Van Bijnen, Hofkens, Hopkins and Banks into semifinals at singles tournament of WDF Europe Cup Youth 2023
WDFThursday, 06 July 2023 at 19:00
Vienna, Austria, is hosting the WDF Europe Cup Youth 2023 this week. Thursday the boys' singles tournament started. Participating countries were allowed to send their best youth players for this.
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Two British hopes remain and are set to face off in the final four. Connor Hopkins of Wales defeated Cas Maessen in his quarter-final whilst Englishman, Thomas Banks was a 4-1 winner over Bradley van der Velden.
Pim van Bijnen was the only Dutchman to reach the semi-finals. The 17-year-old dart player beat Jenson Walker (4-3) and Adam Dee (4-1) in the knockout stage.
In the last four, he faces Yorick Hofkens. The German impressed by posting an average of over eighty in all his matches in the knockout phase. The other semifinal will be between Hopkins and Banks. These matches and the subsequent final, by the way, are not scheduled until Saturday.
WDF Europe Cup Youth 2023
Singles tournament results boys
Last 16
Pim van Bijnen 4-3 Jenson Walker
Adam Dee 4-3 Enrico Frank
Yorick Hofkens 4-0 Ieuan Halsall
Zsombor Baranyi 4-2 Logan Gilmour
Connor Hopkins 4-3 Ahmet Demir
Cas Maessen 4-2 Sean McKeon
Bradley van der Velden 4-1 Guido Macrí
Thomas Banks 4-2 Nico Bado
Quarterfinals
Pim van Bijnen 4-1 Adam Dee
Yorick Hofkens 4-2 Zsombor Baranyi
Connor Hopkins 4-1 Cas Maessen
Thomas Banks 4-1 Bradley van der Velden
Semi-final
Pim van Bijnen v Yorick Hofkens
Connor Hopkins v Thomas Banks
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