| Magnus Caris | ||
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| Place of birth | ,  Sweden |
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| BDO | since 1987 | |
| Current World Ranking | 194 (BDO) 197 (WDF) |
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| BDO Grand Slam Events - Best Performances | ||
| World Ch'ship | Semi Final 1994 | |
| World Masters | Semi Final 1992 | |
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Magnus Caris is a Swedish darts player who competes for the British Darts Organisation. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Darts refers to a variety of related games in which darts are thrown at a circular target (dartboard hung on a wall The British Darts Organisation, or the BDO for short is a Darts Organisation.
Caris made seven BDO World Darts Championship appearances, his first coming in 1988, losing in the first round to Rick Ney of the United States. Rick Ney (born 1961 is a retired American Professional Darts player who competed in the 1970s 1980s and 1990s The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In 1990, he reached the quarter finals, beating Antero Rantala and Brian Cairns before losing to Eric Bristow. Eric Bristow MBE ( "The Crafty Cockney ") (born Hackney, London, 25 April 1957)is a British
He is famous for his semi final match in the 1994 BDO World Darts Championship against crowd favourite Bobby George. The 1994 Embassy World Darts Championship was held following 18 months of controversy within the sport of darts Bobby George (born December 16, 1945) is an English Darts player and pundit who is known as one of the leading characters in the game for He defeated Wayne Weening, Leo Laurens and Martin Adams to set up a match with George who was struggling with a very bad back following his quarter final win over Kevin Kenny. Wayne Weening is an Australian Darts player Weening made seven BDO World Darts Championship appearances with his best performance coming in 1993 reaching Martin Adams (born June 4, 1956) is an English international Darts player Kevin Kenny (born 1961 is a former professional Darts player who played for England and Merseyside, and was also a two time semi-finalist at the BDO Caris was 4 sets to 2 up as George looked down and out, however, the Englishman won an incredible nine straight legs to clinch victory 5-4 and leaving Caris to ponder what might have been in what is hailed as one of the most memorable comebacks in sporting history. [1]
He also played in the Winmau World Masters five times, with his best performance coming in 1992, reaching the semi finals with wins over John Lowe, Eric Bristow and Martin Adams before losing to Mike Gregory. The Winmau World Masters is one of the longest running professional darts tournaments which began in 1974 - even before the current World Professional Championship. John Lowe (born in New Tupton, Derbyshire on 21 July 1945) was one of the main competitors who made Darts such a huge spectator Eric Bristow MBE ( "The Crafty Cockney ") (born Hackney, London, 25 April 1957)is a British Martin Adams (born June 4, 1956) is an English international Darts player Mike Gregory (born December 16, 1956 in Bath Somerset) is a former professional darts player who reached the final the Winmau World He doesn't compete in many tournaments now, but still plays in the WDF World Cup and most recently played in the Finnish Open in March 2008.
World Championship Results
- 1988: First Round (lost to Rick Ney 1-3)
- 1989: Second Round (lost to Mike Gregory 0-3)
- 1990: Quarter Final (lost to Eric Bristow 1-4)
- 1991: First Round (lost to Dennis Priestley 0-3)
- 1992: First Round (lost to Phil Taylor 1-3)
- 1994: Semi Final (lost to Bobby George 4-5)
- 1995: First Round (lost to Kevin Painter 2-3)
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