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MFI World Matchplay
Tournament information
VenueFulcrum Centre, Slough (1984-85), Festival Hall, Basildon (1986-88)
CountryEnglandEngland
Established1984
Organisation(s)BDO Major (5 editions)
FormatSets
Final Year1988
Final champion(s)
England Eric Bristow

The MFI World Matchplay championship was a major darts tournament organised by the British Darts Organisation.

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.

MFI World Matchplay finals

The complete list of final results:

Year Champion (average in final) Score Runner-up (average in final) Prize money Sponsor Venue
Total Champion Runner-up
1984 England John Lowe 5–3 England Cliff Lazarenko £36,000 £12,000 £5,000 MFI Fulcrum Centre, Slough
1985 England Eric Bristow 5–4 England Bob Anderson £41,000 £15,000 £6,000
1986 England Mike Gregory 5–1 Scotland Jocky Wilson £41,000 £15,000 £6,000 Festival Hall, Basildon
1987 England Bob Anderson 5–1 England John Lowe £47,400 £18,000 £7,000
1988 England Eric Bristow (92.91) 5–1 Canada Bob Sinnaeve (88.38) £52,000 £21,000 £7,500

Finalists

Rank Player Won Runner-up Finals
1 England Eric Bristow 2 0 2
2 England Bob Anderson 1 1 2
England John Lowe 1 1 2
4 England Mike Gregory 1 0 1
5 England Cliff Lazarenko 0 1 1
Canada Bob Sinnaeve 0 1 1
Scotland Jocky Wilson 0 1 1

Nine-dart finish

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.

Player Year (+Round) Method Opponent Result Prize
England John Lowe 1984, Quarter-Final 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T17, T18, D18 England Keith Deller 3–1 £102,000

Media coverage

The tournament was broadcast on ITV and originally came from The Fulcrum Centre, Slough, before moving to Festival Hall, Basildon. The tournament ceased after the 1988 tournament due to ITV announcing that they were pulling out of darts coverage altogether.

Sponsors

Sponsor Years
MFI 1984-88

References

  1. "MFI World Matchplay Winners". DartsDatabase. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. "Darts Results - MFI World Matchplay - Darts Mad". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

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