Marko Kantele

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Marko Kantele
Personal information
Born (1968-08-24) 24 August 1968 (age 55)
Mäntyharju, Finland
Home town Vääksy, Finland
Darts information
Playing darts since1989
Darts21g Magnum
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"The Trooper" by Iron Maiden
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 1996–2008
PDC 2008–
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 16: 2005
World Masters Last 16: 1997, 2004
World Trophy Last 32: 2004, 2005
Int. Darts League Last 32: 2005
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 64: 2009, 2018
UK Open Last 128: 2019, 2020
Other tournament wins
PDC European Tour Nordic and Baltic Qualifier 2017 (x2), 2018 (x2)
PDC World Finland Qualifying Event 2008
PDCNB Euro Qualifier ET022022

SDC Pro Tour

PDCNB Denmark 2023
PDCNB Finland 2017, 2018, 2023
PDCNB Iceland 2019, 2021, 2023
PDCNB Latvia 2022, 2024
PDCNB Norway 2017
PDCNB Sweden 2018, 2023
SDC Finland 2015
SDC Sweden 2014

Marko Kantele (born 24 August 1968) is a Finnish darts player.

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Career

Kantele made his major debut in the 1997 Winmau World Masters, beating defending champion Colin Monk in the first round but lost in the second round to Mark Day. He returned to the Masters five years later, losing in the second round to Ted Hankey. Kantele made a third appearance at the Masters, beating Bobby George and Remco van Eijden to reach the last 16 where he lost to Martin Atkins. He also played in the 2004 World Darts Trophy, losing in the first round to Robert Wagner.

Kantele qualified for the 2005 BDO World Darts Championship, beating Tony O'Shea in the first round before losing in the second round to Simon Whitlock. He also played in the International Darts League the same year, winning his opening group game against Mario Robbe but lost to Raymond van Barneveld and Atkins, eliminating him from the group stages. He also played in the 2005 World Darts Trophy, but lost in the first round to Vincent van der Voort. Kantele reached the last 32 of the 2006 World Masters and reached the last 32, losing to Darryl Fitton. Kantele reached the quarter-finals of the 2007 WDF World Cup but failed to qualify for the World Championship.

Kantele won the PDC World Finland Qualifying Event, beating Asko Niskala in the final. The win earned him a spot in the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship and made him Finland's first ever representative. [1] He beat Lourence Ilagan 5–2 in legs in the preliminary round, but lost 3–1 in sets to Ronnie Baxter in the first round. Afterwards, Kantele began playing in PDC Europe events competing for the European Order of Merit.

Kantele represented Finland with Petri Korte in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they were beaten 4–5 by Croatia in the first round. [2] His best result in the rest of 2012 was in reaching the semi-finals of a Scandinavian tour event in Finland where he lost 1–6 to Ulf Ceder. [3] [4] He finished 11th on the SDC Order of Merit. [5] In January 2013 he entered the PDC's Q School to try and earn a two-year tour card but he finished joint 95th having played all four days with his best result being a last 64 defeat. [6] In September, Kantele lost in the final of the Sawo Open to Veijo Viinikka. [7]

In the second Swedish event on the 2014 Scandinavian Pro Tour, Kantele won the title by defeating Jarkko Komula 6–4. [8] He also reached the final of the Nordic Cup, but lost 4–2 against Daniel Larsson. [9] Kantele played in his first World Cup since 2012 in 2015 and first with Kim Viljanen and they were beaten 5–4 by South Africa in the opening round with Kantele missing one match dart. [10] He won the final event on the 2015 Scandinavian Darts Corporation Pro Tour by edging past Magnus Caris 6–5. [11]

Kantele and Viljanen lost 5–1 in the first round of the 2016 World Cup to Wales. [12] In 2017 Viljanen missed two match darts in the first round as they were knocked out 5–4 by Wales. [13]

By finishing second on the 2019 European Q-School Order of Merit, he earned a PDC Tour Card for 2019–2020.

World Championship results

BDO/WDF

PDC

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament2009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
PDC World Championship 1R Did not qualify 1R DNQ 1R 1R DNQ 1R
UK Open Did not qualify 2R 2R DNQ
Non-major televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts NH 1R NH 1R Did not qualify 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R RR
Career statistics
Year-end ranking90151156155----11611210384-178

BDO

Tournament19971998–200020012002200320042005200620072008–201220132014201520162017
BDO World Championship Did not play 2R Did not playDid not qualify
International Darts League Not heldDid not playRRDid not playNot held
World Darts Trophy Not heldDid not play 1R 1R Did not playNot held
Winmau World Masters L16Did not play L32 DNP L16 DNP L32 L40 DNP L144 L272 L272 L272 DNP
Zuiderduin Masters Not heldDid not playRRNHDid not play


PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2013 UKM
DNQ		 EDT
DNP		 EDO
DNP		 ADO
DNP		 GDT
DNP		 GDC
DNP		 GDM
DNP		 DDM
DNP
2014 GDC
DNP		 DDM
DNP		 GDM
DNP		 ADO
1R		 GDT
DNP		 EDO
DNP		 EDG
DNP		 EDT
DNP
2015 Did not play
2016 DDM
DNQ		 GDM
DNQ		 GDT
DNQ		 EDM
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 EDO
DNQ		 IDO
DNP		 EDT
DNP		 EDG
DNP		 GDC
DNP
2017 GDC
DNQ		 GDM
DNQ		 GDO
1R		 EDG
DNQ		 GDT
DNQ		 EDM
2R		 ADO
DNQ		 EDO
DNQ		 DDM
DNQ		 GDG
DNQ		 IDO
DNQ		 EDT
DNQ
2018 EDO
2R		 GDG
DNQ		 GDO
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 DDM
DNQ		 GDT
DNQ		 DDO
DNQ		 EDM
DNQ		 GDC
DNQ		 DDC
DNQ		 IDO
DNQ		 EDT
2R
2019 EDO
DNQ		 GDC
DNQ		 GDG
DNQ		 GDO
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 DDM
DNQ		 DDO
DNQ		 CDO
DNQ		 ADC
DNQ		 EDM
DNQ		 IDO
DNQ		 GDT
DNQ
2020 BDC
DNP		 GDC
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 IDO
DNQ
2021 HDT
DNQ		 GDT
DNQ
2022 IDO
DNP		 GDC
1R		 GDG
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 EDO
DNP		 CDO
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 DDC
DNQ		 EDM
DNQ		 HDT
DNQ		 GDO
DNQ		 BDO
DNQ		 GDT
1R
2023 BSD
DNQ		 EDO
1R		IDO
DNQ		 GDG
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 DDC
1R		 BDO
DNQ		 CDO
DNQ		 EDG
1R		 EDM
2R		 GDO
HDT
GDC


Performance Table Legend
DNPDid not play at the eventDNQDid not qualify for the eventNYFNot yet founded#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QFlost in the quarter-finalsSFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament

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