2012 PDC World Darts Championship
The Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship were held on 15 December 2011 to 2 January 2012 its 19th edition of the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place for the fifth time the Alexandra Palace in London. Defending champion Adrian Lewis took the title in the final against Andy Hamilton 7-3.
The tournament was played in the set system, each set it goes Best of five legs.
On German television sports transferred 1, the PDC World Darts Championship live. The pay- TV channel Sport 1 showed the games live and in full.
Prizes
A total of £ 1,000,000 was paid out in prize money.
Qualification
For the PDC World Darts Championship 2012, the following 72 players were qualified:
- The 32 top-ranked players in the Order of Merit
- The 16 top-ranked players in the Players Championship Order of Merit who are not already eligible on the Order of Merit
- The four top-ranked players in the European Order of Merit not already qualified via one of the two aforementioned rankings
- 17 international qualifiers
- The highest-ranked player in the PDC Youth Tour Order of Merit, which is not already qualified through one of the first three rankings
- The winner and the finalist of a qualifying tournament, which was organized by the Professional Darts Players Association ( PDPA )
Seedings
Preliminary round
14 international qualifiers, the best-placed of the PDC Youth Tour Order of Merit (Paul Barham ) and a finalist in the qualifying tournament of the PDPA (Joe Cullen ) denied a preliminary round match.
Mode was here Best of seven legs.
The number after the player's name indicates the average score with three darts thrown to (3- dart average).
Tournament schedule
First round to quarter-finals
Upper half of 1
Upper half 2
Lower half 1
Lower half 2
1 Denis Ovens was after the first set due to injury to