2014 PDC World Youth Championship

2014 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship
2014 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship
Tournament information
Dates	5 April 2014; 22 May 2014 (final)
Venue	The O2 Arena
Location	London
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs; first to 6
Prize fund	£50,000
Winner's share	£10,000
Champion(s)
	Keegan Brown
«2013	2015»

Last updated April 30, 2023

The 2014 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship was the fourth edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for darts players aged between 16 and 21.

Prize money

Position (no. of players)		Prize money (Total: £50,000)
Winner	(1)	£10,000
Runner-up	(1)	£5,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£2,500
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£1,500
Third round	(8)	£1,000
Second round	(16)	£500
First round	(32)	£250

Qualification

The tournament featured 64 players. The top 50 players in the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit automatically qualified for the tournament, with the top eight players being seeded.^[3] They were joined by 14 international qualifiers.^[4] Three players withdrew prior to the tournament, so their places were awarded through an open qualifier, which took place on 4 April.

The participants were:

1-50^[3]

International qualifiers^[3]

Open Qualifiers

Draw

^[1]

First round(best of 11 legs) 5 April			Second round(best of 11 legs) 5 April			Third round(best of 11 legs) 5 April			Quarter-finals(best of 11 legs) 5 April			Semi-finals(best of 11 legs) 5 April			Final(best of 11 legs) 22 May

1	Adam Hunt	6

	Aden Kirk	1
			1	Adam Hunt	6

				Shaun Littler	3
	Shaun Littler	6

	Lewis Hackett	2
						1	Adam Hunt	6

							Kevin Voornhout	4
	Adam Smith-Neale	5

	Sam Hill	6
				Sam Hill	2

				Kevin Voornhout	6
	Sion Thomas	4

	Kevin Voornhout	6
									1	Adam Hunt	3

										Keegan Brown	6
8	Max Hopp	5

	Ryan de Vreede	6
				Ryan de Vreede	6

				James Young	5
	Steve Lennon	5

	James Young	6
							Ryan de Vreede	2

							Keegan Brown	6
	Robbie King	6

	Jake Jones	2
				Robbie King	0

				Keegan Brown	6
	Shaun Lovett	2

	Keegan Brown	6
													Keegan Brown	6

												5	Dirk van Duijvenbode	2
5	Dirk van Duijvenbode	6

	Samuel Fuller	4
			5	Dirk van Duijvenbode	6

				Arron Fairweather	1
	Arron Fairweather	6

	Fredi Gselmann	1
						5	Dirk van Duijvenbode	6

							Brandon Walsh	1
	Brandon Walsh	6

	Sean Ryan	4
				Brandon Walsh	6

				George Killington	4
	George Killington	6

	Ryan Hogarth	4
									5	Dirk van Duijvenbode	6

										Jack Tweddell	5
4	Josh Payne	6

	Matthew Dicken	4
			4	Josh Payne	6

				Tyson Hoefel	2
	Vincenzo Masciarelli	0

	Tyson Hoefel	6
						4	Josh Payne	4

							Jack Tweddell	6
	Jack Tweddell	6

	Aaron Knox	3
				Jack Tweddell	6

				Shaun Narain	2
	Shaun Narain	6

	Dan Dean	3
																Keegan Brown	6

															2	Rowby-John Rodriguez	4
2	Rowby-John Rodriguez	6

	John Seagrave	1
			2	Rowby-John Rodriguez	6

				Tom Sykes	0
	Tom Sykes	6

	Eric Pedley	4
						2	Rowby-John Rodriguez	6

							Ben Songhurst	3
	Amit Gilitwala	0

	Jake Patchett	6
				Jake Patchett	5

				Ben Songhurst	6
	Ben Songhurst	6

	Dan Read	4
									2	Rowby-John Rodriguez	6

										Dean Reynolds	2
7	Benito van de Pas	4

	Jimmy Hendriks	6
				Jimmy Hendriks	6

				Rees Hall	2
	Anthony West	5

	Rees Hall	6
							Jimmy Hendriks	3

							Dean Reynolds	6
	Lee Whitworth	2

	Dean Reynolds	6
				Dean Reynolds	6

				Mike Zuijdwijk	5
	Dan Lauby Jr	3

	Mike Zuydwijk	6
												2	Rowby-John Rodriguez	6

												3	Kurt Parry	3
6	Reece Robinson	6

	Rhys Hayden	3
			6	Reece Robinson	6

				Martin Schindler	4
	Curtis Turner	1

	Martin Schindler	6
						6	Reece Robinson	6

							Dimitri Van den Bergh	3
	Paddy Meaney	5

	Dimitri Van den Bergh	6
				Dimitri Van den Bergh	6

				Nicholas Day	1
	Nicholas Day	6

	Sam Head	2
									6	Reece Robinson	3

									3	Kurt Parry	6
3	Kurt Parry	6

	Andrew Ryan	2
			3	Kurt Parry	6

				Lewis Venes	1
	Lewis Venes	6

	Dean Finn	5
						3	Kurt Parry	6

							Cain Unwin	4
	Justin Webers	6

	John de Kruijf	5
				Justin Webers	1

				Cain Unwin	6
	Cain Unwin	6

	James Thompson	5

Related Research Articles

The 2011 PDC Under-21 World Championship was the first edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for darts players aged between 14 and 21.

Devon Petersen is a South African professional darts player and a pundit for Sky Sports. He has qualified for the PDC World Championship on seven occasions with his best result coming in 2014, 2019 and 2021 when he reached the last 16. Petersen has become popular for dancing on to the stage to Shakira's "Waka Waka " before his matches.

The 2011 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They were the Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) Players Championships and the UK Open Qualifiers. This year there were 39 PDC Pro Tour events – 31 Players Championships and 8 UK Open Qualifiers.

The 2012 PDC World Youth Championship was the second edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for darts players aged between 14 and 23.

The 2012 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They were the Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) Players Championships, the UK Open Qualifiers, and the new European Tour events. This year there were 33 PDC Pro Tour events – 20 Players Championships, 8 UK Open Qualifiers, and 5 European Tour events.

Keegan Brown is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the 2014 PDC World Youth Championship.

The 2013 PDC World Youth Championship was the third edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for darts players aged between 14 and 21.

The 2013 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They were the Professional Dart Players Association Players Championships, the UK Open Qualifiers, and the European Tour events. This year there were 32 PDC Pro Tour events – 16 Players Championships, 8 UK Open Qualifiers, and 8 European Tour events.

The 2014 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Professional Dart Players Association Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers, and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. This year there were 34 PDC Pro Tour events held – 20 Players Championships, 6 UK Open Qualifiers, and 8 European Tour events.

Rowby-John Rodriguez is an Austrian professional darts player currently playing in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).

The 2015 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Professional Dart Players Association Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers, and European Tour events were the events that made up the Pro Tour. This year there were 35 PDC Pro Tour events held – 20 Players Championships, six UK Open Qualifiers, and nine European Tour events.

The 2015 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship was the fifth edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for darts players aged between 16 and 23.

The 2016 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship was the sixth edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for darts players aged between 16 and 23.

The 2018 William Hill World Darts Championship was a darts event, held between 14 December 2017 and 1 January 2018 at the Alexandra Palace in London, United Kingdom. It was the 25th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation.

The 2018 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. In this year there are 41 PDC Pro Tour events being held – 22 Players Championships, six UK Open Qualifiers and 13 European Tour events.

The 2017 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship was the seventh edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for darts players aged between 16 and 23.

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 for darts players aged between 16 and 23.

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.

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 for darts players aged between 16 and 23.

The 2021 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship was the eleventh edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for darts players aged between 16 and 23. In a change from previous years, the whole tournament was played at Butlin's Minehead, Minehead, on 28 November 2021. The final took place on the stage, before the final of the 2021 Players Championship Finals.

References

1 2 Brown & Rodriguez Reach Youth Decider Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine PDC.tv
↑ Keegan Brown claims world youth champion darts crown BBC Sport
1 2 3 World Youth Championship Qualifiers Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine PDC.tv
↑ PDC Unicorn World Youth Champs Update Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine PDC.tv

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[Results-1] 1 2 Brown & Rodriguez Reach Youth Decider Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine PDC.tv

[2] Keegan Brown claims world youth champion darts crown BBC Sport

[Info-3] 1 2 3 World Youth Championship Qualifiers Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine PDC.tv

[4] PDC Unicorn World Youth Champs Update Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine PDC.tv

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

v t e 2014 in PDC darts
Major tournaments	2014 World Darts Championship UK Open Premier League World Cup of Darts World Matchplay World Grand Prix European Championship The Masters Grand Slam of Darts Players Championship Finals 2015 World Darts Championship
PDC Pro Tour	German Darts Championship Dutch Darts Masters German Darts Masters Austrian Darts Open Gibraltar Darts Trophy European Darts Open European Darts Grand Prix European Darts Trophy
World Series	Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters Singapore Darts Masters Perth Darts Masters Sydney Darts Masters
Other	World Youth Championship
« 2013 2015 »