2017 PDC World Youth Championship
| 2017 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 6 November 2017 26 November 2017 (final) | ||
| Venue | Robin Park Leisure Centre Butlin's Minehead (final) | ||
| Location | Wigan, England Minehead, England (final) | ||
| Organisation(s) | Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) | ||
| Format | Legs First to 6 | ||
| Prize fund | £50,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £10,000 | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh | |||
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The 2017 PDC World Youth Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2017 Unicorn World Youth Championship) was the seventh edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) for players aged between 16 and 23.
The first stages of the tournament were played on 6 November 2017 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 26 November 2017 at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England. The total prize fund was £50,000, with the winner receiving £10,000.
Corey Cadby was the defending champion after defeating Berry van Peer 6–2 in the 2016 final,[1] but he lost 6–3 to Josh Payne in the semi-finals.
Dimitri Van den Bergh became the new World Youth champion, by defeating Josh Payne 6–3 in the final.
Prize money
[edit | edit source]| Position (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £50,000) | |
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| 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
[edit | edit source]The tournament featured 64 players. The top 46 players in the PDC Development Tour Order of Merit automatically qualified for the tournament. They were joined by 15 international qualifiers. Participation was also granted for Benito Van de Pas from the top 32 of the main PDC Order of Merit. The remaining two qualifying places were offered to Junior Darts Corporation representatives.
If an international qualifier was also ranked high enough in the Development Tour Order of Merit to qualify, further places would be allocated from the Development Tour Order of Merit.
The participants were (with the top 8 being seeded):
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- Netherlands Benito van de Pas (PDC Top 32)
- England Luke Humphries
- Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh
- England Adam Hunt
- Belgium Kenny Neyens
- England Ted Evetts
- Netherlands Mike van Duivenbode
- Belgium Mike De Decker
- Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez
- England Ryan Meikle
- Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon
- England Harry Ward
- Germany Martin Schindler
- Austria Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
- Netherlands Justin van Tergouw
- Canada Dawson Murschell
- England Adam Smith-Neale
- England Josh Payne
- Wales Rhys Griffin
- Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan
- England Rhys Hayden
- England Jake Jones
- Wales Kurt Parry
- Belgium Brian Raman
- Netherlands Berry van Peer
- England Ronnie Roberts
- Netherlands Sven Groen
- England Dan Read
- Republic of Ireland Stephen Rosney
- England Scott Dale
- England Thomas Lovely
- England Rob Hewson
- Netherlands Kevin de Vries
- England John Brown
- Netherlands Jimmy Hendriks
- Netherlands Geert Nentjes
- England Reece Colley
- England Joe Davis
- England Lee Budgen
- Scotland Andrew Davidson
- Germany Nico Ziemann
- England Sam Hewson
- England Sam Head
- Germany Christian Bunse
- Germany Nico Blum
- England Conor Mayes
- England Jarred Cole
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International qualifiers
- United States Dominik Pundt
- Canada Keifer Durham
- China Qingyu Zhan
- Australia Corey Cadby
- New Zealand Kalani Hillman
- Germany Max Hopp
- Netherlands Melvin de Fijter
- Hungary Gergely Lakatos
- Spain David Medina Puyol
- Gibraltar Jarvis Bautista
- Denmark Daniel Jensen
- Northern Ireland Nathan Rafferty
- New Zealand Jordan Christie
- Hong Kong Man Lok Leung
- Russia Maxim Aldoshin
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Representatives from the Junior Darts Corporation
Isle of Man qualifiers
Draw
[edit | edit source]Preliminary round
[edit | edit source]Finals
[edit | edit source]| Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 6 November | Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 6 November | Final (best of 11 legs) 26 November | ||||||||||||
| Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Australia Corey Cadby | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Australia Corey Cadby | 3 | |||||||||||||
| England Josh Payne | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Belgium Kenny Neyens | 0 | ||||||||||||
| England Josh Payne | 6 | |||||||||||||
| England Josh Payne | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | England Luke Humphries | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Germany Martin Schindler | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | England Luke Humphries | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | England Ted Evetts | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh | 6 | ||||||||||||