2012_PDC_World_Darts_Championship

2012 PDC World Darts Championship

2012 PDC World Darts Championship

Darts tournament

The 2012 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 19th 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.[1]

Quick Facts Tournament information, Dates ...

Adrian Lewis was the defending champion having won the 2011 tournament.[2] Phil Taylor became the last remaining player to have played in every PDC World Championship, after Dennis Priestley failed to qualify.[3] For the first time players from Malaysia, Portugal and Serbia qualified.[4]

Lewis was able to defend his title against Andy Hamilton in the final with a 7–3 win.[5]

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.[6] 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.

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.[9]

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:[10]

More information Position (num. of players), Prize money (Total: £1,000,000) ...

Draw

The draw was made on 29 November 2011, live on Sky Sports News by Rod Harrington & Keith Deller.[11]

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.[11]

More information Player 1, Score ...

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.[12]

Finals

Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
30 December
[13] 		Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)
1 January
[14] 		Final (best of 13 sets)
2 January
[15]
         
17 England Andy Hamilton 102.04 5
Belgium Kim Huybrechts 91.72 2
17 England Andy Hamilton 95.61 6
5 Australia Simon Whitlock 98.62 5
5 Australia Simon Whitlock 95.24 5
4 Scotland Gary Anderson 93.29 1
17 England Andy Hamilton 90.83 3
2 England Adrian Lewis 93.06 7
2 England Adrian Lewis 92.41 5
10 England Terry Jenkins 92.19 3
2 England Adrian Lewis 95.55 6
3 England James Wade 94.19 5
27 Canada John Part 92.64 4
3 England James Wade 94.92 5

Rounds 1-4

First round (best of 5 sets)
15–21 December
[16][17][18][19][20][21][22] 		Second round (best of 7 sets)
22–28 December
[23][24][25][26] 		Third round (best of 7 sets)
28–29 December
[26][27] 		Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
30 December
[28]
            
1 England Phil Taylor 99.98 3
Japan Haruki Muramatsu 90.26 0
1 England Taylor 100.32 1
England Chisnall 99.05 4
32 England Mark Dudbridge 86.74 0
England Dave Chisnall 98.52 3
England Chisnall 90.36 0
17 England Hamilton 99.08 4
16 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 95.70 3
England Mark Hylton 89.49 2
16 Netherlands van der Voort 93.67 3
17 England Hamilton 95.69 4
17 England Andy Hamilton 97.18 3
Spain Toni Alcinas 98.76 2
17 England Hamilton 102.04 5
Belgium Huybrechts 91.72 2
8 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 91.02 0
England James Richardson 89.79 3
  England Richardson 86.39 1
Belgium Huybrechts 95.61 4
25 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 82.38 0
Belgium Kim Huybrechts 88.62 3
Belgium Huybrechts 94.59 4
9 Australia Nicholson 92.47 1
9 Australia Paul Nicholson 91.01 3
Austria Mensur Suljović 90.36 1
9 Australia Nicholson 97.61 4
24 England Tabern 86.19 0
24 England Alan Tabern 86.81 3
Philippines Ian Perez 86.01 1
5 Australia Simon Whitlock 105.11 3
England Dennis Smith 84.57 0
5 Australia Whitlock 96.42 4
28 England Beaton 90.74 1
28 England Steve Beaton 81.80 3
Sweden Magnus Caris 87.21 2
5 Australia Whitlock 95.84 4
Netherlands van Gerwen 92.43 3
12 England Mervyn King 98.02 3
Australia Geoff Kime 66.13 0
12 England King 98.91 1
Netherlands van Gerwen 91.59 4
21 England Colin Osborne 89.81 1
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 93.84 3
5 Australia Whitlock 95.24 5
4 Scotland Anderson 93.29 1
4 Scotland Gary Anderson 95.93 3
Germany Jyhan Artut 86.94 2
4 Scotland Anderson 93.61 4
South Africa Petersen 91.75 2
29 England Steve Brown 86.60 2
South Africa Devon Petersen 86.94 3
4 Scotland Anderson 100.65 4
13 England Lloyd 87.59 1
13 England Colin Lloyd 94.72 3
United States Darin Young 85.31 1
13 England Lloyd 90.78 4
England Rand 92.90 1
20 England Andy Smith 84.50 0
England Scott Rand 94.59 3
2 England Adrian Lewis 96.41 3
England Nigel Heydon 91.30 2
2 England Lewis 96.24 4
31 Scotland Thornton 93.01 2
31 Scotland Robert Thornton 93.35 3
England Ian White 90.02 1
2 England Lewis 95.94 4
15 England Jones 93.60 0
15 England Wayne Jones 94.49 3
Hong Kong Scott MacKenzie 85.37 1
15 England Jones 91.07 4
Netherlands Scholten 81.53 0
18 England Jamie Caven 83.64 1
Netherlands Roland Scholten 83.47 3
2 England Lewis 92.41 5
10 England Jenkins 92.19 3
7 England Wes Newton 93.30 3
Belgium Kurt van de Rijck 93.84 0
7 England Newton 90.66 3
26 England Pipe 91.83 4
26 England Justin Pipe 88.65 3
Australia Sean Reed 82.29 1
26 England Pipe 96.65 1
10 England Jenkins 102.64 4
10 England Terry Jenkins 95.39 3
England Joe Cullen 83.44 0
10 England Jenkins 94.45 4
23 Netherlands Stompé 83.97 1
23 Netherlands Co Stompé 88.64 3
England Michael Smith 85.45 0
6 Wales Mark Webster 89.72 2
Wales Richie Burnett 95.30 3
Wales Burnett 94.27 1
27 Canada Part 91.82 4
27 Canada John Part 88.82 3
Scotland John Henderson 80.39 0
27 Canada Part 92.32 4
22 England Painter 93.13 2
11 England Mark Walsh 93.80 3
New Zealand Warren French 85.29 1
11 England Walsh 91.59 3
22 England Painter 93.12 4
22 England Kevin Painter 95.88 3
England Arron Monk 90.03 1
27 Canada Part 92.64 4
3 England Wade 94.92 5
3 England James Wade 91.69 3
Finland Petri Korte 85.22 1
3 England Wade 95.91 4
Netherlands Klaasen 84.90 0
30 Scotland Peter Wright 88.40 1
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 88.24 3
3 England Wade 91.30 4
England Farmer 89.40 0
14 England Ronnie Baxter 88.79 2
England Steve Farmer 87.43 3
  England Farmer 84.89 4
Germany Münch 82.22 2
19 England Denis Ovens 65.64 0r1
Germany Kevin Münch 98.02 1
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

Final: Best of 13 sets.
Referees: England Paul Hinks (first half) and England George Noble (second half).
Alexandra Palace, London, England, 2 January 2012.
(17) Andy Hamilton England 3 – 7 England Adrian Lewis (2)
2 – 3, 3 – 1, 1 – 3, 3 – 1, 2 – 3, 1 – 3, 3 – 0, 1 – 3, 2 – 3, 2 – 3
90.83 Average (3 darts) 93.06
7 180 scores 11
147 Highest checkout 122
39% (20/51) Checkout summary 42% (23/55)

Statistics

More information Player, Eliminated ...

Last updated: 2 January 2012
Source: Match reports from the main draw

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    Denis Ovens had to withdraw due to an injured nerve in his back after the first set in the first round.

Representation from different countries

This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round.

More information ENG, NED ...

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.[29]

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