Co Stompé

Belgium Open	2000
British Classic	2007
British Pentathlon	2007
Finnish Open	2003
German Darts Championship	2008
Spring Cup	1996, 1997
Swiss Open	2007
WDF Europe Cup Pairs	2000
Westerlaan Darts Gala	2010
PDC World Cup of Darts (team)	2010

Players Championships

Players Championship (VEG)

2010

Other achievements

9 Dart Finish: UK Open Qualifier 2010

Jacobus Wilhelmus 'Co' Stompé (born 10 September 1962) is a former Dutch professional darts player. Stompé was nicknamed The Matchstick because of his almost bald head and very thin appearance making him look like a matchstick. He was also one of very few professionals who play in long-sleeved shirts.

Stompé was born in Amsterdam, where, before turning professional, he was among other things a tram driver on tram line 14.

Career

BDO

For years Stompé was considered the second best Dutch darts player behind Raymond van Barneveld. After reaching the semi-finals of the 2000 BDO World Darts Championship, he dropped back behind a younger emerging Dutch group of players.

Stompé came back to fame with the defeat of reigning BDO champion Jelle Klaasen in the first round of the 2007 BDO World Darts Championship.

Towards the end of his BDO career, Stompé also acted as a darts commentator for Dutch commercial television station SBS6.

PDC

On 11 June 2008 it was announced that Stompé had joined the Professional Darts Corporation circuit, and had to join the PDC rankings at 227. He made his PDC debut in the two PDPA Players Championship tournaments in Bristol. The first tournament started with a bye into the last 64, due to van Barneveld not taking part. He lost to Matt Clark. The next day saw him beat Tony Ayres and Peter Manley before losing in the last 32 stage to Kirk Shepherd.

He then qualified for the 2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic but lost in the first round to Dennis Priestley.

Stompé won the 2008 PDC German Darts Championship, beating Phil Taylor 4–2 in the final. Both players averaged well in excess of 100; Stompé averaged 107.28, while Taylor averaged 108.09.^[1] The win earned him a spot in the 2009 Grand Slam of Darts and also earned him a place in the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship qualifying through the Continental Europe Order of Merit. He originally qualified through Dutch broadcaster SBS6's wildcard place which then went to Remco van Eijden as a result. He defeated 2007 semi-finalist Andy Jenkins in the first round. He also defeated Alan Tabern, the ninth seed in the second round and his impressive form in the championship continued with a 4–0 win over eighth seed Wayne Mardle in the third round. The win set up a quarter final encounter with Taylor, losing 5–0.

Stompé then qualified for the Desert Classic for the second successive year. He defeated Colin Osborne in the first round but lost in round two to Raymond van Barneveld. He then suffered first round losses in the World Matchplay to Adrian Lewis and in the European Championship to Gary Anderson and also went out at the group stage of the Grand Slam of Darts. His defence of the German Darts Championship ended in the last 32 with a loss to Ronnie Baxter.

At the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship, Stompé defeated Steve Maish, Mervyn King and Mark Dudbridge to reach the quarter finals once more but was defeated by Mark Webster. He then reached the quarter finals of the 2010 World Matchplay, defeating Andy Hamilton and Mark Webster before losing to Raymond van Barneveld.

On 18 October that year, Stompé broke into the PDC Top 16 for the first time, dropping out three weeks later. In December, he partnered van Barneveld in the Netherlands team which won the inaugural PDC World Cup of Darts. Later that month, Stompé was knocked out of the 2011 World Darts Championship in the first round, losing 1–3 to Peter Wright. Stompé comfortably beat Michael Smith 3–0 in the first round of the 2012 World Championship.^[2] He was bitten by a dog over the Christmas period and couldn't replicate the form he showed days earlier as he lost 1–4 in the second round to Terry Jenkins, hitting just 28% of his doubles.^[3] 2012 proved to be a disappointing year for Stompé as he could not reach a single quarter-final out of the 25 tournaments he played, with his best finishes being last 16 defeats in Pro Tour events.^[4]

Stompé dropped out of the top 32 during 2012, but qualified for the 2013 World Championship by finishing fifth on the European Order of Merit, taking the first of four spots for non-qualified players.^[5]^[6] He lost 0–3 to Paul Nicholson in the first round.^[7] After the tournament he was world ranked number 40.^[8] Stompé lost 5–4 to Michael Mansell in the second round of the UK Open.^[9] He only played in four more events during the rest of the year with his final PDC tournament coming in September.^[10]

BDO return

Stompe returned to the BDO in 2014.^[11] He made his return to high-profile televised BDO tournaments at the Zuiderduin Masters.

Outside darts

Co is married to his second wife Danielle. He proposed to her on stage after winning the WDF World Cup with the Netherlands. Stompé's son, also called Co (born 1991), plays on the PDC Youth Tour, and reached the final of an event in Crawley in May 2011.^[12] Stompe has "adopted" Portsmouth as his football team, due to the support he has received from fans.^[13]

World Championship record

BDO

1996: 1st round (lost to Steve Beaton 0–3)
1998: 1st round (lost to Roland Scholten 2–3)
1999: 2nd round (lost to Roland Scholten 2–3)
2000: Semi-finalist (lost to Ronnie Baxter 2–5)
2001: 2nd round (lost to Wayne Mardle 0–3)
2002: 2nd round (lost to Bob Taylor 2–3)
2003: 1st round (lost to Martin Adams 1–3)
2004: 1st round (lost to Robert Wagner 2–3)
2005: 1st round (lost to André Brantjes 2–3)
2006: 1st round (lost to Paul Hanvidge 1–3)
2007: 2nd round (lost to Martin Adams 1–4)
2008: 2nd round (lost to Brian Woods 2–4)

PDC

2009: Quarter-finalist (lost to Phil Taylor 0–5)
2010: Quarter-finalist (lost to Mark Webster 3–5)
2011: 1st round (lost to Peter Wright 1–3)
2012: 2nd round (lost to Terry Jenkins 1–4)
2013: 1st round (lost to Paul Nicholson 0–3)

Career finals

WDF major finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score^{[N 1]}
Winner	1.	1998	Europe Cup Singles	Andy Fordham	4–2 (s)

PDC team finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Country	Teammate	Opponents in the final	Score^{[N 1]}
Winner	1.	2010	World Cup of Darts	Netherlands	Raymond van Barneveld	Wales (Mark Webster and Barrie Bates)	4–2 (s)

WDF team finals: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-up)

Legend
World Cup (0–1)
Europe Cup (1–2)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponents in the final	Score^{[N 1]}
Winner	1.	2000	Europe Cup Pairs with Raymond van Barneveld	Ted Hankey Mervyn King	4–3 (l)^[14]
Runner-up	1.	2000	Europe Cup Team with Raymond van Barneveld with Frans Harmsen with Arjan Moen	Kevin Painter Mervyn King Martin Adams Ted Hankey	3–9 (l)^[15]
Runner-up	2.	2002	Europe Cup Team with Raymond van Barneveld with Vincent van der Voort with Albertino Essers	Peter Johnstone Gary Anderson George Dalglish Mike Veitch	8–9 (l)^[16]
Runner-up	3.	2003	World Cup Team with Raymond van Barneveld with Albertino Essers with Vincent van der Voort	Ray Carver John Kuczynski Bill Davis George Walls	7–9 (l)

1 2 3 (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011		2012	2013	2014
BDO World Championship	1R	DNQ	1R	2R	SF	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	No longer a BDO Member
Winmau World Masters	2R	DNQ	5R	5R	QF	3R	2R	5R	5R	3R	QF	6R	No longer a BDO Member							1R
World Darts Trophy	Not held						2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	Not held
International Darts League	Not held							RR	RR	QF	RR	RR	Not held
Zuiderduin Masters	Not held				Non-ranking Event								Did not participate							RR
PDC World Championship	Did not participate												DNQ	QF	QF	1R		2R	1R	DNQ
World Matchplay	Did not participate												DNQ	1R	QF	DNQ				DNP
World Grand Prix	Not held		Did not participate										DNQ		1R	DNQ				DNP
UK Open	Not held							Did not participate					DNQ	3R	3R	4R		2R	2R	DNP
Las Vegas Desert Classic	Not held						Did not participate						1R	2R	Not held
Grand Slam of Darts	Not held											DNQ		RR	QF	RR		RR	DNQ	DNP
European Championship	Not held												DNQ		1R	1R		1R	DNQ	DNP
Players Championship Finals	Not held													DNQ	1R	1R	2R	DNQ		DNP

References

↑ "Stompe Claims German Darts Championship". pdc.tv. 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
↑ "World Championship – Night Two". PDC. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
↑ "World Championship – Day Ten". PDC. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
↑ "Co Stompé 2012". Darts Database. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
↑ "European Order of Merit". PDC. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
↑ "2013 PDC World Championship Qualifiers". Darts Database. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
↑ "Ladbrokes WDC Day One". PDC. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
↑ "Order of Merit on 1 January 2013". PDC. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
↑ "Speedy Services UK Open - Thursday". PDC. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
↑ "Co Stompé 2013". Darts Database. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
↑ http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1530/Darts/article/detail/3574732/2014/01/09/Darter-Stompe-terug-in-moederschoot-van-BDO.dhtml
↑ Van Gerwen Takes Youth Double PDC.tv
↑ http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/darts/secret-sadness-of-popular-dutchman-co-98290
↑ "WDF EUROPE CUP 2000 MENS PAIRS. KNOCKOUT CUP: FINAL STAGES". WDF. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
↑ "WDF EUROPE CUP 2000 MENS TEAM EVENT: KNOCKOUT CUP". WDF. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
↑ "WDF EUROPE CUP XIII MENS TEAM EVENT: KNOCKOUT CUP". WDF. Retrieved 5 June 2016.

External links

Stompe career details dartsdatabase
Management Website

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/27/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.