2018 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship
Tournament information
Dates5 November 2018
25 November 2018 (final)
VenueButlin's Minehead
LocationMinehead
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
First to 5 (group stage)
First to 6 (knockout phase)
Prize fund£60,000
Winner's share£10,000
Champion(s)
Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh
«2017 2019»

The 2018 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship was the eighth edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for darts players aged between 16 and 23.

In a change mirroring that of the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, the field of this competition increased from 64 to 96 players, who competed in 32 groups of three, with the winner of each progressing to the knockout stages.

The group stage and knock-out phase from the last 32 to the semi-finals was played at Robin Park Centre, Wigan, on 5 November 2018. The final took place on 25 November 2018, before the final of the 2018 Players Championship Finals.

Belgium's Dimitri Van den Bergh was the defending champion after defeating English player Josh Payne 6–3 in the 2017 final.

Van den Bergh successfully defended his youth title by beating Germany's Martin Schindler 6–3 in the final.

Van den Bergh became the first player to defend the title and overall to win two times the PDC World Youth Title.

Prize money

Position (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £60,000)
Winner (1) £10,000
Runner-up (1) £5,000
Semi-finalists (2) £2,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £1,600
Last 16 (8) £1,000
Last 32 (16) £500
Second in group (32) £300
Third in group (32) £250

Qualifiers

74 players from the final 2018 PDC Development Tour Order of Merit qualified, as did 22 international qualifiers.[1] Tahuna Irwin, who would have been the 23rd international qualifier, withdrew due to an issue with immigration.[2] Bradley Brooks, Dawson Murschell and Rusty-Jake Rodriguez qualified through the Development Tour Order of Merit as well as through an International Qualifier, which means the players ranked 75, 76 and 77 all qualified. Levy Frauenfelder replaced Jakob Kelly.

Development Tour qualifiers:[3]

  1. England Luke Humphries
  2. Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh
  3. England Ted Evetts
  4. Netherlands Geert Nentjes
  5. Germany Martin Schindler
  6. England George Killington
  7. Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez
  8. England Ryan Meikle
  9. Netherlands Niels Zonneveld
  10. Germany Christian Bunse
  11. England Jarred Cole
  12. Northern Ireland Nathan Rafferty
  13. Netherlands Berry van Peer
  14. Belgium Kenny Neyens
  15. Netherlands Wessel Nijman
  16. England Rob Hewson
  17. England Bradley Brooks
  18. Netherlands Jimmy Hendriks
  19. Canada Dawson Murschell
  20. England George Gardner
  21. England Bradley Kirk
  22. Netherlands Justin van Tergouw
  23. Belgium Mike De Decker
  24. Wales Rhys Griffin
  25. England Tommy Wilson
  26. Austria Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
  27. England Lee Budgen
  28. England Rhys Hayden
  29. Belgium Brian Raman
  30. England Scott Dale
  31. Netherlands Melvin de Fijter
  32. England Joe Davis
  33. Scotland William Borland
  34. England Josh McCarthy
  35. England Callan Rydz
  36. England Harry Ward
  37. Netherlands Danny van Trijp
  38. Republic of Ireland Jordan Boyce
  39. Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan
  40. England Tom Lonsdale
  41. Republic of Ireland Shane McGuirk
  42. England Lewis Pride
  43. Scotland Greg Ritchie
  44. Netherlands Mike van Duivenbode
  45. Netherlands Kevin Doets
  46. Germany Nico Blum
  47. Netherlands Patrick van den Boogaard
  48. Republic of Ireland Dean Finn
  49. England Callum Loose
  50. England John Brown
  51. Netherlands Sven Groen
  52. England Mark Baxter
  53. Netherlands Maikel Verberk
  54. England Thomas Lovely
  55. England Carl Batchelor
  56. Wales Justin Smith
  57. Germany Hendrik Eggermann
  58. England Jaikob Selby
  59. Republic of Ireland Dylan Powell
  60. England Scott Jackson
  61. Germany Christopher Hansch
  62. England Jakob Kelly
  63. England Fred Box
  64. England Jack Male
  65. Germany Nico Schlund
  66. England Adam Paxton
  67. England Danny Key
  68. England Conor Mayes
  69. England Keelan Kay
  70. Germany Sebastian Pohl
  71. England Adam Watson
  72. England Jack Vincent
  73. Scotland Andrew Davidson
  74. England Declan Cox
  75. England Jack Main
  76. England Aaron Holdstock
  77. England Callum Matthews
  78. Netherlands Levy Frauenfelder

International qualifiers:[1][4]

Draw

Group stage

Knockout Phase

Last 32 (best of 11 legs)
5 November
Last 16 (best of 11 legs)
5 November
Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)
5 November
Semi-finals (best of 11 legs)
5 November
Final (best of 11 legs)
25 November
               
1 England Luke Humphries 2
England Callan Rydz 6
  England Callan Rydz 6
Philippines Paolo Nebrida 2
  Philippines Paolo Nebrida 6
England Tom Lonsdale 4
  England Callan Rydz 6
England Harry Ward 5
8 England Ryan Meikle 6
England Adam Paxton 2
8 England Ryan Meikle 3
England Harry Ward 6
England Harry Ward 6
24 Wales Rhys Griffin 3
England Callan Rydz 3
5 Germany Martin Schindler 6
5 Germany Martin Schindler 6
28 England Rhys Hayden 0
5 Germany Martin Schindler 6
21 England Bradley Kirk 4
Germany Nico Schlund 2
21 England Bradley Kirk 6
5 Germany Martin Schindler 6
4 Netherlands Geert Nentjes 0
4 Netherlands Geert Nentjes 6
29 Belgium Brian Raman 4
4 Netherlands Geert Nentjes 6
Wales Justin Smith 2
13 Netherlands Berry van Peer 1
Wales Justin Smith 6
5 Germany Martin Schindler 91.60 3
2 Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 100.44 6
2 Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 6
31 Netherlands Melvin de Fijter 3
2 Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 6
England Thomas Lovely 2
  England Thomas Lovely 6
England Jack Main 1
2 Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 6
10 Germany Christian Bunse 3
Netherlands Mike van Duivenbode 6
26 Austria Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 4
Netherlands Mike van Duivenbode 5
10 Germany Christian Bunse 6
10 Germany Christian Bunse 6
23 Belgium Mike De Decker 4
2 Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 6
3 England Ted Evetts 1
England Mark Baxter 4
27 England Lee Budgen 6
27 England Lee Budgen 6
11 England Jarred Cole 3
11 England Jarred Cole 6
22 Netherlands Justin van Tergouw 3
27 England Lee Budgen 2
3 England Ted Evetts 6
3 England Ted Evetts 6
30 England Scott Dale 1
3 England Ted Evetts 6
England Scott Jackson 0
  England Scott Jackson 6
19 Canada Dawson Murschell 4

References

  1. 1 2 Allen, Dave. "PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship Expands". pdc.tv. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. Francis, Ben. "Darts: Tahuna Irwin to miss Youth World Championship over immigration complications". Newshub. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  3. "Development Tour Order of Merit". PDC. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  4. Phillips, Josh. "International Qualifiers Confirmed For WYC". PDC. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
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