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Semi-professional darts tournament
The PDC World Youth Championship is a tournament for darts players aged 16–23 organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). The early rounds of the tournament are played as a floor tournament, before the final is televised during a senior PDC major tournament. The first final, in 2011, was held during the senior World Championship and won by Arron Monk. Subsequent finals have been held on Premier League finals night and during the Players Championship Finals.
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English darts player (born 2007)
Luke Littler is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is ranked world number one. Nicknamed "the Nuke", Littler has won two PDC World Darts Championships, in 2025 and 2026, and is the youngest world champion in darts history. He has won 14 PDC major singles titles—ranked third all-time—and a total of 30 PDC titles.
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