The 2012 PDC World Youth Championship was the second edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for darts players aged between 14 and 23.
The knock-out stages from the last 64 to the semi-finals were played in Crawley on 4 November 2011 and weren't broadcast live on TV.PDC Unicorn World Youth Champs Update PDC.tv The final took place on 17 May 2012, before the final of the 2012 Premier League Darts, which was shown live on Sky Sports. The two finalists became PDC Pro Tour card holders for 2012 and 2013, and also received invitations to the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts.
Arron Monk was the defending champion, but he lost to Matthew Dicken in the first round. Michael van Gerwen, who lost the 2010 final, and James Hubbard contested the final at The O2 Arena, London. Hubbard won in the final 6–3.
Prize money Position (no. of players) Prize money(Total: £30,000)Winner (1) £10,000Runner-up (1) £5,000Semi-finalists (2) £2,500Quarter-finalists (4) £1,250Third round (8) £625Second round (16) £0First round (32) £0
Qualification The tournament featured 64 players. The top 28 players in the PDC Youth Tour Order of Merit automatically qualified for the tournament, with the top eight players being seeded. They were joined by qualifiers from 26 Rileys Dart Zone tournaments throughout the United Kingdom, as well as 10 international qualifiers.
The participants were:
1-28World Youth Championship - Top 28 Confirmed PDC.tv
Rileys qualifiersWorld Youth Qualifiers Confirmed PDC.tv Steven Addison Michael Airnes Leon Bailey Liam Deveries Matthew Dicken Rhys Dudley Nicholas Ellis Marc Evans Michael Finch Matt Gallett James Hajdar Lee Hodson Matt Howard
Rileys qualifiers Joe Hunt Ryan Hogarth James Hubbard Thomas Humphrey Aden Kirk Daniel King-Morris Richard North Kurt Parry Jamie Reid Benjamin Songhurst James Thompson Brandon Walsh David Williams
International qualifiers Robbie King Guy Holland Ryan Maher Shaun Narain Teemu Harju Oskar Lukasiak Franz Schrammel Sergio Garcia Max Hopp John de Kruijf Alexis Toylo
Draw Preliminary round Kurt Parry 5–4 Alexis Toylo
Last 64
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