1999 BDO World Darts Championship 1999 BDO World Darts Championship The 1999 Embassy World Professional Darts Championship was held from 2–10 January 1999 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey. Defending champion Raymond van Barneveld retained his title with victory over Ronnie Baxter in another thrilling final which, like the previous year's decider against Richie Burnett, went to the final set and a tiebreak. Barneveld became the first player to retain the Embassy World Championship since Eric Bristow won it in three consecutive years in 1984, 1985 and 1986. The standout match of this championship, however, was the quarter-final between Chris Mason and
Charl Pietersen (darts player) 2013 UK Open as he finished 115th on the Order of Merit, outside of the top 96 who claimed their places. He lost in the semi-finals of the South African qualifier for the 2014 World Championship 8–5 to Devon Petersen and a year later Petersen was again the victor at the same stage, this time 8–2. Pietersen's tour status expired at the end of 2014 and he hasn't played in an event since losing to Petersen. Charl Pietersen (darts player) Charles "Charl" Pietersen (born March 10, 1991) is a former South African darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation