The tournament only lasted for five years but is historic in darts as it featured the first ever televised nine-dart finish on 13 October 1984 when John Lowe won £102,000 for the perfect game of darts against Keith Deller. Lowe went on to win the title that year.
John Lowe threw the first ever televised nine-dart finish on 13 October 1984 against Keith Deller. As well as for being the first, it stands out for the rarity of the final visit combination.
The tournament was broadcast on ITV and originally came from The Fulcrum Centre, Slough, before moving to Festival Hall, Basildon.[2] The tournament ceased after the 1988 tournament due to ITV announcing that they were pulling out of darts coverage altogether. ITV broadcast the 1988 World Masters before leaving the BBC as the only broadcaster of darts from 1989 to 1991. ITV didn't return to tournament darts coverage until Yorkshire Television broadcast the 4 WDC UK Matchplay tournaments from 1993 to 1996, tournaments which featured a quadro dart board, where each number from 1-20 also had a quadruple slot for 4 times the number. ITV regional channels also showed events like the Lada UK Masters (Anglia Television) and the Samson Classic (Tyne-Tees Television). In 1999, the ITV network broadcast the head-to-head showdown at Wembley between Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld, and returned to tournament darts coverage with the Grand Slam of Darts tournament in 2007.
^"MFI World Matchplay Winners". DartsDatabase. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
^"Darts Results - MFI World Matchplay - Darts Mad". Retrieved 21 December 2015.
External links
Dartsdatabase: MFI World Matchplay Winners
Mastercaller MFI World Matchplay
January 06, 2023
world, matchplay, current, major, tournament, world, matchplay, darts, championship, major, darts, tournament, organised, british, darts, organisation, tournament, informationvenuefulcrum, centre, slough, 1984, festival, hall, basildon, 1986, countryenglandest. For the current PDC major tournament see World Matchplay darts The MFI World Matchplay championship was a major darts tournament organised by the British Darts Organisation MFI World MatchplayTournament informationVenueFulcrum Centre Slough 1984 85 Festival Hall Basildon 1986 88 CountryEnglandEstablished1984Organisation s BDO Major 5 editions FormatSetsFinal Year1988Final champion s Eric BristowThe tournament only lasted for five years but is historic in darts as it featured the first ever televised nine dart finish on 13 October 1984 when John Lowe won 102 000 for the perfect game of darts against Keith Deller Lowe went on to win the title that year Contents 1 MFI World Matchplay finals 2 Finalists 3 Nine dart finish 4 Media coverage 5 Sponsors 6 References 7 External linksMFI World Matchplay finals EditThe complete list of final results 1 Year Champion average in final Score Runner up average in final Prize money Sponsor VenueTotal Champion Runner up1984 John Lowe 5 3 Cliff Lazarenko 36 000 12 000 5 000 MFI Fulcrum Centre Slough1985 Eric Bristow 5 4 Bob Anderson 41 000 15 000 6 0001986 Mike Gregory 5 1 Jocky Wilson 41 000 15 000 6 000 Festival Hall Basildon1987 Bob Anderson 5 1 John Lowe 47 400 18 000 7 0001988 Eric Bristow 92 91 5 1 Bob Sinnaeve 88 38 52 000 21 000 7 500Finalists EditRank Player Won Runner up Finals1 Eric Bristow 2 0 22 Bob Anderson 1 1 2 John Lowe 1 1 24 Mike Gregory 1 0 15 Cliff Lazarenko 0 1 1 Bob Sinnaeve 0 1 1 Jocky Wilson 0 1 1Nine dart finish EditJohn Lowe threw the first ever televised nine dart finish on 13 October 1984 against Keith Deller As well as for being the first it stands out for the rarity of the final visit combination Player Year Round Method Opponent Result Prize John Lowe 1984 Quarter Final 3 x T20 3 x T20 T17 T18 D18 Keith Deller 3 1 102 000Media coverage EditThe tournament was broadcast on ITV and originally came from The Fulcrum Centre Slough before moving to Festival Hall Basildon 2 The tournament ceased after the 1988 tournament due to ITV announcing that they were pulling out of darts coverage altogether ITV broadcast the 1988 World Masters before leaving the BBC as the only broadcaster of darts from 1989 to 1991 ITV didn t return to tournament darts coverage until Yorkshire Television broadcast the 4 WDC UK Matchplay tournaments from 1993 to 1996 tournaments which featured a quadro dart board where each number from 1 20 also had a quadruple slot for 4 times the number ITV regional channels also showed events like the Lada UK Masters Anglia Television and the Samson Classic Tyne Tees Television In 1999 the ITV network broadcast the head to head showdown at Wembley between Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld and returned to tournament darts coverage with the Grand Slam of Darts tournament in 2007 Sponsors EditSponsor YearsMFI 1984 88References Edit MFI World Matchplay Winners DartsDatabase Retrieved 25 July 2014 Darts Results MFI World Matchplay Darts Mad Retrieved 21 December 2015 External links EditDartsdatabase MFI World Matchplay Winners Mastercaller MFI World Matchplay Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title MFI World Matchplay amp oldid 1127534955, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
