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Exploding Body Dung Beetle

## Ability

Exploding Body Dung Beetle could produce thousands of egg casings in a second. Every egg casing could produce more than 300 Exploding Body Dung Beetles. There was a special fluid within the Exploding Body Dung Beetle. It used the energy in its body to stabilize the fluid. Once the Exploding Body Dung Beetle used up all the energy in its body, the fluid would explode. The force of the explosion was just as powerful as that of the Flowing Plasma Electric Insect and Electromagnetic Chrysalis

Liu Jie did not transform the three Exploding Body Dung Beetles into fairies because they were not considered functional-type insect-species carcinoma feys. Liu Jie’s power would not increase by much by transforming them into fairies. Nonetheless, the three Exploding Body Dung Beetles were still part of Liu Jie’s main pillar of power.
Peter Martin

**Peter Martin** (born 10 February 1975) is a Slovak former professional darts player who played in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He represented Slovakia at the 2010 PDC World Cup of Darts.

## Career

In 2010, Martin represented Slovakia at the 2010 PDC World Cup of Darts, teaming up with Oto Zmelik. They lost 6–3 in the first round of the tournament playing against the Irish pair (Mick McGowan and William O'Connor). They averaged 74.90.

In 2011, he lost to Joe Murnan in the final round of the Romanian Open. He qualified for the 2013 Austrian Darts Open where he were to play against Mervyn King in the first round. However, Martin withdrew from the event as he couldn't show up in time giving King a walkover. Martin attended at the PDC Q-School in 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2018.

## External links

* "Peter Martin Player Profile", Darts Database.
* "Peter Martin", Mastercaller.
2023 New Zealand Darts Masters

Darts tournamentTemplate:SHORTDESC:Darts tournament
The **2023 New Zealand Darts Masters** was the third staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, and the fifth entry in the 2023 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight PDC players and eight regional qualifiers) and was held at the Globox Arena in Hamilton, New Zealand on 4–5 August 2023.

Gerwyn Price was the defending champion after defeating Jonny Clayton 8–4 in the 2022 final, but he was defeated 7–3 by Rob Cross in the semi-finals.

Cross went on to win his second World Series title, by defeating Nathan Aspinall 8–7 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 will represent them at the event on 19 June 2023. Both Michael van Gerwen and Luke Humphries declined their invites for family reasons.

On 26 July, it was announced that Jonny Clayton had withdrawn from this event and the 2023 New South Wales Darts Masters due to family reasons. As such, Damon Heta was moved from the Oceanic qualifiers to the PDC representatives, and Warren Parry (as the highest ranked non-qualifier on the DPNZ Order of Merit) was called up as a replacement.

The seedings were based on the World Series Order of Merit following the first 4 events.

1. Gerwyn Price  *(Semi-finals)*
2. Michael Smith  *(Semi-finals)*
3. Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(First round)*
4. Peter Wright  *(First round)*
5. **Rob Cross**  **(Champion)**
6. Nathan Aspinall  *(Runner-up)*
7. Danny Noppert  *(Quarter-finals)*
8. Damon Heta  *(Quarter-finals)*

The Oceanic qualifiers consisted of their PDC Tour Card holders (Damon Heta (who then subsequently got promoted to the PDC representatives) and Simon Whitlock), plus the top two on the DPNZ Order of Merit, the two New Zealand players who won the DPNZ qualifiers, the highest ranked player on the DPNZ Order of Merit not already qualified, along with the highest ranked player on the DPA Order of Merit.

## Draw

The draw was done on 3 August by Mark Webster.

## References

1. ↑ Price powers past Clayton to claim NZ Darts Masters glory. PDC. Retrieved on August 27, 2022.
2. ↑ Cross edges out Aspinall to claim NZ Darts Masters title. PDC. Retrieved on August 6, 2023.
3. ↑ Reigning champions return for NZ Darts Masters & NSW Darts Masters. *PDC* (19 June 2023).
4. ↑ Clayton to miss August's World Series double-header. *PDC* (26 July 2023).
5. ↑ Price faces Whitlock in 2023 NZ Darts Masters opener. PDC. Retrieved on August 4, 2023.
2022 Women's World Matchplay

Darts tournamentTemplate:SHORTDESC:Darts tournament
The **2022 Betfred Women's World Matchplay** was the inaugural staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament featured the top eight players on the 2022 PDC Women's Series Order of Merit, competing in a knockout format, with the winner earning a place in the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts. The tournament was held at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool on 24 July 2022.

Fallon Sherrock won the title, defeating Aileen de Graaf 6–3 in the final.

## Format

The format was confirmed on 30 June 2022, with the tournament using a leg format. The quarter-finals are the best of 7 legs (or first to 4 legs), the semi-finals are the best of 9 legs (or first to 5 legs), and the final is the best of 11 legs (or first to 6 legs). Unlike the men's edition the matches didn't have to be won by two clear legs.

## Prize money

The total prize fund was £25,000. The winner of the tournament also got a spot in the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts. It was then later confirmed that the winner of this, and all future Women's World Matchplay tournaments will qualify for the PDC World Darts Championship.

 **Quarter-finalists** | (4) | £1,250

## Qualifiers

The eight qualifiers for the tournament were the top 8 ranked players on the 2022 PDC Women's Series Order of Merit after the first 12 events.

The qualifiers were:

1. Lisa Ashton  *(Semi-finals)*
2. **Fallon Sherrock**  **(Champion)**
3. Lorraine Winstanley  *(Semi-finals)*
4. Aileen de Graaf  *(Runner-up)*
5. Laura Turner  *(Quarter-finals)*
6. Rhian Griffiths  *(Quarter-finals)*
7. Katie Sheldon  *(Quarter-finals)*
8. Chloe O'Brien  *(Quarter-finals)*

## References

1. ↑ Allen, Dave (1 February 2022). PDC to introduce eight-player Betfred Women's World Matchplay. *PDC.tv*. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved on February 1, 2022.
2. ↑ Gorton, Josh (24 July 2022). Super Sherrock wins inaugural Betfred Women's World Matchplay title. *PDC.tv*. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved on July 24, 2022.
3. ↑ Gorton, Josh (30 June 2022). O'Brien on 'cloud nine' ahead of Winter Gardens debut. *PDC.tv*. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved on June 30, 2022.
4. ↑ Allen, Dave (21 November 2022). PDC announces double boost for women's game. *PDC.tv*. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved on November 21, 2022.
5. ↑ Gorton, Josh (26 June 2022). 2022 Betfred Women's World Matchplay field confirmed. *PDC.tv*. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved on June 27, 2022.
Kaunas Open

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The **Kaunas Open** is a darts torunament that has been held since 2010 in Lithuania. The first winners of the tournament was Arūnas Čiplys from Lithuania and Maret Liiri from Finland.

## References

1. ↑ Kaunas Open Men. Mastercaller.
2. ↑ Kaunas Open Women. Mastercaller.
Hallgrímur Egilsson

**Hallgrímur Egilsson** (born 1971) is an Icelander professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He represented Iceland at the WDF World Cup, WDF Europe Cup and PDC World Cup of Darts. He was an Iceland Champion.

## Career

Egilsson started playing darts in 1994. In 2016, he celebrated his greatest success, when he secured the Iceland Championship title. According to his own statements, he trains to 15 hours a week, often together with Vitor Charrua as a training partner. Egilsson i sa multiple winner of the Iceland Darts Association tournaments. In early 2023, Egilsson attended PDC Q-School, but failed to win a game.

He is a regular multiple participant during the 2023 PDC Nordic & Baltic ProTour series. As one of the best two Icelanders during this season, he was qualified for the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts and together with Vitor Charrua he represented Iceland for the first time. In the group-stage, they faced Spain (José Justicia and Tony Martinez) and South Africa (Devon Petersen and Vernon Bouwers) and lost both games by 2–4 in legs.
2023 PDC North American Darts Championship

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The **2023 bet365 North American Darts Championship** was the fifth edition of the PDC North American Darts Championship tournament organized by the Professional Darts Corporation for North American players. The tournament took place at the Hulu Theater, New York City, United States on 3 June 2023, and featured the 8 players from the North American side of players that had qualified for the 2023 US Darts Masters, competing in a knockout system.

Leonard Gates was the defending champion after defeating Danny Baggish 6–3 in the 2022 final, but he failed to qualify for the tournament this time around.

Jeff Smith won his second North American Darts Championship title by defeating fellow Canadian Matt Campbell 6–5 in the final, but because Smith has been a PDC Tour Card holder for over 2 years, he was ineligible to earn the bonus prizes of earning a place in the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship and the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts.

## Format

The format of the tournament was the same as before, using a leg format, with all the matches being the best of 11 legs (or first to 6 legs).

## Prize money

The total prize fund was US$25,000. The winner of the tournament got a spot in the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship and the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts.

 **Quarter-finalists** | (4) | US$1,250

## Qualifiers

The eight qualifiers for the tournament were the 8 players from the North American side of players on the 2023 US Darts Masters. 3 of them were PDC Tour Card holders from North America, the other places were taken up by the winners of the CDC Continental Cup and the Cross-Border Challenge, and the other 3 came through the CDC qualifier.

The three Tour Card holders, plus the CDC Continental Cup champion were seeded for the draw.

The qualifiers are:

2. **Jeff Smith**  **(Champion)**
3. Jules van Dongen  *(Semi-finals)*
4. Alex Spellman  *(Semi-finals)*
* Jason Brandon  *(Quarter-finals)*
* J.T. Davis  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Jake Macmillan  *(Quarter-finals)*

## References

1. ↑ Gutsy Gates wins 2022 bet365 North American Championship. *PDC.tv* (4 June 2022). Retrieved on July 1, 2022.
2. ↑ Super Smith celebrates second North American Championship title. *PDC.tv* (3 June 2023). Retrieved on June 4, 2023.
3. ↑ North American trio complete US Masters field. *PDC.tv* (22 May 2023). Retrieved on June 1, 2023.
4. ↑ Campbell faces Brandon at bet365 North American Championship. *PDC.tv* (1 June 2023). Retrieved on June 1, 2023.
Ricky Nauman

**Ricky Nauman** (born 20 June 1973) is a Swedish car mechanic and professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He represented his country during the WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup and won silver medal of the WDF Europe Cup team competition. He won several international tournaments and qualified for the WDF World Darts Championship.

## Career

Nauman played for the national team for the first time at the 2015 World Masters. Unfortunately, he lost in the first round match to Mark Westgarth by 2–3 in sets. During 2016 World Masters he advanced to the second round, after great preliminary round and first round matches against Andy Mason and Ryan Joyce. In second round match he lost to David Copley by 0–3 in sets.

In 2017, he played as a Sweden representative in the 2017 WDF World Cup. In singles competition he advanced to fourth round after defeated Tom Burquel, Kiley Edmunds and Shingo Enomata. Ultimately, he surprisingly lost to the lower ranked Niels Vanbergen. In the team competition, team Sweden came close to winning the medals, losing to Norway by just one leg. In the pairs competition, Nauman advanced to the final stage, but also did not win a medal.

In 2018, Nauman won his first international tournament. During the Nordic Cup and Finnish Open finals, he defeated Marko Kantele twice and then returned to playing on the national stage. Four years ago, he back to international stage during 2022 WDF Europe Cup where he represented Sweden. Despite being eliminated at the beginning of the singles competition against one of the favorites Nick Kenny, he won a bronze medal in the team competition. Few weeks later he reached the final at the Riga Open, but lost to Dennis Nilsson.

Nauman's good results guaranteed his participation in the 2022 World Masters. Nauman survived the group-stage undefeated and was eliminated in the second round against Davy Proosten despite a respectable performance. As the best Scandinavian player in World Darts Federation, he secured participation in the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship, which marks his Lakeside debut.

## Personal life

Nauman works as a car mechanic for the Swedish manufacturer Saab.

## World Championship results

### WDF

* 2023: Second round (lost to Gary Stone 1–2)
Francesco Raschini

**Francesco Raschini** (born 9 June 1977) is an Italian professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is the first Italian player who played in the WDF World Darts Championship.

## Career

Raschini was only seen competing in the Italian Grand Masters from 2010 to 2016. His best result there is a quarter-finals in 2011. In 2016, he took part in the Malta Open, which he ended in the Last 32 phase. A few weeks later, he started in qualifying for the BDO World Darts Championship, organized a few days before the 2016 World Masters. In this tournament he lost in second round match to Bradley Kirk by 0–3 in sets.

Since 2019, Raschini has been seen at significantly more tournaments. So he registered for the PDC Q-School, but stayed far away from a tour card. In the following months, he also traveled to World Darts Federation tournaments throughout Europe and reached the Last 16 phase at the Helvetia Open and French Open. Raschini also participated at the 2019 World Masters and lost in the second round to Paul Hogan by 0–3 in sets. In 2020, he make a best results to date, achieved a semi-final in the Slovak Masters.

In 2021, he collected a lot of points, in particular by participating in the quarter-finals of the Hungarian Masters and reaching Last 32 phase at the Denmark Open and Irish Open. Raschini also increased his points account with the quarter-finals at the Slovenia Open, Catalonia Open, Italian Open and Italian Grand Masters, which allowed him to start in the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship. He made his Lakeside debut against Ryan de Vreede and lost 1–2 in sets.

In 2022, he took part in several international tournaments, but without much success. In June, he took part in the 2022 Dutch Open when he lost in the sixth round match to Arjan Konterman by 3–4 in legs.

## World Championship results

### WDF

* 2022: First round (lost to Ryan de Vreede 1–2) (sets)

## References

1. ↑ Francesco Raschini. dartsdatabase.co.uk.
2. ↑ 2019 World Masters Men. mastercaller.com.
3. ↑ Francesco Raschini. mastercaller.com.
4. ↑ Men's Draw confirmed for 2022 WDF Lakeside World Championship: Adams faces Cole in first round, top seed Raman takes on Gates or Haines. dartsnews.com.
5. ↑ De Vreede ends Raschini's debut Lakeside campaign, Shewan sees off best friend Brooks to set up Warren clash. dartsnews.com.
6. ↑ Toto Dutch Open Men 2022. WDF.
2023 Women's World Matchplay

Darts tournamentTemplate:SHORTDESC:Darts tournament
The **2023 Betfred Women's World Matchplay** was the second staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament featured the top eight players from the PDC Women's Series over the last 12 months, competing in a knockout format, with the winner earning a place in the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts and the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship. The tournament was held at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool on 23 July 2023.

Fallon Sherrock was the defending champion after defeating Aileen de Graaf 6–3 in the 2022 final, but she was defeated 4–3 by Lisa Ashton in the quarter-finals.

Beau Greaves won the title by defeating Mikuru Suzuki 6–1 in the final.

## Format

The format remained the same as last year, with the tournament using a leg format. The quarter-finals are the best of 7 legs (or first to 4 legs), the semi-finals are the best of 9 legs (or first to 5 legs), and the final is the best of 11 legs (or first to 6 legs).

Unlike the men's edition, the matches don't have to be won by two clear legs.

## Prize money

The total prize fund is to remain at £25,000.

 **Quarter-finalists** | (4) | £1,250

## Qualifiers

The eight qualifiers for the tournament were the top 8 ranked players on the Women's World Matchplay Order of Merit, which consisted of the last 8 events of the 2022 PDC Women's Series and the first 12 events of the 2023 PDC Women's Series.

Only the 3 of the players from the 2022 event returned, with 5 women making their debuts in the event, including the top 2 seeds: Beau Greaves and Mikuru Suzuki.

The qualifiers are:

1. **Beau Greaves**  **(Champion)**
2. Mikuru Suzuki  *(Runner-up)*
3. Fallon Sherrock  *(Quarter-finals)*
4. Robyn Byrne  *(Semi-finals)*
5. Rhian O'Sullivan  *(Quarter-finals)*
6. Lisa Ashton  *(Semi-finals)*
7. Aileen de Graaf  *(Quarter-finals)*
8. Noa-Lynn van Leuven  *(Quarter-finals)*

## References

1. ↑ Gorton, Josh (24 July 2022). Super Sherrock wins inaugural Betfred Women's World Matchplay title. *PDC.tv*. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved on July 24, 2022.
2. ↑ Gorton, Josh (23 July 2023). Glory for Greaves at Betfred Women's World Matchplay. *PDC.tv*. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved on July 23, 2023.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gorton, Josh (25 June 2023). 2023 Betfred Women's World Matchplay field confirmed. *PDC.tv*. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved on June 25, 2023.
Anton Östlund

**Anton Östlund** (born 10 June 2000) is a Swedish professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Playing in the MODUS Super Series.

## Career

Anton playing in national tournaments since 2018, but initially had no major successes. Nevertheless, he took part in the 2019 World Masters, where he lost to Jani Keskinarkaus by 1–3 in sets. Östlund played again in 2022 World Masters. There was one win against Marko Kantele in group-stage, but the other three games were lost. In September 2023, he debut on the 2023 Hungarian Darts Trophy, where he beat Vladimir Andersen with a strong performance in the first round match by 6–2 in legs. In the second round he lost to Danny Noppert. Before that, he also took part in PDC Development Tour in August.

He is qualified for the 2023 PDC World Youth Championship. In the group-stage, he defeated Brayden Hall and Ciarán Teehan. In the second round he lost to Bradley Brooks by 3–6 in legs. At the beginning of September, Swedish player won a week in the MODUS Super Series.
Pavel Jirkal

**Pavel Jirkal** (born 10 April 1983) is a Czech 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 and WDF Europe Cup.

## Career

Jirkal started playing darts at the age of fourteen. In 2001, he surprisingly won Czech Open singles tournament. In the final, he beat Radek Schulz. A year later, he became the SDWF Youth European Champion, defeat Paweł Użakow in the final match. He took part in bigger international tournaments in 2004 and 2005, when he competed in the World Masters. In 2008, he got a chance to play in four PDC Pro Tour tournaments, twice he made it among second round.

In 2015, he represented his country with Michal Kočík in the 2015 PDC World Cup of Darts, but they were defeated 5–2 in the first round by the Austrian duo of Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez. He made it into second round on the 2015 World Masters, the same result he repeated in the 2017 World Masters.

In 2018, he was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2018 WDF Europe Cup. In singles competition, he advanced to the finals. On his way to the finals, he defeated Alper Subasi, Andy Bless, Gavin Carlin, Daniel Day, John O'Shea and Alan Soutar. In the final match he lost to Martin Heneghan by 2–7 in legs, and finally took a silver medal. In pairs competition, together with Michal Ondo, they took a bronze medal, which is biggest achievement to far. In the semi-final match, they were defeated by Daniel Day and Scott Mitchell from England, by 0–5 in legs. In the team competition, the Czech team was surprisingly knocked-out in the group-stage.

He attended PDC Q-School in 2019, where he reached the final on Day 3, but lost to Christian Bunse, and he would lose to the Day 4 winner Darius Labanauskas the following day, missing out on a PDC Tour Card. He did then qualify as the East European qualifier for the 2019 European Darts Open in Leverkusen, Germany and also to the 2019 German Darts Open in Saarbrücken. In the first tournament he won 6–1 over William Borland and made it into the second round, where he lost 3–6 to Darren Webster. In the second tournament he lost 0–6 to Luke Humphries. In June he represented Czech republic along with Karel Sedláček in 2019 World Cup of Darts. The Czech republic team lost in the first round with Poland (Krzysztof Ratajski and Tytus Kanik) 2–5.

## References

1. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Singles 2018. World Darts Federation.
2. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs 2018. World Darts Federation.
3. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs 2018. World Darts Federation.
4. ↑ Pipe, Jirkal and Dennant first through to second round at European Darts Open (22 March 2019).
5. ↑ Čechům World Cup nevyšel, šipkaři vypadli v prvním kole (7 June 2019).
2023 World Series of Darts Finals

Darts tournamentTemplate:SHORTDESC:Darts tournament
The **2023 Jack's World Series of Darts Finals** was the ninth 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 15–17 September 2023. It featured a field of 24 players.

Gerwyn Price was the defending champion after defeating Dirk van Duijvenbode 11–10 in the 2022 final, but he lost 6–4 to Keegan Brown in the second round.

Michael van Gerwen won the title for the fifth time, by defeating Nathan Aspinall 11–4 in the final, after hitting the first ever nine-dart finish in the competition's history in his semi-final win over Luke Humphries.

## Prize money

The prize money increased from £300,000 to £350,000, with the winner earning £75,000.

 **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:

* 2023 Bahrain Darts Masters
* 2023 Nordic Darts Masters
* 2023 US Darts Masters
* 2023 Poland Darts Masters
* 2023 New Zealand Darts Masters
* 2023 New South Wales Darts Masters

The next eight players on the World Series of Darts Order of Merit were invited by the PDC, with eight players qualifying from a Tour Card Holder Qualifier on 6 September.

1. Rob Cross  *(Quarter-finals)*
2. Gerwyn Price  *(Second round)*
3. Michael Smith  *(Second round)*
4. **Michael van Gerwen**  **(Champion)**
5. Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Quarter-finals)*
6. Peter Wright  *(Semi-finals)*
7. Nathan Aspinall  *(Runner-up)*
8. Luke Humphries  *(Semi-finals)*
* Damon Heta  *(First round)*
* Danny Noppert  *(Second round)*
* Jeff Smith  *(First round)*
* Jonny Clayton  *(Second round)*
* Raymond van Barneveld  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Simon Whitlock  *(First round)*
* Haupai Puha  *(Second round)*
* Krzysztof Ratajski  *(Second round)*
* Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(First round)*
* Martin Schindler  *(First round)*
* Ricky Evans  *(Second round)*
* Gabriel Clemens  *(First round)*
* Graham Usher  *(First round)*
* Daniel Klose  *(First round)*
* Keegan Brown  *(Quarter-finals)*
* William O'Connor  *(Second round)*

## Draw

The draw was made on 11 September by Matthew Porter.

## References

1. ↑ Price edges out Van Duijvenbode to win Jack's World Series of Darts Finals.
2. ↑ Nine-dart Van Gerwen seals fifth Jack's World Series Finals title.
3. ↑ 2023 Jack's World Series of Darts Finals preview. Retrieved on September 16, 2023.
4. ↑ Price & Van Gerwen among invitees to 2023 World Series Finals. PDC.
5. ↑ Noppert & Van Duijvenbode to meet at Jack's World Series Finals.
Japan Open

Darts tournamentTemplate:SHORTDESC:Darts tournament

The **West Japan Cup** is a darts torunament that has been held since 1988 in Japan. The tournament is organized mainly in Tokyo but several editions have been held in Yokohama. The first winners of the tournament was Takao Tanida and Yoko Koyama from Japan.

## References

1. ↑ Japan Open Men. Mastercaller.
2. ↑ Japan Open Women. Mastercaller.
Reynaldo Rivera

**Reynaldo Rivera** (born 24 December 1978) is a Filipino professional darts player who plays currently in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and other national events. He is one of the slower players.

## Career

Rivera played at the 2023 PDC Asian Tour series, where he defeated Lourence Ilagan in the ninth tournament while playing an average of over 110 points. At the end of April, he was able to reach the final twice again before celebrating his second victory on the PDC Asian Tour on the last weekend of this season series. He took fourth place in the tour rankings together with Man Lok Leung. So a play-off had to be played for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship. In his debut, Rivera faced Keane Barry, but lost by 1–3 in legs. He will play at the 2024 Bahrain Darts Masters.

## World Championship results

### PDC

* 2024: First round (lost to Keane Barry 1–3)
Poland

## Polish players with Tour Card in 2024

* Krzysztof Kciuk
* Krzysztof Ratajski
* Radek Szagański

## Events in Poland

### World Series of Darts Events

* Poland Darts Masters:
	+ 2023
	+ 2024

### WDF Events

* Polish Open
* Dart-MP.com Classic
* Dart-MP.com Open
* Poznań Open
* Police Masters
* Greenpoint Masters

## Polish players in PDC World Darts Championship

* 2010
	+ Krzysztof Kciuk - International Qualifier - preliminary round
* 2019
	+ Krzysztof Ratajski - Pro Tour - first round
* 2020
	+ Krzysztof Ratajski - Order of Merit - third round
* 2021
	+ Krzysztof Ratajski - Order of Merit - **quarter-finals**
* 2022
	+ Krzysztof Ratajski - Order of Merit - second round
* 2023
	+ Sebastian Białecki - East Europe Qualifier - first round
	+ Krzysztof Ratajski - Order of Merit - third round
2023 World Seniors Darts Masters

Darts tournamentTemplate:SHORTDESC:Darts tournament
The **2023 JENNINGSbet World Seniors Darts Masters** was the second World Seniors Darts Masters organised by the World Seniors Darts Tour and was held at Westlands in Yeovil between 24–25 June 2023.

David Cameron was the defending champion after defeating Phil Taylor 6–3 in the 2022 final, but he was defeated 4–3 in the first round by Neil Duff.

Leonard Gates won his second World Seniors title of 2023, by defeating Richie Howson 6–2 in the final.

## Format

As with the World Masters tournaments previously organised by the British Darts Organisation, the Masters will use the set format, but with each set being a best of three legs (or first to two legs). The preliminary and first rounds, as well as the quarter-finals will be the best of 7 sets, the semi-finals will be the best of 9 sets, and the final will be the best of 11 sets.

## Prize money

The prize fund remained at £31,000, with the winner still earning £10,000.

 **First round** | (8) | £750

## Qualifiers

The field was completed on 16 April 2023, following the final 2 qualifiers held in Reading. The field was decreased from 20 to 16 players this year, and the event was held over 2 days, instead of 3 in 2022.

1. David Cameron  *(First round)*
2. Robert Thornton  *(Semi-finals)*
3. **Leonard Gates**  **(Champion)**
4. Phil Taylor  *(Quarter-finals)*
5. Martin Adams  *(First round)*
6. Trina Gulliver  *(First round)*
7. John Part  *(Quarter-finals)*
8. Bob Anderson  *(First round)*
* Mark Dudbridge  *(First round)*
* Neil Duff  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Chris Mason  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Kevin Painter  *(First round)*
* Richie Howson  *(Runner-up)*

**WSDT Order of Merit Leader**
* Colin McGarry  *(First round)*

**Qualifiers**
* Dennis Harbour  *(Semi-finals)*
* Mark McGeeney  *(First round)*

## Draw

The draw for the tournament was announced on 19 April 2023.

## References

1. ↑ Gill, Samuel. QUALIFIER CAMERON CONQUERS TAYLOR TO BECOME INAUGURAL WORLD SENIORS DARTS MASTER. DartsNews.
2. ↑ Shaw, Jamie. Leonard Gates seals World Seniors Masters glory. LiveDarts.
3. ↑ Gill, Samuel. PRIZE MONEY BREAKDOWN AT THE WORLD SENIORS DARTS MASTERS 2023 WITH £33,000 ON OFFER. DartsNews.
4. ↑ Gill, Samuel. FINAL FOUR QUALIFIERS FOR WORLD SENIORS DARTS MASTERS KNOWN. DartsNews.
5. ↑ Gill, Samuel. DRAW 2023 WORLD SENIORS DARTS MASTERS: DEFENDING CHAMPION CAMERON MEETS WDF WORLD CHAMPION DUFF, TAYLOR AGAINST MCGEENEY. DartsNews.
Michael van Gerwen

Van Gerwen at the 2017 German Darts Grand Prix

**Michael van Gerwen** (born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player who currently competes in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Nicknamed *MVG* or *Mighty Mike*, he is a three-time PDC World Champion, winning the title in 2014, 2017, and 2019.

His breakthrough in darts came in 2012 and in early 2013, he won the 2013 World Grand Prix. In 2014, van Gerwen became the youngest ever winner of the PDC World Darts Championship. In subsequent years, van Gerwen dominated darts, winning 18 tournaments in 2015, and 25 tournaments in 2016.

## Personal life

van Gerwen was born on 25 April 1989 in the town of Boxtel in North Brabant, Netherlands.

In 2014, he married his long-term girlfriend Daphne Govers. They have a daughter, born in 2017, and a son, born in 2020.

He is a supporter of Dutch football club PSV Eindhoven.

In May 2018, van Gerwen was awarded the Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau Medal by his local Mayor on behalf of Willem-Alexander, the King of The Netherlands.

## External links

* Official website
* Official Twitter
* Official Instagram
* Michael van Gerwen at PDC.tv
2023 US Darts Masters

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The **2023 bet365 US Darts Masters** will be the fifth staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation and the third entry in the 2023 World Series of Darts. The tournament will feature 16 players (eight top-ranking players and eight regional qualifiers) and will be held at the Hulu Theater in New York City, United States on 2–3 June 2023.

The defending champion was Michael Smith, after he defeated Michael van Gerwen 8–4 in the 2022 final, but he lost 6–2 to Canadian qualifier Jim Long in the first round.

Michael van Gerwen won his second US Darts Masters title by defeating Jeff Smith 8–0 in the final.

## Qualifiers

The PDC announced the eight players who will be their elite representatives at the event, which included World Champion Michael Smith, reigning World Series of Darts Finals winner Gerwyn Price and three-time World Champion Michael van Gerwen. They were joined by Peter Wright, Rob Cross, Luke Humphries, Dimitri Van den Bergh and Nathan Aspinall.

The seedings are based on the 2023 World Series rankings after 2 events:

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

The three North American Tour Card holders were joined by the winner of the CDC Continental Cup, as well as the winner of the CDC Cross-Border Challenge, and three qualifiers from events held on 20 and 21 May.

1. ↑ As Jeff Smith won the Cross-Border Challenge, and had already qualified, his place was given to the runner-up, Jim Long.

## Draw

The draw was done on 1 June by Mark Webster.

## References

1. ↑ US Darts Masters. *PDC*.
2. ↑ New York glory for Smith in bet365 US Darts Masters. *PDC* (4 June 2022).
3. ↑ Victory for Van Gerwen at bet365 US Darts Masters. *PDC* (3 June 2023).
4. ↑ Former winner Aspinall among final four picks for bet365 US Darts Masters. *PDC*.
5. ↑ Smith begins title defence against Long at bet365 US Darts Masters. *PDC*.
Peter Wright

**Peter Wright** (born 10 March 1970) is a Scottish professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Although he grew up and still lives in England, Wright chooses to represent his country of birth.

He is known for his mohican hairstyle, which changes colour for each of his matches and is created by his wife, a hairdresser. He is also known for wearing extravagant and colourful shirts and trousers during matches which are inspired by his daughter.

## Early and personal life

Wright was born on 10 March 1970 in the town of Livingston in West Lothian, Scotland. He moved to England at a young age and grew up in Suffolk, where he still resides.

He is married to his wife Joanne. They have a daughter together.

Before becoming a professional darts player, Wright worked as a tyre fitter.

Despite many people believing he is nicknamed *Snakebite* as a reference to the Snakebite drink, it is actually his nickname due to his love of snakes.

## External links

* Official merchandise website
* Official Twitter
* Peter Wright at PDC.tv
Gabriel Pascaru

**Gabriel Pascaru** (born 29 November 1985) is a Romanian professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. His other big achievements to date was qualified for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship. He represented his country at the WDF Europe Cup.

## Career

Pascaru has been appearing occasionally during World Darts Federation tournaments since 2016 and increasingly since 2018. By winning the Gibraltar Open in 2018, he was also able to achieve his first international success. A year later, he won three international tournaments in his region, the Ukraine Open, Hungarian Masters and Russian Open.

As a result, Pascaru qualified as a regional qualifier as the first Romanian ever for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship. Unfortunately, he lost in the preliminary round match to Justin Hood by 1–3 in sets. In his career, he took part in the World Masters twice, but without much success.

## World Championship results

### BDO

* 2020: Preliminary round (lost to Justin Hood 1–3)

## References

1. ↑ Gabriel Pascaru. World Darts Federation.
2. ↑ Field for men's and ladies BDO World Darts Championship 2020 confirmed (30 September 2019).
3. ↑ Gabriel Pascaru. mastercaller.com.
Benjamin Reus

**Benjamin Drue Reus** (born 16 December 1998) is a Danish professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He represented his country during the WDF World Cup, WDF Europe Cup and PDC World Cup of Darts.

## Career

At the age of 15, Reus took part in the 2014 WDF Europe Cup Youth as a Denmark representative. In the singles competition he lost to Kevin Doets in first round match. In the pairs competition he played together with Dennis Johannsen and lost in second round match against Wales. In the team competition Denmark lost in the group-stage. He also took part in the 2015 WDF Europe Cup Youth, but lost all matches in all competition. He did better at the German Masters for youth players in 2014, where he made it to the final phase.

In the 2016 WDF Europe Cup Youth he advanced in the quarter-finals of singles competition, but he lost to Maikel Verberk and he did not win a medal. He achieved success together with Dennis Johannsen in the pairs competition, where he won the bronze medal, losing in the semi-final match to the winners of the entire tournament, Maikel Verberk and Justin van Tergouw from the Netherlands. Reus also participate in the 2016 World Youth Masters, but lost in the first phase of event. In 2017, he gained his first experience with the Professional Darts Corporation on the PDC Development Tour.

Since 2019 he played in the PDC Nordic & Baltic Pro Tour events. In 2022, he achieved two semi-finals at the start of season and he debut at the 2022 Nordic Darts Masters, but lost in the first round match against Dimitri Van den Bergh. At the 2022 WDF Europe Cup he lost to Stefan Bellmont in the second round match of singles competition. He did not achieve significant results in other competitions. In the 2023 Nordic Darts Masters he again end his journey at first round, this time after lost to Gerwyn Price.

In June, he represented Denmark at the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts together with Vladimir Andersen. There was a surprising win against Austria where he averaged more than 114 points and few days later beat United States in the group-stage. Denmark team advanced to the second round, but they lost to Wales (Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton). In July, Reus grabbed his first title on the PDC Nordic & Baltic Tour. During the PDC Q-School in early January 2024, he obtained a PDC Tour Card and qualified for 2024 UK Open.
2024 World Series of Darts

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The **2024 World Series of Darts** is a series of televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. In 2024, there are set to be 7 World Series events and one finals event, which as the previous year, will take place in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Included in the schedule is a return to the Netherlands for the first time since the 2022 Dutch Darts Masters, with all the other events remaining the same as 2023, with the only difference being a change in venue for the 2024 Poland Darts Masters.

## Prize money

The prize money is expected to remain the same for 2024.

## References

1. ↑ 2024 World Series of Darts schedule confirmed.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 PDC Order of Merit Rules.
3. ↑ Brilliant Littler wins 2024 Bahrain Darts Masters. *PDC* (19 January 2024).
2022 World Seniors Darts Matchplay

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The **2022 JENNINGSbet World Seniors Darts Matchplay** was the first World Seniors Darts Matchplay organised by the World Seniors Darts Tour and was held at the Bonus Arena in Kingston upon Hull between 1–3 July 2022.

Robert Thornton won his second WSDT title, by defeating Phil Taylor 12–10 in the final, after Taylor missed two match darts to win the title. He had a dart whilst leading 8–6 at double 16, and also missed a dart at double 18 when leading 8–7. Thornton then brought the final to extra legs, which he eventually got two clear in to win 12–10.

## Format

As with the World Matchplay tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation, the Matchplay used the leg format, and the winner needing to be two legs clear at the winning post, with a game being extended if necessary for a maximum of six extra legs before a tie-break leg is required. For example, in a first to 8 legs first round match, if the score reaches 10–10 then the 21st leg will be the decider.

The preliminary and first rounds, as well as the quarter-finals will be the best of 15 legs (or first to 8 legs), and the semi-finals and final will be the best of 17 legs (or first to 9).

## Prize money

The prize fund of £31,000 was announced in January, but that was before the tournament expanded to 20 players.

 **Preliminary round** | (4) | £500

## Qualifiers

On 7 January 2022, Phil Taylor and Martin Adams were announced as the first players in this 16-player, 2-day tournament.

On 23 February, the amount of participants was upped to 20, and the event was extended to 3 days.

*Starting in First round*
* Martin Adams  *(Semi-finals)*
* Bob Anderson  *(First round)*
* Ronnie Baxter  *(First round)*
* Larry Butler  *(First round)*
* Peter Evison  *(First round)*
* Terry Jenkins  *(Quarter-finals)*
* John Lowe  *(First round)*
* Peter Manley  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Kevin Painter  *(Semi-finals)*
* John Part  *(First round)*
* Phil Taylor  *(Runner-up)*
* **Robert Thornton**  (Champion)
* Lisa Ashton  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Keith Deller  *(Preliminary round)*
* Trina Gulliver  *(Preliminary round)*
* Deta Hedman  *(First round)*
* Tony O'Shea  *(Preliminary round)*

**Qualifiers**
*Starting in Preliminary round*
* Brian Dawson  *(First round)*
* Paul Hogan  *(Preliminary round)*

**Highest non-qualifier on WSDT Order of Merit**
*Starting in Preliminary round*
* Colin McGarry  *(Quarter-finals)*

## Draw

The draw for the tournament was announced on 12 April 2022.

## References

1. ↑ Darts results: Robert Thornton denies Phil Taylor glory at the World Seniors Matchplay. Sporting Life.
2. ↑ Deacon, Henry. 2022 World Seniors Darts Matchplay Event Details. World Seniors Darts Tour.
3. ↑ Phil Taylor & Martin Adams Headline As World Seniors Matchplay Announced. World Seniors Darts Tour.
4. ↑ World Seniors Darts Matchplay To Take Place In Hull. World Seniors Darts Tour.
PDC North American Darts Championship

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The **North American Darts Championship** is a professional darts torunament that has been held since 2017 in United States. Tournament was organised for North American players. The tournament is made up of the eight players who represent the North American contingent in the US Darts Masters that particular year. The first winner of this tournament was Willard Bruguier from United States.

## References

1. ↑ North American Championship. Mastercaller.
Basem Mahmood

**Basem Mahmood Abdulla Mohamed** (born 4 August 1975) is a Bahrainese professional darts player who plays currently in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is an Egypt Open champion and first player from Bahrain which won an international darts competition. He has represented Bahrain during the PDC World Cup of Darts and 2023 Bahrain Darts Masters. He works as a banker.

## Career

Mahmood debut on the international stage during the 2023 Bahrain Darts Masters. In the first round he met Jonny Clayton, but lost by 0–6 in legs. After winning the qualifying tournament, Mahmood originally wanted to play PDC Q-School, but he abandoned this idea due to the schedule conflict.

In March 2023, Mahmood won the Egypt Open by defeat Simon Miebach in the final match by 5–0 in legs. In June, together with Abdulnasser Yusuf, he represented his home country for the first time at the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts. The first group stage there was against New Zealand (Ben Robb and Warren Parry) and they lost 1–4 in legs. They were able to win two legs against Latvia (Madars Razma and Dmitrijs Žukovs), but were eliminated. In contrast to his doubles partner, Mahmood showed appealing performances.
Rodolfo Escaros

**Rodolfo Escaros** is a Filipino professional darts player who plays currently in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and other national events. He has represented the Philippines during the PDC World Cup of Darts.

## Career

Escaros made his first international appearance in the 2022 PDC World Cup of Darts. He qualified as Philippines qualifier and played together with Lourence Ilagan. Already in the first round they faced the tournament favorites, Wales (Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton) and lost to them by 2–5 in legs.
2024 Bahrain Darts Masters

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The **2024 Bahrain Darts Masters** was the second staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the first event in the 2024 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (8 PDC representatives and 8 Asian representatives), and was held at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain on 18–19 January 2024.

Michael Smith was the defending champion after winning the inaugural staging of the event, defeating Gerwyn Price 8–6 in the final, but he was defeated 7–6 by Michael van Gerwen in the semi-finals.

Luke Littler, on his World Series debut, won the event, defeating van Gerwen 8–5 in the final, becoming the youngest winner of a PDC televised event at 16 years, 363 days old. He also became the youngest player to hit a televised nine-dart finish, which he achieved in his quarter-final against Nathan Aspinall.

## Prize money

The total prize fund was set at £60,000.

 **First round** | (8) | £1,250

## Qualifiers

The PDC announced the lineup of players for the tournament on 8 January.

As this was the first World Series event of the year, the PDC representatives were seeded based on their positions on the PDC Order of Merit following the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship.

1. Luke Humphries  *(Quarter-finals)*
2. Michael van Gerwen  *(Runner-up)*
3. Michael Smith  *(Semi-finals)*
4. Nathan Aspinall  *(Quarter-finals)*
5. Gerwyn Price  *(Semi-finals)*
6. Rob Cross  *(Quarter-finals)*
7. Peter Wright  *(Quarter-finals)*
8. **Luke Littler**  *(Champion)*

The Asian representatives consisted of six invited players, alongside 2 Bahraini qualifiers that were decided in a qualifier held in December 2023.

## References

1. ↑ Bahrain Darts Masters glory for classy Smith. *PDC* (13 January 2023).
2. ↑ Brilliant Littler wins 2024 Bahrain Darts Masters. *PDC* (19 January 2024).
3. ↑ 2024 Bahrain Darts Masters field confirmed. *PDC* (8 January 2024).
4. ↑ Reigning champion Smith faces Nebrida in 2024 Bahrain Darts Masters. *PDC* (17 January 2024).
Police Masters

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**Police Masters** is a darts torunament that has been held since 2011 in Poland and organised by Polish Darts Organisation and World Darts Federation. All tournaments were held in Police in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The first winners of the tournament was Paul Jennings and Deta Hedman from England.

**Police Masters** is an additional lower rank tournament for the Polish Open weekend. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the tournaments have been canceled.

## References

1. ↑ Police Masters Men. Mastercaller.
2. ↑ Police Masters Women. Mastercaller.
German Super League

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**German Super League** is an annual darts torunament that has been held since 2013 in Germany and organised by Professional Darts Corporation. Winner of this tournament qualifies for the PDC World Darts Championship. First winner of the tournament was Andree Welge. The current record winner is Nico Kurz with two titles. Dragutin Horvat advanced four times to the final match.

Tournament was launched to determine a Germany player for the PDC World Darts Championship. Until 2012, a German participant was played through various qualifying tournaments. PDC Tour Card holders are also eligible to play in the German Super League.
Australian Open

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The **Australian Open** is a darts tournament held at Moama Bowling Club in Moama, Australia. First edition of the tournament took place in 2019. The next edition of this tournament took place in 2022 after an interruption caused by coronavirus pandemic. World Darts Federation announced that the Australian Darts Open has been awarded **Platinum** ranking status, with a total prize fund of A$80,000, set to be one of the biggest World Darts Federation events in 2022.

Tournament has been open to players worldwide, with open qualifiers for this staged event across Australia. The stage format adopted for this tournament had been used before at the Finder Darts Masters. First winners of the tournament was Damon Heta and Lisa Ashton.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Australian Open Press Release. World Darts Federation.