2012 PDC World Cup of Darts

2012 PDC World Cup of Darts PDC World Cup of Darts logo (2010 & 2012).jpg 3–5 February 2012 Alsterdorfer Sporthalle Hamburg PDC Legs £150,000 £40,000 161 ENG Adrian Lewis (2x) ENG (Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis) 2010 2013 The 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts, known as the 2012 Cash Converters World Cup of Darts for sponsorship reasons, was the second edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which took place between 3–5 February 2012 at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany. The Netherlands were the defending champions after the pair of Raymond van Barneveld and Co Stompé defeated Wales, represented by Mark Webster and Barrie Bates in the final on 5 December 2010.World Cup Netzone (2010) https://web.archive.org/web/20101206081507/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCWorldCupArticle/0,,10180~2236322,00.html 2010-12-06 pdc.tv, complete results England (represented by Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis) won the tournament, beating Australia (represented by Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson) 4–3 in a sudden-death leg. Format 24 countries in the PDC Order of Merit at the end of 4 January after the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship were represented at the PDC World Cup of Darts, with 19 from the 2010 edition to return, and the five others replaced by the Philippines, Malaysia, South Africa, Croatia and Hungary. Each nation's top ranked player was joined by the second highest player of that country. For seeding the average rankings of the players was used, with the top 8 nations automatically starting in round 2 and the other 16 nations starting in round 1.2012 World Cup of Darts Information http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCWorldCupArticle/0,,10180~2538845,00.html PDC December 6, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120107151043/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCWorldCupArticle/0,,10180~2538845,00.html January 7, 2012 dead The round 1 matches were shortened from best of 11 to best of 9 legs in doubles compared to 2010. The winners of round 1 played one of the top eight ranked teams in round 2, and it used the same format as the group stage in 2010, except that the sets were increased from best of 5 to best of 7 legs for singles and best of 9 legs for doubles matches. Two singles matches and a doubles match, with 1 point awarded for a singles win and 2 points awarded for a doubles win. If the match score was 2–2 at the end of the match, then a sudden-death doubles leg decided who got through. The fixtures remained the same, the top ranked player in the country faced the second highest ranked player in the country. Another change have seen the winners of round 2 qualify for the quarter-finals, which replaced the group stage. The quarter-finals used the same format as round 2, except that the doubles matches were best of 7 legs. The semi-finals and final used the same format used in 2010, except that the sets were reduced from best of 11 to best of 7 and from best of 15 to best of 13 respectively. Prize money Cash Converters World Cup NetZone https://web.archive.org/web/20120205000853/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCWorldCupArticle/0,,10180~2596197,00.html 2012-02-05 pdc.tv, complete results Position (no. of teams) Prize money(Total: £150,000)Winners (1) £40,000Runners-Up (1) £20,000Semi-finalists (2) £13,000Quarter-finalists (4) £6,000Last 16  (second round) (8) £3,000Last 24  (first round) (8) £2,000 Teams and seeding Five teams made their debut in the 2012 World Cup. South Africa became the first African team to participate, they were joined by Croatia, Hungary, Malaysia and the Philippines. They replaced the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia.World Cup Competitors Confirmed http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCWorldCupArticle/0,,10180~2571309,00.html PDC January 9, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120421204558/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCWorldCupArticle/0,,10180~2571309,00.html 2012-04-21 dead Rank Country Top Two Ranked Players Start In 1 ENG Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis Round 2 2 AUS Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson 3 NLD Raymond van Barneveld and Vincent van der Voort 4 SCO Gary Anderson and Peter Wright 5 WAL Mark Webster and Richie Burnett 6 NIR Brendan Dolan and Mickey Mansell 7 BEL Kim Huybrechts and Kurt van de Rijck 8 GER Jyhan Artut and Bernd Roith 9 CAN John Part and Ken MacNeil Round 1 10 IRL William O'Connor and Mick McGowan 11 USA Darin Young and Gary Mawson 12 AUT Mensur Suljović and Dietmar Burger 13 SWE Magnus Caris and Dennis Nilsson 14 ESP Antonio Alcinas and Carlos Rodríguez 15 FIN Petri Korte and Marko Kantele 16 GIB Dylan Duo and Dyson Parody 17 DEN Per Laursen and Jann Hoffmann 18 HRV Boris Krčmar and Tonči Restović 19 RSA Devon Petersen and Shawn Hogan 20 JPN Haruki Muramatsu and Morihiro Hashimoto 21 NZL Warren French and Preston Ridd 22 PHI Christian Perez and Lourence Ilagan 23 MYS Lee Choon Peng and Amin Bin Abdul Ghani 24 HUN Nándor Bezzeg and Krisztián Kaufmann Main draw The bracket from the last 16 and the preliminary round matches were announced on 9 January 2012. The preliminary round teams were drawn against the seeded teams with pairings announced on 25 January 2012.Cash Converters Sponsor World Cup http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2587238,00.html PDC 25 January 2012 25 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120129083934/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2587238,00.html 29 January 2012 dead y 1/4/4/6/6 sets yes yes 1 25 18 First round(best of 9 legs)3 FebruaryCash Converters World Cup RD1 http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCWorldCupArticle/0,,10180~2598931,00.html PDC 3 February 2012 3 February 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120206031856/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCWorldCupArticle/0%2C%2C10180~2598931%2C00.html 6 February 2012 Second round(first to 3 points)3–4 FebruaryCash Converters World Cup RD2 Singles http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCWorldCupArticle/0,,10180~2599545,00.html PDC 3 February 2012 3 February 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120207033016/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCWorldCupArticle/0%2C%2C10180~2599545%2C00.html 7 February 2012 Cash Converters World Cup RD2 Doubles http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCWorldCupArticle/0,,10180~2600049,00.html PDC 4 February 2012 4 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120207033022/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCWorldCupArticle/0%2C%2C10180~2600049%2C00.html 2012-02-07 dead Quarter-finals(first to 3 points)4 FebruaryCash Converters World Cup QFs http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCWorldCupArticle/0,,10180~2600369,00.html PDC 4 February 2012 4 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120207033112/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCWorldCupArticle/0%2C%2C10180~2600369%2C00.html 2012-02-07 dead Semi-finals(first to 4 points)5 FebruaryCash Converters World Cup Semis http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCWorldCupArticle/0,,10180~2600806,00.html PDC 5 February 2012 5 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120208160408/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCWorldCupArticle/0%2C%2C10180~2600806%2C00.html 2012-02-08 dead Final(first to 4 points)5 FebruaryCash Converters World Cup Final http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCWorldCupArticle/0,,10180~2601035,00.html PDC 5 February 2012 5 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120208160429/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCWorldCupArticle/0%2C%2C10180~2601035%2C00.html 2012-02-08 dead 160 9 CAN 67.85 5 24 HUN 70.23 3 11 USA 87.79 5 22 PHI 77.24 3 15 FIN 75.84 4 18 CRO 77.30 5 14 ESP 77.85 2 19 RSA 86.97 5 10 IRL 88.35 5 23 MYS 76.75 2 13 SWE 89.47 5 20 JPN 79.88 2 16 GIB 75.84 4 17 DEN 77.12 5 12 AUT 80.21 5 21 NZL 68.03 2 1 ENG 92.03 3 3 5 1S S 3 9 CAN 84.82 4 4 3 0 2 8 GER 86.05 4 2 4 1 11 USA 85.99 3 4 5 3 5 WAL 95.85 4 4 5 4 18 CRO 85.20 0 3 1 0 4 SCO 91.87 4 4 3 0 2 19 RSA 88.02 3 1 5 1S S 3 2 AUS 88.78 4 4 5 4 10 IRL 76.91 1 1 2 0 7 BEL 86.40 4 2 5 3 13 SWE 81.59 2 4 2 1 6 NIR 82.19 3 4 5 3 17 DEN 77.45 4 1 4 1 3 NLD 88.33 4 3 5 3 12 AUT 87.48 3 4 2 1 1 ENG 88.87 3 4 4 3 11 USA 86.56 4 3 2 1 5 WAL 94.87 4 3 4 3 19 RSA 91.69 0 4 3 1 2 AUS 97.42 4 2 4 3 7 BEL 93.87 0 4 2 1 6 NIR 89.02 3 2 3 0 3 NLD 92.63 4 4 4 4 1 ENG 97.57 1 4 4 4 4 5 5 WAL 90.62 4 0 1 3 2 1 2 AUS 91.30 4 0 4 4 4 5 3 NLD 85.53 3 4 2 2 0 1 1 ENG 94.99 7 7 7 4 4 1S S 4 2 AUS 90.74 4 5 6 7 7 0 3 S S If the score was tied after the doubles match (worth 2 points), a sudden death doubles leg was played to progress. Results Second round The singles matches (which were best of 7 legs) took place in the evening session on 3 February, with the doubles matches (which were best of 9 legs) taking place in the afternoon session on 4 February. CountryPointsCountry 90.50 NIR (6) 3 – 1 DEN (17) 84.25Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 77.66 Brendan Dolan 3 – 4 Jann Hoffmann 81.66 85.00 Mickey Mansell 4 – 1 Per Laursen 68.35 83.92 Dolan & Mansell 5 – 4 Hoffmann & Laursen 79.23 CountryPointsCountry 86.40 BEL (7) 3 – 1 SWE (13) 81.59Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 93.55 Kim Huybrechts 4 – 2 Dennis Nilsson 80.16 78.46 Kurt van de Rijck 2 – 4 Magnus Caris 81.66 87.08 Huybrechts & van de Rijck 5 – 2 Nilsson & Caris 77.92 CountryPointsCountry 88.78 AUS (2) 4 – 0 IRL (10) 76.91Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 89.73 Simon Whitlock 4 – 1 Mick McGowan 78.00 91.09 Paul Nicholson 4 – 1 William O'Connor 81.26 85.53 Whitlock & Nicholson 5 – 2 McGowan & O'Connor 71.47 CountryPointsCountry 95.85 WAL (5) 4 – 0 CRO (18) 85.20Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 91.09 Mark Webster 4 – 0 Tonči Restović 71.83 97.35 Richie Burnett 4 – 3 Boris Krčmar 89.26 97.28 Webster & Burnett 5 – 1 Restović & Krčmar 83.10 CountryPointsCountry 86.05 GER (8) 1 – 3 USA (11) 85.99Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 83.79 Jyhan Artut 4 – 3 Gary Mawson 82.40 79.29 Bernd Roith 2 – 4 Darin Young 81.66 92.32 Artut & Roith 4 – 5 Mawson & Young 90.65 CountryPointsCountry 91.87 SCO (2) 2 – 3 RSA (19) 88.02Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 91.29 Gary Anderson 4 – 3 Shawn Hogan 84.85 94.20 Peter Wright 4 – 1 Devon Petersen 86.41 90.13 Anderson & Wright 3 – 5 Hogan & Petersen 91.81 Hogan & Petersen won the sudden death doubles leg to progress to the quarter-finals. CountryPointsCountry 92.03 ENG (1) 3 – 2 CAN (9) 84.82Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 92.28 Phil Taylor 3 – 4 Ken MacNeil 90.46 93.40 Adrian Lewis 3 – 4 John Part 86.50 90.42 Taylor & Lewis 5 – 3 MacNeil & Part 77.51 Taylor & Lewis won the sudden death doubles leg to progress to the quarter-finals. CountryPointsCountry 88.33 NED (3) 3 – 1 AUT (12) 87.48Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 87.86 Raymond van Barneveld 4 – 3 Dietmar Burger 88.78 87.86 Vincent van der Voort 3 – 4 Mensur Suljović 90.28 89.27 van Barneveld & van der Voort 5 – 2 Burger & Suljović 83.38 Quarter-finals All matches (which were best of 7 legs) took place in the evening session on 4 February. CountryPointsCountry 97.42 AUS (2) 3 – 1 BEL (7) 93.87Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 93.93 Simon Whitlock 4 – 0 Kurt van de Rijck 80.46 94.98 Paul Nicholson 2 – 4 Kim Huybrechts 98.10 102.18 Whitlock & Nicholson 4 – 2 van de Rijck & Huybrechts 98.58 CountryPointsCountry 94.87 WAL (5) 3 – 1 RSA (19) 91.69Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 98.55 Mark Webster 4 – 0 Shawn Hogan 71.04 99.81 Richie Burnett 3 – 4 Devon Petersen 101.52 86.22 Webster & Burnett 4 – 3 Hogan & Petersen 93.65 CountryPointsCountry 88.87 ENG (1) 3 – 1 USA (11) 86.56Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 97.26 Phil Taylor 3 – 4 Gary Mawson 91.41 83.49 Adrian Lewis 4 – 3 Darin Young 87.21 85.83 Taylor & Lewis 4 – 2 Mawson & Young 83.37 CountryPointsCountry 89.02 NIR (6) 0 – 4 NED (3) 92.63Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 80.10 Brendan Dolan 3 – 4 Vincent van der Voort 90.09 98.28 Mickey Mansell 2 – 4 Raymond van Barneveld 101.40 88.68 Dolan & Mansell 3 – 4 van der Voort & van Barneveld 86.40 Semi-finals All matches (which were best of 7 legs) took place in the afternoon session on 5 February. Four points were needed to win the tie. CountryPointsCountry 91.30 AUS (2) 5 – 1 NED (3) 85.53Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 94.62 Simon Whitlock 4 – 3 Vincent van der Voort 87.27 83.79 Paul Nicholson 0 – 4 Raymond van Barneveld 100.20 95.34 Simon Whitlock 4 – 2 Raymond van Barneveld 91.44 89.40 Paul Nicholson 4 – 2 Vincent van der Voort 74.82 89.73 Whitlock & Nicholson 4 – 0 van der Voort & van Barneveld 73.92 CountryPointsCountry 89.02 ENG (1) 5 – 1 WAL (5) 92.63Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 95.28 Phil Taylor 1 – 4 Richie Burnett 108.93 105.48 Adrian Lewis 4 – 0 Mark Webster 82.86 96.51 Phil Taylor 4 – 1 Mark Webster 86.46 93.00 Adrian Lewis 4 – 3 Richie Burnett 87.63 97.59 Taylor & Lewis 4 – 2 Burnett & Webster 87.24 Final All matches (which were best of 13 legs) took place in the evening session on 5 February. Four points were needed to win the title. CountryPointsCountry 94.99 ENG (1) 4 – 3 AUS (2) 90.74Player(s)LegsPlayer(s) 97.20 Phil Taylor 7 – 4 Paul Nicholson 89.55 93.69 Adrian Lewis 7 – 5 Simon Whitlock 91.80 105.93 Phil Taylor 7 – 6 Simon Whitlock 97.86 84.69 Adrian Lewis 4 – 7 Paul Nicholson 82.23 91.59 Taylor & Lewis 4 – 7 Nicholson & Whitlock 91.68 *Taylor & Lewis won the sudden death doubles leg to win the tournament. Television coverage The tournament was broadcast by Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland, RTL 7 in the Netherlands, Fox Sports in Australia and OSN Showtime Network in the Middle East and North Africa.World Cup of Darts Preview http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCWorldCupArticle/0,,10180~2597789,00.html Planet Darts February 2, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120205000859/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCWorldCupArticle/0,,10180~2597789,00.html February 5, 2012 dead References 30em External links Official website 2012 PDC World Cup PDC World Cup of Darts Category:Sports competitions in Hamburg Category:Darts in Germany Category:2010s in Hamburg Category:International sports competitions hosted by Germany