2017 PDC World Youth Championship

2017 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship
Tournament information
Dates6 November 2017
26 November 2017 (final)
VenueButlin's Resort Minehead
LocationMinehead
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
first to 6
Prize fund£50,000
Winner's share£10,000
Champion(s)
Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh
«2016 2018»

The 2017 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship was the seventh edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for darts players aged between 16 and 23.

The knock-out stages from the last 64 to the semi-finals were played in Wigan 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 ITV4.

Australia's Corey Cadby was the defending champion after defeating Dutch player Berry van Peer 6–2 in the 2016 final,[1] but he lost 6–3 to English player Josh Payne in the semi-finals.

Belgium's Dimitri Van den Bergh became the new World Youth champion, by defeating Josh Payne 6–3 in the final.

  1. ^ "PDC Unicorn World Youth Glory For Cadby". PDC. Archived from the original on 2016-11-28. Retrieved 27 November 2016.