Yuanjun Liu (born 21 April 1982) is a Chinese professional
darts
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player who plays in
Professional Darts Corporation
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events.
Career
In 2016, he and
Wenge Xie represented China in the
2016 PDC World Cup of Darts
The 2016 Betway World Cup of Darts was the sixth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts. It took place between 2–5 June 2016 at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.
The England pairing of Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis retained their title aft ...
, and reached the second round, where they were comprehensively beaten by
Phil Taylor and
Adrian Lewis
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of
England
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. He would play Taylor again in the
2016 Shanghai Darts Masters
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later in the year. He would represent China again in the
2017 PDC World Cup of Darts
The 2017 Betway World Cup of Darts was the seventh edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts. It took place between 1–4 June 2017 at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.
The England pairing of Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis were the reigning cham ...
, this time with
Weihong Li, but they were whitewashed 5–0 in the first round by the
Austria
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n duo of
Mensur Suljović
Mensur Suljović (Serbian Cyrillic: Менсур Суљовић; born 5 March 1972) is an Austrian professional darts player. He plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, having previously played in the British Darts Organisation (BD ...
and
Rowby-John Rodriguez
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Career
In 2010, as a 16-year-old, Rodriguez won the Austrian National Championship by bea ...
. He also played in the
2018 Shanghai Darts Masters, losing 6–2 in the first round to
Gerwyn Price
Gerwyn Stephen Price (born 7 March 1985) is a Welsh professional darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player. Nicknamed "The Iceman", he competes in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), where he is cu ...
of
Wales
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.
In 2018, Liu qualified for the
2019 PDC World Darts Championship through the
PDC China Qualifier. In his First Round match against
Brendan Dolan
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he won only one leg before losing 3-0.
After Qingyu Zhan withdrew from the
2019 PDC World Cup of Darts, Liu was selected to take his place and made his third appearance at the tournament.
World Championship results
PDC
*2019: First round (lost to
Brendan Dolan
Brendan Gabriel Dolan (born 2 August 1973) is a Northern Irish professional darts player from County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is best known for becoming the first player to hit a ...
0–3)
References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
Chinese darts players
Professional Darts Corporation associate players
PDC World Cup of Darts Chinese team
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