Draw confirmed for PDC World Youth Championship 2023 including Rock, Van Veen, Nijman and Littler
PDCSunday, 20 August 2023 at 12:30
The draw for the 2023 PDC World Youth Championship has been made. Sunday afternoon, 96 top players up to age 24 will compete for a final spot at the PDC Youth World Championship.
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The tournament begins with a pool phase. The 96 participants are divided into 32 groups of three players each. The top-32 seeded players cannot draw each other in the group stage.
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Title contenders are likely to be the likes of Josh Rock, Keane Barry, Adam Gawlas, Lewy Williams, Bradley Brooks, Rusty-Jake Rodriguez, Wessel Nijman, Gian van Veen and 16-year-old Luke Littler.
Defending champion Rock has found himself in a group alongside Sam Cromwell and Marvin Kraft as the Northern Irishman looks to replicate his success of last year.
The 32 group winners will advance to the knockout phase. The tournament will be finished until the two finalists are known. The final will not take place until Nov. 26. That is traditionally on the final night of the Players Championship Finals in Minehead.
Draw PDC World Youth Championship 2023
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Pool 1
Josh Rock
Sam Cromwell
Marvin Kraft
Pool 2
Reece Colley
Connor Hopkins
Llew Bevan
Pool 3
Thomas Banks
Jaein Oh
Riley Rees-Tucker
Pool 4
Jarred Cole
Leighton Bennett
Jarno Bottenberg
Pool 5
Gian van Veen
Jack Male
Tavis Dudeney
Pool 6
Dominik Gruellich
Jenson Walker
Jamai van den Herik
Pool 7
Dylan Slevin
Lukas Fraulob
Stefan Dees
Pool 8
Christopher Toonders
Sorawis Rodman
Oliver Madge
Pool 9
Lewis Williams
Aiofe McCormack
Moreno Blom
Pool 10
James Beeton
Bram van Dijk
Connor Arberry
Pool 11
Owen Bates
Daan Bastiaansen
Jimmy Bristow
Pool 12
Jim Moston
Jordan Sharpe
Bayarjavkhlan Ankhbayar
Pool 13
Nathan Rafferty
Dylan Tuite
Ruben Mesters
Pool 14
Kevin Troppmann
Jack Vincent
Levy Frauenfelder
Pool 15
Cam Crabtree
Byron Garner
Harry Gregory
Pool 16
Wessel Nijman
Youri Brewer
Charlie Stocks
Pool 17
Keane Barry
Jacob Turvey
Oliver King
Pool 18
David Schlichting
Jaikob Selby-Rivas
Tyrell Coppini
Pool 19
Luke Littler
Stefan Vermaak
Kalem Marsh
Pool 20
Lewis Gurney
Owen Maiden
Craig Galliano
Pool 21
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Connor Watt
Jacob Gwynne
Pool 22
Nathan Girvan
Rune van Damme
Damian Vetjens
Pool 23
Jurjen van der Velde
Filip Lyubenko
Gavin Nicoll
Pool 24
Bradly Roes
Charlie Manby
Henry Coates
Pool 25
Adam Gawlas
Viktor Tingstrom
Keelan Kay
Pool 26
Adam Paxton
Duyane Wade Decena
Katie Sheldon
Pool 27
Roman Benecky
Joshua Hermann
Bradley Aldous
Pool 28
Jitse van der Wal
Fred Box
Robert Kef
Pool 29
Bradley Brooks
Dylan Quinn
Pim van Bijnen
Pool 30
Ciaran Teehan
Anton Ostlund
Brayden Hall
Pool 31
Owen Roelofs
Shusaku Nakamura
Daniel Perry
Pool 32
Sebastian Bialecki
Jannes Bremermann
Kayden Milne
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Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He contributes to DartsNews.com, where he covers professional darts through news, match reports, analysis, and live coverage across the PDC calendar and major tournaments.
A key part of his work is on-site reporting from leading events. Kieran has covered the PDC World Darts Championship in person, reporting daily from the venue and providing first-hand insight from the tournament. During his coverage, he has conducted interviews with leading players including Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, and Gerwyn Price.
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- I appreciate that littler is a fantastic player,but the top 3 articles are about him. Before he'd thrown a dart in the tournament. Level it out a bit, Taylor and van gerwen soon got disliked as the media could only see them,and nobody else seemed to matterrick6725-08-2026
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