The 2018 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship was the eighth 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 mirroring that of the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, the field of this competition increased from 64 to 96 players, who competed in 32 groups of three, with the winner of each progressing to the knockout stages.
The group stage and knock-out phase from the last 32 to the semi-finals was played at Robin Park Centre, Wigan, on 5 November 2018. The final took place on 25 November 2018, before the final of the 2018 Players Championship Finals.
Belgium's Dimitri Van den Bergh was the defending champion after defeating English player Josh Payne 6–3 in the 2017 final.
Van den Bergh successfully defended his youth title, by beating Germany's Martin Schindler 6–3 in the final.
Van den Bergh became the first player to defend the title and overall to win two times the PDC World Youth Title.
Prize money
| Position (no. of players)
|
Prize money
(Total: £60,000)
|
| Winner
|
(1)
|
£10,000
|
| Runner-up
|
(1)
|
£5,000
|
| Semi-finalists
|
(2)
|
£2,500
|
| Quarter-finalists
|
(4)
|
£1,600
|
| Last 16
|
(8)
|
£1,000
|
| Last 32
|
(16)
|
£500
|
| Second in group
|
(32)
|
£300
|
| Third in group
|
(32)
|
£250
|
Qualifiers
74 players from the final 2018 PDC Development Tour Order of Merit qualified, as did 22 international qualifiers.[1] Tahuna Irwin, who would have been the 23rd international qualifier, withdrew due to an issue with immigration.[2] Bradley Brooks, Dawson Murschell and Rusty-Jake Rodriguez qualified through the Development Tour Order of Merit as well as through an International Qualifier, which means the players ranked 75, 76 and 77 all qualified. Levy Frauenfelder replaced Jakob Kelly.
Development Tour qualifiers:[3]
International qualifiers:[1][4]
Draw
Group stage
Group 1
| Pos.
|
Player
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
LF
|
LA
|
+/−
|
Pts
|
Status
|
| 1 |
 Luke Humphries (1) |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
4 |
+6 |
4 |
Q
|
| 2 |
Carl Batchelor |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
+3 |
2 |
Eliminated
|
| 3 |
.svg.png) Ryan Lynch |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
-9 |
0
|
|
Group 2
| Pos.
|
Player
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
LF
|
LA
|
+/−
|
Pts
|
Status
|
| 1 |
Callan Rydz |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
7 |
+3 |
4 |
Q
|
| 2 |
.svg.png) Logan Crooks |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
Eliminated
|
| 3 |
Joe Davis (32) |
2 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
10 |
-3 |
0
|
|
Group 3
| Pos.
|
Player
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
LF
|
LA
|
+/−
|
Pts
|
Status
|
| 1 |
 Paolo Nebrida |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
+4 |
4 |
Q
|
| 2 |
Rob Hewson (16) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
5 |
+4 |
2 |
Eliminated
|
| 3 |
 Jarvis Bautista |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
-8 |
0
|
|
Group 4
| Pos.
|
Player
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
LF
|
LA
|
+/−
|
Pts
|
Status
|
| 1 |
Tom Lonsdale |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
7 |
+3 |
4 |
Q
|
| 2 |
Bradley Brooks (17) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
7 |
+1 |
2 |
Eliminated
|
| 3 |
 Hampus Norrström |
2 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
-4 |
0
|
|
Group 7
| Pos.
|
Player
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
LF
|
LA
|
+/−
|
Pts
|
Status
|
| 1 |
Harry Ward |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
+7 |
4 |
Q
|
| 2 |
 Niels Zonneveld (9) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
-1 |
2 |
Eliminated
|
| 3 |
Fred Box |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
-6 |
0
|
|
Group 8
| Pos.
|
Player
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
LF
|
LA
|
+/−
|
Pts
|
Status
|
| 1 |
 Rhys Griffin (24) |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
5 |
+5 |
4 |
Q
|
| 2 |
 Xiaochen Zong |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
6 |
+3 |
2 |
Eliminated
|
| 3 |
 Sven Hesse |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
-8 |
0
|
|
Group 11
| Pos.
|
Player
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
LF
|
LA
|
+/−
|
Pts
|
Status
|
| 1 |
Nico Schlund |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
+8 |
4 |
Q
|
| 2 |
Conor Mayes |
2 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
8 |
-1 |
2 |
Eliminated
|
| 3 |
.svg.png) Nathan Rafferty (12) |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
-7 |
0
|
|
Group 12
| Pos.
|
Player
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
LF
|
LA
|
+/−
|
Pts
|
Status
|
| 1 |
Bradley Kirk (21) |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
+4 |
4 |
Q
|
| 2 |
Sven Groen |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
+2 |
2 |
Eliminated
|
| 3 |
 Keane Barry |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
-6 |
0
|
|
Group 13
| Pos.
|
Player
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
LF
|
LA
|
+/−
|
Pts
|
Status
|
| 1 |
Geert Nentjes (4) |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
+9 |
4 |
Q
|
| 2 |
Steve Fitzpatrick |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
-2 |
2 |
Eliminated
|
| 3 |
Callum Matthews |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
-7 |
0
|
|
Group 14
| Pos.
|
Player
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
LF
|
LA
|
+/−
|
Pts
|
Status
|
| 1 |
.svg.png) Brian Raman (29) |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
5 |
+5 |
4 |
Q
|
| 2 |
Mats Gies |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
7 |
+1 |
2 |
Eliminated
|
| 3 |
John Brown |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
-6 |
0
|
|
Group 15
| Pos.
|
Player
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
LF
|
LA
|
+/−
|
Pts
|
Status
|
| 1 |
Berry van Peer (13) |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
+8 |
4 |
Q
|
| 2 |
Danny Key |
2 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
+2 |
2 |
Eliminated
|
| 3 |
 Jesús Vicente Macías |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
-10 |
0
|
|
Group 16
| Pos.
|
Player
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
LF
|
LA
|
+/−
|
Pts
|
Status
|
| 1 |
Justin Smith |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
6 |
+3 |
2 |
Q
|
| 2 |
George Gardner (20) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
Eliminated
|
| 3 |
 William Borland |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
9 |
-3 |
2
|
|
Group 19
| Pos.
|
Player
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
LF
|
LA
|
+/−
|
Pts
|
Status
|
| 1 |
Thomas Lovely |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
+4 |
4 |
Q
|
| 2 |
 Sean Coohill |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
9 |
-1 |
2 |
Eliminated
|
| 3 |
Wessel Nijman (25) |
2 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
10 |
-3 |
0
|
|
Group 20
| Pos.
|
Player
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
LF
|
LA
|
+/−
|
Pts
|
Status
|
| 1 |
Jack Main |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
4 |
+6 |
4 |
Q
|
| 2 |
Jimmy Hendriks (18) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
Eliminated
|
| 3 |
Shane McGuirk |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
-6 |
0
|
|
Group 21
|
Group 22
| Pos.
|
Player
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
LF
|
LA
|
+/−
|
Pts
|
Status
|
| 1 |
 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (26) |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
+8 |
4 |
Q
|
| 2 |
 Maxim Aldoshin |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
-2 |
2 |
Eliminated
|
| 3 |
Josh McCarthy |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
-6 |
0
|
|
Group 23
| Pos.
|
Player
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
LF
|
LA
|
+/−
|
Pts
|
Status
|
| 1 |
Christian Bunse (10) |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
+4 |
4 |
Q
|
| 2 |
Levy Frauenfelder |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
Eliminated
|
| 3 |
Andrew Davidson |
2 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
-4 |
0
|
|
Group 24
| Pos.
|
Player
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
LF
|
LA
|
+/−
|
Pts
|
Status
|
| 1 |
Mike De Decker (23) |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
+8 |
4 |
Q
|
| 2 |
Nico Blum |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
9 |
-3 |
2 |
Eliminated
|
| 3 |
Adam Watson |
2 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
10 |
-5 |
0
|
|
Group 25
| Pos.
|
Player
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
LF
|
LA
|
+/−
|
Pts
|
Status
|
| 1 |
Mark Baxter |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
7 |
+3 |
4 |
Q
|
| 2 |
George Killington (6) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
5 |
+4 |
2 |
Eliminated
|
| 3 |
Christopher Hansch |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
-7 |
0
|
|
Group 26
|
Group 31
| Pos.
|
Player
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
LF
|
LA
|
+/−
|
Pts
|
Status
|
| 1 |
Scott Jackson |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
4 |
+6 |
4 |
Q
|
| 2 |
Kenny Neyens (14) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
Eliminated
|
| 3 |
Lewis Pride |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
-6 |
0
|
|
Group 32
| Pos.
|
Player
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
LF
|
LA
|
+/−
|
Pts
|
Status
|
| 1 |
Dawson Murschell (19) |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
4 |
+6 |
4 |
Q
|
| 2 |
 Tomoya Goto |
2 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
8 |
-1 |
2 |
Eliminated
|
| 3 |
Dylan Powell |
2 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
10 |
-5 |
0
|
|
Knockout Phase
References
2018 in PDC darts |
|---|
| PDC OoM ranked | |
|---|
| Non-ranked | |
|---|
|
Alexander Faddel
Patrik Kovács
Nicolai Rasmussen