Daniel Larsson (darts player)

Daniel Larsson
Daniel Larsson
	Larsson in 2022
Personal information
Born	19 June 1981 (age 42); Uppsala, Sweden
Home town	Uppsala, Sweden
Darts information
Playing darts since	1995
Darts	24g Shot Daniel Larsson
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"A Little Less Conversation" by Elvis Presley vs JXL
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2004–2016
PDC	2017–
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 2009, 2015
World Masters	Last 16: 2014
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64: 2019
UK Open	Last 128: 2020
Other tournament wins
Finnish Masters	2017
Finnish Open	2015
Nordic Cup	2014
Nordic Cup Open	2016
SSDC Open	2016
Swedish Classic	2018
WDF Europe Cup Team	2018
PDCNB Iceland	2021
PDCNB Denmark	2018, 2022
PDCNB Sweden	2018, 2023
PDCNB Finland	2020
SDC Denmark	2016

Last updated January 02, 2024

Daniel Larsson (born 9 June 1981) is a Swedish professional darts player.

Career

Larsson reached the semi-final of the 2006 WDF Europe Cup, scoring wins over Tony O'Shea and Martin Phillips before losing to Niels de Ruiter. He then reached the final of the Sweden National Championship, losing to Alan Norris.

On 4 December 2008 Larsson qualified for the 2009 BDO World Darts Championship, winning one of five spots. He defeated Steve Farmer in the earlier rounds and then beat Paul Gibbs and Stephen Bunting to qualify. He was drawn against O'Shea in the first round and lost 3–0.

In 2018 Larsson competed on the PDC Nordic & Baltic Pro Tour, finishing in the top two to qualify for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship.^[1] In the first round he defeated Robert Thornton in his best win to date before losing to Kim Huybrechts in the second round.

On 19 January 2020, Larsson won a two-year PDC Tour Card by finishing fifth on the European Q School Order of Merit. He will play on the ProTour in 2020 and 2021.

World Championship results

BDO

2009: First round (lost to Tony O'Shea 0–3)
2015: First round (lost to Alan Norris 2–3)

PDC

2019: Second round (lost to Kim Huybrechts 0–3)
2021: First round (lost to Steve Lennon 1–3)
2022: First round (lost to Jason Lowe 0–3)
2023: First round (lost to Adrian Lewis 0–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship	Non-PDC					DNQ	Non-PDC						DNQ		2R	DNQ	1R	1R	1R
UK Open	Non-PDC												DNP			2R	WD	DNP
Non-major televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts	NH					DNP	NH	DNP			1R	1R	1R	1R	DNP	1R	1R	2R
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship	DNP			DNQ	1R	DNQ	DNP		DNQ		1R	DNQ	PDC				NH	PDC
Winmau World Masters	2R	3R	2R	3R	3R	DNP		1R	5R	6R	2R	DNP	PDC			NH		PDC
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	141	159	184	113	99	124

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2016	DDM DNP	GDM DNP	GDT DNQ	EDM DNP	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO DNP	EDT DNP	EDG DNP	GDC DNP
2017	GDC DNQ	GDM 2R	GDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDG 2R	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2018	EDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO 3R	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	DDO DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDC DNQ	DDC DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2019	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	DDO DNQ	CDO 1R	ADC DNQ	EDM DNQ	IDO 1R	GDT DNQ
2020	BDC DNQ	GDC 1R	EDG DNQ	IDO DNQ
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT DNQ
2022	IDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG 1R	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDC 3R	EDM DNQ	HDT 1R	GDO 2R	BDO DNQ	GDT DNQ

Performance timeline legend
DNP	Did not play in the event	DNQ	Did not qualify for the event	WD	Withdrew from the event	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin)
QF	lost in the quarter-finals	SF	lost in the semi-finals	F	lost in the final	W	won the tournament

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References

↑ Magnussen, Mads Plagborg. "Ally Pally-tickets will be decided today". PDC Nordic & Baltic. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

External links

Daniel Larsson player profile at Darts Orakel

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[1] Magnussen, Mads Plagborg. "Ally Pally-tickets will be decided today". PDC Nordic & Baltic. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

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