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–present (Tour Card 2022–present) | ||||||
| WDF | 2018–2021 | ||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 64  1 (25 February 2026)[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 | |||||||
BDO events
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Mario Vandenbogaerde (born 1 June 1973) is a Belgian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Before winning his PDC Tour Card in 2022, Vandenbogaerde won 2 British Darts Organisation (BDO) ranking titles and reached two BDO major semi-finals; at the 2019 World Masters and 2020 Lakeside World Championship. He reached his first PDC ranking final at 2025 Players Championship 28. His best PDC major performance is reaching the last 16 at the 2023 Players Championship Finals.
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]
In September 2025, Vandenbogaerde reached a maiden PDC ranking final at Players Championship 28, losing 8–6 to Ryan Searle.[9] At the 2026 PDC World Championship, he lost 3–0 to David Davies in the first round.[10]
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)
- 2026: First round (lost to David Davies 0–3)
Performance timeline
[edit]BDO
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDO Ranked televised events | |||||||||
| BDO World Championship | DNP | DNP | SF | ||||||
| Winmau World Masters | 2R | 3R | SF | NH | |||||
PDC
| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | |||||||||
| PDC World Championship | Did not qualify | 1R | DNQ | 1R | |||||
| UK Open | 1R | 3R | 3R | 4R | |||||
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 3R | 2R | 1R | |||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||
| Season-end ranking (PDC) | 105 | 67 | 89 | 64 | |||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Did not qualify | IDO 1R | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO DNQ |
GDC 1R |
Did not qualify | DDC 1R |
Did not qualify | GDT 1R | ||||||||
| 2023 | BSD 2R |
EDO DNQ |
IDO 2R |
GDG 1R |
DNQ | CDO 2R |
Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2025 | DNQ | IDO 2R |
GDG 1R |
DNQ | DDC 2R |
DNQ | FDT 3R |
Did not qualify | ||||||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 4R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 1R |
BAR QF |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 4R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R | ||||
| 2023 | BAR 4R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
HIL 4R |
HIL 2R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 2R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 3R |
HIL QF |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 4R | ||||
| 2024 | WIG 2R |
WIG 2R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 3R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 3R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 4R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 3R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 3R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 3R | ||||
| 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 1R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
LEI F |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
| 2026 | HIL 2R |
HIL 4R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
| 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. 25 February 2026. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 5 October 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. Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. 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.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (30 September 2025). "Seventh heaven for Searle at Players Championship 28". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
- ^ Abraham, Timothy (13 December 2025). "Lim, 71, becomes oldest winner at World Championship". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
External links
[edit]- Player profile for Mario Vandenbogaerde from Dartsdatabase