Priscilla Steenbergen

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Priscilla Steenbergen - Wikipedia

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Priscilla Steenbergen

Personal information

Nickname

"Smurf"

Born

25 July 1998 (age 26)
Maasdijk, Netherlands

Home town

Maasdijk, Netherlands

Darts information

Playing darts since

2016

Laterality

Right-handed

Walk-on music

"Shut Up and Dance" by Walk the Moon

Organisation (see split in darts)

BDO

2016–2020

PDC

2022–

WDF

2016–

Current world ranking

(WDF W) 20

1 (8 December 2024)^[1]

WDF major events – best performances

World Ch'ship

Quarter Final: 2022

World Masters

Last 16: 2022

Dutch Open

Quarter Final: 2020

Other tournament wins

Italian Grand Masters

2022

Youth events

Dutch Open

2016

Medal record

Women's Darts

Representing Netherlands
WDF Europe Cup
	2024 Šamorín	Women's team
	2024 Šamorín	Women's overall
	2022 Gandía	Women's team
	2022 Gandía	Women's overall

Priscilla Steenbergen (born 25 July 1998) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Her biggest achievement to date was playing in the quarter-finals at the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship. She was a silver and bronze medalist of the WDF Europe Cup.

Career

After not being able to qualify for the BDO World Darts Championship from the qualifiers in 2016, she went to the third round at the 2016 Winmau World Masters, where she lost to Trina Gulliver by 1–4 in legs. In 2017, she was in the quarter-finals of the Hal Masters. In 2019, she advanced to the quarter-finals at the German Open and made it to the 2019 BDO World Trophy via the play-off qualifiers. During this tournament, she lost in the first round match to Aileen de Graaf by 0–4 in legs. In 2020, Steenbergen made it to the quarterfinals at the 2020 Dutch Open and again lost match to Aileen de Graaf.^[2]

In 2022, she took part in the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship for the first time. She replaced Fallon Sherrock after her withdrawal, as the highest ranked World Darts Federation player which not already qualified.^[3] In the first round match she beat Darlene van Sleeuwen by 2–1 in sets. In the second round she beat Anca Zijlstra with the same result.^[4] In the quarter-finals, she was defeated by Kirsty Hutchinson by 1–2 in sets.^[5] After a very good result at the WDF World Darts Championship, she took part in the 2022 PDC Women's Series for the first time. During the series held in Hildesheim, Steenbergen reached the quarter-finals three times. At the Belfry Open, she advanced to the semi-finals of the senior tournament for the first time and finally lost to Aileen de Graaf by 2–4 in legs.^[6] At the 2022 Dutch Open she was eliminated in the second round.^[7]

At the end of September 2022, she was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. On the second day of the tournament, she advanced to the second round of the singles competition, where she lost to Aurora Fochesato by 2–4 in legs.^[8] On the third day, she advanced to the quarter-finals of the pairs competition, where she played together with Noa-Lynn van Leuven. They lost to Anna Forsmark and Maud Jansson from Sweden by 0–4 in legs.^[9] In the team tournament, she won a silver medal. They lost in the final match to England by 1–9 in legs.^[10] They also took the bronze medal in the overall classification.

On 26 November 2022, Priscilla picked up her 1st WDF title winning the Italian Grand Masters beating Paula Jacklin in the final 6-5.

World Championship results

WDF

2022: Quarter-finals (lost to Kirsty Hutchinson 1–2) (sets)
2023: Second round (lost to Lisa Ashton 1–2)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
WDF Ranked televised events
World Championship	DNQ					NH	QF	2R
World Masters	3R	2R	3R	1R	NH		3R
World Trophy	DNQ			1R	NH
Dutch Open	DNP		2R	7R	QF	NH	2R	2R

References

^ "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
^ "Priscilla Steenbergen". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ "Fallon Sherrock withdraws from WDF World Championship for a second time". live-darts.com. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ "Fullwell coasts past Hansen to begin Lakeside campaign, Steenbergen impressive in reaching Quarter-Finals with Ziljstra win". dartsnews.com. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ "Duff produces remarkable comeback to deny McEwan, Hutchinson battles back to defeat Steenbergen". dartsnews.com. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ "Priscilla Steenbergen". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ "Toto Dutch Open Women 2022". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ "WDF Europe Cup Women Singles". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ "WDF Europe Cup Women Pairs". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ "WDF Europe Cup Women Teams". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.

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