Krzysztof Kciuk
Krzysztof Kciuk (born 11 June 1980) is a Polish technology specialist and professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a Polish Champion and first player from Poland who played at PDC World Darts Championship.
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Krzysztof Kciuk | |||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "The Thumb" | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | Katowice, Poland | 11 June 1980|||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Kraków, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||
Darts information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||
Darts | 18g Unicorn | |||||||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | "Legendary" by Welshly Arms | |||||||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | ||||||||||||||||||||
BDO | 2010–2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
PDC | 2009–2010, 2019– | |||||||||||||||||||
WDF | 2010–2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
Current world ranking | 79 ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||
WDF major events – best performances | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
World Masters | Last 32: 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 72: 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | Last 64: 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
Krzysztof Kciuk is a successful Polish darts player who has represented Poland in various international tournaments. He won the national qualification for the PDC World Darts Championship in 2009 and played in the first PDC World Cup of Darts in history with Krzysztof Ratajski in the same year. Kciuk reached the quarter-finals at the Polish Open in 2017 and almost qualified for the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship, but lost in the final of the Eastern Europe Qualifier. He won the Polish Championship in 2018 and played in the BDO World Darts Championship in 2019. Kciuk won a two-year PDC Tour Card in 2020 and has since played in several tournaments, including the PDC World Cup of Darts with Ratajski in 2020 and 2021. In the 2021 UK Open, he won his first match but was eliminated in the second round.
Kciuk lost his PDC Pro Tour card at the end of 2021 after not achieving good results, but regained it for the next two years by winning the last PDC European Q-School tournament in January 2022. He played in the 2022 International Darts Open in February and reached the second round, where he lost to Jonny Clayton. At the 2022 UK Open, he made it to the fourth round before losing to Ron Meulenkamp. In May 2022, Kciuk won his opening game against Keane Barry at the European Darts Open, but lost in the second round to Ryan Searle. He qualified for the 2022 Gibraltar Darts Trophy, but withdrew for unknown reasons.
Personal life
Kciuk is married to Justyna and is a Front-end Developer.
World Championship results
PDC
- 2010: Preliminary round (lost to Haruki Muramatsu 1–4) (legs)
BDO
- 2019: Second round (lost to Scott Mitchell 0-4) (sets)
Performance timeline
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||
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World Championship | PR | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||
UK Open | Did not qualify | 1R | 3R | 4R | 2R | ||||||||||||||
WDF Ranked televised events | |||||||||||||||||||
World Championship | Did not qualify | 2R | PDC | ||||||||||||||||
World Masters | Did not qualify | 3R | 5R | 2R | PDC | ||||||||||||||
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World Cup of Darts | 1R | DNQ | 2R | Did not qualify | 2R | 2R | DNQ | ||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking (PDC) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 166 | 140 | 101 | 110 |
References
- "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.