The 2011 PDC Under-21 World Championship was the first edition of the

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, a tournament organised by the

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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

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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

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, which was shown live on

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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.

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defeated

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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

# Joe Cullen #

# Michael Smith # Tom Martin #

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# Sean White

International qualifiers

* Bryce Book *

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Rileys qualifiers

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* Aaron Bateman *

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* Michael Bushby * Kirk Deruyter * Dan Dean *

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* 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 *

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* Ryan Hitchens * Kevin Hodgin *

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* 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 *

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* Dean Lockyer * Jack Marriner * Ryan McCarthy *

Daniel McGivney Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew language, Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel (given ...

* Jamie McNair * Harry Miles * Callum Nesbit * Graeme Orr *

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* Jamie Phillips * Dale Quince * Liam Showell * Damien Smith * John Smith *

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* Lewis Venes *

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* David Williams * Michael Wood * Matthew Wright

Draw

Preliminary round

4-1

Dan Dean 4-3 Jack Marriner

Last 64

References

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