The 2012

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was a series of non-televised

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tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They were the

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(PDPA) Players Championships, the UK Open Qualifiers, and the new European Tour events. This year there were 33 PDC Pro Tour events – 20 Players Championships, 8 UK Open Qualifiers, and 5 European Tour events.

Prize money

Prize money for each Players Championship and UK Open Qualifier is £34,600, unchanged from 2011. Prize money for each European Tour event was £82,100. In addition, the 32 players who failed to qualify for a European Tour event at the final qualifying stage receive £100. A further £400 per Pro Tour event (£800 per European Tour event) was reserved for a nine-dart finish. If this was not won in an event, it was carried over to the next event, and so on until a nine-dart finish was achieved. Once the prize fund was won, it reverted to the starting value for the next event.

PDC Pro Tour Card

128 players were granted Tour Cards, which enabled them to participate in all Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events.

Tour cards

The 2012 Tour Cards were awarded to: *64 players from the

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after the 2012 World Championship *20 Tour Card holders from the previous year's Qualifying School not included among the 64 Order of Merit qualifiers *no Tour Card holders from the previous year's 2010 PDC Women's World Championship invitations (

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and

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both resigned their membership) *1 semi-finalist from the 2012 BDO World Championship (

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; the other three semi-finalists

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Wesley Harms Wesley Harms (born 11 June 1984) is a Dutch former professional darts player. Career Harms won the BDO International Open in 2011, defeating Stephen Bunting in the final. Harms qualified for the 2012 BDO World Darts Championship as the 13t ...

and

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declined invitations) *1 finalist from the

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( James Hubbard; the other finalist

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was among the 64 qualified players from the Order of Merit) *2 highest-ranking players from the 2011 PDC Youth Tour Order of Merit not already qualified (

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 ...

and

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) *40 qualifiers from a four-day Qualifying School in Barnsley (4 semi-finalists from each day, plus the top 24 players from the Q School Order of Merit)

Q School

The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School took place at the

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in Barnsley from January 19–22. A Q School Order of Merit was also created by using the following points system: To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places were allocated down the final Qualifying School Order of Merit. The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:

Players Championships

:''(All matches – best of 11 legs)'' *Spanish Darts Trophy Players Championship 1 at the Hotel Melia Benidorm,

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on 28 January. *Spanish Darts Trophy Players Championship 2 at the Hotel Melia Benidorm,

on 29 January. *Players Championship 3 at the Rivermead Centre,

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on 10 March. *Players Championship 4 at the Rivermead Centre,

on 11 March. *Players Championship 5 at the K2 Centre, Crawley on 26 May. *Players Championship 6 at the K2 Centre, Crawley on 27 May. *Players Championship 7 at the NIA Community Hall,

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on 16 June. *Players Championship 8 at the NIA Community Hall,

on 17 June. *Players Championship 9 at the K2 Centre, Crawley on 30 June. *Players Championship 10 at the K2 Centre, Crawley on 1 July. *Players Championship 11 at the

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, Barnsley on 15 September. *Players Championship 12 at the

, Barnsley on 16 September. *Players Championship 13 at the

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on 6 October. *Players Championship 14 at the

on 7 October. *Players Championship 15 at the Gleneagle Hotel,

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on 20 October. *Players Championship 16 at the Gleneagle Hotel,

on 21 October. *Players Championship 17 at the K2 Centre, Crawley on 3 November. *Players Championship 18 at the K2 Centre, Crawley on 4 November. *Players Championship 19 at the

, Barnsley on 24 November. *Players Championship 20 at the

, Barnsley on 25 November.

Youth Tour

The PDC Youth Tour consisted of 18 events held across seven weekends, where two events were played on the Saturday and one event on the Sunday with the exception of the final weekend. Events were open to players aged between 14 and 21 at the beginning of the year. The top 32 players from the Youth Tour Order of Merit qualified for the

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UK Open Qualifiers

European Tour

Scandinavian Darts Corporation Pro Tour

North American Pro Tour

Australian Grand Prix Pro Tour

The Australian Grand Prix rankings are calculated from events across Australia. The top player in the rankings automatically qualifies for the 2013 World Championship.

Other PDC tournaments

The PDC also held a number of other tournaments during 2012. These were mainly smaller events with low prize money, and some had eligibility restrictions. All of these tournaments were non-ranking.

References

External links

2012 PDC Calendar
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PDC Pro Tour