About World Championship Men 1992

Champion
1992 BDO World Darts Championship Photographer: BDO Phil Taylor
Total Prize Pool £117,400
Champion
£28,000
Runner-up
£14,000
Semi finalists
£7,000
Quarter finalists
£3,500
Last 16
£2,600
Last 32
£1,600
High finish
£1,500

With Eric Bristow and defending champion Dennis Priestley both going out in round two, the way was paved for the top two seeds, Phil Taylor and Mike Gregory, to make it to the final – notably, the first since the inauguration of the World Championship in 1978 that neither featured Bristow nor John Lowe.

In a titanic affair, full of big scores and high checkouts, it went to the final set and a tiebreak, where Gregory missed two chances each at double 8, double top and double 10 for the title. It also made Gregory the first and only player to miss darts at double to win a world championship and eventually lose.

Taylor took full advantage and sent the match to a sudden-death leg, which he won to take his second World title.

Another icon of the oche, Jocky Wilson lost in his first round battle against Kevin Kenny. It was the first time since he appeared at the World Championships in 1979 that the Scotsman didn’t make it to the quarterfinals in which he appeared 13 times in a row, a feat which to this day hasn’t been match at this World Championship. 1992 Was also the last year Dutchman ‘Big’ Bert Vlaardingerbroek played on this stage loosing for the fourth time in a row this year to Martin Phillips.

World Championship Men 1992

Lakeside Country Club in
Frimley Green, ENG
Organizer:
World Darts Federation
Sponsor:
Embassy BDO
Participants:
32
Prize Pool:
£117,400
Start Date:
3 Jan 1992
End Date:
11 Jan 1992
30 days
11 hours
41 minutes
47 seconds
Lakeside Country Club in
Frimley Green, ENG
29 Nov - 8 Dec Date
Andy Baetens Reigning Champion