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.
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

Qualifying

Qualifying Tournaments

Players in italics had already qualified for the event.

PDC

BDO

Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.
The PDC have decided to no longer invite Martin Adams to the Grand Slam due to his decision to turn down three consecutive invitations in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Other Methods of Qualification

PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Order of Merit

qualified as the highest ranked player on the PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Order of Merit.

Qualified Players

Professional Darts Corporation

Draw and results

Group stage

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

Group A

10 November
11 November
13 November

Group B

10 November
11 November
13 November

Group C

10 November
11 November
13 November

Group D

10 November
11 November
13 November

Group E

11 November
12 November
14 November

Group F

11 November
12 November
14 November

Group G

11 November
12 November
14 November

Group H

11 November
12 November
14 November

Knockout stage

Scores after player's names are three-dart averages

Statistics

Broadcasting

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.