Francesco Raschini

Francesco Raschini (born 9 June 1977) is an Italian professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is the first Italian player who played in the World Darts Championship.

Francesco Raschini
Personal information
Full name	Francesco Raschini
Nickname	"Rosko"
Born	(1977-06-09) 9 June 1977 (age 48) Serrapetrona, Italy
Home town	Serrapetrona, Italy
Darts information
Playing darts since	2010
Darts	23g Target
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"It's A Long Way To The Top" by AC/DC
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2010–2020
WDF	2010–
Current world ranking	(WDF) NR (6 July 2025)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship	Last 48: 2022
World Masters	Last 128: 2022
Dutch Open	Last 64: 2022

Career

Raschini was only seen competing in the Italian Grand Masters from 2010 to 2016. His best result there is a quarter-finals in 2011. In 2016, he took part in the Malta Open, which he ended in the Last 32 phase. A few weeks later, he started in qualifying for the BDO World Darts Championship, organized a few days before the 2016 Winmau World Masters. In this tournament he lost in second round match to Bradley Kirk by 0–3 in sets.^[2]

Since 2019, Raschini has been seen at significantly more tournaments. So he registered for the PDC Q-School, but stayed far away from a tour card. In the following months, he also traveled to World Darts Federation tournaments throughout Europe and reached the Last 16 phase at the Helvetia Open and French Open. Raschini also participated at the 2019 World Masters and lost in the second round to Paul Hogan by 0–3 in sets.^[3] In 2020, he make a best results to date, achieved a semi-final in the Slovak Masters.^[4]

In 2021, he collected a lot of points, in particular by participating in the quarter-finals of the Hungarian Masters and reaching Last 32 phase at the Denmark Open and Irish Open. Raschini also increased his points account with the quarter-finals at the Slovenia Open, Catalonia Open, Italian Open and Italian Grand Masters, which allowed him to start in the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship.^[5] He made his Lakeside debut against Ryan de Vreede and lost 1–2 in sets.^[6]

In 2022, he took part in several international tournaments, but without much success. In June, he took part in the 2022 Dutch Open when he lost in the sixth round match to Arjan Konterman by 3–4 in legs.^[7]

World Championship results

WDF

• 2022: First round (lost to Ryan de Vreede 1–2) (sets)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
WDF Ranked televised events
World Championship	DNQ					NH	1R
World Masters	2R	DNQ		2R	NH		2R
Dutch Open	DNP						6R