JANI HAAVISTO enjoyed a successful opening weekend of the Scandinavian Darts Corporation season, joining Vesa Nuutinen and Ulf Ceder in winning events in Finland.
The 2014 SDC season began with a triple-header of events at the Hotal Tallukka in Vaasky, Finland, with further weekends to follow in Sweden and Denmark during the year.
Nuutinen defeated Uki Takkinen 6-1 in the final of the Finland Darts Cup as the new SDC kicked off, with Haavisto and Niels J Hansen reaching the semi-finals of the event.
Finland's Ceder won his first SDC event - having reached three finals 2012 and 2013 - by defeating Jarkko Komula in the final of the Tallukka Masters, which was the second event to be held on the Saturday of the opening weekend, while Nuutinen and Kim Viljanen reached the semi-finals of the event.
Haavisto then went all the way to victory in Sunday's Scandinavian Darts Trophy event, defeating Ali Roberts 6-4 in the final, also whitewashing Joni Laine and Heikki Hyvonen in the latter stages.
Haavisto was also pushed all the way by Peter Sajwani in the semi-finals, with Hansen also reaching the last four for the second time in the weekend.
The year's eight SDC ranking events will be followed in Copenhagen by the SDC European Championship Qualifier on Sunday August 31.
Forthcoming Events
Saturday April 26 - Gothenburg, Sweden
Swedish Darts Masters
Swedish Darts Open
Sunday April 27 - Gothenburg, Sweden
Scandinavian Darts Open
Saturday August 30 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Danish Darts Trophy
Danish Darts Open
Sunday August 31 - Copenhagen, Denmark
European Championship SDC Qualifier
For more information or to enter, please visit the Scandinavian Darts Corporation website.
Finland Darts Cup - SDC Event One
Last 16
Petri Korte 6-1 Alex B Jensen
Niels J Hansen 6-4 Kim Viljanen
Peter Sajwani 6-5 Nicklas Handel
Vesa Nuutinen 6-1 Magnus Caris
Jani Haavisto 6-3 Darius Labanauskas
Jarko Komula 6-3 Dennis Lindskjold
Ulf Ceder 6-1 Janne Tilus
Uki Takkinen 6-3 Jörgen Algaard
Quarter-Finals
Niels J Hansen 6-3 Petri Korte
Vesa Nuutinen 6-3 Peter Sajwani
Jani Haavisto 6-4 Jarko Komula
Uki Takkinen 6-5 Ulf Ceder
Semi-Finals
Vesa Nuutinen 6-3 Niels J Hansen
Uki Takkinen 6-5 Jani Haavisto
Final
Vesa Nuutinen 6-1 Uki Takkinen
Tallukka Masters - SDC Event Two
Last 16
Vesa Nuutinen 6-2 Henrik Primdal
Peter Sajwani 6-2 Nicklas Handell
Teemu Harju 6-4 Heikki Hyvonen
Ulf Ceder 6-2 Marko Kantele
Per Laursen 6-4 Alex B Jensen
Kim Viljanen 6-0 Klaus Rejnhold
Johan Engström 6-5 Asko Niskala
Jarkko Komula 6-2 Robert Goth
Quarter-Finals
Vesa Nuutinen 6-4 Peter Sajwani
Ulf Ceder 6-4 Teemu Harju
Kim Viljanen 6-1 Per Laursen
Jarkko Komula 6-4 Johan Engström
Semi-Finals
Ulf Ceder 6-5 Vesa Nuutinen
Jarkko Komula 6-5 Kim Viljanen
Final
Ulf Ceder 6-2 Jarkko Komula
Scandinavian Darts Trophy - SDC Event Three
Last 16
Magnus Caris 6-2 Dennis Lindskjold
Niels J Hansen 6-1 Stefan Olsson
Uki Takkinen 6-3 Teemu Haarju
Ali Roberts 6-3 Nauris Gleglu
Heikki Hyvonen 6-4 Ulf Ceder
Jani Haavisto 6-0 Joni Laine
Johan Engström 6-5 Jarkko Komula
Peter Sajwani 6-4 Michael Oskarsson
Quarter-Finals
Niels J Hansen 6-4 Magnus Caris
Ali Roberts 6-3 Uki Takkinen
Jani Haavisto 6-0 Heikki Hyvonen
Peter Sajwani 6-2 Johan Engström
Semi-Finals
Ali Roberts 6-4 Niels J Hansen
Jani Haavisto 6-5 Peter Sajwani
Final
Jani Haavisto 6-4 Ali Roberts