The 1995 Proton Cars World Darts Championship was the second world championship organised by the World Darts Council (now the Professional Darts Corporation)...

World Darts Council (WDC). The WDC would later become the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). The WDC decided to introduce their own separate World Championship...

Vernons World Darts Championship was the third year that the Professional Darts Corporation (then known as the World Darts Council) held their own World Championships...

championship began in 1994 as the WDC World Darts Championship as one of the consequences of the split in darts, which saw the World Darts Council break away from...

auspices of the World Darts Council (later the Professional Darts Corporation). The WDC/PDC staged its own annual World Championship from 1994 onwards...

informed them in advance. Coming just a month before the inaugural WDC World Darts Championship was set to begin, Gregory's defection threatened their recent...

recognised the WDC and the right of players to freely participate in darts competitions. In return, the WDC dropped its claim to being a world governing body...

players split from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to form what was initially called the World Darts Council (WDC). Sports promoter Eddie Hearn is...

tournaments, so the WDC players decided that they would no longer compete in the BDO World Championship. They founded the WDC World Darts Championship as an alternative...

complex since the inception of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) formerly the World Darts Council (WDC). The leading ranked players in 1993/94 split...

1994 Embassy World Darts Championship was held following two years of controversy within the sport of darts. After the 1993 Championships, several players...

Wright qualified for the first round of the 1995 BDO World Darts Championship but then stopped playing darts professionally, working instead as a builder...

former professional darts player who won the 1988 BDO World Darts Championship. Nicknamed The Limestone Cowboy, He was the World No. 1 player for over...

professional darts player. He won two world championships, and was the first player to win both the BDO and WDC (now PDC) world championships, in 1991 and...

tournaments and Butler appeared at the first WDC (now Professional Darts Corporation, PDC) World Championship in 1994. He failed to qualify from the group...

professional darts player. After turning pro in 1979, he quickly rose to the top of the game, winning the World Professional Darts Championship in 1982, then...

Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded for performances in ranking tournaments. The Professional Darts Corporation...

on to win the title. Shortly after the 1993 World Final, the top players in the World Darts Council (WDC, now the PDC) were suspended and later banned...

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traditional pub game. Darts is commonly played in the British Isles, and recreationally enjoyed around the world. In 1908, darts was declared to be a game...

professional darts player. He used the nickname Mace the Ace. Mason began his career in the British Darts Organisation, making his World Championship debut at...

since he came onto the darts scene in 1995, including the Dutch Open in 1997. He made his debut at BDO World Darts Championship in 1997 as a 30-year-old...

losing his form again. He reached the semi-finals of the 1997 WDC World Darts Championship at the Circus Tavern, where he narrowly lost to Phil Taylor 4–5...

is an English former professional darts player. He won the BDO World Darts Championship in 1996 and is a former World No. 1. Beaton was born in Coventry...

professional darts player best known for winning the 1983 BDO World Darts Championship. He also won the Unipart British Professional Championship in 1987....

first to hit a nine-darter in the World Championship, making history during the 1990 BDO World Darts Championship in a second-round victory over Jack...

the World Darts Federation, so the split in darts remains. The sixteen darts defectors who formed the WDC were as follows: Since then, many darts players...

British Darts Organisation, to form the WDC (now PDC) in an acrimonious split in the game. After the WDC/PDC started their own World Championship in 1994...

to join the Professional Darts Corporation (then known as the World Darts Council) and entered its inaugural World Championship in 1994, where he won Group...

early career, as well as qualifying for the British Darts Organisation version of the world championship on four occasions (losing in the first round each...