The 1990 Embassy World Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green

Frimley Green

Frimley Green is a large village in Surrey, South East England, UK, close to the border with Hampshire. It is close to the towns of Camberley and Frimley, with the nearest major town being Guildford, approximately 10 miles away....

, Surrey

Surrey

Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...

 from 5–13 January 1990. It saw Phil Taylor win the first of fifteen world titles, beating his mentor Eric Bristow

Eric Bristow

Eric Bristow MBE is a British darts player, whose skill at the game in the 1980s helped turn it into a worldwide spectator sport.- Early career :...

 6-1 in sets. Taylor beat Russell Stewart

Russell Stewart

Russell Stewart is an Australian darts player. He uses the nickname Rusty for his matches.-Playing career:...

, Dennis Hickling, Ronnie Sharp

Ronnie Sharp

Ronnie Sharp is a Scottish darts player who competed in the British Darts Organisation and is the former captain of Scotland. Sharp was nicknamed Pancho due to his moustache which resembled that of Francisco "Pancho" Villa....

 and Cliff Lazarenko

Cliff Lazarenko

Cliff Lazarenko is an English professional darts player who competed for the British Darts Organisation and the Professional Darts Corporation...

 en route to the final. Defending champion Jocky Wilson

Jocky Wilson

John Thomas Wilson known as "Jocky" Wilson, is a former Scottish darts champion. He retired from the game in 1995.Wilson was twice World professional Darts Champion in 1982 and 1989...

 fell at the quarter-final stage, losing to Mike Gregory. The event also saw America

United States

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's Paul Lim

Paul Lim

Paul Lim Leong Hwa known simply as Paul Lim is a professional darts player who will be best remembered for being the first player to hit a perfect nine-dart finish during the Embassy World Professional Darts Championship in 1990...

 hit the first nine dart finish at the World Championship in his second round match with Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

's Jack McKenna

Jack McKenna

John "Jack" McKenna is a professional Irish darts player.McKenna reached the quarter finals of the inaugural Winmau World Masters in 1974...

, receiving £52,000 for his efforts.

Seeds

1.   Eric Bristow
   Eric Bristow
   Eric Bristow MBE is a British darts player, whose skill at the game in the 1980s helped turn it into a worldwide spectator sport.- Early career :...
   
   
2.   Bob Anderson
   Bob Anderson (darts player)
   Robert Charles "Bob" Anderson is a former world darts champion. He was ranked as world number one for over three years in the late 1980s. Nicknamed The Limestone Cowboy, he lives in Clevedon in Somerset.-Before Darts:Anderson threw his first darts maximum at the age of just five...
   
   
3.   John Lowe
   John Lowe
   John Lowe is an English darts player who was one of the best-known men in darts during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the United Kingdom. Lowe is one of only five players to have won the World Championship 3 times.-Biography:Lowe won the World Championship title in three different decades -...
   
   
4.   Mike Gregory
5.   Jocky Wilson
   Jocky Wilson
   John Thomas Wilson known as "Jocky" Wilson, is a former Scottish darts champion. He retired from the game in 1995.Wilson was twice World professional Darts Champion in 1982 and 1989...
   
   
6.   Russell Stewart
   Russell Stewart
   Russell Stewart is an Australian darts player. He uses the nickname Rusty for his matches.-Playing career:...
   
   
7.   Peter Evison
   Peter Evison
   Peter Evison is a darts player who has enjoyed a long career in the game. His greatest achievements were to win the 1989 Winmau World Masters and the 1996 World Matchplay. He has also come close to winning the World Championship on a number of occasions.Before appearing in a major tournament...
   
   
8.   Brian Cairns
   Brian Cairns
   Brian Cairns was a Welsh darts player.Cairns played in the BDO World Darts Championship twice. In 1987, he beat 1983 World Champion Keith Deller in the first round but lost in the second round to Sweden's Lars Erik Karlsson...
   
   

The results