In 1989, the Embassy World Championship was the only darts tournament which had received television coverage, and a group of 16 players (including all but one of the previous World Champions) wanted to appoint a PR consultant to improve the image of the game.

They created the World Darts Council (WDC), later the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) in late January 1992, soon after a controversial VHS release of the 1992 Embassy World Final between Phil Taylor and Mike Gregory.

By the time of the 1993 Embassy World Championship, the WDC had already held their own tournament, the 1992 Lada UK Masters (won by Mike Gregory) in October 1992.

[1] The WDC players decided that if they were not going to be recognised by the BDO they would no longer play in the Embassy Championships.

This was Raymond van Barneveld's second world championship appearance (debut 1991), and he landed the highest checkout of the tournament, 170.