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 World Darts Championship.

Francesco Raschini
Personal information
Full nameFrancesco Raschini
Nickname"Rosko"
Born (1977-06-09) 9 June 1977
Serrapetrona, Italy
Home townSerrapetrona, Italy
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts23g Target
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"It's A Long Way To The Top" by AC/DC
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2010–2020
WDF2010–
Current world rankingNR (6 October 2022)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 48: 2022
World MastersLast 128: 2022
Dutch OpenLast 64: 2022

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 Winmau World Masters. In this tournament he lost in second round match to Bradley Kirk by 0–3 in sets.[2]

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.[3] In 2020, he make a best results to date, achieved a semi-final in the Slovak Masters.[4]

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.[5] He made his Lakeside debut against Ryan de Vreede and lost 1–2 in sets.[6]

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.[7]

World Championship results

WDF

Performance timeline
Tournament20162017201820192020202120222023
WDF Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ NH 1R
World Masters 2R DNQ 2R NH 2R
Dutch Open DNP 6R

References
  1. "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  2. "Francesco Raschini". dartsdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  3. "2019 World Masters Men". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  4. "Francesco Raschini". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  5. "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. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  6. "De Vreede ends Raschini's debut Lakeside campaign, Shewan sees off best friend Brooks to set up Warren clash". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  7. "Toto Dutch Open Men 2022". WDF. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
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