The 2012 PDC World Youth Championship was the second edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the

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. The two finalists became PDC Pro Tour card holders for 2012 and 2013, and also received invitations to the

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was the defending champion, but he lost to Matthew Dicken in the first round.

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, who lost the 2010 final, and James Hubbard contested the final at The O2 Arena, London. Hubbard won in the final 6–3.

Prize money

Qualification

The tournament featured 64 players. The top 28 players in the PDC Youth Tour Order of Merit automatically qualified for the tournament, with the top eight players being seeded. They were joined by qualifiers from 26 Rileys Dart Zone tournaments throughout the United Kingdom, as well as 10 international qualifiers. The participants were: 1-28World Youth Championship - Top 28 Confirmed
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* Michael Finch * Matt Gallett * James Hajdar *

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Rileys qualifiers *

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* James Hubbard * Thomas Humphrey *

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* Daniel King-Morris * Richard North * Kurt Parry * ~~Jamie Reid~~ * Benjamin Songhurst * James Thompson *

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* David Williams International qualifiers * Robbie King * Guy Holland *

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* Shaun Narain *

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* Oskar Lukasiak * Franz Schrammel * Sergio Garcia *

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* John de Kruijf * Alexis Toylo

Draw

Preliminary round

* Kurt Parry 5–4 Alexis Toylo

Last 64

References

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