Mario Vandenbogaerde
Belgian darts player
Darts player
| Mario Vandenbogaerde | |||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||
| Nickname | "Super Mario" | ||||||
| Born | (1973-06-01) 1 June 1973 (age 50) Ypres, Belgium | ||||||
| Home town | Ypres, Belgium | ||||||
| Darts information | |||||||
| Playing darts since | 1993 | ||||||
| Darts | 24 Gram Bull's | ||||||
| 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– (Tour Card 2022-) | ||||||
| WDF | 2018–2021 | ||||||
| Current world ranking | 107  1 (28 April 2024)[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 | |||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2024 | ||||||
| UK Open | Last 96: 2023, 2024 | ||||||
| PC Finals | Last 16: 2023 | ||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||
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Mario Vandenbogaerde (born 1 June 1973)[2] is a Belgian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached the semifinals of the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship.
Career
In 2005, Vandenbogaerde won the Belgium National Championships, in 2018 he won the Luxembourg Masters and in 2019, he won the German Open, before reaching the semi-finals of the World Masters.
In September 2019, Vandenbogaerde qualified for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship, which turned out to be the event's last edition and, as the 11th seed, he reached 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.
Vandenbogaerde qualified for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, becoming only the second Belgian to have appeared at both BDO and PDC World Championship (following Eric Clarys), but lost to Thibault Tricole in the first round. As a result, he failed to retain his tour card through being in the top 64 of the Order of Meit. Vandenbogaerde regained a tour card at Q-School by finishing ninth in the European Q-School Order of Merit.
World Championship results
BDO
- 2020: Semi-finals (lost to Jim Williams 4–6)
PDC
- 2024: First round (lost to Thibault Tricole 1–3)
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006–2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC World Championship | BDO | DNQ | BDO | DNQ | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | BDO | DNP | BDO | DNP | 1R | 3R | 3R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | BDO | DNP | BDO | DNQ | 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 | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDO DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDC DNQ |
| 2024 | BDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | ADO | BSD | DDC | EDO | GDC | FDT | HDT | SDT | CDO |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# | Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage | DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
References
External links
- Player profile on Mario Vandenbogaerde from Dartsdatabase
