Boris Krčmar

Boris Krčmar
Boris Krčmar
Personal information
Nickname	"The Biggest"
Born	13 September 1979 (age 44); SFR Yugoslavia
Home town	Zagreb, Croatia
Darts information
Playing darts since	1999
Darts	16g
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Chelsea Dagger" by The Fratellis
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2008– ; (Tour Card: 2020-)
Current world ranking	55 (28 April 2024)
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 2024
UK Open	Last 16: 2022
Grand Slam	Group Stage: 2021
European Ch'ship	Last 32: 2021
PC Finals	Last 64: 2020, 2023
Other tournament wins
Apatin Open	2014, 2015, 2019
Dartslive China	2014
Dartslive Las Vegas	2014
Dartslive World Ch'ship	2016
FECS European Ch'ship	2010
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Croatia
IDF World Ch'ship
EDF European Ch'ship
EDU European Ch'ship

Boris Krčmar (born 13 September 1979) is a Croatian professional steel-tip and soft-tip darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He dominated soft-tip darts for over a decade. He is a four-time IDF World Champion, tenth-time EDF European Champion, eight-time EDU European Champion and FECS European Champion. He was the first Croatian player to qualify for the PDC World Darts Championship.

Career

Krčmar won the IDF World Championship in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015. He started his career in 2005. From 2007 to present, he is the captain of the Croatian national team. Krčmar qualified for the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship by winning the Eastern European qualifier.^[2] In the preliminary round, he lost 4–2 to Denmark's Per Laursen.

He qualified for the

Antonio Alcinas in the European qualifier.^[5] He played Wes Newton in the first round and lost 6–4.^[6]

Krčmar had a very good year in soft tip events in 2014 by winning the Chinese and Las Vegas Dartslive events.[7] He came very close to reaching his second World Championship when he lost in the final of the East European Qualifier for the 2015 edition 10–7 against Robert Marijanović.^[8]

On 19 January 2020, Krčmar won a two-year PDC Tour Card by finishing sixth on the European Q School Order of Merit. He will play on the ProTour in 2020 and 2021. He withdrew from 2020 UK Open due to a prior commitment. The only major tournament he qualified was 2020 Players Championship Finals, where he lost in the first round against Michael Smith 5-6.

Krcmar entered Eastern European Qualifier for 2021 PDC World Darts Championship and secured his return to this tournament after 10 years. He lost in the first round to Ron Meulenkamp 1-3 on sets. He again withdrew from 2021 UK Open prior to the draw and was replaced. During 2021 Krcmar made his debut on European Tour, qualifying for the both events that took place and therefore also qualifying for 2021 European Championship, where he lost in the first round to Michael van Gerwen 2-6. Croatia were set to return to 2021 PDC World Cup of Darts, having not participated in the competition since 2013, but on 7 September, Croatia withdrew following an illness to Boris Krčmar. Later on in the year Krcmar won qualification for 2021 Grand Slam of Darts and was drawn to group C with James Wade, Rob Cross and Jim Williams. Unable to win any match in the group stage, he was eliminated after the round robin.

For the second time in a row Boris qualified for 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, this time via PDPA Qualifier. He lost in the first round of the main event to Adam Hunt 0-3 on sets but was able to hold his place in top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit and secured his Tour card for another year.

Krcmar made his debut on 2022 UK Open and received bye to the third round of the event. After wins over Zoran Lerchbacher 6-2, Luke Woodhouse 10-5 and Dave Chisnall 10-4, Boris advanced among last 16, where he lost 8-10 to James Wade. During 2022 Krcmar qualified for four European Tour events and achieved his best result so far on 2022 Dutch Darts Championship, where he played quarterfinals. Krcmar was unable to qualify for any other major event that year but secured his spot on 2023 PDC World Darts Championship via PDC Pro Tour, where he finished on 24th place.

World Championship results

IDF (soft-tip)

2009: Winner (beat Peter Martin)
2011: Winner (beat Krzysztof Kciuk)
2013: Winner (beat Paul Lim)
2015: Winner (beat Zdravko Antunović)

PDC

2011: Preliminary round (lost to Per Laursen 2–4) (legs)
2021: First round (lost to Ron Meulenkamp 1–3)
2022: First round (lost to Adam Hunt 0–3)
2023: Second round (lost to Nathan Aspinall 1–3)
2024: Third round (lost to Gary Anderson 1–4)

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament	2011	2012	2013–2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC World Championship	PR	DNP	DNP	DNP	1R	1R	2R	3R
UK Open	DNP		DNP	WD		6R	3R	4R
European Championship	DNP		DNP	DNQ	1R	DNQ
Grand Slam of Darts	DNP		DNP	DNQ	RR	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	DNP		DNP	1R	DNQ		1R
Non-major televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts	NH	2R	DNP	DNP	WD	DNP	2R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	-	-	95	61	54	51

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2020	BDC DNQ	GDC DNQ	EDG DNP	IDO DNP
2021	HDT 1R	GDT 2R
2022	IDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG 2R	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	CDO DNP	EDG DNP	DDC QF	EDM DNQ	HDT 3R	GDO DNQ	BDO 2R	GDT DNQ
2023	BSD DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	DDC DNQ	BDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDO DNQ	HDT DNQ	GDC 2R

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Prel.	DNQ	DNP	NH	EX	WD

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Prel.) Preliminary round; (DNQ) Did not qualify; (DNP) Did not participate; (NH) Not held; (EX) Excluded; (WD) Withdrew

References

^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
^ Madhoo & Krčmar Qualify Archived 15 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine Professional Darts Corporation
^ "Preview, Draw & Results from the World Cup of Darts". Sports News Ireland. 3 February 2012.
^ "Cash Converters World Cup RD2". Professional Darts Corporation. 3 February 2012. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
^ "European Qualifiers Win Austria Spots". PDC. 8 April 2012. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
^ "Austrian Open Day One". PDC. 27 April 2012. Archived from the original on 30 April 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
^ "Boris Krčmar 2014". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
^ "2014 PDC World East European Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.

External links

Boris Krčmar player profile at Darts Orakel

[PDC_Rankings-1] "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.

[2] Madhoo & Krčmar Qualify Archived 15 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine Professional Darts Corporation

[3] "Preview, Draw & Results from the World Cup of Darts". Sports News Ireland. 3 February 2012.

[4] "Cash Converters World Cup RD2". Professional Darts Corporation. 3 February 2012. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.

[5] "European Qualifiers Win Austria Spots". PDC. 8 April 2012. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.

[6] "Austrian Open Day One". PDC. 27 April 2012. Archived from the original on 30 April 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.

[7] "Boris Krčmar 2014". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.

[8] "2014 PDC World East European Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.

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