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Michael Mansell (born 31 August 1973) is a Northern Irish darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached his first major semi-final at the 2024 Grand Slam. Mansell won his maiden PDC ranking title at Players Championship 8 on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour.
Mansell qualified for the 2011 PDC Pro Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the third day of the Pro Tour's Q-School. Qualifying School Day Three PDC.tv
Mansell qualified for the 2011 UK Open, held in June, finishing inside the top 96 after the 8 UK Open qualifiers were held.[4] PDC.tv At the tournament he lost in the last 64 to James Wade 9–2.
He represented Northern Ireland alongside Brendan Dolan in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they reached the quarter-finals, where they were defeated by the Netherlands 4–0, having beaten Denmark in the second round. Mansell had a good season in the new European Tour events by qualifying for three of the five tournaments. He lost in the last 32 of the European Darts Open, and in the last 16 of both the German Darts Championship (beat Jamie Caven and Dean Winstanley, before losing to Wes Newton) and the German Darts Masters (beat Mervyn King and Paul Nicholson, before losing to Adrian Lewis). Mansell played in his first World Grand Prix in October as he was one of the two Irish qualifiers. He was beaten by Paul Nicholson 0–2 in sets, averaging just 64.48 in the event where a double must be hit to start and end every leg.
Mansell qualified for the 2013 World Championship by taking the 14th place of the 16 that were available through the ProTour Order of Merit for the highest non-qualified players. In his second World Championship he lost to 15-time winner Phil Taylor 0–3 in the first round, as Mansell won only one leg during the match and averaged 78.46. Mansell was ranked world number 51 after the tournament. In his second World Cup of Darts with Brendan Dolan the pair were beaten 4–5 in the last 16 by the Croatian duo of Robert Marijanović and Tonči Restović. Mansell reached the quarter-finals of a PDC event for the first time since October 2010 in May at the third Players Championship, but lost 4–6 to Paul Nicholson. Mansell beat Co Stompé and Conan Whitehead to face Michael van Gerwen in the fourth round of the UK Open, which he lost 3–9. Mansell was again a qualifier for the World Grand Prix and had a superb opportunity to achieve the biggest win of his career to date as he had three match darts against world number four Simon Whitlock in the deciding leg of the final set but missed them all. Mansell later revealed how this match impacted his darts for the subsequent year ahead as every time he played it was on his mind. At the Dutch Darts Masters he beat Tonči Restović and Gino Vos, before losing 6–4 to Kim Huybrechts in the third round.
Mansell beat Ben Burton and Dean Stewart to reach the third round of the 2014 UK Open but there lost to James Wade 9–1. In June, Mansell and Brendan Dolan beat Peter Wright and Robert Thornton from Scotland in the quarter-finals of the World Cup of Darts. In the semis, Dolan edged world number one Michael van Gerwen 4–3, but Mansell lost 4–0 to Van Barneveld to send the match into a deciding doubles game in which the Dutch pair averaged an incredible 117.88 to progress with a 4–0 whitewash. He won his first match at the World Grand Prix in three attempts by eliminating Ian White 2–0 (sets). Mansell then met Gary Anderson in the second round and won the first set, but was ultimately beaten 3–1 after losing nine successive legs.
Mansell suffered a 3–0 loss to Kim Huybrechts in the first round of the 2015 World Championship. Mansell and Dolan met the Netherlands' Van Gerwen and Van Barneveld for the second successive year at the World Cup, this time in the quarter-finals. Dolan lost 4–2 to Van Gerwen, but Mansell defeated Van Barneveld 4–3 meaning a doubles match was required and, for the second year in a row, Northern Ireland were whitewashed 4–0. Mansell qualified for four European Tour events and was knocked out in the second round in all of them.
Mansell's four World Cup appearances in a row ended in 2016 after Daryl Gurney overtook him as Northern Ireland's second highest player on the Order of Merit, behind Brendan Dolan. Three last 32 and three last 16 exits saw him qualify for the expanded Players Championship Finals and he lost 6–3 to Kim Huybrechts in the first round. Mansell dropped out of the top 64 during 2016 and so played in 2017 Q School, where he finished sixth on the Order of Merit to reclaim his PDC place.
Mansell lost his Tour card after season 2021, battling with injuries during that year. Immediately he regained his Tour card in PDC UK Q-School 2022 via UK Q-School Order of Merit, where he placed on 11th place with 6 points.
On 15 December 2022, at the 2023 PDC World Championship, Mansell beat Ben Robb but was defeated in the second round by Peter Wright 3–0 in sets.
At the 2024 PDC World Championship, Mansell faced Brendan Dolan. Dolan prevailed as the winner 3–2.
In the opening Players Championship event of 2024, Mansell defeated Josh Payne 6–2 in legs. In his second round match against Krzysztof Ratajski, Mansell hit a nine-dart finish, en route to another 6–2 victory. In the third round he defeated Daryl Gurney 6–5 but in the last 16, Nick Kenny beat Mansell 6–5.
At the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts Mansell reached his first major semi final by defeating Cameron Menzies 16–15 in a deciding leg in the quarter-finals. He lost to Martin Lukeman 16–12 in the semi-finals.
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PDC European Tour
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| 2014 | GDC DNQ | DDM QF | GDM 1R | Did not qualify | EDT 1R | |||||||||
| 2015 | DNQ | GDM 2R | DDM DNQ | IDO 2R | DNQ | EDM 2R | EDG 2R | |||||||
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| 2017 | Did not qualify | EDM 1R | Did not qualify | GDG 1R | DNQ | |||||||||
| 2018 | Did not qualify | DDO 1R | Did not qualify | IDO 2R | EDT 2R | |||||||||
| 2019 | EDO DNQ | GDC 1R | GDG DNQ | GDO 2R | DNQ | DDM 2R | Did not qualify | IDO 1R | GDT DNQ | |||||
| 2022 | Did not qualify | EDO 1R | CDO 3R | EDG 2R | DDC 2R | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2023 | Did not qualify | ADO 3R | Did not qualify | EDM 2R | GDO 1R | HDT DNQ | GDC 1R | |||||||
| 2024 | Did not qualify | EDG 2R | DNQ | DDC 2R | EDO DNQ | GDC 2R | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2025 | Did not qualify | GDG 2R | ADO 1R | EDG DNQ | DDC 3R | EDO 2R | BSD 2R | Did not qualify | ||||||
PDC Players Championships
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| 2020 | BAR 4R | BAR QF | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | MIL 1R | MIL 3R | MIL 3R | MIL 2R | MIL 4R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 2R | COV 2R | COV 4R | COV 1R | COV 2R | COV 2R | |||||||||||
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| 2023 | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | HIL QF | HIL 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | LEI DNP | HIL 2R | HIL QF | LEI 1R | LEI 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR SF | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | |||||
| 2024 | WIG 4R | WIG 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 3R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | LEI 3R | LEI 1R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 3R | MIL 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | MIL 3R | MIL 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 4R | LEI 2R | LEI 2R | ||||
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