Øyvind Aasland (born 11 November 1967) is a
Norwegian former
darts
Darts is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small projectile point, sharp-pointed projectile, projectiles known as dart (missile), darts at a round shooting target, target known as a #Dartboard, dartboard.
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player.
Career
Aasland competed at the
1992 BDO World Darts Championship, where he was defeated by former World Champion
John Lowe 3–0 in the first round. He was the second Norwegian to play in the
World Professional Darts Championship
The World Professional Darts Championship is one of the most important tournaments in the darts calendar. Originally held as an annual event between 1978 and 1993, players then broke off into two separate organisations after a controversial split ...
, with
Knud Nilsen being the first, playing in the previous year. He also played in the 1995
Winmau World Masters
The World Masters is a darts tournament, initially organised by the British Darts Organisation from 1974 and later by the World Darts Federation. It is one of the longest-running and most prestigious of the BDO/WDF tournaments. The tournament w ...
, losing in the first round to then reigning World Master and World Champion
Richie Burnett
Richard Mark Burnett (born 7 February 1967), nicknamed Prince of Wales, is a Welsh professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Seniors Darts (WSD) events. He was formerly ranked BDO world number one. ...
. Aasland has been Norwegian Champion 34 times (May 2011) and is still one of the top players in Norway.
World Championship results
BDO
* 1992: 1st Round (lost to
John Lowe 0–3)
External links
Profile at Darts Database
Norwegian darts players
Living people
British Darts Organisation players
1967 births
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