Boris Krčmar (born 13 September 1979) is a Croatian professional steel-tip and soft-tip darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He dominated soft-tip darts for over a decade. He is a four-time IDF World Champion, ten-time EDF European Champion, nine-time EDU European Champion and FECS European Champion. He was the first Croatian player to qualify for the PDC World Darts Championship. Krcmar is also a semi-finalist on the PDC Pro Tour and a quarter-finalist on the European Tour.
Career Krčmar won the IDF World Championship in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015. He started his career in 2005. From 2007 to present, he is the captain of the Croatian national team. Krčmar qualified for the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship by winning the Eastern European qualifier.Madhoo & Krčmar Qualify Professional Darts Corporation In the preliminary round, he lost 4–2 to Denmark's Per Laursen.
He qualified for the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts where he partnered Tonci Restovic in the Croatian team. After defeating Finland in the first round, they faced Wales in the second round. In his singles match, Krčmar forced Richie Burnett into a last leg decider before losing 4–3. In April, Krčmar earned a place in the Austrian Darts Open in Vienna by defeating Kurt van de Rijck and Antonio Alcinas in the European qualifier. He played Wes Newton in the first round and lost 6–4.
Krčmar had a very good year in soft tip events in 2014 by winning the Chinese and Las Vegas Dartslive events. He came very close to reaching his second World Championship when he lost in the final of the East European Qualifier for the 2015 edition 10–7 against Robert Marijanović.
On 19 January 2020, Krčmar won a two-year PDC Tour Card by finishing sixth on the European Q School Order of Merit, which granted him entry to tournaments on the PDC Pro Tour in 2020 and 2021. He withdrew from 2020 UK Open due to a prior commitment. The only major tournament he qualified was 2020 Players Championship Finals, where he lost in the first round against Michael Smith 5–6.
Krcmar entered the Eastern European Qualifier for 2021 PDC World Darts Championship and secured his return to the PDC World Championship for the first time since 2011. He lost in the first round to Ron Meulenkamp 3–1 in sets. He again withdrew from 2021 UK Open prior to the draw and was replaced. During 2021 Krcmar made his debut on European Tour, qualifying for the both events that took place and therefore also qualifying for 2021 European Championship, where he lost in the first round to Michael van Gerwen 6–2. Croatia were set to return to 2021 PDC World Cup of Darts, having not participated in the competition since 2013, but on 7 September, Croatia withdrew following an illness to Boris Krčmar. Later on in the year Krcmar won qualification for 2021 Grand Slam of Darts and was drawn to group C with James Wade, Rob Cross and Jim Williams. Unable to win any match in the group stage, he was eliminated after the round robin.
For the second time in a row Boris qualified for 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, this time via PDPA Qualifier. He lost in the first round of the main event to Adam Hunt 0–3 on sets but was able to hold his place in top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit and secured his Tour card for another year.
Krcmar made his debut on 2022 UK Open and received bye to the third round of the event. After wins over Zoran Lerchbacher 6–2, Luke Woodhouse 10-5 and Dave Chisnall 10–4, Boris advanced among last 16, where he lost 8–10 to James Wade. During 2022 Krcmar qualified for four European Tour events and achieved his best result so far on 2022 Dutch Darts Championship, where he played quarterfinals. Krcmar was unable to qualify for any other major event that year but secured his spot on 2023 PDC World Darts Championship via PDC Pro Tour, where he finished on 24th place.
Krcmar narrowly missed out on regaining his PDC Tour Card at Q School, losing to Dutch player Sietse Lap, in a deciding leg on the final day.
World Championship results IDF (soft-tip) 2009: Winner (beat Peter Martin) 2011: Winner (beat Krzysztof Kciuk) 2013: Winner (beat Paul Lim) 2015: Winner (beat Zdravko Antunović)
PDC 2011: Preliminary round (lost to Per Laursen 2–4) (legs) 2021: First round (lost to Ron Meulenkamp 1–3) (sets) 2022: First round (lost to Adam Hunt 0–3) 2023: Second round (lost to Nathan Aspinall 1–3) 2024: Third round (lost to Gary Anderson 1–4) 2026: First round (lost to Luke Woodhouse 1–3)
Performance timeline PDC Tournament 2011 2012 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 World ChampionshipPrel.DNP1R1R2R3RDNQ1R UK OpenDNPWD6R3R4RDNP European ChampionshipDNPDNQ1RDid not qualify Grand SlamDNPDNQRRDNQDNP DNP1RDNQ1RDNQDNPNon-ranked televised events World CupNH2RDNPWDDNP2RQFRRRR World Series FinalsNHDNQ2RDNPCareer statisticsSeason-end ranking (PDC)--9561545167127
European Tour Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2025 2026Hungarian Trophy1R3RDNQWDDNQGibraltar Trophy2RDNQNHGerman Grand PrixNH2RDNQDutch ChampionshipNHQFDNQ2RDNQBelgian OpenNH2RDNQ3R2RGerman ChampionshipNHDNQ2RDNQNHEuropean TrophyNH2RDNQPoland OpenNH3R
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 2020BAR1RBAR1RWIG2RWIG1RWIG2RWIG2RBARDNPBARDNPMIL1RMIL2RMIL1RMIL1RMIL2RNIE4RNIE4RNIE3RNIE2RNIE2RCOV2RCOV2RCOV1RCOV1RCOV4R 2021BOL2RBOL1RBOL1RBOL1RMIL2RMIL1RMIL2RMIL2RNIE2RNIE1RNIE1RNIE1RMIL1RMIL1RMILQFMIL1RCOV2RCOVQFCOV1RCOV1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1R 2022BAR1RBARSFWIG3RWIG2RBAR2RBAR1RNIEDNPNIEDNPBAR1RBAR3RBAR1RBARDNPBARDNPWIG1RWIG1RNIE1RNIE1RBAR1RBAR3RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR3RBAR2RBAR1RBARSFBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2R 2023BAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR3RBAR2RHIL4RHIL3RWIG3RWIG3RLEI2RLEIQFHIL1RHIL1RLEI2RLEI2RHIL1RHIL1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR3RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR3R 2024WIG1RWIG1RLEI2RLEI1RHIL2RHIL1RLEI1RLEI1RHILDNPHILDNPHILDNPHILQFMIL1RMIL2RMIL1RMIL1RMIL2RMIL1RMIL3RWIG1RWIG1RLEI2RLEI1RWIG2RWIG1RWIG1RWIG1RWIG3RLEI3RLEI2R 2025Not a Tour Card holder 2026
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