The 2012 Austrian Darts Open was the first of five PDC European Tour events on the

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. The tournament took place at the

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in Wiener Neustadt near Vienna, Austria, 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. Justin Pipe won the title, by defeating

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6–3 in the final. Michael Smith and Simon Whitlock both threw

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es 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

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on 13 April), eight from the European Qualifier (held in Cologne on 7 April) and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held in

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on 31 March). 1–32 UK Qualifier *

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''(first round)'' * Mark Dudbridge ''(second round)'' * Scott Rand ''(first round)'' *

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''(first round)'' * Gaz Cousins ''(second round)'' *

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''(first round)'' * Steve Evans ''(second round)'' * Jim Walker ''(second round)'' * Ian White ''(first round)'' * William O'Connor ''(first round)'' * Joe Cullen ''(quarter-finals)'' *

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''(first round)'' * James Richardson ''(quarter-finals)'' * Dean Winstanley ''(third round)'' * Michael Smith ''(second round)'' * Brian Woods ''(first round)'' * Ross Smith ''(first round)'' * Richie Howson ''(first round)'' * Arron Monk ''(first round)'' * Darren Webster ''(first round)'' European Qualifier * Gino Vos ''(second round)'' * Mareno Michels ''(first round)'' *

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''(first round)'' * Kim Huybrechts ''(third round)'' * Michael van Gerwen ''(third round)'' * Michael Rosenauer ''(first round)'' * Boris Krčmar ''(first round)'' * Jelle Klaasen ''(first round)'' Host Nation Qualifier * Mensur Suljović ''(first round)'' * Zoran Lerchbacher ''(first round)'' *

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''(first round)'' *

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''(first round)''

Draw

References

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