2012 European Championship (darts)

2012 PartyPoker.net European Championship 20–23 September 2012 RWE-Sporthalle Mülheim PDC Legs £200,000 £50,000 167 ENG Dave Chisnall167 AUS Simon Whitlock AUS Simon Whitlock 2011 2013 The 2012 PartyPoker.net European Championship was the fifth edition of the Professional Darts Corporation tournament, the European Championship, which allows the top European players to compete against the highest ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit. The tournament took place from 20 to 23 September 2012 at the RWE-Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany. Phil Taylor was once again defending the title, after winning each of the four previous playings of this tournament since the inaugural edition in 2008.http://www.espn.co.uk/darts/sport/story/170895.html Taylor motivated by Lewis challenge ESPN 21 September 2012 However, he lost for the first time in the quarter-finals 6–10 to Brendan Dolan.PartyPoker.net Euro Champs - Sat http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/z6aiwz61ucp01dbl72rqo7bm2/title/partypokernet-euro-champs-sat PDC 22 September 2012 10 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060530/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/z6aiwz61ucp01dbl72rqo7bm2/title/partypokernet-euro-champs-sat 4 March 2016 dead dmy-all Simon Whitlock won his first major title, defeating Wes Newton 11–5 in the final.http://www.espn.co.uk/darts/sport/story/171512.html Whitlock wins maiden major title ESPN 23 September 2012 Prize money The 2012 European Championship has a total prize fund of £200,000. The following is the breakdown of the fund: Position (no. of players) Prize money(Total: £200,000)Winner (1) £50,000Runner-Up (1) £20,000Semi-finalists (2) £10,000Quarter-finalists (4) £7,500Last 16  (second round) (8) £5,000Last 32  (first round) (16) £2,500 Qualification The top 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the two Players Championship events in Barnsley automatically qualified for the event. The top 8 from them were also the seeded players. The remaining 16 places went to the top 8 non-qualified players from the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit, with further places awarded to the top 8 non-qualified players from the Continental Europe Order of Merit. These are the participants:PartyPoker.net European Championship Draw http://www.pdc.tv/page/EuropeanChampionshipDetail/0,,10180~2914695,00.html PDC 10 September 2012 10 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120922101303/http://www.pdc.tv/page/EuropeanChampionshipDetail/0,,10180~2914695,00.html 22 September 2012 dead Fourth placed Gary Anderson was banned from the event due to breaching the PDC's rules at the 2012 German Darts Championship.Anderson banned for 3 events https://www.pdc.tv/news/2012/08/13/anderson-banned-three-events https://web.archive.org/web/20180122234936/https://www.pdc.tv/news/2012/08/13/anderson-banned-three-events dead January 22, 2018 PDC 22 January 2018 13 August 2012 PDC Top 16 ENG Phil Taylor (quarter-finals) ENG Adrian Lewis (first round) ENG James Wade (first round) ENG Wes Newton (runner-up) ENG Andy Hamilton (quarter-finals) AUS Simon Whitlock (champion) ENG Terry Jenkins (first round) WAL Mark Webster (first round) NED Raymond van Barneveld (quarter-finals) ENG Justin Pipe (first round) ENG Kevin Painter (second round) ENG Dave Chisnall (second round) ENG Ronnie Baxter (second round) ENG Mark Walsh (first round) AUS Paul Nicholson (first round) NED Vincent van der Voort (first round)Players Championship qualifiers ENG Ian White (second round) BEL Kim Huybrechts (semi-finals) NED Michael van Gerwen (second round) ENG Colin Lloyd (quarter-finals) WAL Richie Burnett (second round) NIR Brendan Dolan (semi-finals) ENG Andy Smith (first round) ENG Mervyn King (first round)European qualifiers SWE Magnus Caris (first round) NED Co Stompé (first round) NED Gino Vos (first round) NED Jerry Hendriks (second round) AUT Mensur Suljović (first round) GER Andree Welge (second round) GER Michael Rosenauer (first round) GER Tomas Seyler (first round) Draw and results The draw was held on 9 September 2012. First round (best of 11 legs)20–21 SeptemberPartyPoker.net Euro Champs - Thurs http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/hfonpfvf3xpt17aeem6mko2nl/title/partypokernet-euro-champs-thurs PDC 20 September 2012 10 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063648/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/hfonpfvf3xpt17aeem6mko2nl/title/partypokernet-euro-champs-thurs 4 March 2016 dead dmy-all Second round (best of 19 legs)22 September Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs)23 SeptemberPartyPoker.net Euro Champs QFs http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/82ayx9ltwn3f1xbhasn9ovfmd/title/partypokernet-euro-champs-qfs PDC 23 September 2012 10 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110457/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/82ayx9ltwn3f1xbhasn9ovfmd/title/partypokernet-euro-champs-qfs 4 March 2016 dead dmy-all Semi-finals (best of 21 legs)23 SeptemberWhitlock Is European King! http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/wnseu6z77tmb1jgvh3jgap0z7/title/whitlock-is-european-king PDC 23 September 2012 10 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063334/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/wnseu6z77tmb1jgvh3jgap0z7/title/whitlock-is-european-king 4 March 2016 dead dmy-all Final (best of 21 legs)23 September 200 1 ENG Phil Taylor 91.66 6 SWE Magnus Caris 90.00 3   NED Jerry Hendriks 84.42 6 AUT Mensur Suljović 81.09 2 8 WAL Mark Webster 91.35 4 GER Andree Welge 92.28 6   ENG Justin Pipe 96.48 3 NIR Brendan Dolan 90.47 6 5 ENG Andy Hamilton 93.94 6 AUS Paul Nicholson 83.08 0   ENG Ronnie Baxter 90.34 6 GER Michael Rosenauer 80.51 1 4 ENG Wes Newton 106.09 6 GER Tomas Seyler 88.19 0   ENG Mervyn King 96.49 4 ENG Kevin Painter 96.64 6 2 ENG Adrian Lewis 90.67 0 ENG Ian White 99.10 6   BEL Kim Huybrechts 92.05 6 NED Vincent van der Voort 89.96 4 7 ENG Terry Jenkins 92.13 1 NED Raymond van Barneveld 113.04 6   NED Michael van Gerwen 100.51 6 ENG Andy Smith 95.98 5 6 AUS Simon Whitlock 96.71 6 ENG Mark Walsh 84.55 2   ENG Dave Chisnall 81.94 6 NED Gino Vos 77.75 3 3 ENG James Wade 93.44 3 ENG Colin Lloyd 97.59 6   WAL Richie Burnett 93.40 6 NED Co Stompé 90.13 3 1 ENG Phil Taylor 98.38 10 NED Jerry Hendriks 93.68 7   GER Andree Welge 86.10 5 NIR Brendan Dolan 88.36 10 5 ENG Andy Hamilton 88.98 10 ENG Ronnie Baxter 89.52 8 4 ENG Wes Newton 94.69 10 ENG Kevin Painter 88.23 5   ENG Ian White 93.55 5 BEL Kim Huybrechts 97.00 10   NED Raymond van Barneveld 102.25 10 NED Michael van Gerwen 103.86 9 6 AUS Simon Whitlock 97.49 10 ENG Dave Chisnall 93.39 5   ENG Colin Lloyd 90.21 10 WAL Richie Burnett 93.37 8 1 ENG Phil Taylor 89.88 6 NIR Brendan Dolan 89.90 10 5 ENG Andy Hamilton 90.33 7 4 ENG Wes Newton 92.03 10   BEL Kim Huybrechts 92.50 10 NED Raymond van Barneveld 94.81 8 6 AUS Simon Whitlock 93.01 10 ENG Colin Lloyd 89.68 7 NIR Brendan Dolan 88.88 9 4 ENG Wes Newton 91.61 11 BEL Kim Huybrechts 93.47 9 6 AUS Simon Whitlock 98.81 11 4 ENG Wes Newton 89.47 5 6 AUS Simon Whitlock 94.91 11 Statistics {|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: right" |- ! Player ! Played ! Legs Won ! Legs Lost ! LWAT ! 100+ ! 140+ ! 180s ! High checkout ! 3-dart average |- |align="left"| AUS Simon Whitlock |5 |48 |28 |15 |99 |52 |19 |167 |96.19 |- |align="left"| ENG Wes Newton |5 |42 |32 |14 |88 |45 |28 |129 |94.78 |- |align="left"| BEL Kim Huybrechts |4 |35 |28 |12 |74 |37 |20 |164 |93.76 |- |align="left"| NIR Brendan Dolan |4 |35 |25 |11 |93 |37 |10 |106 |89.40 |- |align="left"| NED Raymond van Barneveld |3 |24 |20 |10 |57 |38 |11 |156 |103.37 |- |align="left"| ENG Phil Taylor |3 |22 |20 |6 |49 |18 |6 |164 |93.31 |- |align="left"| ENG Colin Lloyd |3 |23 |21 |12 |51 |41 |8 |164 |92.49 |- |align="left"| ENG Andy Hamilton |3 |23 |18 |8 |52 |20 |8 |160 |91.08 |- |align="left"| NED Michael van Gerwen |2 |15 |15 |5 |37 |22 |10 |128 |102.19 |- |align="left"| ENG Ian White |2 |11 |10 |5 |25 |16 |5 |104 |96.33 |- |align="left"| WAL Richie Burnett |2 |14 |13 |7 |32 |22 |8 |130 |93.39 |- |align="left"| ENG Kevin Painter |2 |11 |14 |4 |38 |15 |4 |134 |92.44 |- |align="left"| ENG Ronnie Baxter |2 |14 |11 |5 |30 |21 |6 |138 |89.93 |- |align="left"| GER Andree Welge |2 |11 |14 |3 |34 |18 |0 |130 |89.19 |- |align="left"| NED Jerry Hendriks |2 |13 |12 |4 |31 |17 |5 |142 |89.05 |- |align="left"| ENG Dave Chisnall |2 |11 |13 |4 |36 |11 |6 |167 |87.67 |- |align="left"| ENG Andy Smith |1 |5 |6 |1 |10 |12 |3 |98 |95.68 |- |align="left"| ENG Mervyn King |1 |4 |6 |1 |9 |9 |2 |84 |96.49 |- |align="left"| WAL Mark Webster |1 |4 |6 |1 |12 |5 |3 |84 |91.35 |- |align="left"| NED Vincent van der Voort |1 |4 |6 |1 |11 |8 |1 |80 |89.96 |- |align="left"| ENG Justin Pipe |1 |3 |6 |1 |11 |12 |1 |130 |96.48 |- |align="left"| ENG James Wade |1 |3 |6 |3 |7 |8 |3 |120 |93.44 |- |align="left"| NED Co Stompé |1 |3 |6 |1 |12 |8 |0 |88 |90.13 |- |align="left"| SWE Magnus Caris |1 |3 |6 |1 |13 |9 |0 |38 |90.00 |- |align="left"| NED Gino Vos |1 |3 |6 |1 |11 |6 |1 |56 |77.75 |- |align="left"| ENG Mark Walsh |1 |2 |6 |0 |10 |4 |1 |80 |84.55 |- |align="left"| AUT Mensur Suljović |1 |2 |6 |1 |8 |6 |0 |46 |81.09 |- |align="left"| ENG Terry Jenkins |1 |1 |6 |0 |10 |6 |1 |26 |92.13 |- |align="left"| GER Michael Rosenauer |1 |1 |6 |0 |4 |2 |3 |59 |80.51 |- |align="left"| ENG Adrian Lewis |1 |0 |6 |0 |5 |8 |3 |– |90.67 |- |align="left"| GER Tomas Seyler |1 |0 |6 |0 |8 |6 |0 |– |88.19 |- |align="left"| AUS Paul Nicholson |1 |0 |6 |0 |8 |3 |0 |– |83.03 Match reports from the results February 2013 Broadcasts The tournament was broadcast in the UK on ESPN.http://www.pdc.tv/page/EuropeanChampionshipDetail/0,,10180~2904789,00.html ESPN TV Times Confirmed PDC 21 September 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120924042347/http://www.pdc.tv/page/EuropeanChampionshipDetail/0%2C%2C10180~2904789%2C00.html 24 September 2012 References 2 External links European Championship page on the PDC's official website Category:European Championship (darts) European Championship European Championship (darts) Category:Sport in Mülheim Category:Sports competitions in North Rhine-Westphalia Category:2010s in North Rhine-Westphalia Category:International sports competitions hosted by Germany