2020 PDC World Youth Championship explained

Tournament Name:	2020 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship
Dates:	28 September 2020 29 November 2020 (final)
Venue:	Metrodome, Barnsley (early rounds) Ricoh Arena, Coventry (final)
Organisation:	PDC
Format:	Legs First to 5 (group stage) First to 6 (knockout phase)
Prize Fund:	£60,000
Winners Share:	£10,000
High Checkout:	170 (Last 32)
Winner:	Bradley Brooks
Prev:	2019
Next:	2021

The 2020 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship was the tenth 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 Metrodome, Barnsley, on 28 September 2020. The final took place on 29 November 2020 at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, before the final of the 2020 Players Championship Finals.^[1] ^[2]

England's Luke Humphries was the reigning champion after defeating Adam Gawlas of the Czech Republic 6–0 in the 2019 final, but he was unable to defend his title, as he was over the age limit.^[3]

England's Bradley Brooks won the title after defeating compatriot Joe Davis 6–5 in the final.^[4]

Prize money

Position (no. of players)		Prize money (Total: £60,000)
Winner	align=center	(1)	align=center	£10,000
Runner-up	align=center	(1)	align=center	£5,000
Semi-finalists	align=center	(2)	align=center	£2,500
Quarter-finalists	align=center	(4)	align=center	£1,600
Last 16	align=center	(8)	align=center	£1,000
Last 32	align=center	(16)	align=center	£500
Second in group	align=center	(32)	align=center	£300
Third in group	align=center	(32)	align=center	£250

Qualifiers

The field of 96 players is made of PDC Tour Card Holders, Development Tour players and International Qualifiers. All entrants ranked on the PDC Order of Merit were seeded first, with the top players on the Development Tour Order of Merit following up to 32 seeds. The numbers of International Qualifiers were significantly reduced due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]

PDC Order of Merit Qualifiers:

Development Tour Qualifiers:

International qualifiers:

Sean Negrette
Nathan Potter
Man Lok Leung

Draw

^[6]

Group stage

Group 1

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1		2	2	0	10	3	+7	4	Q
2		2	1	1	7	8	–1	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	4	10	–6	0	Eliminated

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73.7 Daan Bastiaansen	5 – 3	Cameron Doyle 74.9
90.8 Jeffrey de Zwaan	5 – 1	Cameron Doyle 66.2
91.1 Jeffrey de Zwaan	5 – 2	Daan Bastiaansen 80.8

Group 2

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1		2	1	1	9	7	+2	2	Q
2		2	1	1	9	9	0	2	Eliminated
3		2	1	1	7	9	–2	2	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
72.0 Charlie Symons	4 – 5	Scott Hope 72.9
77.5 Gian van Veen	4 – 5	Charlie Symons 83.1
78.0 Gian van Veen	5 – 2	Scott Hope 78.5

Group 3

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1		2	2	0	10	6	+4	4	Q
2	Kevin Doets (16)	2	1	1	9	5	+4	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	2	10	–8	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
75.7 Joshua Richardson	5 – 2	Sven Hesse 69.4
87.4 Kevin Doets	5 – 0	Sven Hesse 70.7
84.6 Kevin Doets	4 – 5	Joshua Richardson 78.9

Group 4

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1	Moreno Blom	2	2	0	10	6	+4	4	Q
2		2	1	1	9	8	+1	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	5	10	–5	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
88.8 Moreno Blom	5 – 2	Levy Frauenfelder 86.1
85.9 Maikel Verberk	5 – 3	Levy Frauenfelder 80.0
94.1 Maikel Verberk	4 – 5	Moreno Blom 92.4

Group 5

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1		2	2	0	10	6	+4	4	Q
2		2	1	1	7	7	0	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	6	10	–4	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
85.0 Ole Holtkamp	5 – 2	Bertus Herks 81.1
83.7 Callan Rydz	5 – 4	Bertus Herks 79.6
91.5 Callan Rydz	5 – 2	Ole Holtkamp 83.4

Group 6

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1		2	2	0	10	3	+7	4	Q
2		2	1	1	5	8	–3	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	6	10	–4	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
76.8 Henk Snijder	3 – 5	Callum Wildridge 74.7
82.9 Lee Lok Yin	5 – 3	Henk Snijder 77.3
86.4 Lee Lok Yin	5 – 0	Callum Wildridge 74.9

Group 7

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1		2	2	0	10	1	+9	4	Q
2		2	1	1	5	9	–4	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	5	10	–5	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
76.9 Timo van den Elshout	5 – 4	Sean Negrette 74.2
85.3 Ryan Meikle	5 – 1	Sean Negrette 76.3
87.4 Ryan Meikle	5 – 0	Timo van den Elshout 81.2

Group 8

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1		2	2	0	10	3	+7	4	Q
2		2	1	1	6	8	–2	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	5	10	–5	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
84.6 Thomas Lovely	3 – 5	Mikey Rees 88.6
90.6 Sebastian Białecki	5 – 2	Thomas Lovely 77.3
79.7 Sebastian Białecki	5 – 1	Mikey Rees 76.8

Group 9

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1	Ted Evetts (4)	2	2	0	10	1	+9	4	Q
2		2	1	1	6	7	–1	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	2	10	–8	0	Eliminated

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76.8 Vilem Sedivy	2 – 5	Jurjen van der Velde 74.8
78.3 Ted Evetts	5 – 0	Vilem Sedivy 69.9
83.2 Ted Evetts	5 – 1	Jurjen van der Velde 78.0

Group 10

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1	Lewis Pride (29)	2	1	1	9	8	+1	2	Q
2		2	1	1	8	8	0	2	Eliminated
3		2	1	1	8	9	–1	2	Eliminated

Group 11

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1	Brian Raman (13)	2	2	0	10	7	+3	4	Q
2		2	1	1	9	9	0	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	7	10	–3	0	Eliminated

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75.9 Maartendirk Woord	4 – 5	Nathan Potter 82.9
87.4 Brian Raman	5 – 3	Maartendirk Woord 80.5
76.2 Brian Raman	5 – 4	Nathan Potter 75.8

Group 12

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1		2	2	0	10	3	+7	4	Q
2	Damian Mol (20)	2	1	1	6	5	+1	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	2	10	–8	0	Eliminated

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77.0 Kevin Troppmann	5 – 2	Joshua Lloyd 73.5
76.7 Damian Mol	5 – 0	Joshua Lloyd 64.8
79.2 Damian Mol	1 – 5	Kevin Troppmann 93.3

Group 13

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1	Man Lok Leung	2	2	0	10	4	+6	4	Q
2	Geert Nentjes (5)	2	1	1	8	8	0	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	4	10	–6	0	Eliminated

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65.7 Marcus Tommaso Brambati	1 – 5	Man Lok Leung 80.3
83.3 Geert Nentjes	5 – 3	Marcus Tommaso Brambati 72.8
82.3 Geert Nentjes	3 – 5	Man Lok Leung 83.5

Group 14

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1		2	2	0	10	4	+6	4	Q
2		2	1	1	6	8	–2	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	6	10	–4	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
86.2 Ben Cheeseman	5 – 3	Josh McCarthy 79.7
85.8 Jaikob Selby-Rivas	5 – 3	Josh McCarthy 71.5
86.6 Jaikob Selby-Rivas	5 – 1	Ben Cheeseman 70.9

Group 15

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1	Jack Male	2	2	0	10	6	+4	4	Q
2		2	1	1	9	6	+3	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	3	10	–7	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
70.5 Michael Poole	2 – 5	Jack Male 74.4
86.0 Lewy Williams	5 – 1	Michael Poole 77.3
85.8 Lewy Williams	4 – 5	Jack Male 81.8

Group 16

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1	Joe Davis (21)	2	2	0	10	4	+6	4	Q
2		2	1	1	7	8	–1	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	5	10	–5	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
75.4 Keith O'Neill	5 – 3	Roman Benecký 77.5
90.4 Joe Davis	5 – 2	Roman Benecký 79.5
85.0 Joe Davis	5 – 2	Keith O'Neill 79.5

Group 17

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1		2	2	0	10	3	+7	4	Q
2		2	1	1	6	7	–1	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	4	10	–6	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
72.9 Owen Maiden	5 – 2	Brent Plaisier 70.6
80.5 Martin Schindler	5 – 2	Brent Plaisier 73.1
95.3 Martin Schindler	5 – 1	Owen Maiden 75.8

Group 18

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1	Jack Main (31)	2	2	0	10	4	+6	4	Q
2		2	1	1	6	7	–1	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	5	10	–5	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
77.2 Jamai van den Herik	2 – 5	Alec Small 83.8
74.9 Jack Main	5 – 3	Jamai van den Herik 68.0
69.1 Jack Main	5 – 1	Alec Small 67.5

Group 19

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1		2	1	1	6	5	+1	2	Q
2		2	1	1	5	5	0	2	Eliminated
3		2	1	1	5	6	–1	2	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
85.9 Lewis Gurney	0 – 5	Daniel Perry 93.9
71.8 Dom Taylor	1 – 5	Lewis Gurney 76.7
89.5 Dom Taylor	5 – 0	Daniel Perry 78.6

Group 20

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1		2	2	0	10	2	+8	4	Q
2	John Brown	2	1	1	5	9	–4	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	6	10	–4	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
79.1 John Brown	5 – 4	Thomas Cromwell 72.7
91.9 Keane Barry	5 – 2	Thomas Cromwell 79.2
93.9 Keane Barry	5 – 0	John Brown 77.8

Group 21

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1		2	2	0	10	1	+9	4	Q
2		2	1	1	6	6	0	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	1	10	–9	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
82.4 James Beeton	5 – 1	Jack Kirtland 77.8
88.4 William Borland	5 – 0	Jack Kirtland 63.9
84.8 William Borland	5 – 1	James Beeton 80.5

Group 22

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1	Fred Box	2	2	0	10	3	+7	4	Q
2		2	1	1	8	6	+2	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	1	10	–9	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
68.6 Brad Phillips	0 – 5	Fred Box 85.4
83.0 Owen Roelofs	5 – 1	Brad Phillips 71.5
78.1 Owen Roelofs	3 – 5	Fred Box 81.9

Group 23

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1		2	2	0	10	1	+9	4	Q
2		2	1	1	6	6	0	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	1	10	–9	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
77.7 Henry Cutting	5 – 1	Sam Coenders 66.9
87.4 Bradley Brooks	5 – 0	Sam Coenders 70.3
89.1 Bradley Brooks	5 – 1	Henry Cutting 86.4

Group 24

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1		2	1	1	8	5	+3	2	Q
2		2	1	1	9	8	+1	2	Eliminated
3		2	1	1	5	9	–4	2	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
88.0 Danny van Trijp	4 – 5	Justin Smith 90.4
87.1 Rhys Griffin	3 – 5	Danny van Trijp 87.8
85.4 Rhys Griffin	5 – 0	Justin Smith 80.0

Group 25

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1		2	2	0	10	4	+6	4	Q
2		2	1	1	7	7	0	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	4	10	–6	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
88.8 Jarred Cole	5 – 2	Adam Paxton 77.0
98.2 Harry Ward	5 – 2	Adam Paxton 82.3
79.6 Harry Ward	2 – 5	Jarred Cole 83.2

Group 26

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1		2	2	0	10	3	+7	4	Q
2		2	1	1	7	6	+1	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	2	10	–8	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
74.7 Egor Tvorogov	1 – 5	Connor Pickett 74.6
89.6 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	5 – 1	Egor Tvorogov 79.4
82.3 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	5 – 2	Connor Pickett 75.9

Group 27

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1		2	2	0	10	4	+6	4	Q
2		2	1	1	8	8	0	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	4	10	–6	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
77.8 Reece Colley	5 – 3	Robin Beger 81.1
80.4 Nathan Rafferty	5 – 1	Robin Beger 74.7
84.6 Nathan Rafferty	5 – 3	Reece Colley 87.6

Group 28

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1	Bradley Halls	2	2	0	10	3	+7	4	Q
2		2	1	1	6	5	+1	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	2	10	–8	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
75.1 Bradley Halls	5 – 2	Justin Hewitt 72.0
81.7 Berry van Peer	5 – 0	Justin Hewitt 71.7
78.6 Berry van Peer	1 – 5	Bradley Halls 82.2

Group 29

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1		2	2	0	10	1	+9	4	Q
2		2	1	1	6	9	–3	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	4	10	–6	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
77.9 Luke Colwill	5 – 4	Aaron Ayres 75.4
93.9 Niels Zonneveld	5 – 0	Aaron Ayres 66.0
81.0 Niels Zonneveld	5 – 1	Luke Colwill 72.7

Group 30

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1		2	2	0	10	4	+6	4	Q
2		2	1	1	7	9	–2	2	Eliminated
3		0	0	2	6	10	–4	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
75.2 Ben McCaffery	4 – 5	Ryan Payne 80.6
85.8 Adam Gawlas	5 – 2	Ben McCaffery 77.7
81.0 Adam Gawlas	5 – 2	Ryan Payne 77.1

Group 31

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1	Liam Meek	2	2	0	10	5	+5	4	Q
2		2	1	1	7	8	–1	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	6	10	–4	0	Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
83.0 Liam Meek	5 – 3	Nathan Girvan 84.8
78.7 Jitse van der Wal	5 – 3	Nathan Girvan 77.9
72.7 Jitse van der Wal	2 – 5	Liam Meek 79.2

Group 32

width=20	Pos.	width=185	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	LF	width=20	LA	width=25	+/−	width=20	Pts	width=70	Status
1		2	2	0	10	1	+9	4	Q
2	Keelan Kay (22)	2	1	1	5	7	–2	2	Eliminated
3		2	0	2	3	10	–7		Eliminated

width=233		width=80	width=233
76.7 George Killington	5 – 1	Henry Reddin 74.1
79.2 Keelan Kay	5 – 2	Henry Reddin 69.5
82.4 Keelan Kay	0 – 5	George Killington 95.1

Knockout Phase

Notes and References

https://www.pdc.tv/tournament/pdc-unicorn-world-youth-championship PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship
Web site: Phillips . Josh . Ricoh Arena to host three further TV events & Winter Series . . 30 September 2020.
Web site: Allen . Dave . World Youth joy for ruthless Humphries . . 29 November 2022.
Web site: Brooks wins 2020 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship . . 29 November 2022.
Web site: Phillips . Josh . 2020 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship field . . 28 September 2020.
https://tv.dartconnect.com/matchlist/pdcwycl9620 2020 World Youth Group Stage