2023 PDC World Youth Championship

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The **2023 PDC Winmau World Youth Championship** was the thirteenth edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for darts players aged between 16 and 25.

The group stage and knock-out phase from the last 32 to the semi-finals were played at the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, on 20 August 2023. The final took place on 26 November 2023 at Butlin's Minehead, immediately before the final of the 2023 Players Championship Finals.

Josh Rock was the defending champion, after defeating Nathan Girvan 6–1 in the 2022 final, but he was defeated 6–5 in the quarter-finals by Gian van Veen.

van Veen would be defeated 6–4 in the final by 16-year-old Luke Littler, who became the youngest player to win the World Youth Championship in its history.

## Prize money

The prize fund remained at £60,000. As with recent years, the finalists qualify for the following year's Grand Slam of Darts, and the winner also won a place at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship (although both van Veen and Littler had already qualified by other routes).

## Qualifiers

The field of 96 players is made of PDC Tour Card Holders, Development Tour players and International Qualifiers. 11 Tour Card Holders accepted invitations to play (with Danny Jansen and Pascal Rupprecht declined their invitations for personal reasons), and became the top 11 seeds for the tournament, and will be joined by 19 international qualifiers (American qualifier Seth Steffano also withdrew), plus the 66 highest ranked players on the Development Tour Order of Merit who have not already qualified, with the top 21 making up the remainder of the seeds.

The 19 International Qualifiers included the top 2 female players on the 2023 PDC Women's Series Order of Merit, but Beau Greaves turned down her invitation.

**Seeded players**

1. Josh Rock
2. Keane Barry
3. Adam Gawlas
4. Lewy Williams
5. Nathan Rafferty
6. Bradley Brooks
7. Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
8. Gian van Veen
9. Dylan Slevin
10. Jurjen van der Velde
11. Owen Roelofs
12. Cam Crabtree
13. Owen Bates
14. Roman Benecký
15. **Luke Littler**
16. Thomas Banks
17. Jarred Cole
18. Lewis Gurney
19. Jitse Van der Wal
20. Jim Moston
21. Wessel Nijman
22. Sebastian Białecki
23. Bradly Roes
24. Christopher Toonders
25. Dominik Grüllich
26. Nathan Girvan
27. Ciarán Teehan
28. Kevin Troppmann
29. James Beeton
30. Adam Paxton
31. David Schlichting
32. Reece Colley

**Other Qualifiers**

* Leighton Bennett
* Harry Gregory
* Marvin Kraft
* Levy Frauenfelder
* Jack Male
* Keelan Kay
* Rune Van Damme
* Charlie Manby
* Jacob Gwynne
* Llew Bevan
* Youri Brouwer
* Henry Coates
* Tavis Dudeney
* Connor Hopkins
* Jamai van den Herik
* Robert Kef
* Owen Maiden
* Connor Arberry
* Daniel Perry
* Damian Vetjens
* Jack Vincent
* Sam Cromwell
* Jordan Sharpe
* Jenson Walker
* Oliver King
* Fred Box
* Moreno Blom
* Jarno Bottenberg
* Pim van Bijnen
* Ruben Mesters
* Stefan Dees
* Filip Ljubenko
* Craig Galliano
* Kalem Marsh
* Bradley Aldous
* Jimmy Bristow
* Riley Rees-Tucker
* Jaikob Selby-Rivas
* Daan Bastiaansen
* Lukas Fraulob
* Dylan Quinn
* Bram van Dijk
* Shusaku Nakamura
* Charlie Stocks
* Byron Garner
* Oliver Madge
* Joshua Hermann
* Jannes Bremermann
* Dylan Tuite
* Viktor Tingström
* Kayden Milne
* Anton Östlund
* Katie Sheldon
* Stefan Vermaak
* Aoife McCormack
* Gavin Nicoll
* Jacob Turvey
* Brayden Hall
* Duyane Decena
* Bayarjavkhlan Ankhbayar
* Connor Watt
* Jaein Oh
* Sorawis Rodman
* Tyrell Coppini

## Draw

### Knockout Phase

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## References

1. ↑ Ruthless Rock races to Winmau World Youth Championship title. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved on November 28, 2022.
2. ↑ Teenage sensation Littler wins Winmau World Youth Championship thriller. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved on November 26, 2023.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rock headlines confirmed qualifiers for 2023 World Youth Championship. Professional Darts Corporation (16 August 2023). Retrieved on August 17, 2023.
4. ↑ 2023 PDC Winmau World Youth Championship field confirmed. Professional Darts Corporation (19 August 2023). Retrieved on August 19, 2023.
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