2012 PDC World Darts Championship

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 checkout
Champion(s)
 Adrian Lewis
«2011 2013»

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]

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
England Paul Barham 76.83 2–4 Hong Kong Scott MacKenzie 73.23
Japan Haruki Muramatsu 85.22 4–2 Sweden Dennis Nilsson 77.20
Austria Dietmar Burger 67.44 0–4 Philippines Ian Perez 73.32
Germany Kevin Münch 82.74 4–2 Malaysia Lee Choon Peng 71.88
Republic of Ireland Connie Finnan 83.15 3–4 New Zealand Warren French 85.88
Denmark Per Laursen 89.76 3–4 Finland Petri Korte 83.31
England Joe Cullen 94.63 4–2 Serbia Oliver Ferenc 87.88
South Africa Devon Petersen 83.39 4–3 Portugal 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]

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

Player Eliminated Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High checkout Average
England Adrian Lewis Winner 6 29 15 105 78 215 121 50 170 94.93
England Andy Hamilton Runner-up 6 25 19 100 83 224 101 47 147 96.74
Australia Simon Whitlock Semi-final 5 21 11 76 53 161 90 44 170 98.15
England James Wade Semi-final 5 21 11 76 55 204 100 20 157 93.60
England Terry Jenkins Quarter-final 4 14 7 49 36 101 77 20 126 96.17
Scotland Gary Anderson Quarter-final 4 12 10 53 45 113 67 35 151 95.87
Belgium Kim Huybrechts Quarter-final 4 13 7 46 33 95 57 16 128 92.63
Canada John Part Quarter-final 4 15 8 45 44 108 65 17 167 91.40
England Dave Chisnall Third round 3 7 5 28 25 61 36 16 127 95.97
England Kevin Painter Third round 3 9 8 41 35 98 56 16 134 94.07
Australia Paul Nicholson Third round 3 8 5 29 23 64 46 10 170 93.69
England Wayne Jones Third round 3 7 5 26 21 74 33 14 116 93.05
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Third round 3 10 6 31 25 71 42 14 158 92.62
England Justin Pipe Third round 3 8 8 34 34 89 52 13 121 92.38
England Colin Lloyd Third round 3 8 6 29 29 72 28 13 167 91.03
England Steve Farmer Third round 3 7 8 32 32 81 34 12 102 87.24
England Phil Taylor Second round 2 4 4 19 17 46 23 5 98 100.15
England Mervyn King Second round 2 4 4 19 12 38 25 12 132 98.47
Wales Richie Burnett Second round 2 4 6 18 23 51 30 16 136 94.78
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort Second round 2 6 6 27 24 70 27 15 148 94.68
England Scott Rand Second round 2 4 4 18 14 29 21 7 140 93.75
Scotland Robert Thornton Second round 2 5 5 19 23 65 29 8 121 93.18
England Mark Walsh Second round 2 6 5 22 23 56 36 8 96 92.69
England Wes Newton Second round 2 6 4 24 22 57 29 8 170 91.98
South Africa Devon Petersen Second round 3 5 6 27 29 64 35 16 120 88.46
England James Richardson Second round 2 4 4 18 18 58 28 4 145 88.09
Germany Kevin Münch[n 1] Second round 3 3 4 19 16 38 27 4 155 87.66
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen Second round 2 3 5 14 16 38 12 4 120 86.57
England Alan Tabern Second round 2 3 5 13 19 51 17 5 149 86.50
Netherlands Co Stompé Second round 2 4 4 16 17 46 20 7 97 86.30
England Steve Beaton Second round 2 4 6 20 24 59 21 3 121 86.27
Netherlands Roland Scholten Second round 2 3 5 12 19 31 15 10 138 82.50
Spain Antonio Alcinas First round 1 2 3 8 13 24 15 5 123 98.76
England Nigel Heydon First round 1 2 3 12 14 39 15 7 100 91.30
Wales Mark Webster First round 1 2 3 11 13 29 11 9 100 89.72
England Mark Hylton First round 1 2 3 8 13 29 17 3 104 89.49
England Ronnie Baxter First round 1 2 3 8 13 24 14 2 98 88.79
Sweden Magnus Caris First round 1 2 3 10 11 30 16 2 107 87.21
Belgium Kurt van de Rijck First round 1 0 3 5 9 22 11 3 136 93.84
Austria Mensur Suljović First round 1 1 3 7 11 30 5 3 121 90.36
England Arron Monk First round 1 1 3 8 11 22 10 3 87 90.03
England Ian White First round 1 1 3 9 10 26 15 3 64 90.02
England Colin Osborne First round 1 1 3 7 9 20 11 1 84 89.81
Scotland Peter Wright First round 1 1 3 4 10 17 6 4 83 88.40
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld First round 1 0 3 5 9 22 5 5 130 91.02
England Joe Cullen First round 2 0 3 7 11 14 10 3 83 89.01
Germany Jyhan Artut First round 1 2 3 13 14 23 18 8 116 86.94
England Steve Brown First round 1 2 3 11 12 31 11 3 130 86.60
New Zealand Warren French First round 2 1 3 9 14 33 13 3 70 85.59
United States Darin Young First round 1 1 3 6 10 23 5 3 118 85.31
Finland Petri Korte First round 2 1 3 9 13 18 9 4 112 84.27
England Jamie Caven First round 1 1 3 7 9 14 5 4 97 83.62
Australia Sean Reed First round 1 1 3 6 9 18 8 0 121 82.29
England Mark Dudbridge First round 1 0 3 3 9 16 8 1 82 86.74
Japan Haruki Muramatsu First round 2 0 3 7 11 26 16 0 102 86.54
England Michael Smith First round 1 0 3 3 9 23 7 1 25 85.45
England Dennis Smith First round 1 0 3 1 9 13 4 2 44 84.57
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan First round 1 0 3 2 9 19 6 0 56 82.38
Scotland John Henderson First round 1 0 3 2 9 16 2 2 67 80.39
Philippines Christian Perez First round 2 1 3 11 10 30 17 2 110 79.67
Hong Kong Scott MacKenzie First round 2 1 3 10 12 34 10 1 100 79.30
Denmark Per Laursen Preliminary round 1 0 0 3 4 13 4 1 137 89.76
Serbia Oliver Ferenc Preliminary round 1 0 0 2 4 6 6 0 32 87.88
Republic of Ireland Connie Finnan Preliminary round 1 0 0 3 4 8 3 2 121 83.15
Portugal José Oliveira de Sousa Preliminary round 1 0 0 3 4 3 4 1 83 75.61
Malaysia Lee Choon Peng Preliminary round 1 0 0 2 4 11 1 0 120 77.88
Sweden Dennis Nilsson Preliminary round 1 0 0 2 4 10 2 0 58 77.20
England Paul Barham Preliminary round 1 0 0 2 4 6 6 0 20 76.83
England Andy Smith First round 1 0 3 0 9 9 8 1 — 84.50
Australia Geoff Kime First round 1 0 3 0 9 8 0 1 — 66.13
Austria Dietmar Burger Preliminary round 1 0 0 0 4 5 1 0 — 67.44
England Denis Ovens[n 1] First round 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 — 65.64

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

  1. ^ a b 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.

England
ENG 		Netherlands
NED 		Scotland
SCO 		Australia
AUS 		Belgium
BEL 		Wales
WAL 		Austria
AUT 		Germany
GER 		Northern Ireland
NIR 		New Zealand
NZL 		Spain
SPA 		South Africa
RSA 		United States
USA 		Japan
JPN 		Finland
FIN 		Philippines
PHI 		Denmark
DEN 		Republic of Ireland
IRE 		Malaysia
MAS 		Portugal
POR 		Serbia
SRB 		Hong Kong
HKG 		Sweden
SWE 		Canada
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
Semis 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Quarters 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
Round 3 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
Round 2 18 5 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 32
Round 1 32 6 4 4 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 64
Prelim. 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 6 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 72

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.[31]

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