New Millenium, same story as Phil Taylor took his 6th successive World title against Dennis Priestley yet again in the final.
The tournament also saw the last World Championship appearance of Eric Bristow in a career spanning 23 successive World Championships which left John Lowe the following year as the only man to have contested a World title in every year to date.
Results:
First Round
Peter Manley 3 V 0 Bob Anderson
Steve Brown (US) 3 V 2 Eric Bristow
Steve Raw 3 V 2 Steve Cummings
Peter Evison 3 V 0 Gerald Verrier
Dennis Priestley 3 V 2 Braulio Roncero
Jamie Harvey 3 V 2 Kevin Spiolek
Nigel Justice 3 V 0 Dean Allsop
Shayne Burgess 3 V 0 Colin Lloyd
John Lowe 3 V 2 Rod Harrington
Keith Deller 3 V 0 Gary Mawson
Dennis Smith 3 V 1 Cliff Lazarenko
John Part 3 V 0 John Ferrell
Alan Warriner-Little 3 V 0 Paul Lim
Alex Roy 3 V 0 Reg Harding
Graeme Stoddart 3 V 2 Dan Lauby
Phil Taylor 3 V 0 Mick Manning
2nd Round
Peter Manley 3 V 1 Steve Brown (US)
Peter Evison 3 V 1 Steve Raw
Dennis Priestley 3 V 2 Jamie Harvey
Shayne Burgess 3 V 0 Nigel Justice
John Lowe 3 V 1 Keith Deller
Dennis Smith 3 V 0 John Part
Alan Warriner-Little 3 V 0 Alex Roy
Phil Taylor 3 V 0 Graeme Stoddart
Quarter Final
Peter Manley 5 V 1 Peter Evison
Dennis Priestley 5 V 4 Shayne Burgess
Dennis Smith 5 V 3 John Lowe
Phil Taylor 5 V 0 Alan Warriner-Little
Semi Final
Dennis Priestley 5 V 2 Peter Manley
Phil Taylor 5 V 0 Dennis Smith
Final
Phil Taylor 7 V 3 Dennis Priestley
Prize fund £110,000
Winners share £31,000
