The 2012 German Darts Masters was the fourth of five
PDC European Tour
The PDC European Tour is a series of darts tournaments held across Europe organized by the Professional Darts Corporation. Starting in 2012 with five events, the number of events has steadily risen with eight held in 2013 and 2014, nine in 2015, 10 ...
events on the
2012 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the
Glaspalast in
Sindelfingen,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
, from 7–9 September 2012. It featured a field of 64 players and £82,100 in prize money, with £15,000 going to the winner.
Adrian Lewis claimed his first European Tour title with a 6–3 win over
Ian White.
There were two
nine-dart finishes during the tournament.
Mark Webster hit the first during his first-round game, which he lost to
Andree Welge,
and
Ian White hit the second during his 6–5 last 16 victory against
Andy Hamilton.
Prize money
Qualification
The top 32 players from th
PDC Order of Meritautomatically qualified for the event. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in
Derby
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on August 3), eight from the European Qualifier (held in
Berlin
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on August 4), and four from the Home Nation Qualifier (also held in
Berlin
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on August 3).
Gary Anderson was banned from playing in this tournament, along with the
Dutch Darts Masters and the
European Championship. Also,
Jelle Klaasen,
Phil Taylor and
Mark Hylton did not compete, with their opponents (
Steve Beaton,
Andy Jenkins and
Jerry Hendriks respectively) receiving byes to the second round.
1–32
UK Qualifier
*
Tony Littleton ''(second round)''
* Darren Johnson ''(first round)''
* Nick Fullwell ''(first round)''
*
Jamie Lewis ''(first round)''
*
Arron Monk ''(second round)''
*
Ian White ''(runner-up)''
*
Nigel Heydon ''(third round)''
*
William O'Connor ''(second round)''
*
Mark Dudbridge ''(first round)''
*
Andrew Gilding ''(first round)''
*
Peter Hudson ''(second round)''
*
Darren Webster ''(first round)''
*
Mickey Mansell ''(third round)''
*
Dean Winstanley ''(first round)''
*
Andy Jenkins ''(second round)''
*
Tony West ''(quarter-finals)''
*
Stuart Kellett ''(second round)''
*
James Richardson ''(second round)''
* Reece Robinson ''(first round)''
*
Terry Temple ''(second round)''
European Qualifier
*
Jelle Klaasen ''(withdrew)''
*
Mensur Suljović ''(first round)''
*
Tonči Restović ''(first round)''
* Leon de Geus ''(first round)''
* Kurt van de Rijck ''(first round)''
*
Kim Huybrechts ''(second round)''
*
Magnus Caris ''(second round)''
*
Jerry Hendriks ''(third round)''
Host Nation Qualifier
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*
Tomas Seyler ''(first round)''
*
Andree Welge ''(third round)''
*
Kevin Münch ''(first round)''
*
Maik Langendorf ''(first round)''
Draw
References
{{2012 in PDC darts
2012 PDC European Tour
2012 in German sport