Co Stompé

Jacobus Wilhelmus "Co" Stompé (born 10 September 1962) is a Dutch former professional darts player. He was nicknamed The Matchstick because of his almost bald head and very thin appearance, making him look like a matchstick. He was also one of very few professionals who played in longsleeved shirts.^[1]

Co Stompé
Stompé in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Jacobus Wilhelmus Stompé
Nickname	The Matchstick
Born	(1962-09-10) 10 September 1962 (age 62) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Home town	Lelystad, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since	1988
Darts	22g Grand Slam
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Sandstorm" by Darude
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1994–2008, 2014–2015
PDC	2008–2013
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Semi Final: 2000
World Masters	Quarter Final: 2000, 2006
World Trophy	Last 16: 2002, 2004
Int. Darts League	Quarter Final: 2005
Finder Masters	Semi Final: 2001, 2004
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Quarter Final: 2009, 2010
World Matchplay	Quarter Final: 2010
World Grand Prix	Last 32: 2010
UK Open	Last 32: 2011
Grand Slam	Quarter Final: 2010
European Ch'ship	Last 32: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Desert Classic	Last 16: 2009
PC Finals	Last 16: 2011
WSDT major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 2023
Other tournament wins
Belgium Open 2000 British Classic 2007 British Pentathlon 2007 Finnish Open 2003 German Darts Championship 2008 Open Holland 2001 PDC World Cup of Darts 2010 Spring Cup 1996, 1997 Swiss Open 2007 WDF Europe Cup Singles 1998 WDF Europe Cup Pairs 2000 WDF Europe Cup Team 2006 Westerlaan Darts Gala 2010 Players Championships Players Championship (VEG) 2010
Other achievements
9 Dart Finish: UK Open Qualifier 2010
Updated on 31 March 2019.

Darts career

BDO

For years, Stompé was considered the third best Dutch darts player behind Raymond van Barneveld and Roland Scholten. After reaching the semi-finals of the 2000 World 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 World Championship.

Towards the end of his BDO career, Stompé also acted as a darts commentator for Dutch commercial television station SBS6.

PDC

On 11 June 2008 it was announced that Stompé had joined the Professional Darts Corporation 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 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.^[2] The win earned him a spot in the 2009 Grand Slam of Darts and also earned him a place in the 2009 World 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 World 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.^[1] Later that month, Stompé was knocked out of the 2011 World Championship in the first round, losing 1–3 to Peter Wright. Stompé comfortably beat Michael Smith 3–0 in the first round of the 2012 World Championship.^[3] He was bitten by a dog over the Christmas period and couldn't replicate the form he showed days earlier as he lost 1–4 in the second round to Terry Jenkins, hitting just 28% of his doubles.^[4] 2012 proved to be a disappointing year for Stompé as he could not reach a single quarter-final out of the 25 tournaments he played, with his best finishes being last 16 defeats in Pro Tour events.^[5]

Stompé dropped out of the top 32 during 2012, but qualified for the 2013 World Championship by finishing fifth on the European Order of Merit, taking the first of four spots for non-qualified players.^[6][7] He lost 0–3 to Paul Nicholson in the first round.^[8] After the tournament he was world ranked number 40.^[9] Stompé lost 5–4 to Michael Mansell in the second round of the UK Open.^[10] He only played in four more events during the rest of the year with his final PDC tournament coming in September.^[11]

BDO return

Stompe returned to the BDO in 2014.^[12] He made his return to high-profile televised BDO tournaments at the Zuiderduin Masters.

PDC return

In December 2017, RTL 7 announced that Stompé would take part in qualifying school in early 2018 in an attempt to regain his tour card, he postponed this attempted stating at the time that he had had 'too many other things on his mind', along with his son Co Stompe Jnr he attempted to win a tour card in 2019, neither of them were able to do so.^[13][14]

Personal life

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 (born 1991), plays on the PDC Youth Tour, and reached the final of an event in Crawley in May 2011.^[15] Stompe has "adopted" Portsmouth as his football team, due to the support he has received from fans.^[16]

Stompé and his wife were found guilty of taxation fraud in 2017. They received work sentences of 150 and 190 hours of work for tax fraud respectively. The court in Almelo considered forgery of documents and the deliberate submission of incorrect declarations for turnover and income tax for the years 2009 through 2013 to have been proven. The couple also received a conditional prison sentence of three months. The fraud was estimated to be more than 100,000 euros.^[17]

World Championship results

BDO

• 1996: 1st round (lost to Steve Beaton 0–3)
• 1998: 1st round (lost to Roland Scholten 2–3)
• 1999: 2nd round (lost to Roland Scholten 2–3)
• 2000: Semi-finalist (lost to Ronnie Baxter 2–5)
• 2001: 2nd round (lost to Wayne Mardle 0–3)
• 2002: 2nd round (lost to Bob Taylor 2–3)
• 2003: 1st round (lost to Martin Adams 1–3)
• 2004: 1st round (lost to Robert Wagner 2–3)
• 2005: 1st round (lost to André Brantjes 2–3)
• 2006: 1st round (lost to Paul Hanvidge 1–3)
• 2007: 2nd round (lost to Martin Adams 1–4)
• 2008: 2nd round (lost to Brian Woods 2–4)

PDC

• 2009: Quarter-finalist (lost to Phil Taylor 0–5)
• 2010: Quarter-finalist (lost to Mark Webster 3–5)
• 2011: 1st round (lost to Peter Wright 1–3)
• 2012: 2nd round (lost to Terry Jenkins 1–4)
• 2013: 1st round (lost to Paul Nicholson 0–3)

WSDT

• 2023: 1st round (lost to John Part 2-3)

Career finals

WDF major finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score[N 1]
Winner	1.	1998	Europe Cup Singles	Andy Fordham	4–2 (s)

PDC team finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Team	Teammate	Opponents in the final	Score[N 1]
Winner	1.	2010	World Cup of Darts	Netherlands	Raymond van Barneveld	Wales – Mark Webster and Barrie Bates	4–2 (p)

WDF team finals: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-up)

Legend
World Cup (1–2)
Europe Cup (1–2)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponents in the final	Score[N 1]
Winner	1.	2000	Europe Cup Pairs with Raymond van Barneveld	Ted Hankey Mervyn King	4–3 (l)[18]
Runner-up	1.	2000	Europe Cup Team with Raymond van Barneveld with Frans Harmsen with Arjan Moen	Kevin Painter Mervyn King Martin Adams Ted Hankey	3–9 (l)[19]
Runner-up	2.	2002	Europe Cup Team with Raymond van Barneveld with Vincent van der Voort with Albertino Essers	Peter Johnstone Gary Anderson George Dalglish Mike Veitch	8–9 (l)[20]
Runner-up	3.	2003	World Cup Team with Raymond van Barneveld with Albertino Essers with Vincent van der Voort	Ray Carver John Kuczynski Bill Davis George Walls	7–9 (l)
Winner	3.	2006	Europe Cup Team with Jelle Klaasen with Vincent van der Voort with Niels de Ruiter	Gary Anderson Mike Veitch Paul Hanvidge Paul McGimpsey	9–2 (l)

1. (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets, (p) = score in points.

Career statistics

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held			NYF	Not yet founded

Performance timeline

Tournament	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011		2012	2013	2014
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship	DNQ			1R	DNQ	1R	2R	SF	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	No longer a BDO Member
International Darts League	Not held										RR	RR	QF	RR	RR	Not held
World Darts Trophy	Not held									2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	Not held
World Masters	2R	DNQ	1R	4R	1R	4R	4R	QF	2R	1R	4R	4R	2R	QF	6R	No longer a BDO Member							1R
Zuiderduin Masters	Not held							QF	SF	RR	RR	SF	RR	NH	QF	DNP							RR
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship	NYF	DNP															QF	QF	1R		2R	1R	DNQ
UK Open	Not held										DNP					DNQ	3R	3R	4R		2R	2R
World Matchplay	NH	DNP														DNQ	1R	QF	DNQ				[N 1]
World Grand Prix	Not held					DNP										DNQ		1R	DNQ
European Championship	Not held															DNQ	1R	1R	1R		1R	DNQ
Grand Slam of Darts	Not held														DNQ		RR	QF	RR		RR	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	Not held																DNQ	1R	1R	2R	DNQ
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Cup of Darts	Not held																	W	NH		DNP
PDC Past major events
Las Vegas Desert Classic	Not held									DNP						1R	2R	Not held
Masters of Darts	Not held												RR	NH	DNP	Not held
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	Non-PDC															41	28	17	22		40	51	-

1. No longer a PDC Member.

References

1. Moss, Alex (5 November 2020). "Cancelled flights, snow storms, Co Stompe's pre-tournament prediction: the inside story of how the Netherlands won the first PDC World Cup of Darts". Weekly Dartscast. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
2. "Stompe Claims German Darts Championship". PDC. 2 February 2008. Archived from the original on 31 March 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
3. "World Championship – Night Two". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
4. "World Championship – Day Ten". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
5. "Co Stompé 2012". Darts Database. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
6. "European Order of Merit". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
7. "2013 PDC World Championship Qualifiers". Darts Database. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
8. "Ladbrokes WDC Day One". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
9. "Order of Merit on 1 January 2013". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
10. "Speedy Services UK Open - Thursday". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
11. "Co Stompé 2013". Darts Database. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
12. http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1530/Darts/article/detail/3574732/2014/01/09/Darter-Stompe-terug-in-moederschoot-van-BDO.dhtml. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
13. Co Stompé making return to PDC in 2018, dartsnews.com, 12 December 2017; accessed 2 January 2018
14. Co Stompé at Q School in 2019, dartsnews.com
15. Van Gerwen Takes Youth Double Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine PDC.tv
16. Walters, Mike (December 19, 2011). "Secret sadness of popular Dutchman Co Stompe". mirror.
17. "Straf darter Co Stompé voor belastingfraude". Telegraaf. September 4, 2017.
18. "WDF EUROPE CUP 2000 MENS PAIRS. KNOCKOUT CUP: FINAL STAGES". WDF. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
19. "WDF EUROPE CUP 2000 MENS TEAM EVENT: KNOCKOUT CUP". WDF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
20. "WDF EUROPE CUP XIII MENS TEAM EVENT: KNOCKOUT CUP". WDF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2016.

External links

• Stompé career details on dartsdatabase
• Stompé on modusdarts.tv