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2012 PDC World Darts Championship


FieldValue
tournament_name2012 PDC World Darts Championship
dates15 December 2011 –
2 January 2012
venueAlexandra Palace
locationLondon, England
organisationProfessional Darts Corporation (PDC)
formatLegs (preliminaries)
Sets (from Round 1)
Final – first to 7
prize_fund£1,000,000
winners_share£200,000
high_checkout
winnerAdrian Lewis
prev2011
next2013

2 January 2012 Sets (from Round 1) Final – first to 7 The 2012 PDC World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2012 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship) was the nineteenth World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at the Alexandra Palace between 15 December 2011 and 2 January 2012.

Adrian Lewis was the defending champion having won the 2011 tournament. Phil Taylor became the last remaining player to have played in every PDC World Championship, after Dennis Priestley failed to qualify. For the first time players from Malaysia, Portugal and Serbia qualified.

Lewis was able to defend his title against Andy Hamilton in the final with a 7–3 win.

Sid Waddell, having commentated on the BDO World Championship from 1978 to 1994 for the BBC and on the PDC World Championship from 1995 to 2011 for Sky Sports, was forced to miss the 2012 PDC World Championship, having been diagnosed with bowel cancer in September 2011. He died in August 2012.

Format and qualifiers

The televised stages features 72 players. The top 32 players in the PDC Order of Merit on 28 November 2011 are seeded for the tournament. They will be joined by the 16 highest non qualified players in the Players Championship Order of Merit from events played on the PDC Pro Tour.

These 48 players are joined by two PDPA qualifiers (to be determined at a PDPA Qualifying event to be held in Wigan on 28 November 2011), the winner of the PDC Youth Tour Order of Merit, and 21 international players: the 4 highest names in the European Order of Merit not already qualified, and 17 further international qualifiers to be determined by the PDC and PDPA.

Some of the international players, such as the 4 from the European Order of Merit, and the top American and Australian players are entered straight into the first round, while others, having won qualifying events in their countries, are entered into the preliminary round.

Order of Merit

  1. ENG Phil Taylor
  2. ENG Adrian Lewis
  3. ENG James Wade
  4. SCO Gary Anderson
  5. AUS Simon Whitlock
  6. WAL Mark Webster
  7. ENG Wes Newton
  8. NED Raymond van Barneveld
  9. AUS Paul Nicholson
  10. ENG Terry Jenkins
  11. ENG Mark Walsh
  12. ENG Mervyn King
  13. ENG Colin Lloyd
  14. ENG Ronnie Baxter
  15. ENG Wayne Jones
  16. NED Vincent van der Voort
  17. ENG Andy Hamilton
  18. ENG Jamie Caven
  19. ENG Denis Ovens
  20. ENG Andy Smith
  21. ENG Colin Osborne
  22. ENG Kevin Painter
  23. NED Co Stompé
  24. ENG Alan Tabern
  25. NIR Brendan Dolan
  26. ENG Justin Pipe
  27. CAN John Part
  28. ENG Steve Beaton
  29. ENG Steve Brown
  30. SCO Peter Wright
  31. SCO Robert Thornton
  32. ENG Mark Dudbridge Pro Tour
  33. ENG Dave Chisnall
  34. ENG Mark Hylton
  35. ENG Scott Rand
  36. WAL Richie Burnett
  37. NED Michael van Gerwen
  38. SCO John Henderson
  39. ENG Nigel Heydon
  40. NED Roland Scholten
  41. ENG Steve Farmer
  42. SWE Magnus Caris
  43. ENG James Richardson
  44. ENG Dennis Smith
  45. NED Jelle Klaasen
  46. ENG Michael Smith
  47. BEL Kim Huybrechts
  48. ENG Ian White

European Order of Merit First round qualifiers

  • ESP Antonio Alcinas
  • AUT Mensur Suljović
  • GER Jyhan Artut
  • BEL Kurt van de Rijck

PDPA qualifiers First round qualifier

  • ENG Arron Monk Preliminary round qualifier
  • ENG Joe Cullen

PDC Youth Tour Qualifier Preliminary round qualifier

  • ENG Paul Barham

International qualifiers First round qualifiers

  • USA Darin Young
  • AUS Sean Reed
  • AUS Geoff Kime

Preliminary round qualifiers

  • AUT Dietmar Burger
  • SRB Oliver Ferenc
  • IRL Connie Finnan
  • NZL Warren French
  • FIN Petri Korte
  • DEN Per Laursen
  • Malaysia Lee Choon Peng
  • HKG Scott MacKenzie
  • GER Kevin Münch
  • JPN Haruki Muramatsu
  • SWE Dennis Nilsson
  • POR José de Sousa
  • PHI Ian Perez
  • RSA Devon Petersen

In case a player has to withdraw from the competition, the first reserve player that will take his spot is the third-place finisher in the PDPA qualifier, Chris Thompson. It is the first time a match for third place was held at the qualifier.

Prize money

The 2012 World Championship features a prize fund of £1,000,000 – the same as in the previous two years.

The prize money is allocated as follows:

Position (num. of players)Prize money
(Total: £1,000,000)
Winner(1)
Runner-Up(1)
Semi-finalists(2)
Quarter-finalists(4)
Third round losers(8)
Second round losers(16)
First round losers(32)
Preliminary round losers(8)
Nine-dart finish(0)

Draw

The draw was made on 29 November 2011, live on Sky Sports News by Rod Harrington & Keith Deller.

Preliminary round

The format is best of 7 legs. One match is played each day with the winner playing his first-round match that same day. The draw for the preliminary round was held on 28 November 2011.

Player 1ScorePlayer 2
ENG Paul Barham 76.832–4HKG Scott MacKenzie 73.23
JPN Haruki Muramatsu 85.224–2SWE Dennis Nilsson 77.20
AUT Dietmar Burger 67.440–4PHI Ian Perez 73.32
GER Kevin Münch 82.744–2Malaysia Lee Choon Peng 71.88
IRL Connie Finnan 83.153–4NZL Warren French 85.88
DEN Per Laursen 89.763–4FIN Petri Korte 83.31
ENG Joe Cullen 94.634–2SRB Oliver Ferenc 87.88
RSA Devon Petersen 83.394–3POR José de Sousa 75.61

Last 64

The winners of the eight preliminary-round matches joined 56 other players in the first round. The schedule was published on 2 December 2011.

Finals

30 December 1 January 2 January | team-width=200 | RD1-seed01=17 | RD1-team01=ENG Andy Hamilton 102.04 | RD1-score01=5 | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=BEL Kim Huybrechts 91.72 | RD1-score02=2 | RD1-seed03=5 | RD1-team03=AUS Simon Whitlock 95.24 | RD1-score03=5 | RD1-seed04=4 | RD1-team04=SCO Gary Anderson 93.29 | RD1-score04=1 | RD1-seed05=2 | RD1-team05=ENG Adrian Lewis 92.41 | RD1-score05= 5 | RD1-seed06=10 | RD1-team06=ENG Terry Jenkins 92.19 | RD1-score06= 3 | RD1-seed07=27 | RD1-team07=CAN John Part 92.64 | RD1-score07=4 | RD1-seed08=3 | RD1-team08=ENG James Wade 94.92 | RD1-score08=5 | RD2-seed01=17 | RD2-team01=ENG Andy Hamilton 95.61 | RD2-score01=6 | RD2-seed02=5 | RD2-team02=AUS Simon Whitlock 98.62 | RD2-score02=5 | RD2-seed03=2 | RD2-team03=ENG Adrian Lewis 95.55 | RD2-score03=6 | RD2-seed04=3 | RD2-team04=ENG James Wade 94.19 | RD2-score04=5 | RD3-seed01=17 | RD3-team01=ENG Andy Hamilton 90.83 | RD3-score01=3 | RD3-seed02=2 | RD3-team02=ENG Adrian Lewis 93.06 | RD3-score02=7

Rounds 1-4

15–21 December 22–28 December 28–29 December

30 December 1 January 2 January | team-width=200 | RD1-seed01=1 | RD1-team01=ENG Phil Taylor 99.98 | RD1-score01=3 | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=JPN Haruki Muramatsu 90.26 | RD1-score02=0 | RD1-seed03=32 | RD1-team03=ENG Mark Dudbridge 86.74 | RD1-score03=0 | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=ENG Dave Chisnall 98.52 | RD1-score04=3 | RD1-seed05=16 | RD1-team05=NED Vincent van der Voort 95.70 | RD1-score05=3 | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=ENG Mark Hylton 89.49 | RD1-score06=2 | RD1-seed07=17 | RD1-team07=ENG Andy Hamilton 97.18 | RD1-score07=3 | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=ESP Toni Alcinas 98.76 | RD1-score08=2 | RD1-seed09=8 | RD1-team09= | RD1-score09=0 | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=ENG James Richardson 89.79 | RD1-score10=3 | RD1-seed11=25 | RD1-team11=NIR Brendan Dolan 82.38 | RD1-score11=0 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=BEL Kim Huybrechts 88.62 | RD1-score12=3 | RD1-seed13=9 | RD1-team13=AUS Paul Nicholson 91.01 | RD1-score13=3 | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=AUT Mensur Suljović 90.36 | RD1-score14=1 | RD1-seed15=24 | RD1-team15=ENG Alan Tabern 86.81 | RD1-score15=3 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=PHI Ian Perez 86.01 | RD1-score16=1 | RD1-seed17=5 | RD1-team17=AUS Simon Whitlock 105.11 | RD1-score17=3 | RD1-seed18= | RD1-team18=ENG Dennis Smith 84.57 | RD1-score18=0 | RD1-seed19=28 | RD1-team19=ENG Steve Beaton 81.80 | RD1-score19=3 | RD1-seed20= | RD1-team20=SWE Magnus Caris 87.21 | RD1-score20=2 | RD1-seed21=12 | RD1-team21=ENG Mervyn King 98.02 | RD1-score21=3 | RD1-seed22= | RD1-team22=AUS Geoff Kime 66.13 | RD1-score22=0 | RD1-seed23=21 | RD1-team23=ENG Colin Osborne 89.81 | RD1-score23=1 | RD1-seed24= | RD1-team24=NED Michael van Gerwen 93.84 | RD1-score24=3 | RD1-seed25=4 | RD1-team25=SCO Gary Anderson 95.93 | RD1-score25=3 | RD1-seed26= | RD1-team26=GER Jyhan Artut 86.94 | RD1-score26=2 | RD1-seed27=29 | RD1-team27=ENG Steve Brown 86.60 | RD1-score27=2 | RD1-seed28= | RD1-team28=RSA Devon Petersen 86.94 | RD1-score28=3 | RD1-seed29=13 | RD1-team29=ENG Colin Lloyd 94.72 | RD1-score29=3 | RD1-seed30= | RD1-team30=USA Darin Young 85.31 | RD1-score30=1 | RD1-seed31=20 | RD1-team31=ENG Andy Smith 84.50 | RD1-score31=0 | RD1-seed32= | RD1-team32=ENG Scott Rand 94.59 | RD1-score32=3 | RD1-seed33=2 | RD1-team33=ENG Adrian Lewis 96.41 | RD1-score33=3 | RD1-seed34= | RD1-team34=ENG Nigel Heydon 91.30 | RD1-score34=2 | RD1-seed35=31 | RD1-team35=SCO Robert Thornton 93.35 | RD1-score35=3 | RD1-seed36= | RD1-team36=ENG Ian White 90.02 | RD1-score36=1 | RD1-seed37=15 | RD1-team37=ENG Wayne Jones 94.49 | RD1-score37=3 | RD1-seed38= | RD1-team38=HKG Scott MacKenzie 85.37 | RD1-score38=1 | RD1-seed39=18 | RD1-team39=ENG Jamie Caven 83.64 | RD1-score39=1 | RD1-seed40= | RD1-team40=NED Roland Scholten 83.47 | RD1-score40=3 | RD1-seed41=7 | RD1-team41=ENG Wes Newton 93.30 | RD1-score41=3 | RD1-seed42= | RD1-team42=BEL Kurt van de Rijck 93.84 | RD1-score42=0 | RD1-seed43=26 | RD1-team43=ENG Justin Pipe 88.65 | RD1-score43=3 | RD1-seed44= | RD1-team44=AUS Sean Reed 82.29 | RD1-score44=1 | RD1-seed45=10 | RD1-team45=ENG Terry Jenkins 95.39 | RD1-score45=3 | RD1-seed46= | RD1-team46=ENG Joe Cullen 83.44 | RD1-score46=0 | RD1-seed47=23 | RD1-team47=NED Co Stompé 88.64 | RD1-score47=3 | RD1-seed48= | RD1-team48=ENG Michael Smith 85.45 | RD1-score48=0 | RD1-seed49=6 | RD1-team49=WAL Mark Webster 89.72 | RD1-score49=2 | RD1-seed50= | RD1-team50=WAL Richie Burnett 95.30 | RD1-score50=3 | RD1-seed51=27 | RD1-team51=CAN John Part 88.82 | RD1-score51=3 | RD1-seed52= | RD1-team52=SCO John Henderson 80.39 | RD1-score52=0 | RD1-seed53=11 | RD1-team53=ENG Mark Walsh 93.80 | RD1-score53=3 | RD1-seed54= | RD1-team54=NZL Warren French 85.29 | RD1-score54=1 | RD1-seed55=22 | RD1-team55=ENG Kevin Painter 95.88 | RD1-score55=3 | RD1-seed56= | RD1-team56=ENG Arron Monk 90.03 | RD1-score56=1 | RD1-seed57=3 | RD1-team57=ENG James Wade 91.69 | RD1-score57=3 | RD1-seed58= | RD1-team58=FIN Petri Korte 85.22 | RD1-score58=1 | RD1-seed59=30 | RD1-team59=SCO Peter Wright 88.40 | RD1-score59=1 | RD1-seed60= | RD1-team60=NED Jelle Klaasen 88.24 | RD1-score60=3 | RD1-seed61=14 | RD1-team61=ENG Ronnie Baxter 88.79 | RD1-score61=2 | RD1-seed62= | RD1-team62=ENG Steve Farmer 87.43 | RD1-score62=3 | RD1-seed63=19 | RD1-team63=ENG Denis Ovens 65.64 | RD1-score63=0r | RD1-seed64= | RD1-team64=GER Kevin Münch 98.02 | RD1-score64=1 | RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=ENG Taylor 100.32 | RD2-score01=1 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=ENG Chisnall 99.05 | RD2-score02=4 | RD2-seed03=16 | RD2-team03=NED van der Voort 93.67 | RD2-score03=3 | RD2-seed04=17 | RD2-team04=ENG Hamilton 95.69 | RD2-score04=4 | RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=ENG Richardson 86.39 | RD2-score05=1 | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=BEL Huybrechts 95.61 | RD2-score06=4 | RD2-seed07=9 | RD2-team07=AUS Nicholson 97.61 | RD2-score07=4 | RD2-seed08=24 | RD2-team08=ENG Tabern 86.19 | RD2-score08=0 | RD2-seed09=5 | RD2-team09=AUS Whitlock 96.42 | RD2-score09=4 | RD2-seed10=28 | RD2-team10=ENG Beaton 90.74 | RD2-score10=1 | RD2-seed11=12 | RD2-team11=ENG King 98.91 | RD2-score11=1 | RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12=NED van Gerwen 91.59 | RD2-score12=4 | RD2-seed13=4 | RD2-team13=SCO Anderson 93.61 | RD2-score13=4 | RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14=RSA Petersen 91.75 | RD2-score14=2 | RD2-seed15=13 | RD2-team15=ENG Lloyd 90.78 | RD2-score15=4 | RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16=ENG Rand 92.90 | RD2-score16=1 | RD2-seed17=2 | RD2-team17=ENG Lewis 96.24 | RD2-score17=4 | RD2-seed18=31 | RD2-team18=SCO Thornton 93.01 | RD2-score18=2 | RD2-seed19=15 | RD2-team19=ENG Jones 91.07 | RD2-score19=4 | RD2-seed20= | RD2-team20=NED Scholten 81.53 | RD2-score20=0 | RD2-seed21=7 | RD2-team21=ENG Newton 90.66 | RD2-score21=3 | RD2-seed22=26 | RD2-team22=ENG Pipe 91.83 | RD2-score22=4 | RD2-seed23=10 | RD2-team23=ENG Jenkins 94.45 | RD2-score23=4 | RD2-seed24=23 | RD2-team24=NED Stompé 83.97 | RD2-score24=1 | RD2-seed25= | RD2-team25=WAL Burnett 94.27 | RD2-score25=1 | RD2-seed26=27 | RD2-team26=CAN Part 91.82 | RD2-score26=4 | RD2-seed27=11 | RD2-team27=ENG Walsh 91.59 | RD2-score27=3 | RD2-seed28=22 | RD2-team28=ENG Painter 93.12 | RD2-score28=4 | RD2-seed29=3 | RD2-team29=ENG Wade 95.91 | RD2-score29=4 | RD2-seed30= | RD2-team30=NED Klaasen 84.90 | RD2-score30=0 | RD2-seed31= | RD2-team31=ENG Farmer 84.89 | RD2-score31=4 | RD2-seed32= | RD2-team32=GER Münch 82.22 | RD2-score32=2 | RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=ENG Chisnall 90.36 | RD3-score01=0 | RD3-seed02=17 | RD3-team02=ENG Hamilton 99.08 | RD3-score02=4 | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=BEL Huybrechts 94.59 | RD3-score03=4 | RD3-seed04=9 | RD3-team04=AUS Nicholson 92.47 | RD3-score04=1 | RD3-seed05=5 | RD3-team05=AUS Whitlock 95.84 | RD3-score05=4 | RD3-seed06= | RD3-team06=NED van Gerwen 92.43 | RD3-score06=3 | RD3-seed07=4 | RD3-team07=SCO Anderson 100.65 | RD3-score07=4 | RD3-seed08=13 | RD3-team08=ENG Lloyd 87.59 | RD3-score08=1 | RD3-seed09=2 | RD3-team09=ENG Lewis 95.94 | RD3-score09=4 | RD3-seed10=15 | RD3-team10= ENG Jones 93.60 | RD3-score10=0 | RD3-seed11=26 | RD3-team11=ENG Pipe 96.65 | RD3-score11=1 | RD3-seed12=10 | RD3-team12=ENG Jenkins 102.64 | RD3-score12=4 | RD3-seed13=27 | RD3-team13=CAN Part 92.32 | RD3-score13=4 | RD3-seed14=22 | RD3-team14=ENG Painter 93.13 | RD3-score14=2 | RD3-seed15=3 | RD3-team15=ENG Wade 91.30 | RD3-score15=4 | RD3-seed16= | RD3-team16=ENG Farmer 89.40 | RD3-score16=0 | RD4-seed01=17 | RD4-team01=ENG Hamilton 102.04 | RD4-score01=5 | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=BEL Huybrechts 91.72 | RD4-score02=2 | RD4-seed03=5 | RD4-team03=AUS Whitlock 95.24 | RD4-score03=5 | RD4-seed04=4 | RD4-team04=SCO Anderson 93.29 | RD4-score04=1 | RD4-seed05=2 | RD4-team05=ENG Lewis 92.41 | RD4-score05= 5 | RD4-seed06=10 | RD4-team06=ENG Jenkins 92.19 | RD4-score06= 3 | RD4-seed07=27 | RD4-team07=CAN Part 92.64 | RD4-score07=4 | RD4-seed08=3 | RD4-team08=ENG Wade 94.92 | RD4-score08=5 | RD5-seed01=17 | RD5-team01=ENG Hamilton 95.61 | RD5-score01=6 | RD5-seed02=5 | RD5-team02=AUS Whitlock 98.62 | RD5-score02=5 | RD5-seed03=2 | RD5-team03=ENG Lewis 95.55 | RD5-score03=6 | RD5-seed04=3 | RD5-team04=ENG Wade 94.19 | RD5-score04=5 | RD6-seed01=17 | RD6-team01=ENG Hamilton 90.83 | RD6-score01=3 | RD6-seed02=2 | RD6-team02=ENG Lewis 93.06 | RD6-score02=7

:1 Denis Ovens had to retire due to an injured nerve in his back after the first set. Münch had won the first set 3–0.

Final

39% (20/51)Checkout summary42% (23/55)

Statistics

ENG
ENGNED
NEDSCO
SCOAUS
AUSBEL
BELWAL
WALAUT
AUTGER
GERNIR
NIRNZL
NZLESP
SPARSA
RSAUSA
USAJPN
JPNFIN
FINPHI
PHIDEN
DENIRE
IREMAS
MASPOR
PORSRB
SRBHKG
HKGSWE
SWECAN
CANTotalFinalSemisQuartersRound 3Round 2Round 1Prelim.Total346442222111111111111111172
2000000000000000000000002
3001000000000000000000004
4011100000000000000000018
101121000000000000000000116
185221101000100000000000132
326442212111111110000011164
20000011010101111111111016

Television coverage

The tournament was broadcast by Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland, RTL 7 in the Netherlands, Sport1 in Germany, Fox Sports in Australia and Showtime in the Middle East.

References

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