# Boris Koltsov

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{{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](/source/Batumi), [Georgian SSR](/source/Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic)
| death_date          =
| death_place         =
| hometown            = [Khimki](/source/Khimki), [Moscow](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Miracle_of_Sound)
| BDO                 = 2012–2014
| PDC                 = 2014–2020, 2021–2022
| WDF                 = 2020
| currentrank         = 
| BDO World           = 
| World Masters       = Last 144: [2013](/source/2013_World_Masters_(darts))
| PDC World           = Last 64: [2015](/source/2015_PDC_World_Darts_Championship), [2022](/source/2022_PDC_World_Darts_Championship)
| Matchplay           = 
| Grand Prix          = 
| Grand Slam          = 
| Premier League      = 
| Championship League = 
| European            = 
| UK Open             = Last 128: [2021](/source/2021_UK_Open), [2022](/source/2022_UK_Open)
| 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](/source/darts) player who competes in [Professional Darts Corporation](/source/Professional_Darts_Corporation) (PDC) events.

==Career==
===BDO===
In September 2014, Koltsov reached the semi-finals of the WDF Europe Cup beating [Jeffrey Van Egdom](/source/Jeffrey_Van_Egdom), [Remco van Eijden](/source/Remco_van_Eijden), [Thomas Junghans](/source/Thomas_Junghans), [Daniel Larsson](/source/Daniel_Larsson_(darts_player)) and [Ross Montgomery](/source/Ross_Montgomery) along the way before losing to [Darius Labanauskas](/source/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](/source/2015_PDC_World_Darts_Championship) and beat [Haruki Muramatsu](/source/Haruki_Muramatsu) of [Japan](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Professional_Darts_Corporation) | 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](/source/2015_PDC_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](/source/Professional_Darts_Corporation) | 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](/source/2016_PDC_World_Darts_Championship) was ended at the semi-final stage by [Aleksandr Oreshkin](/source/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](/source/2016_PDC_Pro_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](/source/2016_PDC_World_Cup_of_Darts), with world number one [Michael van Gerwen](/source/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](/source/Professional_Darts_Corporation) | 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](/source/2017_PDC_World_Darts_Championship), but lost 2–1 to [Dragutin Horvat](/source/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](/source/Professional_Darts_Corporation)| 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](/source/Professional_Darts_Corporation)| accessdate=24 January 2017}}</ref> Koltsov and [Aleksandr Oreshkin](/source/Aleksandr_Oreshkin) met Australia in the second round of the [World Cup](/source/2017_PDC_World_Cup_of_Darts) after seeing off Hong Kong 5–3 in the first round. Oreshkin beat [Kyle Anderson](/source/Kyle_Anderson_(darts_player)) 4–2, but Koltsov failed to win against [Simon Whitlock](/source/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](/source/Gerwyn_Price) and [Mark Webster](/source/Mark_Webster_(darts_player)).<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](/source/Kevin_Painter) 1–3)
* 2017: Preliminary round (lost to [Dragutin Horvat](/source/Dragutin_Horvat) 1–2)
* 2019: First round (lost to [Chris Dobey](/source/Chris_Dobey) 0–3)
* 2020: First round (lost to [Ritchie Edhouse](/source/Ritchie_Edhouse) 1–3)
* 2022: Second round (lost to [Dirk van Duijvenbode](/source/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](/source/BDO_World_Darts_Championship)}}
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"| [Winmau World Masters](/source/Winmau_World_Masters)
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [2R](/source/2013_World_Masters_(darts))
| 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](/source/PDC_World_Darts_Championship)}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [1R](/source/2015_PDC_World_Darts_Championship)
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [PR](/source/2017_PDC_World_Darts_Championship)
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [1R](/source/2019_PDC_World_Darts_Championship)
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [1R](/source/2020_PDC_World_Darts_Championship)
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [2R](/source/2022_PDC_World_Darts_Championship)
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"| [UK Open](/source/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](/source/2020_UK_Open)
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [2R](/source/2021_UK_Open)
| 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](/source/PDC_World_Cup_of_Darts)
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/2015_PDC_World_Cup_of_Darts)
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/2016_PDC_World_Cup_of_Darts)
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[QF](/source/2017_PDC_World_Cup_of_Darts)
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/2018_PDC_World_Cup_of_Darts)
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/2019_PDC_World_Cup_of_Darts)
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/2020_PDC_World_Cup_of_Darts)
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/2021_PDC_World_Cup_of_Darts)
| 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

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