Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	6–14 January 1989
Venue	Lakeside Country Club
Location	Frimley Green, Surrey[1]
Country	England
Organisation(s)	BDO
Format	Sets Final – best of 11
Prize fund	£86,900
Winner's share	£20,000
High checkout	164 Mike Gregory
Champion(s)
Jocky Wilson[2]
«1988 1990»

The 1989 Embassy World Darts Championship was the 12th World Professional Championships, and was staged at the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey, England for the fourth successive year. The tournament was organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO).

Following the 1988 Winmau World Masters ITV pulled all their coverage of darts and the BBC decided to withdraw their coverage of the 1988 British Professional Championship, meaning that this World Championship was the only televised darts tournament in 1989.^[3] The World Championship would remain the only annual televised event for the next four years.

In an attempt to improve the image of the game (which contributed to the loss of television coverage and sponsors), the BDO decided that players would no longer be allowed to drink alcohol during matches - allowing just water on the stage.

The tournament itself saw old rivals Jocky Wilson and Eric Bristow meet in the final after Wilson had beaten defending champion Bob Anderson and Bristow had seen off John Lowe in the semi-finals. Wilson raced into a five sets to nil lead, but Bristow took the next four sets to set up a tense finish - until, after missing several double attempts, Wilson finally took the title 6–4.

Seeds

1. Bob Anderson
2. John Lowe
3. Eric Bristow
4. Mike Gregory
5. Jocky Wilson
6. Peter Evison
7. Russell Stewart
8. Dave Whitcombe

Prize money

The prize fund was £84,800.

Champion: £20,000

Runner-Up: £10,000

Semi-Finalists (2): £5,000

Quarter-Finalists (4): £2,600

Last 16 (8): £1,900

Last 32 (16): £1,200

There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £1,000.

The results

	First Round (best of 5 sets)					Second Round (best of 5 sets)					Quarter-Finals (best of 7 sets)					Semi-Finals (best of 9 sets)					Final (best of 11 sets)
	1	Bob Anderson (89.19)	3
		Ken Summers (75.48)	0
						1	Bob Anderson (99.96)	3
							Wayne Weening (89.22)	1
		Wayne Weening (88.98)	3
		Cliff Lazarenko (86.37)	1
											1	Bob Anderson (92.91)	4
											8	Dave Whitcombe (88.71)	3
	8	Dave Whitcombe (87.51)	3
		Bob Sinnaeve (81.03)	0
						8	Dave Whitcombe (84.63)	3
							Rick Ney (79.92)	0
		Rick Ney (88.14)	3
		Leo Laurens (86.16)	1
																1	Bob Anderson (90.33)	4
																5	Jocky Wilson (94.35)	5
	5	Jocky Wilson (89.28)	3
		Paul Reynolds (83.76)	0
						5	Jocky Wilson (88.38)	3
							Alan Warriner (87.54)	2
		Alan Warriner (91.20)	3
		Arnie Bunn (78.90)	0
											5	Jocky Wilson (85.32)	4
											4	Mike Gregory (89.04)	3
	4	Mike Gregory (92.07)	3
		Peter McDonald (86.43)	0
						4	Mike Gregory (91.56)	3
							Magnus Caris (80.04)	0
		Magnus Caris (80.40)	3
		Trevor Nurse (78.48)	1
																					5	Jocky Wilson (94.31)	6
																					3	Eric Bristow (90.69)	4
	2	John Lowe (90.15)	3
		Chris Whiting (82.08)	0
						2	John Lowe (91.65)	3
							Paul Lim (89.73)	2
		Paul Lim (88.23)	3
		Chris Johns (82.74)	0
											2	John Lowe (92.19)	4
												Dennis Hickling (86.61)	0
	7	Russell Stewart (88.86)	3
		Eric Burden (84.81)	1
						7	Russell Stewart (88.41)	0
							Dennis Hickling (95.67)	3
		Dennis Hickling (83.82)	3
		Bert Vlaardingerbroek (77.52)	0
																2	John Lowe (89.07)	1
																3	Eric Bristow (93.27)	5
	6	Peter Evison (80.94)	3
		Ray Farrell (81.99)	1
						6	Peter Evison (87.27)	3
							Lars Erik Karlsson (77.37)	0
		Lars Erik Karlsson (84.60)	3
		Tony Payne (86.58)	2
											6	Peter Evison (88.11)	3
											3	Eric Bristow (90.39)	4
	3	Eric Bristow (86.22)	3
		John Fallowfield (74.28)	1
						3	Eric Bristow (89.01)	3
							Steve Gittins (86.19)	0
		Steve Gittins (85.83)	3
		Kexi Heinäharju (75.84)	0

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