2018 PDC World Youth Championship
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.
2018 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 5 November 2018 25 November 2018 (final) | ||
Venue | Butlin's Minehead | ||
Location | Minehead | ||
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Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs First to 5 (Group Stage) First to 6 (Knockout Phase) | ||
Prize fund | £60,000 | ||
Winner's share | £10,000 | ||
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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) | |
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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]
Luke Humphries Dimitri Van den Bergh Ted Evetts Geert Nentjes Martin Schindler George Killington Rowby-John Rodriguez Ryan Meikle Niels Zonneveld Christian Bunse Jarred Cole Nathan Rafferty Berry van Peer Kenny Neyens Wessel Nijman Rob Hewson Bradley Brooks Jimmy Hendriks Dawson Murschell George Gardner Bradley Kirk Justin van Tergouw Mike De Decker Rhys Griffin Tommy Wilson Rusty-Jake Rodriguez Lee Budgen Rhys Hayden Brian Raman Scott Dale Melvin de Fijter Joe Davis William Borland Josh McCarthy Callan Rydz Harry Ward Danny van Trijp Jordan Boyce Jeffrey de Zwaan Tom Lonsdale Shane McGuirk Lewis Pride Greg Ritchie Mike van Duivenbode Kevin Doets Nico Blum Patrick van den Boogaard Dean Finn Callum Loose John Brown Sven Groen Mark Baxter Maikel Verberk Thomas Lovely Carl Batchelor Justin Smith Hendrik Eggermann Jaikob Selby Dylan Powell Scott Jackson Christopher HanschJakob Kelly Fred Box Jack Male Nico Schlund Adam Paxton Danny Key Conor Mayes Keelan Kay Sebastian Pohl Adam Watson Jack Vincent Andrew Davidson Declan Cox Jack Main Aaron Holdstock Callum Matthews Levy Frauenfelder
International qualifiers:[1][4]
Maxim Aldoshin Keane Barry Jarvis Bautista Sean Coohill Logan Crooks Alexander Faddel Jack Faragher Steve Fitzpatrick Mats Gies Tomoya Goto Sven HesseTahuna Irwin Patrik Kovacs Ryan Lynch Jesus Vicente Macias Paolo Nebrida Hampus Norrstrom Nicolai Rasmussen Lukas Wenig Xiaochen Zong
Draw
Group stage
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- Allen, Dave. "PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship Expands". pdc.tv. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- Francis, Ben. "Darts: Tahuna Irwin to miss Youth World Championship over immigration complications". Newshub. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- "Development Tour Order of Merit". PDC. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- Phillips, Josh. "International Qualifiers Confirmed For WYC". PDC. Retrieved 26 October 2018.