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. However, he lost for the first time in the quarter-finals 6–10 to Brendan Dolan.
Simon Whitlock won his first major title, defeating Wes Newton 11–5 in the final.
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: Fourth placed Gary Anderson was banned from the event due to breaching the PDC's rules at the 2012 German Darts Championship.
PDC Top 16 Phil Taylor (quarter-finals) Adrian Lewis (first round) James Wade (first round) Wes Newton (runner-up) Andy Hamilton (quarter-finals) Simon Whitlock (champion) Terry Jenkins (first round) Mark Webster (first round) Raymond van Barneveld (quarter-finals) Justin Pipe (first round) Kevin Painter (second round) Dave Chisnall (second round) Ronnie Baxter (second round) Mark Walsh (first round) Paul Nicholson (first round) Vincent van der Voort (first round)Players Championship qualifiers Ian White (second round) Kim Huybrechts (semi-finals) Michael van Gerwen (second round) Colin Lloyd (quarter-finals) Richie Burnett (second round) Brendan Dolan (semi-finals) Andy Smith (first round) Mervyn King (first round)European qualifiers Magnus Caris (first round) Co Stompé (first round) Gino Vos (first round) Jerry Hendriks (second round) Mensur Suljović (first round) Andree Welge (second round) Michael Rosenauer (first round) Tomas Seyler (first round)
Draw and results The draw was held on 9 September 2012.
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"| Simon Whitlock |5 |48 |28 |15 |99 |52 |19 |167 |96.19 |- |align="left"| Wes Newton |5 |42 |32 |14 |88 |45 |28 |129 |94.78 |- |align="left"| Kim Huybrechts |4 |35 |28 |12 |74 |37 |20 |164 |93.76 |- |align="left"| Brendan Dolan |4 |35 |25 |11 |93 |37 |10 |106 |89.40 |- |align="left"| Raymond van Barneveld |3 |24 |20 |10 |57 |38 |11 |156 |103.37 |- |align="left"| Phil Taylor |3 |22 |20 |6 |49 |18 |6 |164 |93.31 |- |align="left"| Colin Lloyd |3 |23 |21 |12 |51 |41 |8 |164 |92.49 |- |align="left"| Andy Hamilton |3 |23 |18 |8 |52 |20 |8 |160 |91.08 |- |align="left"| Michael van Gerwen |2 |15 |15 |5 |37 |22 |10 |128 |102.19 |- |align="left"| Ian White |2 |11 |10 |5 |25 |16 |5 |104 |96.33 |- |align="left"| Richie Burnett |2 |14 |13 |7 |32 |22 |8 |130 |93.39 |- |align="left"| Kevin Painter |2 |11 |14 |4 |38 |15 |4 |134 |92.44 |- |align="left"| Ronnie Baxter |2 |14 |11 |5 |30 |21 |6 |138 |89.93 |- |align="left"| Andree Welge |2 |11 |14 |3 |34 |18 |0 |130 |89.19 |- |align="left"| Jerry Hendriks |2 |13 |12 |4 |31 |17 |5 |142 |89.05 |- |align="left"| Dave Chisnall |2 |11 |13 |4 |36 |11 |6 |167 |87.67 |- |align="left"| Andy Smith |1 |5 |6 |1 |10 |12 |3 |98 |95.68 |- |align="left"| Mervyn King |1 |4 |6 |1 |9 |9 |2 |84 |96.49 |- |align="left"| Mark Webster |1 |4 |6 |1 |12 |5 |3 |84 |91.35 |- |align="left"| Vincent van der Voort |1 |4 |6 |1 |11 |8 |1 |80 |89.96 |- |align="left"| Justin Pipe |1 |3 |6 |1 |11 |12 |1 |130 |96.48 |- |align="left"| James Wade |1 |3 |6 |3 |7 |8 |3 |120 |93.44 |- |align="left"| Co Stompé |1 |3 |6 |1 |12 |8 |0 |88 |90.13 |- |align="left"| Magnus Caris |1 |3 |6 |1 |13 |9 |0 |38 |90.00 |- |align="left"| Gino Vos |1 |3 |6 |1 |11 |6 |1 |56 |77.75 |- |align="left"| Mark Walsh |1 |2 |6 |0 |10 |4 |1 |80 |84.55 |- |align="left"| Mensur Suljović |1 |2 |6 |1 |8 |6 |0 |46 |81.09 |- |align="left"| Terry Jenkins |1 |1 |6 |0 |10 |6 |1 |26 |92.13 |- |align="left"| Michael Rosenauer |1 |1 |6 |0 |4 |2 |3 |59 |80.51 |- |align="left"| Adrian Lewis |1 |0 |6 |0 |5 |8 |3 |– |90.67 |- |align="left"| Tomas Seyler |1 |0 |6 |0 |8 |6 |0 |– |88.19 |- |align="left"| Paul Nicholson |1 |0 |6 |0 |8 |3 |0 |– |83.03
Broadcasts The tournament was broadcast in the UK on ESPN.
References
External links European Championship page on the PDC's official website