Iceland Open | |
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Tournament information | |
Venue | Bullseye Darts |
Location | Reykjavík |
Country | Iceland |
Established | 2015 |
Organisation(s) | WDF |
Format | Legs |
Current champion(s) | |
Jan McIntosh (men's) Maud Jansson (women's) |
The Iceland Open is an annual darts tournament on the WDF circuit that began in 2015. [1]
Year | Champion | Av. | Score | Runner-Up | Av. | Prize Money | Venue | ||
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Total | Ch. | R.-Up | |||||||
2015 | Barry Zander | n/a | beat | Dennis Watt | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Reykjavík Dartclub, Reykjavík |
2016 | Goran Eriksson | n/a | beat | Dennis Watt | n/a | n/a | ISK 50,000 | ISK 25,000 | Selfoss Hotel, Selfoss |
2017 | Peter Sajwani | n/a | beat | Dennis Nilsson | n/a | n/a | ISK 50,000 | ISK 25,000 | Reykjanesbaer, Keflavík |
2018 | Dennis Watt | n/a | 7 – 5 | Guðjón Hauksson | n/a | n/a | ISK 50,000 | ISK 25,000 | Hlégardur, Mosfellsbae |
2019 | Dennis Watt (2) | 68.60 | 7 – 1 | Alex-Máni Pétursson | 59.70 | ISK 140,000 | ISK 60,000 | ISK 30,000 | |
2022 | Gábor Takács | 67.19 | 7 – 5 | Guðjón Hauksson | 66.21 | ISK 140,000 | ISK 60,000 | ISK 30,000 | Bullseye Darts, Reykjavík |
2023 | Edwin Torbjörnsson | 93.17 | 5 – 3 | Mark Barilli | 83.55 | ISK 140,000 | ISK 60,000 | ISK 30,000 | Bullseye Darts, Reykjavík |
2024 | Jan McIntosh | 84.79 | 5 – 2 | Edwin Torbjörnsson | 79.70 | ISK 140,000 | ISK 60,000 | ISK 30,000 | Bullseye Darts, Reykjavík |
Year | Champion | Av. | Score | Runner-Up | Av. | Prize Money | Venue | ||
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Total | Ch. | R.-Up | |||||||
2015 | Elinborg Steinunnardóttir | n/a | beat | Jóhanna Bergsdóttir | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Reykjavík Dartclub, Reykjavík |
2016 | Elin Mortensen | n/a | beat | Hanne Johnson | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Selfoss Hotel, Selfoss |
2017 | Algina Juknaitė | n/a | beat | Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Reykjanesbaer, Keflavík |
2018 | Algina Juknaitė (2) | n/a | 6 – 3 | María Jóhannesdóttir | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Hlégardur, Mosfellsbae |
2019 | Petrea Fridriksdottir | 43.70 | 7 – 6 | Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir | 45.00 | ISK 80,000 | ISK 40,000 | ISK 20,000 | |
2022 | Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir | 54.35 | 7 – 2 | Brynja Herborg Jónsdóttir | 48.19 | ISK 140,000 | ISK 60,000 | ISK 30,000 | Bullseye Darts, Reykjavík |
2023 | Anne Willkomm | 68.29 | 5 – 4 | Maud Jansson | 62.54 | ISK 140,000 | ISK 60,000 | ISK 30,000 | Bullseye Darts, Reykjavík |
2024 | Maud Jansson | 56.36 | 5 – 4 | Milou Emriksdotter | 54.01 | ISK 140,000 | ISK 60,000 | ISK 30,000 | Bullseye Darts, Reykjavík |
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