2020 PDC World Youth Championship

Last updated
2020 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship
Tournament information
Dates28 September 2020
29 November 2020 (final)
Venue Metrodome, Barnsley (early rounds)
Ricoh Arena, Coventry (final)
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Organisation(s) PDC
FormatLegs
First to 5 (group stage)
First to 6 (knockout phase)
Prize fund£60,000
Winner's share£10,000
High checkout170 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Gian van Veen
(Last 32)
Champion(s)
Flag of England.svg Bradley Brooks
«2019 2021»

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.

Contents

The group stage and knock-out phase from the last 32 to the semi-finals were played at Metrodome, Barnsley, on 28 September 2020. The final took place on 29 November 2020 at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, before the final of the 2020 Players Championship Finals. [1] [2]

England's Luke Humphries was the reigning champion after defeating Adam Gawlas of the Czech Republic 6–0 in the 2019 final, but he was unable to defend his title, as he was over the age limit. [3]

England's Bradley Brooks won the title after defeating compatriot Joe Davis 6–5 in the final. [4]

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

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. [5]

PDC Order of Merit Qualifiers:

  1. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeffrey de Zwaan
  2. Flag of Germany.svg Martin Schindler
  3. Flag of England.svg Harry Ward
  4. Flag of England.svg Ted Evetts
  5. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Geert Nentjes
  6. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Niels Zonneveld
  7. Flag of Scotland.svg William Borland
  8. Flag of England.svg Callan Rydz
  9. Flag of England.svg Ryan Meikle
  10. Flag of England.svg Bradley Brooks
  11. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jitse van der Wal
  12. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Lewy Williams
  13. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brian Raman
  14. Ulster Banner.svg Nathan Rafferty
  15. Flag of England.svg Dom Taylor
  16. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kevin Doets
  17. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maikel Verberk

Development Tour Qualifiers:

  1. Flag of Ireland.svg Keane Barry
  2. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Berry van Peer
  3. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Damian Mol
  4. Flag of England.svg Joe Davis
  5. Flag of England.svg Keelan Kay
  6. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Rhys Griffin
  7. Flag of Poland.svg Sebastian Białecki
  8. Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lee Lok Yin
  9. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Owen Roelofs
  10. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Gawlas
  11. Flag of England.svg Jaikob Selby-Rivas
  12. Flag of England.svg Lewis Pride
  13. Flag of Austria.svg Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
  14. Flag of England.svg Jack Main
  15. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gian van Veen
  16. Flag of England.svg Thomas Lovely
  17. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Liam Meek
  18. Flag of England.svg Joshua Richardson
  19. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daan Bastiaansen
  20. Flag of England.svg Jarred Cole
  21. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jamai van den Herik
  22. Flag of Germany.svg Kevin Troppmann
  23. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Danny van Trijp
  24. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Henk Snijder
  25. Flag of England.svg Reece Colley
  26. Flag of Italy.svg Marcus Tommaso Brambati
  27. Flag of England.svg John Brown
  28. Flag of Scotland.svg Nathan Girvan
  29. Flag of England.svg Kalem Marsh
  30. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mikey Rees
  31. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Justin Smith
  32. Flag of Scotland.svg Keith O'Neill
  33. Flag of England.svg Cameron Doyle
  34. Flag of England.svg Henry Cutting
  35. Flag of England.svg Lewis Gurney
  36. Flag of Germany.svg Ole Holtkamp
  37. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Moreno Blom
  38. Flag of Germany.svg Sven Hesse
  39. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Luke Colwill
  40. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Levy Frauenfelder
  41. Flag of England.svg Ben Cheeseman
  42. Flag of England.svg Josh McCarthy
  43. Flag of Germany.svg Robin Beger
  44. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bertus Herks
  45. Flag of England.svg William Blackwell
  46. Flag of England.svg Charlie Symons
  47. Flag of England.svg James Beeton
  48. Flag of England.svg Brad Phillips
  49. Flag of England.svg Bradley Halls
  50. Flag of England.svg Owen Maiden
  51. Flag of England.svg George Killington
  52. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Benecký
  53. Flag of England.svg Ben McCaffery
  54. Flag of England.svg Jack Kirtland
  55. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maartendirk Woord
  56. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Brent Plaisier
  57. Flag of England.svg Adam Paxton
  58. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sam Coenders
  59. Flag of England.svg Aaron Ayres
  60. Flag of England.svg Callum Wildridge
  61. Flag of England.svg Daniel Perry
  62. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Timo van den Elshout
  63. Flag of England.svg Michael Poole
  64. Flag of Germany.svg Egor Tvorogov
  65. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vilem Sedivy
  66. Flag of England.svg Fred Box
  67. Flag of England.svg Jack Male
  68. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jurjen van der Velde
  69. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Alec Small
  70. Flag of England.svg Ryan Payne
  71. Flag of England.svg Scott Hope
  72. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Joshua Lloyd
  73. Flag of England.svg Thomas Cromwell
  74. Flag of England.svg Connor Pickett
  75. Flag of England.svg Henry Reddin
  76. Flag of Gibraltar.svg Justin Hewitt


International qualifiers:

Draw

[6]

Group stage

Knockout Phase

Last 32(best of 11 legs)
28 September
Last 16(best of 11 legs)
28 September
Quarter-finals(best of 11 legs)
28 September
Semi-finals(best of 11 legs)
28 September
Final(best of 11 legs)
29 November
               
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeffrey de Zwaan 87.76
32 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gian van Veen 74.73
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeffrey de Zwaan 90.26
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Moreno Blom 79.65
  Flag of England.svg Joshua Richardson 78.73
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Moreno Blom82.16
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeffrey de Zwaan 91.86
9 Flag of England.svg Ryan Meikle 98.15
8 Flag of England.svg Callan Rydz 86.16
25 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lee Lok Yin 85.63
8 Flag of England.svg Callan Rydz 95.35
9 Flag of England.svg Ryan Meikle 98.96
9 Flag of England.svg Ryan Meikle 91.16
24 Flag of Poland.svg Sebastian Białecki 80.10
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeffrey de Zwaan 81.35
21 Flag of England.svg Joe Davis87.46
4 Flag of England.svg Ted Evetts 76.75
29 Flag of England.svg Lewis Pride77.46
29 Flag of England.svg Lewis Pride 88.34
13 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brian Raman 96.36
13 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brian Raman 87.36
Flag of Germany.svg Kevin Troppmann 81.22
13 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brian Raman 88.74
21 Flag of England.svg Joe Davis92.36
  Flag of Hong Kong.svg Man Lok Leung 86.85
28 Flag of England.svg Jaikob Selby-Rivas80.36
28 Flag of England.svg Jaikob Selby-Rivas 81.72
21 Flag of England.svg Joe Davis86.16
  Flag of England.svg Jack Male 84.23
21 Flag of England.svg Joe Davis85.56
21 Flag of England.svg Joe Davis 78.165
10 Flag of England.svg Bradley Brooks 81.636
2 Flag of Germany.svg Martin Schindler 87.76
31 Flag of England.svg Jack Main 89.33
2 Flag of Germany.svg Martin Schindler 93.76
18 Flag of Ireland.svg Keane Barry 95.15
15 Flag of England.svg Dom Taylor 80.93
18 Flag of Ireland.svg Keane Barry 90.96
2 Flag of Germany.svg Martin Schindler 91.05
10 Flag of England.svg Bradley Brooks 84.46
7 Flag of Scotland.svg William Borland 101.26
Flag of England.svg Fred Box 90.04
7 Flag of Scotland.svg William Borland 93.24
10 Flag of England.svg Bradley Brooks 94.06
10 Flag of England.svg Bradley Brooks 87.36
23 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Rhys Griffin 77.72
10 Flag of England.svg Bradley Brooks 93.76
6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Niels Zonneveld 86.91
  Flag of England.svg Jarred Cole 91.26
30 Flag of Austria.svg Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 90.05
Flag of England.svg Jarred Cole 84.62
14 Ulster Banner.svg Nathan Rafferty 93.66
14 Ulster Banner.svg Nathan Rafferty 86.06
Flag of England.svg Bradley Halls 79.93
14 Ulster Banner.svg Nathan Rafferty 77.12
6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Niels Zonneveld 81.76
6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Niels Zonneveld 92.06
27 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Gawlas 93.31
6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Niels Zonneveld 90.26
Flag of England.svg George Killington 89.05
  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Liam Meek 81.13
Flag of England.svg George Killington 87.96

References

  1. PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship
  2. Phillips, Josh. "Ricoh Arena to host three further TV events & Winter Series". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. Allen, Dave. "World Youth joy for ruthless Humphries". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  4. "Brooks wins 2020 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  5. Phillips, Josh. "2020 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship field". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  6. 2020 World Youth Group Stage