Moreno Giovanni Blom (born 24 October 2001) is a Dutch professional

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player who currently plays in

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(WDF) and

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(PDC) events. He is a Hungarian Classic Champion.

Career

Blom was fourteen when he started his adventure with darts. During the first period of his career, he played only in local tournaments. As part of the local team, he plays with

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. In 2020, he took part in international PDC Development Tour tournaments for the first time. In late September, he threw the

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during the second round match against

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. He competed in the

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. In the Group Stage, he beat his fellowmen

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and

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, and advanced to second round. He defeated

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in the knockout phase match and finally lost to

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in the third round. After the season ended, he participated in online tournaments where he was once caught during

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. In the next season, he took part in the PDC Challenge Tour and PDC Development Tour tournaments several times, but without success. No qualifications for the PDC World Youth Championship made Blom change his career strategy and switch to playing in the World Darts Federation (WDF) tournaments. Already at the beginning of 2022, during the

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, he was advanced to the final of the tournament, but lost to Neil Duff by 2–5 in legs. He took part in the 2022 Dutch Open in June, but was eliminated in the fourth round despite being seeded. At the end of October, he won

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. This is his first international tournament won. He defeated Benjamin Pratnemer in the final by 5–3 in legs. By this achievement, he securing debut in the

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and qualified for the 2022 Winmau World Masters.

Controversies

In December 2020, Blom was caught

during an online

tournament. Footage showed that Blom threw a dart in the board after having a bounce out with the same dart earlier; he also submitted incorrect scores during the match. Blom admitted the allegations afterwards. The tournament organizer decided to have Blom removed from the tournament and disqualified for every next tournament of that platform. This situation did not entail any additional consequences.

World Championship results

WDF

* 2023: Second round (lost to Neil Duff 1–3) * 2024: First round (lost to

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Career

Controversies

World Championship results

WDF

Performance timeline

References

External links