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 were shortened from best of 11 to best of 9 legs in doubles compared to 2010. The winners of round 1 played one of the top eight ranked teams in round 2, and it used the same format as the group stage in 2010, except that the sets were 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.

Prize money

Stage	Prize Money (Total-£150,000)
Winner	£40,000
Runners-up	£20,000
Semi-final	£13,000
Quarter-final	£6,000
Second Round	£3,000
First Round	£2,000

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 9 legs					Round 2					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						1	England (s.d.)	3
	9	Canada (67.85)	5			9	Canada	2
											1	England
	24	Hungary (70.23)	3
											11	United States
						8	Germany	1
	11	United States (87.79)	5			11	United States	3
	22	Philippines (77.24)	3
						5	Wales	4
	15	Finland (75.84)	4			18	Croatia	0
											5	Wales
	18	Croatia (77.30)	5
											19	South Africa
						4	Scotland	2
	14	Spain (77.85)	2			19	South Africa (s.d.)	3
	19	South Africa (86.97)	5
						2	Australia	4
	10	Ireland (88.35)	5			10	Ireland	0
											2	Australia
	23	Malaysia (76.75)	2
											7	Belgium
						7	Belgium	3
	13	Sweden (89.47)	5			13	Sweden	1
	20	Japan (79.88)	2
						6	Northern Ireland	3
	16	Gibraltar (75.84)	4			17	Denmark	1
											6	Northern Ireland
	17	Denmark (77.12)	5
											3	Netherlands
						3	Netherlands	3
	12	Austria (80.21)	5			12	Austria	1
	21	New Zealand (68.03)	3

Detailed results

Round 2

Northern Ireland	Singles: February 3, 2012 - Evening Doubles: February 4, 2012 - Afternoon		Denmark
3	Points		1
Legs Points 1 Brendan Dolan (77.66) 3 0 Jann Hoffmann (81.66) 4 1 2 Michael Mansell (85.00) 4 1 Per Laursen (68.35) 1 0 3 Brendan Dolan/Michael Mansell 5 2 Per Laursen/Jann Hoffmann 4 0 4 {{{M4P1}}} {{{M4leg1}}} {{{M4points1}}} {{{M4P2}}} {{{M4leg2}}} {{{M4points2}}} 5 {{{M5P1}}} {{{M5leg1}}} {{{M5points1}}} {{{M5P2}}} {{{M5leg2}}} {{{M5points2}}}

Belgium	Singles: February 3, 2012 - Evening Doubles: February 4, 2012 - Afternoon		Sweden
3	Points		1
Legs Points 1 Kim Huybrechts (93.55) 4 1 Dennis Nilsson (80.16) 2 0 2 Kurt van de Rijck (78.46) 2 0 Magnus Caris (86.70) 4 1 3 Kim Huybrechts/Kurt van de Rijck 5 2 Magnus Caris/Dennis Nilsson 2 0 4 {{{M4P1}}} {{{M4leg1}}} {{{M4points1}}} {{{M4P2}}} {{{M4leg2}}} {{{M4points2}}} 5 {{{M5P1}}} {{{M5leg1}}} {{{M5points1}}} {{{M5P2}}} {{{M5leg2}}} {{{M5points2}}}

Australia	Singles: February 3, 2012 - Evening Doubles: February 4, 2012 - Afternoon		Ireland
4	Points		0
Legs Points 1 Simon Whitlock (89.73) 4 1 Mick McGowan (78.00) 1 0 2 Paul Nicholson (91.09) 4 1 William O'Connor (81.26) 0 0 3 Simon Whitlock/Paul Nicholson 5 2 William O'Connor/Mick McGowan 2 0 4 {{{M4P1}}} {{{M4leg1}}} {{{M4points1}}} {{{M4P2}}} {{{M4leg2}}} {{{M4points2}}} 5 {{{M5P1}}} {{{M5leg1}}} {{{M5points1}}} {{{M5P2}}} {{{M5leg2}}} {{{M5points2}}}

Wales	Singles: February 3, 2012 - Evening Doubles: February 4, 2012 - Afternoon		Croatia
4	Points		0
Legs Points 1 Mark Webster (91.09) 4 1 Tonci Restovic (81.26) 0 0 2 Richie Burnett (97.35) 4 1 Boris Krcmar (89.26) 3 0 3 Mark Webster/Richie Burnett 5 2 Boris Krcmar/Tonci Restovic 1 0 4 {{{M4P1}}} {{{M4leg1}}} {{{M4points1}}} {{{M4P2}}} {{{M4leg2}}} {{{M4points2}}} 5 {{{M5P1}}} {{{M5leg1}}} {{{M5points1}}} {{{M5P2}}} {{{M5leg2}}} {{{M5points2}}}

Germany	Singles: February 3, 2012 - Evening Doubles: February 4, 2012 - Afternoon		United States
1	Points		3
Legs Points 1 Jyhan Artut (83.79) 4 1 Gary Mawson (82.40) 3 0 2 Bernd Roith (79.29) 2 0 Darin Young (83.18) 4 1 3 Jyhan Artut/Bernd Roith 4 0 Darin Young/Gary Mawson 5 2 4 {{{M4P1}}} {{{M4leg1}}} {{{M4points1}}} {{{M4P2}}} {{{M4leg2}}} {{{M4points2}}} 5 {{{M5P1}}} {{{M5leg1}}} {{{M5points1}}} {{{M5P2}}} {{{M5leg2}}} {{{M5points2}}}

Scotland	Singles: February 3, 2012 - Evening Doubles: February 4, 2012 - Afternoon		South Africa
2	Points		2
Legs Points 1 Gary Anderson (91.29) 4 1 Shawn Hogan (84.85) 3 0 2 Peter Wright (94.20) 4 1 Devon Petersen (86.41) 1 0 3 Gary Anderson/Peter Wright 3 0 Devon Petersen/Shawn Hogan 5 2 4 {{{M4P1}}} {{{M4leg1}}} {{{M4points1}}} {{{M4P2}}} {{{M4leg2}}} {{{M4points2}}} 5 {{{M5P1}}} {{{M5leg1}}} {{{M5points1}}} {{{M5P2}}} {{{M5leg2}}} {{{M5points2}}} South Africa won the sudden death doubles leg to progress to the.

England	Singles: February 3, 2012 - Evening Doubles: February 4, 2012 - Afternoon		Canada
2	Points		2
Legs Points 1 Phil Taylor (92.28) 3 0 Ken MacNeil (90.46) 4 1 2 Adrian Lewis (93.40) 3 0 John Part (86.50) 4 1 3 Phil Taylor/Adrian Lewis 5 2 John Part/Ken MacNeil 3 0 4 {{{M4P1}}} {{{M4leg1}}} {{{M4points1}}} {{{M4P2}}} {{{M4leg2}}} {{{M4points2}}} 5 {{{M5P1}}} {{{M5leg1}}} {{{M5points1}}} {{{M5P2}}} {{{M5leg2}}} {{{M5points2}}} England won the sudden death doubles leg to progress to the.

Netherlands	Singles: February 3, 2012 - Evening Doubles: February 4, 2012 - Afternoon		Austria
3	Points		1
Legs Points 1 Raymond van Barneveld (87.86) 4 1 Dietmar Burger (88.78) 3 0 2 Vincent van der Voort (87.86) 3 0 Mensur Suljović (90.28) 4 1 3 Raymond van Barneveld/Vincent van der Voort 5 2 Mensur Suljović/Dietmar Burger 2 0 4 {{{M4P1}}} {{{M4leg1}}} {{{M4points1}}} {{{M4P2}}} {{{M4leg2}}} {{{M4points2}}} 5 {{{M5P1}}} {{{M5leg1}}} {{{M5points1}}} {{{M5P2}}} {{{M5leg2}}} {{{M5points2}}}

Quarter-finals

Australia	February 4, 2012 Evening		Belgium
1	Points		0
Legs Points 1 Simon Whitlock 4 1 Kurt van de Rijck 0 0 2 Paul Nicholson Kim Huybrechts 3 Simon Whitlock/Paul Nicholson Kim Huybrechts/Kurt van de Rijck 4 {{{M4P1}}} {{{M4leg1}}} {{{M4points1}}} {{{M4P2}}} {{{M4leg2}}} {{{M4points2}}} 5 {{{M5P1}}} {{{M5leg1}}} {{{M5points1}}} {{{M5P2}}} {{{M5leg2}}} {{{M5points2}}}

Wales	February 4, 2012 Evening		South Africa
0	Points		0
Legs Points 1 Mark Webster Shawn Hogan 2 Richie Burnett Devon Petersen 3 Mark Webster/Richie Burnett Devon Petersen/Shawn Hogan 4 {{{M4P1}}} {{{M4leg1}}} {{{M4points1}}} {{{M4P2}}} {{{M4leg2}}} {{{M4points2}}} 5 {{{M5P1}}} {{{M5leg1}}} {{{M5points1}}} {{{M5P2}}} {{{M5leg2}}} {{{M5points2}}}

England	February 4, 2012 Evening		United States
0	Points		0
Legs Points 1 Phil Taylor Gary Mawson 2 Adrian Lewis Darin Young 3 Phil Taylor/Adrian Lewis Shawn Hogan 4 {{{M4P1}}} {{{M4leg1}}} {{{M4points1}}} {{{M4P2}}} {{{M4leg2}}} {{{M4points2}}} 5 {{{M5P1}}} {{{M5leg1}}} {{{M5points1}}} {{{M5P2}}} {{{M5leg2}}} {{{M5points2}}}

Northern Ireland	February 4, 2012 Evening		Netherlands
0	Points		0
Legs Points 1 Brendan Dolan Vincent van der Voort 2 Michael Mansell Raymond van Barneveld 3 Brendan Dolan/Michael Mansell Raymond van Barneveld/Vincent van der Voort 4 {{{M4P1}}} {{{M4leg1}}} {{{M4points1}}} {{{M4P2}}} {{{M4leg2}}} {{{M4points2}}} 5 {{{M5P1}}} {{{M5leg1}}} {{{M5points1}}} {{{M5P2}}} {{{M5leg2}}} {{{M5points2}}}

Semi-finals

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

[[|]]	February 5, 2012 Afternoon		[[|]]
0	Points		0
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