2022 PDC World Youth Championship

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The **2022 PDC Winmau World Youth Championship** was the twelfth 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 Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan, on 9 October 2022. The final took place on 27 November 2022 at Butlin's Minehead, immediately before the final of the 2022 Players Championship Finals.

Ted Evetts was the defending champion after defeating Nathan Rafferty 6–4 in the 2021 final, but he was unable to defend his title, as he is now above the maximum age limit.

Josh Rock won the title, defeating Nathan Girvan 6–1 in final.

## Prize money

The prize fund returned to its 2020 levels, following the slight rejig at the 2021 tournament. As with recent years, the finalists qualify for the following year's Grand Slam of Darts, and the winner also wins a place at the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship.

## Qualifiers

The field of 96 players is made of PDC Tour Card Holders, Development Tour players and International Qualifiers. 14 Tour Card Holders accepted invitations to play, and will be joined by 23 international qualifiers, plus the 59 highest ranked players on the Development Tour Order of Merit who have not already qualified.

At 8 October, Professional Darts Corporation informed, that the 96-player field includes all age-qualified PDC Tour Card Holders and 20 international representatives, with the remainder of the field filled from the final PDC Development Tour Order of Merit.

**Seeded players**

1. Callan Rydz
2. Keane Barry
3. Lewy Williams
4. Adam Gawlas
5. Niels Zonneveld
6. Josh Rock
7. Geert Nentjes
8. Danny Jansen
9. Kevin Doets
10. Nathan Rafferty
11. Sebastian Białecki
12. Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
13. Bradley Brooks
14. John Brown
15. Damian Mol
16. Niko Springer
17. Gian van Veen
18. Fabian Schmutzler
19. Jim Moston
20. Nathan Girvan
21. Owen Roelofs
22. David Schlichting
23. Leighton Bennett
24. Jurjen van der Velde
25. Conor Heneghan
26. Jarred Cole
27. Jitse Van der Wal
28. Joshua Richardson
29. Christopher Holt
30. Dylan Slevin
31. Dom Taylor
32. Ciarán Teehan

**Further Qualifiers**

* Kaden Anderson
* Daan Bastiaansen
* Owen Bates
* James Beeton
* Robin Beger
* Roman Benecký
* Llew Bevan
* Youri Brouwer
* Henry Coates
* Sam Coenders
* Reece Colley
* Cam Crabtree
* Sam Cromwell
* Robbe Dasseville
* Joey de Jong
* Dylan Dowling
* Tavis Dudeney
* Jason Farnan
* Craig Galliano
* Zac Griffiths
* Lewis Gurney
* Jacob Gwynne
* Killian Heffernan
* Ole Holtkamp
* Connor Hopkins
* Keita Ichikawa
* Alex Jacques
* Nikolaj Jørgensen
* Keelan Kay
* Marvin Koch
* Gillian Koehoorn
* Gergely Lakatos
* Man Lok Leung
* Lee Lok Yin
* Joseph Lynaugh
* Owen Maiden
* Jack Male
* Charlie Manby
* Bailey Marsh
* Juan Maximiano
* Kayden Milne
* Maikel Mossou
* Jake Neale
* Chloe O'Brien
* Jaein Oh
* Daniel Perry
* Trevor Pettigrew
* Cavan Phillips
* ~~Batbayar Purevsuren~~
* Vinay Ramnath
* ~~Sorawis Rodman~~
* Benjamin Reus
* Bradly Roes
* Katie Sheldon
* Alec Small
* Keenan Thomas
* Christopher Toonders
* Oliver Ufer
* Viani Van den Bergh
* Bram van Dijk
* Justin van Tergouw
* Maikel Verberk
* Stefan Vermaak
* Damian Vetjens
* Jack Vincent
* Brandon Weening

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Batbayar Purevseren and Sorawis Rodman were unable to travel due to visa issues and withdrew. They were replaced by the next two highest ranked players on the Development Tour. There was also meant to be a Hungarian qualifier, but the event did not take place. This place was taken by the next highest ranked player on the Development Tour.

## Draw

### Knockout Phase

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## Representation

This table shows the number of players by country in the tournament. A total of 23 nationalities are represented.

## References

1. ↑ Evetts crowned Unicorn World Youth Champion. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved on September 21, 2022.
2. ↑ Ruthless Rock races to Winmau World Youth Championship title. Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved on November 28, 2022.
3. ↑ International stars confirmed for 2022 Winmau World Youth Championship. Professional Darts Corporation (20 September 2022). Retrieved on September 21, 2022.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 2022 PDC Winmau World Youth Championship field confirmed. Professional Darts Corporation (8 October 2022). Retrieved on October 9, 2022.
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