Mario Vandenbogaerde
Mario Vandenbogaerde (born 1 June 1973)[2] is a Belgian professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached the semifinals of the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship.
Mario Vandenbogaerde | |||||||
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Personal information | |||||||
Nickname | "Super Mario" | ||||||
Born | Ypres, Belgium | 1 June 1973||||||
Home town | Ypres, Belgium | ||||||
Darts information | |||||||
Playing darts since | 1993 | ||||||
Darts | 23 Gram One80 | ||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||
Walk-on music | "The One and Only" by Chesney Hawkes | ||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
BDO | 2003–2006, 2018–2020 | ||||||
PDC | 2022– | ||||||
WDF | 2018–2021 | ||||||
Current world ranking | 70 (21 October 2023)[1] | ||||||
WDF major events – best performances | |||||||
World Ch'ship | Semi Final: 2020 | ||||||
World Masters | Semi Final: 2019 | ||||||
World Trophy | Last 16: 2019 | ||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
UK Open | Last 96: 2023 | ||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||
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Career
In 2005, Vandenbogaerde won the Belgium National Championships. In 2018, he won the Luxembourg Masters. In 2019, he won the German Open, before reaching the semi-finals of the World Masters.
In September 2019, he qualified for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship, which turned out to be the event's last edition, as the 11th seed, and got to the semi-finals on debut. He was first Belgian man to reach the semi-finals of a World Championship and the only to do so at the BDO World Championship.[3]
In January 2022, he competed in the Professional Darts Corporation's Q school and successfully secured a Tour card during the third day of its final phase.
World Championship results
BDO
- 2020: Semi-finals (lost to Jim Williams 4–6)
Performance timeline
Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006-2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | BDO | DNP | BDO | DNP | 1R | 3R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
BDO Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BDO World Championship | DNP | DNQ | SF | NH | PDC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winmau World Masters | 2R | 2R | 2R | DNP | 3R | SF | NH | PDC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | - | - | - | - | - | - | 175 | - | 105 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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2020 | BDC DNQ |
GDC DNP |
EDG DNQ |
IDO 1R | |||||||||
2021 | HDT DNQ |
GDT DNQ | |||||||||||
2022 | IDO DNQ |
GDC 1R |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
DDC 1R |
EDM DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
BDO DNQ |
GDT 1R |
2023 | BSD 2R |
EDO DNQ |
IDO 2R |
GDG 1R |
ADO DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
BDO DNQ |
CDO 2R |
EDG |
EDM |
GDO |
HDT |
GDC |
Performance timeline legend | |||||||
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DNP | Did not play in the event | DNQ | Did not qualify for the event | WD | Withdrew from the event | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals | SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
References
- "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- https://www.facebook.com/mario.vandenbogaerde/about?lst=1581902500%3A1540629741%3A1577030226
- "Field for men's and ladies BDO World Darts Championship 2020 confirmed". dartsnews.com. 30 September 2019.