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Michele Turetta

**Michele Turetta** (born 17 January 1982) is a Italian professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He represented his country during the WDF Europe Cup and PDC World Cup of Darts. He is the first PDC Tour Card holder from Italy.

## Career

Turetta start playing internationally since 2018 when he competed in his first PDC Q-School event and tried several times to qualified for the PDC European Tour events, but without significantly success. In 2021 he won qualifying tournament for the 2021 PDC World Cup of Darts and he made his debut together with Danilo Vigato. They lost in first round match to Australia (Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock).

He qualified as an Italian representative for the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. Unfortunately, this tournament was extremely unsuccessful for the entire team. He did not manage to qualify for the final stage of the tournament in any competition. Next year he qualified for the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts and this time he played doubles together with Massimo Dante. In the group-stage, Italy had to admit defeat in second place. After a win against Switzerland (Stefan Bellmont and Marcel Walpen) they lost to Sweden (Oskar Lukasiak and Dennis Nilsson).

In January 2024, he became the first PDC Tour Card holder from Italy in the points classification after the 2024 PDC Q-School event. He automatically qualified for the 2024 UK Open.
2016 Scandinavian Pro Tour series

The **2016 Scandinavian Pro Tour** consisted of 8 darts tournaments on the 2016 PDC Pro Tour.

## Prize money

The prize money for each of the Scandinavian Pro Tour events had a prize fund of €5,000.

This is how the prize money is divided:

 **Last 32** | (16) | €50

## January

### Scandinavian Pro Tour 1

Pro Tour 1 was contested on Saturday 30 January 2016 at the Hotel Gustavelund in Tuusula, Finland. The winner was Per Laursen.

### Scandinavian Pro Tour 2

Pro Tour 2 was contested on Sunday 31 January 2016 at the Hotel Gustavelund in Tuusula, Finland. The winner was Kim Viljanen.

## March

### Scandinavian Pro Tour 3

Pro Tour 3 was contested on Saturday 19 March 2016 at the Hotel Park Inn by Radisson in Copenhagen, Denmark. The winner was Daniel Larsson.

### Scandinavian Pro Tour 4

Pro Tour 4 was contested on Sunday 20 March 2016 at the Hotel Park Inn by Radisson in Copenhagen, Denmark. The winner was Kim Viljanen.

## August

### Scandinavian Pro Tour 5

Pro Tour 5 was contested on Saturday 27 August 2016 at the Apple Hotel in Gothenburg, Sweden. The winner was Madars Razma.

### Scandinavian Pro Tour 6

Pro Tour 6 was contested on Sunday 28 August 2016 at the Apple Hotel in Gothenburg, Sweden. The winner was Kim Viljanen.

## October

### Scandinavian Pro Tour 7

Pro Tour 7 was contested on Saturday 8 October 2016 at the Apple Hotel in Gothenburg, Sweden. The winner was Roland Lenngren.

### Scandinavian Pro Tour 8

Pro Tour 8 was contested on Sunday 9 October 2016 at the Apple Hotel in Gothenburg, Sweden. The winner was Magnus Caris.

## References

1. ↑ PDC Nordic & Baltic Tour 2016 NB 05 Gothenburg. Mastercaller (27 August 2016).
2. ↑ PDC Nordic & Baltic Tour 2016 NB 06 Gothenburg. Mastercaller (27 August 2016).
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Viljanen & Caris Top SDC Standings. PDC (10 October 2016).
Goran Protega

**Goran Protega** (born 1962) is a Croatian steel-tip and soft-tip darts player who played in EDU European Darts Championship and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. One of the leading European darters at the turn of the millennium. He has dual citizenship. He participated at the World Masters and WDF Europe Cup. Two-time EDU European Darts Champion.

## Career

In his career, Protega won over 100 national and international tournaments. Sport has always had a special meaning in Goran's life, he is a multiple European and Croatian Champion in soft-tip darts. In 2002, he was appointed by the Italian darts federation as the representative of that country during 2002 WDF Europe Cup. In the singles competition, he advanced to the second round, where he eventually lost to Kim Viljanen by 1–4 in legs. In the team competition, the Italians surprisingly advanced from the group stage to the quarter-finals, where, however, they lost to the Netherlands. In the pairs competition, he advanced to the second round of the competition.

He is the winner of two gold medals at the EDU European Darts Championship. In the cricket competition in 2002, he defeated Krzysztof Ratajski in the final. In the singles competition in 2006, he again defeated Krzysztof Ratajski in the final. In addition, he won two more bronze and one silver medal in these tournaments.

He took part in the World Masters tournament twice. At the 2002 World Masters, he lost in the first round match to Steve Alker by 0–2 in sets. At the 2004 World Masters, he lost in the preliminary round to John Hendy by 1–3 in sets.

## Personal life

Although he achieved his best results in darts, he was extremely successful in several other sports. Participating for more than 20 years in hundreds of competitions in several sports categories, Protega won over 800 trophies, medals and plaques. He was active in the underwater fishing, sailing and motorcycling. During 20 years of participation in the most prestigious spearfishing competitions, in 1992 Protega became the national team champion. He also won the title of national champion in sailing in the cruiser class. In motorcycling he took a title of Croatian Champion in dexterity driving.
Paul Krohne

**Paul Krohne** (born 27 December 2000) is a German professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

## Career

Krohne has been playing darts since 2022. Despite his short experience, he developed his skills very quickly, which allowed him to win numerous local tournaments. At the beginning of October he reached the final at the Möbel Heinrich Steeldart Open in Hohnhorst and only lost to Steffen Siepmann. In 2023, he qualified for the German Super League through qualifying event. Krohne played successful matches in the group-stage and surprisingly advanced to the second round of the tournament, where he narrowly lost to Nico Kurz.

During the 2024 PDC Q-School in early January 2024, he obtained a PDC Tour Card and qualified for 2024 UK Open.
Gilbert Ulang

**Gilbert Ulang** (born 23 July 1979) is a Filipino professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and other national events. He is a Hong Kong Open champion. He has represented the Philippines during the PDC World Cup of Darts.

## Career

Ulang represented the Philippines alongside Lourence Ilagan at the 2015 PDC World Cup of Darts, during which they lost in the first round to Belgium team Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts. Ulang also competed at the 2016 PDC World Cup of Darts together with Alex Tagarao as the Philippines reached the second round, where they were eliminated by Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld of the Netherlands.

Ulang qualified for the 2017 PDC World Darts Championship after defeated Prussian Dela Crus in the final match of the Philippines Qualifier. He was defeated 0–2 in the preliminary round by fellow debutant Kevin Simm. Following an investigation into his match with Simm, Ulang was suspended by the Darts Regulation Authority until 17 December 2023 for match fixing.

## References

1. ↑ bwin World Cup of Darts Day One. *PDC.tv* (11 June 2015). Archived from the original on June 13, 2015. Retrieved on June 11, 2015.
2. ↑ Betway World Cup of Darts Round Two. *PDC.tv* (4 June 2016). Retrieved on June 4, 2016.
3. ↑ Koltsov & Ulang Seal Qualification. *PDC.tv* (25 October 2016). Retrieved on October 25, 2016.
4. ↑ William Hill World Championship Day Four. *PDC.tv* (18 December 2016). Archived from the original on December 22, 2016. Retrieved on December 18, 2016.
5. ↑ 2017 PDC World Championship Results. Darts Database. Retrieved on January 1, 2017.
6. ↑ Decision of the DRA Disciplinary Committee. *Darts Regulation Authority* (15 June 2018). Retrieved on October 2, 2018.
Professional Dart Players Association

The **Professional Dart Players Association** (**PDPA**) is an organisation for professional dart players within the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Its intention is to look after the interests of all professional players through an annually elected Board of six current professionals. They work in partnership with the PDC (Promoter) and its governing body (DRA)

## Formation

The PDPA was initially formed in the early 1980s with the main protagonists being John Lowe, Cliff Lazarenko, Dave Whitcombe and Tony Brown. As darts was beginning to decline, players from the PDPA eventually set up the World Darts Council (which is now the Professional Darts Corporation) to run their own tournaments. The PDPA remained effectively a players union.

## Current board and fees

The six board members are Peter Manley (chairman), Alan Warriner-Little (ceo), Andrew Scott and Jacques Nieuwlaat, with administrative and secretarial support from Zoe Banks.

Membership of the PDPA is open to all players of the appropriate standard, but have to first enter its annual Qualifying School every January to try and win a PDC Tour Card. The initial joining fee for Qualifying School is £250 with an upgrade fee of £250 if a Tour Card is won (full membership is £500). There are around 600 members of the PDPA, with 128 Tour Card Holders, 350 Associate Members, 200 Youth Members and 200 European Day Members. All Tour Card Holders have the right to qualify and play in PDC Premier televised tournaments with other members via qualifiers or related merit tables.

The PDC World Darts Championship, World Series of Darts and Grand Slam of Darts have qualifiers which are exclusive to Tour Card Holders with all PDPA members eligible to play in the PDC World Darts Championship qualifier, until a rule change in 2018 made it only for PDC Tour Card holders..

## External links

* PDPA web site
* PDC web site
* DRA web site
* PDC Europe web site
Nobuhiro Yamamoto

**Nobuhiro Yamamoto** (born 12 November 1977) is a Japanese professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), World Darts Federation (WDF) and other national events. He will perform at the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship as a PDJ Japan Champion.

## Career

He started his career in 2009 when he qualified for a local soft-tip tournament, where he reached the fourth round. Since 2012, he has been in the leading positions in the national ranking. In 2014, he tried his hand at qualifying for the PDC World Darts Championship for the first time. In 2015, he advanced to the quarter-finals of the Japan Open. In 2018, he reached the quarter-finals again in the Japan Open.

In 2019, he participated in the PDC Asian Tour tournaments organised in Kobe. In the fourth tournament of this series, he advanced to the fourth round, where he lost to Seigo Asada by 3–5 in legs. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, he was not active in international steel-tip tournaments. He returned to competition in 2022, starting at the Bud Brick Memorial and the Japan Open. In both tournaments he advanced to the quarter-finals. At the end of July 2022, he won a PDC Japan Championship, which is considered the qualifier for the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship. In the final, he beat Sho Katsumi by 5–4 in legs.

## World Championship results

### PDC

* 2023: First round (lost to Martin Lukeman 0–3)

## References

1. ↑ Nobuhiro Yamamoto. dartsdatabase.co.uk.
2. ↑ Nobuhiro Yamamoto. mastercaller.com.
3. ↑ Nobuhiro Yamamoto. World Darts Federation.
4. ↑ Yamamoto wins PDJ Japan Championship to seal PDC World Darts Championship debut. dartsnews.com (28 July 2022).
Masters

Darts tournamentTemplate:SHORTDESC:Darts tournament

The **Masters** (also known as the **Cazoo Masters** for sponsorship purposes) is a non-ranking PDC darts tournament which features the top 24 darts players according to the PDC Order of Merit as of 2021.

## History

The inaugural tournament, held in 2013, was won by Phil Taylor, who defeated Adrian Lewis 10–1 in the final. James Wade won the following year by defeating Mervyn King 11–10 in the 2014 final. Michael van Gerwen became the third different champion in 3 years when he defeated Raymond van Barneveld 11–6.

In 2013 and 2014, the tournament took place in the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland and was played in early November. However, the tournament was moved to early February in 2015 and had a new venue at the Arena MK (renamed Marshall Arena in 2019) in Milton Keynes, England. The tournament has been held in late January/early February ever since.

## Format

From 2013–2020, the tournament featured the top 16 of the PDC Order of Merit, in a fixed draw (1 plays 16, 2 plays 15 and so on). The first round and the quarter-finals are played over best of 19 legs, the semi-finals and the final are played over best of 21 legs.

For the 2021 tournament, the participants increased from the Top 16 to the Top 24, with the Top 8 automatically going to the second round and the players seeded 9–24 playing in the best of 11 legs first round.

## Records and statistics

As of 2023, Michael van Gerwen, James Wade, Peter Wright and Dave Chisnall are the only players to appear in all 11 editions of the Masters.

*As of 29 January 2023.*
### Total finalist appearances

* Active players are shown in **bold**
* Only players who reached the final are included
* In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by family name

### Champions by country

  England | 3
  Scotland | 1
  Wales | 1

## Media coverage

The Masters is broadcast by ITV4 in the United Kingdom and RTL7 in the Netherlands.

## References

1. ↑ The Masters Roll of Honour.
2. ↑ Ladbrokes Agree Four-Year Multi-Event Sponsorship. PDC (19 November 2018).
3. ↑ 2013 PDC The Masters. *Mastercaller.nl*.
4. ↑ 2014 PDC The Masters. *Mastercaller.nl*.
5. ↑ 2015 PDC The Masters. *Mastercaller.nl*.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Toernooicenter The Unibet Masters 2016. RTL 7 Darts.

## External links

* Masters at Darts Database
* The Masters page on the PDC website
Paolo Nebrida

**Paolo Nebrida** (born 31 December 1994) is a Filipino professional darts player who plays currently in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and other national events. He is a Hong Kong Open champion.

## Career

Nebrida has been playing in international tournaments since 2014 and reached his first World Darts Federation final during the Malaysian Open in 2014. He lost to Juanito Gionzon. Two years later, he took part in other international tournaments in Asia. In 2014, at the Hong Kong Open, Nebrida won his first title in the final against Thanawat Yong. In 2016, he take part in the 2016 World Masters, where he won first round match against József Rucska by 3–1 in sets. In the second round he lost to Steve Lennon by 2–3 in sets.

In 2018, Nebrida was again in the final of the Malaysian Open, which he lost to Christian Perez. He also started in 2018 PDC World Youth Championship as Philippines qualifier. He advanced from group-stage against Rob Hewson and Jarvis Bautista. In second round he beat Tom Lonsdale by 6–4 in legs. His participate ended in the third round, where he lost to Callan Rydz by 2–6 in legs. Since 2018, he plays in PDC Asian Tour tournaments.

In the 2022 PDC Asian Championship, Nebrida advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship for the first time. There he competed in the first round as an international qualifier. Nebrida played against Danny Jansen, to whom he narrowly lost by 2–3 in sets. At the end of April 2023, Nebrida won the twelfth event of the PDC Asian Tour in Hong Kong, and in the end he qualified for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship.

## World Championship results

### PDC

* 2023: First round (lost to Danny Jansen 2–3)
* 2024: First round (lost to Simon Whitlock 2–3)
Alain Abiabi

**Alain Abiabi** (born 23 January 1981) is an Emirati professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Due to the fact that the United Arab Emirates does not have its own darts federation, Alain competes under the flag of the Philippines.

## Career

He made his first international appearance in 2011, during Philippines Open, where he narrowly lost to Lourence Ilagan by 4–5 in legs. Alain is mainly active in the soft-tip area, but in 2019 he won the first Egypt Open tournament. Since 2019, he has been participating in PDC Asian Tour tournaments. In 2022, he qualified for the 2022 PDC Asian Championship, where he won his two group games against the Teppei Nishi and Tomoya Tsumura, and thus qualified for the knock-out round.

There he lost to Yoshihisa Baba by 2–5 in legs and missed the chance of a possible qualification for the PDC World Darts Championship. He got a wildcard for the 2023 Bahrain Darts Masters. In the first round, he challenged Dimitri Van den Bergh, but he missed a match dart on 116 and Belgian won the match only by 6–5 in legs.
Matthias Örn Friðriksson

## Matthias Friðriksson

**Matthias Örn Friðriksson** (born 9 September 1986) is an Icelander professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He built up tournament structures in Iceland and founded Live Darts Iceland streaming channel. He is currently the President of the Iceland Darts Association. He has been first Icelander to appear on a television stage during 2022 Nordic Darts Masters.

## Career

Fridriksson made his international debut at the PDC Q-School in 2020, but with no apparent success. Since 2021 he took part in the PDC Nordic & Baltic ProTour. At the Iceland Open and the Nordic Cup in 2022, Fridriksson lost in Last 16 phase. Strong tournament results in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, he has been invited to participate in the 2022 Nordic Darts Masters. In his first round match, he faced Peter Wright, but lost to him by a score of 0–6.

## References

1. ↑ Kynning: Matthías Örn Friðriksson. Icelandic Darts Association.
2. ↑ Matthías Örn Friðriksson. World Darts Federation.
3. ↑ Matthías Örn Friðriksson. Mastercaller.
Nauris Gleglu

**Nauris Gleglu** (born 26 November 1976) is a Latvian professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He represented his country at the WDF Europe Cup and PDC World Cup of Darts.

## Career

Gleglu has been taking part in international competitions since 2010, competing nationally with Madars Razma. In 2013, Gleglu advanced to the fifth round at the 2013 Dutch Open and also competed in the 2013 World Masters for the first time. This was followed by the semi-finals at the Latvia Open, in 2014 the semi-finals at the Estonian Open followed, followed by the second World Masters participation. At the 2016 WDF Europe Cup, Gleglu during the singles competition made it into the second round, where he was defeated by Marko Kantele.

For years, Gleglu has taken part in the qualifying competitions for the PDC European Tour tournaments and also regularly plays in PDC Nordic & Baltic Tour. Gleglu also qualified for the 2022 PDC World Cup of Darts, where he represented his country together with Madars Razma. In the first round, they defeated team Hungary (Gergely Lakatos and Nándor Prés). In the second round, the Latvian team faced England (Michael Smith and James Wade). They lost 1–2 on points.

At the end of September 2022, he was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. On the second day of the tournament, he advanced to the third round of the pairs competition, where he played together with Valters Melderis, but they lost to Poland (Sebastian Białecki and Dariusz Marciniak). On the third day of the tournament, he advanced to the second round of the singles competition, but lost to Dennie Olde Kalter by 0–4 in legs.  In the team competition, he did not make it to the final phase.

In December 2022, he took part in 2022 World Masters, but lost all matches in the group-stage.

## References

1. ↑ Nauris Gleglu. mastercaller.com.
2. ↑ England, Wales & Scotland survive Doubles deciders at Cazoo World Cup. World Darts Federation.
3. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs. World Darts Federation.
4. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Singles. World Darts Federation.
5. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Teams. World Darts Federation.
6. ↑ Nauris Gleglu. World Darts Federation.
Janni Larsen

**Janni Maria Larsen** (born 7 July 1963) is a Danish female professional darts player who currently plays in the World Darts Federation (WDF) events. She is a two-time Danish Champion. Her other big achievement to date was winning a two bronze medals at the WDF Europe Cup. She represented her country **16** times during the WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup.

## Career

Larsen started playing darts in 1995 and slowly developed her skills. She made her international debut in 2004 during the 2004 WDF Europe Cup in Tampere. This debut, however, was unsuccessful as she had already lost in her first match against Anne Kirk by 3–4 in legs. In the pairs competition, she also did not achieve a satisfactory result. A year later, she made her debut at the 2005 WDF World Cup, where she lost to Mojca Humar in the second round match by 0–4 in legs. In the following years, she was re-elected as a representative of Denmark during the 2006 WDF Europe Cup and 2007 WDF World Cup, but once again she did not achieve good results.

Ultimately, in 2008, she achieved her best singles result so far, winning a bronze medal at the 2008 WDF Europe Cup, beating strong rivals such as Monique Lessmeister and Jan Robbins on her way to the semi-finals. In her last match, she lost to Louise Hepburn by 3–4 in legs. In the following years, she did not repeat this result. In 2010, for private reasons, she did not take part in the WDF Europe Cup tournament, but won her first national championship. In 2015, she repeated this success.

Since 2009, in singles competitions during the WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup, she was beaten by Irina Armstrong (two times), Deta Hedman (two times), Felicity Sparks, Grace Crane, Colette Rudin, Rabia Dolgun, Vicky Pruim and Ekaterina Cherkasova. Over the years, she has not won more than one match in singles competition, but in the 2014 WDF Europe Cup as a Danish team member she won a bronze medal.

In her all career, she has participated in several international tournaments outside Denmark. Her best result is the semi-final of the Kirchheim Open in 2016. She has participated in the World Masters for seven times. She achieved the best result in 2006, where she was promoted to the third round, where she lost to Anastasia Dobromyslova by 1–4 in legs.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Janni Larsen. mastercaller.com.
2. ↑ Janni Larssen Player Profile. dartsdatabase.co.uk.
2013 Masters

Darts tournamentTemplate:SHORTDESC:Darts tournament
The **2013 Coral Masters** was the inaugural staging of the non-ranking darts Masters tournament, held by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held between 1–3 November 2013 at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Phil Taylor won the title by beating Adrian Lewis 10–1 in the final.

## Qualifiers

Only the top 16 players on the PDC's Order of Merit on 20 October 2013 qualified for the event. These were:

1. **Phil Taylor**  **(Champion)**
2. Michael van Gerwen  *(Quarter-finals)*
3. Adrian Lewis  *(Runner-up)*
4. Simon Whitlock  *(Quarter-finals)*
5. James Wade  *(Semi-finals)*
6. Andy Hamilton  *(First round)*
7. Dave Chisnall  *(First round)*
8. Wes Newton  *(Quarter-finals)*
9. Justin Pipe  *(First round)*
10. Raymond van Barneveld  *(Semi-finals)*
11. Robert Thornton  *(Quarter-finals)*
12. Kevin Painter  *(First round)*
13. Mervyn King  *(First round)*
14. Kim Huybrechts  *(First round)*
15. Peter Wright  *(First round)*
16. Terry Jenkins  *(First round)*

## Prize money

The total prize fund was £160,000.

 **First round losers** | (8) | £5,000

## References

1. ↑ Amazing Taylor's Coral Masters Triumph. PDC (3 November 2013).
2. ↑ The Coral Masters Schedule Confirmed. PDC.
3. ↑ 2013 The Masters Prize Money. Darts Database. Retrieved on October 31, 2013.
Jim Widmayer

**Jim Widmayer** (born 23 August 1969) is an American professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He has competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments in the past. Two-time WDF Americas Cup medalist. He advanced to the WDF World Darts Championship four times.

## Career

Widmayer played in the inaugural 1994 World Matchplay, losing 6–8 in the first round to Keith Deller. He also took part in the 1996 World Masters, where he lost in the first round against Nicky Turner. He returned to international competition during the 2006 World Masters. He ended his presence in the third round after losing the match to John Walton. In the following years, he appeared mainly at the World Masters, where in 2009 he advanced to the fourth round, where he narrowly lost to Martin Atkins.

Prior to the 2011 World Masters, Widmayer damaged his arm whilst clearing fallen trees in the wake of Hurricane Irene. His injuries were not serious, and he went on to reach the televised stages of the tournament. In the fifth round, he lost 2–3 in sets to Rick Hofstra after missing seven match darts. Two years later he was invited to the 2013 Zuiderduin Masters, where he lost in group-stage against Martin Adams and Stephen Bunting.

Widmayer qualified for the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship and entered in the preliminary stage, where he upset Garry Thompson 3–2 in sets. He played world number one Stephen Bunting in the first round and lost by 1–3 in sets. He also took part in the 2014 BDO World Trophy and reached second round after beating Tony O'Shea. In the second round match he clearly lost to Gary Robson. In the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship, Widmayer again entered in the preliminary stage, where he fought back to beat Rhys Hayden 3–2 in sets after being 2–0 down. His reward was a tie in the first round against Rick Hofstra. He gained his revenge with a 3–1 victory, but lost to Martin Adams in the second round by 0–4 in sets.

In 2019, he took part in the 2019 BDO World Darts Championship, but he lost to Nigel Heydon in the preliminary round. In the following years, he tried his hand at national tournaments, which were supposed to guarantee him a return to international competition. In 2023, Widmayer qualified for the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship and picked up a first round win against Patrik Kovács by 2-1 in sets.

## World Championship results

### WDF

* 2014: First round (lost to Stephen Bunting 1–3) (sets)
* 2015: Second round (lost to Martin Adams 0–4)
* 2019: Preliminary round (lost to Nigel Heydon 2–3)
* 2023: Third round (lost to Jonny Tata 0–3)
2023 DPNZ Tour series

The **2023 DPNZ Winmau Pro Tour** was a group of 12 darts tournaments on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour, held in New Zealand, and organised by the Professional Darts Corporation's New Zealand partner, Dartplayers New Zealand.

## Prize money

The prize fund for each event is NZ$3,000.

This is how the prize money is divided:

 **Last 16** | (8) | NZ$50

## February

### DPNZ Tour 1

DPNZ Tour 1 was contested on Saturday 25 February 2023 at the Black Horse Hotel in Christchurch. The winner was Ben Robb.

### DPNZ Tour 2

DPNZ Tour 2 was contested on Sunday 26 February 2023 at the Black Horse Hotel in Christchurch. The winner was Ben Robb.

## March

### DPNZ Tour 3

DPNZ Tour 3 was contested on Saturday 25 March 2023 at Birkenhead RSA in Auckland. The winner was John Hurring.

### DPNZ Tour 4

DPNZ Tour 4 was contested on Sunday 26 March 2023 at Birkenhead RSA in Auckland. The winner was Haupai Puha.

## April

### DPNZ Tour 5

DPNZ Tour 5 was contested on Saturday 29 April 2023 at Sun City in Nelson. The winner was Ben Robb.

### DPNZ Tour 6

DPNZ Tour 6 was contested on Sunday 30 April 2023 at Sun City in Nelson. The winner was Ben Robb.

## May

### DPNZ Tour 7

DPNZ Tour 7 was contested on Saturday 13 May 2023 at the Hamilton Cossie Club in Hamilton. The winner was Kayden Milne.

### DPNZ Tour 8

DPNZ Tour 8 was contested on Sunday 14 May 2023 at the Hamilton Cossie Club in Hamilton. The winner was Ben Robb.

## September

### DPNZ Tour 9

DPNZ Tour 9 was contested on Saturday 2 September 2023 at the Dunedin Metropolitan Club in Dunedin. The winner was Ben Robb.

### DPNZ Tour 10

DPNZ Tour 10 was contested on Sunday 3 September 2023 at the Dunedin Metropolitan Club in Dunedin. The winner was Darren Dummigan.

## October

### DPNZ Tour 11

DPNZ Tour 11 was contested on Saturday 7 October 2023 at the Black Horse Hotel in Christchurch. The winner was Haupai Puha.

### DPNZ Tour 12

DPNZ Tour 12 was contested on Sunday 8 October 2023 at the Black Horse Hotel in Christchurch. The winner was Warren Parry.

## References

1. ↑ DPNZ announces 2023 ProTour schedule. PDC (20 January 2023).
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Robb produces incredible 115 average en route to DPNZ ProTour double (en). PDC (27 February 2023).
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hurring & Puha claim DPNZ ProTour titles in Auckland (en). PDC (27 March 2023).
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dominant Robb clinches DPNZ double in Nelson (en). PDC (2 May 2023).
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Robb & Dummigan share titles during latest DPNZ ProTour weekend (en). PDC (4 September 2023).
Jules van Dongen

**Jules van Dongen** (born 13 July 1990) is an American professional darts player who currently competes in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He represented United States during the PDC World Cup of Darts. He is born in Netherlands and later moved to United States with his family.

## Career

TBC

In June 2023, he will represent United States together with Leonard Gates at the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts.

## World Championship results

### WDF

* 2022: Second round (lost to Ryan de Vreede 1–3)

## References

1. ↑ Jules van Dongen - Mastercaller.
2. ↑ PDC Order of Merit nation pairings confirmed for World Cup. Professional Darts Corporation.
Pavel Drtíl

**Pavel Drtíl** (born 18 February 1973) is a Czech professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player who played in World Darts Federation (WDF), Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and soft-tip international events. Two-time gold medalist in singles competitions at the EDU European Darts Championship. He also represented his country at the PDC World Cup of Darts, WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup.

## Career

Since 2006, Drtíl has participated four times in the World Masters. The best result was recorded in 2012, when he advanced to the third round. He recorded his first significant success during the EDU European Darts Championship in 2010, when he won a gold medal in single cricket competition. On his way to the final, he defeated Boris Krčmar and in the final match he beat Kurt van de Rijck.

In 2010, he was invited to participate in the 2010 PDC World Cup of Darts as a Czech Republic representative together with Martin Kapucian. Unfortunately, due to unfavorable weather conditions in Prague, they were unable to get to the tournament in England. He got another chance to play in the Professional Darts Corporation tournament during 2016 PDC World Cup of Darts. This time he represented his country together with Michal Kočík. They ended their participation in the first round, lost to Yuanjun Liu and Wenge Xie from China, by 3–5 in legs. In 2016, he won another medal at the EDU European Darts Championship in cricket singles competition. In 2018, he won the gold medal in the singles competition, defeated El Abbas El Amri in the final match.

In the following years, he took part in the qualifiers for the PDC European Tour tournaments several times, but without success.

## References

1. ↑ Pavel Drtil. World Darts Federation.
2. ↑ Posledních 21 let ME EDU na jednom místě. Unie šipkových organizací.
3. ↑ Czechs Out Of World Cup. PDC.
4. ↑ Čeští šipkaři na Čínu nestačili, favorit z Anglie se pořádně nadřel!. nova.cz.
5. ↑ EM 2016. European Dart Union.
6. ↑ EM 2018. European Dart Union.
7. ↑ Pavel Drtil. mastercaller.com.
2016 PDC World Cup of Darts

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The **2016 Betway World Cup of Darts** was the sixth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts. It took place between 2–5 June 2016 at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.

The England pairing of Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis retained their title after beating the Netherlands pairing of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld 3–2 in the final.

## Format

The tournament remained at 32 teams this year, but unlike recent years, only the top 8 teams are seeded, with the remaining 24 teams being unseeded in the first round. Like last year, there are no groups in 2016 with the tournament being a straight knockout.

**First round:** Best of nine legs doubles.

**Second round, quarter and semi-finals:** Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores are tied a best of seven legs doubles match will settle the match.

**Final:** Three points needed to win the title. Two best of seven legs singles matches are played followed by a best of seven doubles match. If necessary, one or two best of seven legs singles matches in reverse order are played to determine the champion.

## Prize money

Prize money remained at £250,000 as it was at last year's tournament. The prize money was per team:

 **Last 32  (first round)** | (16) | £3,000

## Teams and seeding

In a change to the seeding system used in recent PDC World Cup of Darts tournaments, only the top 8 countries were seeded, with the remaining 24 teams being unseeded. The only change in countries saw Greece make their debut, in place of India.

The ranking of the seeded nations was confirmed on 23 May 2016.

## Results

### Second round

Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied, a best of seven legs doubles match will settle the match.

 **Result** | **2**–0

 **Result** | **2**–0

 **Result** | **2**–0

 **Result** | **2**–0

 **Result** | **2**–0

 **Result** | **2**–1

 **Result** | **2**–0

### Quarter-finals

Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied, a best of seven legs doubles match will settle the match.

 **Result** | **2**–0

### Semi-finals

Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied, a best of seven legs doubles match will settle the match.

 **Result** | **2**–0

### Final

Three match wins were needed to win the title. Two best of seven legs singles matches followed by a best of seven doubles match. If necessary, one or two best of seven legs reverse singles matches are played to determine the champion.

 **Result** | **3**–2

## References

1. ↑ Betway World Cup of Darts Day One. PDC (2 June 2016). Retrieved on October 27, 2016.
2. ↑ Betway World Cup of Darts Day Two. PDC (3 June 2016). Retrieved on October 27, 2016.
3. ↑ Betway World Cup of Darts Round Two. PDC (4 June 2016). Retrieved on October 27, 2016.
4. ↑ Betway World Cup of Darts Quarter-finals. PDC (5 June 2016). Retrieved on October 27, 2016.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Four-Some England's Betway World Cup Glory. PDC (5 June 2016). Retrieved on October 27, 2016.
Almudena Fajardo

**Almudena Fajardo Ayuso** (born 11 August 1996) is a Spanish female professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player who currently plays in the World Darts Federation (WDF) events. She is an EDU European Darts Champion and first Spanish female player who played in the final of the WDF Europe Cup competition. She was qualified for the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship.

## Career

Fajardo is one of the most successful players from Spain. In 2017, she won two bronze medals in singles and cricket competition at the EDU European Darts Championship in Caorle. A year later, she repeated her success in the cricket competition. In subsequent international competitions, she maintained a good level, however, she was more successful only in the national competitions. In 2022, she was advanced to the EDU European Darts Championship finals for the first time and won her first gold medal in cricket competition, defeated Josipa Brzić. In the singles competition, she lost to Lucia Jankovská in the final.

At the end of September 2022, she was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup held in her country. This is her first international competition on the steel-tip darts organised by World Darts Federation. On the second day of the tournament, she advanced to the finals of the singles competition, defeating the favorites Deta Hedman, Monique Lessmeister and Veronika Ihász. In the final, she lost to Beau Greaves by 4–7 in legs and winning the first medal for Spain.

In late February 2023, Fajardo made her debut in the 2023 PDC Women's Series.

## World Championship results

### WDF

* 2023: First round (lost to Paula Murphy 1–2)

## Career finals

### WDF major finals: 2 (2 runners-up)

 WDF Europe Cup (0 – 1)

 Runner-up

## References

1. ↑ Almudena Fajardo reconquista Benidorm con un oro y una plata en el Nacional de Dardos. radiohellin.com.
2. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Women Singles. World Darts Federation.
3. ↑ Greaves and Fajardo to women's singles final at WDF Europe Cup. dartsnews.com.
4. ↑ Labre and Greaves capture gold medal in singles at WDF Europe Cup. dartsnews.com.
5. ↑ Participants for PDC Women's Series 1-4 confirmed including Ashton, Dobromyslova, Greaves, Hedman, Sherrock and de Graaf. dartsnews.com.
6. ↑ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.
Aurora Fochesato

**Aurora Fochesato** (born 1 January 2006) is an Italian female professional darts player who currently plays in the World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. She is a first gold medalist from Italy in the World Darts Federation international tournament. She is an EDF European Champion.

## Career

Aurora's career in darts began in 2017, when she started to participate in local darts tournaments in Italy. In 2021, she reached the final of Malta Open, but was defeated 4–5 to Paula Jacklin in a last-leg decider. In 2022, she took a part in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup Youth, where she defeated Amy Evans 5–1 and won a gold medal in singles girls competition. In pairs competition with Elisa Bolzicco, she achieved bronze medal, lost 1–3 in semi-finals match to eventual champions Tamara Kovács and Krisztina Turai from Hungary.

In 2023, she was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2023 WDF Europe Cup Youth. On the first day of the pairs competition, she won the bronze medal for the second time in her career. Her partner was Giada Macchi. In the semi-finals, after an extremely tight match, they finally lost to the England team (Hannah Meek and Paige Pauling).

## References

1. ↑ Prachtige Prestaties Van Nederlands Team Op De Europe Cup Youth 2022. *NDB* (17 July 2022). Retrieved on September 4, 2022.
2. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Youth 2023 - Singles & Pairs • Girls Pairs KO Semi-final. *DartConnect* (6 July 2023). Retrieved on July 6, 2023.
Leonard Gates

**Leonard Gates** (born 26 November 1970) is an American former baseball player and current professional darts player who competes in the World Darts Federation (WDF), Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Seniors Darts Tour (WSDT) events. He is the current 2023 WSDT Champion of Champions winner. As a former baseball player, he played for Abilene Prairie Dogs, Massachusetts Mad Dogs, Catskill Cougars and Nashua Pride.

## Career

Gates started to play in World Darts Federation in 2007, winning numerous American darts tournaments, including exhibition ones. His first appearance in major British Darts Organisation tournament was in 2017 World Masters, where he lost in the first round match to Paul Coughlin.

In 2022, Gates qualified as a seed for the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship, but he lost in the second round to Steve Hine of England. In June, Gates took part in the 2022 US Darts Masters, where he was one of the eight North American qualifiers. He defeated Fallon Sherrock 6–2 in the first round before losing to Peter Wright 3–8 in the quarter-finals. At the same time, he played in the 2022 PDC North American Championship, where he went on to defeat Jules van Dongen and David Cameron, before beating Danny Baggish in the final and securing his first PDC title, which meant he qualified for the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship and 2022 Grand Slam of Darts as well.

In September, Gates took a part in the 2022 World Series of Darts Finals, where he reached the second round, defeating Devon Petersen 6–4 in the first round and then, however, losing to James Wade 4–6 in the next one. Also apart from steel-tip darts, Gates plays in darts tournaments of the World Soft Darts Association (WSDA) as well, being the one of the most popular soft-tip contenders.

In June 2023, he will represent United States together with Jules van Dongen at the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts.

## World Championship results

### WDF

* 2022: Second round (lost to Steve Hine 0–3)
* 2023:

### PDC

* 2023: Second round (lost to Stephen Bunting 1–3)

### WSDT

* 2023: Semi-finals (lost to Richie Howson 1–3)

## Nine-dart finishes

See also: Nine-dart finish

Leonard Gates televised nine-dart finishes

## References

1. ↑ Former baseball star Gates aiming to strike at Alexandra Palace. PDC.
2. ↑ Leonard Gates – "Soldier".
3. ↑ Gutsy Gates wins 2022 bet365 North American Championship. *PDC.tv* (June 4, 2022). Retrieved on July 1, 2022.
4. ↑ Leonard Gates – Mastercaller.
5. ↑ Feature Story – Leonard Gates -. *WSDA* (2017). Retrieved on August 1, 2022.
6. ↑ PDC Order of Merit nation pairings confirmed for World Cup. Professional Darts Corporation.
2022 World Series of Darts Finals

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The **2022 Jack's World Series of Darts Finals** was the eighth staging of the World Series of Darts Finals tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place at the AFAS Live, Amsterdam, Netherlands, from 16–18 September 2022. It featured a field of 24 players.

Jonny Clayton was the defending champion, after beating Dimitri Van den Bergh 11–6 in the 2021 final. However, he lost 8–11 to Dirk van Duijvenbode in the semi-finals.

Gerwyn Price won his second World Series Finals title, defeating van Duijvenbode 11–10 in the final.

## Prize money

The prize money remained the same as the previous year.

 **Last 24  (First round)** | (8) | £5,000

## Qualification

The top eight players from the six World Series events were seeded for this tournament.

Those events were:

* 2022 US Darts Masters
* 2022 Nordic Darts Masters
* 2022 Dutch Darts Masters
* 2022 Queensland Darts Masters
* 2022 New South Wales Darts Masters
* 2022 New Zealand Darts Masters

Eight additional players were invited by the PDC, with eight players qualifiying from a Tour Card Holder on August 6.

1. Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Second round)*
2. **Gerwyn Price**  **(Champion)**
3. Michael Smith  *(Quarter-finals)*
4. Michael van Gerwen  *(Quarter-finals)*
5. Jonny Clayton  *(Semi-finals)*
6. James Wade  *(Semi-finals)*
7. Joe Cullen  *(Quarter-finals)*
8. Gary Anderson  *(Second round)*
* Peter Wright  *(Second round)*
* Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(Runner-up)*
* Simon Whitlock  *(First round)*
* Fallon Sherrock  *(First round)*
* Gordon Mathers  *(First round)*
* Haupai Puha  *(First round)*
* Leonard Gates  *(Second round)*
* Damon Heta  *(Second round)*
* Matt Campbell  *(Second round)*
* Devon Petersen  *(First round)*
* Ryan Joyce  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Jamie Hughes  *(First round)*
* Danny Noppert  *(Second round)*
* Vincent van der Voort  *(First round)*
* Dave Chisnall  *(Second round)*
* Danny Baggish  *(First round)*

## References

1. ↑ Jack's World Series of Darts Finals - PDC.
2. ↑ Clayton lands fourth TV title of 2021 at Jack's World Series Finals.
3. ↑ Price edges out Van Duijvenbode to win Jack's World Series of Darts Finals.
4. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules. Retrieved on August 4, 2020.
5. ↑ Invited players for 2022 Jack's World Series of Darts Finals confirmed. PDC.
6. ↑ Mathers and Puha complete field for Jack's World Series Finals. PDC.
7. ↑ Wright to face Sherrock in Jack's World Series of Darts Finals opener.
Mikuru Suzuki

**Mikuru Suzuki** (born 5 February 1982) is a Japanese darts player. She was a two-time back-to-back British Darts Organisation (BDO) women's world champion. She plays in events of the World Darts Federation (WDF).

## Career

Suzuki is an experienced soft-tip darts player, having competed in many tournaments and professional tours in her home country of Japan, as well as across east Asia. She began playing darts in her late twenties, winning many mainly soft-tip tournaments in Asia before becoming BDO World Champion aged 36 in 2019.

### BDO titles

In 2018, Suzuki qualified for the 2019 BDO World Darts Championship as a qualifier, where she caused a huge upset by defeating the reigning champion and number two seed and four-time champion Lisa Ashton in the first round, 2 sets to 0. At the Quarter-Final stages of the championship, she defeated Dutch player Sharon Prins by the same score to reach the Semi-Final. In the Semi-Finals, once again by 2 sets to 0, she defeated Maria O'Brien, keeping her Lakeside record of dropping no sets fully intact to reach her first BDO World Darts Championship final on her debut. She went on to defeat Lorraine Winstanley 3–0 to win the title on her debut year. She did not drop a set en route to the title, and only lost two legs in the Final. Suzuki was also the Ladies' Singles winner in the 2019 Dutch Open.

Suzuki retained her BDO title in 2020, beating Lisa Ashton in the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship final.

### Future plans

Suzuki participated in PDC UK Q-School in 2020, but was unable to obtain a tour card after losing to Nathan Rafferty.
After losing narrowly to retired darts legend Phil Taylor in a virtual Sky Sports game during the COVID-19 pandemic, Suzuki indicated that she intends to play in events around the world once the crisis is over and accepts it may be necessary for her to move to the UK in order to pursue her dream of obtaining a tour card and playing in PDC events.

### Return to Europe

Suzuki qualified for the 2023 Women's World Matchplay.

## World Championship results

### BDO/WDF

* 2019: **Winner** (beat Lorraine Winstanley 3–0)
* 2020: **Winner** (beat Lisa Ashton 3–0)
* 2022: Second round (lost to Aileen de Graaf 1–2)

### PDC

* 2020: First round (lost to James Richardson 2–3)

## References

1. ↑ Lanning, Phil (January 12, 2019). Mikuru Suzuki dubbed 'Phil Taylor' of ladies darts after historic Lakeside triumph. Live-Darts. Retrieved on January 13, 2019.
2. ↑ Flash in Japan- Darts World Exclusive. Retrieved on August 6, 2020.

## External links

* Twitter
* Mikuru Suzuki's profile and stats on Darts Database
Kyiv Masters

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The **Kyiv Masters** is a darts torunament that has been held since 2018 in Ukraine. All tournaments was held in Ukraine at various venues. The tournament is part of the Ukraine Open weekend. The first winners of the tournament was Łukasz Wacławski from Poland and Maret Liiri from Finland.

## References

1. ↑ Kiev Masters Men. Mastercaller.
2. ↑ Kiev Masters Women. Mastercaller.
3. ↑ Kiev Masters Youth. Mastercaller.