2018 PDC World Youth Championship

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2018 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship
Tournament information
Dates	5 November 2018 25 November 2018 (final)
Venue	Butlin's Minehead
Location	Minehead
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs First to 5 (Group Stage) First to 6 (Knockout Phase)
Prize fund	£60,000
Winner's share	£10,000
Champion(s)
Dimitri Van den Bergh
«2017 2019»

The 2018 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship was the eighth 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 mirroring that of the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, the field of this competition increased from 64 to 96 players, who competed in 32 groups of three, with the winner of each progressing to the knockout stages.

The group stage and knock-out phase from the last 32 to the semi-finals was played at Robin Park Centre, Wigan, on 5 November 2018. The final took place on 25 November 2018, before the final of the 2018 Players Championship Finals.

Belgium's Dimitri Van den Bergh was the defending champion after defeating English player Josh Payne 6–3 in the 2017 final.

Van den Bergh successfully defended his youth title by beating Germany's Martin Schindler 6–3 in the final.

Van den Bergh became the first player to defend the title and overall to win two times the PDC World Youth Title.

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[]

74 players from the final 2018 PDC Development Tour Order of Merit qualified, as did 22 international qualifiers.^[1] Tahuna Irwin, who would have been the 23rd international qualifier, withdrew due to an issue with immigration.^[2] Bradley Brooks, Dawson Murschell and Rusty-Jake Rodriguez qualified through the Development Tour Order of Merit as well as through an International Qualifier, which means the players ranked 75, 76 and 77 all qualified. replaced .

Development Tour qualifiers:^[3]

International qualifiers:^[1][4]

Draw[]

Group stage[]

Knockout Phase[]

	Last 32 (best of 11 legs) 5 November					Last 16 (best of 11 legs) 5 November					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 5 November					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 5 November					Final (best of 11 legs) 25 November
	1	Luke Humphries	2
		Callan Rydz	6
							Callan Rydz	6
								2
			6
			4
												Callan Rydz	6
												Harry Ward	5
	8	Ryan Meikle	6
			2
						8	Ryan Meikle	3
							Harry Ward	6
		Harry Ward	6
	24		3
																	Callan Rydz	3
																5	Martin Schindler	6
	5	Martin Schindler	6
	28	Rhys Hayden	0
						5	Martin Schindler	6
						21		4
			2
	21		6
											5	Martin Schindler	6
											4	Geert Nentjes	0
	4	Geert Nentjes	6
	29	Brian Raman	4
						4	Geert Nentjes	6
								2
	13	Berry van Peer	1
			6
																					5	Martin Schindler 91.60	3
																					2	Dimitri Van den Bergh 100.44	6
	2	Dimitri Van den Bergh	6
	31		3
						2	Dimitri Van den Bergh	6
								2
			6
		Jack Main	1
											2	Dimitri Van den Bergh	6
											10	Christian Bunse	3
		Mike van Duivenbode	6
	26	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	4
							Mike van Duivenbode	5
						10	Christian Bunse	6
	10	Christian Bunse	6
	23	Mike De Decker	4
																2	Dimitri Van den Bergh	6
																3	Ted Evetts	1
			4
	27		6
						27		6
						11	Jarred Cole	3
	11	Jarred Cole	6
	22	Justin van Tergouw	3
											27		2
											3	Ted Evetts	6
	3	Ted Evetts	6
	30	Scott Dale	1
						3	Ted Evetts	6
								0
			6
	19	Dawson Murschell	4

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