Luke Littler will not play at Minehead in seemingly the Players Championship Finals or the PDC World Youth Championship after falling at the final hurdle to Cam Crabtree, a current PDC Tour Card holder who will play in the final.
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Crabtree who booked an Ally Pally spot yesterday through the Development Tour proved to be the party pooper for Littler as he sealed a 6-5 win in a closely contested semi-final and he will now face Jan Schmidt in what was a surprise final given what was on offer.
Charlie Manby was the other half of the semi-final so given their history many would've perhaps expected that it would've been Littler v Manby. But Manby was beaten by Schmidt 6-3 who had previously defeated Henry Coates, a ProTour winner this season.
In the Quarter-Finals, Kaya Baysal also fell to Crabtree. The now 16-year-old has been fantastic since he became eligible to play on the Development Tour and lost narrowly 6-4. Schmidt had seen off second seed Sebastian Bialecki in the Last 16. Littler was barely troubled all day in his ties as he saw off Archie Self, David Fidler but it was Lewis Cook who was the biggest scare.
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Cook was 3-1 up on Littler, but lost 6-4 in the end to the World No.1. It was originally a group stage which Littler eased through with no issue and in the knockout, it looked likely he would ease through. Others involved included Owen Bates, Keane Barry and Jurjen van der Velde.
Bates lost to Manby in the Last 16, while Baysal beat Van der Velde in the Last 16. Barry lost at the first hurdle to Angelo Balsamo, same for Jamai van den Herik who won a Tour Card yesterday.
PDC World Youth Championship Results
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| Player 1 | Average | Score | VS | Score | Average | Player 2 |
| Semi-Finals | ||||||
| Cam Crabtree | -97.91 | 6 | VS | 5 | -97.89 | Luke Littler |
| Jan Schmidt | -94.85 | 6 | VS | 3 | -91.63 | Charlie Manby |
| Quarter-Finals | ||||||
| Luke Littler | -92.77 | 6 | VS | 2 | -86.1 | Harrison Leigh |
| Cam Crabtree | -88.34 | 6 | VS | 4 | -94.52 | Kaya Baysal |
| Jan Schmidt | -90.63 | 6 | VS | 5 | -89.67 | Henry Coates |
| Charlie Manby | -87.59 | 6 | VS | 2 | -83.08 | Arthur Allston |
| Top 16 | ||||||
| Luke Littler | -90.72 | 6 | VS | 4 | -82.09 | Archie Self |
| Harrison Leigh | -77.08 | 6 | VS | 3 | -79.12 | Tavis Dudeney |
| Cam Crabtree | -95.75 | 6 | VS | 1 | -81.89 | Joseph Simpson |
| Kaya Baysal | -88.32 | 6 | VS | 2 | -85.61 | Jurjen van der Velde |
| Jan Schmidt | -91.16 | 6 | VS | 2 | -85.8 | Sebastian Bialecki |
| Henry Coates | -90.22 | 6 | VS | 5 | -88.03 | Dylan Slevin |
| Arthur Allston | -80.77 | 6 | VS | 4 | -80.56 | Ashton Brown |
| Charlie Manby | -85.52 | 6 | VS | 5 | -89.41 | Owen Bates |
| Top 32 | ||||||
| Luke Littler | -96.58 | 6 | VS | 1 | -80.61 | David Fidler |
| Archie Self | -87.16 | 6 | VS | 2 | -85.04 | Sean McKeon |
| Tavis Dudeney | -79.81 | 6 | VS | 3 | -76.82 | Jenson Remory |
| Harrison Leigh | -86.21 | 6 | VS | 3 | -80.66 | Jack Howarth |
| Cam Crabtree | -83.44 | 6 | VS | 2 | -80.5 | Lewis Mayes |
| Joseph Simpson | -76.3 | 6 | VS | 5 | -76.38 | Mio Varila |
| Kaya Baysal | -87.86 | 6 | VS | 5 | -86.25 | Sam Jackson |
| Jurjen van der Velde | -88.41 | 6 | VS | 0 | -74.12 | Damien Decla |
| Sebastian Bialecki | -85.96 | 6 | VS | 5 | -89.88 | Jenson Walker |
| Jan Schmidt | -87.43 | 6 | VS | 5 | -85.33 | Daniel Kortbek |
| Dylan Slevin | -88.59 | 6 | VS | 4 | -82.64 | Shane de Jong |
| Henry Coates | -95.89 | 6 | VS | 3 | -84.15 | James Buckby |
| Ashton Brown | -94.6 | 6 | VS | 1 | -70.41 | Angelo Balsamo |
| Arthur Allston | -93.87 | 6 | VS | 2 | -86.49 | Nathan Potter |
| Charlie Manby | -97.21 | 6 | VS | 1 | -84.65 | Jarod Becker |
| Owen Bates | -88.23 | 6 | VS | 5 | -77.62 | Hunter Eyles |
| Top 64 | ||||||
| Luke Littler | -100.03 | 6 | VS | 4 | -100.4 | Lewis Cook |
| David Fidler | -73.2 | 6 | VS | 2 | -71.22 | Dylan Quinn |
| Sean McKeon | -76.27 | 6 | VS | 3 | -67.79 | JJ Wright |
| Archie Self | -91.83 | 6 | VS | 1 | -77.84 | Keanu van Velzen |
| Tavis Dudeney | -80.26 | 6 | VS | 4 | -80.86 | Mika Donnevert |
| Jenson Remory | -88.25 | 6 | VS | 1 | -83.07 | James Beeton |
| Jack Howarth | -81.55 | 6 | VS | 2 | -82.97 | Connor Hopkins |
| Harrison Leigh | -76.83 | 6 | VS | 3 | -72.46 | Ieuan Halsall |
| Cam Crabtree | -86.55 | 6 | VS | 2 | -76.08 | Lenny Schlueter |
| Lewis Mayes | -79.85 | 6 | VS | 5 | -76.62 | Charlie Stocks |
| Mio Varila | -81.11 | 6 | VS | 3 | -81.47 | Tyler Thorpe |
| Joseph Simpson | -83.73 | 6 | VS | 5 | -85.16 | Killian Heffernan |
| Kaya Baysal | -88.41 | 6 | VS | 0 | -71.53 | Mason Whitlock |
| Sam Jackson | -89.72 | 6 | VS | 3 | -86.9 | Bram van Dijk |
| Jurjen van der Velde | -89.21 | 6 | VS | 2 | -72.54 | Mitchel Beswick |
| Damien Decla | -85.96 | 6 | VS | 4 | -76.78 | Oliver Pearce-Burgess |
| Sebastian Bialecki | W | VS | F | Nathan Girvan | ||
| Jenson Walker | -95.47 | 6 | VS | 5 | -84.54 | Luuk De Waal |
| Jan Schmidt | -99.97 | 6 | VS | 2 | -77.53 | Owen Roelofs |
| Daniel Kortbek | -76.36 | 6 | VS | 1 | -76.27 | Xanti Van den Bergh |
| Shane de Jong | -86.11 | 6 | VS | 4 | -83.13 | Alexander-Veigar Thorvaldsson |
| Dylan Slevin | -81.15 | 6 | VS | 2 | -79.81 | Keenan Thomas |
| James Buckby | -83.95 | 6 | VS | 4 | -83.51 | Mark Tabak |
| Henry Coates | -97.04 | 6 | VS | 4 | -91.55 | Jamai van den Herik |
| Angelo Balsamo | -85.73 | 6 | VS | 5 | -88.84 | Keane Barry |
| Ashton Brown | -82.37 | 6 | VS | 2 | -80.93 | Kai Clark |
| Nathan Potter | -81.24 | 6 | VS | 0 | -75.19 | Merlin Nicolaus |
| Arthur Allston | -82.02 | 6 | VS | 5 | -81.85 | Nathan Care |
| Charlie Manby | -89.24 | 6 | VS | 1 | -76.27 | Ansh Sood |
| Jarod Becker | -75.99 | 6 | VS | 2 | -74.02 | Dominik Gruellich |
| Owen Bates | -84.76 | 6 | VS | 3 | -71.73 | Liam Maendl-Lawrance |
| Hunter Eyles | -71.53 | 6 | VS | 4 | -73.91 | Zachary Meeks |
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