2025 PDC World Youth Championship

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2025 Winmau World Youth Championship
Tournament information
Dates13 October 2025
23 November 2025 (final)
VenueRobin Park Leisure Centre
Butlin's Minehead (final)
Location Wigan, England
Minehead, England (final)
Organisation(s) Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format Legs
First to 5 (group stage)
First to 6 (knockout stage)
Prize fund£100,000
Winner's share£12,000
High checkout
Champion(s)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Gian van Veen  (NED)
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The 2025 PDC World Youth Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025 Winmau World Youth Championship) was the fifteenth edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) for players aged between 16 and 24. The first stages of the tournament were played on 13 October 2025 at the Robin Park Leisure Centre in Wigan, England. The final was played in between the semi-finals and final of the Players Championship Finals on 23 November 2025 at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England. The total prize fund was £100,000, with the winner receiving £12,000.

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The tournament featured 128 players, comprising PDC Tour Card holders, players who competed on the 2025 PDC Development Tour, and additional international qualifiers. Reigning world champion Luke Littler, who won the 2023 World Youth Championship, took part in the tournament after winning the World Grand Prix the previous night. He was defeated 6–5 in the semi-finals by Beau Greaves, who became the first woman to reach the final of the tournament. [1] [2] [3]

Defending champion Gian van Veen, who defeated Jurjen van der Velde 6–5 to win the 2024 final, retained his title by defeating Greaves 6–3 in the final. He became the second player, after Dimitri Van den Bergh, to defend the title. [4]

Overview

Background

The World Youth Championship was first held in 2010, following the expansion of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) in the wake of their rejected offer to purchase the British Darts Organisation (BDO), their rival darts organisation. [5] [6] Arron Monk won the inaugural tournament, defeating future world champion Michael van Gerwen in the final on 3 January 2011. [7] As in all years but 2021, the tournament was held with a knockout stage behind closed doors while the final was televised at a later date – on that occasion before the final of the 2011 World Championship. After the 2011 edition, the following finals were held on Premier League finals night, before settling in 2015 upon their current calendar position during the final session of the Players Championship Finals. [8] The fourteen previous editions saw thirteen different champions, with Dimitri Van den Bergh being the only player to successfully defend their title. [9]

The first stages of the 2025 tournament—from the group stage to the semi-finals—were played behind closed doors at the Robin Park Leisure Centre in Wigan, England on 13 October 2025. The final was played in between the semi-finals and final of the 2025 Players Championship Finals on 23 November 2025 at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England. [10] Gian van Veen, who won the 2025 European Championship, [11] was the defending champion, having defeated Jurjen van der Velde 6–5 in the 2024 final. [12] Following his World Grand Prix victory on 12 October 2025, reigning world champion Luke Littler, who won the 2023 World Youth Championship, announced that he was going to take part in the World Youth Championship the following day. [13] [14] Both Littler and Van Veen were attempting to win a second World Youth Championship. [15]

Format and qualification

The PDC World Youth Championship is open to players aged between 16 and 24. [16] [17] The tournament consisted of a group stage with four players in each group, followed by a knockout stage. [18] The knockout stage was expanded to 64 players for the 2025 edition, with two players qualifying from each group. [19] The group stage matches were played over the best of nine legs (first to five) and the knockout stage matches were played to the best of eleven (first to six). [13]

The tournament featured 128 players; all PDC Tour Card holders aged 23 or under at the start of the season were invited, and were joined by additional international qualifiers and players who competed on the 2025 PDC Development Tour. [20]

Prize money

The total prize fund for the event was £100,000, with the winner receiving £12,000. The prize fund breakdown was: [20] [21]

Position (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: £100,000)
Winner(1)£12,000
Runner-up(1)£6,000
Semi-finalists(2)£3,000
Quarter-finalists(4)£2,000
Last 16(8)£1,500
Last 32(16)£1,000
Last 64(32)£600
Third in group(32)£400
Fourth in group(32)£250

Seeds

The 24 qualified players who were ranked on the PDC Order of Merit and the next 8 highest ranked players on the 2025 PDC Development Tour ranking were seeded in the group stage. [20]

Seeded players

  1. Flag of England.svg  Luke Littler  (ENG)
  2. Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Gian van Veen  (NED)
  3. Flag of Ireland.svg  Keane Barry  (IRL)
  4. Flag of Ireland.svg  Dylan Slevin  (IRL)
  5. Flag of Poland.svg  Sebastian Białecki  (POL)
  6. Flag of England.svg  Owen Bates  (ENG)
  7. Flag of England.svg  Cam Crabtree  (ENG)
  8. Flag of Germany.svg Domink Grüllich (GER)
  9. Flag of Germany.svg Leon Weber (GER)
  10. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jamai van den Herik (NED)
  11. Flag of Sweden.svg Viktor Tingström (SWE)
  12. Flag of England.svg Tavis Dudeney (ENG)
  13. Flag of England.svg  Beau Greaves  (ENG)
  14. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jarno Bottenberg (NED)
  15. Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jurjen van der Velde  (NED)
  16. Flag of England.svg Henry Coates (ENG)
  17. Flag of Scotland.svg  Nathan Girvan  (SCO)
  18. Flag of England.svg Charlie Manby (ENG)
  19. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Adam Gawlas  (CZE)
  20. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Xanti Van den Bergh (BEL)
  21. Flag of Germany.svg Liam Maendl-Lawrance (GER)
  22. Flag of Germany.svg Joshua Hermann (GER)
  23. Flag of England.svg Jenson Walker (ENG)
  24. Flag of England.svg Ryan Branley (ENG)
  25. Flag of England.svg James Beeton (ENG)
  26. Flag of Germany.svg Jannis Barkhausen (GER)
  27. Flag of England.svg Patrik Williams (ENG)
  28. Flag of England.svg Nathan Potter (ENG)
  29. Flag of England.svg Tyler Thorpe (ENG)
  30. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Levy Frauenfelder (NED)
  31. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bradly Roes (NED)
  32. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Damian Vetjens (NED)

Draw

Group stage

[22] [23] [24]

NB: Pos. = Position; P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/− = Leg difference; Pts = Points; Avg = Three-dart average; Q = Qualified

Knockout stage

Numbers to the left of a player's name show the seedings for the top 32 players in the tournament. Figures to the right of a player's name show their three-dart average in a match. Players in bold denote match winners. [25]

Last 64
(best of 11 legs)
13 October
Last 32
(best of 11 legs)
13 October
Last 16
(best of 11 legs)
13 October
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
13 October
Semi-finals
(best of 11 legs)
13 October
Final
(best of 11 legs)
23 November
                  
1 Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler 102.386
Flag of England.svg  Tom Garfield 80.792
1 Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler 93.706
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ronan McDonagh 81.661
  Flag of England.svg  Charlie Large 75.941
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ronan McDonagh 82.836
1 Flag of England.svg   Littler 103.466
18 Flag of England.svg  Manby 102.355
16 Flag of England.svg  Henry Coates 89.902
18 Flag of England.svg  Charlie Manby 95.076
18 Flag of England.svg  Charlie Manby 88.766
15 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jurjen van der Velde 87.544
17 Flag of Scotland.svg   Nathan Girvan 63.300
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jurjen van der Velde 109.986
1 Flag of England.svg   Littler 105.616
10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Van den Herik 95.901
8 Flag of Germany.svg  Dominik Grüllich 87.702
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lok Yin Lee 83.126
  Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lok Yin Lee 84.076
Flag of England.svg  Ciaran Forde 71.621
  Flag of England.svg  JJ Wright 84.815
Flag of England.svg  Ciaran Forde 84.346
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lee 83.673
10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Van den Herik 87.406
9 Flag of Germany.svg  Leon Weber 85.936
23 Flag of England.svg  Jenson Walker 78.101
9 Flag of Germany.svg  Leon Weber 82.630
10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jamai van den Herik 91.096
24 Flag of England.svg  Ryan Branley 81.525
10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jamai van den Herik 83.236
1 Flag of England.svg   Littler 107.405
13 Flag of England.svg   Greaves 105.026
4 Flag of Ireland.svg   Dylan Slevin 79.846
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Levy Frauenfelder 75.364
4 Flag of Ireland.svg   Dylan Slevin 93.614
29 Flag of England.svg  Tyler Thorpe 93.386
  Flag of England.svg  Tyler Thorpe 84.346
Flag of England.svg  James Buckby 75.712
29 Flag of England.svg  Thorpe 87.674
13 Flag of England.svg   Greaves 99.296
13 Flag of England.svg   Beau Greaves 96.976
Flag of England.svg  Coby Jones-Swanson 76.000
13 Flag of England.svg   Beau Greaves 93.266
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Danny Jansen 82.022
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Danny Jansen 83.916
Flag of England.svg  Kyle Manton 84.795
13 Flag of England.svg   Greaves 95.326
21 Flag of Germany.svg  Maendl-Lawrance 92.432
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Justin Atellinghusen 81.346
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Duyane-Wade Decena 79.694
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Justin Atellinghusen 71.772
Flag of England.svg  Lewis Gurney 72.216
  Flag of Ireland.svg  Dylan Dowling 79.574
Flag of England.svg  Lewis Gurney 72.786
Flag of England.svg  Gurney 72.682
21 Flag of Germany.svg  Maendl-Lawrance 80.826
12 Flag of England.svg  Tavis Dudeney 75.776
Flag of Scotland.svg  Dean Fitch Jr 80.315
12 Flag of England.svg  Tavis Dudeney 81.883
21 Flag of Germany.svg  Liam Maendl-Lawrance 92.536
21 Flag of Germany.svg  Liam Maendl-Lawrance 81.886
Flag of Latvia.svg  Ralfs Laumanis 77.793
13 Flag of England.svg   Greaves 90.423
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   van Veen 96.556
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Gian van Veen 94.526
32 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Damian Vetjens 87.152
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Gian van Veen 94.936
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jeffrey Keen 89.970
  Flag of Japan.svg  Shusaku Nakamura 80.344
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jeffrey Keen 84.236
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   van Veen 90.406
Flag of Ireland.svg  O'Hara 88.645
  Flag of Ireland.svg  Aidan O'Hara 80.276
Ulster Banner.svg  Ben Edgar 68.981
  Flag of Ireland.svg  Aidan O'Hara 81.886
Flag of Germany.svg  Kilian Hohnstedt 76.042
  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Cole Davey 84.595
Flag of Germany.svg  Kilian Hohnstedt 82.036
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   van Veen 99.456
7 Flag of England.svg   Crabtree 87.612
7 Flag of England.svg   Cam Crabtree 82.826
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Keenan Thomas 78.705
7 Flag of England.svg   Cam Crabtree 95.386
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Bram van Dijk 90.594
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Bram van Dijk 85.756
Flag of Germany.svg  Jarod Becker 71.461
7 Flag of England.svg   Crabtree 85.416
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Dewaele 85.105
  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Nunjo Dewaele 78.906
Flag of Ireland.svg  Sean McKeon 75.875
  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Nunjo Dewaele 76.266
Flag of England.svg  Daniel Perry 79.804
  Flag of England.svg  Jack Drayton 94.325
Flag of England.svg  Daniel Perry 89.856
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   van Veen 93.516
Flag of Poland.svg   Białecki 85.914
3 Flag of Ireland.svg   Keane Barry 85.506
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mark Tabak 74.324
3 Flag of Ireland.svg   Keane Barry 85.286
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Finley Pember 80.584
  Flag of New Zealand.svg  Jack Sheppard 75.023
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Finley Pember 77.376
3 Flag of Ireland.svg   Barry 91.846
19 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg   Gawlas 85.263
14 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jarno Bottenberg 73.332
Flag of England.svg  Cayden Smith 79.456
  Flag of England.svg  Cayden Smith 77.221
19 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg   Adam Gawlas 92.896
19 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg   Adam Gawlas w/o
Flag of Germany.svg  Noah Röschlein
3 Flag of Ireland.svg   Barry 91.945
5 Flag of Poland.svg   Białecki 92.256
6 Flag of England.svg   Owen Bates 80.214
28 Flag of England.svg  Nathan Potter 85.906
28 Flag of England.svg  Nathan Potter 97.353
5 Flag of Poland.svg   Sebastian Białecki 95.286
27 Flag of England.svg  Patrik Williams 86.594
5 Flag of Poland.svg   Sebastian Białecki 90.276
5 Flag of Poland.svg   Białecki 86.066
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Rietbergen 87.615
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Roy Rietbergen 76.806
Flag of England.svg  Mitchell Leeming 74.793
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Roy Rietbergen 81.236
Flag of England.svg  Jack Gillett 79.353
22 Flag of Germany.svg  Joshua Hermann 75.791
Flag of England.svg  Jack Gillett 80.196

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