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The 2012 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 19th
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organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the
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. The event took place at the Alexandra Palace between 15 December 2011 and 2 January 2012.
Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis (born 21 January 1985) is an English professional darts player currently playing in the PDC. He is a two-time PDC World Darts Champion, winning in 2011 and 2012. He is nicknamed Jackpot, as he won a jackpot gambling in Las Vegas ...
was the defending champion having won the 2011 tournament. Phil Taylor became the last remaining player to have played in every PDC World Championship, after
Dennis Priestley Dennis Priestley (born 16 July 1950) is an English former professional darts player. He has won two world championships, and was the first player to win both the BDO and WDC (now PDC) world championships, in 1991 and 1994 respectively. He is ...
failed to qualify. For the first time players from
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qualified. Lewis was able to defend his title against
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in the final with a 7–3 win.
Sid Waddell Sid Waddell (10 August 1940 – 11 August 2012) was an English sports commentator and television personality. He was nicknamed the 'Voice of Darts' due to his fame as a darts commentator, and worked for Granada, Yorkshire, BBC and Sky Sports. D ...
, having commentated on the BDO World Championship from 1978 to 1994 for the
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and on the PDC World Championship from 1995 to 2011 for
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, was forced to miss the 2012 PDC World Championship, having been diagnosed with
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in September 2011. He died in August 2012.


Format and qualifiers

The televised stages features 72 players. The top 32 players in the
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on 28 November 2011 are seeded for the tournament. They will be joined by the 16 highest non qualified players in the Players Championship Order of Merit from events played on the
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. These 48 players are joined by two PDPA qualifiers (to be determined at a PDPA Qualifying event to be held in
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on 28 November 2011), the winner of the PDC Youth Tour Order of Merit, and 21 international players: the 4 highest names in the European Order of Merit not already qualified, and 17 further international qualifiers to be determined by the PDC and PDPA. Some of the international players, such as the 4 from the European Order of Merit, and the top American and Australian players are entered straight into the first round, while others, having won qualifying events in their countries, are entered into the preliminary round. Order of Merit Pro Tour #
Dave Chisnall Dave Chisnall (born 12 September 1980) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He began his career in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and was the runner-up in their World Champion ...
# Mark Hylton # Scott Rand # Richie Burnett #
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 ...
# John Henderson # Nigel Heydon # Roland Scholten # Steve Farmer #
Magnus Caris Magnus Caris (born 15 November 1968) is a Swedish former professional darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. BDO career Caris made seven BDO World Darts Championship appea ...
# James Richardson # Dennis Smith #
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 ...
# Michael Smith #
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 ...
# Ian White European Order of Merit
''First Round Qualifiers'' *
Antonio Alcinas Antonio Alcinas Estelrich (born 7 April 1979) is a Spanish darts player playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Alcinas started competing in PDC Europe events in 2010. After reaching the quarter-finals of a Players Champ ...
*
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 ...
* Jyhan Artut * Kurt van de Rijck PDPA Qualifiers
''First Round Qualifier'' *
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. ...
''Preliminary Round Qualifier'' * Joe Cullen PDC Youth Tour Qualifier
''Preliminary Round Qualifier'' *
Paul Barham Paul Barham (born 29 April 1989 from Basildon, Essex) is a former English professional darts player who played in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Barham won three PDC Youth Tour events in 2011, and finished second in ...
International Qualifiers
''First Round Qualifiers'' *
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*
Sean Reed Sean Reed (born 28 June 1965) is an English-born Australian former professional darts player. Career Reed started playing darts at the age of 29. At the time, he was living in Japan, where he was working as an English language teacher. During ...
* Geoff Kime ''Preliminary Round Qualifiers'' * Dietmar Burger * Oliver Ferenc *
Connie Finnan Connie Finnan (born 20 May 1962) is a former Irish professional darts player. Career BDO In September 2009, Finnan qualified for the televised stages of the World Masters. He defeated Darryl Fitton 3–1 in the last 16 before losing 3–0 ...
* Warren French * Petri Korte *
Per Laursen Per Laursen (born 16 April 1966) is a Danish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments. BDO career Laursen reached the final of the WDF World Cup in both singl ...
*
Lee Choon Peng Lee Choon Peng is a professional darts player. Darts career Lee qualified for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship, where he lost 2–4 in the preliminary round to Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is ...
* Scott MacKenzie * Kevin Münch * Haruki Muramatsu *
Dennis Nilsson Dennis Nilsson (born 21 March 1976) is a Swedish darts player and former strongman. Career Nilsson qualified for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship, where he lost 4–2 to Japan's Haruki Muramatsu in the preliminary round. He represented S ...
*
José de Sousa José Augusto Oliveira de Sousa (born 12 February 1974) is a Portuguese professional darts player. He is based in Tarragona and represented Spain at the 2011 WDF World Cup, but played for the Portuguese team afterwards at the PDC. He won his ...
* Ian Perez * Devon Petersen In case a player has to withdraw from the competition, the first reserve player that will take his spot is the third-place finisher in the PDPA qualifier, Chris Thompson. It is the first time a match for third place was held at the qualifier.


Prize money

The 2012 World Championship features a prize fund of £1,000,000 – the same as in the previous two years. The prize money is allocated as follows:


Draw

The draw was made on 29 November 2011, live on
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by Rod Harrington & Keith Deller.


Preliminary round

The format is best of 7 legs. One match is played each day with the winner playing his first round match that same day. The draw for the preliminary round was held on 28 November 2011.


Last 64

The winners of the eight preliminary round matches joined 56 other players in the first round. The schedule was published on 2 December 2011. :1 Denis Ovens had to retire due to an injured nerve in his back after the first set. Münch had won the first set 3–0.


Final


Statistics

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Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis (born 21 January 1985) is an English professional darts player currently playing in the PDC. He is a two-time PDC World Darts Champion, winning in 2011 and 2012. He is nicknamed Jackpot, as he won a jackpot gambling in Las Vegas ...
, Winner , 6 , 29 , 15 , 105 , 78 , 215 , 121 , 50 , 170 , 94.93 , - , align="left",
Andy Hamilton Andrew Neil Hamilton (born 28 May 1954) is a British comedian, game show panellist, television director, comedy screenwriter, radio dramatist, novelist and actor. Early life and education Hamilton was born in Fulham, southwest London. He ...
, Runner-up , 6 , 25 , 19 , 100 , 83 , 224 , 101 , 47 , 147 , 96.74 , - , align="left",
Simon Whitlock Simon Whitlock (born 3 March 1969) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments, having also played in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) between 2004 and 2009. He uses the nickname ...
, Semi-final , 5 , 21 , 11 , 76 , 53 , 161 , 90 , 44 , 170 , 98.15 , - , align="left", James Wade , Semi-final , 5 , 21 , 11 , 76 , 55 , 204 , 100 , 20 , 157 , 93.60 , - , align="left",
Terry Jenkins Terry Jenkins (born 26 September 1963) is an English former professional darts player who was nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the name "Tucker" for his matches. He reached number three in the world rankings and was a runner-up in nin ...
, Quarter-final , 4 , 14 , 7 , 49 , 36 , 101 , 77 , 20 , 126 , 96.17 , - , align="left", Gary Anderson , Quarter-final , 4 , 12 , 10 , 53 , 45 , 113 , 67 , 35 , 151 , 95.87 , - , align="left",
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 ...
, Quarter-final , 4 , 13 , 7 , 46 , 33 , 95 , 57 , 16 , 128 , 92.63 , - , align="left",
John Part John Part (born June 29, 1966) is a Canadian former professional darts player and current commentator. Nicknamed Darth Maple, he is a three-times World Champion, having won the 1994 BDO World Darts Championship on his world championship debut, a ...
, Quarter-final , 4 , 15 , 8 , 45 , 44 , 108 , 65 , 17 , 167 , 91.40 , - , align="left",
Dave Chisnall Dave Chisnall (born 12 September 1980) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He began his career in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and was the runner-up in their World Champion ...
, Third round , 3 , 7 , 5 , 28 , 25 , 61 , 36 , 16 , 127 , 95.97 , - , align="left",
Kevin Painter Kevin Painter (born 12 July 1967) is an English retired darts player, known as "The Artist". He is arguably most famous for finishing as the runner-up to Phil Taylor in the 2004 PDC World Championship final, now widely credited as one of the ...
, Third round , 3 , 9 , 8 , 41 , 35 , 98 , 56 , 16 , 134 , 94.07 , - , align="left", Paul Nicholson , Third round , 3 , 8 , 5 , 29 , 23 , 64 , 46 , 10 , 170 , 93.69 , - , align="left", Wayne Jones , Third round , 3 , 7 , 5 , 26 , 21 , 74 , 33 , 14 , 116 , 93.05 , - , align="left",
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 , 3 , 10 , 6 , 31 , 25 , 71 , 42 , 14 , 158 , 92.62 , - , align="left",
Justin Pipe Justin Pipe (born 9 November 1971) is an English former professional darts player who has played in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was a former top 10 player. Playing career Pipe was a boxer in his youth, and, as a staunc ...
, Third round , 3 , 8 , 8 , 34 , 34 , 89 , 52 , 13 , 121 , 92.38 , - , align="left", Colin Lloyd , Third round , 3 , 8 , 6 , 29 , 29 , 72 , 28 , 13 , 167 , 91.03 , - , align="left", Steve Farmer , Third round , 3 , 7 , 8 , 32 , 32 , 81 , 34 , 12 , 102 , 87.24 , - , align="left", Phil Taylor , Second round , 2 , 4 , 4 , 19 , 17 , 46 , 23 , 5 , 98 , 100.15 , - , align="left", Mervyn King , Second round , 2 , 4 , 4 , 19 , 12 , 38 , 25 , 12 , 132 , 98.47 , - , align="left", Richie Burnett , Second round , 2 , 4 , 6 , 18 , 23 , 51 , 30 , 16 , 136 , 94.78 , - , align="left",
Vincent van der Voort Vincent van der Voort (born 18 December 1975) is a Dutch professional darts player on the PDC circuit. As of the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship, his nickname is the "Dutch Destroyer", although he used to go by "Grease Lightning". He is bes ...
, Second round , 2 , 6 , 6 , 27 , 24 , 70 , 27 , 15 , 148 , 94.68 , - , align="left", Scott Rand , Second round , 2 , 4 , 4 , 18 , 14 , 29 , 21 , 7 , 140 , 93.75 , - , align="left", Robert Thornton , Second round , 2 , 5 , 5 , 19 , 23 , 65 , 29 , 8 , 121 , 93.18 , - , align="left", Mark Walsh , Second round , 2 , 6 , 5 , 22 , 23 , 56 , 36 , 8 , 96 , 92.69 , - , align="left",
Wes Newton Wesley Newton (born 27 August 1977) is an English professional darts player. Darts career Newton's first PDC major was the 2003 UK Open where he lost 8–6 to Mark Thomson in the last 32. He was beaten in the semi-finals of the Eastbourne Ope ...
, Second round , 2 , 6 , 4 , 24 , 22 , 57 , 29 , 8 , 170 , 91.98 , - , align="left", Devon Petersen , Second round , 3 , 5 , 6 , 27 , 29 , 64 , 35 , 16 , 120 , 88.46 , - , align="left", James Richardson , Second round , 2 , 4 , 4 , 18 , 18 , 58 , 28 , 4 , 145 , 88.09 , - , align="left", Kevin MünchDenis Ovens had to withdraw due to an injured nerve in his back after the first set in the first round. , Second round , 3 , 3 , 4 , 19 , 16 , 38 , 27 , 4 , 155 , 87.66 , - , align="left",
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 ...
, Second round , 2 , 3 , 5 , 14 , 16 , 38 , 12 , 4 , 120 , 86.57 , - , align="left",
Alan Tabern "The Saint" Alan Tabern (born 29 September 1966) is an English darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Darts career A left-hander, Tabern made his PDC World Championship debut in 2006 with a surprising ...
, Second round , 2 , 3 , 5 , 13 , 19 , 51 , 17 , 5 , 149 , 86.50 , - , align="left",
Co Stompé Jacobus Wilhelmus "Co" Stompé (born 10 September 1962) is a Dutch former professional darts player. He was nicknamed The Matchstick because of his almost bald head and very thin appearance, making him look like a matchstick. He was also one of ...
, Second round , 2 , 4 , 4 , 16 , 17 , 46 , 20 , 7 , 97 , 86.30 , - , align="left",
Steve Beaton Steve Beaton (born 5 April 1964) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the BDO World Darts Championship in 1996 and is a former World No. 1. Background Beaton was born in Co ...
, Second round , 2 , 4 , 6 , 20 , 24 , 59 , 21 , 3 , 121 , 86.27 , - , align="left", Roland Scholten , Second round , 2 , 3 , 5 , 12 , 19 , 31 , 15 , 10 , 138 , 82.50 , - , align="left",
Antonio Alcinas Antonio Alcinas Estelrich (born 7 April 1979) is a Spanish darts player playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Alcinas started competing in PDC Europe events in 2010. After reaching the quarter-finals of a Players Champ ...
, First round , 1 , 2 , 3 , 8 , 13 , 24 , 15 , 5 , 123 , 98.76 , - , align="left", Nigel Heydon , First round , 1 , 2 , 3 , 12 , 14 , 39 , 15 , 7 , 100 , 91.30 , - , align="left", Mark Webster , First round , 1 , 2 , 3 , 11 , 13 , 29 , 11 , 9 , 100 , 89.72 , - , align="left", Mark Hylton , First round , 1 , 2 , 3 , 8 , 13 , 29 , 17 , 3 , 104 , 89.49 , - , align="left",
Ronnie Baxter Ronnie Baxter (born 5 February 1961) is an English former professional darts player who competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He used the nickname "The Rocket" for his matches. Baxter was known for his fast robotic throwing a ...
, First round , 1 , 2 , 3 , 8 , 13 , 24 , 14 , 2 , 98 , 88.79 , - , align="left",
Magnus Caris Magnus Caris (born 15 November 1968) is a Swedish former professional darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. BDO career Caris made seven BDO World Darts Championship appea ...
, First round , 1 , 2 , 3 , 10 , 11 , 30 , 16 , 2 , 107 , 87.21 , - , align="left", Kurt van de Rijck , First round , 1 , 0 , 3 , 5 , 9 , 22 , 11 , 3 , 136 , 93.84 , - , align="left",
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 , 1 , 1 , 3 , 7 , 11 , 30 , 5 , 3 , 121 , 90.36 , - , align="left",
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. ...
, First round , 1 , 1 , 3 , 8 , 11 , 22 , 10 , 3 , 87 , 90.03 , - , align="left", Ian White , First round , 1 , 1 , 3 , 9 , 10 , 26 , 15 , 3 , 64 , 90.02 , - , align="left",
Colin Osborne Colin Osborne (born 19 June 1975) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2009, he won the Championship League and reached the final of the UK Open. Darts career Osborne has won tw ...
, First round , 1 , 1 , 3 , 7 , 9 , 20 , 11 , 1 , 84 , 89.81 , - , align="left", Peter Wright , First round , 1 , 1 , 3 , 4 , 10 , 17 , 6 , 4 , 83 , 88.40 , - , align="left", Raymond van Barneveld , First round , 1 , 0 , 3 , 5 , 9 , 22 , 5 , 5 , 130 , 91.02 , - , align="left", Joe Cullen , First round , 2 , 0 , 3 , 7 , 11 , 14 , 10 , 3 , 83 , 89.01 , - , align="left", Jyhan Artut , First round , 1 , 2 , 3 , 13 , 14 , 23 , 18 , 8 , 116 , 86.94 , - , align="left", Steve Brown , First round , 1 , 2 , 3 , 11 , 12 , 31 , 11 , 3 , 130 , 86.60 , - , align="left", Warren French , First round , 2 , 1 , 3 , 9 , 14 , 33 , 13 , 3 , 70 , 85.59 , - , align="left",
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, First round , 1 , 1 , 3 , 6 , 10 , 23 , 5 , 3 , 118 , 85.31 , - , align="left", Petri Korte , First round , 2 , 1 , 3 , 9 , 13 , 18 , 9 , 4 , 112 , 84.27 , - , align="left",
Jamie Caven Jamie Robert Caven (born 10 March 1976) is an English former professional darts player who plays in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. He has won seven events on the PDC Pro Tour, including two in the same weekend in May 2013. Caven was ...
, First round , 1 , 1 , 3 , 7 , 9 , 14 , 5 , 4 , 97 , 83.62 , - , align="left",
Sean Reed Sean Reed (born 28 June 1965) is an English-born Australian former professional darts player. Career Reed started playing darts at the age of 29. At the time, he was living in Japan, where he was working as an English language teacher. During ...
, First round , 1 , 1 , 3 , 6 , 9 , 18 , 8 , 0 , 121 , 82.29 , - , align="left",
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 ...
, First round , 1 , 0 , 3 , 3 , 9 , 16 , 8 , 1 , 82 , 86.74 , - , align="left", Haruki Muramatsu , First round , 2 , 0 , 3 , 7 , 11 , 26 , 16 , 0 , 102 , 86.54 , - , align="left", Michael Smith , First round , 1 , 0 , 3 , 3 , 9 , 23 , 7 , 1 , 25 , 85.45 , - , align="left", Dennis Smith , First round , 1 , 0 , 3 , 1 , 9 , 13 , 4 , 2 , 44 , 84.57 , - , align="left",
Brendan Dolan Brendan Gabriel Dolan (born 2 August 1973) is a Northern Irish professional darts player from County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is best known for becoming the first player to hit a ...
, First round , 1 , 0 , 3 , 2 , 9 , 19 , 6 , 0 , 56 , 82.38 , - , align="left", John Henderson , First round , 1 , 0 , 3 , 2 , 9 , 16 , 2 , 2 , 67 , 80.39 , - , align="left", Christian Perez , First round , 2 , 1 , 3 , 11 , 10 , 30 , 17 , 2 , 110 , 79.67 , - , align="left", Scott MacKenzie , First round , 2 , 1 , 3 , 10 , 12 , 34 , 10 , 1 , 100 , 79.30 , - , align="left",
Per Laursen Per Laursen (born 16 April 1966) is a Danish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments. BDO career Laursen reached the final of the WDF World Cup in both singl ...
, Preliminary round , 1 , 0 , 0 , 3 , 4 , 13 , 4 , 1 , 137 , 89.76 , - , align="left", Oliver Ferenc , Preliminary round , 1 , 0 , 0 , 2 , 4 , 6 , 6 , 0 , 32 , 87.88 , - , align="left",
Connie Finnan Connie Finnan (born 20 May 1962) is a former Irish professional darts player. Career BDO In September 2009, Finnan qualified for the televised stages of the World Masters. He defeated Darryl Fitton 3–1 in the last 16 before losing 3–0 ...
, Preliminary round , 1 , 0 , 0 , 3 , 4 , 8 , 3 , 2 , 121 , 83.15 , - , align="left",
José Oliveira de Sousa José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...
, Preliminary round , 1 , 0 , 0 , 3 , 4 , 3 , 4 , 1 , 83 , 75.61 , - , align="left",
Lee Choon Peng Lee Choon Peng is a professional darts player. Darts career Lee qualified for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship, where he lost 2–4 in the preliminary round to Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is ...
, Preliminary round , 1 , 0 , 0 , 2 , 4 , 11 , 1 , 0 , 120 , 77.88 , - , align="left",
Dennis Nilsson Dennis Nilsson (born 21 March 1976) is a Swedish darts player and former strongman. Career Nilsson qualified for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship, where he lost 4–2 to Japan's Haruki Muramatsu in the preliminary round. He represented S ...
, Preliminary round , 1 , 0 , 0 , 2 , 4 , 10 , 2 , 0 , 58 , 77.20 , - , align="left",
Paul Barham Paul Barham (born 29 April 1989 from Basildon, Essex) is a former English professional darts player who played in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Barham won three PDC Youth Tour events in 2011, and finished second in ...
, Preliminary round , 1 , 0 , 0 , 2 , 4 , 6 , 6 , 0 , 20 , 76.83 , - , align="left", Andy Smith , First round , 1 , 0 , 3 , 0 , 9 , 9 , 8 , 1 , — , 84.50 , - , align="left", Geoff Kime , First round , 1 , 0 , 3 , 0 , 9 , 8 , 0 , 1 , — , 66.13 , - , align="left", Dietmar Burger , Preliminary round , 1 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 4 , 5 , 1 , 0 , — , 67.44 , - , align="left",
Denis Ovens Denis Ovens (born 1 July 1957 in Enfield) is an English retired professional darts player. He is nicknamed ''The Heat'' and is now based in Stevenage. Ovens is widely regarded as one of the most consistent players in the circuit, though he h ...
, First round , 1 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 3 , 1 , 1 , 0 , — , 65.64


Representation from different countries

This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round. {, class="wikitable" , - ! !
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HKG !
SWE !
CAN ! Total , -align="center" ! Final , 2 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 2 , -align="center" ! Semis , 3 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0, , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 4 , -align="center" ! Quarters , 4 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0, , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , , 8 , -align="center" ! Round 3 , 10 , , 1 , , 1 , , 2 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , , 16 , -align="center" ! Round 2 , 18 , , 5 , , 2 , , 2 , , 1 , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , , 32 , -align="center" ! Round 1 , 32 , , 6 , , 4 , , 4 , , 2 , , 2 , , 1 , , 2 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 64 , -align="center" ! colspan=26 , , -align="center" ! Prelim. , 2 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 1 , , 0 , , 16 , - ! Total ! 34 !! 6 !! 4 !! 4 !! 2 !! 2 !! 2 !! 2 !! 1 !! 1 !! 1 !! 1 !! 1 !! 1 !! 1 !! 1 !! 1 !! 1 !! 1 !! 1 !! 1 !! 1 !! 1 !! 1 !!72


Television coverage

The tournament was broadcast by
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in the UK and Ireland,
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in the Netherlands,
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in Germany,
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in Australia and Showtime in the Middle East.


References


External links


The official site of the Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship




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