World Youth Championship - Top 28 Confirmed

THE Order of Merit Qualifiers for the PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship have been confirmed, and include Michael van Gerwen, Paul Barham, Joe Cullen and Under-21 World Champion Arron Monk.

The £30,000 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship will see 64 players play down to the final at Crawley's K2 Centre on Friday November 4.

The final will then be played live on Sky Sports on Thursday May 16 2012 between the semi-finals and final of the 2012 Premier League Darts at The O2 in London.

The finalists will also be invited to compete in the William Hill Grand Slam of Darts next month, and win a two-year PDC ProTour Card which includes entry fees for 2012 and 2013.

Following Saturday's 15th and final PDC Unicorn Youth Tour event, the top 28 players who have played in at least three events qualify by right to compete in Crawley.

They are headed by four-time Youth Tour event winner Michael van Gerwen, and three-time champions Paul Barham and Joe Cullen, and also include reigning Under-21 World Champion Arron Monk.

Adam Hunt, Shaun Griffiths, Ryan Harrington, Ricky Evans and Reece Robinson also won Youth Tour events during the inaugural year of the PDC Unicorn Youth Tour.

The 28 PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Order of Merit Qualifiers are:
Michael van Gerwen
Paul Barham
Joe Cullen
Shaun Griffiths
Michael Smith
Reece Robinson
Chris Aubrey
Ricky Evans
Adam Smith-Neale
Co Stompe Jnr
Ryan Harrington
Adam Hunt
Steve Haggerty
Josh Jones
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Curtis Hammond
David Coyne
Arron Monk
Sam Hill
Gino Vos
Ash Khayat
David Pallett
Jamie Lewis
Jamie Landon
Jonathan Mulley
Jimmy Hendricks
Darren Whittingham
Nick Kenny

They will be joined by 26 Rileys Qualifiers from knockouts being held in Rileys Darts Zones around the UK - with Ryan Hogarth winning the Stirling Qualifier on Sunday and the remaining events to be held this coming weekend (October 29 & 30).

Germany's Max Hopp, Austrian Franz Schrammel and Spain's Sergio Garcia are the latest of the ten International Qualifiers for the tournament.

All players who have qualified will be emailed with the Players Brief of information in due course.