2021 PDC World Youth Championship

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2021 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship
Tournament information
Dates28 November 2021
Venue Butlin's Minehead
Location Minehead
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Organisation(s) PDC
FormatLegs
First to 4 (group stage)
First to 5 (knockout phase)
First to 6 (Final)
Prize fund£45,000
Winner's share£10,000
High checkout170 Flag of England.svg   Ted Evetts
(semi-final)
Champion(s)
Flag of England.svg   Ted Evetts
«2020 2022»

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. [1]

Contents

England's Bradley Brooks was the defending champion after defeating compatriot Joe Davis 6–5 in the 2020 final, [2] but lost 5–3 to Dutch player Kevin Doets in the second round (last 16).

Ted Evetts was crowned World Youth Champion for the first time after defeating Nathan Rafferty 6–4 in the final. [3] As Evetts had already secured his World Championship spot, an additional qualifier was available at the PDPA World Championship Qualifier. [4]

Prize money

The prize fund for the Youth Championship was reduced to £45,000 due to the smaller field of participants, with the winner still receiving £10,000. The winner also gets a spot at the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship and the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts, whereas the Runner-up gets also a place at the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts.

Position (num. of players)Prize money
(Total: £45,000)
Winner(1)£10,000
Runner-up(1)£5,000
Semi-finalists(2)£2,500
Quarter-finalists(4)£1,750
Last 16(8)£1,000
Third in group(8)£750
Fourth in group(8)£500

Qualifiers and Format

The smaller field of 32 players was made up of PDC Tour Card Holders, Development Tour players and International Qualifiers. Play in Minehead saw the 32 players compete in a round-robin format during the afternoon in Reds Bar, with the top two players in each group progressing to the last 16. The final was played on the main stage in the evening between the semi-finals and final of the Players Championship Finals.

Mike van Duivenbode, Bence Katona and Nico Kurz withdrew from the original field of qualifiers and were replaced by Lewis Pride, Maikel Verberk, and Jack Male, the next ranked players from the respective UK and European Orders of Merit.

The following players participated:

    Seedings

    The top eight ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit are seeded at the time of the draw. [9]

    1. Flag of England.svg   Callan Rydz
    2. Flag of England.svg   Bradley Brooks
    3. Flag of England.svg   Ted Evetts
    4. Flag of Ireland.svg   Keane Barry
    5. Flag of Ireland.svg   Ciarán Teehan
    6. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Lewy Williams
    7. Flag of Austria.svg   Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
    8. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg   Adam Gawlas

    Draw

    [4]

    Group stage

    All group matches are best of seven legs
    After three games, the top two in each group qualify for the knock-out stage

    NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Pts = Points; Avg = Three-dart average in group matches; Status = Qualified to knockout stage

    Knockout stage

    [4]

    Second round
    (best of 9 legs)
    Quarter-finals
    (best of 9 legs)
    Semi-finals
    (best of 9 legs)
    Final
    (best of 11 legs)
                
    A1 Flag of England.svg  Jack Male (Alt) 84.380
    B2 Ulster Banner.svg   Nathan Rafferty 98.885
    B2 Ulster Banner.svg   Nathan Rafferty 94.265
    B1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg   Adam Gawlas  (8) 85.284
    B1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg   Adam Gawlas  (8) 89.625
    A2 Flag of England.svg   Callan Rydz  (1) 88.554
    B2 Ulster Banner.svg   Nathan Rafferty 99.825
    D2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Geert Nentjes 84.723
    C1 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Liam Meek 95.722
    D2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Geert Nentjes 101.025
    D2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Geert Nentjes 85.325
    C2 Flag of Ireland.svg   Keane Barry  (4) 91.553
    D1 Flag of Ireland.svg   Ciarán Teehan  (5) 86.121
    C2 Flag of Ireland.svg   Keane Barry  (4) 89.535
    B2 Ulster Banner.svg   Nathan Rafferty 93.664
    G1 Flag of England.svg   Ted Evetts  (3) 95.446
    E1 Flag of England.svg   Bradley Brooks  (2) 92.683
    F2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Kevin Doets 103.995
    F2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Kevin Doets 92.195
    F1 Flag of Austria.svg   Rusty-Jake Rodriguez  (7) 81.651
    F1 Flag of Austria.svg   Rusty-Jake Rodriguez  (7) 97.365
    E2 Flag of England.svg  Lewis Pride (Alt) 91.351
    F2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Kevin Doets 80.031
    G1 Flag of England.svg   Ted Evetts  (3) 89.425
    G1 Flag of England.svg   Ted Evetts  (3) 97.605
    H2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Niels Zonneveld 82.830
    G1 Flag of England.svg   Ted Evetts  (3) 94.765
    G2 Flag of England.svg  Keelan Kay 82.313
    H1 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Lewy Williams  (6) 88.301
    G2 Flag of England.svg  Keelan Kay 89.535

    Representation

    This table shows the number of players by country in the 2022 PDC World Youth Championship. A total of 12 nationalities were represented.

    Flag of England.svg
    ENG
    Flag of the Netherlands.svg
    NED
    Flag of Ireland.svg
    IRL
    Flag of Austria.svg
    AUT
    Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg
    WAL
    Flag of Germany.svg
    GER
    Ulster Banner.svg
    NIR
    Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
    CZE
    Flag of Poland.svg
    POL
    Flag of Hong Kong.svg
    HKG
    Flag of Japan.svg
    JPN
    Flag of Spain.svg
    SPA
    Total
    Final112
    Semi-finals1214
    Quarter-finals2211118
    Second round632121116
    Group stage126222211111132
    Total126222211111132

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