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Liam Maendl-Lawrance

**Liam Maendl-Lawrance** (born 29 July 2004) is a German professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Winner of three World Darts Federation international tournaments.

## Career

Liam Maendl-Lawrance start playing darts at the end of 2019 at the age of 15. Just over two years later, he was one of the Germany best young talents. He became German Youth Champion in 2022. At the Dutch Open for young players he made it to the quarter-finals. During WDF Youth Challenge he reached first place in his class. In the same year, he represented Germany during the 2022 WDF Europe Cup Youth, but without major successes. At the 2022 World Masters he won his group and going through second round by defeating Joe Chaney. He narrowly lost in second round match to Owen Roelofs.

In 2023, he tried out for the PDC Q-School for the first time, but without success. In March, he achieved his first major success on the international area, winning the Slovak Open by defeating the leader of the World Darts Federation ranking, Andy Baetens after really close match. He qualified for the 2023 International Darts Open in Riesa and thus made his debut on the PDC European Tour stage. It was an extremely successful debut because he defeated Richie Burnett in the first match and advanced to the second round where he lost to Danny Noppert in decider leg after missed a match dart.

In the 2023 German Darts Grand Prix held in his hometown, he again break into the second round after defeating Robert Owen. In the second round he played against Danny Noppert again and lost in the same way as before. During 2023 European Darts Grand Prix he lost his opening game against Raymond van Barneveld. A week later, Liam won Swiss Open and Helvetia Open. At the 2023 European Darts Matchplay he played a weak game against Marko Kantele and lost by 2–6 in legs. He made it to the final at the Swedish Masters, where he lost to Berry van Peer in decider leg. He received a wildcard for the German Super League, but failed in the first round of final stage against Dominik Grüllich.

Great results at the World Darts Federation tournaments guaranteed him a start in the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship. He will play against Mike Gillet in the first round match.

## World Championship results

### WDF

* 2023: Second round (lost to Martyn Turner 1–3) (sets)
Dmitrijs Žukovs

**Dmitrijs Žukovs** (sometimes Anglicised to **Dmitriy Zhukov**) (born 13 December 1985) is a Latvian professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He represented his country at the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts.

## Career

Žukovs plays darts occasional after moving to Republic of Ireland. In 2022, for the first time, he took part in international tournaments held in Scandinavia. On March 2023, he triumphed in Nordic & Baltic qualifying for the 2023 Austrian Darts Open. Almost two months later, he was defeated by Mickey Mansell in his first round match by 1–6 in legs. A few days before the competition in Austria, Žukovs advanced to the quarter-finals of the 2023 PDC Nordic & Baltic ProTour series tournament for the first time.

In June 2023, he will represent Latvia together with Madars Razma at the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts.
Romeo Grbavac

**Romeo Grbavac** (born 4 September 1994) is a Croatian professional darts player who currently plays in the World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He represented his country during the WDF Europe Cup and PDC World Cup of Darts. He played rugby in the past.

## Career

Romeo made his international debut at the Malta Open in 2017. After moving to Germany, he became involved in the german darts league. He has participated in qualifying tournaments for PDC Pro Tour tournaments since 2020, however, he did not achieve satisfactory results during this period.

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 lost in the first round of the pairs competition, where he played together with Dean Pokos. On the third day of the tournament, he advanced to the second round of the singles competition, but lost to eventual medalist Danny van Trijp by 1–4 in legs. In the team competition, he advanced with colleagues to quarter-finals, where they lost to England by 7–9 in legs.
A round earlier they eliminated Germany from the tournament.

In December 2022, he competed in the 2022 World Masters, but was eliminated in the group-stage by Davyd Venken and Jan de Weerdt, although he defeated András Borbély and Petr Malach. The following year, he returned to the PDC Q-School tournament, but again unsuccessfully. Based on the results achieved in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, he debut on the television stage during the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts, where he will play together with Boris Krčmar.

## References

1. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs. World Darts Federation.
2. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Singles. World Darts Federation.
3. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Teams. World Darts Federation.
4. ↑ PDC Order of Merit nation pairings confirmed for World Cup. Professional Darts Corporation.
Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir

**Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir** (born 2 March 1985) is an Icelander female professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. She represented Iceland at the WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup. She is an Iceland Open and Reykjavik International Games champion.

## Personal life

She is a partner of Vitor Charrua, Icelandic professional darts player.
Pascal Rupprecht

**Pascal Rupprecht** (born 25 April 2000) is an German professional darts player who currently plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, and a former handball player and pool player. Rupprecht began his sporting career in handball, playing as a defender for TuS 97 Bielefeld-Jöllenbeck, where he made his debut in 2013 and played in this team to 2016. Less than two years after he started playing darts, he won a PDC Tour Card.

## Career

He played his first regional tournaments without having previously been registered with a club. Rupprecht competed in his first major events in 2022. At the German Darts Association, Pascal Rupprecht played his first strong tournament in Rosstal in November. Here he first reached the quarterfinals, where he was defeated by Karsten Koch. On Sunday, there was another lap where Ole Holtkamp was too strong. Since then, Rupprecht has also played for DT Steinfurt in the DDV Bundesliga.

In January 2023, he took part in the PDC Q-School qualifying tournament. Surprisingly, after the third day of the tournament finals, he obtained a PDC Tour Card for the next two years.

## References

1. ↑ DDV Nürnberg Steel-Dart Open: Koch und Toonders siegreich. dartn.de.
2. ↑ Dart Profis - Pascal Rupprecht. dartn.de.
3. ↑ Pascal Rupprecht. mastercaller.com.
4. ↑ Deutscher No-Name schafft Sensation!. Sport1.
Darts

**Darts** is a competitive sport that two or more players throwing sharp-pointed missiles bare-handedly, known as darts, at a round target, known as a dartboard. The dartboard is split into various segments with each segment worth a certain number of points.

Although it is a professional shooting game, darts is also a traditional pub game, especially in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

## Rules

A game of darts involves all players beginning on 501, although in some variations of the game players begin on 301, 701 or 1001. Each player then has to throw three darts at the dartboard and take it in turns doing so. Each score that the player hits with his three darts then gets subtracted from 501, or whatever score they are on during the game, and the first player to get to 0 wins. However, to win, you must hit a double (the outer ring) to get to 0, for example, if a player is on 40, the player must hit double 20 to win, or any other combinations of doubles that make 40.
Lukas Wenig

**Lukas Wenig** (born 18 September 1994) is a German professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

## Career

Wenig took part in the PDC Development Tour for the first time in 2016. Two years later, he was qualified for the 2018 PDC World Youth Championship via German Qualifier event, but was eliminated in the group-stage. At the beginning of 2019 there was also the first participation in the PDC Q-School, but unsuccessful. At the end of April, Wenig qualified for his first PDC European Tour event in Saarbrücken. During 2019 German Darts Open he lost in the first round match to Chris Dobey.

In the 2020 Dutch Open, he advanced to the eight round where he lost to Paul Hogan. At the end of Semptember, he qualified for the 2020 German Darts Championship. There he was able to beat Cody Harris in the first round match, but lost to Dave Chisnall in the second round. Despite good results, Wenig was unable to get a PDC Tour Card in 2021, but qualified for the 2021 UK Open and thus for his first Professional Darts Corporation major tournament. There he lost to Chas Barstow in the first round. In the 2021 PDC Challenge Tour series event advanced to the final for the first time in his career, but lost to Kenny Neyens.

He also took part in the German Super League in 2021 and directly reached to the quarter-finals, where he los to Florian Hempel after missing few match darts. At the beginning of March, Wenig took part in the 2022 UK Open after Steven Noster withdrew his participation. He won two games and lost to Florian Hempel in third round. He achieved his best result at the 2022 European Darts Matchplay when he was only stopped in third round by tournament winner Luke Humphries. Wenig also competed on the 2022 PDC Challenge Tour series and reached the final once. In the final PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit, Wenig was in 18th place, making him the best player from Germany. During the tournament in Leicester, he scored the nine-darts finish against Andrew Hyland.

In addition, he took part in six other PDC European Tour tournaments, but finished them in the first round. In November he tried again in the German Super League and made it to the semi-finals, where he lost to Niko Springer. In 2023, he unsuccesfully participate in the PDC Q-School tournament, but advanced to the final match in the first 2023 PDC Challenge Tour series event of the year, but lost this match to Chris Landman. Shortly afterwards there was the qualification for the 2023 Baltic Sea Darts Open, where he was able to defeat Ryan Meikle. In the second round he lost to Martin Schindler.

At the 2023 UK Open, Wenig moved into the starting field, but lost in the first round to Jeffrey de Zwaan. At the beginning of April, Wenig was the first German to win a tournament week at the MODUS Super Series. At the German Super League in 2023, he was reached the semi-finals for the second time in a row, but this time lost to Dragutin Horvat. During the PDC Q-School in early January 2024, he finally succesfully obtained a PDC Tour Card and qualified for 2024 UK Open.
2023 CDC Tour series

The **2023 CDC Tour** consisted of 12 darts tournaments on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour, held in Canada and the United States.

## Prize money

The prize money for CDC Tour events was as follows:

 **Last 32** | (16) | US$50

## May

### CDC Tour 1

Tour 1 was contested on Friday 19 May at American Legion Post 331, Brownsburg, United States. The winner was Jake Womack.

### CDC Tour 2

Tour 2 was contested on Saturday 20 May at American Legion Post 331, Brownsburg, United States. The winner was Alex Spellman.

### CDC Tour 3

Tour 3 was contested on Sunday 21 May at American Legion Post 331, Brownsburg, United States. The winner was Leonard Gates.

## July

### CDC Tour 4

Tour 4 was contested on Saturday 15 July at Ramada Plaza Hotel North Shore, Wheeling, United States. The winner was Jules van Dongen.

### CDC Tour 5

Tour 5 was contested on Saturday 15 July at Ramada Plaza Hotel North Shore, Wheeling, United States. The winner was Alex Spellman.

### CDC Tour 6

Tour 6 was contested on Sunday 16 July at Ramada Plaza Hotel North Shore, Wheeling, United States. The winner was Danny Lauby.

## August

### CDC Tour 7

Tour 7 was contested on Friday 11 August 2023 at the Cambridge Newfoundland Club, Cambridge, Canada. The winner was Stowe Buntz.

### CDC Tour 8

Tour 8 was contested on Saturday 12 August 2023 at the Cambridge Newfoundland Club, Cambridge, Canada. The winner was Stowe Buntz.

### CDC Tour 9

Tour 9 is to be contested on Sunday 13 August 2023 at the Cambridge Newfoundland Club, Cambridge, Canada. Ross Snook hit a nine-dart finish in his match against Cashmere Ventura. The winner was Stowe Buntz.

## September

### CDC Tour 10

Tour 10 was contested on Friday 8 September 2023 at American Legion Post 331, Brownsburg, United States. The winner was Alex Spellman.

### CDC Tour 11

Tour 11 was contested on Saturday 9 September 2023 at American Legion Post 331, Brownsburg, United States. The winner was David Cameron.

### CDC Tour 12

Tour 12 was contested on Sunday 10 September 2023 at American Legion Post 331, Brownsburg, United States. The winner was Leonard Gates.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Van Dongen, Spellman & Lauby share CDC titles in Chicago (en). PDC (17 July 2023).
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Brilliant Buntz celebrates CDC hat-trick in Toronto (en). PDC (14 August 2023).
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Spellman, Buntz & Cameron seal Ally Pally spots via CDC circuit (en). PDC (12 September 2023).
Michal Kočík

**Michal Kočík** (born 14 March 1979) 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. He has represented his country two times at the PDC World Cup of Darts. He was a three-time Czech Darts Champion.

## Career

He got into darts for the first time in 1997, when a friend took him to a pub where darts were played. Michal was so fascinated by this sport that within 14 days he had his own target at home. And he started throwing regularly. As he was studying at the time, he said he had plenty of time to training. Kočík spent 10 years played at the soft-tip competitions. In 2009, he advanced to the final at the Czech Championship at soft-tip dartboards. A year later, he already won the same championship and finished at third place in the steel-tip singles competition.

2011 was clearly the most successful year in Kočík's career. He won both national championships (soft-tip and steel-tip) and also reigned supreme in the overall ranking of the Czech Cup. His form and growing confidence as a player was also reflected in foreign World Darts Federation tournaments. He advanced to the semi-finals in the Polish Open and he won the Austrian Open, defeated Boris Krcmar in the final match by 2–0 in sets. Winning this tournament guaranteed him entry into the 2011 World Masters. He advanced to the third round by defeated Jerry Hendriks and Glen Rosberg on his way. In the third round, he lost to Christian Kist by 0–3 in sets. A year later, at the 2012 World Masters, he repeated this result. However, it was his last participation in these tournament.

In 2013, he played again in the Polish Open, where he managed to defeated Tony O'Shea and Darryl Fitton. Finally, he end this tournament at the quarter-finals, where he lost to Jeffrey de Graaf. In 2015, he was invited to participate in the 2015 PDC World Cup of Darts as a Czech Republic representative together with Pavel Jirkal. They lost in the first round match against Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez from Austria by 2–5 in legs. 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 Pavel Drtíl. They ended their participation in the first round, lost to Yuanjun Liu and Wenge Xie from China, by 3–5 in legs.

## References

1. ↑ Michal Kočík. iam180.sk.
2. ↑ Michal Kočík. World Darts Federation.
3. ↑ PDC World Cup 2015. mastercaller.com.
4. ↑ Čeští šipkaři na Čínu nestačili, favorit z Anglie se pořádně nadřel!. nova.cz.
Krzysztof Wojciechowski

**Krzysztof Wojciechowski** (born 26 March 1967) is a Polish professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player who played in World Darts Federation (WDF), Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and other soft-tip events. He has represented Poland at the EDU European Darts Championship and WDF Europe Cup. He is the Polish Champion in steel-tip darts and silver medalist of the EDU European Darts Championship.

## Career

Wojciechowski began his career in the 1998, playing at the soft-tip dartboards. At that time, he competed with the country's top players. He took part in the final match of the Polish Championship three times, winning the entire tournament in 2011, beat Bartosz Wieczorek by 6–1 in legs. Wojciechowski remained at the forefront of national competitions for many years. In 2009, he won a silver medal in singles competition at the EDU European Darts Championship on soft-tip dartboards. In the final match, he lost to Boris Krčmar.

In 2012, he was selected by the Polish Darts Organisation to participate in the 2012 WDF Europe Cup. In the singles competition, he advanced to the second round after beating Maksim Evmenenkov by 4–0 in legs. In the pairs competition together with Przemysław Bobrowski, he advanced to the second round, where they lost to the Lithuania pair Darius Labanauskas and Arūnas Čiplys by only one leg. In the team competition, Poland advanced to the quarter-finals, where they had beaten by the much stronger England.

One year later, he competed for the first time in the 2013 World Masters. He advanced in this tournament to the third round of struggle, where he lost to Madars Razma by 2–3 in sets. Two years later, he performed again at the 2015 World Masters. However, he lost in his first round match against Juan Robles. Wojciechowski tried his luck in the qualifying tournaments for the PDC European Tour. Eventually, he resigned from international starts and focused on domestic competitions.

## References

1. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Singles 2012. World Darts Federation.
2. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs 2012. World Darts Federation.
3. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Teams 2012. World Darts Federation.
4. ↑ Krzysztof Wojciechowski. mastercaller.com.
Egypt Open

Darts tournamentTemplate:SHORTDESC:Darts tournament

The **Egypt Open** is a darts torunament that has been held since 2019 in Egypt. The first winners of the tournament was Alain Abiabi from United Arab Emirates and Nada Mahmoud from Egypt.

## References

1. ↑ Egypt Darts Open Men. Mastercaller.
2. ↑ Egypt Darts Open Women. Mastercaller.
Christian Gödl

**Christian Gödl** (born 17 March 1980) is an Austrian professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He qualified for the WDF World Darts Championship. In the past, he played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments, representing Austria twice on the PDC European Tour.

## Career

In 2018, he tried the European Q-School in Hildesheim, but was unable to get a PDC Tour Card. He made his PDC European Tour debut in the 2018 German Darts Grand Prix, but was whitewashed 6–0 by Stephen Bunting. At the beginning of January 2019 he went back to the Q-School in Hildesheim, where he made it to the final on the first day and only there had to admit defeat to Dutchman Niels Zonneveld. He tackled the PDC Challenge Tour in 2019, on which he made it to the quarterfinals twice. Gödl has also qualified for the 2019 Austrian Darts Championship, but he lost again. This time he was defeated by Jeffrey de Zwaan.

In November 2022, he showed up at the PDC East Europe Qualifier for the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship and he lost in the final game against Sebastian Białecki. Two weeks later, he played for the first time in the 2022 World Masters. He lost in the fifth round to eventual winner Wesley Plaisier. On November 12, he won the qualification for the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship.

## World Championship results

### WDF

* 2023: First round (lost to James Richardson 1–2)
Mindaugas Barauskas

**Mindaugas Barauskas** (born 3 January 1980) is a Lithuanian professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He represented his country at the WDF World Cup, WDF Europe Cup and PDC World Cup of Darts.

## Career

Barauskas has been playing at a few international World Darts Federation events since 2015, but without remarkable achievements. He is took part in the 2016 WDF Europe Cup for his national team for the first time. In the singles tournament, he advanced to the second round, where he lost to Steven Miles. He is also contested the 2016 World Masters, but lost in first round to Paavo Myller by 2–3 in sets.

Since 2018, Barauskas can also be found on the PDC Nordic & Baltic Tour tournaments. In 2019, he was invited by Professional Darts Corporation to start in 2019 PDC World Cup of Darts as a member of the Lithuanian team together with Darius Labanauskas. In their first televised start, they lost to New Zealand (Cody Harris and Haupai Puha) by 1–5 in legs. In the same year, he was invited by his home federation to participate in the 2019 WDF World Cup. In the singles competition, he advanced to the fourth round, having previously defeated Zanis Buklovskis, László Kádár and Daniel Jensen. In the fourth round match, he faced eventual tournament winner Darren Herewini by 3–4 in legs.

In 2020, he made his PDC European Tour debut during the 2020 European Darts Grand Prix. There he narrowly lost to Mervyn King in the first round match. In November, he was again at the 2020 PDC World Cup of Darts with Darius Labanauskas and reached the second round after an opening win over Gibraltar (Craig Galliano and Justin Hewitt). In the second round they are defeated by England (Michael Smith and Rob Cross).

In 2021, Barauskas has been invited to participate in the 2021 PDC World Cup of Darts for the third time. In the first round match, they defeated the Hungary team (János Végső and Patrik Kovács) by 5–3 in legs. In the second round they set a challenge to Wales (Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton). Barauskas lost his match against Gerwyn Price, but Darius Labanauskas won his singles match against Jonny Clayton and the Lithuanian team could fight for promotion to the next round in the doubles match. In the end, they lost to Wales team only by 3–4 in legs. In the 2022 PDC World Cup of Darts, Barauskas together with Labanauskas already in the first round hit the favorites and later winners of this tournament Australia (Simon Whitlock and Damon Heta). They lost the match with a score of 2–5 in the legs.

In February 2023, Barauskas won his first international tournament. In the final of the second tournament of the 2023 PDC Nordic & Baltic ProTour series, he beat Tom Kristensen by a 6–5 in legs. The high position in the Nordic & Baltic ranking gave him his fifth participation in the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts. In the tournament he will again play together with Labanauskas.
EDU European Darts Championship

Darts tournamentTemplate:SHORTDESC:Darts tournament

The **EDU European Darts Championship** is an electronic soft-tip darts tournament held at various locations in Europe. First edition of this tournament took place in 1996 at the Brig venue in Switzerland. Championship tournaments are organized together with many other open-level tournaments in one week.

The most successful player at this tournament is Boris Krčmar from Croatia.

## References

1. ↑ EDU Geschichte. European Dart Union.
2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.36 2.37 2.38 2.39 2.40 2.41 2.42 2.43 2.44 2.45 2.46 2.47 2.48 2.49 2.50 2.51 2.52 Posledních 21 let ME EDU na jednom místě. Unie šipkových organizací.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 EM 2014. European Dart Union.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 EM 2015. European Dart Union.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 EM 2016. European Dart Union.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 EM 2017. European Dart Union.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 EM 2018. European Dart Union.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 EM 2019. European Dart Union.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 EUROPEAN DART CHAMPIONSHIP – 2022. TodoDardos.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 EDU EM 2023. EM 2023.
2023 Nordic Darts Masters

Darts tournamentTemplate:SHORTDESC:Darts tournament
The **2023 Viaplay Nordic Darts Masters** was the third staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, and the second entry in the 2023 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight 'elite' PDC players and eight regional qualifiers) and was held at the Forum Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark on 20–21 January 2023.

Dimitri Van den Bergh is the defending champion, after defeating Gary Anderson 11–5 in the 2022 final. However, he lost to Gerwyn Price in the quarter-finals. Price then lost to Peter Wright in the final, with Wright winning his fourth World Series title, his first since 2019, when he won the German Darts Masters.

The event was announced on 26 September 2022, alongside the 2023 Bahrain Darts Masters, which was held a week earlier.

## Prize money

The total prize fund remained at £60,000.

 **First round** | (8) | £1,250

## Qualifiers

The PDC announced 7 of their 8 players who would be their elite representatives at the event on 2 January 2023, which included Michael van Gerwen, who missed the 2023 Bahrain Darts Masters for family reasons. Jonny Clayton was announced as the 8th representative on 4 January 2023.

The seedings are based on the 2023 World Series rankings after 1 event:

1. Michael Smith  *(Semi-finals)*
2. Gerwyn Price  *(Runner-up)*
3. Rob Cross  *(Quarter-finals)*
4. **Peter Wright**  **(Champion)**
5. Luke Humphries  *(Quarter-finals)*
6. Jonny Clayton  *(Semi-finals)*
7. Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Quarter-finals)*
8. Michael van Gerwen  *(Quarter-finals)*

The Nordic & Baltic representatives consisted of their three Tour Card holders (Madars Razma, Darius Labanauskas and Vladimir Andersen), recent World Darts Championship qualifier Daniel Larsson, and four invited players from the region.

## References

1. ↑ Van den Bergh dominates in Denmark to claim Nordic Darts Masters glory. *PDC* (10 June 2022).
2. ↑ Wright sees off Price to claim Viaplay Nordic Darts Masters triumph. *PDC* (21 January 2023).
3. ↑ World Series of Darts to debut in Bahrain in January 2023. *PDC* (26 September 2022).
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Field confirmed for the Nordic Darts Masters 2023. *PDC Nordic & Baltic* (2 January 2023).
5. ↑ Van den Bergh headlines 2023 Nordic Darts Masters field. *PDC* (4 January 2023).
6. ↑ Van den Bergh draws Razma for Nordic Darts Masters opener. *PDC* (16 January 2023).
Moreno Blom

**Moreno Giovanni Blom** (born 24 October 2001) is a Dutch professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a Hungarian Classic champion.

## Career

Blom was fourteen when he started his adventure with darts. During the first period of his career, he played only in local tournaments. As part of the local team, he plays with Jermaine Wattimena. In 2020, he took part in international PDC Development Tour tournaments for the first time. In late September, he threw the nine-dart finish during the second round match against Brian Raman. He competed in the 2020 PDC World Youth Championship. In the Group Stage, he beat his fellowmen Levy Frauenfelder and Maikel Verberk, and advanced to second round. He defeated Joshua Richardson in the knockout phase match and finally lost to Jeffrey de Zwaan in the third round.

After the season ended, he participated in online tournaments where he was once caught during cheating. In the next season, he took part in the PDC Challenge Tour and PDC Development Tour tournaments several times, but without success. No qualifications for the PDC World Youth Championship made Blom change his career strategy and switch to playing in the World Darts Federation (WDF) tournaments. Already at the beginning of 2022, during the Slovak Masters, he was advanced to the final of the tournament, but lost to Neil Duff by 2–5 in legs. He took part in the 2022 Dutch Open in June, but was eliminated in the fourth round despite being seeded.

At the end of October, he won Hungarian Classic. This is his first international tournament won. He defeated Benjamin Pratnemer in the final by 5–3 in legs. By this achievement, he securing debut in the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship and qualified for the 2022 World Masters.

## Controversies

In December 2020, Blom has been caught on cheating during an online darts tournament. Footages show that Blom throws a dart in the board after having a bounce out with the same dart earlier and he also submitted incorrect scores during the match. Blom admitted the allegations afterwards. The tournament organizer decided to put Blom out of the tournament and disqualified for every next tournament of that platform. This situation did not entail any additional consequences.

## References

1. ↑ Barry and Evetts secure Development Tour titles as 18-year-old Blom hits nine-darter. Retrieved on November 7, 2022.
2. ↑ Brooks & Davis reach Unicorn World Youth Championship final. Retrieved on November 7, 2022.
3. ↑ Campbell doubles up in Niedernhausen. Retrieved on November 7, 2022.
4. ↑ Moreno Blom is runner-up op Slovak Masters 2022. Retrieved on November 7, 2022.
5. ↑ Hungarian Classic Men 2022. Retrieved on November 7, 2022.
6. ↑ Dutch darts talent caught on cheating during online darts tournament. Retrieved on November 7, 2022.
Benjamin Pratnemer

**Benjamin Pratnemer** (born 31 March 1979) is a Slovenian professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He represented Slovenia during the WDF World Cup. He was a two-time silver medalist of the EDF European Darts Championship. He is the first player from Slovenia to take part in the PDC World Darts Championship and WDF World Darts Championship.

## Career

Like many players from the countries of the former Yugoslavia, Pratnemer actively participated in tournaments on electronic dartboards. In 2018, he achieved the first success of his career, winning a silver medal in singles competition at the EDF European Darts Championship. He added victories in the Hungarian Classic and Hungarian Masters to his list of trophies. In 2019, he participated for the 2019 World Masters where he advanced to the fourth round and lost to Carl Hamilton.

At the end of the year he took part in the PDC World Darts Championship qualification for Eastern Europe players. He became the second Slovenian after Osmann Kijamet to qualify for the event. In the first round of the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship he lost to Justin Pipe, despite he had three chances to end the match. At the beginning of February 2021, Pratnemer was able to qualify for the 2021 Belgian Darts Championship. There he lost in the decider leg against Wesley Plaisier in the first round match.

In 2022, Pratnemer qualified for the 2022 World Masters, but lost in group-stage. In this year he reached the final of the Apatin Open and semi-finals at the Czech Open. In December, he was celebrated the title at the first edition of the WDF World Open. At the end of February 2023 there was victory at the Slovak Masters. Due to his good results in the international arena, he qualified for the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship.

## World Championship results

### PDC

* 2020: First round (lost to Justin Pipe 2–3)

### WDF

* 2023: First round (lost to David Kirwan 0–2)
2022 World Masters

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The **2022 World Masters** (officially referred to as the **2022 Winmau World Masters**) was the 47th edition of the World Masters organised by the World Darts Federation. The tournament was held at the De Bonte Wever in Assen, Netherlands.

John O'Shea who won the previous men's tournament was absent from the event, having switched to the Professional Darts Corporation in January 2022. Lisa Ashton as three-time champion did not defend her title.

## Men's

### Format and seeds

All competitors was start the tournament in the first-round group-stage on 8 December 2022. Group sizes were determined by the total number of registered entries prior to the draw. There will be 64 seeded players in men’s competition. Seedings were based on the main WDF World Rankings on 28 November 2022. The top two players in each group progressed to the second round. At start of the tournament, seeds are as follows.

1. Jelle Klaasen
2. Neil Duff
3. James Hurrell
4. Andy Baetens
5. Chris Landman
6. Mark Barilli
7. Luke Littler
8. Danny Lauby
9. Thibault Tricole
10. Alexander Merkx
11. Darren Johnson
12. James Richardson
13. Moreno Blom
14. Antony Allen
15. Martyn Turner
16. Richard Veenstra
17. Nick Kenny
18. Kai Fan Leung
19. Benjamin Pratnemer
20. Mike Gillet
21. Dennie Olde Kalter
22. David Kirwan
23. Jordan Brooks
24. Aaron Turner
25. Jonny Tata
26. Gary Stone
27. Barry Copeland
28. Shaun McDonald
29. James Beeton
30. Jim Widmayer
31. John Scott
32. Ben Hazel

## Women's

### Format and seeds

All competitors was start the tournament in the first-round group-stage on 8 December 2022. Group sizes weren determined by the total number of registered entries prior to the draw. There will be 32 seeded players in women’s competition. Seedings were based on the main WDF World Rankings on 28 November 2022. The top two players in each group progressed to the second round. At start of the tournament, seeds are as follows.

1. **Beau Greaves**  **(Champion)**
2. Deta Hedman
3. Aileen de Graaf
4. Anca Zijlstra
5. Wendy Harper
6. Kirsty Hutchinson
7. Suzanne Smith
8. Nicole Regnaud
9. Aletta Wajer
10. Jo Clements
11. Lorraine Hyde
12. Priscilla Steenbergen
13. Anna Forsmark
14. Mikuru Suzuki
15. Tori Kewish
16. Jitka Císařová
17. Margaret Sutton
18. Natalie Gilbert
19. Maud Jansson
20. Noa-Lynn van Leuven
21. Cali West
22. Adriana van Wijgerden
23. Irina Armstrong
24. Rachna David
25. Denise Cassidy
26. Melina van den Kieboom
27. Ingibjorg Magnusdottir
28. Aaja Jalbert
29. Mayumi Ouchi
30. Lerena Rietbergen
31. Christine Hyde
32. Vanessa Zuidema

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 2022 Winmau World Masters Prize Money Rises to €50,000. World Darts Federation.
2. ↑ 2022 WDF Winmau World Masters Update. World Darts Federation.
3. ↑ 2022 WDF World Masters Update. World Darts Federation.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 2022 WDF World Masters - Announcement. World Darts Federation.
2022 US Darts Masters

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The **2022 bet365 US Darts Masters** was the fourth staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the first event in the 2022 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (8 PDC representatives, and 8 North American representatives), and was held at the Hulu Theater in New York City on 3–4 June 2022.

Nathan Aspinall was the defending champion after his 8–4 win over Michael Smith in the 2019 final, but he was not invited to take part in this tournament.

Smith won his second World Series title after defeating Michael van Gerwen 8–4 in the final.

## Prize money

The total prize fund remained at £60,000.

 **First round** | (8) | £1,250

## Qualifiers

The PDC announced the 8 players who would be their elite representatives at the event on 11 April 2022, including Fallon Sherrock, who was denied her chance to appear on the 2020 World Series of Darts circuit, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

1. Peter Wright  *(Semi-finals)*
2. Gerwyn Price  *(Semi-finals)*
3. Michael van Gerwen  *(Runner-up)*
4. **Michael Smith**  **(Champion)**
5. James Wade  *(Quarter-finals)*
6. Gary Anderson  *(Quarter-finals)*
7. Jonny Clayton  *(Quarter-finals)*
8. Fallon Sherrock  *(First round)*

The North American qualifiers consisted of their four PDC Tour Card holders (Jeff Smith, Danny Baggish, Matt Campbell and Jules van Dongen), plus four spaces at the CDC qualifier in Indianapolis on May 13. The winner of each of the two qualifiers, plus the two highest ranked players on the Order of Merit qualified.

## Draw

The draw was made on 1 June in Times Square by Rod Harrington.

## References

1. ↑ Dafabet US Darts Masters Glory For Aspinall. *PDC* (5 July 2019).
2. ↑ New York glory for Smith in bet365 US Darts Masters. *PDC* (4 June 2022).
3. ↑ PDC stars confirmed for 2022 World Series of Darts events. *PDC* (11 April 2022).
4. ↑ Smith, Baggish, Campbell & Van Dongen confirmed for Bet365 US Darts Masters. *PDC* (22 February 2022).
5. ↑ Wright meets Baggish - bet365 US Darts Masters draw made. *PDC* (1 June 2022).
Polish Championship

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**Polish Championship** is a darts torunament that has been held since 2009 in Poland and organised by Polish Darts Organisation. The first tournament was held in Gorzów Wielkopolski, but has since been held in other cities in the country. Since 2017, the arena of struggle has been Hotel 500 in Tarnowo Podgórne. The first winners of the tournament were Krzysztof Ratajski and Ewa Żabka.

## References

1. ↑ Mistrzostwa Polski. Polish Darts Organisation.
Nándor Major

**Nándor Major** (born 28 July 1990) is a Hungarian professional darts player who currently plays in the World Darts Federation (WDF), Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and other national events.

## Career

Major began his career competing in local tournaments. Major competed in the PDC's Qualifying School in 2020, and this has been his international debut. In 2021, he made debut in World Darts Federation tournaments during Budapest Masters. He advanced in this tournament to the quarter-finals, where he lost to József Rucska by 0–6 in legs. At the Budapest Classic in 2022, he advanced to the semi-finals, losing to Gabor Jagicza. He also achieved good results at the Balaton Darts Masters and Hungarian Masters.

In December, he traveled abroad for the first time to the Netherlands for the 2022 World Masters. He achieved a good result in the group stage. In the second round, he defeated Patrick Peters by 5–2 in legs. In the third round match, he lost to Chris Landman by 3–5 in legs. In 2023, he won the Hungarian Qualifier tournament for the 2023 Poland Darts Masters tournament. This will be his debut in a televised tournament organized by the Professional Darts Corporation.

## References

1. ↑ Major Nándor. mastercaller.com.
2. ↑ Major secures Poland Darts Masters spot at Hungarian Qualifier. Professional Darts Corporation.
Barry Copeland

**Barry Copeland** (born 22 November 1972) is an Irish professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He was a World Masters finalist. He represented Northern Ireland and won a bronze medal at the WDF Europe Cup.

## Career

Copeland emerged at international level in 2010 after successful domestic competitions. Thanks to his good results, he was selected by the national federation to represent Northern Ireland during the 2010 WDF Europe Cup. In singles competition he lost in first round match to Tony O'Shea. In pairs competition he advanced to quarter-finals. In team competition he advanced to the final stage. In the same year, he made his debut at the 2010 World Masters, but was eliminated in second round by Jamie Lewis. Over the next six years, his best finish at the World Masters was the fourth round. During the 2014 WDF Europe Cup he won the bronze medal in team competition.

In 2022, he advanced to the Welsh Classic final and won his first World Darts Federation tournament against Graham Hall. In the same year, he achieved the greatest success of his career by advancing to the final of the 2022 World Masters. Ultimately, he lost to Wesley Plaisier in the final match with a score of 2–7 in legs. In 2023, he won the Isle of Man Masters against Jordan Brooks. Through the international rankings, Copeland qualified for the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship, which will mark his debut.

## World Championship results

### WDF

* 2023: Second round (lost to Jonny Tata 2–3)
2023 African Continental Tour series

The **2023 African Continental Tour series** consists of 4 darts tournaments on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour.

On 15 February 2023, it was announced that in co-operation with the African Darts Group, a first ever African Continental Tour would take place. It would include qualifiers for the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts, as well as the 2023 PDC World Youth Championship and the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship.

## Prize money

The prize money for African Continental Tour events is as follows:

 **Last 32** | (16) | R250

## August

### ACT 1

ACT 1 was contested on Saturday 5 August at the Quarter Mile Pub & Grill, Gauteng, South Africa. The winner was Stefan Vermaak.

## September

### ACT 2

ACT 2 will be contested on Sunday 24 September at the Athlone Athletics Baseball Club, Cape Town, South Africa. The winner was Cameron Carolissen.

## October

### ACT 3

ACT 3 was contested on Sunday 29 October at The Royale, Kimberley, South Africa. The winner was Cameron Carolissen.

## November

### ACT 4

ACT 4 will be contested on Saturday 18 November at TBC, Cape Town, South Africa. The winner was .

## References

1. ↑ African Continental Tour announced by African Darts Group. PDC (15 February 2023).
František Humpula

**František Humpula** (born 28 January 1994) is a Czech soft-tip and steel-tip professional darts player who played in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He has represented his country at the PDC World Cup of Darts and WDF Europe Cup.

## Career

His beginnings in darts date back to the summer of 2009, when at the age of 15, his father took him to the playing field of the Krnov Darts League. In 2011, he went to try his luck at a tournament outside Krnov for the first time. He immediately mastered the junior category and became the soft-tip Youth Champion of the Czech Republic. Because he continued to struggle with a lack of finances, he only played tournaments in Krnov and the surrounding area. He made his way among the republic's elite until again at the Czech Championship for the defense of the junior title, which he completely succeeded in.

In 2016, he won the Czech Championship on a steel-tip dartboard. At the same time, he received a nomination to participate in the 2016 World Masters. In the first round match, he beat Philipp Brezina by 3–0 in legs. In the second round match, he lost to Greg Moss by 1–3 in legs. In 2017, he managed to defend the title of Champion of the Czech Republic on steel-tip boards, in singles and pairs competition.

Another significant milestone in his career was the victory in the Qualifying for the 2017 PDC World Cup of Darts. Humpula went to this tournament alongside Karel Sedláček. In the first round match they faced rivals from the Netherlands (Raymond van Barneveld and Michael van Gerwen). The team lost 1–5 in legs. At the beginning of 2018, Humpula took part in the PDC Q-School. At the second tournament, he advanced to the finals, where he lost to Mario Robbe only by 4–5 in legs and lost his chance for a personal PDC Tour Card.

In 2018, he was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2018 WDF Europe Cup. In singles competition, he lost in the first round match to Ulf Ceder by 2–4 in legs. In pairs and team competition, he was eliminated with his partners in the first phases. In 2019, he participated in the qualifiers for the 2019 Czech Darts Open but lost in the third round.

## References

1. ↑ Frantisek Humpula. iam180.sk.
2. ↑ Winmau World Masters Men 2016. World Darts Federation.
3. ↑ World Cup of Darts: Netherlands duo Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld beat Wales in final. mastercaller.com.
4. ↑ Q-School 2018-02 EN. mastercaller.com.
5. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Singles 2018. World Darts Federation.
6. ↑ Czech Darts Open Qualifiers 2019 HN. mastercaller.com.
Krzysztof Stróżyk

**Krzysztof Stróżyk** (born 28 May 1980) is a Polish professional darts player who played in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He has represented Poland at the PDC World Cup of Darts and WDF Europe Cup.

## Career

Stróżyk was one of the leading Polish players at the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century. In 2012, as a top player in the national ranking, he was invited to participate in the 2012 World Masters. In his first round match, he lost to Peter Sajwani by 2–3 in sets. In the same year, he represented Poland at the 2012 WDF Europe Cup. He started singles competition with a confident victory over Darius Labanauskas by 4–0 in legs. In the second round, after an even duel, he lost to Wesley Harms by 2–4 in legs.

In the pairs competition, he played together with Patryk Żabka. After a confidently won duel with players from Catalonia, they lost to Finland team (Jani Haavisto and Kim Viljanen). The Polish national team was very close to winning the first medal by advancing to the quarter-finals in the team competition. In the end, they lost in a duel with England by 3–9 in legs. He made another start in an international tournament at the 2013 Winmau World Masters, where he lost in the first match to Robbie Nelson.

He was invited to participate in the 2014 PDC World Cup of Darts, together with Krzysztof Chmielewski. After a fierce match in the first round, they defeated the seeded Finland team (Jarkko Komula and Jani Haavisto) with a score of 5–4 in legs. In the second round, the Poles faced the Wales team (Mark Webster and Richie Burnett). In the first match, Chmielewski surprisingly defeated Webster by 4–3 in legs. After the loss of Stróżyk in the match against Burnett, the Poles faced off in a doubles match and, despite the higher average, lost the match 2–4 in legs.

During the 2014 WDF Europe Cup, he advanced to the second round of singles competition, where he lost to David Smith-Hayes by 3–4 in legs. In the doubles competition, again together with Krzysztof Chmielewski, they were defeated by the eventual winners from England (Scott Mitchell and Scott Waites). In the team competition, Poland advanced from the second place in they group to the knock-out phase, however they lost to the England team in the second round match.

He unsuccessfully tried his hand at qualifying for the PDC European Tour tournaments.

## References

1. ↑ Winmau World Masters Men 2012. World Darts Federation.
2. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Singles 2012. World Darts Federation.
3. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs 2012. World Darts Federation.
4. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Teams 2012. World Darts Federation.
5. ↑ Winmau World Masters Men 2013. World Darts Federation.
6. ↑ PDC World Cup 2014. mastercaller.com.
7. ↑ bwin World Cup of Darts Second Round. Professional Darts Corporation.
8. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Singles 2014. World Darts Federation.
9. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs 2014. World Darts Federation.
10. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Teams 2014. World Darts Federation.
11. ↑ Krzysztof Strozyk. mastercaller.com.
Polish Open

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**Polish Open** is a darts torunament that has been held since 2010 in Poland and organised by Polish Darts Organisation and World Darts Federation. The first tournament was held in Poznań, but all subsequent tournaments were held in Police in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. Over 250 darters took part in the first tournament. Polish Open has been a largest darts tournament played in Poland to 2023 Poland Darts Masters. The first winners of the tournament was Sven Seifert and Sabine Schmidtke from Germany.

Since 2011, **Polish Open** weekend was extended with an additional lower rank tournament Police Masters. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the tournaments have been canceled.

## References

1. ↑ Polish Open Men. Mastercaller.
2. ↑ Polish Open Women. Mastercaller.