Michael Unterbuchner (born 23 May 1988) is a German

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player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached the semi-finals of the BDO World Championship on two of his three appearances.

Career

In 2017, Unterbuchner reached the last 48 of the

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. He qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship as one of the Playoff Qualifiers and played David Cameron in the preliminary round, winning 3–2. Unterbuchner became the first German player to reach a semi-final at a World Championship, as well as the first to win a last 16 match at a World Championship, when he caused an upset by beating No. 3 seed Jamie Hughes 3–2 in the first round, No. 14 seed Martin Phillips 4–2 in the second round, and No. 11 seed

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5–4 in the quarter final. Unterbuchner played No. 2 seed and BDO No. 1

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in the semi-finals where he lost 4–6. In 2020, Unterbuchner attended Q School but was unable to get a TourCard, He did however qualify for 2

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events, losing 6-4 to Darius Labanaukas & again 6-4 this time to Scott Baker. Unterbuchner also took part in the German Super League where he qualified for the Semi Final before losing 9-3 to Dragutin Horvat, with the event being won by

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. Unterbuchner won a PDC Tour Card for the first time at European Q School in February 2021.

World Championship results

BDO

* 2018: Semi-finals (lost to

4–6) (sets) * 2019: Semi-finals (lost to

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1–6) * 2020: Second round (lost to Scott Mitchell 0–4)

Career finals

BDO major finals: 0 (1 runner-up)

Performance timeline

References

External links

* Living people German darts players British Darts Organisation players 1988 births Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders Sportspeople from Munich {{Germany-sport-bio-stub