The 2014 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship was the fourth 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
The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) is a professional darts organisation in the United Kingdom, established in 1992 when a group of leading players split from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to form what was initially called the World ...
for darts players aged between 16 and 21.
The knock-out stages from the last 64 to the semi-finals were played in
Reading
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on 5 April 2014.
[Brown & Rodriguez Reach Youth Decider](_blank)
PDC.tv The final took place on 22 May 2014, before the final of the
2014 Premier League Darts
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, which was shown live on
Sky Sports
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.
2013
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champion
Michael Smith was not eligible to defend his title.
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 ...
and
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Rowby-John Rodriguez (born 27 March 1994) is an Austrian professional darts player currently playing in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
Career
In 2010, as a 16-year-old, Rodriguez won the Austrian National Championship by bea ...
contested the final at
The O2 Arena, London, with Brown winning 6–4.
Prize money
Qualification
The tournament featured 64 players. The top 50 players in the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit automatically qualified for the tournament, with the top eight players being seeded.
[World Youth Championship Qualifiers](_blank)
PDC.tv They were joined by 14 international qualifiers.
PDC Unicorn World Youth Champs Update
PDC.tv Three players withdrew prior to the tournament, so their places were awarded through an open qualifier, which took place on 4 April.
The participants were:
1-50[
International qualifiers][
* ]Amit Gilitwala
Amit Gilitwala (born 11 October 1995) is an Indian professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is an Indian Champion and first player from India who played at the PDC World Youth Championship. ...
* Fredi Gselmann
* Tyson Hoefel
* Robbie King
* Aaron Knox
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* Dan Lauby Jr
Daniel Lauby Jr. (born December 11, 1992) is an American professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is the son of fellow darts player Dan Lauby.
Career
Lauby made hi ...
* Steve Lennon
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Career
Lennon played county darts for Kilkenny and Kildare. Lennon has played professional dar ...
* Vincenzo Masciarelli
* Shaun Narain
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Career
In 2013, Narain won the Canadian Open by beating Bernie Miller in the final. In 2014 he reached the ...
* Eric Pedley
* Andrew Ryan Andrew Ryan may refer to:
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* Martin Schindler
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Career
Schindler won a PDC Tour Card at Qualifying-School (Q-School) in January 2017. He represented Germany ...
* Justin Webers
* Mike Zuydwijk
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Career BDO
Zuydwijk would join the BDO in 2011, where the only major BDO event Zuydwijk would qualify for was the 2 ...
Open Qualifiers
* Rees Hall
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* Dean Reynolds
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Career
Before turning professional, Reynolds won the first-ever Junior Pot Black in 1981, b ...
* Cain Unwin
Draw
References
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World Youth Championship
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
2014
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