2021 PDC World Youth Championship

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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.

England's Bradley Brooks was the defending champion after defeating compatriot Joe Davis 6–5 in the 2020 final, 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. 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.

## 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:

* Keane Barry
* Bradley Brooks
* John Brown
* Ted Evetts
* Adam Gawlas
* Geert Nentjes
* Callan Rydz
* Ciarán Teehan
* Lewy Williams
* Niels Zonneveld
1. Nathan Rafferty
2. Keelan Kay
3. Dom Taylor
4. Reece Colley
5. Liam Meek
6. Jarred Cole
7. Cameron Anderson
8. Joshua Richardson
9. Lewis Pride
10. Jack Male
1. Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
2. Fabian Schmutzler
3. Sebastian Białecki
4. Jurjen van der Velde
5. Niko Springer
6. Kevin Doets
7. ~~Mike van Duivenbode~~
8. ~~Nico Kurz~~
9. Maikel Verberk
* Tobias Fischer  – *South-East Europe Qualifier*
* ~~Bence Katona~~  – *East Europe Qualifier*
* Lee Lok Yin  – *Hong Kong Qualifier*
* Shusaku Nakamura  – *Japan Qualifier*
* Victor Manuel Rodriguez  – *South-West Europe Qualifier*
* Owen Roelofs  – *West Europe Qualifier*

### Seedings

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

1. Callan Rydz
2. Bradley Brooks
3. Ted Evetts
4. Keane Barry
5. Ciarán Teehan
6. Lewy Williams
7. Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
8. Adam Gawlas

## 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

## References

1. ↑ 2021 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship dat]& format confirmed]. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved on October 22, 2021.
2. ↑ Brooks wins 2020 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved on October 22, 2021.
3. ↑ Evetts crowned Unicorn World Youth Champion. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved on September 21, 2022.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Evetts crowned Unicorn World Youth Champion. Professional Darts Corporation.
5. ↑ DartConnect Match Summary. DartConnect (21 November 2021).
6. ↑ DartConnect Match Summary. DartConnect (13 November 2021).
7. ↑ Qualification News. PDC Europe (21 November 2021).
8. ↑ DartConnect Match Summary. DartConnect (14 November 2021).
9. ↑ 2021 Unicorn World Youth Championship field & format confirmed.