2012 PDC World Darts Championship

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]

2012 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates15 December 2011 –
2 January 2012
VenueAlexandra Palace
LocationLondon
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs (preliminaries)
Sets (from Round 1)
Final – best of 13
Prize fund£1,000,000
Winner's share£200,000
High checkout170 Adrian Lewis
170 Wes Newton
170 Paul Nicholson
170 Simon Whitlock
Champion(s)
Adrian Lewis
«2011 2013»

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]

Position (num. of players) Prize Money
(Total: £1,000,000)
Winner (1) £200,000
Runner-Up (1) £100,000
Semi-finalists (2) £50,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £25,000
Third round losers (8) £15,000
Second round losers (16) £10,000
First round losers (32) £6,000
Preliminary round losers (8) £3,500
Nine-dart finish (0) £10,000

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]

Player 1 Score Player 2
Paul Barham 76.83 2–4 Scott MacKenzie 73.23
Haruki Muramatsu 85.22 4–2 Dennis Nilsson 77.20
Dietmar Burger 67.44 0–4 Ian Perez 73.32
Kevin Münch 82.74 4–2 Lee Choon Peng 71.88
Connie Finnan 83.15 3–4 Warren French 85.88
Per Laursen 89.76 3–4 Petri Korte 83.31
Joe Cullen 94.63 4–2 Oliver Ferenc 87.88
Devon Petersen 83.39 4–3 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.[12]

First round (best of 5 sets)
15–21 December
[13][14][15][16][17][18][19] 		Second round (best of 7 sets)
22–28 December
[20][21][22][23] 		Third round (best of 7 sets)
28–29 December
[23][24] 		Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)
30 December
[25] 		Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)
1 January
[26] 		Final (best of 13 sets)
2 January
[27]
                  
1 Phil Taylor 99.98 3
Haruki Muramatsu 90.26 0
1 Taylor 100.32 1
Chisnall 99.05 4
32 Mark Dudbridge 86.74 0
Dave Chisnall 98.52 3
Chisnall 90.36 0
17 Hamilton 99.08 4
16 Vincent van der Voort 95.70 3
Mark Hylton 89.49 2
16 van der Voort 93.67 3
17 Hamilton 95.69 4
17 Andy Hamilton 97.18 3
Antonio Alcinas 98.76 2
17 Hamilton 102.04 5
Huybrechts 91.72 2
8 Raymond van Barneveld 91.02 0
James Richardson 89.79 3
  Richardson 86.39 1
Huybrechts 95.61 4
25 Brendan Dolan 82.38 0
Kim Huybrechts 88.62 3
Huybrechts 94.59 4
9 Nicholson 92.47 1
9 Paul Nicholson 91.01 3
Mensur Suljović 90.36 1
9 Nicholson 97.61 4
24 Tabern 86.19 0
24 Alan Tabern 86.81 3
Ian Perez 86.01 1
17 Hamilton 95.61 6
5 Whitlock 98.62 5
5 Simon Whitlock 105.11 3
Dennis Smith 84.57 0
5 Whitlock 96.42 4
28 Beaton 90.74 1
28 Steve Beaton 81.80 3
Magnus Caris 87.21 2
5 Whitlock 95.84 4
van Gerwen 92.43 3
12 Mervyn King 98.02 3
Geoff Kime 66.13 0
12 King 98.91 1
van Gerwen 91.59 4
21 Colin Osborne 89.81 1
Michael van Gerwen 93.84 3
5 Whitlock 95.24 5
4 Anderson 93.29 1
4 Gary Anderson 95.93 3
Jyhan Artut 86.94 2
4 Anderson 93.61 4
Petersen 91.75 2
29 Steve Brown 86.60 2
Devon Petersen 86.94 3
4 Anderson 100.65 4
13 Lloyd 87.59 1
13 Colin Lloyd 94.72 3
Darin Young 85.31 1
13 Lloyd 90.78 4
Rand 92.90 1
20 Andy Smith 84.50 0
Scott Rand 94.59 3
17 Hamilton 90.83 3
2 Lewis 93.06 7
2 Adrian Lewis 96.41 3
Nigel Heydon 91.30 2
2 Lewis 96.24 4
31 Thornton 93.01 2
31 Robert Thornton 93.35 3
Ian White 90.02 1
2 Lewis 95.94 4
15 Jones 93.60 0
15 Wayne Jones 94.49 3
Scott MacKenzie 85.37 1
15 Jones 91.07 4
Scholten 81.53 0
18 Jamie Caven 83.64 1
Roland Scholten 83.47 3
2 Lewis 92.41 5
10 Jenkins 92.19 3
7 Wes Newton 93.30 3
Kurt van de Rijck 93.84 0
7 Newton 90.66 3
26 Pipe 91.83 4
26 Justin Pipe 88.65 3
Sean Reed 82.29 1
26 Pipe 96.65 1
10 Jenkins 102.64 4
10 Terry Jenkins 95.39 3
Joe Cullen 83.44 0
10 Jenkins 94.45 4
23 Stompé 83.97 1
23 Co Stompé 88.64 3
Michael Smith 85.45 0
2 Lewis 95.55 6
3 Wade 94.19 5
6 Mark Webster 89.72 2
Richie Burnett 95.30 3
Burnett 94.27 1
27 Part 91.82 4
27 John Part 88.82 3
John Henderson 80.39 0
27 Part 92.32 4
22 Painter 93.13 2
11 Mark Walsh 93.80 3
Warren French 85.29 1
11 Walsh 91.59 3
22 Painter 93.12 4
22 Kevin Painter 95.88 3
Arron Monk 90.03 1
27 Part 92.64 4
3 Wade 94.92 5
3 James Wade 91.69 3
Petri Korte 85.22 1
3 Wade 95.91 4
Klaasen 84.90 0
30 Peter Wright 88.40 1
Jelle Klaasen 88.24 3
3 Wade 91.30 4
Farmer 89.40 0
14 Ronnie Baxter 88.79 2
Steve Farmer 87.43 3
  Farmer 84.89 4
Münch 82.22 2
19 Denis Ovens 65.64 0r1
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: Paul Hinks (first half) and George Noble (second half).
Alexandra Palace, London, England, 2 January 2012.
(17) Andy Hamilton 3 – 7 Adrian Lewis (2)
2 – 3, 3 – 1, 1 – 3, 3 – 1, 2 – 3, 1 – 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
Player Eliminated Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout Average
Adrian Lewis Winner 6 29 15 105 78 215 121 50 170 94.93
Andy Hamilton Runner-up 6 25 19 100 83 224 101 47 147 96.74
Simon Whitlock Semi-final 5 21 11 76 53 161 90 44 170 98.15
James Wade Semi-final 5 21 11 76 55 204 100 20 157 93.60
Terry Jenkins Quarter-final 4 14 7 49 36 101 77 20 126 96.17
Gary Anderson Quarter-final 4 12 10 53 45 113 67 35 151 95.87
Kim Huybrechts Quarter-final 4 13 7 46 33 95 57 16 128 92.63
John Part Quarter-final 4 15 8 45 44 108 65 17 167 91.40
Dave Chisnall Third round 3 7 5 28 25 61 36 16 127 95.97
Kevin Painter Third round 3 9 8 41 35 98 56 16 134 94.07
Paul Nicholson Third round 3 8 5 29 23 64 46 10 170 93.69
Wayne Jones Third round 3 7 5 26 21 74 33 14 116 93.05
Michael van Gerwen Third round 3 10 6 31 25 71 42 14 158 92.62
Justin Pipe Third round 3 8 8 34 34 89 52 13 121 92.38
Colin Lloyd Third round 3 8 6 29 29 72 28 13 167 91.03
Steve Farmer Third round 3 7 8 32 32 81 34 12 102 87.24
Phil Taylor Second round 2 4 4 19 17 46 23 5 98 100.15
Mervyn King Second round 2 4 4 19 12 38 25 12 132 98.47
Richie Burnett Second round 2 4 6 18 23 51 30 16 136 94.78
Vincent van der Voort Second round 2 6 6 27 24 70 27 15 148 94.68
Scott Rand Second round 2 4 4 18 14 29 21 7 140 93.75
Robert Thornton Second round 2 5 5 19 23 65 29 8 121 93.18
Mark Walsh Second round 2 6 5 22 23 56 36 8 96 92.69
Wes Newton Second round 2 6 4 24 22 57 29 8 170 91.98
Devon Petersen Second round 3 5 6 27 29 64 35 16 120 88.46
James Richardson Second round 2 4 4 18 18 58 28 4 145 88.09
Kevin Münch[n 1] Second round 3 3 4 19 16 38 27 4 155 87.66
Jelle Klaasen Second round 2 3 5 14 16 38 12 4 120 86.57
Alan Tabern Second round 2 3 5 13 19 51 17 5 149 86.50
Co Stompé Second round 2 4 4 16 17 46 20 7 97 86.30
Steve Beaton Second round 2 4 6 20 24 59 21 3 121 86.27
Roland Scholten Second round 2 3 5 12 19 31 15 10 138 82.50
Antonio Alcinas First round 1 2 3 8 13 24 15 5 123 98.76
Nigel Heydon First round 1 2 3 12 14 39 15 7 100 91.30
Mark Webster First round 1 2 3 11 13 29 11 9 100 89.72
Mark Hylton First round 1 2 3 8 13 29 17 3 104 89.49
Ronnie Baxter First round 1 2 3 8 13 24 14 2 98 88.79
Magnus Caris First round 1 2 3 10 11 30 16 2 107 87.21
Kurt van de Rijck First round 1 0 3 5 9 22 11 3 136 93.84
Mensur Suljović First round 1 1 3 7 11 30 5 3 121 90.36
Arron Monk First round 1 1 3 8 11 22 10 3 87 90.03
Ian White First round 1 1 3 9 10 26 15 3 64 90.02
Colin Osborne First round 1 1 3 7 9 20 11 1 84 89.81
Peter Wright First round 1 1 3 4 10 17 6 4 83 88.40
Raymond van Barneveld First round 1 0 3 5 9 22 5 5 130 91.02
Joe Cullen First round 2 0 3 7 11 14 10 3 83 89.01
Jyhan Artut First round 1 2 3 13 14 23 18 8 116 86.94
Steve Brown First round 1 2 3 11 12 31 11 3 130 86.60
Warren French First round 2 1 3 9 14 33 13 3 70 85.59
Darin Young First round 1 1 3 6 10 23 5 3 118 85.31
Petri Korte First round 2 1 3 9 13 18 9 4 112 84.27
Jamie Caven First round 1 1 3 7 9 14 5 4 97 83.62
Sean Reed First round 1 1 3 6 9 18 8 0 121 82.29
Mark Dudbridge First round 1 0 3 3 9 16 8 1 82 86.74
Haruki Muramatsu First round 2 0 3 7 11 26 16 0 102 86.54
Michael Smith First round 1 0 3 3 9 23 7 1 25 85.45
Dennis Smith First round 1 0 3 1 9 13 4 2 44 84.57
Brendan Dolan First round 1 0 3 2 9 19 6 0 56 82.38
John Henderson First round 1 0 3 2 9 16 2 2 67 80.39
Christian Perez First round 2 1 3 11 10 30 17 2 110 79.67
Scott MacKenzie First round 2 1 3 10 12 34 10 1 100 79.30
Per Laursen Preliminary round 1 0 0 3 4 13 4 1 137 89.76
Oliver Ferenc Preliminary round 1 0 0 2 4 6 6 0 32 87.88
Connie Finnan Preliminary round 1 0 0 3 4 8 3 2 121 83.15
José Oliveira de Sousa Preliminary round 1 0 0 3 4 3 4 1 83 75.61
Lee Choon Peng Preliminary round 1 0 0 2 4 11 1 0 120 77.88
Dennis Nilsson Preliminary round 1 0 0 2 4 10 2 0 58 77.20
Paul Barham Preliminary round 1 0 0 2 4 6 6 0 20 76.83
Andy Smith First round 1 0 3 0 9 9 8 1 — 84.50
Geoff Kime First round 1 0 3 0 9 8 0 1 — 66.13
Dietmar Burger Preliminary round 1 0 0 0 4 5 1 0 — 67.44
Denis Ovens[n 1] First round 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 — 65.64

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

  1. 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.


ENG
NED
SCO
AUS
BEL
WAL
AUT
GER
NIR
NZL
SPA
RSA
USA
JPN
FIN
PHI
DEN
IRE
MAS
POR
SRB
HKG
SWE
CAN		 Total
Final 2000000000000000000000002
Semis 3001000000000000000000004
Quarters 4011100000000000000000018
Round 3 101121000000000000000000116
Round 2 185221101000100000000000132
Round 1 326442212111111110000011164
Prelim. 20000011010101111111111016
Total 346442222111111111111111172

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.[28]

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