2019 PDC World Youth Championship

The 2019 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship was the ninth edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for darts players aged between 16 and 23.

2019 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship
Tournament information
Dates4 November 2019
24 November 2019 (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)
England Luke Humphries
«2018 2020»

The group stage and knock-out phase from the last 32 to the semi-finals were played at Robin Park Centre, Wigan, on 4 November 2019. The final took place on 24 November 2019 at Butlin's Minehead, before the final of the 2019 Players Championship Finals.

Belgium's Dimitri Van den Bergh was the two-time defending champion after defeating Martin Schindler of Germany 6–3 in the 2018 final, but he was unable to defend his title, as he was over the age limit.

Luke Humphries won the tournament for the first time with a 6–0 win over Adam Gawlas in the final.

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

72 players from the final 2019 PDC Development Tour Order of Merit were set to qualify, as were 23 international qualifiers and Max Hopp, who was ranked in the top 32 of the main PDC Order of Merit at the start of the year and therefore took the top seeding place.[1] Christian Bunse, Liam Gallagher, Brad Phillips, Martin Schindler and Jurjen van der Velde qualified through the Development Tour Order of Merit as well as through an International Qualifier, while Development Tour #15 Corey Cadby and International Qualifiers Jaime Nunez and Sarthak Patel withdrew prior to the event, meaning the players ranked 73 to 80 qualified as well.

PDC Order of Merit Qualifiers:

  1. Germany Max Hopp

Development Tour Qualifiers:

  1. England Ted Evetts
  2. England Luke Humphries
  3. Netherlands Geert Nentjes
  4. England Ryan Meikle
  5. Republic of Ireland Ciaran Teehan
  6. Republic of Ireland Shane McGuirk
  7. Northern Ireland Nathan Rafferty
  8. England Callan Rydz
  9. Republic of Ireland Keane Barry
  10. Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan
  11. Scotland Greg Ritchie
  12. England Bradley Brooks
  13. Scotland Andrew Davidson
  14. Scotland William Borland
  15. England Harry Ward
  16. Netherlands Kevin Doets
  17. Netherlands Owen Roelofs
  18. Netherlands Danny van Trijp
  19. Wales Justin Smith
  20. England Ben Cheeseman
  21. Scotland Nathan Girvan
  22. England Lewis Pride
  23. England Jarred Cole
  24. Belgium Mike De Decker
  25. Netherlands Mike van Duivenbode
  26. Netherlands Wessel Nijman
  27. Austria Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
  28. Netherlands Justin van Tergouw
  29. Netherlands Berry van Peer
  30. Germany Christian Bunse
  31. Wales Rhys Griffin
  32. England George Killington
  33. England Aiden Cope
  34. England Jack Main
  35. Netherlands Niels Zonneveld
  36. England Joe Davis
  37. England Thomas Lovely
  38. England Keelan Kay
  39. England Tom Lonsdale
  40. Republic of Ireland Dylan Powell
  41. England Owen Maiden
  42. Czech Republic Adam Gawlas
  43. Czech Republic Roman Benecký
  44. England Dan Read
  45. England Carl Batchelor
  46. Wales Hywel Manuel
  47. England Callum Matthews
  48. England Dom Taylor
  49. England Jacob Gwynne
  50. England Danny Key
  51. Netherlands Jurjen van der Velde
  52. Wales Benjamin Smith
  53. Netherlands Marvin van Velzen
  54. England Bradley Clark
  55. England Tommy Lishman
  56. England Connor Arberry
  57. Germany Martin Schindler
  58. England James Beeton
  59. Belgium Seppe Giebens
  60. England Andy Kent
  61. Wales Matthew Holbrook
  62. Netherlands Patrick van den Boogaard
  63. England Kieran Brignell
  64. England Alex Jacques
  65. Republic of Ireland Liam Gallagher
  66. Republic of Ireland Stephen Rosney
  67. Netherlands Henk Snijder
  68. England Brad Phillips
  69. England John Brown
  70. England Joshua Burksfield
  71. England Charlie Symons
  72. Netherlands Wesley van Trijp
  73. England Lennon Cradock
  74. England Adam Paxton
  75. England Bradley Coltman
  76. England Connor Scutt
  77. England Conor Mayes
  78. England Connor Pickett
  79. England Jim Moston


International qualifiers:

  • Russia Maxim Aldoshin
  • Netherlands Gauke van der Boon
  • Australia Tremaine Gallagher
  • Japan Tomoya Goto
  • Republic of Ireland Kieran Guina
  • Netherlands Jamai van den Herik
  • Gibraltar Justin Hewitt
  • Hungary Patrik Kovács
  • Denmark Axel Ljungquist
  • Sweden Hampus Norrström
  • New Zealand Erik Pu
  • Australia Jamie Rundle
  • Canada Evan Suderman
  • Philippines Dolreich Tongcopanon Jr.
  • United States Jacob Womack
  • China Xiaochen Zong

Draw

Group stage

Knockout Phase

Last 32 (best of 11 legs)
4 November
Last 16 (best of 11 legs)
4 November
Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)
4 November
Semi-finals (best of 11 legs)
4 November
Final (best of 11 legs)
24 November
               
1 Germany Max Hopp 77.63 4
Czech Republic Adam Gawlas 87.41 6
Czech Republic Adam Gawlas 96.36 6
16 England Harry Ward 94.39 2
16 England Harry Ward 82.79 6
England Andy Kent 85.48 4
Czech Republic Adam Gawlas 88.11 6
9 England Callan Rydz 84.14 2
8 Northern Ireland Nathan Rafferty 89.75 6
25 Belgium Mike De Decker 91.36 5
8 Northern Ireland Nathan Rafferty 94.82 5
9 England Callan Rydz 95.10 6
9 England Callan Rydz 100.60 6
24 England Jarred Cole 79.82 2
Czech Republic Adam Gawlas 91.43 6
5 England Ryan Meikle 88.58 3
5 England Ryan Meikle 103.71 6
28 Austria Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 92.22 1
5 England Ryan Meikle 93.73 6
21 England Ben Cheeseman 89.72 3
12 Scotland Greg Ritchie 83.56 5
21 England Ben Cheeseman 88.63 6
5 England Ryan Meikle 91.57 6
Germany Martin Schindler 87.90 2
4 Netherlands Geert Nentjes 86.45 2
29 Netherlands Justin van Tergouw 90.70 6
29 Netherlands Justin van Tergouw 88.92 2
Germany Martin Schindler 92.92 6
  Germany Martin Schindler 82.46 6
England Jim Moston 73.24 1
Czech Republic Adam Gawlas 78.42 0
3 England Luke Humphries 92.97 6
2 England Ted Evetts 90.14 6
31 Germany Christian Bunse 86.38 3
2 England Ted Evetts 90.00 5
15 Scotland William Borland 88.95 6
15 Scotland William Borland 84.22 6
England Connor Arberry 82.28 2
15 Scotland William Borland 89.33 3
10 Republic of Ireland Keane Barry 90.93 6
England James Beeton 76.94 2
26 Netherlands Mike van Duivenbode 83.83 6
26 Netherlands Mike van Duivenbode 87.75 4
10 Republic of Ireland Keane Barry 94.50 6
10 Republic of Ireland Keane Barry 90.05 6
Netherlands Wesley van Trijp 79.00 1
10 Republic of Ireland Keane Barry 84.85 2
3 England Luke Humphries 94.41 6
Netherlands Henk Snijder 91.05 3
27 Netherlands Wessel Nijman 99.47 6
27 Netherlands Wessel Nijman 92.71 5
11 Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 102.68 6
11 Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 96.97 6
22 Scotland Nathan Girvan 79.30 2
11 Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 97.74 5
3 England Luke Humphries 95.77 6
3 England Luke Humphries 100.87 6
30 Netherlands Berry van Peer 104.50 5
3 England Luke Humphries 95.50 6
Netherlands Niels Zonneveld 86.10 3
  England Carl Batchelor 85.56 2
Netherlands Niels Zonneveld 93.10 6

References

  1. Allen, Dave. "2019 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship Field". pdc.tv. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
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