The 2020 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship was the tenth 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.
The group stage and knock-out phase from the last 32 to the semi-finals were played at
Metrodome
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,
Barnsley
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, on 28 September 2020. The final took place on 29 November 2020 at the
Ricoh Arena
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,
Coventry
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, before the final of the
2020 Players Championship Finals.
Luke Humphries
Luke Humphries (born 11 February 1995) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number one. He is a former PDC World Darts Champion ...
was the reigning champion after defeating
Adam Gawlas of the
Czech Republic
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6–0 in the
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
final, but he was unable to defend his title, as he was over the age limit.
won the title after defeating compatriot Joe Davis 6–5 in the final.
Prize money
Qualifiers
The field of 96 players is made of PDC Tour Card Holders, Development Tour players and International Qualifiers. All entrants ranked on the PDC Order of Merit were seeded first, with the top players on the Development Tour Order of Merit following up to 32 seeds. The numbers of International Qualifiers were significantly reduced due to the disruption caused by the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
PDC Order of Merit Qualifiers:
Development Tour Qualifiers:
International qualifiers:
*
Sean Negrette
*
Nathan Potter
* Man Lok Leung
Draw
2020 World Youth Group Stage
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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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