The 1998 Skol World Darts Championship was held between 29 December 1997 and 4 January 1998 at the

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, Essex.

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, who sponsored the inaugural event in 1994 returned as title sponsors – which they were to fulfil for the next five years. Following an out-of-court settlement (

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) on 30 June 1997, the World Darts Council (WDC) agreed to change its name to the

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(PDC) and the tournament was thus the PDC World Darts Championship.

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, who won the first Embassy/BDO World Championship after the 1992–93 "split" had joined the PDC but failed to qualify beyond the group stage.

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had emerged as a rising talent in the PDC and was seeded 7th for the championship. He lost a close quarter-final to eventual finalist,

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. Priestley lost his third successive final to Phil Taylor – this defeat being the most convincing 6 sets to 0. Rod Harrington was the only player who managed to take any sets from the Power during his 2–5 semi-final defeat. This was the last year the PDC used the group stage in the championship. Phil Taylor became the most successful player in World Championship history – winning his 6th title (4 in the PDC and 2 in the BDO), eclipsing

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who won five titles during the 1980s. It was also Taylor's fourth title in a row.

Seeds

# Phil Taylor #

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# Rod Harrington #

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# Bob Anderson

Prize money

The prize fund was £72,500.

Results

Group stage

Group A

29 December–1 January

Group B

29 December–1 January

Group C

29 December–1 January

Group D

29 December–1 January

Group E

29 December–1 January

Group F

29 December–1 January

Group G

29 December–1 January

Group H

29 December–1 January

Knockout stages

Third-place play-off: (5) Rod Harrington 90.00 4 – 1 (6)

81.69

Representation from different countries

This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship. Four countries were represented in the World Championship, no more than in the previous championship.

References

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PDC World Darts Championship 1998

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