# 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts

The 2012 Cash Converters World Cup of Darts was the second edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts which took place between 3–5 February 2012 at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany.
The Netherlands were the defending champions after the pair of Raymond van Barneveld and Co Stompé defeated Wales, represented by Mark Webster and Barrie Bates in the final on 5 December 2010.
England (represented by Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis) won the tournament, beating Australia (represented by Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson) 4–3 in a sudden-death leg.

## Format

24 countries in the PDC Order of Merit at the end of 4 January after the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship were represented at the PDC World Cup of Darts, with 19 from the 2010 edition to return, and the five others replaced by the Philippines, Malaysia, South Africa, Croatia and Hungary. Each nation's 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 legs for singles and best of 9 legs 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 legs. 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

| Position (no. of teams) | Position (no. of teams) | Prize money (Total: £150,000) |
| Winners | (1) | £40,000 |
| Runners-Up | (1) | £20,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £13,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £6,000 |
| Last 16 (second round) | (8) | £3,000 |
| Last 24 (first round) | (8) | £2,000 |

## Teams and seeding

Five teams made their debut in the 2012 World Cup. South Africa became the first African team to participate, they were joined by Croatia, Hungary, Malaysia and the Philippines. They replaced the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia.
| Rank | Country | Top Two Ranked Players | Start In |
| 1 | England | Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis | Round 2 |
| 2 | Australia | Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson | Round 2 |
| 3 | Netherlands | Raymond van Barneveld and Vincent van der Voort | Round 2 |
| 4 | Scotland | Gary Anderson and Peter Wright | Round 2 |
| 5 | Wales | Mark Webster and Richie Burnett | Round 2 |
| 6 | Northern Ireland | Brendan Dolan and Mickey Mansell | Round 2 |
| 7 | Belgium | Kim Huybrechts and Kurt van de Rijck | Round 2 |
| 8 | Germany | Jyhan Artut and Bernd Roith | Round 2 |
| 9 | Canada | John Part and Ken MacNeil | Round 1 |
| 10 | Ireland | William O'Connor and Mick McGowan | Round 1 |
| 11 | United States | Darin Young and Gary Mawson | Round 1 |
| 12 | Austria | Mensur Suljović and Dietmar Burger | Round 1 |
| 13 | Sweden | Magnus Caris and Dennis Nilsson | Round 1 |
| 14 | Spain | Antonio Alcinas and Carlos Rodríguez | Round 1 |
| 15 | Finland | Petri Korte and Marko Kantele | Round 1 |
| 16 | Gibraltar | Dylan Duo and Dyson Parody | Round 1 |
| 17 | Denmark | Per Laursen and Jann Hoffmann | Round 1 |
| 18 | Croatia | Boris Krčmar and Tonči Restović | Round 1 |
| 19 | South Africa | Devon Petersen and Shawn Hogan | Round 1 |
| 20 | Japan | Haruki Muramatsu and Morihiro Hashimoto | Round 1 |
| 21 | New Zealand | Warren French and Preston Ridd | Round 1 |
| 22 | Philippines | Christian Perez and Lourence Ilagan | Round 1 |
| 23 | Malaysia | Lee Choon Peng and Amin Bin Abdul Ghani | Round 1 |
| 24 | Hungary | Nándor Bezzeg and Kristian Kaufmann | Round 1 |

## 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.
| First round (best of 9 legs) 3 February | First round (best of 9 legs) 3 February | First round (best of 9 legs) 3 February | Second round (first to 3 points) 3–4 February | Second round (first to 3 points) 3–4 February | Second round (first to 3 points) 3–4 February | Second round (first to 3 points) 3–4 February | Second round (first to 3 points) 3–4 February | Second round (first to 3 points) 3–4 February | Second round (first to 3 points) 3–4 February | Quarter-finals (first to 3 points) 4 February | Quarter-finals (first to 3 points) 4 February | Quarter-finals (first to 3 points) 4 February | Quarter-finals (first to 3 points) 4 February | Quarter-finals (first to 3 points) 4 February | Quarter-finals (first to 3 points) 4 February | Semi-finals (first to 4 points) 5 February | Semi-finals (first to 4 points) 5 February | Semi-finals (first to 4 points) 5 February | Semi-finals (first to 4 points) 5 February | Semi-finals (first to 4 points) 5 February | Semi-finals (first to 4 points) 5 February | Semi-finals (first to 4 points) 5 February | Semi-finals (first to 4 points) 5 February | Final (first to 4 points) 5 February | Final (first to 4 points) 5 February | Final (first to 4 points) 5 February | Final (first to 4 points) 5 February | Final (first to 4 points) 5 February | Final (first to 4 points) 5 February | Final (first to 4 points) 5 February | Final (first to 4 points) 5 February | Final (first to 4 points) 5 February |
| | | | 1 | England 92.03 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Canada 67.85 | 5 | 9 | Canada 84.82 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Hungary 70.23 | 3 | | | | | | | | 1 | England 88.87 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 11 | United States 86.56 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Germany 86.05 | 4 | 2 | 4 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | United States 87.79 | 5 | 11 | United States 85.99 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Philippines 77.24 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | England 97.57 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Wales 90.62 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Wales 95.85 | 4 | 4 | 5 | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Finland 75.84 | 4 | 18 | Croatia 85.20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Croatia 77.30 | 5 | | | | | | | | 5 | Wales 94.87 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 19 | South Africa 91.69 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Scotland 91.87 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Spain 77.85 | 2 | 19 | South Africa 88.02 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | South Africa 86.97 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | England 94.99 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Australia 90.74 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | 2 | Australia 88.78 | 4 | 4 | 5 | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Ireland 88.35 | 5 | 10 | Ireland 76.91 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 23 | Malaysia 76.75 | 2 | | | | | | | | 2 | Australia 97.42 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Belgium 93.87 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Belgium 86.40 | 4 | 2 | 5 | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Sweden 89.47 | 5 | 13 | Sweden 81.59 | 2 | 4 | 2 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Japan 79.88 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Australia 91.30 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Netherlands 85.53 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Northern Ireland 82.19 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Gibraltar 75.84 | 4 | 17 | Denmark 77.45 | 4 | 1 | 4 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Denmark 77.12 | 5 | | | | | | | | 6 | Northern Ireland 89.02 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Netherlands 92.63 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Netherlands 88.33 | 4 | 3 | 5 | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Austria 80.21 | 5 | 12 | Austria 87.48 | 3 | 4 | 2 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | New Zealand 68.03 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$^S$If the score was tied after the doubles match (worth 2 points), a sudden death doubles leg was played to progress.

## Results
### Second round

The singles matches (which were best of 7 legs) took place in the evening session on 3 February, with the doubles matches (which were best of 9 legs) taking place in the afternoon session on 4 February.
| Country | Points | Country |
| 90.50 Northern Ireland (6) | 3 – 1 | Denmark (7) 84.25 |
| Player(s) | Legs | Player(s) |
| 77.66 Brendan Dolan | 3 – 4 | Jann Hoffmann 81.66 |
| 85.00 Mickey Mansell | 4 – 1 | Per Laursen 68.35 |
| 83.92 Dolan & Mansell | 5 – 4 | Hoffmann & Laursen 79.23 |
| Country | Points | Country |
| 86.40 Belgium (7) | 3 – 1 | Sweden (13) 81.59 |
| Player(s) | Legs | Player(s) |
| 93.55 Kim Huybrechts | 4 – 2 | Dennis Nilsson 80.16 |
| 78.46 Kurt van de Rijck | 2 – 4 | Magnus Caris 81.66 |
| 87.08 Huybrechts & van de Rijck | 5 – 2 | Nilsson & Caris 77.92 |
| Country | Points | Country |
| 88.78 Australia (2) | 4 – 0 | Ireland (10) 76.91 |
| Player(s) | Legs | Player(s) |
| 89.73 Simon Whitlock | 4 – 1 | Mick McGowan 78.00 |
| 91.09 Paul Nicholson | 4 – 1 | William O'Connor 81.26 |
| 85.53 Whitlock & Nicholson | 5 – 2 | McGowan & O'Connor 71.47 |
| Country | Points | Country |
| 95.85 Wales (5) | 4 – 0 | Croatia (18) 85.20 |
| Player(s) | Legs | Player(s) |
| 91.09 Mark Webster | 4 – 0 | Tonči Restović 71.83 |
| 97.35 Richie Burnett | 4 – 3 | Boris Krčmar 89.26 |
| 97.28 Webster & Burnett | 5 – 1 | Restović & Krčmar 83.10 |
| Country | Points | Country |
| 86.05 Germany (8) | 1 – 3 | United States (11) 85.99 |
| Player(s) | Legs | Player(s) |
| 83.79 Jyhan Artut | 4 – 3 | Gary Mawson 82.40 |
| 79.29 Bernd Roith | 2 – 4 | Darin Young 81.66 |
| 92.32 Artut & Roith | 4 – 5 | Mawson & Young 90.65 |
| Country | Points | Country |
| 91.87 Scotland (2) | 2 – 3 | South Africa (19) 88.02 |
| Player(s) | Legs | Player(s) |
| 91.29 Gary Anderson | 4 – 3 | Shawn Hogan 84.85 |
| 94.20 Peter Wright | 4 – 1 | Devon Petersen 86.41 |
| 90.13 Anderson & Wright | 3 – 5 | Hogan & Petersen 91.81 |
| Country | Points | Country |
| 92.03 England (1) | 3 – 2 | Canada (9) 84.82 |
| Player(s) | Legs | Player(s) |
| 92.28 Phil Taylor | 3 – 4 | Ken MacNeil 90.46 |
| 93.40 Adrian Lewis | 3 – 4 | John Part 86.50 |
| 90.42 Taylor & Lewis | 5 – 3 | MacNeil & Part 77.51 |
| Country | Points | Country |
| 88.33 Netherlands (3) | 3 – 1 | Austria (12) 87.48 |
| Player(s) | Legs | Player(s) |
| 87.86 Raymond van Barneveld | 4 – 3 | Dietmar Burger 88.78 |
| 87.86 Vincent van der Voort | 3 – 4 | Mensur Suljović 90.28 |
| 89.27 van Barneveld & van der Voort | 5 – 2 | Burger & Suljović 83.38 |

### Quarter-finals

All matches (which were best of 7 legs) took place in the evening session on 4 February.
| Country | Points | Country |
| 97.42 Australia (2) | 3 – 1 | Belgium (7) 93.87 |
| Player(s) | Legs | Player(s) |
| 93.93 Simon Whitlock | 4 – 0 | Kurt van de Rijck 80.46 |
| 94.98 Paul Nicholson | 2 – 4 | Kim Huybrechts 98.10 |
| 102.18 Whitlock & Nicholson | 4 – 2 | van de Rijck & Huybrechts 98.58 |
| Country | Points | Country |
| 94.87 Wales (5) | 3 – 1 | South Africa (19) 91.69 |
| Player(s) | Legs | Player(s) |
| 98.55 Mark Webster | 4 – 0 | Shawn Hogan 71.04 |
| 99.81 Richie Burnett | 3 – 4 | Devon Petersen 101.52 |
| 86.22 Webster & Burnett | 4 – 3 | Hogan & Petersen 93.65 |
| Country | Points | Country |
| 88.87 England (1) | 3 – 1 | United States (11) 86.56 |
| Player(s) | Legs | Player(s) |
| 97.26 Phil Taylor | 3 – 4 | Gary Mawson 91.41 |
| 83.49 Adrian Lewis | 4 – 3 | Darin Young 87.21 |
| 85.83 Taylor & Lewis | 4 – 2 | Mawson & Young 83.37 |
| Country | Points | Country |
| 89.02 Northern Ireland (6) | 0 – 4 | Netherlands (3) 92.63 |
| Player(s) | Legs | Player(s) |
| 80.10 Brendan Dolan | 3 – 4 | Vincent van der Voort 90.09 |
| 98.28 Mickey Mansell | 2 – 4 | Raymond van Barneveld 101.40 |
| 88.68 Dolan & Mansell | 3 – 4 | van der Voort & van Barneveld 86.40 |

### Semi-finals

All matches (which were best of 7 legs) took place in the afternoon session on 5 February. Four points were needed to win the tie.
| Country | Points | Country |
| 91.30 Australia (2) | 5 – 1 | Netherlands (3) 85.53 |
| Player(s) | Legs | Player(s) |
| 94.62 Simon Whitlock | 4 – 3 | Vincent van der Voort 87.27 |
| 83.79 Paul Nicholson | 0 – 4 | Raymond van Barneveld 100.20 |
| 95.34 Simon Whitlock | 4 – 2 | Raymond van Barneveld 91.44 |
| 89.40 Paul Nicholson | 4 – 2 | Vincent van der Voort 74.82 |
| 89.73 Whitlock & Nicholson | 4 – 0 | van der Voort & van Barneveld 73.92 |
| Country | Points | Country |
| 89.02 England (1) | 5 – 1 | Wales (5) 92.63 |
| Player(s) | Legs | Player(s) |
| 95.28 Phil Taylor | 1 – 4 | Richie Burnett 108.93 |
| 105.48 Adrian Lewis | 4 – 0 | Mark Webster 82.86 |
| 96.51 Phil Taylor | 4 – 1 | Mark Webster 86.46 |
| 93.00 Adrian Lewis | 4 – 3 | Richie Burnett 87.63 |
| 97.59 Taylor & Lewis | 4 – 2 | Burnett & Webster 87.24 |

### Final

All matches (which were best of 13 legs) took place in the evening session on 5 February. Four points were needed to win the title.
| Country | Points | Country |
| 94.99 England (1) | 4 – 3 | Australia (2) 90.74 |
| Player(s) | Legs | Player(s) |
| 97.20 Phil Taylor | 7 – 4 | Paul Nicholson 89.55 |
| 93.69 Adrian Lewis | 7 – 5 | Simon Whitlock 91.80 |
| 105.93 Phil Taylor | 7 – 6 | Simon Whitlock 97.86 |
| 84.69 Adrian Lewis | 4 – 7 | Paul Nicholson 82.23 |
| 91.59 Taylor & Lewis | 4 – 7 | Nicholson & Whitlock 91.68 |

## Television coverage

The tournament was 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.