# Boris Krčmar

Boris Krčmar (born 13 September 1979) is a Croatian professional steel-tip and soft-tip darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He dominated soft-tip darts for over a decade. He is a four-time IDF World Champion, ten-time EDF European Champion, nine-time EDU European Champion and FECS European Champion. He was the first Croatian player to qualify for the PDC World Darts Championship. Krcmar is also a semi-finalist on the PDC ProTour and a quarter-finalist on the European Tour.

## Career

Krčmar won the IDF World Championship in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015. He started his career in 2005. From 2007 to present, he is the captain of the Croatian national team. Krčmar qualified for the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship by winning the Eastern European qualifier. In the preliminary round, he lost 4–2 to Denmark's Per Laursen.
He qualified for the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts where he partnered Tonci Restovic in the Croatian team. After defeating Finland in the first round, they faced Wales in the second round. In his singles match, Krčmar forced Richie Burnett into a last leg decider before losing 4–3. In April, Krčmar earned a place in the Austrian Darts Open in Vienna by defeating Kurt van de Rijck and Antonio Alcinas in the European qualifier. He played Wes Newton in the first round and lost 6–4.
Krčmar had a very good year in soft tip events in 2014 by winning the Chinese and Las Vegas Dartslive events. He came very close to reaching his second World Championship when he lost in the final of the East European Qualifier for the 2015 edition 10–7 against Robert Marijanović.
On 19 January 2020, Krčmar won a two-year PDC Tour Card by finishing sixth on the European Q School Order of Merit. He will play on the ProTour in 2020 and 2021. He withdrew from 2020 UK Open due to a prior commitment. The only major tournament he qualified was 2020 Players Championship Finals, where he lost in the first round against Michael Smith 5-6.
Krcmar entered Eastern European Qualifier for 2021 PDC World Darts Championship and secured his return to this tournament after 10 years. He lost in the first round to Ron Meulenkamp 1–3 on sets. He again withdrew from 2021 UK Open prior to the draw and was replaced. During 2021 Krcmar made his debut on European Tour, qualifying for the both events that took place and therefore also qualifying for 2021 European Championship, where he lost in the first round to Michael van Gerwen 2-6. Croatia were set to return to 2021 PDC World Cup of Darts, having not participated in the competition since 2013, but on 7 September, Croatia withdrew following an illness to Boris Krčmar. Later on in the year Krcmar won qualification for 2021 Grand Slam of Darts and was drawn to group C with James Wade, Rob Cross and Jim Williams. Unable to win any match in the group stage, he was eliminated after the round robin.
For the second time in a row Boris qualified for 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, this time via PDPA Qualifier. He lost in the first round of the main event to Adam Hunt 0–3 on sets but was able to hold his place in top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit and secured his Tour card for another year.
Krcmar made his debut on 2022 UK Open and received bye to the third round of the event. After wins over Zoran Lerchbacher 6-2, Luke Woodhouse 10-5 and Dave Chisnall 10-4, Boris advanced among last 16, where he lost 8–10 to James Wade. During 2022 Krcmar qualified for four European Tour events and achieved his best result so far on 2022 Dutch Darts Championship, where he played quarterfinals. Krcmar was unable to qualify for any other major event that year but secured his spot on 2023 PDC World Darts Championship via PDC Pro Tour, where he finished on 24th place.

## World Championship results
### IDF (soft-tip)

* 2009: Winner (beat Peter Martin)
* 2011: Winner (beat Krzysztof Kciuk)
* 2013: Winner (beat Paul Lim)
* 2015: Winner (beat Zdravko Antunović)

### PDC

* 2011: Preliminary round (lost to Per Laursen 2–4) (legs)
* 2021: First round (lost to Ron Meulenkamp 1–3)
* 2022: First round (lost to Adam Hunt 0–3)
* 2023: Second round (lost to Nathan Aspinall 1–3)
* 2024: Third round (lost to Gary Anderson 1–4)

## Performance timeline

PDC
| Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013–2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| PDC World Championship | PR | DNP | DNP | DNP | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | DNQ |
| UK Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | WD | WD | 6R | 3R | 4R | DNP |
| European Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNQ | RR | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |
| Players Championship Finals | DNP | DNP | DNP | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | |
| Non-ranked televised events ||||||||||
| PDC World Cup of Darts | NH | 2R | DNP | DNP | WD | DNP | 2R | QF | |
| World Series of Darts Finals | NH | NH | DNP | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 2R | |
| Career statistics ||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | - | - | - | 95 | 61 | 54 | 51 | 58 | |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 2020 | BDC DNQ | GDC DNQ | EDG DNP | IDO DNP |
| 2021 | HDT 1R | GDT 2R |
| 2022 | IDO DNQ | GDC DNQ | GDG 2R | ADO DNQ | EDO DNQ | CDO DNP | EDG DNP | DDC QF | EDM DNQ | HDT 3R | GDO DNQ | BDO 2R | GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO DNQ | IDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | DDC DNQ | BDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDO DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDC 2R |
| 2024 | BDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | BSD DNQ | DDC DNP | EDO DNP | GDC DNQ | FDT DNQ | HDT DNQ | SDT DNQ | CDO DNQ |
| 2025 | BDO 3R | EDT | IDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDC | EDO DNQ | BSD DNQ | FDT | CDO | HDT | SDT | GDC |
PDC Players Championships
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 2020 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 2R | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | NIE 4R | NIE 4R | NIE 3R | NIE 2R | NIE 2R | COV 2R | COV 2R | COV 1R | COV 1R | COV 4R |
| 2021 | BOL 2R | BOL 1R | BOL 1R | BOL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 2R | NIE 2R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL QF | MIL 1R | COV 2R | COV QF | COV 1R | COV 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R |
| 2022 | BAR 1R | BAR SF | WIG 3R | WIG 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | NIE DNP | NIE DNP | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR SF | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R |
| 2023 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | HIL 4R | HIL 3R | WIG 3R | WIG 3R | LEI 2R | LEI QF | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | LEI 2R | LEI 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R |
| 2024 | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | LEI 2R | LEI 1R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | HIL DNP | HIL DNP | HIL DNP | HIL QF | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 3R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | LEI 2R | LEI 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 3R | LEI 3R | LEI 2R |
Performance Table Legend :
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | NYF | Not yet founded |