2012 World Matchplay


The 2012 Betfair World Matchplay was the 19th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place from 21–29 July 2012 at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool.
Phil Taylor was the defending champion, and retained his title for the fifth successive time and thirteenth in total with an 18–15 win over James Wade in the final.
Two nine-dart finishes were made during the tournament. Michael van Gerwen recorded the first during his second round victory over Steve Beaton. Wes Newton repeated the feat a day later, during his second round loss against Justin Pipe.

Prize money

For the fourth consecutive World Matchplay, the prize fund was £400,000.

Qualification

The top 16 in the PDC Order of Merit qualified as seeded players. The other 16 places went to the top 16 non-qualified players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit who are unseeded players.

PDC Top 16

  1. Phil Taylor
  2. Adrian Lewis '
  3. James Wade '
  4. Gary Anderson '
  5. Wes Newton '
  6. Simon Whitlock '
  7. Raymond van Barneveld '
  8. Andy Hamilton '
  9. Mark Webster '
  10. Terry Jenkins '
  11. Kevin Painter '
  12. Justin Pipe '
  13. Dave Chisnall '
  14. Mark Walsh '
  15. Paul Nicholson '
  16. Vincent van der Voort

    PDC ProTour qualifiers

  17. Kim Huybrechts '
  18. Michael van Gerwen '
  19. Ronnie Baxter '
  20. Colin Lloyd '
  21. Andy Smith '
  22. Ian White '
  23. Brendan Dolan '
  24. Michael Smith '
  25. Richie Burnett '
  26. Mervyn King '
  27. Robert Thornton '
  28. Colin Osborne '
  29. James Hubbard '
  30. Dean Winstanley '
  31. Steve Beaton '
  32. Joe Cullen '

    Draw

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