Mario Vandenbogaerde
| Mario Vandenbogaerde | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vandenbogaerde in 2021 | |||||||
| Personal information | |||||||
| Nickname | "Super Mario" | ||||||
| Born | 1 June 1973[1] Ypres, Belgium | ||||||
| Darts information | |||||||
| Playing darts since | 1993 | ||||||
| Darts | 24g Bulls NL Signature | ||||||
| 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 | (PDC) 68  (4 May 2025)[2] | ||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||
| World Championship | Semi Final: 2020 | ||||||
| World Masters | Semi Final: 2019 | ||||||
| World Trophy | Last 16: 2019 | ||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
| World Championship | Last 96: 2024 | ||||||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2025 | ||||||
| PC Finals | Last 16: 2023 | ||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||
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Mario Vandenbogaerde (born 1 June 1973) is a Belgian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a current PDC Tour Card holder. His best PDC major performance is reaching the last 16 at the 2023 Players Championship Finals.
Vandenbogaerde formerly participated in British Darts Organisation tournaments. He reached two BDO major semi-finals: 2019 World Masters and 2020 Lakeside World Championship.
Career
[edit]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.[3] He was the first Belgian man to reach the semi-finals of a World Championship and the only to do so at the BDO World Championship.[4]
In January 2022, he competed in the PDC's European Q-School and successfully secured a Tour Card during the third day of its final phase (finishing first on the European Q-School Order of Merit).[5][6]
Vandenbogaerde qualified for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, becoming only the second Belgian to have appeared at both the BDO and PDC World Championship (following Eric Clarys), but lost to Thibault Tricole in the first round.[7] As a result, he failed to retain his Tour Card by being in the top 64 of the Order of Merit. Vandenbogaerde immediately regained a Tour Card at Q-School by finishing ninth in the European Q-School Order of Merit.[8]
World Championship results
[edit]BDO
[edit]- 2020: Semi-finals (lost to Jim Williams 4–6)
PDC
[edit]- 2024: First round (lost to Thibault Tricole 1–3)
Performance timeline
[edit]BDO
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDO Ranked televised events | ||||||
| World Championship | DNP | SF | ||||
| Winmau World Masters | 2R | 3R | SF | NH | ||
PDC
| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||
| World Championship | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | |||||
| UK Open | 1R | 3R | 3R | 4R | ||||
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 3R | 2R | |||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||
| Season-end ranking (PDC) | 105 | 67 | 89 | |||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2025 | BDO DNQ |
EDT DNQ |
IDO 2R |
GDG 1R |
ADO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
DDC |
EDO |
BSD |
FDT |
CDO |
HDT |
SDT |
GDC |
PDC Players Championships
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
ROS 1R |
ROS 1R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 4R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 4R |
ROS 4R |
ROS 3R |
HIL |
HIL |
LEI |
LEI |
LEI |
HIL |
HIL |
MIL |
MIL |
MIL |
HIL |
HIL |
LEI |
LEI |
LEI |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. |
Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Mario Vandenbogaerde player profile". Mastercaller.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 4 May 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ^ "BDO World Darts: Mikuru Suzuki beats Lisa Ashton in women's BDO final". BBC Sport. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ^ "Field for men's and ladies BDO World Darts Championship 2020 confirmed". dartsnews.com. 30 September 2019.
- ^ "Fallon Sherrock: 'Queen of the Palace' beaten at Q School, ending hopes of PDC Tour Card". Sky Sports. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ^ Phillips, Josh (14 January 2022). "Montgomery & Peters claim Tour Cards on Day Three". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (18 December 2023). "Vive la France as Thibaut Tricole edges Mario Vandenbogaerde for history-making win at the Ally Pally". DartsNews. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ^ "PDC Q School: Dom Taylor, Jeffrey de Graaf final winners as Fallon Sherrock's quest for 2024-25 card ends". Sky Sports. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
External links
[edit]- Player profile for Mario Vandenbogaerde from Dartsdatabase