With the emergence of the JDC and Development Tour, more countries are developing top talents and this has filtered down to the World Cup of Darts starting this weekend.
The youngest players involved this time around are the duo of Justin Hewitt and Craig Galliano who will represent Gibraltar at the age of 18 while Adam Gawlas who reached the World Youth Championship Final last year will make his debut for Czech Republic.
Max Hopp is the next youngest player despite of course being almost a veteran of the World Cup of Darts at this point and at the age of 24 will embark on yet another campaign.
Next up are three well known players in Dimitri van den Bergh, Steve Lennon and Rowby-John Rodriguez at the age of 26 who are the next youngest.
Danny Lauby Jr. and Carl Gabriel (27 and 28) round out the list and will both make their debuts for USA and South Africa this weekend.