2021 PDC World Youth Championship explained

Tournament Name:2021 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship
Dates:28 November 2021
Venue:Butlin's Minehead
Location:Minehead
Organisation:PDC
Format:Legs
First to 4 (group stage)
First to 5 (knockout phase)
First to 6 (Final)
Prize Fund:£45,000
Winners Share:£10,000
High Checkout:170
(semi-final)
Prev:2020
Next: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]

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.

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)
Winneralign=center (1)align=center £10,000
Runner-upalign=center (1)align=center £5,000
Semi-finalistsalign=center (2)align=center £2,500
Quarter-finalistsalign=center (4)align=center £1,750
Last 16align=center (8)align=center £1,000
Third in groupalign=center (8)align=center £750
Fourth in groupalign=center (8)align=center £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:

PDC Tour Card Holders

UK Development Tour Order of Merit

EU Development Tour Order of Merit

International Qualifiers

Seedings

The top eight ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit are seeded at the time of the draw.[8]

Draw

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

Group A

Standings Table
width=20Pos.width=185Playerwidth=20Pwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20LFwidth=20LAwidth=25+/−width=30Avgwidth=20Ptswidth=40Status
1 (Alt) 3 3 0 12 4 +8 81.23 6 Q
2 (1) 3 2 1 9 5 +4 85.73 4
3 (Q) 3 1 2 7 11 –4 87.51 2
4 3 0 3 4 12 –8 78.83 0

Group B

Standings Table
width=20Pos.width=185Playerwidth=20Pwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20LFwidth=20LAwidth=25+/−width=30Avgwidth=20Ptswidth=40Status
1 (8) 3 3 0 12 4 +8 96.78 6 Q
2 3 2 1 10 7 +3 87.18 4
3 3 1 2 9 10 –1 90.62 2
4 0 0 3 2 12 –10 80.84 0

Group C

Standings Table
width=20Pos.width=185Playerwidth=20Pwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20LFwidth=20LAwidth=25+/−width=30Avgwidth=20Ptswidth=40Status
1 3 3 0 12 5 +7 87.88 6 Q
2 (4) 3 2 1 10 9 +1 84.58 4
3 (Q) 3 1 2 9 10 –1 79.50 2
4 0 0 3 5 12 –7 86.60 0

Group D

Standings Table
width=20Pos.width=185Playerwidth=20Pwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20LFwidth=20LAwidth=25+/−width=30Avgwidth=20Ptswidth=40Status
1 (5) 3 3 0 12 6 +6 85.46 6 Q
2 3 2 1 9 7 +2 89.29 4
3 3 1 2 10 10 0 81.24 2
4 3 0 3 4 12 –8 75.17 0

Group E

Standings Table
width=20Pos.width=185Playerwidth=20Pwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20LFwidth=20LAwidth=25+/−width=30Avgwidth=20Ptswidth=40Status
1 (2) 3 3 0 12 6 +6 80.78 6 Q
2 (Alt) 3 2 1 9 7 +2 79.97 4
3 (Q) 3 1 2 9 8 +1 71.98 2
4 (Q) 3 0 3 3 12 –9 64.03 0

Group F

Standings Table
width=20Pos.width=185Playerwidth=20Pwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20LFwidth=20LAwidth=25width=30Avgwidth=20Ptswidth=40Status
1 3 3 0 12 6 +6 87.67 6 Q
2 3 2 1 9 6 +3 92.75 4
3 3 1 2 7 11 –4 85.55 2
4 3 0 3 7 12 –5 87.59 0

Group G

Standings Table
width=20Pos.width=185Playerwidth=20Pwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20LFwidth=20LAwidth=25+/−width=30Avgwidth=20Ptswidth=40Status
1 (3) 3 3 0 12 6 +6 88.24 6 Q
2 3 2 1 9 4 +5 84.45 4
3 3 1 2 7 9 –2 87.08 2
4 3 0 3 3 12 –9 82.82 0

Group H

Standings Table
width=20Pos.width=185Playerwidth=20Pwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20LFwidth=20LAwidth=25+/−width=30Avgwidth=20Ptswidth=40Status
1 (6) 3 3 0 12 3 +9 88.63 6 Q
2 3 2 1 8 6 +2 89.37 4
3 (Alt) 3 1 2 8 11 –3 86.66 2
4 3 0 3 4 12 –8 81.10 0

Knockout stage

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Representation

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


ENG
NED
IRL
AUT
WAL
GER
NIR
CZE
POL
HKG
JPN
SPA		Total
Final1 colspan=5 1 colspan=5 2
1 2 colspan=4 1 colspan=5 4
2 2 1 1 colspan=2 1 1 colspan=4 8
6 3 2 1 2 1 1 colspan=4 16
Group stage12 6 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 32
Total12 6 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 32

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Allen . Dave . 2021 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship dat]& format confirmed ]. . 22 October 2021.
  2. Web site: Allen . Dave . Brooks wins 2020 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship . . 22 October 2021.
  3. Web site: Phillips . Josh . Evetts crowned Unicorn World Youth Champion . . 21 September 2022.
  4. Web site: DartConnect Match Summary. DartConnect. 21 November 2021.
  5. Web site: DartConnect Match Summary. DartConnect. 13 November 2021.
  6. Web site: Qualification News. PDC Europe. 21 November 2021.
  7. Web site: DartConnect Match Summary. DartConnect. 14 November 2021.
  8. Web site: 2021 Unicorn World Youth Championship field & format confirmed. . 25 November 2021.
  9. Web site: Phillips . Josh . Evetts crowned Unicorn World Youth Champion . . 31 January 2022.

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