Co Stompé
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Jacobus Wilhelm "Co" Stompé (born 10 September 1962), is a Dutch
professional darts
player who currently plays in the Professional Darts Corporation
. Stompé is nicknamed The Matchstick because of his almost bald head and very thin appearance making him look like a matchstick. He is 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.
. 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
.
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 successfully 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. 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's son, also called Co, plays on the PDC Youth Tour, and reached the final of an event in Crawley
in May 2011.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
professional darts
Darts
Darts is a form of throwing game where darts are thrown at a circular target fixed to a wall. Though various boards and games have been used in the past, the term "darts" usually now refers to a standardised game involving a specific board design and set of rules...
player who currently plays in the Professional Darts Corporation
Professional Darts Corporation
The Professional Darts Corporation is a professional darts organization, established in the United Kingdom during 1992, when a group of leading professional players split from the British Darts Organisation to form what was initially called the World Darts Council...
. Stompé is nicknamed The Matchstick because of his almost bald head and very thin appearance making him look like a matchstick. He is also one of very few professionals who play in long-sleeved shirts.
Stompé was born in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, where, before turning professional, he was among other things a tram driver
Tram
A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...
on tram line 14.
BDO career
For years Stompé was considered the second best Dutch darts player behind Raymond van BarneveldRaymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld , nickname Barney is a professional darts player. He is a five time World Darts Champion, and two time UK Open Champion. From January to June 2008, he was the PDC world number one ranked player...
. 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
Jelle Klaasen
Jelle Klaasen is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation and is the youngest darts player to win the World Darts Championship. His nickname is The Matador. He lives in Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands...
in the first round of the 2007 BDO World Darts Championship
2007 BDO World Darts Championship
The 2007 Lakeside World Darts Championship was the 30th Championship and was held between January 6–14, 2007 at the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey....
.
Towards the end of his BDO career, Stompé also acted as a darts commentator for Dutch commercial television station SBS6
SBS6
SBS 6 is a commercial TV channel in the Netherlands owned by Sanoma and Talpa Holding . Other channels of the group in the Netherlands are NET 5 and Veronica.- History :SBS stands for Scandinavian Broadcasting System...
.
PDC switch
On 11 June 2008 it was announced that Stompé had joined the Professional Darts CorporationProfessional Darts Corporation
The Professional Darts Corporation is a professional darts organization, established in the United Kingdom during 1992, when a group of leading professional players split from the British Darts Organisation to form what was initially called the World Darts Council...
circuit, and had to join the PDC rankings
PDC order of merit
The PDC Order of Merit is a world ranking system used by one of the darts organisations, the Professional Darts Corporation . Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded for performances in ranking tournaments.-Previous world...
at 227. He made his PDC debut in the two PDPA Players Championship tournaments in Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
. The first tournament started with a bye into the last 64, due to van Barneveld not taking part. He lost to Matt Clark
Matt Clark (darts player)
Matt Clark is an English darts player who competes for the Professional Darts Corporation and formerly played for the British Darts Organisation. He uses the nickname Superman for his matches.-Darting history:...
. The next day saw him beat Tony Ayres
Tony Ayres (darts player)
Tony Ayres is an English darts player who plays for the Professional Darts Corporation.Ayres' first television exposure came in the 2008 UK Open, reaching the last 64 stage where he lost 9-0 to Raymond van Barneveld....
and Peter Manley
Peter Manley
Peter David Manley is an English professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He is nicknamed One Dart as he is known for hitting doubles with his first dart...
before losing in the last 32 stage to Kirk Shepherd
Kirk Shepherd
Kirk Shepherd is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events, and lives in Birmingham, England. He is the youngest player ever to reach a final of the World Professional Darts Championship...
.
He then successfully qualified for the 2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic
2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic
The 2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic was the seventh installment of the Las Vegas Desert Classic, a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held in the evenings between June 30 and July 6....
but lost in the first round to Dennis Priestley
Dennis Priestley
Dennis Priestley is an English professional darts player. He has won two world championships, and was the first player to win both the BDO and WDC world championships, in 1991 and 1994 respectively...
.
Stompé won the 2008 PDC German Darts Championship
German Darts Championship
The PartyPoker.net German Darts Championship was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event began in 2007 and was held in the Gerry Weber Centre in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany...
, 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. The win earned him a spot in the 2009 Grand Slam of Darts
2009 Grand Slam of Darts
The 2009 Grand Slam of Darts was the third staging of the darts tournament, the Grand Slam of Darts organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 14–22 November 2009 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall. Television coverage of the tournament was covered by ITV Sport, with...
and also earned him a place in the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship
2009 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2009 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 16th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation....
qualifying through the Continental Europe Order of Merit. He originally qualified through Dutch broadcaster SBS6
SBS6
SBS 6 is a commercial TV channel in the Netherlands owned by Sanoma and Talpa Holding . Other channels of the group in the Netherlands are NET 5 and Veronica.- History :SBS stands for Scandinavian Broadcasting System...
's wildcard place which then went to Remco van Eijden
Remco van Eijden
Remco van Eijden is a Dutch darts player who competes in British Darts Organisation events.van Eijden previously played in the British Darts Organisation and he played in the 2008 BDO World Darts Championship, beating fellow Dutchman Mario Robbe in the first round, only to lost in the second round...
as a result. He defeated 2007 semi-finalist Andy Jenkins
Andy Jenkins
Andy Jenkins is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. Jenkins had trials for Southampton Football Club while at school.-BDO career:...
in the first round. He also defeated Alan Tabern
Alan Tabern
Alan Tabern is an English darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, where he is also known as "The Saint" and "Tabby"...
, 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
Wayne Mardle
Wayne Mardle is a darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, and former player in the BDO. He now lives in Romford...
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
Colin Osborne
Colin Osborne is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.-Darts career:Osborne has won two PDC Pro Tour events and he also managed to hit two perfect nine dart finishes in 2005...
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
Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...
and in the European Championship to Gary Anderson
Gary Anderson (darts player)
Gary Anderson is a Scottish professional darts player from Eyemouth, Scottish Borders, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation, and a former BDO and WDF world number one. His nickname is The Flying Scotsman...
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
Ronnie Baxter
Ronnie Baxter is an English darts player. He uses the nickname The Rocket for his matches. Baxter is known for his fast, robotic throwing action...
.
At the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship
2010 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2010 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 17th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation....
, Stompé defeated Steve Maish
Steve Maish
Steve Maish is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Mr Magic for his matches....
, Mervyn King and Mark Dudbridge
Mark Dudbridge
Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes...
to reach the quarter finals once more but was defeated by Mark Webster
Mark Webster (darts player)
Mark Webster is a left-handed Welsh darts player who lives in Denbigh. Known as Webby, he plays in Professional Darts Corporation events, having previously won the 2008 BDO World Championship. Mark became a full time professional in 2009, having previously been a fully qualified Gas registered...
. He then reached the quarter finals of the 2010 World Matchplay, defeating Andy Hamilton
Andy Hamilton (darts player)
Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....
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
2010 PDC World Cup of Darts
The 2010 PDC World Cup of Darts was the first edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which took place between December 3 to 5. The tournament was broadcast live on Sky Sports...
. Later that month, Stompé was knocked out of the 2011 World Darts Championship
2011 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2011 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 18th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation.Phil Taylor was the defending champion, having won the 2010 tournament...
in the first round, losing 1-3 to Peter Wright
Peter Wright (darts player)
Peter Wright is a Scottish darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. He currently resides in Lowestoft and uses the nickname Snakebite for his matches. He represents Scotland due to Scottish grandparentage.He is known for having a mo-hawk hairstyle which changes colour...
.
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, plays on the PDC Youth Tour, and reached the final of an event in Crawley
Crawley
Crawley is a town and local government district with Borough status in West Sussex, England. It is south of Charing Cross, north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town of Chichester, covers an area of and had a population of 99,744 at the time of the 2001 Census.The area has...
in May 2011.
World Championship record
- 1996 (BDO) - Last 32 lost to Steve BeatonSteve BeatonSteve Beaton is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation...
0-3 - 1998 (BDO) - Last 32 lost to Roland ScholtenRoland ScholtenRoland Scholten is a Dutch professional darts player who plays for the Professional Darts Corporation and formerly for the British Darts Organisation. He is nicknamed Tripod or The Flying Dutchman and uses Hey Ya by Outkast as his walk-on. He is currently ranked 45th in the PDC...
2-3 - 1999 (BDO) - Last 16 lost to Roland Scholten 2-3
- 2000 (BDO) - Semi finalist lost to Ronnie BaxterRonnie BaxterRonnie Baxter is an English darts player. He uses the nickname The Rocket for his matches. Baxter is known for his fast, robotic throwing action...
2-5 - 2001 (BDO) - Last 16 lost to Wayne MardleWayne MardleWayne Mardle is a darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, and former player in the BDO. He now lives in Romford...
0-3 - 2002 (BDO) - Last 16 lost to Bob TaylorBob Taylor (darts player)Bob Taylor is a Scottish darts player who played in the British Darts Organisation.Taylor made eleven appearances in the BDO World Darts Championship, losing in the first round in seven of his first eight showings with his one win coming in 1994 against American Tony Payne before losing in the...
2-3 - 2003 (BDO) - Last 32 lost to Martin AdamsMartin AdamsMartin Adams is an English international darts player. Nicknamed Wolfie or Mr BDO, he is BDO world ranked number one, three-time and reigning BDO World Champion and three-time World Masters champion...
1-3 - 2004 (BDO) - Last 32 lost to Robert WagnerRobert Wagner (darts player)Robert Wagner is an Austrian-born Norwegian darts player, nicknamed The Magician. He currently plays on the BDO circuit.-Darts career:...
2-3 - 2005 (BDO) - Last 32 lost to André BrantjesAndré BrantjesAndré Brantjes is a Dutch professional darts player currently playing in British Darts Organisation events.Brantjes reached the final of the 2003 German Open, losing to Ted Hankey. He then won the unranked Spring Cup, beating Vincent van der Voort in the semi-finals and then defeating Erik Clarys...
2-3 - 2006 (BDO) - Last 32 lost to Paul HanvidgePaul HanvidgePaul Albert Hanvidge is a Scottish darts player who lives in Barrhead, Glasgow. His best achievement is twice reaching the quarter finals of the Lakeside World Championship.-Darts career:...
1-3 - 2007 (BDO) - Last 16 lost to Martin AdamsMartin AdamsMartin Adams is an English international darts player. Nicknamed Wolfie or Mr BDO, he is BDO world ranked number one, three-time and reigning BDO World Champion and three-time World Masters champion...
1-4 - 2008 (BDO) - Last 16 lost to Brian WoodsBrian Woods (darts player)Brian Woods is an English darts player who has competed in events organised by the British Darts Organisation. He left the British Darts Organisation in 2011 for the Professional Darts Corporation through their qualifying school. He now lives in Aberdeen, and uses the nickname Pecker for his matches...
2-4 - 2009 (PDC) - Quarter finalist lost to Phil Taylor 0-5
- 2010 (PDC) - Quarter finalist lost to Mark WebsterMark Webster (darts player)Mark Webster is a left-handed Welsh darts player who lives in Denbigh. Known as Webby, he plays in Professional Darts Corporation events, having previously won the 2008 BDO World Championship. Mark became a full time professional in 2009, having previously been a fully qualified Gas registered...
3-5 - 2011 (PDC) - Last 64 lost to Peter WrightPeter Wright (darts player)Peter Wright is a Scottish darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. He currently resides in Lowestoft and uses the nickname Snakebite for his matches. He represents Scotland due to Scottish grandparentage.He is known for having a mo-hawk hairstyle which changes colour...
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