Michael Unterbuchner
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| Michael Unterbuchner | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Nickname | "T-Rex" | ||||
| Born | 23 May 1988 Munich, West Germany | ||||
| Home town | Landsberg am Lech, Germany | ||||
| Darts information | |||||
| Playing darts since | 2004 | ||||
| Darts | 23g One80 Signature | ||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||
| Walk-on music | "Bangarang" by Skrillex | ||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||
| BDO | 2015–2020 | ||||
| PDC | 2020–2022 (Tour Card: 2021–2022) | ||||
| WDF | 2015–2020, 2023– | ||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 133  (21 September 2025)[1] | ||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||
| World Championship | Semi-final: 2018, 2019 | ||||
| World Masters | Last 16: 2018 | ||||
| World Trophy | Runner-up: 2018 | ||||
| Finder Masters | Last 24: 2017, 2018 | ||||
| Dutch Open | Last 64: 2023 | ||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||
| Grand Slam | Quarter-final: 2018 | ||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||
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Michael Unterbuchner (born 23 May 1988) is a German professional darts player who competes in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He previously played in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments until it was dissolved in 2020, finishing as the runner-up at the 2018 BDO World Trophy.
He reached the quarter-finals at the 2018 Grand Slam of Darts and obtained a PDC Tour Card in 2021, but lost his Tour Card at the end of 2022.
He is a two-time world championship semi-finalist, having reached the last four at the BDO World Championship in 2018 and 2019.
Career
[edit]In 2017, Unterbuchner reached the last 48 of the World Masters. 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, with wins over Jamie Hughes 3–2 in the first round, Martin Phillips 4–2 in the second round,[2] and Richard Veenstra 5–4 in the quarter-finals.[3] Unterbuchner played Mark McGeeney in the semi-finals where he lost 6–4 in sets.
He reached the final of the 2018 BDO World Trophy but lost to Glen Durrant, 10–7 in legs. During the 2018 season, he was the first German to be ranked number one in the World Darts Federation world rankings.
In 2020, Unterbuchner attended the PDC European Qualifying School, but was unable to get a PDC Tour Card. He qualified for two PDC European Tour events, but lost 6–4 in the first round on both occasions.
Unterbuchner also participated in the German Super League Darts 2020 where he made the semi-finals before losing 9–3 to Dragutin Horvat.
Unterbuchner won a Tour Card for the first time at the PDC Q-School in February 2021.[4] However, he earned only £4,000 in ranking money during his two years on the PDC Pro Tour and lost his Tour Card.
After losing his card he returned to competing in World Darts Federation events, reaching the last 64 at the 2023 Dutch Open.[5]
In 2024, Unterbuchner participated in the 2024 PDC Challenge Tour series and reached his first final at Challenge Tour 11.[6]
In February 2025, he qualified for three PDC European Tour events through the Host Nation Qualifiers.[7][8] He reached the final of Challenge Tour 9 and 20.[9][10]
World Championship results
[edit]BDO
[edit]- 2018: Semi-finals (lost to Mark McGeeney 4–6) (sets)
- 2019: Semi-finals (lost to Scott Waites 1–6)
- 2020: Second round (lost to Scott Mitchell 0–4)
Career finals
[edit]BDO major finals: 1
[edit]| Legend |
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| BDO World Trophy (0–1) |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 2018 | World Trophy |  Glen Durrant
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7–10 (l) |
- ^ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.
Performance timeline
[edit]| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||
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| BDO/WDF Ranked televised events | |||||||||||||
| World Championship | DNP | SF | SF | 2R | NH | PDC | DNQ | ||||||
| World Trophy | DNQ | RU | 1R | NH | |||||||||
| World Masters | 4R | 6R | DNQ | NH | DNQ | NH | 2R | ||||||
| Finder Masters | RR | RR | NH | ||||||||||
| Dutch Open | DNQ | PDC | 7R | DNQ | |||||||||
| PDC Ranked televised events | |||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | DNQ | QF | DNQ | ||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||
| Season-end ranking (PDC) | – | – | – | 166 | 172 | 164 | – | 176 | |||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | BDC DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
EDG 1R |
IDO 1R | ||||||||||
| 2024 | BDO DNQ |
GDG 1R |
IDO 2R |
Did not qualify | ||||||||||
| 2025 | BDO DNP |
EDT 1R |
IDO DNQ |
GDG 1R |
ADO DNQ |
EDG 1R |
Did not qualify | |||||||
PDC Players Championships
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
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| 2021 | BOL 3R |
BOL 1R |
BOL 1R |
BOL 1R |
DNP | NIE 1R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 1R |
Did not participate | BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
DNP | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Did not participate | NIE 1R |
NIE DNP |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
DNP | NIE 2R |
NIE 1R |
Did not participate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025[nb 1] | Did not participate | HIL 2R |
HIL QF |
LEI |
LEI |
LEI |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- ^ Not a Tour card holder
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. |
Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ^ "BDO World Championship: Michael Unterbuchner beats Martin Phillips in second round". BBC Sport. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ "BDO World Championships: Glen Durrant v Scott Waites in semi-final". BBC Sport. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ Barry, Brian (23 February 2021). "PDC Q-School: Danny Baggish and Scott Mitchell among 20 players to seal Tour Cards on final day". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ "Dutch Open Darts 2023". Dart Connect.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (7 June 2024). "Double delight for nine-dart Kist on Winmau Challenge Tour". PDC. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ Gill, Samuel (9 February 2025). "Daniel Klose twice successful at Host Nation Qualifiers for European Tour". Dartsnews. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ Gill, Samuel (9 February 2025). "Double win for Michael Unterbuchner at German qualifiers for European Tour". DartsNews. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ Wagner, Connor (15 March 2025). "Labanauskas and Evetts surge to Winmau Challenge Tour titles in Hildesheim". PDC. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ Wagner, Connor (17 August 2025). "Waites closes out penultimate Challenge Tour weekend with victory". PDC. Retrieved 16 September 2025.