2012 Players Championship Finals

For the curling tournament, see 2012 Players' Championship.

Players Championship Finals
Tournament information
Dates	November 30 - December 2
Venue	Butlins Minehead Resort
Location	Minehead
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Champion(s)

The 2012 Players Championship Finals (also known as the 2012 Cash Converters Players Championship for sponsorship purposes) is the fifth edition of the PDC darts tournament, the Players Championship Finals, which sees the top 32 players from the 2012 PDC Players Championship Order of Merit taking part. The tournament is taking place from November 30 to December 2 at the Butlins Minehead Resort in Minehead. This is the second Players Championship Final to be held before the PDC World Championship.

Kevin Painter was the defending champion, but lost to Michael van Gerwen in the first round.

Qualification

This is the final PDC ProTour Order of Merit.

1. Dave Chisnall
2. Simon Whitlock
3. Michael van Gerwen
4. Raymond van Barneveld
5. Justin Pipe
6. Phil Taylor
7. Wes Newton
8. Ian White
9. Kim Huybrechts
10. Robert Thornton
11. Adrian Lewis
12. James Wade
13. Terry Jenkins
14. Andy Hamilton
15. Ronnie Baxter
16. Colin Lloyd

17. Peter Wright
18. Paul Nicholson
19. Andy Smith
20. Mervyn King
21. Brendan Dolan
22. Richie Burnett
23. Mark Walsh
24. Vincent van der Voort
25. Michael Smith
26. Gary Anderson
27. Mark Webster
28. Colin Osborne
29. Steve Beaton
30. Kevin Painter
31. Jamie Caven
32. Wayne Jones

Prize money

Position (num. of players)		Prize Money (Total-£250,000)
Winner	(1)	£60,000
Runner-Up	(1)	£24,000
Semi-finalist	(2)	£15,000
Quarter-finalist	(4)	£10,000
Second Round losers	(8)	£6,000
First Round losers	(16)	£3,000

Draw

	First Round (Best of 11 legs)					Second Round (Best of 19 legs)					Quarter-Finals (Best of 19 legs)					Semi-Finals (Best of 21 legs)					Final (Best of 25 legs)
	1	Dave Chisnall 84.91	0
	32	Wayne Jones 92.02	6
						32	Wayne Jones 93.72	7
						17	Peter Wright 94.70	10
	16	Colin Lloyd 84.97	5
	17	Peter Wright 87.66	6
											17	Peter Wright
											9	Kim Huybrechts
	8	Ian White 89.45	5
	25	Michael Smith 91.73	6
						25	Michael Smith 98.39	6
						9	Kim Huybrechts 98.73	10
	9	Kim Huybrechts 88.83	6
	24	Vincent van der Voort 89.80	3
	4	Raymond van Barneveld 99.79	5
	29	Steve Beaton 94.79	6
						29	Steve Beaton 92.15	7
						20	Mervyn King 89.02	10
	13	Terry Jenkins 88.56	5
	20	Mervyn King 88.72	6
											20	Mervyn King
											5	Justin Pipe
	5	Justin Pipe 93.68	6
	28	Colin Osborne 88.58	3
						5	Justin Pipe 89.57	10
						21	Brendan Dolan 93.27	8
	12	James Wade	4
	21	Brendan Dolan	6
	2	Simon Whitlock 91.95	6
	31	Jamie Caven 88.68	3
						2	Simon Whitlock 109.54	10
						15	Ronnie Baxter 95.10	1
	15	Ronnie Baxter 88.94	6
	18	Paul Nicholson 86.77	5
											2	Simon Whitlock
											26	Gary Anderson
	7	Wes Newton 92.83	4
	26	Gary Anderson 96.86	6
						26	Gary Anderson 97.97	10
						10	Robert Thornton 93.08	6
	10	Robert Thornton 99.50	6
	23	Mark Walsh 89.17	1
	3	Michael van Gerwen 91.78	6
	30	Kevin Painter 83.62	3
						3	Michael van Gerwen 95.85	8
						14	Andy Hamilton 94.90	10
	14	Andy Hamilton 88.05	6
	19	Andy Smith 82.30	2
											14	Andy Hamilton
											6	Phil Taylor
	6	Phil Taylor 101.02	6
	27	Mark Webster 94.19	2
						6	Phil Taylor 105.67	10
						11	Adrian Lewis 97.83	7
	11	Adrian Lewis 88.78	6
	22	Richie Burnett 83.90	3

Statistics

Player	Played	Legs Won	Legs Lost	LWAT	100+	140+	180s	High Checkout	3-dart Average
Phil Taylor	2	16	9	7	35	18	9	87	103.35
Simon Whitlock	2	16	4	6	26	17	6	170	100.75
Gary Anderson	2	16	10	6	35	23	4	140	97.42
Kim Huybrechts	2	16	9	2	30	21	4	137	95.17
Peter Wright	2	16	12	3	47	16	1	102	91.93
Andy Hamilton	2	16	10	8	22	16	7	130	91.48
Justin Pipe	2	16	11	2	36	20	8	127	90.94
Mervyn King	2	16	12	7	39	18	3	111	88.87
Robert Thornton	2	12	11	4	34	17	3	120	96.29
Michael Smith	2	12	15	4	34	21	7	96	95.68
Michael van Gerwen	2	14	13	7	34	21	6	130	93.82
Steve Beaton	2	13	15	6	40	17	8	161	93.47
Brendan Dolan	2	14	14	3	37	18	2	164	93.36
Adrian Lewis	2	13	13	5	32	20	5	150	93.31
Wayne Jones	2	13	10	3	32	26	2	121	93.28
Ronnie Baxter	2	7	15	3	30	12	4	134	92.02
Raymond van Barneveld	1	5	6	3	14	11	2	54	99.79
Mark Webster	1	2	6	1	7	6	1	40	94.19
Wes Newton	1	4	6	1	12	8	1	106	92.83
James Wade	1	4	6	2	18	6	0	129	89.98
Vincent van der Voort	1	3	6	1	11	4	2	46	89.80
Ian White	1	5	6	3	16	5	3	97	89.45
Mark Walsh	1	1	6	0	11	3	1	36	89.17
Jamie Caven	1	3	6	0	11	6	1	85	88.68
Colin Osborne	1	3	6	0	10	4	1	82	88.58
Terry Jenkins	1	5	6	2	11	7	4	87	88.56
Paul Nicholson	1	5	6	2	11	8	1	82	86.77
Colin Lloyd	1	5	6	2	8	6	2	80	84.97
Richie Burnett	1	3	6	0	8	6	2	56	83.90
Kevin Painter	1	3	6	2	8	4	1	135	83.62
Dave Chisnall	1	0	6	0	8	1	2	–	82.91
Andy Smith	1	2	6	1	13	5	0	100	82.30

Source: Match reports in the draw

Television coverage

The tournament is being broadcast in the UK by ITV4.