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 were represented at the PDC Word Cup of Darts, with 19 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 sets for singles and best of 9 sets for doubles matches. 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 was 2-2 at the end of the match, then a sudden-death doubles leg decided who got through. The fixtures remained the same, the top ranked player in the country faced the second highest ranked player in the country. Another change have seen the winners of round 2 qualify for the quarter-finals, which replaced the group stage. The quarter-finals used the same format as round 2, except that the doubles matches were best of 7 sets. The semi-finals and final used the same format used in 2010, except that the sets were reduced from best of 11 to best of 7 and from best of 15 to best of 13 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 and Adrian Lewis	Round 2
2	Australia	Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson
3	Netherlands	Raymond van Barneveld and Vincent van der Voort
4	Scotland	Gary Anderson and Peter Wright
5	Wales	Mark Webster and Richie Burnett
6	Northern Ireland	Brendan Dolan and Michael Mansell
7	Belgium	Kim Huybrechts and Kurt van de Rijck
8	Germany	Jyhan Artut and Bernd Roith
9	Canada	John Part and Ken MacNeil	Round 1
10	Ireland	William O'Connor and Mick McGowan
11	United States	Darin Young and Gary Mawson
12	Austria	Mensur Suljović and Dietmar Burger
13	Sweden	Magnus Caris and Dennis Nilsson
14	Spain	Antonio Alcinas and Carlos Rodriguez
15	Finland	Petri Korte and Marko Kantele
16	Gibraltar	Dylan Duo and Dyson Parody
17	Denmark	Per Laursen and Jann Hoffmann
18	Croatia	Boris Krcmar and Tonci Restovic
19	South Africa	Devon Petersen and Shawn Hogan
20	Japan	Haruki Muramatsu and Morihiro Hashimoto
21	New Zealand	Warren French and Preston Ridd
22	Philippines	Christian Perez and Lourence Ilagan
23	Malaysia	Lee Choon Peng and Amin Bin Abdul Ghani
24	Hungary	Nándor Bezzeg and 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 2012.

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

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 (83.92) 5 2 Per Laursen/Jann Hoffmann (79.23) 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 (87.08) 5 2 Magnus Caris/Dennis Nilsson (77.92) 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 (85.53) 5 2 William O'Connor/Mick McGowan (71.47) 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 (97.28) 5 2 Boris Krcmar/Tonci Restovic (83.10) 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 (92.32) 4 0 Darin Young/Gary Mawson (90.65) 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 (90.13) 3 0 Devon Petersen/Shawn Hogan (91.81) 5 2 4 {{{M4P1}}} {{{M4leg1}}} {{{M4points1}}} {{{M4P2}}} {{{M4leg2}}} {{{M4points2}}} 5 {{{M5P1}}} {{{M5leg1}}} {{{M5points1}}} {{{M5P2}}} {{{M5leg2}}} {{{M5points2}}} Devon Petersen and Shawn Hogan won the sudden death doubles leg to progress to the quarter-finals.

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 (90.42) 5 2 John Part/Ken MacNeil (77.51) 3 0 4 {{{M4P1}}} {{{M4leg1}}} {{{M4points1}}} {{{M4P2}}} {{{M4leg2}}} {{{M4points2}}} 5 {{{M5P1}}} {{{M5leg1}}} {{{M5points1}}} {{{M5P2}}} {{{M5leg2}}} {{{M5points2}}} Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis won the sudden death doubles leg to progress to the quarter-finals.

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 (89.27) 5 2 Mensur Suljović/Dietmar Burger (83.38) 2 0 4 {{{M4P1}}} {{{M4leg1}}} {{{M4points1}}} {{{M4P2}}} {{{M4leg2}}} {{{M4points2}}} 5 {{{M5P1}}} {{{M5leg1}}} {{{M5points1}}} {{{M5P2}}} {{{M5leg2}}} {{{M5points2}}}

Quarter-finals

Australia	February 4, 2012 Evening		Belgium
3	Points		1
Legs Points 1 Simon Whitlock (93.94) 4 1 Kurt van de Rijck (80.45) 0 0 2 Paul Nicholson (94.98) 2 0 Kim Huybrechts (98.11) 4 1 3 Simon Whitlock/Paul Nicholson (102.18) 4 2 Kim Huybrechts/Kurt van de Rijck (98.58) 2 0 4 {{{M4P1}}} {{{M4leg1}}} {{{M4points1}}} {{{M4P2}}} {{{M4leg2}}} {{{M4points2}}} 5 {{{M5P1}}} {{{M5leg1}}} {{{M5points1}}} {{{M5P2}}} {{{M5leg2}}} {{{M5points2}}}

Wales	February 4, 2012 Evening		South Africa
3	Points		1
Legs Points 1 Mark Webster (98.56) 4 1 Shawn Hogan (71.05) 0 0 2 Richie Burnett (99.82) 3 0 Devon Petersen (101.52) 4 1 3 Mark Webster/Richie Burnett (86.23) 4 2 Devon Petersen/Shawn Hogan (93.65) 3 0 4 {{{M4P1}}} {{{M4leg1}}} {{{M4points1}}} {{{M4P2}}} {{{M4leg2}}} {{{M4points2}}} 5 {{{M5P1}}} {{{M5leg1}}} {{{M5points1}}} {{{M5P2}}} {{{M5leg2}}} {{{M5points2}}}

England	February 4, 2012 Evening		United States
3	Points		1
Legs Points 1 Phil Taylor (97.29) 3 0 Gary Mawson (91.40) 4 1 2 Adrian Lewis (83.50) 4 1 Darin Young (87.21) 3 0 3 Phil Taylor/Adrian Lewis (85.82) 4 2 Darin Young/Gary Mawson (80.16) 2 0 4 {{{M4P1}}} {{{M4leg1}}} {{{M4points1}}} {{{M4P2}}} {{{M4leg2}}} {{{M4points2}}} 5 {{{M5P1}}} {{{M5leg1}}} {{{M5points1}}} {{{M5P2}}} {{{M5leg2}}} {{{M5points2}}}

Northern Ireland	February 4, 2012 Evening		Netherlands
0	Points		4
Legs Points 1 Brendan Dolan (80.11) 3 0 Vincent van der Voort (90.08) 4 1 2 Michael Mansell (98.28) 2 0 Raymond van Barneveld (101.39) 4 1 3 Brendan Dolan/Michael Mansell (88.67) 3 0 Raymond van Barneveld/Vincent van der Voort (86.41) 4 2 4 {{{M4P1}}} {{{M4leg1}}} {{{M4points1}}} {{{M4P2}}} {{{M4leg2}}} {{{M4points2}}} 5 {{{M5P1}}} {{{M5leg1}}} {{{M5points1}}} {{{M5P2}}} {{{M5leg2}}} {{{M5points2}}}

Semi-finals

Australia	February 5, 2012 Afternoon		Netherlands
5	Points		1
Legs Points 1 Simon Whitlock (94.62) 4 1 Vincent van der Voort (87.28) 3 0 2 Paul Nicholson (83.80) 0 0 Raymond van Barneveld (100.20) 4 1 3 Simon Whitlock (95.35) 4 1 Raymond van Barneveld (91.43) 2 0 4 Paul Nicholson (89.41) 4 1 Vincent van der Voort (74.82) 2 0 5 Simon Whitlock/Paul Nicholson (89.73) 4 2 Raymond van Barneveld/Vincent van der Voort (73.91) 0 0

England	February 5, 2012 Afternoon		Wales
5	Points		1
Legs Points 1 Phil Taylor (95.29) 1 0 Richie Burnett (108.93) 4 1 2 Adrian Lewis (105.47) 4 1 Mark Webster (82.86) 0 0 3 Phil Taylor (96.51) 4 1 Mark Webster (86.45) 1 0 4 Adrian Lewis (93.00) 4 1 Richie Burnett (87.62) 3 0 5 Phil Taylor/Adrian Lewis (97.60) 4 2 Mark Webster/Richie Burnett (87.24) 2 0

Final

England	February 5, 2012 Evening		Australia
1	Points		0
Legs Points 1 Phil Taylor 7 1 Paul Nicholson 4 0 2 Adrian Lewis Simon Whitlock 3 Phil Taylor Simon Whitlock 4 Adrian Lewis Paul Nicholson 5 Phil Taylor/Adrian Lewis Simon Whitlock/Paul Nicholson

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