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

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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

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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.   Max Hopp

Development Tour Qualifiers:


International qualifiers:

Draw

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Group stage

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Knockout Phase

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

References

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