| Tournament Name: | 2012 European Darts Open |
| Dates: | 6–8 July 2012 |
| Venue: | Maritim Hotel |
| Location: | Düsseldorf |
| Organisation: | PDC |
| Format: | Legs |
| Prize Fund: | £82,100 |
| Winners Share: | £15,000 |
| Winner: | Raymond van Barneveld |
| Prev: | Event 2 |
| Next: | Event 4 |
The 2012 European Darts Open was the third of five PDC European Tour events on the 2012 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Maritim Hotel in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 6–8 July 2012. It featured a field of 64 players and £82,100 in prize money, with £15,000 going to the winner.
Raymond van Barneveld won the title, defeating Dave Chisnall 6–4 in the final.[1] This was Chisnall's second successive defeat in a European Tour final.
| Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | align=center | (1) | align=center | £15,000 |
| Runner-up | align=center | (1) | align=center | £7,500 |
| Semi-finalists | align=center | (2) | align=center | £5,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | align=center | (4) | align=center | £3,000 |
| Third round losers | align=center | (8) | align=center | £1,500 |
| Second round losers | align=center | (16) | align=center | £1,000 |
| First round losers | align=center | (32) | align=center | £200 |
| Final qualifying round losers | align=center | (32) | align=center | £100 |
| Total | align=center colspan=2 | £82,100 | ||
The top 32 players from the PDC Order of Merit automatically qualified for the event. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Birmingham on June 15), eight from the European Qualifier (held in Berlin on June 23), and four from the Home Nation Qualifier (also held in Berlin on June 23).[2]
1–32UK Qualifier[3]
European Qualifier[4]
Ronny Huybrechts (second round) Kim Huybrechts (second round)
Magnus Caris (first round)Host Nation Qualifier[4]
Maik Langendorf (first round)