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Matt Campbell (darts player)
Matthew Campbell (born 29 September 1989) is a Canadian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number fifty-three. Campbell won the 2024 North American Darts Championship. He also won 3 titles on the PDC Challenge Tour, and 5 titles on the CDC Pro Tour. Campbell has been the runner-up in a Players Championship event twice, in 2022 and 2024. He has reached the last 16 at the Players Championship Finals and the World Series Finals, both in 2022. CareerIn 2019, Campbell won the ADO Syracuse Open where he defeated Darin Young in the final. On the CDC Pro Tour, he finished as the best Canadian player and qualified for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship.[3] He played Mark McGeeney in the first round and lost the match 3-1.[4] On the 2020 CDC Pro Tour he finished as the best Canadian player and qualified for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship, where lost 3-2 to Scott Waites in the first round. In 2021, he won three PDC European Challenge Tour tournaments and topped the ranking, thus he earned a PDC Tour Card for 2022/2023, a place at the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship and a place at the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts.[5] He played in Group F at the Grand Slam and lost all three matches to Mensur Suljovic, José De Sousa and Luke Humphries, finishing last in his group. He faced Adrian Lewis in the first round of the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship. Campbell won the first set, but eventually lost 1-3 and was eliminated. The 2024 PDC World Darts Championship saw Campbell win his first match at the competition, defeating Lourence Ilagan 3–2 in the first round.[6] He followed up his first victory with a 3–2 win over thirteenth seed James Wade in the second round.[7][8] He was defeated 4–1 by Luke Littler in the third round.[9][10] In 2024, Campbell won the North American Darts Championship by defeating Stowe Buntz 6–4 in the final.[11] The result would've allowed him to automatically qualify for both the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts and the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship. However, under PDC Rule 3.9, Campbell was not eligible to do so, as he held his Tour Card for more than two years.[12] Despite this setback, Campbell still managed to qualify for the World Championship through the PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier, where he defeated Mario Vandenbogaerde 6–1 and Andy Baetens 6–3 before beating Mervyn King in their quarter's final 7–6 in a deciding leg.[13] Campbell won his first-round match 3–2 against Mensur Suljović but was eliminated by Ryan Searle in the second round.[14][15] World Championship resultsPDC
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PDC European Tour
PDC Players Championships
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