World number one and former champion Luke Littler will headline the list of Tour Card Holders and International Qualifiers competing in next Monday\u2019s World Youth Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The full 128-player field for this year’s showpiece will be finalised following the conclusion of the Development Tour season this weekend, with Events 21-24 taking place in Wigan on October 3-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World Champion Littler \u2013 who lifted the World Youth Championship in 2023 \u2013 will be the top seed given his status as world number one, ahead of Poland\u2019s Sebastian Bialecki and Ireland\u2019s Keane Barry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2024 runner-up Jurjen van der Velde will also return alongside the likes of Cam Crabtree, Charlie Manby, Owen Bates and Czechia\u2019s Adam Gawlas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The field also includes 16-year-old Lewis Cook from the JDC circuit – along with fellow stars Kaya Baysal, Archie Self and Ben Townley who have stepped up to the Development Tour this year – with Eleanor Cairns and Kyana Frauenfelder featuring from the PDC Women\u2019s Series rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reigning two-time champion Gian van Veen will not return to defend his title, while Beau Greaves \u2013 runner-up to Van Veen 12 months ago \u2013 and Yorick Hofkens have also chosen not to compete in Monday\u2019s event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The World Youth Championship will see the round-robin phase and the knockout phase from the last 64 down to the semi-finals staged on Monday October 5 at the Robin Park Leisure Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The final will then be held on Sunday November 29 at Butlin’s Minehead Resort during the Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals, with a boosted top prize of \u00a315,000 also on offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 128-player line-up will include all age-qualified PDC Tour Card Holders who have accepted the invitation to compete and 26 international representatives, with the remaining places set to be filled from the final Development Tour Rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The group stage sees the players split into 32 groups of four, with one seed per group for the round-robin action – with seedings based on the PDC Werner Rankings Ladder and then the Development Tour Rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The top two players in each group will subsequently progress to the knockout stages, which begin from the last 64 onwards. International Qualifiers: <\/strong>Liam Maendl-Lawrance (Germany); Mika Donnevert (Germany); Mio Varila (Finland); Alexander Thorvaldsson (Iceland); Daniel Kortbek (Denmark); Ky Smith (Australia); Bailey Marsh (Australia); Jayden Wedemeyer (Australia); Mitchel Beswick (Australia); Jack Sheppard (New Zealand); Hunter Eyles (New Zealand); Zacarno King (New Zealand); Zachary Meeks (USA); Conner Olson (USA); Liam McNeil (Canada); Benjamin Goddard (Canada); Craig Galliano (Gibraltar); Hayden Moodley (South Africa); Jason Britz (South Africa); Eleanor Cairns (England) World number one and former champion Luke Littler will headline the list of Tour Card Holders and International<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-16238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-darts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
Age Qualified Tour Card Holders<\/strong>: Luke Littler; Sebastian Bialecki; Keane Barry; Cam Crabtree; Dominik Gruellich; Charlie Manby; Leon Weber; Tavis Dudeney; Adam Gawlas; Owen Bates; Jurjen van der Velde; Tyler Thorpe<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kyana Frauenfelder (Netherlands)
Lewis Cook (England)
Jaichen Song (China)
Hiroyuki Tanaka (Japan)
Zhijun Cui (China)
Duyana Decena (Philippines)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"