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The 1997 Red Band World Darts Championship was held between 29 December 1996–5 January 1997 at the Circus Tavern
Circus Tavern

The Circus Tavern is an entertainment venue in Purfleet, Essex, England which hosts functions, cabaret acts and is also a nightclub venue. However, it is most famous as being a long-time venue of the PDC World Darts Championship....
 in Purfleet
Purfleet

Purfleet is a place in the Thurrock unitary authority in England. It is situated south of the A13 road on the River Thames and within the easterly bounds of the M25 motorway but just outside the Greater London boundary....
, Essex
Essex

Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
. It was the fourth World Championship organised by the World Darts Council, which had acrimoniously split from the British Darts Organisation
British Darts Organisation

The British Darts Organisation, or the BDO for short, is a darts organisation.It was founded on 7 January 1973 by Olly Croft, Order of the British Empire in the front room of his home in Muswell Hill....
 in 1992/93. As a result of an on-going legal battle, this would be the last time that the WDC name would be used - an out-of-court settlement (Tomlin Order
Professional Darts Corporation

The Professional Darts Corporation is a professional darts organisation, established in the United Kingdom during 1992, when a group of leading professional players split from the officially-recognised British Darts Organisation....
) in the summer of 1997 meant that the organisation had to change its name to the Professional Darts Corporation
Professional Darts Corporation

The Professional Darts Corporation is a professional darts organisation, established in the United Kingdom during 1992, when a group of leading professional players split from the officially-recognised British Darts Organisation....
 (PDC).

Paul Lim
Paul Lim

Paul Lim Leong Hwa known simply as Paul Lim is a professional darts player who will be best remembered for being the first player to hit a perfect Nine dart finish during the Embassy World Professional Darts Championship in 1990 which remained the only televised 9-dart game to have been achieved in either version of the world champions...
, who famously hit a nine-dart finish
Nine dart finish

A nine dart finish is the ultimate checkout in the game of darts, constituting a perfect game. It is notoriously difficult to achieve, even by the game's top professionals....
 at the 1990 Embassy Championship
1990 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1990 Embassy World Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey from 5–13 January 1990. It saw Phil Taylor win the first of fourteen world titles, beating his mentor Eric Bristow 6-1 in sets....
 appeared at his first WDC World Championship - he had only managed to qualify once for the Embassy since the split, losing a second round match to John Part in 1994.

The Championship saw two tight semi-finals, the most memorable of which was the clash between mentor and protégé - Eric Bristow
Eric Bristow

Eric Bristow Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom darts player, whose skill at the game in the 1980s helped turn it into a worldwide spectator sport....
 and Phil Taylor
Phil Taylor

Philip Douglas Taylor is a 14 time world champion English darts player whose nickname is The Power. In addition to his 14 world titles, Taylor has accumulated over 75 other major tournament wins which makes him the most successful darts player in the history of the sport....
.






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The 1997 Red Band World Darts Championship was held between 29 December 1996–5 January 1997 at the Circus Tavern
Circus Tavern

The Circus Tavern is an entertainment venue in Purfleet, Essex, England which hosts functions, cabaret acts and is also a nightclub venue. However, it is most famous as being a long-time venue of the PDC World Darts Championship....
 in Purfleet
Purfleet

Purfleet is a place in the Thurrock unitary authority in England. It is situated south of the A13 road on the River Thames and within the easterly bounds of the M25 motorway but just outside the Greater London boundary....
, Essex
Essex

Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
. It was the fourth World Championship organised by the World Darts Council, which had acrimoniously split from the British Darts Organisation
British Darts Organisation

The British Darts Organisation, or the BDO for short, is a darts organisation.It was founded on 7 January 1973 by Olly Croft, Order of the British Empire in the front room of his home in Muswell Hill....
 in 1992/93. As a result of an on-going legal battle, this would be the last time that the WDC name would be used - an out-of-court settlement (Tomlin Order
Professional Darts Corporation

The Professional Darts Corporation is a professional darts organisation, established in the United Kingdom during 1992, when a group of leading professional players split from the officially-recognised British Darts Organisation....
) in the summer of 1997 meant that the organisation had to change its name to the Professional Darts Corporation
Professional Darts Corporation

The Professional Darts Corporation is a professional darts organisation, established in the United Kingdom during 1992, when a group of leading professional players split from the officially-recognised British Darts Organisation....
 (PDC).

Paul Lim
Paul Lim

Paul Lim Leong Hwa known simply as Paul Lim is a professional darts player who will be best remembered for being the first player to hit a perfect Nine dart finish during the Embassy World Professional Darts Championship in 1990 which remained the only televised 9-dart game to have been achieved in either version of the world champions...
, who famously hit a nine-dart finish
Nine dart finish

A nine dart finish is the ultimate checkout in the game of darts, constituting a perfect game. It is notoriously difficult to achieve, even by the game's top professionals....
 at the 1990 Embassy Championship
1990 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1990 Embassy World Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey from 5–13 January 1990. It saw Phil Taylor win the first of fourteen world titles, beating his mentor Eric Bristow 6-1 in sets....
 appeared at his first WDC World Championship - he had only managed to qualify once for the Embassy since the split, losing a second round match to John Part in 1994.

The Championship saw two tight semi-finals, the most memorable of which was the clash between mentor and protégé - Eric Bristow
Eric Bristow

Eric Bristow Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom darts player, whose skill at the game in the 1980s helped turn it into a worldwide spectator sport....
 and Phil Taylor
Phil Taylor

Philip Douglas Taylor is a 14 time world champion English darts player whose nickname is The Power. In addition to his 14 world titles, Taylor has accumulated over 75 other major tournament wins which makes him the most successful darts player in the history of the sport....
. Taylor emerged victorious 5-4 in sets to reach the final. Ironically, he managed to equal his mentor's feat of five World Championship titles when he beat Dennis Priestley
Dennis Priestley

Dennis Priestley is a two-time World Darts Champion and the first player to win both British Darts Organisation and WDC World Championship Crowns, in 1991 and 1994 respectively....
 in the final. They were now level as the most successful players of all-time.

Results


1st Round - Group Stages


  • Group 1
    • Eric Bristow
      Eric Bristow

      Eric Bristow Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom darts player, whose skill at the game in the 1980s helped turn it into a worldwide spectator sport....
       (Eng) - Bob Anderson
      Bob Anderson (darts player)

      Robert Charles "Bob" Anderson is a former world darts champion. He was Darts world rankings as world number one for over three years in the late 1980s....
       (Eng,3) 3 - 1
    • Bob Anderson
      Bob Anderson (darts player)

      Robert Charles "Bob" Anderson is a former world darts champion. He was Darts world rankings as world number one for over three years in the late 1980s....
       (Eng,3) - Gary Mawson
      Gary Mawson

      Gary Mawson is a Canadian-born American darts player, who currently resides in North Royalton, Ohio, United States. He moved from Niagara Falls to Ohio to further increase his chances of success on the growing American darts circuit....
       (Can) 3 - 1
    • Gary Mawson
      Gary Mawson

      Gary Mawson is a Canadian-born American darts player, who currently resides in North Royalton, Ohio, United States. He moved from Niagara Falls to Ohio to further increase his chances of success on the growing American darts circuit....
       (Can) - Eric Bristow
      Eric Bristow

      Eric Bristow Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom darts player, whose skill at the game in the 1980s helped turn it into a worldwide spectator sport....
       (Eng) 3 - 1


  • Group 2
    • Alan Warriner
      Alan Warriner-Little

      Alan Warriner-Little is an English professional darts player. He currently lives in Crosby, Cumbria and plays with the nickname The Iceman....
       (Eng,6) - Graeme Stoddart (Eng) 3 - 1
    • Graeme Stoddart (Eng) - Larry Butler
      Larry Butler (darts player)

      Larry Butler is an American darts player, who was the winner of the 1994 World Matchplay Darts. This success made him the first, and so far only American player to have won a major darts tournament in Europe....
       (USA) 3 - 1
    • Alan Warriner
      Alan Warriner-Little

      Alan Warriner-Little is an English professional darts player. He currently lives in Crosby, Cumbria and plays with the nickname The Iceman....
       (Eng,6) - Larry Butler
      Larry Butler (darts player)

      Larry Butler is an American darts player, who was the winner of the 1994 World Matchplay Darts. This success made him the first, and so far only American player to have won a major darts tournament in Europe....
       (USA) 3 - 1


  • Group 3
    • Keith Deller
      Keith Deller

      Keith Deller is an English darts player, who won the Embassy World Professional Darts Championship in 1983. He was the youngest player and the first qualifier ever to win the championship....
       (Eng,7) - Dennis Smith (Eng) 3 - 2
    • Dennis Smith (Eng) - Kevin Spiolek
      Kevin Spiolek

      Kevin Spiolek is an English darts player who played during the 1980s and 1990s. He made a brief return to form in 2006 when qualifying to play in the PDC World Darts Championship....
       (Eng) 3 - 0
    • Keith Deller
      Keith Deller

      Keith Deller is an English darts player, who won the Embassy World Professional Darts Championship in 1983. He was the youngest player and the first qualifier ever to win the championship....
       (Eng,7) - Kevin Spiolek
      Kevin Spiolek

      Kevin Spiolek is an English darts player who played during the 1980s and 1990s. He made a brief return to form in 2006 when qualifying to play in the PDC World Darts Championship....
       (Eng) 3 - 0


  • Group 4
    • Phil Taylor
      Phil Taylor

      Philip Douglas Taylor is a 14 time world champion English darts player whose nickname is The Power. In addition to his 14 world titles, Taylor has accumulated over 75 other major tournament wins which makes him the most successful darts player in the history of the sport....
       (Eng,2) - Gerald Verrier (USA) 3 - 0
    • Gerald Verrier (USA) - Chris Mason
      Chris Mason (darts player)

      Christopher John Mason is an English darts player who currently resides in Stoke-on-Trent.. He uses the nickname Mace the Ace for his matches....
       (Eng) 3 - 1
    • Phil Taylor
      Phil Taylor

      Philip Douglas Taylor is a 14 time world champion English darts player whose nickname is The Power. In addition to his 14 world titles, Taylor has accumulated over 75 other major tournament wins which makes him the most successful darts player in the history of the sport....
       (Eng,2) - Chris Mason
      Chris Mason (darts player)

      Christopher John Mason is an English darts player who currently resides in Stoke-on-Trent.. He uses the nickname Mace the Ace for his matches....
       (Eng) 3 - 0


  • Group 5
    • Peter Evison
      Peter Evison

      Peter Evison is a darts player who has enjoyed a long career in the game. His greatest achievements were to win the 1988 Winmau World Masters and the 1996 World Matchplay Darts....
       (Eng,4) - Cliff Lazarenko
      Cliff Lazarenko

      Cliff Lazarenko is an England professional darts player who competed for the British Darts Organisation and the Professional Darts Corporation....
       (Eng) 3 - 0
    • Cliff Lazarenko
      Cliff Lazarenko

      Cliff Lazarenko is an England professional darts player who competed for the British Darts Organisation and the Professional Darts Corporation....
       (Eng) - Steve Raw (Eng) 1 - 3
    • Peter Evison
      Peter Evison

      Peter Evison is a darts player who has enjoyed a long career in the game. His greatest achievements were to win the 1988 Winmau World Masters and the 1996 World Matchplay Darts....
       (Eng,4) - Steve Raw (Eng) 3 - 1


  • Group 6
    • Jamie Harvey
      Jamie Harvey

      Jamie Harvey is a Scottish darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He currently resides in Barrhead. Harvey uses the nickname Bravedart for his matches - a play on the lead character from the film Braveheart....
       (Scot,5) - John Lowe
      John Lowe

      John Lowe is an England darts player who was one of the main competitors who made darts such a huge spectator sport in the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the United Kingdom....
       (Eng) 3 - 2
    • John Lowe
      John Lowe

      John Lowe is an England darts player who was one of the main competitors who made darts such a huge spectator sport in the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the United Kingdom....
       (Eng) - Paul Lim
      Paul Lim

      Paul Lim Leong Hwa known simply as Paul Lim is a professional darts player who will be best remembered for being the first player to hit a perfect Nine dart finish during the Embassy World Professional Darts Championship in 1990 which remained the only televised 9-dart game to have been achieved in either version of the world champions...
       (USA) 3 - 1
    • Jamie Harvey
      Jamie Harvey

      Jamie Harvey is a Scottish darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He currently resides in Barrhead. Harvey uses the nickname Bravedart for his matches - a play on the lead character from the film Braveheart....
       (Scot,5) - Paul Lim
      Paul Lim

      Paul Lim Leong Hwa known simply as Paul Lim is a professional darts player who will be best remembered for being the first player to hit a perfect Nine dart finish during the Embassy World Professional Darts Championship in 1990 which remained the only televised 9-dart game to have been achieved in either version of the world champions...
       (USA) 3 - 2


  • Group 7
    • Rod Harrington
      Rod Harrington

      Rod Harrington is a former England darts player. He used the nickname The Prince of Style for his matches, often wearing a suit and waistcoast for his games....
       (Eng,8) - Shayne Burgess
      Shayne Burgess

      Shayne Burgess is an English darts player who is one of the few examples of players that has switched from the British Darts Organisation to the Professional Darts Corporation and back - he announced his intention to return to the BDO in early 2007, but remains a competitor in the PDC....
       (Eng) 2 - 3
    • Rod Harrington
      Rod Harrington

      Rod Harrington is a former England darts player. He used the nickname The Prince of Style for his matches, often wearing a suit and waistcoast for his games....
       (Eng,8) - Sean Downs (USA) 3 - 1
    • Sean Downs (USA) - Shayne Burgess
      Shayne Burgess

      Shayne Burgess is an English darts player who is one of the few examples of players that has switched from the British Darts Organisation to the Professional Darts Corporation and back - he announced his intention to return to the BDO in early 2007, but remains a competitor in the PDC....
       (Eng) 3 - 1


  • Group 8
    • Dennis Priestley
      Dennis Priestley

      Dennis Priestley is a two-time World Darts Champion and the first player to win both British Darts Organisation and WDC World Championship Crowns, in 1991 and 1994 respectively....
       (Eng,1) - Steve Brown
      Steve Brown (darts player)

      Steve Brown is an English-born American darts player who had the majority of his success during the 1990s when he finished third at the inaugural Professional Darts Corporation's version of the World Championship in 1994 - after the majority of top players decided to separate from the British Darts Organisation....
       (USA) 3 - 0
    • Steve Brown
      Steve Brown (darts player)

      Steve Brown is an English-born American darts player who had the majority of his success during the 1990s when he finished third at the inaugural Professional Darts Corporation's version of the World Championship in 1994 - after the majority of top players decided to separate from the British Darts Organisation....
       (USA)- Richie Gardner
      Richie Gardner

      Richie Gardner is a former English professional darts player, who had some success during the 1980s and was one of the 16 top players who formed a breakaway organisation during an acrimonious split in darts during 1992-94....
       (Eng) 3 - 2
    • Dennis Priestley
      Dennis Priestley

      Dennis Priestley is a two-time World Darts Champion and the first player to win both British Darts Organisation and WDC World Championship Crowns, in 1991 and 1994 respectively....
       (Eng,1) - Richie Gardner
      Richie Gardner

      Richie Gardner is a former English professional darts player, who had some success during the 1980s and was one of the 16 top players who formed a breakaway organisation during an acrimonious split in darts during 1992-94....
       (Eng) 3 - 1


Knockout Stages


Third Place Match

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Peter Evison beat
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Eric Bristow 4 - 2