Dimitri Van den Bergh (born 8 July 1994) is a Belgian professional

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player who currently competes in

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(PDC) events. He is a two-time World Youth Champion and the

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champion, after beating Gary Anderson 18–10 in the final, in his first time competing in the Matchplay.

Career

BDO

In 2013, Van den Bergh won the British Teenage Open by beating Billy Longshaw 3–0 in the final. Two months later he claimed the 16th PDC Challenge Tour event of the year by whitewashing

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4–0.

PDC

2014

In 2014, he entered Q School in an attempt to earn a PDC tour card, but he couldn't advance beyond the last 64 in any of the four days. However, he was granted PDPA Associate Member status for participating which gave him entry into UK Open and European tour qualifiers. Van den Bergh qualified for the first European Tour event, the

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and lost 6–2 in the first round against

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despite averaging 102.94. Van den Bergh won three youth tour titles during the year and also reached the last 16 of the Under-21 World Championship, where he lost 6–3 to Robinson. He finished top of the Youth Tour Order of Merit which earned him a two-year card for the main PDC tour.

2015

Van den Bergh claimed two Development Tour titles in 2015. He reached the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time at the third Players Championship event, but lost 6–5 to

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. Van den Bergh was also knocked out in the second round of three European Tour events. He qualified for the inaugural

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but was beaten 6–3 by

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in the first round in what was Van den Bergh's televised debut.

2016

He qualified for the 2016 World Championship through the European Pro Tour Order of Merit and danced on to the stage before his first round encounter with Ian White. Van den Bergh missed four darts for the first set, but went on to win 3–1 taking out four ton-plus finishes during the match. He lost 4–2 to

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in the following round. Van den Bergh won the 14th Development Tour event by overcoming Steve Lennon 4–2. At the 15th Players Championship tournament Van den Bergh reached the semi-finals of a main tour event for the first time with wins over

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and

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, but he lost 6–2 to

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. In the semi-finals of the World Youth Championship, Van den Bergh was beaten 6–3 by

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. He won a place at the

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by coming through the qualifying event and edged his first group match 5–4 over

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. Van den Bergh was then beaten 5–4 by Robert Thornton, but after defeating

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5–4 in the final group game it meant he was tied with Thornton on points and leg difference. This meant a nine-dart shoot-out was required to decide who would advance to the knock-out stage and Thornton won by 345 points to 340.

2017

Van den Bergh's first round match at the 2017 World Championship went to a deciding set and was on throw, but he missed two darts at double eight to send it to a tie-break, allowing

to step in and win 3–2. At the end of the year, Van den Bergh became World Youth Champion by defeating Josh Payne 6–3 in the final. He would defend his title the following year by defeating

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in the final.

2018

At the

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, Van den Bergh reached the quarter-finals for the first time, where he lost 5–4 to eventual champion Rob Cross in a tight match. Van den Bergh's debut in the

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came with a stellar performance in the 2018 German Darts Masters where he lost in the final to

2–8 after defeating

8–3 in the quarter-final and Gary Anderson 8–7 in the semi-final.

2019

At the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, Van den Bergh lost 4–1 to

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in the third round. Following Gary Anderson's withdrawal from the 2019 Premier League, Van den Bergh was selected as one of nine 'contenders' to replace him. He would play a one-off match against

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on night eight in

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, recording a 6–6 draw. Van den Bergh reached two Players Championship finals, but lost in both to

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and

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respectively. Later in the year, he would qualify for the World Grand Prix for the first time, but he let a 1–0 lead slip and eventually lost 2–1 to Mervyn King. In the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship, Van den Bergh scored high averages in defeating Josh Payne,

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and

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, before losing to

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in the quarter-finals.

2020

At the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship, Van den Bergh reached the quarter-finals for the second time, there he lost to

5–3. In March he reached the quarter-finals of the

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before succumbing to

. Then, after spending the whole first

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lockdown in the UK, staying at Peter Wright's house, Van den Bergh pulled off the biggest achievement of his career by winning the

on his debut, after defeating

, Joe Cullen,

and Gary Anderson to win the £115,000 top prize, and move him into the Top 10 in the world for the first time.

2021

At the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship, Van den Bergh lost 4–2 in the fourth round to

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. In defence of his World Matchplay title, he reached the final, before losing 18–9 to Peter Wright Van den Bergh qualified for the 2021 Nordic Darts Masters where he defeated Sweden's Johan Engström 6-4 in the first round, and defeated Gary Anderson 10-8 in the Quarter finals before he lost to Fallon Sherrock 11-10 in the semi finals.

2022

At the

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, Van den Bergh suffered a shock second round defeat to

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. At the Masters he reached the second round, defeating Ian White 6-1 in round 1 with a 105.31 average, but then losing 10-9 to Jonny Clayton in round 2. In June 2022, Van den Bergh won the 2022 Nordic Darts Masters, defeating Benjamin Drue Reus,

and Michael Smith en route to a final against Gary Anderson which the Belgian won 11–4.

2023

At the 2023 PDC World Championship, Van den Bergh reached the quarterfinals for the third time and was finally able to progress further, seeing off Jonny Clayton 5-3, and as a result became the first Belgian player to reach the semi-finals of a PDC World Championship. before succumbing to a 6–0 defeat to Michael van Gerwen.

World Championship performances

PDC

* 2016: Second round (lost to

2–4) * 2017: First round (lost to

2–3) * 2018: Quarter-finals (lost to Rob Cross 4–5) * 2019: Third round (lost to

1–4) * 2020: Quarter-finals (lost to

3–5) * 2021: Fourth round (lost to

2–4) * 2022: Second round (lost to

1–3) * 2023: Semi-finals (lost to

0–6)

Career finals

PDC major finals: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-up)

PDC world series finals: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Performance timeline

''PDC European Tour''

Nine-dart finishes

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Van den Bergh, Dimitri Living people Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders Belgian darts players 1994 births Sportspeople from Antwerp World Matchplay (darts) champions PDC world youth champions World Series of Darts winners Darts players who have thrown televised nine-dart games PDC World Cup of Darts Belgian team