Mario Vandenbogaerde

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Mario Vandenbogaerde
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Vandenbogaerde in 2021
Personal information
Nickname"Super Mario"
Born (1973-06-01) 1 June 1973 (age 52) [1]
Ypres, Belgium
Darts information
Playing darts since1993
Darts24g 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–
(Tour Card 2022–)
WDF 2018–2021
Current world ranking ( PDC ) 68 Steady2.svg (31 August 2025) [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
Belgium National Championships 2005
German Open 2019
Luxembourg Masters 2018

Mario Vandenbogaerde (born 1 June 1973) is a Belgian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a current PDC Tour Card holder. His best PDC major performance is reaching the last 16 at the 2023 Players Championship Finals.

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Vandenbogaerde formerly participated in British Darts Organisation tournaments. He reached two BDO major semi-finals: 2019 World Masters and 2020 Lakeside World Championship.

Career

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]

World Championship results

BDO

PDC

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament200320042005201820192020
BDO Ranked televised events
World Championship DNP SF
Winmau World Masters 2R 3R SF NH

PDC

Tournament2022202320242025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ 1R DNQ
UK Open 1R 3R 3R 4R
Players Championship Finals DNQ 3R 2R
Career statistics
Season-end ranking (PDC)1056789

PDC European Tour

Season1234567891011121314
2020 BDC
DNQ
GDC
DNP
EDG
DNQ
IDO
1R
2021 HDT
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2022 IDO
DNQ
GDC
1R
GDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDC
1R
EDM
DNQ
HDT
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
BDO
DNQ
GDT
1R
2023 BSD
2R
EDO
DNQ
IDO
2R
GDG
1R
ADO
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
BDO
DNQ
CDO
2R
EDG
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
HDT
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
2025 BDO
DNQ
EDT
DNQ
IDO
2R
GDG
1R
ADO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDC
2R
EDO
DNQ
BSD
DNQ
FDT
3R
CDO
HDT
DNQ
SDT
GDC

PDC Players Championships

Season12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
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
HIL
LEI
LEI
LEI
WIG
WIG
WIG
WIG
Performance Table Legend
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
Prel.
Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round
DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

References

  1. "Mario Vandenbogaerde player profile". Mastercaller.
  2. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 August 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  3. "BDO World Darts: Mikuru Suzuki beats Lisa Ashton in women's BDO final". BBC Sport. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  4. "Field for men's and ladies BDO World Darts Championship 2020 confirmed". dartsnews.com. 30 September 2019.
  5. "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.
  6. Phillips, Josh (14 January 2022). "Montgomery & Peters claim Tour Cards on Day Three". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  7. 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.
  8. "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.