Michael Unterbuchner (born 23 May 1988) is a German professional

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player who competes in

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(WDF) and

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(PDC) events. He previously played in

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(BDO) tournaments until it was dissolved in 2020, finishing as the runner-up at the 2018 BDO World Trophy. He reached the quarter-finals at the 2018 Grand Slam of Darts and obtained a

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in 2021, but lost his Tour Card at the end of 2022. He is a two-time world championship semi-finalist, having reached the last four at the BDO World Championship in

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Career

In 2017, Unterbuchner reached the last 48 of the

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. He qualified for the

2018 BDO World Darts Championship The 2018 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 41st World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 33rd staging at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green. Glen Durrant who was the defending men's c ...

as one of the Playoff Qualifiers and played

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in the preliminary round, winning 3–2. Unterbuchner became the first German player to reach a semi-final at a World Championship, with wins over Jamie Hughes 3–2 in the first round, Martin Phillips 4–2 in the second round, and

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5–4 in the quarter-finals. Unterbuchner played Mark McGeeney in the semi-finals where he lost 6–4 in sets. He reached the final of the 2018 BDO World Trophy but lost to

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, 10–7 in

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. During the 2018 season, he was the first German to be ranked number one in the

world rankings. In 2020, Unterbuchner attended the PDC European Qualifying School, but was unable to get a

. He qualified for two

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events, but lost 6–4 in the first round on both occasions. Unterbuchner also participated in the German Super League where he made the semi-finals before losing 9–3 to

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. Unterbuchner won a Tour Card for the first time at the PDC Q-School in February 2021. However he earned only £4,000 in ranking money during his two years on the

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and lost his Tour Card. After losing his card he returned to competing in

events, reaching the last 64 at the 2023 Dutch Open. In February 2025, he qualified for two

events through the Host Nation Qualifiers.

World Championship results

BDO

* 2018: Semi-finals (lost to Mark McGeeney 4–6) (sets) * 2019: Semi-finals (lost to

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1–6) * 2020: Second round (lost to Scott Mitchell 0–4)

Career finals

BDO major finals: 1

Performance timeline

PDC Players Championships PDC European Tour

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Unterbuchner, Michael Living people German darts players British Darts Organisation players 1988 births Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders Sportspeople from Munich