Kim Viljanen (born December 4, 1981) is a

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player.

Career

Viljanen won the boys' singles event at the 1999

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. In 2004, he progressed to the last 32 of the

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, losing 3–2 to Tony West. Viljanen competed on the Scandinavian Darts Corporation (SDC) Tour in 2014, and finished third in the Scandinavian Order of Merit. He was awarded a place in the 2015 PDC World Championship after

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, who had finished second on the Scandinavian Tour, was excluded following a suspension by the Finnish Darts Organisation. He lost 4–1 in the preliminary round to

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. Viljanen won three SDC Tour events in 2015 and finished top of the Order of Merit, thus qualifying for the 2016 PDC World Championship. After winning 2–1 against Sven Groen in the preliminary round, he was beaten 3–0 by

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in the first round. Viljanen made his debut at the 2016 World Cup of Darts, representing Finland with

Marko Kantele Marko Kantele (born 24 August 1968 in Mäntyharju) is a Finnish darts player. Career Kantele made his major debut in the 1997 Winmau World Masters, beating defending champion Colin Monk in the first round but lost in the second round to Mark D ...

and they lost 5–1 to Wales in the opening round. Another three SDC titles saw him qualify for the 2017 World Championship and he saw off Ross Snook 2–0 in the preliminary round, but could only win one leg against world number one

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during a 3–0 first round loss. Viljanen missed two match darts in the first round of the

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as he and Kantele were knocked out 5–4 by Wales.

World Championship results

PDC

* 2015: Preliminary round (lost to

1–4) * 2016: First round (lost to

0–3) * 2017: First round (lost to

0–3) * 2018: First round (lost to Alan Norris 0–3) * 2021: ''Withdrew due to health reasons''

References

External links

* 1981 births Living people Finnish darts players Sportspeople from Vantaa PDC World Cup of Darts Finnish team Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders {{Finland-sport-bio-stub