1999 PDC World Darts Championship fifth successive year, taking his overall tally to seven World Championships. He had now eclipsed both Eric Bristow, who won five World Darts titles and Steve Davis and (at the time) Stephen Hendry six times World Snooker champions – both targets of Taylor when he began accumulating world championships. The 1999 World Championship featured a prize fund of £104,000. The prize money was allocated as follows: This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship. Five countries were represented in the World Championship, one more than in the previous championship. 1999 PDC World Darts Championship The
1984 World Snooker Championship 1984 World Snooker Championship The 1984 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1984 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purpose of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 21 April and 7 May 1984 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Steve Davis won his third world title by defeating Jimmy White 18–16 in the final. Davis became the first player to retain the title at the Crucible. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Shown below are the results for each