About World Championship Men 1995

Champion
1995 BDO World Darts Championship Photographer: BDO Richie Burnett
Total Prize Pool £139,800
Champion
£34,000
Runner-up
£17,000
Semi finalists
£8,000
Quarter finalists
£4,000
Last 16
£3,000
Last 32
£1,950
High finish
£1,600

The 1995 Embassy World Professional Darts Championship saw Richie Burnett become the second Welshman to be crowned World Champion after the inaugural winner Leighton Rees. Burnett defeated Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld 6 sets to 3 in the final. Defending champion John Part of Canada lost in the second round to qualifier Paul Williams.

Seven of the eight seeds survived the first round, only the top seed Steve Beaton lost to Dave Askew who got beat a round later by eventual runner-up Raymond van Barneveld from The Netherlands. It was the first time a player from mainland Europe reached the final of the World Professional Darts Championship and also the first time the final was played without an Englishman being in it.

All things considered, this edition of the Embassy tournament was the beginning of the rise of the Dutch darters in Frimley Green.

Callers Of World Championship Men 1995

World Championship Men 1995

Lakeside Country Club in
Frimley Green, ENG
Organizer:
World Darts Federation
Sponsor:
Embassy BDO
Participants:
32
Prize Pool:
£139,800
Start Date:
1 Jan 1995
End Date:
8 Jan 1995
05 days
22 hours
16 minutes
33 seconds
Lakeside Country Club in
Frimley Green, ENG
28 Nov - 7 Dec Date
Shane McGuirk Reigning Champion