The 1990 Embassy World Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey from 5–13 January 1990. It saw then-unknown Phil Taylor win the first of sixteen world titles, beating his mentor Eric Bristow 6–1 in sets in the final, with Taylor playing in his first ever World Championship at the age of 29. Taylor beat Russell Stewart, Dennis Hickling, Ronnie Sharp and Cliff Lazarenko en route to the final. Defending champion Jocky Wilson fell at the quarter-final 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.^[3] It was the only nine-dart finish ever thrown in the BDO World Championship.

The prize fund was £100,000.

Champion: £24,000

Runner-Up: £12,000

Semi-Finalists (2): £6,000

Quarter-Finalists (4): £3,000

Last 16 (8): £2,200

Last 32 (16): £1,400

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

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	Eric Bristow (91.71)	3

	Leighton Rees (86.13)	0
	1	Eric Bristow (87.87)	3

			Steve Gittins (85.47)	2
	Steve Gittins (87.60)	3

	Wayne Weening (80.61)	0
	1	Eric Bristow (95.25)	4

			Magnus Caris (89.67)	1
8	Brian Cairns (86.28)	3

	Mike Veitch (76.11)	0
	8	Brian Cairns (80.25)	0

			Magnus Caris (82.32)	3
	Magnus Caris (93.00)	3

	Antero Rantala (70.41)	0
	1	Eric Bristow (88.38)	5

		4	Mike Gregory (90.27)	2
5	Jocky Wilson (81.81)	3

	Mitchell Crooks (81.90)	1
	5	Jocky Wilson (89.46)	3

			Chris Whiting (88.38)	2
	Chris Whiting (85.26)	3

	Dave Whitcombe (84.84)	2
	5	Jocky Wilson (89.19)	3

		4	Mike Gregory (90.63)	4
4	Mike Gregory (89.46)	3

	Alan Warriner (87.81)	0
	4	Mike Gregory (89.40)	3

			Leo Laurens (84.87)	1
	Leo Laurens (87.93)	3

	Bob Sinnaeve (86.94)	2
	1	Eric Bristow (93.02)	1

			Phil Taylor (97.47)	6
2	Bob Anderson (86.35)	2

	Jann Hoffmann (86.09)	3
		Jann Hoffmann (79.98)	0

			Cliff Lazarenko (90.42)	3
	Cliff Lazarenko (73.86)	3

	Bert Vlaardingerbroek (73.26)	2
		Cliff Lazarenko (81.75)	4

			Paul Lim (77.73)	0
7	Peter Evison (78.06)	1

	Jack McKenna (79.62)	3
		Jack McKenna (78.66)	2

			Paul Lim (80.97)	3
	Paul Lim (83.55)	3

	Ray Battye (80.19)	2
		Cliff Lazarenko (85.41)	0

			Phil Taylor (100.80)	5
6	Russell Stewart (86.31)	1

	Phil Taylor (88.62)	3
		Phil Taylor (86.67)	3

			Dennis Hickling (73.53)	0
	Dennis Hickling (76.29)	3

	Tony Payne (74.34)	1
		Phil Taylor (94.23)	4

			Ronnie Sharp (86.79)	2
3	John Lowe (84.72)	3

	Albert Anstey (83.19)	1
	3	John Lowe (89.13)	2

			Ronnie Sharp (94.11)	3
	Ronnie Sharp (77.46)	3

	Kim Jensen (72.21)	2

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