3 |align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mick Manning 79.18 |
| align=right| 85.13 (6) Keith Deller {{flagicon|ENG}}
|3 – 1 |align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Graeme Stoddart 81.66 |
| align=right| 69.58 Mick Manning {{flagicon|ENG}}
|0 – 3 |align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Graeme Stoddart 79.69 |
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==Group H==
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| width=20|Pos
!width=168|Player !width=3|P !width=3|W !width=3|L !width=20|SF !width=20|SA !width=20|+/- !width=20|Pts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center style="background: #ccffcc;"
|1 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Harry Robinson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 2 |
| align=center
|2 | align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Steve Brown | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| align=center
|3 | align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} (3) Alan Warriner | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 |
29 December–1 January
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| align=right| 85.28 (3) Alan Warriner {{flagicon|ENG}}
|0 – 3 |align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Harry Robinson 83.66 |
| align=right| 81.31 (3) Alan Warriner {{flagicon|ENG}}
|3 – 1 |align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Steve Brown 78.93 |
| align=right| 82.86 Steve Brown {{flagicon|USA}}
|3 – 2 |align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Harry Robinson 76.00 |
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=Knockout stages=
{{8TeamBracket
| RD1=Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets)
2 January
| RD2=Semi-finals (best of 9 sets)
3 January
| RD3=Final (best of 11 sets)
4 January
| RD3b=Third-place play-off (best of 7 sets)
| score-width=20
| team-width=200px
| RD1-seed1=A1
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor (1) 101.85
| RD1-score1=4
| RD1-seed2=B1
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Shayne Burgess 85.42
| RD1-score2=0
| RD1-seed3=C1
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Harrington (5) 94.54
| RD1-score3=4
| RD1-seed4=D1
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Evison (4) 84.34
| RD1-score4=0
| RD1-seed5=E1
| RD1-team5={{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Priestley (2) 88.10
| RD1-score5=4
| RD1-seed6=F1
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Manley (7) 88.91
| RD1-score6=3
| RD1-seed7=G1
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|ENG}} Keith Deller (6) 79.22
| RD1-score7=4
| RD1-seed8=H1
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|ENG}} Harry Robinson 81.09
| RD1-score8=1
| RD2-seed1=A1
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor (1) 103.08
| RD2-score1=5
| RD2-seed2=C1
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Harrington (5) 98.01
| RD2-score2=2
| RD2-seed3=E1
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Priestley (2) 87.14
| RD2-score3=5
| RD2-seed4=G1
| RD2-team4={{flagicon|ENG}} Keith Deller (6) 79.36
| RD2-score4=1
| RD3-seed1=A1
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor (1) 103.99
| RD3-score1=6
| RD3-seed2=E1
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Priestley (2) 90.75
| RD3-score2=0
| RD3b-seed1=C1
| RD3b-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Harrington (5) 90.00
| RD3b-score1=4
| RD3b-seed2=G1
| RD3b-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Keith Deller (6) 81.69
| RD3b-score2=1
}}
Representation from different countries
This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship. Four countries were represented in the World Championship, no more than in the previous championship.
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| ! {{Flagicon|ENG}} ENG ! {{Flagicon|USA}} ! {{Flagicon|CAN}} ! {{Flagicon|SCO}} ! Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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! Final | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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! Semis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| align="center"
! Quarters | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| align="center"
! Group Stages | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
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References
{{Reflist}}
{{World Darts Championship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1998 Pdc World Darts Championship}}
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