The 2011 PDC Under-21 World Championship was the first edition of the
PDC World Youth Championship
The PDC World Youth Championship is a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), for darts players aged between 16 and 23. The tournament was introduced in 2010 as the PDC Under-21 World Championship and is sponsored by ...
, a tournament organised by the
Professional Darts Corporation
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for darts players aged between 14 and 21.
The knockout stages from the last 64 to the semi-finals were played in
Barnsley
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on 16 November 2010, and were not broadcast live on TV. The final took place on 3 January 2011, before the final of the
2011 PDC World Darts Championship
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, which was shown live on
Sky Sports
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. The two finalists became PDC Pro Tour card holders for 2011 and 2012 and received sponsorship from Rileys Dart Zones. They also received invitations to the
2010 Grand Slam of Darts.
Arron Monk
Arron Monk (born 15 April 1990) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is the son of fellow former professional darts player and the 1996 Winmau World Masters winner Colin Monk.
...
defeated
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2014, 2 ...
6–4 in the final to win the inaugural PDC World Youth Championship.
Prize money
Qualification
Qualification was achieved at 50 Rileys Dart Zone tournaments throughout the UK and also various national tournaments throughout the world. The leading eight eligible
PDPA members in the
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on 20 September were seeded into the last 64.
Under-21 WC Update
Retrieved 23 September 2010, PDC.tv
The participants are:
Seeds
# Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2014, 2 ...
# Joe Cullen
# Arron Monk
Arron Monk (born 15 April 1990) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is the son of fellow former professional darts player and the 1996 Winmau World Masters winner Colin Monk.
...
# Michael Smith
# Tom Martin
# Ryan Harrington
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Career
He qualified for the 2015 UK Open in 56th on the UK Open order of merit so started in the seco ...
# Tony Clark
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# Sean White
International qualifiers
* Bryce Book
* Mitchell Clegg
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* David Coyne
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* Rico Dera
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* Dirk van Duijvenbode
Dirk van Duijvenbode (born 30 June 1992) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is known for his energetic walk-on, combined with hardstyle music. More recently, he has become known for ...
* Teemu Harju
Teemu Harju is a Finnish professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Championship (WDF) events. He won a silver medal at the WDF Europe Cup and represented Finland during the WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup.
Career
Harju was a ...
* Martin Heneghan
Martin Heneghan (born 19 September 1991) is an Irish professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a WDF Europe Cup singles champion.
Career
He made his firs ...
* Benito van de Pas
Benito van de Pas (born 18 January 1993) is a Dutch professional darts player.
Career BDO
Van de Pas reached the semi-finals of the 2011 PDC Under-21 World Championship, losing 1-4 to Michael van Gerwen.
Van de Pas won the 2011 German Open. ...
Rileys qualifiers
* Chris Aubrey
Christopher Aubrey (born 16 December 1991 from Swindon, Wiltshire) is a former English professional darts player who competes in the Professional Darts Corporation events.
Career
Aubrey reached the first final of his career in 2011 at the ...
* Curtis Bagley
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* Leon Bailey
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Bailey arrived in Europe at the age of 13 and played for a number of ...
* Aaron Bateman
* Keegan Brown
Keegan Brown (born 5 November 1992) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the 2014 PDC World Youth Championship.
Career Early career
Brown began playing darts at the age of ni ...
* Michael Bushby
* Kirk Deruyter
* Dan Dean
* Liam Deveries
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Etymology
The original name was a merging of two Old German elements: ''willa'' ("will" or "resolution"); and ''helma'' ("helmet"). The juxtaposition of these elem ...
* Matthew Dicken
* Sean East
* Shaun Griffiths
Shaun Griffiths (born 24 November 1991) is an English professional darts player who currently plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Griffiths won consecutive Winmau World Youth Masters titles in 2007 and 2008. In 201 ...
* Sam Hamilton
* Curtis Hammond
* David Harnick
* Alex Harrison
* Jack Hill
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* Ryan Hitchens
* Kevin Hodgin
* Ryan Hogarth
Ryan Hogarth (born 25 January 1992) is a Scottish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
In 2018, Hogarth qualified for the 2019 BDO World Darts Championship as a qualifier, but he lost 3–1 ...
* Thomas Humphrey
* Adam Hunt
Adam Hunt (born 21 August 1993) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events.
Career
Hunt began competing in PDC events in 2011 and won his first tournament in his second month, beating Josh Jon ...
* Luke Johnson
* Scott Johnson
* Stuart Keith
* Nick Kenny
* Ash Khayat
* Jamie Landon
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People Female
* Jamie Anne Allman (born 1977), American actress
* Jamie Babbit (born 1970), American film and t ...
* Dean Lockyer
* Jack Marriner
* Ryan McCarthy
* Daniel McGivney
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* Jamie McNair
* Harry Miles
* Callum Nesbit
* Graeme Orr
* Daniel Ovens
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* David Pallett
David John Pallett (born 8 February 1990) is an English professional darts player playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
In January 2013, Pallett entered PDC Q School and stood just one match from joining the tour in t ...
* Josh Payne
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* Jamie Phillips
* Dale Quince
* Liam Showell
* Damien Smith
* John Smith
* Adam Smith-Neale
Adam Smith-Neale (born 29 October 1993) is an English professional darts player.
Darts career
Early career
Smith-Neale started playing in the PDC at the age of 17 in 2011 when he entered the World Youth Championships and lost in the last 64 to ...
* Lewis Venes
* Brandon Walsh
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* David Williams
* Michael Wood
* Matthew Wright
Draw
Preliminary round
Shaun Griffiths
Shaun Griffiths (born 24 November 1991) is an English professional darts player who currently plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Griffiths won consecutive Winmau World Youth Masters titles in 2007 and 2008. In 201 ...
4-1 Josh Payne
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Dan Dean 4-3 Jack Marriner
Last 64
References
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