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 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, and Richard Veenstra 5–4 in the quarter-finals. 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 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. 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.
In 2024, Unterbuchner participated in the 2024 PDC Challenge Tour series and reached his first final at Challenge Tour 11.
In February 2025, he qualified for three PDC European Tour events through the Host Nation Qualifiers. He reached the final of Challenge Tour 9 and 20.
World Championship results
BDO
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
BDO major finals: 1 Legend BDO World Trophy (0–1)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score(l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.Runner-up 1. 2018World Trophy Glen Durrant 7–10 (l)
Performance timeline BDO Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020BDO Ranked televised events DNP SF SF 2R DNQ RU 1RNH 4R6RDNQNH RR RRNH
WDF Tournament 2023 2024WDF Major/platinum events DNQ2R 7RDNQ
PDC Tournament 2018 2026PDC Televised events UK OpenDNP 3R QF
PDC European Tour Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 2020BDCDNQGDCDNQEDG1RIDO1R 2024BDODNQGDG1RIDO2RDid not qualify 2025BDODNPEDT1RIDODNQGDG1RADODNQEDG1RDid not qualify 2026DNQEDG2RADODNPIDO1RDid 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 2021BOL3RBOL1RBOL1RBOL1RDNPNIE1RNIE1RNIE1RNIE1RDid not participateBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RDNP 2022Did not participateNIE1RNIEDNPBAR1RBAR2RBAR3RDNPNIE2RNIE1RDid not participate 2025Not a Tour card holderDid not participateHIL2RHILQFDNP
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