2019 PDC World Youth Championship
The 2019 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship was the ninth edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for darts players aged between 16 and 23. The group stage and knock-out phase from the last 32 to the semi-finals were played at Robin Park Centre, Wigan, on 4 November 2019. The final took place on 24 November 2019 at Butlin's Minehead, before the final of the 2019 Players Championship Finals. Belgium's Dimitri Van den Bergh was the two-time defending champion after defeating Martin  Schindler of Germany 6–3 in the 2018 final, but he was unable to defend his title, as he was over the age limit. Luke Humphries won the tournament for the first time with a 6–0 win over Adam Gawlas in the final. Qualifiers. 72 players from the final 2019 PDC Development Tour Order of Merit qualify, as do 22 international qualifiers and Max Hopp, who was ranked in the top 32 of the main PDC Order of Merit at the start of the year and therefore takes the top seeding place. Christian Bunse, Liam Gallagher, Brad Phillips, Martin Schindler and  Jurjen van der Velde qualified through the Development Tour Order of Merit as well as through an International Qualifier, while Development Tour #15 Corey Cadby and International Qualifiers Jaime Nunez and Sarthak Patel withdrew prior to the event, meaning the players ranked 73 to 80 qualified as well. PDC Order of Merit Qualifiers: Development Tour Qualifiers: International qualifiers: