Mario Vandenbogaerde
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| Mario Vandenbogaerde | |||||||
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 Vandenbogaerde in 2021 | |||||||
| Personal information | |||||||
| Nickname | "Super Mario" | ||||||
| Born | 1 June 1973[1] Ypres, Belgium | ||||||
| Darts information | |||||||
| Playing darts since | 1993 | ||||||
| Darts | 24g 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–present (Tour Card 2022–present) | ||||||
| WDF | 2018–2021 | ||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 64  (19 April 2026)[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 | |||||||
BDO events
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Mario Vandenbogaerde (born 1 June 1973) is a Belgian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Before winning his PDC Tour Card in 2022, Vandenbogaerde won 2 British Darts Organisation (BDO) ranking titles and reached two BDO major semi-finals; at the 2019 World Masters and 2020 Lakeside World Championship. He reached his first PDC ranking final at 2025 Players Championship 28. His best PDC major performance is reaching the last 16 at the 2023 Players Championship Finals.
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]
In September 2025, Vandenbogaerde reached a maiden PDC ranking final at Players Championship 28, losing 8–6 to Ryan Searle.[9] At the 2026 PDC World Championship, he lost 3–0 to David Davies in the first round.[10]
World Championship results
BDO
- 2020: Semi-finals (lost to Jim Williams 4–6)
PDC
- 2024: First round (lost to Thibault Tricole 1–3)
- 2026: First round (lost to David Davies 0–3)