The 2012 German Darts Championship was the second of five PDC European Tour events on the

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. The tournament took place at the Tempodrom in

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, from 22–24 June 2012. It featured a field of 64 players and £82,100 in prize money, with £15,000 for the winner.

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won the title, defeating

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6–2 in the final.

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hit a

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during his first round win over Alex Roy.

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

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on 25 May), eight from the European Qualifier (held in

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on 2 June), and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held in

on 1 June).European Tour Event 2 Entries
PDC.tv 1–32 UK Qualifier * Reece Robinson ''(second round)'' * Alex Roy ''(first round)'' * ~~Keegan Brown ''(withdrew)''~~ * Mick Todd ''(first round)'' * Gaz Cousins ''(first round)'' *

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''(first round)'' *

Mickey Mansell Michael "Mickey" Mansell (born 31 August 1973) is a Northern Irish darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career In October 2010, Mansell reached the semi-finals of a Players Championship in Dublin. A week late ...

''(third round)'' * Peter Hudson ''(first round)'' * Daniel Starkey ''(first round)'' * William O'Connor ''(first round)'' * Dave Ladley ''(second round)'' * Jim Walker ''(first round)'' * Steve Evans ''(first round)'' *

Andy Jenkins Andrew Jenkins (born 11 March 1971) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was nicknamed "Rocky" due to his rough personality. Jenkins has reached high rankings in the PDC, but ha ...

''(first round)'' * Darren Webster ''(first round)'' * Michael Barnard ''(second round)'' *

Prakash Jiwa Prakash Jiwa (born 21 May 1970 in Rugby, Warwickshire) is an English-Indian professional darts player He has won a tour card through Qualifying School to compete in Professional Darts Corporation events on three occasions. PDC career Jiwa qualifi ...

''(first round)'' * Sam Hill ''(first round)'' * James Hubbard ''(third round)'' *

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 ...

''(second round)'' European Qualifier * Jerry Hendriks ''(first round)'' *

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 ...

''(second 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 ...

''(quarter-finals)'' *

Zdravko Antunović Zdravko Antunović (born 12 February 1974) is a Croatian professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Antunović qualified for the 2012 German Darts Championship in the newly formed PDC European Tour The ...

''(first round)'' * Magnus Caris ''(first 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 ...

''(first round)'' *

Leon de Geus Leon de Geus (born 24 June 1971) is a Dutch former darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. PDC career In January 2013, he took part in the PDC Qualifying School but failed to win a place, coming closest on th ...

''(first 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)'' Host Nation Qualifier *

Andree Welge Andree Welge (born 6 May 1972) is a German professional darts player who competed in events of the World Darts Federation (WDF). Career Welge made his World Championship debut in the 2002 BDO World Darts Championship where he lost in the first ...

''(first round)'' *

Kevin Münch Kevin Münch (born 27 July 1988) is a German darts player. Career Münch reached the last 40 of the 2011 Winmau World Masters before losing to Colin Fowler. Münch qualified for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship after winning the German Q ...

''(first round)'' * Bernd Roith ''(first round)'' * Michael Rosenauer ''(second round)''

Draw

References

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