2012 World Grand Prix (darts)

2012 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix 8–14 October 2012 Citywest Hotel Dublin, Ireland Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Sets"double in, double out" £350,000 £100,000 170 Adrian Lewis Brendan Dolan Michael van Gerwen NED 2011 2013 The 2012 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix was the fifteenth staging of the World Grand Prix. It was played from 8 to 14 October 2012 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. Phil Taylor was the defending champion, but he lost 2–3 to Robert Thornton in the second round.http://www1.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/8155865/Phil-Taylor-knocked-out-of-World-Grand-Prix-in-Dublin-by-Robert-Thornton Phil Taylor knocked out of World Grand Prix in Dublin by Robert Thornton Sky Sports 13 October 2012 The final was won by Michael van Gerwen, who won his first major title by defeating Mervyn King 6–4. Prize money The total prize fund is £350,000. The following is the breakdown of the fund: Position (num. of players) Prize money(Total: £350,000)Winner (1) £100,000Runner-Up (1) £40,000Semi-finalists (2) £20,000Quarter-finalists (4) £12,500Second round losers (8) £7,000First round losers (16) £4,000 Qualification The field of 32 players were made up from the top 16 in the PDC Order of Merit on September 16. The remaining 16 places went to the top 14 non-qualified players from the ProTour Order of Merit and then to the top 2 non-qualified residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland from the 2012 ProTour Order of Merit.World Grand Prix Field Finalised http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2920775,00.html PDC 18 September 2012 16 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120920231753/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2920775,00.html 20 September 2012 dead PDC Top 16 ENG Phil Taylor (second round) ENG Adrian Lewis (second round) ENG James Wade (first round) SCO Gary Anderson (first round) ENG Wes Newton (semi-finals) ENG Andy Hamilton (quarter-finals) AUS Simon Whitlock (first round) ENG Terry Jenkins (first round) WAL Mark Webster (first round) NED Raymond van Barneveld (first round) ENG Justin Pipe (quarter-finals) ENG Kevin Painter (second round) ENG Dave Chisnall (second round) ENG Ronnie Baxter (first round) ENG Mark Walsh (first round) AUS Paul Nicholson (quarter-finals)PDPA Players Championship qualifiers NED Michael van Gerwen (winner) ENG Ian White (second round) BEL Kim Huybrechts (first round) ENG Colin Lloyd (first round) WAL Richie Burnett (first round) ENG Mervyn King (runner-up) ENG Andy Smith (first round) NIR Brendan Dolan (semi-finals) SCO Robert Thornton (quarter-finals) NED Vincent van der Voort (second round) ENG Michael Smith (first round) ENG Colin Osborne (second round) ENG Dean Winstanley (first round) ENG Steve Beaton (second round)Irish qualifiers NIR Mickey Mansell (first round) IRL William O'Connor (first round) Draw The draw was made on 23 September 2012.PartyPoker.com WGP Draw http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1h0lagvvfhkgb116xoe9xbo5aj/title/partypokercom-wgp-draw PDC 23 September 2012 10 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064457/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1h0lagvvfhkgb116xoe9xbo5aj/title/partypokercom-wgp-draw 4 March 2016 dead dmy-allhttp://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/FixtureList.aspx?EventKey=3834 2012 World Grand Prix Fixtures Darts Database 6 October 2012 The distance in the quarter-finals were reduced from best of 7 sets to best of 5 sets to end the night earlier. First round (best of 3 sets)8–9 OctoberPartyPoker.com WGP - Monday http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2943517,00.html PDC 9 October 2012 8 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121010091433/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2943517,00.html 2012-10-10 deadhttp://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2943684,00.html PartyPoker.com WGP - Tuesday PDC 10 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121012002343/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2943684,00.html 2012-10-12 dead Second round (best of 5 sets)10–11 OctoberPartyPoker.com WGP - Wednesday http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/buoe2q63tbmd13b427dasr8nk/title/partypokercom-wgp---wednesday PDC 10 October 2012 10 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065813/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/buoe2q63tbmd13b427dasr8nk/title/partypokercom-wgp---wednesday 4 March 2016 dead dmy-allPartyPoker.com WGP - Thursday http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/50o8edene1le1owybmuo8r5z2/title/partypokercom-wgp---thursday PDC 11 October 2012 10 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222102/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/50o8edene1le1owybmuo8r5z2/title/partypokercom-wgp---thursday 3 March 2016 dead dmy-all Quarter-finals (best of 5 sets)12 OctoberPartyPoker.com WGP Quarter-finals http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1rsa6y6l6a3gx13xfrsoci7sjn/title/partypokercom-wgp-quarter-finals PDC 12 October 2012 10 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110807/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1rsa6y6l6a3gx13xfrsoci7sjn/title/partypokercom-wgp-quarter-finals 4 March 2016 dead dmy-all Semi-finals (best of 9 sets)13 OctoberPartyPoker.com WGP Semi-finals http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1go0nkzs1u7sq12i6xyf208abk/title/partypokercom-wgp-semi-finals PDC 13 October 2012 10 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222016/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1go0nkzs1u7sq12i6xyf208abk/title/partypokercom-wgp-semi-finals 3 March 2016 dead dmy-all Final (best of 11 sets)14 OctoberDublin Glory For Comeback Kid! http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/odffhrjrjz3h1c5tfu4p7d993/title/dublin-glory-for-comeback-kid PDC 14 October 2012 10 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035635/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/odffhrjrjz3h1c5tfu4p7d993/title/dublin-glory-for-comeback-kid 4 March 2016 dead dmy-all 200 1 ENG Phil Taylor 100.73 2 ENG Michael Smith 91.91 0   ENG Mark Walsh 78.55 1 SCO Robert Thornton 94.60 2 8 ENG Terry Jenkins 85.34 1 ENG Mervyn King 85.14 2   ENG Dean Winstanley 79.87 1 ENG Dave Chisnall 86.23 2 5 AUS Simon Whitlock 87.69 1 ENG Justin Pipe 81.37 2   ENG Kevin Painter 83.50 2 BEL Kim Huybrechts 76.37 0 4 SCO Gary Anderson 86.82 0 NIR Brendan Dolan 84.97 2   NED Vincent van der Voort 76.46 2 IRL William O'Connor 78.94 1 2 ENG Adrian Lewis 79.73 2 WAL Richie Burnett 74.82 1   NED Michael van Gerwen 88.80 2 ENG Colin Lloyd 86.11 1 7 ENG Andy Hamilton 84.92 2 WAL Mark Webster 77.31 0   ENG Andy Smith 83.80 0 ENG Steve Beaton 94.49 2 6 ENG Wes Newton 89.55 2 ENG Ronnie Baxter 85.28 1   NED Raymond van Barneveld 73.79 0 ENG Ian White 87.33 2 3 ENG James Wade 74.01 1 ENG Colin Osborne 76.91 2   NIR Mickey Mansell 64.48 0 AUS Paul Nicholson 86.91 2 1 ENG Phil Taylor 95.71 2 SCO Robert Thornton 96.67 3   ENG Mervyn King 93.89 3 ENG Dave Chisnall 92.53 1   ENG Justin Pipe 81.85 3 ENG Kevin Painter 84.71 2   NIR Brendan Dolan 89.68 3 NED Vincent van der Voort 84.55 1 2 ENG Adrian Lewis 80.37 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 85.60 3 7 ENG Andy Hamilton 93.25 3 ENG Steve Beaton 88.23 2 6 ENG Wes Newton 82.39 3 ENG Ian White 87.30 1   ENG Colin Osborne 82.58 1 AUS Paul Nicholson 83.67 3   SCO Robert Thornton 91.25 0 ENG Mervyn King 84.67 3   ENG Justin Pipe 87.07 1 NIR Brendan Dolan 85.53 3 NED Michael van Gerwen 85.22 3 7 ENG Andy Hamilton 83.67 2 6 ENG Wes Newton 75.60 3 AUS Paul Nicholson 82.79 2   ENG Mervyn King 88.60 5 NIR Brendan Dolan 83.53 2 NED Michael van Gerwen 95.04 5 6 ENG Wes Newton 82.33 1   ENG Mervyn King 81.96 4 NED Michael van Gerwen 87.53 6 Television coverage and sponsorship The tournament was screened by Sky Sports in high definition. PartyPoker.com sponsored the event for the second time. References 2 External links Official website PDC Netzone; results, fixtures, reports Category:World Grand Prix (darts) Category:2010s in Dublin (city) Category:International sports competitions in Dublin (city) World Grand Prix Category:October 2012 sports events in Ireland