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, a tournament organised by the

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for darts players aged between 16 and 23. The knock-out stages from the last 64 to the semi-finals were played in

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on 6 November 2017. The final took place on 26 November 2017, before the final of the 2017 Players Championship Finals, which was shown live on

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was the defending champion after defeating

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player

Berry van Peer Berry van Peer (born 23 August 1996) is a Dutch darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. Career Van Peer won two events on the PDC Development Tour in Coventry in April 2015. He went on to finish third in the 2015 Dev ...

6–2 in the

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final, but he lost 6–3 to

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player Josh Payne in the semi-finals. Belgium's

Dimitri Van den Bergh Dimitri Van den Bergh (born 8 July 1994) is a Belgian professional darts player who currently competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a two-time World Youth Champion and the 2020 World Matchplay champion, after beating Gar ...

became the new World Youth champion, by defeating Josh Payne 6–3 in the final.

Prize money

Qualification

The tournament will feature 64 players. The top 46 players in the PDC Development Tour Order of Merit automatically qualify for the tournament. They will be joined by 15 international qualifiers. Participation will also be possible for any age-qualified players from the top 32 of the main PDC Order of Merit. The remaining two qualifying places are offered to Junior Darts Corporation representatives. Should an international qualifier also be ranked high enough in the Development Tour Order of Merit to qualify, further places would be allocated from the Development Tour Order of Merit. The participants are (with the top 8 being seeded): 1-47 International qualifiers * Dominik Pundt * Keifer Durham * Qingyu Zhan *

* Kalani Hillman *

Max Hopp Max Hopp (born 20 August 1996) is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Hopp reached the final of the 2011 WDF World Cup boys' singles, and won the boys' singles event at the 2012 ...

* Melvin de Fijter * Gergely Lakatos * David Medina Puyol * Jarvis Bautista *

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* Jordan Christie * Man Lok Leung * Maxim Aldoshin Representatives from the Junior Darts Corporation * Luke Durham * Jack Ryder

Draw

References

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