2012 World Masters (darts)
| Winmau World Masters | |
|---|---|
| Tournament information | |
| Dates | 11–14 October |
| Venue | Costello Stadium and Hull City Hall |
| Location | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | BDO |
| Format | Sets for men, Legs for women, boys and girls |
| Prize fund | 70,500ドル |
| Winner's share | 25,000ドル (men), 5,000ドル (women) |
| High checkout | 1,000ドル (non-televised), 2,000ドル (televised) |
| Champion(s) | |
| England Stephen Bunting (men) Wales Julie Gore (women) Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan (boys) England Fallon Sherrock (girls) | |
The 2012 Winmau World Masters was a major televised tournament on the BDO/WDF calendar for 2012. It took place from 11 to 14 October, with 11 October play at the Costello Stadium for the untelevised matches, and 12–14 October play at the Hull City Hall, which hosted the televised element of the event for the second time, taking over from the nearby Hull Arena who hosted for one year in 2011
Scott Waites and Lisa Ashton both attempted to defend their titles they won for the first time last year, however Stephen Bunting and Julie Gore took the main titles after Waites and Ashton lost their opening matches. This tournament was known for being Phill Nixon's last major tournament. Nixon died on 9 August 2013 from cancer.
Seeds
[edit ]Men
These were finalised on completion of the 2012 British Open on 31 August – 2 September. In a change to previous years, there are 32 seeds (an increase from 8 between 2007 and 2011) with the Top 16 exempt until the Last 32 stage, rather than 8 seeds being exempt until the last 16 stage.[1]
- England Stephen Bunting
- England Martin Adams
- England Scott Waites
- England Robbie Green
- Netherlands Wesley Harms
- England Alan Norris
- England Tony O'Shea
- Scotland Ross Montgomery
- Netherlands Jan Dekker
- England Gary Robson
- England Scott Mitchell
- England Martin Atkins
- Belgium Geert De Vos
- England Steve Douglas
- England Richie George
- Netherlands Benito van de Pas
- England Garry Thompson
- England Paul Jennings
- England John Walton
- England Tony Eccles
- England Darryl Fitton
- Wales Martin Phillips
- Netherlands Willy van de Wiel
- Netherlands Christian Kist
- Scotland Mark Barilli
- Netherlands Jimmy Hendriks
- England James Wilson
- Netherlands Jeffrey de Graaf
- Wales Wayne Warren
- Scotland Gary Stone
- Scotland Ewan Hyslop
- Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney
Women
These were finalised on completion of the 2012 British Open on 31 August – 2 September. The ladies seeds enter at the start of the competition however can not play each other until the quarter-final stage.[2]
- England Deta Hedman
- Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova
- Wales Julie Gore
- Russia Irina Armstrong
- England Lorraine Farlam
- England Trina Gulliver
- Netherlands Tamara Schuur
- England Dee Bateman
The defending champion Lisa Ashton was unseeded due to her relative inactivity on the Tour
There are no seedings in the boys or girls events.
Men's Draw
[edit ]Last 32 onwards. All the below matches were played on stage, with a number televised.
Sets are best of 3 legs.
Best of 5 sets
Losers 250ドル[3] [4] Last 16
Best of 5 sets
Losers 1,000ドル Quarter-finals
Best of 5 sets
Losers 1,500ドル Semi-finals
Best of 9 sets
Losers 3,000ドル Final
Best of 13 sets
Winner 25,000ドル
Runner up 10,000ドル
Ladies Draw
[edit ]Last 8 onwards. The Semi-finals and final were played on stage, with the final televised.
Best of 7 legs
Losers 500ドル[5] Semi-finals
Best of 7 legs
Losers 750ドル[6] Final
Best of 7 legs
Winner 5,000ドル
Runner up 2,000ドル
Boys Draw
[edit ]Last 8 onwards. The final was played on stage however this was not televised.
Girls Draw
[edit ]Last 8 onwards. The final was played on stage however this was not televised.
Television coverage
[edit ]The tournament was shown in the UK by sports subscription channel ESPN for the second year. ESPN broadcast the last three days of the tournament, and televised the Last 8 of the Men's stage matches, the majority of the Last 32 and Last 16 of the Men's stage matches, and the final of the Ladies event.
References
[edit ]- ^ "Winmau World Masters Mens and Womens Seeds". BDO. 20 September 2012. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ "Winmau World Masters Mens and Womens Seeds". BDO. 20 September 2012. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ "Mens Averages All Rounds". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Mens Prize money All Rounds". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Womens Prize money". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Womens Averages". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Boys Results" (PDF). Darts for Windows. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Girls Results All rounds" (PDF). Darts for Windows. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.