2012 PDC World Darts Championship

December 2021 2012 PDC World Darts Championship 15 December 2011 – 2 January 2012 Alexandra Palace London, England Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Legs (preliminaries)Sets (from Round 1)Final – first to 7 £1,000,000 £200,000 170 Adrian Lewis Wes Newton Paul Nicholson Simon Whitlock Adrian Lewis ENG 2011 2013 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 2012.2012 Ladbrokes.com world darts championship http://www.alexandrapalace.com/news/2012-ladbrokes-com-world-darts-championship/ alexandrapalace.com 27 November 2011 Adrian Lewis was the defending champion having won the 2011 tournament.Adrian Lewis beats Gary Anderson to win first PDC title https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/darts/9333712.stm BBC 27 November 2011 3 January 2011 Phil Taylor became the last remaining player to have played in every PDC World Championship, after Dennis Priestley failed to qualify.PDC WC records http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentStats.aspx?tournKey=11 dartsdatabase.co.uk 28 November 2011 26 July 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200726182710/https://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentStats.aspx?tournKey=11 dead For the first time players from Malaysia, Portugal and Serbia qualified.Player records at the PDC WC, key: country success http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentPlayerStats.aspx?tournKey=11 dartsdatabase.co.uk 28 November 2011 20 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210320043040/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentPlayerStats.aspx?tournKey=11 dead Lewis was able to defend his title against Andy Hamilton in the final with a 7–3 win.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/16387260 Lewis wins PDC World Championship BBC Sport 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.http://www.pdc.tv/page/OrderofMeritExplanation/0,,10180,00.html Order of Merit Explanation pdc.tv Professional Darts Corporation 1 October 2008 21 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110525013142/http://www.pdc.tv/page/OrderofMeritExplanation/0,,10180,00.html 25 May 2011 dead 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 ENG Phil Taylor ENG Adrian Lewis ENG James Wade SCO Gary Anderson AUS Simon Whitlock WAL Mark Webster ENG Wes Newton NED Raymond van Barneveld AUS Paul Nicholson ENG Terry Jenkins ENG Mark Walsh ENG Mervyn King ENG Colin Lloyd ENG Ronnie Baxter ENG Wayne Jones NED Vincent van der Voort ENG Andy Hamilton ENG Jamie Caven ENG Denis Ovens ENG Andy Smith ENG Colin Osborne ENG Kevin Painter NED Co Stompé ENG Alan Tabern NIR Brendan Dolan ENG Justin Pipe CAN John Part ENG Steve Beaton ENG Steve Brown SCO Peter Wright SCO Robert Thornton ENG Mark Dudbridge Pro Tour ENG Dave Chisnall ENG Mark Hylton ENG Scott Rand WAL Richie Burnett NED Michael van Gerwen SCO John Henderson ENG Nigel Heydon NED Roland Scholten ENG Steve Farmer SWE Magnus Caris ENG James Richardson ENG Dennis Smith NED Jelle Klaasen ENG Michael Smith BEL Kim Huybrechts ENG Ian White European Order of MeritFirst round qualifiersInternational qualifiers Completed http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldChampsDetail/0,,10180~2524255,00.html PDC 22 November 2011 22 November 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111125181205/http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldChampsDetail/0%2C%2C10180~2524255%2C00.html 25 November 2011 ESP Antonio Alcinas AUT Mensur Suljović GER Jyhan Artut BEL Kurt van de Rijck PDPA qualifiersFirst round qualifierPDPA qualifier http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2526974,00.html PDC 28 November 2011 28 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111231044154/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2526974,00.html 31 December 2011 dead ENG Arron Monk Preliminary round qualifier ENG Joe Cullen PDC Youth Tour QualifierPreliminary round qualifier ENG Paul Barham International qualifiersFirst 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.Darts: Chris Thompson first reserve for Ladbrokes World PDC Championship http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/9392817.Darts__Chris_Thompson_first_reserve_for_Ladbrokes_World_PDC_Championship/ yorkpress.co.uk 1 December 2011 30 November 2011 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:WC Netzone http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldChampsDetail/0,,10180~2547778,00.html PDC 14 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120108000317/http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldChampsDetail/0,,10180~2547778,00.html 8 January 2012 dead Position (num. of players) Prize money(Total: £1,000,000)Winner (1) £200,000Runner-Up (1) £100,000Semi-finalists (2) £50,000Quarter-finalists (4) £25,000Third round losers (8) £15,000Second round losers (16) £10,000First round losers (32) £6,000Preliminary round losers (8) £3,500Nine-dart finish (0) £10,000 Draw The draw was made on 29 November 2011, live on Sky Sports News by Rod Harrington & Keith Deller.World Championship Draw Made http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2530466,00.html PDC 29 November 2011 29 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111130031443/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2530466,00.html 30 November 2011 dead 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 1 Score Player 2 ENG Paul Barham 76.832–4 HKG Scott MacKenzie 73.23 JPN Haruki Muramatsu 85.224–2 SWE Dennis Nilsson 77.20 AUT Dietmar Burger 67.440–4 PHI Ian Perez 73.32 GER Kevin Münch 82.744–2 Malaysia Lee Choon Peng 71.88 IRL Connie Finnan 83.153–4 NZL Warren French 85.88 DEN Per Laursen 89.763–4 FIN Petri Korte 83.31 ENG Joe Cullen 94.634–2 SRB Oliver Ferenc 87.88 RSA Devon Petersen 83.394–3 POR 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.World Championship Schedule http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2534850,00.html PDC 2 December 2011 2 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111204052252/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2534850,00.html 4 December 2011 dead Finals Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)30 Decemberhttp://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2561291,00.html World Championship Quarter-finals PDC 30 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120108000128/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2561291,00.html 8 January 2012 dead Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)1 Januaryhttp://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2563105,00.html World Championship Semi-finals PDC 1 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120107151040/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2563105,00.html 7 January 2012 dead Final (best of 13 sets)2 Januaryhttp://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2563896,00.html Brilliant Lewis Hits Jackpot Again! PDC 2 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120109141004/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2563896,00.html 9 January 2012 dead 200 17 ENG Andy Hamilton 102.04 5 BEL Kim Huybrechts 91.72 2 5 AUS Simon Whitlock 95.24 5 4 SCO Gary Anderson 93.29 1 2 ENG Adrian Lewis 92.41 5 10 ENG Terry Jenkins 92.19 3 27 CAN John Part 92.64 4 3 ENG James Wade 94.92 5 17 ENG Andy Hamilton 95.61 6 5 AUS Simon Whitlock 98.62 5 2 ENG Adrian Lewis 95.55 6 3 ENG James Wade 94.19 5 17 ENG Andy Hamilton 90.83 3 2 ENG Adrian Lewis 93.06 7 Rounds 1-4 4 First round (best of 5 sets)15–21 DecemberWorld Championship – Night One http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2548906,00.html PDC 17 December 2011 15 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120108000057/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2548906,00.html 8 January 2012 deadWorld Championship – Night Two http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2549073,00.html PDC 17 December 2011 16 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120108000103/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2549073,00.html 8 January 2012 deadWorld Championship – Night Three http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2550294,00.html PDC 17 December 2011 17 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120108000109/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2550294,00.html 8 January 2012 deadWorld Championship – Night Four http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2551711,00.html PDC 18 December 2011 18 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120107124426/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2551711,00.html 7 January 2012 deadWorld Championship – Night Five http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2552998,00.html PDC 19 December 2011 19 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120107124433/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2552998,00.html 7 January 2012 deadhttp://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2553953,00.html World Championship – Night Six PDC 22 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120107124436/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2553953,00.html 7 January 2012 dead http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2555025,00.html World Championship – Night Seven PDC 22 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120107124442/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2555025,00.html 7 January 2012 dead Second round (best of 7 sets)22–28 Decemberhttp://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2556176,00.html World Championship – Night Eight PDC 22 December 2011 22 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120107124502/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2556176,00.html 7 January 2012 dead http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2557113,00.html World Championship – Night Nine PDC 24 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120107124533/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2557113,00.html 7 January 2012 dead http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2558647,00.html World Championship – Day Ten PDC 27 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120108000113/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2558647,00.html 8 January 2012 dead http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2559363,00.html World Championship – Day 11 PDC 28 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120108000118/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2559363,00.html 8 January 2012 dead Third round (best of 7 sets)28–29 Decemberhttp://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2560198,00.html World Championship – Day 12 PDC 29 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120108000123/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0%2C%2C10180~2560198%2C00.html 8 January 2012 dead Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)30 Decemberhttp://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2561291,00.html World Championship Quarter-finals PDC 30 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120108000128/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2561291,00.html 8 January 2012 dead Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)1 Januaryhttp://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2563105,00.html World Championship Semi-finals PDC 1 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120107151040/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2563105,00.html 7 January 2012 dead Final (best of 13 sets)2 Januaryhttp://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2563896,00.html Brilliant Lewis Hits Jackpot Again! PDC 2 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120109141004/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2563896,00.html 9 January 2012 dead 200 1 ENG Phil Taylor 99.98 3 JPN Haruki Muramatsu 90.26 0 32 ENG Mark Dudbridge 86.74 0 ENG Dave Chisnall 98.52 3 16 NED Vincent van der Voort 95.70 3 ENG Mark Hylton 89.49 2 17 ENG Andy Hamilton 97.18 3 ESP Toni Alcinas 98.76 2 8 NED Raymond van Barneveld 91.02 0 ENG James Richardson 89.79 3 25 NIR Brendan Dolan 82.38 0 BEL Kim Huybrechts 88.62 3 9 AUS Paul Nicholson 91.01 3 AUT Mensur Suljović 90.36 1 24 ENG Alan Tabern 86.81 3 PHI Ian Perez 86.01 1 5 AUS Simon Whitlock 105.11 3 ENG Dennis Smith 84.57 0 28 ENG Steve Beaton 81.80 3 SWE Magnus Caris 87.21 2 12 ENG Mervyn King 98.02 3 AUS Geoff Kime 66.13 0 21 ENG Colin Osborne 89.81 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 93.84 3 4 SCO Gary Anderson 95.93 3 GER Jyhan Artut 86.94 2 29 ENG Steve Brown 86.60 2 RSA Devon Petersen 86.94 3 13 ENG Colin Lloyd 94.72 3 USA Darin Young 85.31 1 20 ENG Andy Smith 84.50 0 ENG Scott Rand 94.59 3 2 ENG Adrian Lewis 96.41 3 ENG Nigel Heydon 91.30 2 31 SCO Robert Thornton 93.35 3 ENG Ian White 90.02 1 15 ENG Wayne Jones 94.49 3 HKG Scott MacKenzie 85.37 1 18 ENG Jamie Caven 83.64 1 NED Roland Scholten 83.47 3 7 ENG Wes Newton 93.30 3 BEL Kurt van de Rijck 93.84 0 26 ENG Justin Pipe 88.65 3 AUS Sean Reed 82.29 1 10 ENG Terry Jenkins 95.39 3 ENG Joe Cullen 83.44 0 23 NED Co Stompé 88.64 3 ENG Michael Smith 85.45 0 6 WAL Mark Webster 89.72 2 WAL Richie Burnett 95.30 3 27 CAN John Part 88.82 3 SCO John Henderson 80.39 0 11 ENG Mark Walsh 93.80 3 NZL Warren French 85.29 1 22 ENG Kevin Painter 95.88 3 ENG Arron Monk 90.03 1 3 ENG James Wade 91.69 3 FIN Petri Korte 85.22 1 30 SCO Peter Wright 88.40 1 NED Jelle Klaasen 88.24 3 14 ENG Ronnie Baxter 88.79 2 ENG Steve Farmer 87.43 3 19 ENG Denis Ovens 65.64 0ra 1 GER Kevin Münch 98.02 1 1 ENG Taylor 100.32 1 ENG Chisnall 99.05 4 16 NED van der Voort 93.67 3 17 ENG Hamilton 95.69 4   ENG Richardson 86.39 1 BEL Huybrechts 95.61 4 9 AUS Nicholson 97.61 4 24 ENG Tabern 86.19 0 5 AUS Whitlock 96.42 4 28 ENG Beaton 90.74 1 12 ENG King 98.91 1 NED van Gerwen 91.59 4 4 SCO Anderson 93.61 4 RSA Petersen 91.75 2 13 ENG Lloyd 90.78 4 ENG Rand 92.90 1 2 ENG Lewis 96.24 4 31 SCO Thornton 93.01 2 15 ENG Jones 91.07 4 NED Scholten 81.53 0 7 ENG Newton 90.66 3 26 ENG Pipe 91.83 4 10 ENG Jenkins 94.45 4 23 NED Stompé 83.97 1 WAL Burnett 94.27 1 27 CAN Part 91.82 4 11 ENG Walsh 91.59 3 22 ENG Painter 93.12 4 3 ENG Wade 95.91 4 NED Klaasen 84.90 0   ENG Farmer 84.89 4 GER Münch 82.22 2 ENG Chisnall 90.36 0 17 ENG Hamilton 99.08 4 BEL Huybrechts 94.59 4 9 AUS Nicholson 92.47 1 5 AUS Whitlock 95.84 4 NED van Gerwen 92.43 3 4 SCO Anderson 100.65 4 13 ENG Lloyd 87.59 1 2 ENG Lewis 95.94 4 15 ENG Jones 93.60 0 26 ENG Pipe 96.65 1 10 ENG Jenkins 102.64 4 27 CAN Part 92.32 4 22 ENG Painter 93.13 2 3 ENG Wade 91.30 4 ENG Farmer 89.40 0 17 ENG Hamilton 102.04 5 BEL Huybrechts 91.72 2 5 AUS Whitlock 95.24 5 4 SCO Anderson 93.29 1 2 ENG Lewis 92.41 5 10 ENG Jenkins 92.19 3 27 CAN Part 92.64 4 3 ENG Wade 94.92 5 17 ENG Hamilton 95.61 6 5 AUS Whitlock 98.62 5 2 ENG Lewis 95.55 6 3 ENG Wade 94.19 5 17 ENG Hamilton 90.83 3 2 ENG Lewis 93.06 7 1a 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: ENG Paul Hinks (first half) and ENG George Noble (second half).Alexandra Palace, London, England, 2 January 2012. (17) Andy Hamilton ENG 3 – 7 ENG 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 {|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: right" |- ! Player ! Eliminated ! Played ! Sets Won ! Sets Lost ! Legs Won ! Legs Lost ! 100+ ! 140+ ! 180s ! High checkout ! Average |- |align="left"| ENG Adrian Lewis | Winner | 6 | 29 | 15 | 105 | 78 | 215 | 121 | 50 | 170 | 94.93 |- |align="left"| ENG Andy Hamilton | Runner-up | 6 | 25 | 19 | 100 | 83 | 224 | 101 | 47 | 147 | 96.74 |- |align="left"| AUS Simon Whitlock | 4Semi-final | 5 | 21 | 11 | 76 | 53 | 161 | 90 | 44 | 170 | 98.15 |- |align="left"| ENG James Wade | 4Semi-final | 5 | 21 | 11 | 76 | 55 | 204 | 100 | 20 | 157 | 93.60 |- |align="left"| ENG Terry Jenkins | 4Quarter-final | 4 | 14 | 7 | 49 | 36 | 101 | 77 | 20 | 126 | 96.17 |- |align="left"| SCO Gary Anderson | 4Quarter-final | 4 | 12 | 10 | 53 | 45 | 113 | 67 | 35 | 151 | 95.87 |- |align="left"| BEL Kim Huybrechts | 4Quarter-final | 4 | 13 | 7 | 46 | 33 | 95 | 57 | 16 | 128 | 92.63 |- |align="left"| CAN John Part | 4Quarter-final | 4 | 15 | 8 | 45 | 44 | 108 | 65 | 17 | 167 | 91.40 |- |align="left"| ENG Dave Chisnall | 3Third round | 3 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 61 | 36 | 16 | 127 | 95.97 |- |align="left"| ENG Kevin Painter | 3Third round | 3 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 35 | 98 | 56 | 16 | 134 | 94.07 |- |align="left"| AUS Paul Nicholson | 3Third round | 3 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 64 | 46 | 10 | 170 | 93.69 |- |align="left"| ENG Wayne Jones | 3Third round | 3 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 74 | 33 | 14 | 116 | 93.05 |- |align="left"| NED Michael van Gerwen | 3Third round | 3 | 10 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 71 | 42 | 14 | 158 | 92.62 |- |align="left"| ENG Justin Pipe | 3Third round | 3 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 34 | 89 | 52 | 13 | 121 | 92.38 |- |align="left"| ENG Colin Lloyd | 3Third round | 3 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 72 | 28 | 13 | 167 | 91.03 |- |align="left"| ENG Steve Farmer | 3Third round | 3 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 81 | 34 | 12 | 102 | 87.24 |- |align="left"| ENG Phil Taylor |2Second round | 2 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 46 | 23 | 5 | 98 | 100.15 |- |align="left"| ENG Mervyn King | 2Second round | 2 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 38 | 25 | 12 | 132 | 98.47 |- |align="left"| WAL Richie Burnett | 2Second round | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 51 | 30 | 16 | 136 | 94.78 |- |align="left"| NED Vincent van der Voort |2Second round | 2 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 70 | 27 | 15 | 148 | 94.68 |- |align="left"| ENG Scott Rand | 2Second round | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 29 | 21 | 7 | 140 | 93.75 |- |align="left"| SCO Robert Thornton | 2Second round | 2 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 65 | 29 | 8 | 121 | 93.18 |- |align="left"| ENG Mark Walsh | 2Second round | 2 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 56 | 36 | 8 | 96 | 92.69 |- |align="left"| ENG Wes Newton | 2Second round | 2 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 57 | 29 | 8 | 170 | 91.98 |- |align="left"| RSA Devon Petersen | 2Second round | 3 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 64 | 35 | 16 | 120 | 88.46 |- |align="left"| ENG James Richardson | 2Second round | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 58 | 28 | 4 | 145 | 88.09 |- |align="left"| GER Kevin MünchDenis Ovens had to withdraw due to an injured nerve in his back after the first set in the first round. | 2Second round | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 38 | 27 | 4 | 155 | 87.66 |- |align="left"| NED Jelle Klaasen | 2Second round | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 120 | 86.57 |- |align="left"| ENG Alan Tabern |2Second round | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 51 | 17 | 5 | 149 | 86.50 |- |align="left"| NED Co Stompé | 2Second round | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 46 | 20 | 7 | 97 | 86.30 |- |align="left"| ENG Steve Beaton | 2Second round | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 59 | 21 | 3 | 121 | 86.27 |- |align="left"| NED Roland Scholten | 2Second round | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 138 | 82.50 |- |align="left"| ESP Antonio Alcinas | 1First round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 123 | 98.76 |- |align="left"| ENG Nigel Heydon | 1First round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 100 | 91.30 |- |align="left"| WAL Mark Webster | 1First round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 100 | 89.72 |- |align="left"| ENG Mark Hylton | 1First round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 104 | 89.49 |- |align="left"| ENG Ronnie Baxter | 1First round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 98 | 88.79 |- |align="left"| SWE Magnus Caris | 1First round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 107 | 87.21 |- |align="left"| BEL Kurt van de Rijck | 1First round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 136 | 93.84 |- |align="left"| AUT Mensur Suljović | 1First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 121 | 90.36 |- |align="left"| ENG Arron Monk | 1First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 87 | 90.03 |- |align="left"| ENG Ian White | 1First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 64 | 90.02 |- |align="left"| ENG Colin Osborne | 1First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 84 | 89.81 |- |align="left"| SCO Peter Wright | 1First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 83 | 88.40 |- |align="left"| NED Raymond van Barneveld | 1First round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 130 | 91.02 |- |align="left"| ENG Joe Cullen | 1First round | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 83 | 89.01 |- |align="left"| GER Jyhan Artut | 1First round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 116 | 86.94 |- |align="left"| ENG Steve Brown | 1First round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 130 | 86.60 |- |align="left"| NZL Warren French | 1First round | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 70 | 85.59 |- |align="left"| USA Darin Young | 1First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 118 | 85.31 |- |align="left"| FIN Petri Korte | 1First round | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 112 | 84.27 |- |align="left"| ENG Jamie Caven | 1First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 97 | 83.62 |- |align="left"| AUS Sean Reed | 1First round | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 121 | 82.29 |- |align="left"| ENG Mark Dudbridge | 1First round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 82 | 86.74 |- |align="left"| JPN Haruki Muramatsu | 1First round | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 102 | 86.54 |- |align="left"| ENG Michael Smith | 1First round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 85.45 |- |align="left"| ENG Dennis Smith | 1First round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 84.57 |- |align="left"| NIR Brendan Dolan | 1First round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 56 | 82.38 |- |align="left"| SCO John Henderson | 1First round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 67 | 80.39 |- |align="left"| PHI Christian Perez | 1First round | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 110 | 79.67 |- |align="left"| HKG Scott MacKenzie | 1First round | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 100 | 79.30 |- |align="left"| DEN Per Laursen | 0Preliminary round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 137 | 89.76 |- |align="left"| SER Oliver Ferenc | 0Preliminary round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 87.88 |- |align="left"| IRL Connie Finnan | 0Preliminary round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 121 | 83.15 |- |align="left"| POR José Oliveira de Sousa | 0Preliminary round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 83 | 75.61 |- |align="left"| MAS Lee Choon Peng | 0Preliminary round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 77.88 |- |align="left"| SWE Dennis Nilsson | 0Preliminary round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 77.20 |- |align="left"| ENG Paul Barham | 0Preliminary round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 76.83 |- |align="left"| ENG Andy Smith | 1First round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | — | 84.50 |- |align="left"| AUS Geoff Kime | 1First round | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | — | 66.13 |- |align="left"| AUT Dietmar Burger | 0Preliminary round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 67.44 |- |align="left"| ENG Denis Ovens | 1First round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 65.64 2 January 2012 Match reports from the main draw December 2011 "n" 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 ENG NED NED SCO SCO AUS AUS BEL BEL WAL WAL AUT AUT GER GER NIR NIR NZL NZL ESP SPA RSA RSA USA USA JPN JPN FIN FIN PHI PHI DEN DEN IRE IRE MAS MAS POR POR SRB SRB HKG HKG SWE SWE CAN 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.http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldChampsDetail/0,,10180~2537772,00.html World Championship – International TV Coverage 5 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120107173615/http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldChampsDetail/0,,10180~2537772,00.html 7 January 2012 dead References External links The official site of the Championship NetZone 2012 PDC World Darts Championship at Sky Sports 2012 Category:2011 in darts Category:2012 in darts Category:2011 in sport in London Category:2012 in sport in London Category:December 2011 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:January 2012 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:International sports competitions in London Category:Alexandra Palace Category:Sport in the London Borough of Haringey