2022 PDC World Youth Championship
# 2022 PDC World Youth Championship

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.

| Position (no. of players) | 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

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

* Callan Rydz
* Keane Barry
* Lewy Williams
* Adam Gawlas
* Niels Zonneveld
* Josh Rock
* Geert Nentjes
* Danny Jansen
* Kevin Doets
* Nathan Rafferty
* Sebastian Białecki
* Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
* Bradley Brooks
* John Brown
* Damian Mol
* Niko Springer
* Gian van Veen
* Fabian Schmutzler
* Jim Moston
* Nathan Girvan
* Owen Roelofs
* David Schlichting
* Leighton Bennett
* Jurjen van der Velde
* Conor Heneghan
* Jarred Cole
* Jitse van der Wal
* Joshua Richardson
* Christopher Holt
* Dylan Slevin
* Dom Taylor
* 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
* Cameron 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 Drue 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 2 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.

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| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Final | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Semi-final | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Quarter-final | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Last 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Last 32 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 |
| Group Stage | 27 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 96 |
| Total | 27 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 96 |
