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events on the

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. The tournament took place at the Arena Nova in

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near

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, from 27–29 April 2012. It featured a field of 64 players and £82,100 in prize money, with £15,000 going to the winner.

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won the title, by defeating James Wade 6–3 in the final. Michael Smith and

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both threw nine-dart finishes during the tournament.

Prize money

Qualification

The top 32 players from th
PDC Order of Merit
automatically qualified for the event. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 13 April), eight from the European Qualifier (held in

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on 7 April) and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held in Eisenstadt on 31 March). 1–32 UK Qualifier * Mick Todd ''(first round)'' *

Mark Dudbridge Mark "Flash" Dudbridge (born 11 January 1973) is an English professional darts player. He appeared in the 2005 Premier League Darts after reaching the final of the 2005 PDC World Darts Championship. He also is a former World Master and has rea ...

''(second round)'' * Scott Rand ''(first round)'' * Johnny Haines ''(first round)'' * Gaz Cousins ''(second round)'' * Prakash Jiwa ''(first round)'' * Steve Evans ''(second round)'' * Jim Walker ''(second round)'' * Ian White ''(first round)'' * William O'Connor ''(first round)'' * Joe Cullen ''(quarter-finals)'' * John Scott ''(first round)'' * James Richardson ''(quarter-finals)'' *

Dean Winstanley Dean Winstanley (born 10 February 1981) is an English professional darts player. He first took up darts as a two-year-old, stopped playing at the age of 12, and then started playing again when he was 22. He turned professional in 2008 and won ...

''(third round)'' * Michael Smith ''(second round)'' * Brian Woods ''(first round)'' * Ross Smith ''(first round)'' *

Richie Howson Richard Howson (born 19 December 1965) is an English professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Career In 2011, he played in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournament World Masters where he beat Scott Mitc ...

''(first round)'' *

Arron Monk Arron Monk (born 15 April 1990) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is the son of fellow former professional darts player and the 1996 Winmau World Masters winner Colin Monk. ...

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Darren Webster Darren Michael Webster (born 10 June 1968) is an English darts player nicknamed Demolition Man. Career Webster won the 2005 Open Oust Nederland, beating Co Stompé in the final. Originally nicknamed The Sniper, Webster reached the quarter-fina ...

''(first round)'' European Qualifier *

Gino Vos Gino Vos (born 6 July 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player. Career Vos first came to prominence as an 18-year-old in the 2008 Czech Open, getting to the final before losing to Dave Prins 6–4. His next major success came in the 2009 Wo ...

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Mareno Michels Mareno Michels (born 23 October 1984) is a Dutch darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career BDO Michels made three quarter final appearances in the BDO Open events in 2005, doing so in the Welsh Open, Eng ...

''(first round)'' * Roland Scholten ''(first round)'' *

Kim Huybrechts Kim Huybrechts (born 16 November 1985) is a Belgian professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He made the final of a major TV event, the 2012 Players Championship Finals, losing to Phil Taylor 1 ...

''(third round)'' *

Michael van Gerwen Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2014, 2 ...

''(third round)'' *

Michael Rosenauer Michael "Mike" Rosenauer (born July 13, 1966) is a former professional German darts player who has played in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Rosenauer created controversy when he chose to play in the 2008 PDC World Darts ...

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Boris Krčmar Boris Krčmar (born 13 September 1979) is a Croatian professional steel-tip and soft-tip darts player who currently plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He dominated soft-tip darts for over decade and won more than 400 profe ...

''(first round)'' *

Jelle Klaasen Jelle Klaasen (born 17 October 1984), nicknamed The Cobra, is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. In 2006, he became the youngest darts player to win ...

''(first round)'' Host Nation Qualifier *

Mensur Suljović Mensur Suljović (Serbian Cyrillic: Менсур Суљовић; born 5 March 1972) is an Austrian professional darts player. He plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, having previously played in the British Darts Organisation (B ...

''(first round)'' * Zoran Lerchbacher ''(first round)'' * Dietmar Burger ''(first round)'' * Martin Kurecka ''(first round)''

Draw

References

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