Mike De Decker (born 15 December 1995) is a professional Belgian

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player who plays in

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(PDC) events.

Career

He won two PDC Development Tour events in 2015, followed by another one in 2016. He also won a

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in 2016. After losing it at the end of 2017, De Decker went two years without a Tour Card, mainly playing on the Development and Challenge Tours and the odd

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. However, on 17 January 2020, he went all the way at European Q School to win back his Tour Card, beating

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5–3 in the final. He won his first World Championship match in the 2022

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, his opponent was

Darius Labanauskas Darius Labanauskas (born 26 July 1976) is a Lithuanian professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2015, he was the WDF world number 1. Career BDO Labanauskas is a three-time Lithuania National Ch ...

World Championship results

PDC

* 2021: First round (lost to Edward Foulkes 0–3) * 2022: Second round (lost to

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0–3) * 2023: Second round (lost to Mensur Suljovic 0–3)

Performance timeline

PDC European Tour

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:De Decker, Mike 1995 births Living people Belgian darts players Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders