2012 PDC World Cup of Darts

PDC World Cup of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	February 3–5
Venue	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
Location	Hamburg
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£150,000
Winner's share	£40,000 (£20,000 per player)

The 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts (also known as the Cash Converters World Cup of Darts for sponsorship reasons) is the second edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which will take place between February 3 to 5. The Netherlands are the holders after the pair of Raymond van Barneveld and Co Stompé defeated Wales, represented by Mark Webster and Barrie Bates in the final in December 5, 2010.

Format

24 countries in the PDC Order of Merit at the end of January 4 after the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship will be represented at the PDC Word Cup of Darts, with 19 of the 24 countries from the 2010 to return, and the five others replaced by the Philippines, Malaysia, South Africa, Croatia and Hungary. Each nations top ranked player was joined by the second highest player of that country. For seeding the average rankings of the players was used, with the top 8 nations automatically starting in round 2 and the other 16 nations starting in round 1.

The round 1 matches will be the same as in 2010, best of 11 legs in doubles. The winners of round 1 will play one of the top eight ranked teams in round 2, and it will use the same format as the group stage in 2010, except that the sets will be increased from best of 5 to best of 7. Two singles matches and a doubles match with 1 point awarded for a singles win and 2 points awarded for a doubles win. If the match score is 2-2 at the end of the match, then a sudden-death doubles leg will decide who goes through. The fixtures remained the same, the top ranked player in the country facing the second highest ranked player in the country. Another change will see the winners of round 2 qualify for the quarter-finals, which will replace the group stage. The quarter-finals will use the same format as round 2. The semi-finals and final will use the same format used in 2010, except that the sets will be reduced from best of 11 to best of 7 and best of 15 to best of 11 respectively.

Teams and seeding

Rank	Country	Top Two Ranked Players	Start In
1	England	Phil Taylor + Adrian Lewis	Round 2
2	Australia	Simon Whitlock + Paul Nicholson
3	Netherlands	Raymond van Barneveld + Vincent van der Voort
4	Scotland	Gary Anderson + Peter Wright
5	Wales	Mark Webster + Richie Burnett
6	Northern Ireland	Brendan Dolan + Michael Mansell
7	Belgium	Kim Huybrechts + Kurt van de Rijck
8	Germany	Jyhan Artut + Bernd Roith
9	Canada	John Part + Ken MacNeil	Round 1
10	Ireland	William O'Connor + Mick McGowan
11	United States	Darin Young + Gary Mawson
12	Austria	Mensur Suljović + Dietmar Burger
13	Sweden	Magnus Caris + Dennis Nilsson
14	Spain	Antonio Alcinas + Carlos Rodriguez
15	Finland	Petri Korte + Marko Kantele
16	Gibraltar	Dylan Duo + Dyson Parody
17	Denmark	Per Laursen + Jann Hoffmann
18	Croatia	Boris Krcmar + Tonci Restovic
19	South Africa	Devon Petersen + Shawn Hogan
20	Japan	Haruki Muramatsu + Morihiro Hashimoto
21	New Zealand	Warren French + Preston Ridd
22	Philippines	Christian Perez + Lourence Ilagan
23	Malaysia	Lee Choon Peng + Amin Bin Abdul Ghani
24	Hungary	Nándor Bezzeg + Kristian Kaufmann

Main draw

The bracket from the last 16 and the preliminary round matches were announced on 9 January 2012. The preliminary round teams were drawn against the seeded teams with pairings announced on 25 January 2011.

	Round 1 Best of 11 legs					Round 2					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						1	England
	9	Canada
	24	Hungary
						8	Germany
	11	United States
	22	Philippines
						5	Wales
	15	Finland
	18	Croatia
						4	Scotland
	14	Spain
	19	South Africa
						2	Australia
	10	Ireland
	23	Malaysia
						7	Belgium
	13	Sweden
	20	Japan
						6	Northern Ireland
	16	Gibraltar
	17	Denmark
						3	Netherlands
	12	Austria
	21	New Zealand

Detailed results

Round 2

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[[|]]	February 3, 2012 Evening		[[|]]
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[[|]]	February 3, 2012 Evening		[[|]]
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[[|]]	February 3, 2012 Evening		[[|]]
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[[|]]	February 4, 2012 Afternoon		[[|]]
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[[|]]	February 4, 2012 Afternoon		[[|]]
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[[|]]	February 4, 2012 Afternoon		[[|]]
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[[|]]	February 4, 2012 Afternoon		[[|]]
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Quarter-finals

[[|]]	February 4, 2012 Evening		[[|]]
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[[|]]	February 4, 2012 Evening		[[|]]
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[[|]]	February 4, 2012 Evening		[[|]]
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[[|]]	February 4, 2012 Evening		[[|]]
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Semi-finals

[[|]]	February 5, 2012 Afternoon		[[|]]
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Legs Points 1 2 3 4 5

[[|]]	February 5, 2012 Afternoon		[[|]]
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Legs Points 1 2 3 4 5

Final

[[|]]	February 5, 2012 Evening		[[|]]
0	Points		0
Legs Points 1 2 3 4 5

Television coverage

The tournament will be broadcast by Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland, RTL 7 in the Netherlands, Fox Sports in Australia and OSN Showtime Network in the Middle East and North Africa.

External links

• Official website