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" byDarude
Organisation (seesplit in darts)
BDO	1994–2008, 2014–2015
PDC	2008–2013
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship	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 Championship	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 Championship	Last 32: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Desert Classic	Last 16: 2009
PC Finals	Last 16: 2011
WSDT major events – best performances
World Championship	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.

Jacobus Wilhelmus "Co"Stompé (born 10 September 1962) is a Dutch former professionaldarts player. He was nicknamedThe Matchstick because of his almost bald head and very thin appearance. He was also one of very few professionals who played in longsleeved shirts.^[1]

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For years, Stompé was considered the third best Dutch darts player behindRaymond van Barneveld andRoland Scholten. After reaching the semi-finals of the2000 World Championship, he dropped back behind a younger emerging Dutch group of players.

Stompé came back to fame with the defeat of reigning BDO championJelle Klaasen in the first round of the2007 World Championship.

Towards the end of his BDO career, Stompé also acted as a darts commentator for Dutch commercial television stationSBS6.

On 11 June 2008 it was announced that Stompé had joined theProfessional Darts Corporation circuit, and had to join thePDC rankings at 227. He made his PDC debut in the two PDPA Players Championship tournaments inBristol. The first tournament started with a bye into the last 64, due to van Barneveld not taking part. He lost toMatt Clark. The next day saw him beatTony Ayres andPeter Manley before losing in the last 32 stage toKirk Shepherd.

He then qualified for the2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic but lost in the first round toDennis Priestley.

Stompé won the 2008 PDCGerman Darts Championship, beatingPhil 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 the2009 Grand Slam of Darts and also earned him a place in the2009 World Championship qualifying through the Continental Europe Order of Merit. He originally qualified through Dutch broadcasterSBS6's wildcard place which then went toRemco van Eijden as a result. He defeated 2007 semi-finalistAndy Jenkins in the first round. He also defeatedAlan Tabern, the ninth seed in the second round and his impressive form in the championship continued with a 4–0 win over eighth seedWayne 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 defeatedColin Osborne in the first round but lost in round two to Raymond van Barneveld. He then suffered first round losses in the World Matchplay toAdrian Lewis and in the European Championship toGary 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 toRonnie Baxter.

At the2010 World Championship, Stompé defeatedSteve Maish,Mervyn King andMark Dudbridge to reach the quarter finals once more but was defeated byMark Webster. He then reached the quarter finals of the 2010 World Matchplay, defeatingAndy 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 inauguralPDC World Cup of Darts.^[1] Later that month, Stompé was knocked out of the2011 World Championship in the first round, losing 1–3 toPeter Wright.Stompé comfortably beatMichael Smith 3–0 in the first round of the2012 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 toTerry 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 the2013 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 toPaul Nicholson in the first round.^[8] After the tournament he was world ranked number 40.^[9] Stompé lost 5–4 toMichael Mansell in the second round of theUK Open.^[10] He only played in four more events during the rest of the year with his final PDC tournament coming in September.^[11]

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

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]

Co is married to his second wife Danielle. He proposed to her on stage after winning theWDF 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 inCrawley 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 inAlmelo 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]

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• 1996: 1st round (lost toSteve Beaton 0–3)
• 1998: 1st round (lost toRoland Scholten 2–3)
• 1999: 2nd round (lost to Roland Scholten 2–3)
• 2000: Semi-finalist (lost toRonnie Baxter 2–5)
• 2001: 2nd round (lost toWayne Mardle 0–3)
• 2002: 2nd round (lost toBob Taylor 2–3)
• 2003: 1st round (lost toMartin Adams 1–3)
• 2004: 1st round (lost toRobert Wagner 2–3)
• 2005: 1st round (lost toAndré Brantjes 2–3)
• 2006: 1st round (lost toPaul Hanvidge 1–3)
• 2007: 2nd round (lost toMartin Adams 1–4)
• 2008: 2nd round (lost toBrian Woods 2–4)

• 2009: Quarter-finalist (lost toPhil Taylor 0–5)
• 2010: Quarter-finalist (lost toMark Webster 3–5)
• 2011: 1st round (lost toPeter Wright 1–3)
• 2012: 2nd round (lost toTerry Jenkins 1–4)
• 2013: 1st round (lost toPaul Nicholson 0–3)

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

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

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 andBarrie Bates	4–2 (p)

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

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

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