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2012 Grand Slam of Darts

The 2012 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts, was the sixth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 10–18 November 2012 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.

2012 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates10–18 November 2012
VenueWolverhampton Civic Hall
LocationWolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£400,000
Winner's share£100,000
High checkout170 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (4x)
170 Netherlands Wesley Harms
Champion(s)
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
«2011 2013»

Phil Taylor was the defending champion, but was beaten in the Last 16 by Michael van Gerwen, who went on to make the final, but lost 16–14 to Raymond van Barneveld.

Prize money edit

Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £400,000)
Winner (1) £100,000
Runner-up (1) £50,000
Semi-finalists (2) £25,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £15,000
Last 16 (second round) (8) £7,500
Third in group (8) £5,000
Fourth in group (8) £2,500
Group winner bonus (8) £2,500

Qualifying edit

Qualifying tournaments edit

PDC edit

Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
Grand Slam of Darts 2011 Winner   Phil Taylor   Phil Taylor
  Gary Anderson
  Adrian Lewis
  Mark Walsh
  Scott Waites
  James Wade
  Steve Beaton
  Wayne Jones
  Andy Hamilton
  Simon Whitlock
  Mark Webster
  Terry Jenkins
  John Part
  Michael van Gerwen
  Mervyn King
  Brendan Dolan
  Robert Thornton
  Wes Newton
  Paul Nicholson
  Kevin Painter
  Raymond van Barneveld
  Co Stompé
  Barrie Bates
  James Hubbard
Runner-Up   Gary Anderson
Semi-finalists   Adrian Lewis
  Mark Walsh
2010 Winner   Scott Waites
Runner-Up   James Wade
Semi-finalists   Steve Beaton
  Wayne Jones
PDC World Darts Championship 2012 Winner   Adrian Lewis
Runner-Up   Andy Hamilton
Semi-finalists   Simon Whitlock
  James Wade
2011 Winner   Adrian Lewis
Runner-Up   Gary Anderson
Semi-finalists   Mark Webster
  Terry Jenkins
2010 Winner   Phil Taylor
2009 Winner   Phil Taylor
2008 Winner   John Part
World Matchplay 2012 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-Up   James Wade
2011 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-Up   James Wade
World Grand Prix 2012 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Runner-Up   Mervyn King
2011 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-Up   Brendan Dolan
UK Open 2012 Winner   Robert Thornton
Runner-Up   Phil Taylor
2011 Winner   James Wade
Runner-Up   Wes Newton
Premier League Darts 2012 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-Up   Simon Whitlock
2011 Winner   Gary Anderson
Runner-Up   Adrian Lewis
Championship League Darts 2012 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-Up   Simon Whitlock
2011 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-Up   Paul Nicholson
Players Championship Finals 2011 (2) Winner   Kevin Painter
Runner-Up   Mark Webster
2011 (1) Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-Up   Gary Anderson
European Championship 2012 Winner   Simon Whitlock
Runner-Up   Wes Newton
2011 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-Up   Adrian Lewis
PDC World Cup of Darts 2012 Winners   Phil Taylor
  Adrian Lewis
Runners-Up   Simon Whitlock
  Paul Nicholson
2010 Winners   Raymond van Barneveld
  Co Stompé
Runners-Up   Mark Webster
  Barrie Bates
PDC World Youth Championship 2012 Winner   James Hubbard
Runner-Up   Michael van Gerwen
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

BDO edit

Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
BDO World Darts Championship 2012 Winner   Christian Kist   Christian Kist
  Tony O'Shea
  Wesley Harms
  Ted Hankey
  Dean Winstanley
  Martin Phillips
  Jan Dekker
Runner-Up   Tony O'Shea
Semi-finalists   Wesley Harms
  Ted Hankey
2011 Winner   Martin Adams
Runner-Up   Dean Winstanley
Semi-finalists   Martin Phillips
  Jan Dekker
2010 Winner   Martin Adams
2009 Winner   Ted Hankey
2008 Winner   Mark Webster
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

Other qualifiers edit

Criteria Player
PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Order of Merit Leader   Arron Monk

Pools edit

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
(Seeded Players) (qualifiers)

  Phil Taylor (1)
  Adrian Lewis (2)
  Christian Kist (3)
  James Wade (4)
  Simon Whitlock (5)
  Wes Newton (6)
  Andy Hamilton (7)
  Michael van Gerwen (8)

  Gary Anderson
  Jan Dekker
  Terry Jenkins
  Paul Nicholson
  Kevin Painter
  Robert Thornton
  Raymond van Barneveld
  Scott Waites

  Brendan Dolan
  Ted Hankey
  Wesley Harms
  Mervyn King
  John Part
  Mark Walsh
  Mark Webster
  Dean Winstanley

  Barrie Bates
  Steve Beaton
  James Hubbard
  Wayne Jones
  Arron Monk
  Tony O'Shea
  Martin Phillips
  Co Stompé

Draw edit

Group stage edit

[1]

All matches first-to-5/best of 9

NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; RQ = Ranking Qualifier NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/- = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Average – 3-dart average; Pts = Points; Q = Qualified for K.O. phase

Knockout stage edit

Second round (best of 19 legs)
15–16 November
[8][9] 		Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
17 November
[10] 		Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
18 November
[11] 		Final (best of 31 legs)
18 November
[12]
            
A1   Scott Waites (BDO) 103.67 10
B2   Robert Thornton 102.42 8
A1   Scott Waites (BDO) 98.04 12
B1   Michael van Gerwen (8) 106.63 16
B1   Michael van Gerwen (8) 108.38 10
A2   Phil Taylor (1) 104.89 5
B1   Michael van Gerwen (8) 101.83 16
C1   Dean Winstanley 98.94 8
C1   Dean Winstanley 94.73 10
D2   Arron Monk (RQ) 93.46 5
C1   Dean Winstanley 90.45 16
C2   Kevin Painter 91.78 12
D1   Mervyn King 89.63 5
C2   Kevin Painter 91.10 10
B1   Michael van Gerwen (8) 98.55 14
H1   Raymond van Barneveld 95.79 16
E1   John Part 89.10 10
F2   Brendan Dolan 85.40 6
E1   John Part 90.19 12
F1   Andy Hamilton (7) 95.37 16
F1   Andy Hamilton (7) 98.76 10
E2   Gary Anderson 101.90 9
F1   Andy Hamilton (7) 95.87 10
H1   Raymond van Barneveld 97.54 16
G1   Wes Newton (6) 93.71 9
H2   Christian Kist (BDO,3) 89.78 10
H2   Christian Kist (BDO,3) 93.05 10
H1   Raymond van Barneveld 100.57 16
H1   Raymond van Barneveld 104.56 10
G2   Wesley Harms (BDO) 97.50 4

Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)

Statistics edit

Player Eliminated Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High checkout 3-dart average
  Raymond van Barneveld Winner 7 72 45 148 84 35 156 96.29
  Michael van Gerwen Final 7 71 46 145 92 35 170 100.12
  Andy Hamilton Semi-finals 6 51 44 117 59 17 152 94.14
  Dean Winstanley Semi-finals 6 48 41 107 66 20 142 94.00
  Scott Waites Quarter-finals 5 35 32 73 55 23 148 100.12
  Christian Kist Quarter-finals 5 34 36 78 38 19 128 90.66
  Kevin Painter Quarter-finals 5 36 33 89 46 12 121 90.38
  John Part Quarter-finals 5 36 33 89 35 2 121 84.73
  Phil Taylor Second round 4 17 18 53 26 1 164 98.93
  Gary Anderson Second round 4 23 23 65 27 17 130 96.94
  Wes Newton Second round 4 24 16 60 20 14 164 94.85
  Mervyn King Second round 4 20 16 49 29 4 126 94.68
  Wesley Harms Second round 4 16 19 53 26 6 170 93.38
  Robert Thornton Second round 4 21 19 57 33 5 90 93.16
  Brendan Dolan Second round 4 17 17 49 20 4 123 87.78
  Arron Monk Second round 4 18 17 48 24 5 126 86.25
  Simon Whitlock Group stage 3 11 11 25 13 7 96 91.81
  Mark Walsh Group stage 3 10 13 25 12 5 164 85.84
  Co Stompé Group stage 3 7 12 22 12 2 67 91.00
  Mark Webster Group stage 3 9 13 31 12 3 131 90.13
  Paul Nicholson Group stage 3 11 10 30 12 4 88 90.75
  Terry Jenkins Group stage 3 9 12 24 12 8 78 90.49
  James Wade Group stage 3 8 11 25 16 2 116 89.73
  Tony O'Shea Group stage 3 13 14 36 15 9 100 88.54
  Adrian Lewis Group stage 3 11 14 28 14 4 147 87.34
  Ted Hankey Group stage 3 5 13 21 9 4 161 78.35
  Steve Beaton Group stage 3 9 15 33 13 6 124 92.00
  Wayne Jones Group stage 3 8 15 31 12 6 116 88.69
  James Hubbard Group stage 3 7 15 27 7 5 100 88.14
  Martin Phillips Group stage 3 6 15 29 13 3 61 85.62
  Jan Dekker Group stage 3 3 15 10 5 2 72 76.43
  Barrie Bates Group stage 3 2 15 19 6 1 59 75.31

Source: Match reports in the draw

Broadcasting edit

Sky Sports provided television coverage of the event in the United Kingdom, Fox Sports in Australia, OSN across the Middle East and it was available online and partially televised on RTL7 in the Netherlands.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "William Hill Grand Slam Schedule". PDC. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d "William Hill Grand Slam Day One". PDC. 13 November 2011. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d "William Hill Grand Slam - Sunday Evening". PDC. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  4. ^ a b c "William Hill Grand Slam – Tuesday". PDC. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d "William Hill Grand Slam – Sunday Afternoon". PDC. Archived from the original on 15 November 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d "William Hill Grand Slam – Monday". PDC. Archived from the original on 15 November 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  7. ^ a b c d "William Hill Grand Slam – Wednesday". PDC. Archived from the original on 17 November 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  8. ^ "William Hill Grand Slam – Thursday". PDC. Archived from the original on 17 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  9. ^ "William Hill Grand Slam – Friday". PDC. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  10. ^ "William Hill Grand Slam Quarter-finals". PDC. Archived from the original on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  11. ^ "William Hill Grand Slam Semi-finals". PDC. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  12. ^ "Brilliant Barney's Grand Slam Triumph!". PDC. Archived from the original on 22 November 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.

External links edit

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