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.

Moreno Blom
Personal information
Full nameMoreno Giovanni Blom
Nickname"MB"
Born (2001-10-24) 24 October 2001
Mijdrecht, Netherlands
Home townVinkeveen, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since2015
LateralityLeft-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2020–
WDF2022–
Current world ranking(WDF) 19 Increase 6 (6 October 2022)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 48: 2023
World MastersGroup Stages: 2022
Dutch OpenLast 256: 2022
Other tournament wins
Budapest Classic 2023
Hungarian Classic 2022

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.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] By this achievement, he securing debut in the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship and qualified for the 2022 Winmau 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.[7]

World Championship results

WDF
  • 2023:

Performance timeline
Tournament2020202120222023
WDF Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ NH DNQ
World Masters NH
Dutch Open DNP NH 4R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Youth Championship 3R DNQ

References
  1. "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  2. "Barry and Evetts secure Development Tour titles as 18-year-old Blom hits nine-darter". dartsplanet.tv. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  3. "Brooks & Davis reach Unicorn World Youth Championship final". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  4. "Campbell doubles up in Niedernhausen". dartsworld.co.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  5. "Moreno Blom is runner-up op Slovak Masters 2022". dartfreakz.nl. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  6. "Hungarian Classic Men 2022". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  7. "Dutch darts talent caught on cheating during online darts tournament". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
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