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) 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.
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 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. Rank Country Top Two Ranked Players Start In 1 Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis Round 2 2 Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson 3 Raymond van Barneveld and Vincent van der Voort 4 Gary Anderson and Peter Wright 5 Mark Webster and Richie Burnett 6 Brendan Dolan and Mickey Mansell 7 Kim Huybrechts and Kurt van de Rijck 8 Jyhan Artut and Bernd Roith 9 John Part and Ken MacNeil Round 1 10 William O'Connor and Mick McGowan 11 Darin Young and Gary Mawson 12 Mensur Suljović and Dietmar Burger 13 Magnus Caris and Dennis Nilsson 14 Antonio Alcinas and Carlos Rodríguez 15 Petri Korte and Marko Kantele 16 Dylan Duo and Dyson Parody 17 Per Laursen and Jann Hoffmann 18 Boris Krčmar and Tonči Restović 19 Devon Petersen and Shawn Hogan 20 Haruki Muramatsu and Morihiro Hashimoto 21 Warren French and Preston Ridd 22 Christian Perez and Lourence Ilagan 23 Lee Choon Peng and Amin Bin Abdul Ghani 24 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.
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 (6) 3 – 1 (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 (7) 3 – 1 (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 (2) 4 – 0 (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 (5) 4 – 0 (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 (8) 1 – 3 (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 (2) 2 – 3 (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 (1) 3 – 2 (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 (3) 3 – 1 (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 (2) 3 – 1 (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 (5) 3 – 1 (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 (1) 3 – 1 (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 (6) 0 – 4 (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 (2) 5 – 1 (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 (1) 5 – 1 (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 (1) 4 – 3 (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
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.
References
External links Official website