Boris Krčmar (born 13 September 1979) is a Croatian professional steel-tip and soft-tip

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player who competes in

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(PDC) events. He dominated soft-tip darts for over a decade. He is a four-time IDF World Champion, ten-time EDF European Champion, nine-time EDU European Champion and FECS European Champion. He was the first Croatian player to qualify for the

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. Krcmar is also a semi-finalist on the PDC Pro Tour and a quarter-finalist on the European Tour.

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

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by winning the Eastern European qualifier. In the preliminary round, he lost 4–2 to Denmark's

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. He qualified for the

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where he partnered Tonci Restovic in the Croatian team. After defeating

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in the first round, they faced

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in the second round. In his singles match, Krčmar forced

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into a last leg decider before losing 4–3. In April, Krčmar earned a place in the Austrian Darts Open in

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by defeating Kurt van de Rijck and Antonio Alcinas in the European qualifier. He played

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in the first round and lost 6–4. Krčmar had a very good year in soft tip events in 2014 by winning the Chinese and Las Vegas Dartslive events. He came very close to reaching his second World Championship when he lost in the final of the East European Qualifier for the

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edition 10–7 against

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. 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

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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

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and secured his return to this tournament after 10 years. He lost in the first round to

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1–3 on sets. He again withdrew from

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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

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2-6. Croatia were set to return to

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, 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

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and was drawn to group C with

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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

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, this time via PDPA Qualifier. He lost in the first round of the main event to

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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

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and received bye to the third round of the event. After wins over

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6-2,

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10-5 and

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10-4, Boris advanced among last 16, where he lost 8–10 to

. 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

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via PDC Pro Tour, where he finished on 24th place.

World Championship results

IDF (soft-tip)

* 2009: Winner (beat Peter Martin) * 2011: Winner (beat

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) * 2013: Winner (beat

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) * 2015: Winner (beat

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)

PDC

* 2011: Preliminary round (lost to

2–4) (legs) * 2021: First round (lost to

1–3) * 2022: First round (lost to

0–3) * 2023: Second round (lost to

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1–3) * 2024: Third round (lost to Gary Anderson 1–4)

Performance timeline

PDC PDC European Tour PDC Players Championships

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Krcmar, Boris Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders Croatian darts players Living people 1979 births PDC World Cup of Darts Croatian team