{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{short description|Russian darts player (born 1988)}} {{Infobox darts player | name = Boris Koltsov | image = | fullname = | nickname = "The Viking" | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|9|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Batumi, Georgian SSR | death_date = | death_place = | hometown = Khimki, Moscow, Russia<ref name="PDPA">{{cite web |title=Boris Koltsov PDPA Profile |url=https://pdpa.co.uk/player/boris-koltsov/ |website=Professional Darts Players Association |access-date=22 January 2026}}</ref> | since = 2011 | darts = 21g Winmau Signature<ref name="MC">{{cite web |title=Boris Koltsov |url=https://mastercaller.com/players/boris-koltsov |website=Mastercaller |access-date=22 January 2026}}</ref> | laterality = Right-handed | music = "Valhalla Calling" by Miracle of Sound | BDO = 2012–2014 | PDC = 2014–2020, 2021–2022 | WDF = 2020 | currentrank = | BDO World = | World Masters = Last 144: 2013 | PDC World = Last 64: 2015, 2022 | Matchplay = | Grand Prix = | Grand Slam = | Premier League = | Championship League = | European = | UK Open = Last 128: 2021, 2022 | results = {{aligned table|leftright=y|fullwidth=y|class=nowrap | '''EADC Pro Tour'''| 2016 (x2), 2019 (x3), 2020 | '''EADC Qualifier'''| 2014, 2016, 2018 | '''Finnish Open'''| 2017, 2018 | '''Kalashnikov Cup'''| 2018 | '''PDC Challenge Tour England'''| 2019 | '''WDF World Cup Pairs'''| 2017 | '''Russian Cup'''| 2018, 2019 | '''Salavat Yulaev Cup'''| 2021 }} }}
'''Boris Sergeevich Koltsov''' ({{langx|ru|Борис Сергеевич Кольцов}}; born 10 September 1988) is a Russian darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
==Career== ===BDO=== In September 2014, Koltsov reached the semi-finals of the WDF Europe Cup beating Jeffrey Van Egdom, Remco van Eijden, Thomas Junghans, Daniel Larsson and Ross Montgomery along the way before losing to Darius Labanauskas 6–3.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=5882 | title=2014 WDF Europe Cup Singles Results | publisher=Darts Database | accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref> He also reached the last 16 of the Romanian Open.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResultsPrize.aspx?EventKey=5524 | title=2014 Romanian Open Player Prize Money | publisher=Darts Database | accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref>
===PDC=== Koltsov won the Russian Qualifying Event for the 2015 PDC World Championship and beat Haruki Muramatsu of Japan 4–2 in legs in the preliminary round.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResultsPrize.aspx?EventKey=5916 | title=2014 PDC World Russia Qualifying Event Player Prize Money | publisher=Darts Database | accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref> He squared his first round match with Kevin Painter at 1–1 in sets, but could not win another leg after this to be defeated 3–1.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1ns1uutmypxuz1hy7y5ahi4fuu/title/william-hill-world-championship-day-four | title=William Hill World Championship Day Four | publisher=PDC | accessdate=21 December 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222162346/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1ns1uutmypxuz1hy7y5ahi4fuu/title/william-hill-world-championship-day-four | archivedate=22 December 2014 }}</ref> He teamed up with Aleksei Kadochnikov to represent Russia at the World Cup of Darts and they lost 5–1 to Australia in the first round.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1kz3ggnl6tkcq1pkdu6ldu9vzx/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-day-one | title=bwin World Cup of Darts Day One | publisher=PDC | accessdate=12 June 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613234919/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1kz3ggnl6tkcq1pkdu6ldu9vzx/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-day-one | archive-date=13 June 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Koltsov's bid to reach the 2016 World Championship was ended at the semi-final stage by Aleksandr Oreshkin.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=6197 | title=2015 PDC World Russia Qualifying Event Results | publisher=Darts Database | accessdate=2 January 2016}}</ref> He dominated the Eurasian Darts Tour in 2016 by winning four and losing in one final of the six events staged.<ref>{{cite web|title=Boris Kolstov 2016|url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?PlayerKey=14210|publisher=Darts Database|accessdate=23 December 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224004640/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=14210|archivedate=24 December 2016}}</ref> Kolstov and Oreshkin were defeated 5–3 by the Netherlands in the opening round of the World Cup, with world number one Michael van Gerwen praising Kolstov's play afterwards.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pdc.tv/world-cup-of-darts/article/t4ltoom4vri11qy3u6fyio7u0/title/betway-world-cup | title=Betway World Cup of Darts Day One | publisher=PDC | accessdate=23 December 2016 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028083655/http://www.pdc.tv/world-cup-of-darts/article/t4ltoom4vri11qy3u6fyio7u0/title/betway-world-cup | archivedate=28 October 2016 }}</ref>
He won the Russian qualifier for the 2017 World Championship, but lost 2–1 to Dragutin Horvat in the preliminary round.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/75ab9wu8mrx01j4iolhx4ja5h/title/william-hill-world-championship-day-six| title=William Hill World Championship Day Six| publisher=PDC| accessdate=23 December 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221091058/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/75ab9wu8mrx01j4iolhx4ja5h/title/william-hill-world-championship-day-six| archive-date=21 December 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref> Kolstov entered Q School in a bid to earn a PDC Tour Card.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.pdpa.co.uk/pdpa/q-school/| title=PDC Q-School 2017| publisher=PDPA| accessdate=3 January 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106170708/https://www.pdpa.co.uk/pdpa/q-school/| archive-date=6 January 2017| url-status=dead}}</ref> He reached the last 16 on day two, but this was not enough to earn him a place on the tour.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/134p2x1595rh8z8g6fxy8epb8/title/2017-pdc-qualifying-school-day-four| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123033545/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/134p2x1595rh8z8g6fxy8epb8/title/2017-pdc-qualifying-school-day-four| url-status=dead| archive-date=23 January 2017| title=2017 PDC Qualifying School Day Four| publisher=PDC| accessdate=24 January 2017}}</ref> Koltsov and Aleksandr Oreshkin met Australia in the second round of the World Cup after seeing off Hong Kong 5–3 in the first round. Oreshkin beat Kyle Anderson 4–2, but Koltsov failed to win against Simon Whitlock meaning a doubles match was required to settle the tie. Russia easily won 4–0 to make it through to the quarter-finals for the first time, where they could only pick up one leg in their singles defeats to the Welsh pair of Gerwyn Price and Mark Webster.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=11145| title=2017 PDC World Cup of Darts Results| publisher=Darts Database| accessdate=10 June 2017}}</ref>
Koltsov won a PDC Tour Card for the first time at European Qualifying School on 17 February 2021.
==World Championship results== ===PDC=== * 2015: First round (lost to Kevin Painter 1–3) * 2017: Preliminary round (lost to Dragutin Horvat 1–2) * 2019: First round (lost to Chris Dobey 0–3) * 2020: First round (lost to Ritchie Edhouse 1–3) * 2022: Second round (lost to Dirk van Duijvenbode 2–3)
==Performance timeline==
'''BDO''' {| class="wikitable" style="width:30%; margin:0" |- ! Tournament !! 2013 !! 2014 |- | style="background:#efefef;"| {{Nowrap|BDO World Championship}} | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ |- | style="background:#efefef;"| Winmau World Masters | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP |- |}
'''PDC'''
{| class="wikitable" style="width:30%; margin:0" |- ! Tournament !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 |- | style="background:#efefef;"| {{nowrap|PDC World Championship}} | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| PR | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R |- | style="background:#efefef;"| UK Open | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|WD |- | colspan="21" align="left" |'''Non-major televised events''' |- | style="background:#efefef;" | PDC World Cup of Darts | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP |- | colspan="13" align="left" |'''Career statistics''' |- |- bgcolor="efefef" | align="left" |'''Year-end ranking''' | style="text-align:center;|120 | style="text-align:center;|167 | style="text-align:center;|178 | style="text-align:center;|133 | style="text-align:center;|96 | style="text-align:center;|158 | style="text-align:center;|119 | style="text-align:center;| |}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;" |- ! colspan="6"|Performance timeline legend |- | align="center" style="color:#cccccc;" width="30"|DNP | Did not play in the event | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|#R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament<br />(RR = Round robin) | align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF | lost in the quarter-finals |- | align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF | lost in the semi-finals | align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F | lost in the final | align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W''' | won the tournament |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{DartsOrakel|Boris Koltsov}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Koltsov, Boris}} Category:Russian darts players Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:PDC World Cup of Darts Russian team Category:Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders Category:Sportspeople from Batumi Category:Sportspeople from Moscow Category:21st-century Russian sportsmen