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About PDC World Championship 2012
From December 15 2011 to January 2, 2012, the 19th edition of the PDC World Championship was held at the Alexandra Palace in London. Adrian Lewis was the defending champion and he would successfully defend his title by defeating Andy Hamilton in the final.
In the first round, the biggest surprise was the elimination of Raymond van Barneveld. The Dutchman lost to Englishman James Richardson 0-3 in sets. Richardson would lose a round later to the Belgian Kim Huybrechts. Besides Van Barneveld, who was ranked eighth, the number six in the world rankings, Mark Webster also lost in this round. The Spider lost a deciding set to fellow countryman Richie Burnett. Burnett would however also lose a round later, the Welshman was knocked out by Canadian John Part.
However, the biggest upset came in the second round when Dave Chisnall defeats the number 1 seed Phil Taylor. It is the first time in the career of Taylor that he does not reach the quarterfinals of the PDC World Championship. Chisnall reaches the third round, where Andy Hamilton proves too strong.
The big surprise in the quarterfinals is the Belgian ace Kim Huybrechts, who also beats Paul Nicholson after he had taken Richardson out. In the quarterfinals however Hamilton, who goes on to beat Simon Whitlock in the semi-finals, defeats Huybrechts. Both semi-finals are full of tension because a deciding set is needed twice to get a winner. In the other semi-final James Wade goes 5-1 up in sets against Lewis, but Wade still loses the semi-final including a missed match darts.
In the final Adrian Lewis is stronger than Andy Hamilton, he wins 7-3 in sets. Lewis thus retaining his title, Hamilton gets rewarded with a place in the Premier League in 2013.
Competitors Of PDC World Championship 2012
Adrian Lewis
(2)
Phil Taylor
(1)
James Wade
(3)
Gary Anderson
(4)
Simon Whitlock
(5)
Mark Webster
(6)
Wes Newton
(7)
Raymond van Barneveld
(8)
Paul Nicholson
(9)
Terry Jenkins
(10)
Mark Walsh
(11)
Mervyn King
(12)
Colin Lloyd
(13)
Ronnie Baxter
(14)
Wayne Jones
(15)
Vincent van der Voort
(16)
Andy Hamilton
(17)
Jamie Caven
(18)
Denis Ovens
(19)
Andy Smith
(20)
Colin Osborne
(21)
Kevin Painter
(22)
Co Stompé
(23)
Alan Tabern
(24)
Brendan Dolan
(25)
Justin Pipe
(26)
John Part
(27)
Steve Beaton
(28)
Steve Brown
(29)
Peter Wright
(30)
Robert Thornton
(31)
Mark Dudbridge
(32)
Toni Alcinas
Jyhan Artut
Paul Barham
Dietmar Burger
Richie Burnett
Magnus Caris
Dave Chisnall
Joe Cullen
Steve Farmer
Oliver Ferenc
Connie Finnan
Warren French
John Henderson
Nigel Heydon
Kim Huybrechts
Mark Hylton
Geoff Kime
Jelle Klaasen
Petri Korte
Per Laursen
Choon-Peng Lee
Scott MacKenzie
Arron Monk
Kevin Munch
Haruki Muramatsu
Dennis Nilsson
Christian Perez
Devon Petersen
Scott Rand
Sean Reed
James Richardson
Roland Scholten
Dennis Smith
Michael Smith
Mensur Suljovic
Ian White
Darin Young
Jose de Sousa
Michael van Gerwen
Kurt van de Rijck
Callers Of PDC World Championship 2012
PDC World Championship 2012
London, ENG
