Andree Welge (born 6 May 1972) is a German professional

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player who competed in events of the

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(WDF).

Career

Welge made his World Championship debut in the 2002 BDO World Darts Championship where he lost in the first round 3–2 to

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. He made his PDC debut in the

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, where he was defeated 3–0 by

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in the first round. Four years later, he qualified for the

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, but was beaten 3–0 by

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in the first round. In the

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he was close to beating

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in the first round, having three matchdarts, but ultimately lost 3–2. In June 2012, he earned a place in the European Tour Event 2 in Berlin by defeating Andreas Krockel and Matheus Ziolkowski in the Home Nation Qualifier. Welge played Paul Nicholson in the first round and lost 3–6. He again came through the Home Nation Qualifier to reach the fourth European Tour Event and played Mark Webster in the first round in

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, Germany. There he beat the former world champion 6–4, despite Webster hitting a

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in the opening leg and leading 4–2. Welge continued his run with a 6–4 win over

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in round two, to set up a last 16 encounter with

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, which he lost 2–6. In a copy of this, two weeks later at the European Championship he beat Webster 6–4 in the first round and once again faced Dolan in round two. However, this time he was beaten 5–10. Welge won the Bild Superdarter, the biggest darts event ever held in Germany with thousands of players competing in best of three leg matches. He beat

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in the final to win the €100,000 first prize and his place in the 2013 World Championship. Welge played

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of Hong Kong in the preliminary round and lost 1–4 as he hit just 10% of his doubles, with an average of 76.70. Welge entered 2013 ranked world number 74, outside of the top 64 who retain their places on the PDC tour. Therefore, he played in the Q School in an attempt to win a tour card for 2013 and 2014 and succeeded on the third day, defeating 2008 World Championship finalist

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6–3 in his final match. He played in his second

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and they qualified from Group F with 5–3 wins over Finland and the United States. The home nation then saw off Poland 5–2 and then played the Finnish duo of

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and

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in the quarter-finals. Artut beat Haavisto, but Welge lost to Komula 4–2 meaning that a doubles match was required to settle the tie. Germany came from 3–1 down to level at 3–3 but lost the deciding leg to exit the tournament. Welge qualified for the 2014 World Championship by beating Maik Langendorf 10–7 in the final of the German Qualifier, but lost 4–1 to Julio Barbero in the preliminary round. Welge and Artut were beaten 5–3 by South Africa in the first round of the

in the opening round and was knocked out in the semi-finals of the World Championship Qualifier 8–4 by

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. In 2015, Welge attempted to qualify for four

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events and was successful at the German Darts Masters, but lost 6–2 to Jamie Bain in the opening round. The following year he qualified for the Dutch Darts Masters and European Darts Matchplay and was eliminated at the first round stage of both.

World Championship results

BDO

*2002: First round (lost to Erik Clarys 1–3) (sets)

PDC

*2006: First round (lost to

0–3) *2010: First round (lost to

0–3) *2011: First round (lost to

2–3) *2013: Preliminary round (lost to

1–4 in legs) *2014: Preliminary round (lost to Julio Barbero 1–4 in legs)

References

External links

Profile and stats on Darts Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Welge, Andree German darts players Living people 1972 births Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders British Darts Organisation players Sportspeople from Bremen PDC World Cup of Darts German team