| Tournament Name: | 2012 Cash Converters World Cup of Darts |
| Dates: | 3–5 February 2012 |
| Venue: | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle |
| Location: | Hamburg |
| Organisation: | PDC |
| Format: | Legs |
| Prize Fund: | £150,000 |
| Winners Share: | £40,000 |
| High Checkout: | 161 Adrian Lewis (2x) |
| Winner: | (Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis) |
| Prev: | 2010 |
| Next: | 2013 |
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.[1]
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.
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.[2]
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.
| Position (no. of teams) | Prize money (Total: £150,000) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | align=center | (1) | align=center | £40,000 | |
| Runners-Up | align=center | (1) | align=center | £20,000 | |
| Semi-finalists | align=center | (2) | align=center | £13,000 | |
| Quarter-finalists | align=center | (4) | align=center | £6,000 | |
| Last 16 (second round) | align=center | (8) | align=center | £3,000 | |
| Last 24 (first round) | align=center | (8) | align=center | £2,000 | |
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.[4]
| Rank | Country | Top Two Ranked Players | Start In |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis | Round 2 | |
| 2 | Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson | ||
| 3 | Raymond van Barneveld and Vincent van der Voort | ||
| 4 | Gary Anderson and Peter Wright | ||
| 5 | Mark Webster and Richie Burnett | ||
| 6 | Brendan Dolan and Mickey Mansell | ||
| 7 | Kim Huybrechts and Kurt van de Rijck | ||
| 8 | Jyhan Artut and Bernd Roith | ||
| 9 | John Part and Ken MacNeil | Round 1 | |
| 10 | William O'Connor and Mick McGowan | ||
| 11 | Darin Young and Gary Mawson | ||
| 12 | Mensur Suljović and Dietmar Burger | ||
| 13 | Magnus Caris and Dennis Nilsson | ||
| 14 | Antonio Alcinas and Carlos Rodríguez | ||
| 15 | Petri Korte and Marko Kantele | ||
| 16 | Dylan Duo and Dyson Parody | ||
| 17 | Per Laursen and Jann Hoffmann | ||
| 18 | Boris Krčmar and Tonči Restović | ||
| 19 | |||
| 20 | Haruki Muramatsu and Morihiro Hashimoto | ||
| 21 | Warren French and Preston Ridd | ||
| 22 | Christian Perez and Lourence Ilagan | ||
| 23 | Lee Choon Peng and Amin Bin Abdul Ghani | ||
| 24 | Nándor Bezzeg and Kristian Kaufmann |
The bracket from the last 16 and the preliminary round matches were announced on 9 January 2012.[4] The preliminary round teams were drawn against the seeded teams with pairings announced on 25 January 2012.[5]
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.
| width=287 | Country | width=1 | Points | width=287 | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90.50 (6) | 3 – 1 | (7) 84.25 | |||
| width=287 | Player(s) | width=1 | Legs | width=287 | Player(s) |
| 77.66 | 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 |
| width=287 | Country | width=1 | Points | width=287 | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86.40 (7) | 3 – 1 | (13) 81.59 | |||
| width=287 | Player(s) | width=1 | Legs | width=287 | Player(s) |
| 93.55 Kim Huybrechts | 4 – 2 | Dennis Nilsson 80.16 | |||
| 78.46 | 2 – 4 | Magnus Caris 81.66 | |||
| 87.08 Huybrechts & van de Rijck | 5 – 2 | Nilsson & Caris 77.92 |
| width=287 | Country | width=1 | Points | width=287 | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88.78 (2) | 4 – 0 | (10) 76.91 | |||
| width=287 | Player(s) | width=1 | Legs | width=287 | 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 |
| width=287 | Country | width=1 | Points | width=287 | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95.85 (5) | 4 – 0 | (18) 85.20 | |||
| width=287 | Player(s) | width=1 | Legs | width=287 | 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 |
| width=287 | Country | width=1 | Points | width=287 | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86.05 (8) | 1 – 3 | (11) 85.99 | |||
| width=287 | Player(s) | width=1 | Legs | width=287 | Player(s) |
| 83.79 Jyhan Artut | 4 – 3 | Gary Mawson 82.40 | |||
| 79.29 | 2 – 4 | Darin Young 81.66 | |||
| 92.32 Artut & Roith | 4 – 5 | Mawson & Young 90.65 |
| width=287 | Country | width=1 | Points | width=287 | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91.87 (2) | 2 – 3 | (19) 88.02 | |||
| width=287 | Player(s) | width=1 | Legs | width=287 | 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 |
| width=287 | Country | width=1 | Points | width=287 | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92.03 (1) | 3 – 2 | (9) 84.82 | |||
| width=287 | Player(s) | width=1 | Legs | width=287 | Player(s) |
| 92.28 | 3 – 4 | Ken MacNeil 90.46 | |||
| 93.40 | 3 – 4 | John Part 86.50 | |||
| 90.42 Taylor & Lewis | 5 – 3 | MacNeil & Part 77.51 |
| width=287 | Country | width=1 | Points | width=287 | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88.33 (3) | 3 – 1 | (12) 87.48 | |||
| width=287 | Player(s) | width=1 | Legs | width=287 | Player(s) |
| 87.86 Raymond van Barneveld | 4 – 3 | Dietmar Burger 88.78 | |||
| 87.86 | 3 – 4 | Mensur Suljović 90.28 | |||
| 89.27 van Barneveld & van der Voort | 5 – 2 | Burger & Suljović 83.38 |
All matches (which were best of 7 legs) took place in the evening session on 4 February.
| width=287 | Country | width=1 | Points | width=287 | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97.42 (2) | 3 – 1 | (7) 93.87 | |||
| width=287 | Player(s) | width=1 | Legs | width=287 | Player(s) |
| 93.93 Simon Whitlock | 4 – 0 | Kurt van de Rijck 80.46 | |||
| 94.98 | 2 – 4 | Kim Huybrechts 98.10 | |||
| 102.18 Whitlock & Nicholson | 4 – 2 | van de Rijck & Huybrechts 98.58 |
| width=287 | Country | width=1 | Points | width=287 | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94.87 (5) | 3 – 1 | (19) 91.69 | |||
| width=287 | Player(s) | width=1 | Legs | width=287 | Player(s) |
| 98.55 Mark Webster | 4 – 0 | Shawn Hogan 71.04 | |||
| 99.81 | 3 – 4 | Devon Petersen 101.52 | |||
| 86.22 Webster & Burnett | 4 – 3 | Hogan & Petersen 93.65 |
| width=287 | Country | width=1 | Points | width=287 | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88.87 (1) | 3 – 1 | (11) 86.56 | |||
| width=287 | Player(s) | width=1 | Legs | width=287 | Player(s) |
| 97.26 | 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 |
| width=287 | Country | width=1 | Points | width=287 | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89.02 (6) | 0 – 4 | (3) 92.63 | |||
| width=287 | Player(s) | width=1 | Legs | width=287 | Player(s) |
| 80.10 | 3 – 4 | Vincent van der Voort 90.09 | |||
| 98.28 | 2 – 4 | Raymond van Barneveld 101.40 | |||
| 88.68 Dolan & Mansell | 3 – 4 | van der Voort & van Barneveld 86.40 |
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.
| width=287 | Country | width=1 | Points | width=287 | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91.30 (2) | 5 – 1 | (3) 85.53 | |||
| width=287 | Player(s) | width=1 | Legs | width=287 | Player(s) |
| 94.62 Simon Whitlock | 4 – 3 | Vincent van der Voort 87.27 | |||
| 83.79 | 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 |
| width=287 | Country | width=1 | Points | width=287 | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89.02 (1) | 5 – 1 | (5) 92.63 | |||
| width=287 | Player(s) | width=1 | Legs | width=287 | Player(s) |
| 95.28 | 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 |
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.
| width=287 | Country | width=1 | Points | width=287 | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94.99 (1) | 4 – 3 | (2) 90.74 | |||
| width=287 | Player(s) | width=1 | Legs | width=287 | 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 | 4 – 7 | Paul Nicholson 82.23 | |||
| 91.59 Taylor & Lewis | 4 – 7 | Nicholson & Whitlock 91.68 |
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.[6]