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Arjan Konterman
Arjan Konterman (28 July 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He qualified for the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship. Career Konterman began his career in local tournaments, where he had occasional success. In February 2020, he took part in the 2020 Dutch Open, where he advanced to the ninth round and finally lost to Brian Raman by 1–4 in legs. The coronavirus pandemic caused his career to slow down significantly. During this time, he honed his skills and returned to international competition in 2021. In December 2021, he took part in the qualifiers for the WDF World Darts Championship, but lost in the Last 32 phase to Jeffrey Bekema by 1–4 in legs. In 2022, he achieved great success by advancing to the 2022 Dutch Darts Championship as a host-nation qualifier. In the first round, he lost to Danny Noppert by 0–6 in legs. Two weeks later, he took part in the 2022 Dut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staphorst
Staphorst () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. History The villages of Staphorst and its southern neighbour Rouveen came into existence as in the 13th century monks started to bring the bogs and swamps into culture. All the farms were built along the long road through the bog area. Thus a lengthy row of farms was built, becoming the long village of Staphorst-Rouveen. This phenomenon is called in Dutch: ''lintbebouwing'' (Ribbon development, ribbon urbanization). In many parts of the Netherlands this type of village is quite common, e.g. Vriezenveen, the villages along river Dike (construction), dykes in the Netherlands, the so-called moor-colonies in the provinces Drenthe and Groningen (province), Groningen, as well as the German regions opposite the border. Staphorst was a Dutch municipality, created through a decree by French emperor Napoleon who merged four smaller entities into a much larger one. The 1811 decree merged the villages of Rouveen, Stap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Dutch Open (darts)
The 2022 Dutch Open (officially referred to as the 2022 TOTO Dutch Open Darts) was the 49th edition of the Dutch Open organised by the World Darts Federation. The tournament was held at the De Bonte Wever in Assen, Netherlands. Tournament has been awarded Platinum ranking status, with a total prize fund €27,650. Ross Montgomery who won the previous men's tournament was absent from the event, having switched to the Professional Darts Corporation in January 2022. Aileen de Graaf as three-time champion was defending women's title, but she lost in quarter-finals to later finalist Rhian O'Sullivan. Jelle Klaasen became the new champion. This is his first victory in the World Darts Federation tournament since the victory at 2006 BDO World Darts Championship. Beau Greaves won the women's tournament. The remaining youth's trophies going to Dylan van Lierop, Roos van der Velde and Dominik Kočik. Prize money Men's Seeds Seeding was take place in accordance of the WDF Rankings for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1990 Births
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the 15th pope. Births Valeria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Open (darts)
The Dutch Open is an annual darts tournament that is amongst the longest-running darts tournaments in the world, having started back in 1973. The popularity of darts in the Netherlands since Raymond van Barneveld began amassing world titles has seen the number of entries for the tournament rise dramatically. The 2007 event had 2,867 entries in the Men's Singles, 1,179 in the Men's Pairs, 418 in the Women's Singles and 176 in the Women's Pairs. The 2002 version of the tournament saw the first live nine dart finish during the final between Shaun Greatbatch and Steve Coote. Greatbatch checked out using T20, T15, D18 during the third leg of the second set, The tournament has been covered by Dutch SBS6 television in recent years, and also by Eurosport across Europe. From 2002 to 2013 the tournament was held at NH Conference Centre Koningshof, Veldhoven but since 2014 the tournament has been held at De Bonte Wever in Assen. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Masters (darts)
The World Masters is a darts tournament, initially organised by the British Darts Organisation from 1974 and later by the World Darts Federation. It is one of the longest-running and most prestigious of the BDO/WDF tournaments. The tournament was originally sponsored by Phonogram before changing its sponsor in 1975 to darts board manufacturer, Winmau. The World Masters was originally contested as the best of 5 legs (first to 3) before later transitioning to the set format. It was previously the final leg of the BDO's Grand Slam title of televised majors, along with the BDO World Darts Championship, International Darts League and World Darts Trophy, until the latter two tournaments were axed in 2008. The champion is referred to as the World Master. The tournament was unseeded for most of its history and all players entered the main draw in the first round. Seedings were introduced for the first time in 2007 at the behest of the BBC to ensure the top players were present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BDO World Darts Championship
The BDO World Darts Championship was a professional darts tournament organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and held annually from 1978 to 2020. The championship was first held at the Heart of the Midlands Nightclub in the English city of Nottingham. The following year it moved to the Jollees Cabaret Club, Stoke, where it stayed until 1985. From 1986 to 2019, it was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey. In 2020, the tournament was held at Indigo, part of the O2 entertainment district in London. It was the only World Darts Championship until the 1993 split in darts, when 16 players, among them seven former champions, left the BDO and set up a rival darts circuit under the auspices of the World Darts Council (later the Professional Darts Corporation). The WDC/PDC staged its own annual World Championship from 1994 onwards. From its inception, the tournament was sponsored by Embassy cigarettes, a branch of Imperial Tobacco, and was thus oft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Merkx
Alexander Merkx (born 20 March 1994) is a Dutch darts player who competes in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won 2024 PDC Challenge Tour 21. Career He made his PDC European Tour debut in the 2019 Dutch Darts Masters, but lost 6–1 to Glen Durrant. Merkx also made his first final on the BDO/WDF circuit that year, losing 6-3 to Martin Barratt at the Lithuania Open. Merkx became a WDF Tour regular in 2022, winning ranking titles in Lithuania and Switzerland. He qualified for the 2023 WDF World Championships, winning his first game against Arjan Konterman before losing to Dennis Nilsson in the Last 16. Merkx won a third WDF title in January 2024 when he triumphed at the Romanian Open. He also enjoyed success on the 2024 PDC Challenge Tour series, winning a title and securing a spot at the 2025 PDC World Championship through the Order of Merit. World Championship results WDF * 2023: Third round (lost to Dennis Nilsson 1–3) PD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 PDC Pro Tour
The 2023 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. There were thirty Players Championship events and thirteen PDC European Tour events, as well as 24 events for the Challenge and Development Tours, and the Women's Series. Prize money On 21 November 2022, it was announced that the prize money for the Women's Series will be doubled in 2023. The following day, it was announced that the prize money for Challenge/Development Tour events would also increase, with the prize fund going up from £10,000 to £15,000 per event. On 15 February 2023, it was announced that the prize money for the PDC European Tour events was to increase by 25% with prize funds increasing from £140,000 to £175,000 per event. This is how the prize money was divided: PDC Tour Card 128 players were granted Tour Cards, which enabled them to particip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Littler
Luke Littler (born 21 January 2007) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number two. Nicknamed "the Nuke", Littler is the reigning PDC World Darts Championship, PDC World Champion after winning the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, 2025 World Championship, where he became the youngest world champion in darts history, at 17 years and 347 days old. He has won four other major televised titles: the 2024 Premier League Darts, Premier League, 2024 Grand Slam of Darts, Grand Slam and 2024 World Series of Darts Finals, World Series Finals all in 2024, and the 2025 UK Open. He has won two World Series of Darts titles, also in 2024 World Series of Darts, 2024. Littler has won a total of thirteen PDC titles in his professional career; his five major titles are the Professional Darts Corporation#Premier Event Title Roll of Honour, ninth-most in PDC history. In his youth c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thibault Tricole
Thibault Tricole (born 11 October 1989) is a French professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the first French player to reach the final of a World Darts Championship when he finished as runner-up at the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship. He is also the only French player to compete at the PDC World Darts Championship and is considered the most successful darts player to come from France. At the 2025 International Darts Open, he became the first Frenchman to win a game on the PDC European Tour. Career Tricole started playing in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments in 2010, including multiple appearances at the World Masters. In 2019, he attended PDC Q-School for the first time, but was unable to secure a PDC Tour Card. During the year, he played significantly more BDO tournaments than in previous years and was able to win his first tournaments at the Torremolinos Open and Greek Open. He also reached the fourth round a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Brooks
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories to the west. The Jordan River, flowing into the Dead Sea, is located along the country's western border within the Jordan Rift Valley. Jordan has a small coastline along the Red Sea in its southwest, separated by the Gulf of Aqaba from Egypt. Amman is the country's capital and List of cities in Jordan, largest city, as well as the List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, most populous city in the Levant. Inhabited by humans since the Paleolithic period, three kingdoms developed in Transjordan (region), Transjordan during the Iron Age: Ammon, Moab and Edom. In the third century BC, the Arab Nabataeans established Nabataean Kingdom, their kingdom centered in Petra. The Greco-Roman world, Greco-Roman period saw the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
