The 2012 Austrian Darts Open was the first of five PDC European Tour events on the

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. The tournament took place at the Arena Nova in

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near

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, from 27–29 April 2012. It featured a field of 64 players and £82,100 in prize money, with £15,000 going to the winner.

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won the title, by defeating

James Wade James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He became the youngest player to win a major PDC title, when he won the 2007 World Matchplay at the ...

6–3 in the final. Michael Smith and

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both threw

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es during the tournament.

Prize money

Qualification

The top 32 players from th
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 Barnsley on 13 April), eight from the European Qualifier (held in

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on 7 April) and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held in

Eisenstadt Eisenstadt (; hu, Kismarton; hr, Željezni grad; ; sl, Železno, Austro-Bavarian: ''Eisnstod'') is a city in Austria, the state capital of Burgenland. It had a recorded population on 29 April 2021 of 15,074. In the Habsburg Empire's Kingdom ...

on 31 March). 1–32 UK Qualifier *

Mick Todd Mick Todd (born 6 June 1972) is a former professional English darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation events. He earned a PDC Tour Card in 2011 and 2014, and qualified for the 2014 UK Open and 2017 UK Open The 2017 Coral ...

''(first round)'' * Mark Dudbridge ''(second round)'' * Scott Rand ''(first round)'' *

Johnny Haines Johnny Haines (born 19 July 1964) is an English professional darts player who currently played in the World Darts Federation (WDF) events. His nickname is "The Punk" and he qualified for the PDC Pro Tour via Q School in 2012 and 2015. Career ...

''(first round)'' * Gaz Cousins ''(second round)'' *

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''(first round)'' * Steve Evans ''(second round)'' * Jim Walker ''(second round)'' * Ian White ''(first round)'' * William O'Connor ''(first round)'' * Joe Cullen ''(quarter-finals)'' *

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''(first round)'' * James Richardson ''(quarter-finals)'' *

Dean Winstanley Dean Winstanley (born 10 February 1981) is an English professional darts player. He first took up darts as a two-year-old, stopped playing at the age of 12, and then started playing again when he was 22. He turned professional in 2008 and won ...

''(third round)'' * Michael Smith ''(second round)'' * Brian Woods ''(first round)'' * Ross Smith ''(first round)'' *

Richie Howson Richard Howson (born 19 December 1965) is an English professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Career In 2011, he played in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournament World Masters where he beat Scott Mitch ...

''(first round)'' * Arron Monk ''(first round)'' * Darren Webster ''(first round)'' European Qualifier * Gino Vos ''(second round)'' *

Mareno Michels Mareno Michels (born 23 October 1984) is a Dutch darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career BDO Michels made three quarter final appearances in the BDO Open events in 2005, doing so in the Welsh Open, Engl ...

''(first round)'' *

Roland Scholten Roland Scholten (born 11 January 1965) is a Dutch former professional darts player who played in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and British Darts Organisation (BDO). Nicknamed The Tripod and The Flying Dutchman, Scholten turne ...

''(first round)'' *

Kim Huybrechts Kim Huybrechts (born 16 November 1985) is a Belgian professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He made the final of a major TV event, the 2012 Players Championship Finals, losing to Phil Taylor 13 ...

''(third round)'' *

Michael van Gerwen Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently PDC Order of Merit, ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Darts Championship, PDC ...

''(third round)'' * Michael Rosenauer ''(first round)'' * Boris Krčmar ''(first round)'' *

Jelle Klaasen Jelle Klaasen (born 17 October 1984), nicknamed The Cobra, is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. In 2006, he became the youngest darts player to win th ...

''(first round)'' Host Nation Qualifier *

Mensur Suljović Mensur Suljović (Serbian Cyrillic: Менсур Суљовић; born 5 March 1972) is an Austrian professional darts player. He plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, having previously played in the British Darts Organisation (BD ...

''(first round)'' *

Zoran Lerchbacher Zoran Lerchbacher (born 30 May 1972) is an Austrian professional darts player from Graz, Austria currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation. Career Lerchbacher qualified for the 2014 PDC World Darts Championship and won 4–1 in ...

''(first round)'' *

Dietmar Burger Dietmar Burger (born 19 July 1968) is an Austrian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Burger won the Czech Open back-to-back in 2005 and 2006 and then won the Finnish Open in 2007, an eve ...

''(first round)'' *

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''(first round)''

Draw

References

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