Marko Kantele

Template:Short description Template:Short description Marko Kantele (born 24 August 1968) is a Finnish darts player.

Career

Kantele made his major debut in the 1997 Winmau World Masters, beating defending champion Colin Monk in the first round but lost in the second round to Mark Day. He returned to the Masters five years later, losing in the second round to Ted Hankey. Kantele made a third appearance at the Masters, beating Bobby George and Remco van Eijden to reach the last 16 where he lost to Martin Atkins. He also played in the 2004 World Darts Trophy, losing in the first round to Robert Wagner.

Kantele qualified for the 2005 BDO World Darts Championship, beating Tony O'Shea in the first round before losing in the second round to Simon Whitlock. He also played in the International Darts League the same year, winning his opening group game against Mario Robbe but lost to Raymond van Barneveld and Atkins, eliminating him from the group stages. He also played in the 2005 World Darts Trophy, but lost in the first round to Vincent van der Voort. Kantele reached the last 32 of the 2006 World Masters and reached the last 32, losing to Darryl Fitton. Kantele reached the quarter-finals of the 2007 WDF World Cup but failed to qualify for the World Championship.

Kantele won the PDC World Finland Qualifying Event, beating Asko Niskala in the final. The win earned him a spot in the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship and made him Finland's first ever representative. He beat Lourence Ilagan 5–2 in legs in the preliminary round, but lost 3–1 in sets to Ronnie Baxter in the first round. Afterwards, Kantele began playing in PDC Europe events competing for the European Order of Merit.

Kantele represented Finland with Petri Korte in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they were beaten 4–5 by Croatia in the first round. His best result in the rest of 2012 was in reaching the semi-finals of a Scandinavian tour event in Finland where he lost 1–6 to Ulf Ceder. He finished 11th on the SDC Order of Merit. In January 2013 he entered the PDC's Q School to try and earn a two-year tour card but he finished joint 95th having played all four days with his best result being a last 64 defeat. In September, Kantele lost in the final of the Sawo Open to Veijo Viinikka.

In the second Swedish event on the 2014 Scandinavian Pro Tour, Kantele won the title by defeating Jarkko Komula 6–4. He also reached the final of the Nordic Cup, but lost 4–2 against Daniel Larsson. Kantele played in his first World Cup since 2012 in 2015 and first with Kim Viljanen and they were beaten 5–4 by South Africa in the opening round with Kantele missing one match dart. He won the final event on the 2015 Scandinavian Darts Corporation Pro Tour by edging past Magnus Caris 6–5.

Kantele and Viljanen lost 5–1 in the first round of the 2016 World Cup to Wales. In 2017 Viljanen missed two match darts in the first round as they were knocked out 5–4 by Wales.

By finishing second on the 2019 European Q-School Order of Merit, he earned a PDC Tour Card for 2019–2020.

World Championship results

WDF

• 2005: Second round (lost to Simon Whitlock 1–3)
• 2025:

PDC

• 2009: First round (lost to Ronnie Baxter 1–3)
• 2018: First round (lost to John Henderson 0–3)
• 2020: First round (lost to William O'Connor 0–3)
• 2021: First round (lost to John Henderson 2–3)
• 2024: First round (lost to Radek Szagański 2–3)

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament	2009	2010	2012	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
World Championship	1R	Did not qualify					1R	DNQ	1R	1R	DNQ		1R	DNQ
UK Open	Did not qualify							2R	2R	Did not qualify
Non-ranked televised events
World Cup	NH	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	RR	RR
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	90	151	155	-	-	116	112	103	84	-	178	129	154

BDO

Tournament	1997	2002	2004	2005	2006	2007	2013	2014	2015	2016	2022	2024
World Championship	Did not participate			2R	Did not participate
World Darts Trophy	NH	DNP	1R	1R	DNP		Not held
Winmau World Masters	L16	L32	L16	DNP	L32	L40	L144	L272	L272	L272	RR	L128

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
2014	GDC DNP	DDM DNP	GDM DNP	ADO 1R	GDT DNP	EDO DNP	EDG DNP	EDT DNP
2017	GDC DNQ	GDM DNQ	GDO 1R	EDG DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDM 2R	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2018	EDO 2R	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	DDO DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDC DNQ	DDC DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT 2R
2022	IDO DNP	GDC 1R	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNP	CDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDC DNQ	EDM DNQ	HDT DNQ	GDO DNQ	BDO DNQ	GDT 1R
2023	BSD DNQ	EDO 1R	IDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	DDC 1R	BDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG 1R	EDM 2R	GDO DNQ	HDT DNQ	GDC DNQ
2024	BDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	BSD DNQ	DDC DNQ	EDO 1R	GDC DNQ	FDT 1R	HDT DNQ	SDT DNQ	CDO 1R
2025	BDO DNQ	EDT 1R	Did not qualify							FDT	CDO	HDT	SDT	GDC

External links

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