Iceland Open

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Iceland Open
Tournament information
VenueBullseye Darts
Location Reykjavík
CountryFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Established2015
Organisation(s) WDF
Format Legs
Current champion(s)
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Jan McIntosh (men's)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Maud Jansson (women's)

The Iceland Open is an annual darts tournament on the WDF circuit that began in 2015. [1]

Contents

List of winners

Men's

YearChampionAv.ScoreRunner-UpAv.Prize MoneyVenue
TotalCh.R.-Up
2015 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Barry Zandern/abeat Flag of Scotland.svg Dennis Wattn/an/an/an/aReykjavík Dartclub, Reykjavík
2016 Flag of Sweden.svg Goran Erikssonn/abeat Flag of Scotland.svg Dennis Wattn/an/aISK 50,000ISK 25,000Selfoss Hotel, Selfoss
2017 Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Sajwani n/abeat Flag of Sweden.svg Dennis Nilsson n/an/aISK 50,000ISK 25,000Reykjanesbaer, Keflavík
2018 Flag of Scotland.svg Dennis Wattn/a7 – 5 Flag of Iceland.svg Guðjón Haukssonn/an/aISK 50,000ISK 25,000Hlégardur, Mosfellsbae
2019 Flag of Scotland.svg Dennis Watt (2)68.607 – 1 Flag of Iceland.svg Alex-Máni Pétursson59.70ISK 140,000ISK 60,000ISK 30,000
2022 Flag of Hungary.svg  Gábor Takács67.197 – 5 Flag of Iceland.svg Guðjón Hauksson66.21ISK 140,000ISK 60,000ISK 30,000Bullseye Darts, Reykjavík
2023 Flag of Sweden.svg  Edwin Torbjörnsson93.175 – 3 Flag of Scotland.svg   Mark Barilli 83.55ISK 140,000ISK 60,000ISK 30,000Bullseye Darts, Reykjavík
2024 Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Jan McIntosh84.795 – 2 Flag of Sweden.svg  Edwin Torbjörnsson79.70ISK 140,000ISK 60,000ISK 30,000Bullseye Darts, Reykjavík

Women's

YearChampionAv.ScoreRunner-UpAv.Prize MoneyVenue
TotalCh.R.-Up
2015 Flag of Iceland.svg Elinborg Steinunnardóttirn/abeat Flag of Iceland.svg Jóhanna Bergsdóttirn/an/an/an/aReykjavík Dartclub, Reykjavík
2016 Flag of Denmark.svg Elin Mortensenn/abeat Flag of Denmark.svg Hanne Johnsonn/an/an/an/aSelfoss Hotel, Selfoss
2017 Flag of Lithuania.svg Algina Juknaitėn/abeat Flag of Iceland.svg Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttirn/an/an/an/aReykjanesbaer, Keflavík
2018 Flag of Lithuania.svg Algina Juknaitė (2)n/a6 – 3 Flag of Iceland.svg María Jóhannesdóttirn/an/an/an/aHlégardur, Mosfellsbae
2019 Flag of Iceland.svg Petrea Fridriksdottir43.707 – 6 Flag of Iceland.svg Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir45.00ISK 80,000ISK 40,000ISK 20,000
2022 Flag of Iceland.svg Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir54.357 – 2 Flag of Iceland.svg Brynja Herborg Jónsdóttir48.19ISK 140,000ISK 60,000ISK 30,000Bullseye Darts, Reykjavík
2023 Flag of Germany.svg Anne Willkomm68.295 – 4 Flag of Sweden.svg Maud Jansson62.54ISK 140,000ISK 60,000ISK 30,000Bullseye Darts, Reykjavík
2024 Flag of Sweden.svg Maud Jansson56.365 – 4 Flag of Sweden.svg Milou Emriksdotter54.01ISK 140,000ISK 60,000ISK 30,000Bullseye Darts, Reykjavík

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