PDC World Darts Championship 2012

PDC World Darts Championship 2012
Tournament status
Tournament type	World Championship
organizer	PDC
venue	Alexandra Palace , London
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Adrian Lewis
Attendees	72
Opening game	December 15, 2011
Endgame	January 2, 2012
Prize money (total)	£ 1,000,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 200,000
winner	Adrian Lewis
statistics
highest finish	170 points from Adrian Lewis Wes Newton Simon Whitlock Paul Nicholson
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The Ladbrokes .com World Darts Championship 2012 was hosted from December 15, 2011 to January 2, 2012 in its 19th edition by the Professional Darts Corporation . The venue was for the fifth time the Alexandra Palace in London . Defending champion Adrian Lewis won the title in the final against Andy Hamilton 7: 3.

The tournament was played in the set system, each set has best of five legs.

Sport 1 broadcast the PDC World Darts Championship live on German television . The pay TV broadcaster Sport 1+ showed the games live and in full.

Prize money

A total of £ 1,000,000 in prize money was distributed.

winner	£ 200,000
Second finalist	£ 100,000
Semifinals	£ 50,000
Quarter finals	£ 25,000
Round of 16	£ 15,000
2nd round	£ 10,000
1 round	£ 6,000
Loser of the preliminary round	£ 3,500

qualification

The following 72 players were qualified for the PDC World Darts Championship 2012:

• The 32 best placed players in the Order of Merit
• The 16 best placed players in the Players Championship Order of Merit who are not already eligible to participate via the Order of Merit
• The 4 best placed players in the European Order of Merit who are not already qualified via one of the two aforementioned rankings
• 17 international qualifiers
• The best placed player in the PDC Youth Tour Order of Merit who is not already qualified via one of the first three ranking lists
• The winner and finalist of a qualification tournament hosted by the Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA)

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01. Phil Taylor 2nd round 02. Adrian Lewis victory 03. James Wade Semifinals 04th Gary Anderson Quarter finals 05. Simon Whitlock Semifinals 06th Mark Webster 1 round 07th Wes Newton 2nd round 08th. Raymond van Barneveld 1 round 09. Paul Nicholson Round of 16 10. Terry Jenkins Quarter finals 11. Mark Walsh 2nd round 12. Mervyn King 2nd round 13. Colin Lloyd Round of 16 14th Ronnie Baxter 1 round 15th Wayne Jones Round of 16 16. Vincent van der Voort 2nd round

No. player Round reached 17th Andy Hamilton final 18th Jamie Caven 1 round 19th Denis Ovens 1 round 20th Andy Smith 1 round 21st Colin Osborne 1 round 22nd Kevin Painter Round of 16 23. Co Stompé 2nd round 24. Alan Tabern 2nd round 25th Brendan Dolan 1 round 26th Justin Pipe Round of 16 27. John Part Quarter finals 28. Steve Beaton 2nd round 29 Steve Brown 1 round 30th Peter Wright 1 round 31. Robert Thornton 2nd round 32. Mark Dudbridge 1 round

Preliminary round

14 of the international qualifiers, the best placed in the PDC Youth Tour Order of Merit (Paul Barham) and the finalist of the PDPA qualification tournament (Joe Cullen) competed in a preliminary round match.

Modus was best of seven legs.

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Paul Barham 76.83	2: 4	Scott MacKenzie 73.23
2	Haruki Muramatsu 85.22	4 : 2	Dennis Nilsson 77.20
3	Dietmar Burger 67.44	0: 4	Christian Perez 73.32
4th	Kevin Münch 82.74	4 : 2	Lee Choon Peng 71.88
5	Connie Finnan 83.15	3: 4	Warren French 85.88
6th	Per Laursen 89.76	3: 4	Petri Korte 83.31
7th	Joe Cullen 94.63	4 : 2	Oliver Ferenc 87.88
8th	Devon Petersen 83.39	4 : 3	José Oliveira de Sousa 75.61

The number behind the player's name indicates the average number of points with three darts thrown (3-dart average) .

Tournament schedule

First round to quarter-finals

Upper half 1

	Round 1 best of 5 sets					Round 2 best of 7 sets					Round of 16 best of 7 sets					Quarterfinals Best of 9 Sets
	1	Phil Taylor 99.98	3
		Haruki Muramatsu 90.26	0
						1	Phil Taylor 100.32	1
							Dave Chisnall 99.05	4th
	32	Mark Dudbridge 86.74	0
		Dave Chisnall 98.52	3
												Dave Chisnall 90.36	0
											17th	Andy Hamilton 99.08	4th
	16	Vincent van der Voort 95.70	3
		Mark Hylton 89.49	2
						16	Vincent van der Voort 93.67	3
						17th	Andy Hamilton 95.69	4th
	17th	Andy Hamilton 97.18	3
		Toni Alcinas 98.76	2
																17th	Andy Hamilton 102.04	5
																	Kim Huybrechts 91.72	2
	8th	Raymond van Barneveld 91.02	0
		James Richardson 89.79	3
							James Richardson 86.39	1
							Kim Huybrechts 95.61	4th
	25th	Brendan Dolan 82.38	0
		Kim Huybrechts 88.62	3
												Kim Huybrechts 94.59	4th
											9	Paul Nicholson 92.47	1
	9	Paul Nicholson 91.01	3
		Scale length Suljović 90.36	1
						9	Paul Nicholson 97.61	4th
						24	Alan Tabern 86.19	0
	24	Alan Tabern 86.81	3
		Christian Perez 86.01	1

Upper half 2

	Round 1 best of 5 sets					Round 2 best of 7 sets					Round of 16 best of 7 sets					Quarterfinals Best of 9 Sets
	5	Simon Whitlock 105.11	3
		Dennis Smith 84.57	0
						5	Simon Whitlock 96.42	4th
						28	Steve Beaton 90.74	1
	28	Steve Beaton 81.80	3
		Magnus Caris 87.21	2
											5	Simon Whitlock 95.84	4th
												Michael van Gerwen 92.43	3
	12	Mervyn King 98.02	3
		Geoff Kime 66.13	0
						12	Mervyn King 98.91	1
							Michael van Gerwen 91.59	4th
	21st	Colin Osborne 89.81	1
		Michael van Gerwen 93.84	3
																5	Simon Whitlock 95.24	5
																4th	Gary Anderson 93.29	1
	4th	Gary Anderson 95.93	3
		Jyhan Artut 86.94	2
						4th	Gary Anderson 93.61	4th
							Devon Petersen 91.75	2
	29	Steve Brown 86.60	2
		Devon Petersen 86.94	3
											4th	Gary Anderson 100.65	4th
											13	Colin Lloyd 87.59	1
	13	Colin Lloyd 94.72	3
		Therein Young 85.31	1
						13	Colin Lloyd 90.78	4th
							Scott Rand 92.90	1
	20th	Andy Smith 84.50	0
		Scott Rand 94.59	3

Lower half 1

	Round 1 best of 5 sets					Round 2 best of 7 sets					Round of 16 best of 7 sets					Quarterfinals Best of 9 Sets
	2	Adrian Lewis 96.41	3
		Nigel Heydon 91.30	2
						2	Adrian Lewis 96.24	4th
						31	Robert Thornton 93.01	2
	31	Robert Thornton 93.35	3
		Ian White 90.02	1
											2	Adrian Lewis 95.94	4th
											15th	Wayne Jones 93.60	0
	15th	Wayne Jones 94.49	3
		Scott MacKenzie 85.37	1
						15th	Wayne Jones 91.07	4th
							Roland Scholten 81.53	0
	18th	Jamie Caven 83.64	1
		Roland Scholten 83.47	3
																2	Adrian Lewis 92.41	5
																10	Terry Jenkins 92.19	3
	7th	Wes Newton 93.30	3
		Kurt van de Rijk 93.84	0
						7th	Wes Newton 90.66	3
						26th	Justin Pipe 91.83	4th
	26th	Justin Pipe 88.65	3
		Sean Reed 82.29	1
											26th	Justin Pipe 96.65	1
											10	Terry Jenkins 102.64	4th
	10	Terry Jenkins 95.39	3
		Joe Cullen 83.44	0
						10	Terry Jenkins 94.45	4th
						23	Co Stompé 83.97	1
	23	Co Stompé 88.64	3
		Michael Smith 85.45	0

Lower half 2

	Round 1 best of 5 sets					Round 2 best of 7 sets					Round of 16 best of 7 sets					Quarterfinals Best of 9 Sets
	6th	Mark Webster 89.72	2
		Richie Burnett 95.30	3
							Richie Burnett 94.27	1
						27	John Part 91.82	4th
	27	John Part 88.82	3
		John Henderson 80.39	0
											27	John Part 92.32	4th
											22nd	Kevin Painter 93.13	2
	11	Mark Walsh 93.80	3
		Warren French 85.29	1
						11	Mark Walsh 91.59	3
						22nd	Kevin Painter 93.12	4th
	22nd	Kevin Painter 95.88	3
		Arron Monk 90.03	1
																27	John Part 92.64	4th
																3	James Wade 94.92	5
	3	James Wade 91.69	3
		Petri Korte 85.22	1
						3	James Wade 95.91	4th
							Jelle Klaasen 84.90	0
	30th	Peter Wright 88.40	1
		Jelle Klaasen 88.24	3
											3	James Wade 91.30	4th
												Steve Farmer 89.40	0
	14th	Ronnie Baxter 88.79	2
		Steve Farmer 87.43	3
							Steve Farmer 84.89	4th
							Kevin Münch 82.22	2
	19th	Denis Ovens 65.64	0
		Kevin Münch 98.02	1 1

¹ Denis Ovens gave up after the first set due to injury

Semi-finals, finals

	Semi-finals Best of 11 sets					Final best of 13 sets
	17th	Andy Hamilton 95.61	6th
	5	Simon Whitlock 98.62	5
						17th	Andy Hamilton 90.83	3
						2	Adrian Lewis 93.06	7th
	2	Adrian Lewis 95.55	6th
	3	James Wade 94.19	5

Andy Hamilton	Final: January 2, 2012 Best of 13 sets	Adrian Lewis
3	Result	7th
90.83	3-dart average	93.06
51	100+	59
26th	140+	19th
7th	180s	11
147	Supreme finish	122
36%	Double quota	40%

Participants per country and round

	CLOSELY	NED	SCO	OUT	BEL	WHALE	AUT	GER	NIR	NZL	ESP	RSA	United States	JPN	FIN	PHI	THE	IRL	MAS	POR	SRB	HKG	SWE	CAN	total
final	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Semifinals	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4th
Quarter finals	4th	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8th
Round of 16	10	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16
2nd round	18th	5	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	32
1 round	32	6th	4th	4th	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	64
Preliminary round	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	16
total	34	6th	4th	4th	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	72

Web links

• Homepage of the PDC for the World Darts Championship
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