About World Championship Men 1990

Champion
1990 BDO World Darts Championship Photographer: BDO Phil Taylor
Total Prize Pool £101,000
Champion
£24,000
Runner-up
£12,000
Semi finalists
£6,000
Quarter finalists
£3,000
Last 16
£2,200
Last 32
£1,400
High finish
£1,000
Nine darter
£52,000

Without doubt the 1990 Embassy is one of the most historical World Championships ever held. The tournament was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey from 5–13 January 1990 and it was historical for two reasons.

It saw Phil Taylor win his first of many world titles, beating his mentor Eric Bristow 6-1 in sets in the final. Taylor beat Russell Stewart, Dennis Hickling, Ronnie Sharp and Cliff Lazarenko en route to the final. Defending champion Jocky Wilson fell at the quarterfinal stage, losing to Mike Gregory.

The event also saw America's Paul Lim hit the first nine-dart finish at the World Championship in his second round match with Ireland's Jack McKenna, receiving £52,000 for his efforts.

The shock of the tournament came when Denmark’s Jann Hoffmann beat the 1988 champion Bob Anderson in their first round tie. Hoffmann would not go further than round two where Cliff Lazarenko defeated him.

In 1990 the total prize money for the tournament exceeded £100.000 for the first time in history and that was excluding the £52.000 Lim took back to the States for his nine-dart finish

World Championship Men 1990

Lakeside Country Club in
Frimley Green, ENG
Organizer:
World Darts Federation
Sponsor:
Embassy BDO
Participants:
32
Prize Pool:
£101,000
Start Date:
5 Jan 1990
End Date:
13 Jan 1990
24 days
05 hours
04 minutes
44 seconds
Lakeside Country Club in
Frimley Green, ENG
29 Nov - 8 Dec Date
£158,000 Prize
Andy Baetens Reigning Champion