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
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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
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, 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
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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
Qualifiers
74 players from the final 2018 PDC Development Tour Order of Merit qualified, as did 22 international qualifiers.
Tahuna Irwin, who would have been the 23rd international qualifier, withdrew due to an issue with immigration.
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:
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Luke Humphries
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Dimitri Van den Bergh
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Ted Evetts
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Geert Nentjes
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Martin Schindler
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George Killington
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Rowby-John Rodriguez
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Ryan Meikle
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Niels Zonneveld
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Christian Bunse
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Jarred Cole
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Nathan Rafferty
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Berry van Peer
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Kenny Neyens
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Wessel Nijman
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Rob Hewson
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Bradley Brooks
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Jimmy Hendriks
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Dawson Murschell
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George Gardner
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Bradley Kirk
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Justin van Tergouw
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Mike De Decker
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Rhys Griffin
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Tommy Wilson
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Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
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Lee Budgen
# Rhys Hayden
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Brian Raman
# Scott Dale
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Melvin de Fijter
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Joe Davis
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William Borland
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Josh McCarthy
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Callan Rydz
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Harry Ward
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Danny van Trijp
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Jordan Boyce
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Jeffrey de Zwaan
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Tom Lonsdale
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Shane McGuirk
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Lewis Pride
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Greg Ritchie
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Mike van Duivenbode
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Kevin Doets
# Nico Blum
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Patrick van den Boogaard
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Dean Finn
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Callum Loose
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# John Brown
# Sven Groen
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Mark Baxter
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Maikel Verberk
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Thomas Lovely
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Carl Batchelor
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Justin Smith
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Hendrik Eggermann
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Jaikob Selby
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Dylan Powell
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Scott Jackson
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Christopher Hansch
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Jakob Kelly
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Fred Box
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Jack Male
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Nico Schlund
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Adam Paxton
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Danny Key
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Conor Mayes
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Keelan Kay
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Sebastian Pohl
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Adam Watson
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Jack Vincent
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Andrew Davidson
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Declan Cox
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Jack Main
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Aaron Holdstock
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Callum Matthews
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Levy Frauenfelder
International qualifiers:
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Maxim Aldoshin
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Keane Barry
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Jarvis Bautista
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Sean Coohill
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Logan Crooks
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Alexander Faddel
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Jack Faragher
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Steve Fitzpatrick
* Mats Gies
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Tomoya Goto
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Sven Hesse
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Tahuna Irwin
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Patrik Kovács
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Ryan Lynch
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Jesus Vicente Macias
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Paolo Nebrida
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Hampus Norrstrom
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Nicolai Rasmussen
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Lukas Wenig
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Xiaochen Zong
Draw
Group stage
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
Group 10
Group 11
Group 12
Group 13
Group 14
Group 15
Group 16
Group 17
Group 18
Group 19
Group 20
Group 21
Group 22
Group 23
Group 24
Group 25
Group 26
Group 27
Group 28
Group 29
Group 30
Group 31
Group 32
Knockout Phase
References
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