Michael Buchner didn’t need to go particularly deep into the analysis of his Matches. After the 1:6-defeat in the semi-finals of the BDO world championship against Scott Waites, the 30-year-old Munich said. “A Raven black day.” These three words hit so closely to the finish, as otherwise, on good days the arrows of the German Darts shooting stars of the last twelve months.

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a year Ago, the 30-year-old from Munich was advised for the first time in the focus of Public attention, as he had achieved after the victory in a qualifying tournament in the days before the world Cup, with over 200 participants in the semi-finals of the so-called Lakeside world championship.

player of the year

Buchner, the world Darts Federation BDO, which, although older, but in comparison to the professional game organization PDC Darts with her just two weeks ago, the freshly anointed world champion Michael van Gerwen sporty increasingly less significant and less lucrative world Cup organizer, so much so that he was named to the world Cup-the beginning of the player of the year 2018 enthusiasts. The award was reward for a strong performance at the Grand Slam of Darts, the only BDO players open a PDC tournament.