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2012 Players Championship Finals

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2012 Cash Converters Players Championship Finals
Tournament information
Dates30 November–2 December 2012
VenueButlin's Minehead
LocationMinehead
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£250,000
Winner's share£60,000
High checkout170 England Phil Taylor
170 Australia Simon Whitlock
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«December 2011 2013»

The 2012 Cash Converters Players Championship Finals was the fifth edition of the PDC darts tournament, the Players Championship Finals, which saw the top 32 players from the 2012 PDC Players Championship Order of Merit taking part. The tournament took place from 30 November–2 December 2012 at the Butlin's Resort Minehead in Minehead, England. This was the second Players Championship Final to be held before the PDC World Championship.

Kevin Painter was the defending champion,[1] but he lost to Michael van Gerwen in the first round.[2]

Phil Taylor won his third and final Players Championship Finals title with a 13–6 victory over Kim Huybrechts in the final.[3]

Prize money

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Position (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £250,000)
Winner (1) £60,000
Runner-Up (1) £24,000
Semi-finalists (2) £15,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £10,000
Last 16  (second round) (8) £6,000
Last 32  (first round) (16) £3,000

Qualification

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This was the final PDC ProTour Order of Merit.[4]

  1. England Dave Chisnall (first round)
  2. Australia Simon Whitlock (semi-finals)
  3. Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (second round)
  4. Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (first round)
  5. England Justin Pipe (semi-finals)
  6. England Phil Taylor (champion)
  7. England Wes Newton (first round)
  8. England Ian White (first round)
  9. Belgium Kim Huybrechts (runner-up)
  10. Scotland Robert Thornton (second round)
  11. England Adrian Lewis (second round)
  12. England James Wade (first round)
  13. England Terry Jenkins (first round)
  14. England Andy Hamilton (quarter-finals)
  15. England Ronnie Baxter (second round)
  16. England Colin Lloyd (first round)
  17. Scotland Peter Wright (quarter-finals)
  18. Australia Paul Nicholson (first round)
  19. England Andy Smith (first round)
  20. England Mervyn King (quarter-finals)
  21. Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan (second round)
  22. Wales Richie Burnett (first round)
  23. England Mark Walsh (first round)
  24. Netherlands Vincent van der Voort (first round)
  25. England Michael Smith (second round)
  26. Scotland Gary Anderson (quarter-finals)
  27. Wales Mark Webster (first round)
  28. England Colin Osborne (first round)
  29. England Steve Beaton (second round)
  30. England Kevin Painter (first round)
  31. England Jamie Caven (first round)
  32. England Wayne Jones (second round)

Draw

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[2]

First round (best of 11 legs)
30 November
[5] 		Second round (best of 19 legs)
1 December
[6] 		Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs)
2 December
[7] 		Semi-finals (best of 21 legs)
2 December
[8] 		Final (best of 25 legs)
2 December
[9]
               
1 England Dave Chisnall 84.91 0
32 England Wayne Jones 92.02 6
32 England Wayne Jones 93.72 7
17 Scotland Peter Wright 94.70 10
16 England Colin Lloyd 84.97 5
17 Scotland Peter Wright 87.66 6
17 Scotland Peter Wright 99.71 6
9 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 104.34 10
8 England Ian White 89.45 5
25 England Michael Smith 91.73 6
25 England Michael Smith 98.39 6
9 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 98.73 10
9 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 88.83 6
24 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 89.80 3
9 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 96.05 11
5 England Justin Pipe 95.80 6
4 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 99.79 5
29 England Steve Beaton 94.79 6
29 England Steve Beaton 92.15 7
20 England Mervyn King 89.02 10
13 England Terry Jenkins 88.56 5
20 England Mervyn King 88.72 6
20 England Mervyn King 93.31 7
5 England Justin Pipe 94.59 10
5 England Justin Pipe 93.68 6
28 England Colin Osborne 88.58 3
5 England Justin Pipe 89.57 10
21 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 93.27 8
12 England James Wade 89.98 4
21 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 93.52 6
9 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 91.70 6
6 England Phil Taylor 103.57 13
2 Australia Simon Whitlock 91.95 6
31 England Jamie Caven 88.68 3
2 Australia Simon Whitlock 109.54 10
15 England Ronnie Baxter 95.10 1
15 England Ronnie Baxter 88.94 6
18 Australia Paul Nicholson 86.77 5
2 Australia Simon Whitlock 99.99 10
26 Scotland Gary Anderson 103.50 8
7 England Wes Newton 92.83 4
26 Scotland Gary Anderson 96.86 6
26 Scotland Gary Anderson 97.97 10
10 Scotland Robert Thornton 93.08 6
10 Scotland Robert Thornton 99.50 6
23 England Mark Walsh 89.17 1
2 Australia Simon Whitlock 95.55 2
6 England Phil Taylor 106.02 11
3 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 91.78 6
30 England Kevin Painter 83.62 3
3 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 95.85 8
14 England Andy Hamilton 94.90 10
14 England Andy Hamilton 88.05 6
19 England Andy Smith 82.30 2
14 England Andy Hamilton 102.16 9
6 England Phil Taylor 103.29 10
6 England Phil Taylor 101.02 6
27 Wales Mark Webster 94.19 2
6 England Phil Taylor 105.67 10
11 England Adrian Lewis 97.83 7
11 England Adrian Lewis 88.78 6
22 Wales Richie Burnett 83.90 3

Statistics

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Player Eliminated Played Legs Won Legs Lost LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s High checkout 3-dart average
England Phil Taylor Winner 5 50 26 19 112 65 20 170 103.91
Belgium Kim Huybrechts Final 5 43 34 12 96 55 19 137 95.93
Australia Simon Whitlock Semi-finals 4 28 23 9 60 44 12 170 99.26
England Justin Pipe Semi-finals 4 32 29 13 86 48 15 127 93.41
Scotland Gary Anderson Quarter-finals 3 24 20 8 61 34 11 140 99.98
England Andy Hamilton Quarter-finals 3 25 20 12 43 30 14 142 95.04
Scotland Peter Wright Quarter-finals 3 22 22 7 64 31 6 102 94.76
England Mervyn King Quarter-finals 3 23 22 10 61 32 6 111 90.57
Scotland Robert Thornton Second round 2 12 11 4 34 17 3 120 96.29
England Michael Smith Second round 2 12 15 4 34 21 7 96 95.68
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Second round 2 14 13 7 34 21 6 130 93.82
England Steve Beaton Second round 2 13 15 6 40 17 8 161 93.47
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan Second round 2 14 14 3 37 18 2 164 93.36
England Adrian Lewis Second round 2 13 13 5 32 20 5 150 93.31
England Wayne Jones Second round 2 13 10 3 32 26 2 121 93.28
England Ronnie Baxter Second round 2 7 15 3 30 12 4 134 92.02
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld First round 1 5 6 3 14 11 2 54 99.79
Wales Mark Webster First round 1 2 6 1 7 6 1 40 94.19
England Wes Newton First round 1 4 6 1 12 8 1 106 92.83
England James Wade First round 1 4 6 2 18 6 0 129 89.98
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort First round 1 3 6 1 11 4 2 46 89.80
England Ian White First round 1 5 6 3 16 5 3 97 89.45
England Mark Walsh First round 1 1 6 0 11 3 1 36 89.17
England Jamie Caven First round 1 3 6 0 11 6 1 85 88.68
England Colin Osborne First round 1 3 6 0 10 4 1 82 88.58
England Terry Jenkins First round 1 5 6 2 11 7 4 87 88.56
Australia Paul Nicholson First round 1 5 6 2 11 8 1 82 86.77
England Colin Lloyd First round 1 5 6 2 8 6 2 80 84.97
Wales Richie Burnett First round 1 3 6 0 8 6 2 56 83.90
England Kevin Painter First round 1 3 6 2 8 4 1 135 83.62
England Dave Chisnall First round 1 0 6 0 8 1 2 – 82.91
England Andy Smith First round 1 2 6 1 13 5 0 100 82.30

Source: Match reports in the draw

Television coverage

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The tournament was broadcast in the UK by ITV4 and by Fox Sports in Australia.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Daventry darts player Kevin Painter energised by win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b "2012 Players Championship Finals Fixtures". Darts Database. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Phil Taylor heads to PDC World Championship on full power". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Minehead Hosts Players Championship". PDC. 30 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Cash Converters PCF Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Cash Converters PCF Day Two". PDC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Cash Converters PCF QFs". PDC. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  8. ^ "Cash Converters PCF Semis". PDC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  9. ^ "Taylor Completes Treble Triumph". PDC. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  10. ^ "Cash Converters Players Championship Finals NetZone". PDC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
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